My article on Metre and Clitics in Old English and Old Saxon has just appeared in Glossa. Basically an attempt to use metre to get a better handle on the prosody of things like prepositions and the development of articles in those languages. Really enjoyed working with Glossa -- a model journal!

Hwæt ic þone wulf ge·seah, and ðā weosolan ēac, and mid him ðone frēcnan fox, fēðum swiftne, wīs-cræftig dēor, þe mid Wealhum bið Regnheard nemned, rēafiend henna, lācan lustum, līð-fatu drincan.

This is in many ways a model edition of Beowulf. Intended to provide a sound edition incorporating Sievers' discoveries about the poem's metre, it is sensibly edited, with an economical glossary, and compact but rich notes -- plus four other short Old English poems and the German Hildebrandslied.

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In case there are people on here who really like bloody and gruesome Norse poetry, I thought maybe I could start my time here with a translation of the Atlakviða (The Lay of Atli) I made for students. I'll post the stanzas in small batches, and give some context in a following thread. #Atli