not read the other answers.. so apologies.. but I'd miss marmite and TS (which is my secret little cushion that my mum made and I take to bed.. and it's not so secret now...) (Di dons the invisability cloak again)...
Crikey - there must be a chink in my invisability cloak to get a response to one of my posts!! - it's working a charm on the 'I need chocolate' post tho!
I've never before (obviously) had the privilege of communicating with someone who was born so soon after the window within which Beowulf was composed ...
... and who is so evidently well read.
If you're still on this thread, I've always wanted to ask if Beowulf had already achieved literary acclaim back then ... or, indeed, if it was known at all ?