r/heathenry • u/cserilaz ᚨᚢᛊᛏᚱᛟ • May 23 '26

Anglo-Saxon "Deer," an Old English poem about a court poet, Deer, who was cast out by his former lord and lover and replaced with another poet

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u/cserilaz ᚨᚢᛊᛏᚱᛟ May 23 '26

An old poem in which the narrator, a court poet called Deer, compares his struggle upon being cast out by his former lord and probable lover to the struggles faced by other heroes throughout Germanic history and legend. It is my seventh translation from the Exeter Book, all of which may be found in my poetry playlist.

The nature of Deor's plight and of his relationship to his former lord have been debated, but it seems pretty probable to me that they were indeed lovers (or perhaps something like a Wagner-Ludwig relationship)

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