Graham Scheper has a recent video on this topic. He also believes that "Hwaet" is not an interjection, but more like Red Riding Hood's "What big eyes you have!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gZKCPk40WI

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tsimionescu 17 hours ago | parent [-]

You seem to have linked the wrong video (yours is about the meaning of the name Beowolf), the right link about Hwaet is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIfHNn9KGs

	▲	ralferoo 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I watched this video a few days ago after it was randomly recommended by YouTube. Definitely found it very interesting and he has a load of other videos about learning Old English, so I'll be checking out more of them soon.
	▲	n4r9 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Is it just me or does this video look AI-generated?