The Language of Wealhtheow’s Speech

• Main Authors: Neidorf, Leonard, Chitrakara, Nirada
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Beowulf; Old English; pragmatics; Wealhtheow; Arts and Humanities; English Language and Literature; Literature in English, British Isles
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/198; https://doi.org/10.1080/00393274.2023.2251539
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The two speeches of Wealhtheow in Beowulf (ll. ll. 1169–87, 1216–31) contain various features that differentiate the speech of the queen from the speech of other characters in the poem. She is the only character in the poem who uses thirteen imperatives in thirty-five lines, who uses the word hyse (...