My hero has fallen. Beowulf stands no more. But I feel as if the time has come unexpectedly. Had the warriors acted how they should have, Beowulf's life would have been spared. He fought for their lives and protected our country with his life, and his very own people could not even offer their own protection.
I do not know what horrors lie ahead. I fear the future. Our country now lies in the hands of its invaders. I pray that we have the strength to survive. I cannot believe I allowed this to happen. If only I had helped Beowulf sooner.
Regrets are better left unspoken.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Chapter 2: Exercises and Projects
2. Certainly Uncertain
"He wants you back," he screamed in to the night air like the sound of a bell that did not ring, save for the love that howled in his heart. How could this be? Smashed dreams live on at the site of their birth. A tired man looks at his tired hands and knows not what lies in front of him. He knows what it is to love, but not what it is to be loved. In to her heart, he will beat once more. Time is an odd thing At any point do things in fact end?
"I don't know," he says. You show the world to me. A man's thoughts live on in a boy's dream. Two worlds crash in to one and at that hour a link is joined, one that can't be split. Time goes by, and they meet out of the blue. In to her heart, he beats once more.
3. The Runic Alphabet
(See chart) Futhorc, a runic alphabet used by the Anglo-Saxons, was descended from the Elder Futhark of 24 runes and contained between 26 and 33 characters. It was used probably from the fifth century onward, for recording Old English and Old Frisian. Regarding the history of the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, there are competing theories as to the origins. One theory proposes that it was developed in Frisia, and from there spread later to England. Another holds that runes were first introduced to England from Scandinavia where the futhorc was modified and then exported to Frisia. However, both theories have their inherent weaknesses.
4. Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great, born in 849, was King of Wessex from 871-899. Alfred the Great is noted for his defense of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English king to be accorded the epithet - "the Great." Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons." Alfred was a learned man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure. He is regarded as a saint by some Catholics, but has never been officially canonized. He may often be depicted in stained glass in Church of England parish churches. His successor was Edward the Elder. Alfred the great died in 899.
"He wants you back," he screamed in to the night air like the sound of a bell that did not ring, save for the love that howled in his heart. How could this be? Smashed dreams live on at the site of their birth. A tired man looks at his tired hands and knows not what lies in front of him. He knows what it is to love, but not what it is to be loved. In to her heart, he will beat once more. Time is an odd thing At any point do things in fact end?
"I don't know," he says. You show the world to me. A man's thoughts live on in a boy's dream. Two worlds crash in to one and at that hour a link is joined, one that can't be split. Time goes by, and they meet out of the blue. In to her heart, he beats once more.
3. The Runic Alphabet
(See chart) Futhorc, a runic alphabet used by the Anglo-Saxons, was descended from the Elder Futhark of 24 runes and contained between 26 and 33 characters. It was used probably from the fifth century onward, for recording Old English and Old Frisian. Regarding the history of the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, there are competing theories as to the origins. One theory proposes that it was developed in Frisia, and from there spread later to England. Another holds that runes were first introduced to England from Scandinavia where the futhorc was modified and then exported to Frisia. However, both theories have their inherent weaknesses.
4. Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great, born in 849, was King of Wessex from 871-899. Alfred the Great is noted for his defense of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English king to be accorded the epithet - "the Great." Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons." Alfred was a learned man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure. He is regarded as a saint by some Catholics, but has never been officially canonized. He may often be depicted in stained glass in Church of England parish churches. His successor was Edward the Elder. Alfred the great died in 899.
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