Beowulf's
Composition and Dating
- preserved in only 1 manuscriptCotton
Vitellius A.XV
- originally an oral composition,
probably in the 8th century, perhaps in Mercia (kingdom in central England)
- evidence comes from Offa reference
at line 1724ff.
- transcribed into West Saxon dialect
(OE) at the end of the 10th century
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