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slwvx 20 hours ago

"What ho" as in British English seems like a descendant of this usage

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77151/what-ho-of...

Rebelgecko 19 hours ago | parent [-]

There was a more colloquial translation a few years ago that rendered it as "Bro!"

chuho 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's the 2021 translation by Maria Headley

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031/beowulfanewtran...

onraglanroad an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I guess "What bro!" is less sexist than "What ho!"