Gareth Roberts

@garicgymro.bsky.social

Am I the first person to have noted that the name of Hrothgar—the generous, bountiful, and munificent King who is plagued by Grendel in Beowulf—is more or less homophonous with the Welsh word rhoddgar, meaning "generous", "bountiful", "munificent"?

WulfHelm

@wulfhelm.bsky.social

@themeadhallbard.bsky.social in honour of your ankle biters nuptials your ever munificent Bretwalda bestows the Freedom of Wülferhampton on her and her spouse*

*unless they're Scottish, or Danish, natch.

Wuthering Heights Bot

@wutheringbot.bsky.social

The former offered me munificent wages; the latter ordered me to pack up: he wanted no women in the house, he said, now that there was no mistress; and as to Hareton, the curate should take him in hand, by-and-by.