Sound of the SaxonsIn 1014 Britain was being ravaged by Viking invaders, and King Ethelred had fled to France, leaving the throne empty. That was the year that Archbishop Wulfstan, a prominent government member, maade a speech lamenting the state of the land. But what did an Anglo-Saxon speech sound like? What did it look like? Listen to Wulfstan's speech, take a closer look at the manuscript, and learn how to read a few words of Anglo-Saxon. |