Link Haul - September 2026

I come bearing more articles on language-related posts and news!We'll start by traveling back in time to medieval Britain. I enjoyed this curious video from Gavin the Medievalist about a difficult passage in Beowulf, featuring his attempted explanation.Gavin also has a video on the earliest known mention of King Arthur, and discusses the unusual way in which he is brought up. I recommend following up with this video on King Arthur by Cambrian Chronicles, which discusses the complicated history of mentions of Arthur. Fun Old Welsh (and I'm wondering if the mention of Arthur is to rhyme with Gwawrddur.Then looking at Indian music: I looked up the lyrics to one of my favorite Hindi songs recently ("Marjaani"). I found this blog post that provided not just a translation, but some cultural commentary as well. I thought this was pretty interesting: 1. So far as I've understood, the word 'Khasmanukhaye' originally meant a woman who'd eat (bring misfortune to) her husband (khasam). But now it…