Byrtnoth Byrthelmes Bearn

Byrhtnoth the Tall, son of Byrhtelm Bright-helmed, at your service. Before my untimely death at the Battle of Maldon, I was a patron of the arts, and I have been chosen by the Valar to return to Middle-earth, in order to fulfill my mission of convincing modern scholars that the best way to translate Old English is to do so loyally. I wear the ring of ofermode, so that I can step 'eode swa anraed' to opponents much more educated than I.