Well I agree on the first point. I think everyone who has been recorded reciting it read it first most likely, since I don't think there are many or any native old English speakers left. But maybe that's not what you meant.
yeah i meant it was an oral tradition among the early medieval anglo saxon peoples who originally recited it. Meaning it was memorized and sung for a long time before being written down by someone literate.
i think the confusion stemmed from the fact that I said "reciting" in the present tense when I meant to say it in the past tense.
Well I agree on the first point. I think everyone who has been recorded reciting it read it first most likely, since I don't think there are many or any native old English speakers left. But maybe that's not what you meant.
yeah i meant it was an oral tradition among the early medieval anglo saxon peoples who originally recited it. Meaning it was memorized and sung for a long time before being written down by someone literate.
i think the confusion stemmed from the fact that I said "reciting" in the present tense when I meant to say it in the past tense.
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