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"What ho" as in British English seems like a descendant of this usage https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77151/what-ho-of-bertie-wooster https://engli

• Rebelgecko 9mo ago
  There was a more colloquial translation a few years ago that rendered it as "Bro!"
  • chuho 9mo ago
    That's the 2021 translation by Maria Headley https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031/beowulfanewtranslation/ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031/beowulfanewtran...
  • onraglanroad 9mo ago
    I guess "What bro!" is less sexist than "What ho!"
  • WorldMaker 9mo ago
    I feel like Lil Jon would remind us that "What?!" still works pretty well today.