Zach WeinersmithWorking on an abridged Beowulf and the explainer introduction is solid gold
Allen Shull 
@ZachWeinersmith (Don’t get me started on the weird scribal change)
potpie@allenshull @ZachWeinersmith I, for one, would love to get you started on the weird scribal change. Haven't heard of it before.
@potpie The second hand, by most paleographic accounts, is the more old-fashioned of the two, which may (or may not) indicate that the second scribe was older than the first scribe. And the second hand occasionally emends the first hand's language. At the same time, the second hand is less consistent with the spelling of names (but remember, spelling was as often "just how it sounds" than not). 3/5