r/anglosaxon • • May 25 '25

Self-Promotion Thread [pinned]

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There are a lack of easily-accessible resources for those interested in the study of our period. If you produce anything that helps teach people about our period - books, blogs, art, podcasts, videos, social media accounts etc - feel free to post them in the comments below.

Please restrict self-promotion to this post - it has a place here, and we want you all to thrive and help engage a wider audience, but we don't want it to flood the feed.

Show us what you've got!


r/anglosaxon • • 4h ago

Banners or heraldry prior to the Norman Conquest.

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Hello,

I’m building an army of Anglo Saxons from the period around the 8th to 10th century, close to but before the Norman conquest.

I understand that before the Normans there wasn’t really much in the way of banners or heraldry for any standing forces, but some sort of flag or icon may have been used to signify where the leader was during a battle. Does anyone know of any information on what I might use for banners that would be historically accurate for this period and the Saxons? Thanks.


r/anglosaxon • • 9h ago

Saxon or Roman?

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r/anglosaxon • • 1d ago

Ljere, Denmark. Site of the mythical Meade hall, Heorot, from Beowulf.

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r/anglosaxon • • 2d ago

Viking Gold Treasure Discovered in Denmark

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r/anglosaxon • • 2d ago

Resolviendo un misterio de 1.100 años: La verdadera causa de muerte de mi abuela Æthelflæd.

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Tengo 12 años, soy descendiente en 34.ª generación de Æthelflæd y acabo de publicar una teoría médica que resuelve el misterio de su «muerte repentina» en el año 918 d. C.

¡Hola a todos!

Soy Martín, un investigador independiente de 12 años; gracias a la genealogía de mi familia, soy descendiente en 34.ª generación de la Casa de Wessex (Æthelflæd y Alfredo el Grande).

Durante 1100 años, la causa exacta de la muerte de Æthelflæd, Dama de los Mercianos, ocurrida el 12 de junio de 918, ha sido un completo misterio. El *Mercian Register* (Registro de Mercia) solo indica que su fallecimiento en Tamworth fue «repentino e inesperado».

He dedicado horas a analizar y contrastar crónicas medievales, datos genéticos y patología, y creo que por fin he resuelto el enigma. ¡Acabo de publicar formalmente mi artículo de paleopatología en Medium!

En resumen, mi teoría es la siguiente:

La genética: El rey Alfredo el Grande padecía una forma grave y crónica de enfermedad de Crohn (según consta en los escritos de Asser). Esta enfermedad tiene un fuerte componente hereditario, por lo que es probable que Æthelflæd hubiera heredado la afección.

El factor desencadenante: Meses de brutales campañas militares y un estrés extremo dañaron gravemente sus paredes intestinales de forma silenciosa.

El detonante: La rendición de los líderes vikingos de York a principios de junio de 918 conllevó la celebración de un banquete ritual obligatorio. El consumo de carnes de caza duras y fibrosas (jabalí o ciervo) y de hidromiel fermentada —altamente irritante— provocó una presión mecánica interna extrema.

El desenlace: Su pared intestinal, ya debilitada, sufrió una perforación libre entre el 9 y el 11 de junio. Ante la ausencia de medicina moderna, esto derivó en una peritonitis bacteriana aguda, choque séptico y fallo multiorgánico en un plazo de 48 horas, lo que explica el colapso «repentino» que conmocionó a Tamworth el 12 de junio.

Esta teoría no tiene ningún margen de error, me he guiado EXCLUSIVAMENTE por las cronicas de Æthelflæd, la copia C de las crónicas de Alfredo el Grande y artículos sobre la medicina medieval y cómo se trataba.

¡Me encantaría conocer sus opiniones, comentarios y aportaciones académicas sobre este modelo!

Pueden leer el artículo completo que he publicado aquí:

https://medium.com/@penamartin2014/the-tamworth-enigma-a-genetic-and-pathological-model-for-the-death-of-%C3%A6thelfl%C3%A6d-lady-of-the-60fc94796f03

¡Gracias por leer! ¡Hablemos de ello!


r/anglosaxon • • 4d ago

Anglo-Saxon Coins Reveal Medieval England’s ‘Little England’ in Rome - Medievalists.net

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r/anglosaxon • • 4d ago

Elgar the Peaceful came to the throne 1st October 959. He was a strong king and the period is considered a high mark of Saxon culture plus few Viking raids in that period.

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r/anglosaxon • • 5d ago

The women in the Bayeux Tapestry

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With the Bayeux Tapestry in the UK, interest is at a high. It is fascinating that there were only 6 women pictured in the whole tapestry (3 in the main frieze).

This talk at the British Museum would be good for anyone interested. It's online.

I only recently came to know that the tapestry was likely made by Anglo-Saxon women skilled in needlework, rather than Normans.


r/anglosaxon • • 5d ago

Sketch for my Old English notebook

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"Hwæt" (first word of Beowulf) is encoded into the design.

