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Beowulf is the Old English spelling of Beowulf.
Beowulf is in "Old English". Shakespeare's works are in Early Modern English.
Moderne in French means "modern" in English.
Modern American English
It was not Richard Wilbur, but rather an anonymous poet who wrote Beowulf in the early Middle Ages, around the 8th to 11th centuries. Richard Wilbur was a 20th-century poet who is known for his translations and interpretations of other works.
mutra μούτρα is the face (in modern Greek / slang)
The Bible was originally translated from the original Greek and from the Latin Vulgate to English by John Wycliffe. However, modern English differs greatly from Old English, and thus the first project to translate the Bible into English that best resembles modern English was commissioned by King James, and the result was the King James Version.
tama is the modern term or dangan the original term
anglo-saxon (old-english)
That's correct. The modern English version of The Canterbury Tales does not retain the distinct Middle English language used by Geoffrey Chaucer in the original text. Instead, it is translated into contemporary English to make it accessible to modern readers.
"To allow her eyes to gaze upon the grass."
Beowulf was a Geat, from Geatland. Geatland existed around modern day Sweden.