Learning Old English
at Royal Holloway

 

Liorna manega bec and gehyr monig spell;
wite ðeah hwylcum þu gelyfan scyle:
feola writað menn ungelyfedlices.
(Dicts of Cato 71)

'Learn many books and hear many tales.
Take care, however, which you believe:
many men write unbelievable things.'

 

Undergraduate Courses
EN1001
Introduction to Medieval Literature
EN2008 Old English Literature
EN2319 Tolkien's Roots: Old English Poetry and Modern Medievalism
EN3001 Reading Beowulfulf
EN3100 Beowulf and the Critics

Courses on the MA in Medieval Studies
EN5602
Pre-Conquest English (Language Skills)
EN5609
Old English Riddles

Don't forget about OERG, the Old English Reading Group!

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