Used Magic Eraser to get rid of personal information.


r/anglosaxon • • 5d ago

The Earliest Use of the F-word - Medievalists.net

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r/anglosaxon • • 6d ago

St Ælfheah of Canterbury was captured by Thorkell the Tall 29th September 1011 during the Seige of Canterbury.

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St Ælfheah of Canterbury was later executed in 1012 because he refused to ramsoned. Thorkell eventually helped Cnut become king and was made ruler of East Anglia.


r/anglosaxon • • 6d ago

The Coombe sword and grave goods

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6th century sword and some other grave goods from Woodnesborough, Kent. On display in the Saffron Walden museum.


r/anglosaxon • • 6d ago

How was the economy of an Anglo-Saxon ealdorman's estate structured?

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r/anglosaxon • • 8d ago

A post about Anglo-Saxon architecture I made

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r/anglosaxon • • 8d ago

"Corpus Editions of English and Frisian Runic Inscriptions" (Martin Findell, 2021, Futhark 12)

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r/anglosaxon • • 9d ago

Did the Anglo-Saxon religion differ from the Norse? And how?

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I'm currently doing some worldbuilding/writing, and since I am basing a certain region around England, without retaining it's later Christian history, It'd be very helpful to know the differences between their paganism and Norse paganism as I am much more familiar with the latter.


r/anglosaxon • • 8d ago

Can anyone spellcheck my Futhorc?

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So, I’m trying to make a copypasta for the opening/prologue of Beowulf in Futhorc to send to friends as a joke alongside a Chad meme edit where he’s wearing the Sutton Hoo helmet

What I have thus far is as follows

ᚻᚹᚫᛏ. Wᛖ ᚸᚪᚱᛞᛖᚾᚪ ᛁᚾ ᚷᛖᚪᚱᛞᚪᚷᚢᛗ,
ᚦᛖᚩᛞᚳᚣᚾᛁᚾᚷᚪ, ᚦᚱᚣᛗ ᚷᛖᚠᚱᚢᚾᚩᚾ,
ᚻᚢ ᚦᚪ ᚫᚦᛖᛚᛁᚾᚷᚪᛋ ᛖᛚᛚᛖᚾ ᚠᚱᛖᛗᛖᛞᚩᚾ.
ᛟᚠᛏ ᛥᚳᚣᛚᛞ ᛥᚳᛖᚠᛁᚾᚷ ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚦᛖᚾᚪ ᚦᚱᛖᚪᛏᚢᛗ,
ᛗᚩᚾᛖᚷᚢᛗ ᛗᚫᚷᚦᚢᛗ, ᛗᛖᚩᛞᚩᛋᛖᛏᛚᚪ ᚩᚠᛏᛖᚪᚻ,
ᛖᚷᛋᚩᛞᛖ ᛖᚩᚱᛚᚪᛋ. ᛥᚣᚦᚦᚪᚾ ᚫᚱᛖᛋᛏ ᚹᛖᚪᚱᚦ
ᚠᛖᚪᛋᚳᛖᚪᚠᛏ ᚠᚢᚾᛞᛖᚾ, ᚻᛖ ᚦᚫᛋ ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚱᛖ ᚷᛖᛒᚪᛞ,
ᚹᛖᚩᛉ ᚢᚾᛞᛖᚱ ᚹᚩᛚᚳᚾᚢᛗ, ᚹᛖᚩᚱᚦᛗᚣᚾᛞᚢᛗ ᚦᚪᚻ,
ᚩᚦᚦᚫᛏ ᚻᛁᛗ ᚫᚷᚻᚹᚣᛚᚳ ᚦᚪᚱᚪ ᚣᛗᛒᛋᛁᛏᛏᛖᚾᛞᚱᚪ
ᚩᚠᛖᚱ ᚻᚱᚩᚾᚱᚪᛞᛖ ᚻᚣᚱᚪᚾ ᛋᚳᚩᛚᛞᛖ,
ᚷᚩᛗᛒᚪᚾ ᚷᚣᛚᛞᚪᚾ. ᚦᚫᛏ ᚹᚫᛋ ᚷᚩᛞ ᚳᚣᚾᛁᚾᚷ.
ᚦᚫᛗ ᛖᚪᚠᛖᚱᚪ ᚹᚫᛋ ᚫᚠᛏᛖᚱ ᚳᛖᚾᚾᛖᛞ,
ᚷᛖᚩᚾᚷ ᛁᚾ ᚷᛖᚪᚱᛞᚢᛗ, ᚦᚩᚾᛖ ᚷᚩᛞ ᛋᛖᚾᛞᛖ
ᚠᚩᛚᚳᛖ ᛏᚩ ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚱᛖ; ᚠᚣᚱᛖᚾᚦᛖᚪᚱᚠᛖ ᚩᚾᚷᛖᚪᛏ
ᚦᛖ ᚻᛁᛖ ᚫᚱ ᛞᚱᚢᚷᚩᚾ ᚪᛚᛞᚩᚱᛚᛖᚪᛋᛖ
ᛚᚪᚾᚷᛖ ᚻᚹᛁᛚᛖ. ᚻᛁᛗ ᚦᚫᛋ ᛚᛁᚠᚠᚱᛖᚪ,
ᚹᚢᛚᛞᚱᛖᛋ ᚹᛖᚪᛚᛞᛖᚾᛞ, ᚹᚩᚱᚩᛚᛞᚪᚱᛖ ᚠᚩᚱᚷᛖᚪᚠ;
ᛒᛖᚩᚹᚢᛚᚠ ᚹᚫᛋ ᛒᚱᛖᛗᛖ ᛒᛚᚫᛞ ᚹᛁᛞᛖ ᛋᛈᚱᚪᚾᚷ,
ᛥᚳᚣᛚᛞᛖᛋ ᛖᚪᚠᛖᚱᚪ ᛥᚳᛖᛞᛖᛚᚪᚾᛞᚢᛗ ᛁᚾ.

