[Bards] Just looking for some feed back

[R. Culver]

I am not going full Beowulf on this. It might barely be as long as some of
the medium length Exeter riddles, though not even likely that.  I have
exactly one tunic to my name so I do have to spend some time between now
and then making other things.

I don't even know what is traditional in bardic. I like period pieces, but
I find most bardic more impromptu than that. I can compose originals or do
translation based on themes, but just having a repertoire in a book is not
very likely.

If no one has done it though, I'd gladly beat Calontir over the head with
it. ;) LOL

Wihtric

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Aibhilín inghean Daibhídh <
aibhilind at gmail.com> wrote:

> I love your work!
>
> I think it depends on the length - there is a time limit for the War Bard
> competition, so as long as the original plus the translation would not
> exceed the time length, go for it. I don't think anyone has ever done Old
> English before for War Bard - it tends to be a very "traditional" bardic
> (aka, songs of the society, Irish revolution sounding, etc) - very rarely
> period works. Think Calontir songs and that's what they usually get at War
> Bard (because Calontir is usually 75% of the entries)
>
> Ansteorra has never won the War Bard competition, so either way - do the
> thing! :)
>
> YIS
> Aibhilin
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 10:21 AM, R. Culver <captbigdamnhero at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Wihtric hláfard Wihtmunding greets the wordsmiths of Ansteorra!
> >
> >
> > Not sure I have made an introduction here, but I was briefly on the FB
> > page.  I have since forsaken all social media, so I have few format for
> > feedback.
> >
> > Anyway, I am Wihtric from Steppes.  About all I am even remotely known
> for
> > is a knack with Germanic languages I translation, a very narrow skill
> > indeed.  I have rendered things like Dr. Seuss into Old English and am
> now
> > starting my second original piece, at least for SCA consumption, in Old
> > English. My first is a small hymn to Harold Godwineson that some may have
> > seen at various places on the anniversary of Hastings.
> >
> > This new selection I am pondering is for the "For the Love of My Kingdom"
> > bardic on Wednesday at Gulf Wars.  A few notes I have never perform at a
> > bardic at all, so it would be my first time.  Two, I am not sure how this
> > would go over.  Should I keep it as is, working with someone willing to
> > read the translation as I speak in Old English, or should I Just toss the
> > Old, wite in new but similar format, and keep the Old for an A&S display
> > perhaps later, or LPT?
> >
> > This is only the first few lines.  I tend to think in Old and New English
> > simultaneously, as weird as that is. Also note that when I translate to
> try
> > to keep to keep to the words and order as is best able, thus it can come
> > off as like Yoda.  I do this intentional as I have educational reasons
> for
> > that.
> >
> > Anyway, here goes nothing.
> >
> > Eala, bearnas mancynnes, æðelu and gesiþas!
> > LO, bairns of mankinds, nobility and companions!
> >
> > Fram fægere land, feor and neah,
> > From fair lands, far and near,
> >
> > cumaþ hildáca in hæleþa-gamenum tógædere,
> > come battle-oaks in warrior-games together,
> >
> > wuldor mid benc-winum to winnanne.
> > Glories with bench-friends to win.
> >
> > Ac ne land nis tó heofonum neara
> > But no land is to the heavens nearer
> >
> > swa cynehám ure mid steorran blæcum.
> > as our royal-home with a star black.
> >
> > Again tis is just a starting point.  I didn't want to get too far into it
> > if advice was going to be contrary to my plans. I have one skill in this
> > game, and I am just trying to showcase it as much as I can.
> >
> > Gódspéde!
> >
> > Wihtric
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