As a lifelong Tolkien fan I have always been fascinated by Old English. Not enough for any serious study, but when things like this pop up I always take a look.

As a lifelong Tolkien fan I have always been fascinated by Old English. Not enough for any serious study, but when things like this pop up I always take a look. Then I like to sound a bunch of verses, it feels epic even if you don't understand anything, but then suddenly you get to: "þæt wæs god cyning" or "Hē hæfde gōd ġeþanc þā hwīle þe hē mid handum healdan mihte bord and brād swurd" and it feels like you solved a fun riddle. Also, I'm sorry but I must: For þone andweardan mycelan lust þæs geworhtan wites on þisse stowe, ic sceal cyðan þæt þa niwostan miclan spræc-endebyrdnessa sind swiðe gōde tō awendanne fram and tō ealdum Englisce.