"Beowulf" CHARACTERS (PART 1) -- "Beowulf" ... from 60second Recap®

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by Jenny sawyer
Let's face it. The names of the characters in "Beowulf" are kind of awkward. In fact, 60sR thinks it's easier to tie a cherry-stem with your tongue than to wrap your mind around some of these names. Want to keep them all straight? In this 60second Recap®, Jenny offers a few helpful hints to divide and conquer the Danes, the Geats, and the monsters.

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If one wants to stick with Old English pronunciation, one shouldn't be saying Geats that way. Before a front vowel, it should be done like a "y" sound. Now, I'm aware that the area of Sweden they're traditionally located is Gotaland, but listen to how to pronounce it in Swedish. That is much closer to the Old English. Surprisingly, most of the names were close enough, including Wiglaf, which I though she might pronounce in modern English., but got the y sound that time. He wasn't technically a Geat, though; he was a Waegmunding.