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		slwvx 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection (2013) "What ho" as in British English seems like a descendant of this usage https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77151/what-ho-of...

Rebelgecko 34 days ago [–]

There was a more colloquial translation a few years ago that rendered it as "Bro!"

chuho 34 days ago | | [–]

That's the 2021 translation by Maria Headley

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031/beowulfanewtran...

WorldMaker 33 days ago | | | [–]

I feel like Lil Jon would remind us that "What?!" still works pretty well today.

onraglanroad 33 days ago | | [–]

I guess "What bro!" is less sexist than "What ho!"

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