Anglo-Saxon Aloud

A daily reading of the entire Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records,which includes all poems written in Old English. By Michael D. C. Drout, Prentice Associate Professor of English at Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

Posted by mdrout on 11th January 2008

A series of (apparently) sententious sayings, including, most famously, the statement that “a dragon belongs [shall be] in a barrow.”

I am preparing a translation of this poem as part of a larger project, but it is not done yet.

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