Grouchy Medievalist (hēo/hīe/hire)
@grouchymedievalist.bsky.social
Prof. of Medieval Lit, Translator, Poet, 🏳️⚧️, Drag Artist, Singer, Cavy Mommy. Author of Political Appetites (OSU Press, 2017) & co-editor of Teaching 'Beowulf' (MIP/DeGruyter, 2024). Citizen of the Kingdom of Sass. U Cannot Handle This.
This passage from the Saga of Eirik the Red (ca. 1300s) proves my long-held conviction that medieval Icelanders invented the banana costume… #icelandicsaga #oldnorseliterature #eirikrinnrauði #medievalliterature
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This passage from the Saga of Eirik the Red (ca. 1300s) proves my long-held conviction that medieval Icelanders invented the banana costume… #icelandicsaga #oldnorseliterature #eirikrinnrauði #medievalliterature
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If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way.
Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices…
#oldenglishliterature #medievalliterature #anglosaxon #translation
If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way.
Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices…
#oldenglishliterature #medievalliterature #anglosaxon #translation
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If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way.
Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices…
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July 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way.
Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices…
#oldenglishliterature #medievalliterature #anglosaxon #translation
If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way.
Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices…
#oldenglishliterature #medievalliterature #anglosaxon #translation
NEW at "Translations Beyond the Horizon": Reconsidering & (Re)Translating the Old English poetic charm "A Journey Charm" (CCCC MS41; ASPR #11). Hijinks ensue.
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#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
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#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
July 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW at "Translations Beyond the Horizon": Reconsidering & (Re)Translating the Old English poetic charm "A Journey Charm" (CCCC MS41; ASPR #11). Hijinks ensue.
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#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
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#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
Beowulf’s father was named Ecgthēow.
The existence of an Ecgthēow implies there be an Ecg-hlāford.
Therefore, Hrethel was a shitposter.
#oldenglish #beowulf
The existence of an Ecgthēow implies there be an Ecg-hlāford.
Therefore, Hrethel was a shitposter.
#oldenglish #beowulf
June 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Beowulf’s father was named Ecgthēow.
The existence of an Ecgthēow implies there be an Ecg-hlāford.
Therefore, Hrethel was a shitposter.
#oldenglish #beowulf
The existence of an Ecgthēow implies there be an Ecg-hlāford.
Therefore, Hrethel was a shitposter.
#oldenglish #beowulf
Check out some of Dr. Ophelia's recent translation work, in Ellipse magazine Issue 95, "Five Poems from the Exeter Book" ellipsemagazine.com/index-95/ #oldenglishpoetry #translation #medievalliterature #oldenglish #exeterbook
index-95 - Ellipse Magazine
Contents 95 Project Service Location Year Three Poems by Bernardo Colipán María Constanza Guzmán Losses by Cristina Bendek Joshua M. Price Two Poems by Yirama
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June 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Check out some of Dr. Ophelia's recent translation work, in Ellipse magazine Issue 95, "Five Poems from the Exeter Book" ellipsemagazine.com/index-95/ #oldenglishpoetry #translation #medievalliterature #oldenglish #exeterbook
New Post! Part 2 of "Translating from the Trenches" - come check her out! grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New Post! Part 2 of "Translating from the Trenches" - come check her out! grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
New lines from my translation-in-progress of Le Roman de Silence, a 13th-century Old French romance. I’ve hit the heart of the story here: the plan of Silence’s parents to raise him as a boy. #translation #oldfrench #romance #wewerealwayshere #transhistory
May 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New lines from my translation-in-progress of Le Roman de Silence, a 13th-century Old French romance. I’ve hit the heart of the story here: the plan of Silence’s parents to raise him as a boy. #translation #oldfrench #romance #wewerealwayshere #transhistory
NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon" - part 1 of a reader mailbag of sorts, explaining "Heterogeneity" as a translation value. The Good Shit. #oldenglishliterature #translation #theory #medievalism
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May 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon" - part 1 of a reader mailbag of sorts, explaining "Heterogeneity" as a translation value. The Good Shit. #oldenglishliterature #translation #theory #medievalism
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: "Reading Old English to Filth," an anthology of daring queer translations of Old English verse. We're seeking new translations of OE short poems (& short excerpts) accompanied w/ 5pp intro discussing approach & methods. #oldenglishliterature #translation #queertheory
April 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: "Reading Old English to Filth," an anthology of daring queer translations of Old English verse. We're seeking new translations of OE short poems (& short excerpts) accompanied w/ 5pp intro discussing approach & methods. #oldenglishliterature #translation #queertheory
Come see me muse winsomely upon birds, poets, & bird-songs as generic labels in the #exeterbookriddles #oldenglish #riddles grouchymedievalist.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Come see me muse winsomely upon birds, poets, & bird-songs as generic labels in the #exeterbookriddles #oldenglish #riddles grouchymedievalist.substack.com
NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon": a Guest Post by Denis Ferhatović. Come check it out! Free to subscribe!
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January 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon": a Guest Post by Denis Ferhatović. Come check it out! Free to subscribe!
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Not sure why "former Harris strategists" who, after going on all the shows trashing my 🏳️⚧️ siblings for causing the Dems to lose, want to follow my 🏳️⚧️ ass here to tell me about their new whatevers. Do they think ima detrans or something?
December 18, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Not sure why "former Harris strategists" who, after going on all the shows trashing my 🏳️⚧️ siblings for causing the Dems to lose, want to follow my 🏳️⚧️ ass here to tell me about their new whatevers. Do they think ima detrans or something?
Counselling, Mary...
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Counselling, Mary...
Well, it must just be a coincidence that some election happened & I started getting yt supremacist comments on my blog again...
Don't come correcting my flow when u write like u "Human Centipede" Joseph Goebbels for fun. My advice: get further up the chain, son .
Don't come correcting my flow when u write like u "Human Centipede" Joseph Goebbels for fun. My advice: get further up the chain, son .
November 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Well, it must just be a coincidence that some election happened & I started getting yt supremacist comments on my blog again...
Don't come correcting my flow when u write like u "Human Centipede" Joseph Goebbels for fun. My advice: get further up the chain, son .
Don't come correcting my flow when u write like u "Human Centipede" Joseph Goebbels for fun. My advice: get further up the chain, son .
New (Re)Translation work: Aldhelm's Ænigma 100 (ca. 700 CE), originally in Anglo-Latin... it's fun to get back to some Latin after so long away. It's not complete -- this is just the first 24 lines or so...
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 AM
New (Re)Translation work: Aldhelm's Ænigma 100 (ca. 700 CE), originally in Anglo-Latin... it's fun to get back to some Latin after so long away. It's not complete -- this is just the first 24 lines or so...
Good morning! I must say, it is somewhat joyful to scroll through the feed for this new account and see all of the glorious, cute, & charming feeds I remember from my Twitter days before I had to leave the island. Where has @dril been all this time?
November 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Good morning! I must say, it is somewhat joyful to scroll through the feed for this new account and see all of the glorious, cute, & charming feeds I remember from my Twitter days before I had to leave the island. Where has @dril been all this time?
Come read "Translations Beyond the Horizon" on SubStack
November 25, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Come read "Translations Beyond the Horizon" on SubStack