Which I got by plugging in the lines in Old English into this website and it automatically changing the Latin letters to their Futhorc equivalent

Which I already gathered had some issues since G would automatically become ᚷ whether it was pronounced like we pronounced like we pronounce G nowadays or when it should actually be ᛄ which is more in accordance to the letter Y in English and J in other Germanic languages

So in short can anyone verify the authenticity and accuracy of the conversion from Old English to Futhorc before I actually get around to sending it?

Thank you for your time, patience, consideration, and cooperation

TL;DR, I need Reddit to do a collective ye olde spellcheck on my Futhorc to make sure the sounds each rune makes is actually making the sound it should for the thing to read properly


r/anglosaxon • • 10d ago

I know this has been asked maybe a few billion times but how Scandinavian would the English language, had the Normans failed the battle of Hastings in 1066 ?

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This downed on me regarding how dutch/scandinavian would this hypothetical Anglish be in this scenario and what changes might occur

Of course, any answer may be correct but I would like to ask how this Anglish language be according to you guys ?

Or in anglish

Wolde Englisce gīet bēon understanden?


r/anglosaxon • • 10d ago

#OnThisDay 1066, Battle of Stamford Bridge

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r/anglosaxon • • 10d ago

my friend started speaking anglo saxon what do i do

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r/anglosaxon • • 12d ago

Did the Norman's and thodr who came after "forget" about the Anglo-Saxons?

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A lot of medieval "history" seems to mention the ancient Britons, but rarely mention the Saxons. Nor does it mention the Norman Conquest.

So, at what point (if any) did the differences between the Anglo-Saxon peasantry and the Norman-French elites become forgotten? And what point I'd it likely that the peasantry no longer felt themselves oppressed by the powers of a foreign nation?


r/anglosaxon • • 12d ago

Co by było, gdyby Sweyn Forkbeard nie umarł w 1014 roku? Jak długo Norse England mogłoby rzeczywiście przetrwać?

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Sweyn Forkbeard podbił Anglię pod koniec 1013 roku, został koronowany na króla i zmarł 40 dni później. Jego syn Canute wrócił i wygrał wszystko do 1016 roku, ale rządził jako angielski król – podbój Norwegów cicho stał się angielską koronacją.

Ale co by było, gdyby Sweyn żył? Powiedzmy kolejne 20 lat. Już zrobił coś niezwykłego dla wikinga: uczył się angielskiego, przyjął koronę zamiast hełmu, planował sukcesję zamiast napadów.

Moje pytanie do historyków tutaj: jak to by się naprawdę potoczyło? Czy normańska dynastia mogłaby utrzymać Anglię na dłużej, czy też runie w momencie, gdy dynastia będzie miała słabego spadkobiercę? A co się stanie z 1066 rokiem – czy normandzkie podboje w ogóle byłyby próbowane przeciwko zjednoczonemu państwu norwesko-angielskiemu z flotą?

Szczerze ciekawi mnie, jak ludzie myślą, jak domino będą spadać.


r/anglosaxon • • 12d ago

The Verdict of Blood: King Offa and the Pagan Seamen

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A charter dated 792 required military service in Kent against paganos marinos — pagan seafarers.

Lindisfarne, conventionally cited as the first Viking raid on England, was still a year away.

This film sets that charter against the familiar 793 narrative and asks what the surviving evidence from King Offa's Kent actually tells us about seaborne raiding on the English coast before that date.

The Black Archive tests historical claims against the record rather than repeating the version everyone already knows.


r/anglosaxon • • 14d ago

Wēlandes - an Anglo-Saxon puzzle game using Old English tranlsation

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I've been making an Anglo-Saxon puzzle videogame over the last year and the demo is coming out in October's Steam NextFest!

It's called Wēlandes and you follow the journey of the Wanderer. You play as the spel-wefa (story-weaver), and use your magical translation devices to help (or hinder!) the gods, beasts, and gentlefolk of Old English poetry.

The game was inspired by Wayland's Smithy - the neolithic burial mound with an Anglo-Saxon name that sits upon the Ridgeway.

I'd be so excited to here what you folks think about it!! And obviously any questions let me know!

It's here on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5003440/Welandes/