Usiva esosandi mgama? Lilo lonke iqela labafundi abaphumeleleyo belila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo, kuba ngokutsho kwesifundiswa esivela kwiDyunivesithi yaseManchester, omnye wemigca yokuvula ebaluleke kakhulu kwimbali yoncwadi inokuba yinto enganiki mdla kunokuba sonke besicinga. Ewe, oku kuya konakalisa ezininzi iithisisi zokugqibela.
Oko yaqala ukuguqulelwa yaza yapapashwa ngu-Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin owayengusosayensi wase-Scandinavia ngo-1815, uninzi lweenguqulelo ezintsha zazitolike igama lokuqala lombhalo wakudala, u-hwæt (uvakala ngathi yikati), njengohlobo lokuthintelwa okanye ukuphazamiseka ofana nokukhwaza Hayi! komnye umntu ukuze baqwalasele. Ngenxa yoko, iya kujikwa iphulaphule !, Ho !, okanye kuguqulelo lwamva nje lukaSeamus Heaney, So.
Nangona kunjalo, ngokwephepha elitsha likaGqirha George Walkden, ayenzelwanga ukuba ivakele ngathi kwaphela. Isimelabizo sokubuza imibuzo u-wæt, uphikisa ukuba, ayenzelwanga ukuba ibe sisiqwenga solwazi kodwa endaweni yoko yazisa wonke umgca-uhlobo olufana nophawu lwesikhuzo oluya ekuqaleni kwesivakalisi endaweni yesiphelo. Ngenxa yoko, Hwæt! We Gar-Dena kwi gear-dagum, þeod-cyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon! ayiguquleli ku Mamela! Sivile ngamandla ookumkani, iguqulela ku Njani sivile ngamandla ookumkani.
Kwimeko apho ufunda kuphela Beowulf ixesha elinye kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye ungakhumbuli kakhulu, le yinto enkulu kakhulu kunokuba ibonakala ngathi. Abantu babhalile Okuninzi malunga nemigca elishumi elinanye yokuqala yalo mbongo, kwaye eli phepha ngokusisiseko libaleka lijongana nayo yonke inguqulelo yale mihla yokubhaliweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ibonisa ukuba mhlawumbi abaphulaphuli base Anglo-Saxon babeziphethe kakuhle kunokuba sasicinga kuba ayitsho ukuba “Oyi wena, mamela le!” Mhlawumbi babenombulelo ngakumbi, utshilo u-Walkden Ezizimeleyo . Ngokuqinisekileyo, kulungile, naloo nto. Siza kuqhubeka ngokuqhubeka nomfanekiso wethu wengqondo ukuba ii-Anglos zonke zaziliqela coconut-clopping hooligans , kodwa ukuba ungathanda ukucinga ukuba bonke bahlala ngokuzithoba belindele imibongo ukuba iqale, kulungile.
Isiphithiphithi, ucebisa ukuba, sinokudityaniswa sibuyele kuJakob Grimm, owakhe wabhala ngo-1837 ukuba hwæt yayilulwazelelo olusulungekileyo. Ndoda, yishiye komnye wabazalwana bakaGrimm ukonakalisa yonke into kuye wonke umntu. Ukwenza ukuba sonke siboyike oomama abathandanayo kwakunganelanga kuni nobabini? Ufanele ukonakalisa izinto zabo bonke oonjingalwazi beencwadi zethu, nazo?
(nge Ezizimeleyo , umfanekiso nge Beowulf kunye neGrendel)
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