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An Old English wordoften used at the beginning of a poemto indicate that all prior speechis to end as the newnarrative begins.
Common translations include: Hark, Lo, Wait, What, Listen, So, Now, Hey!, Hey you, Check it, Shut the fuck up, Look at Me! Look at Me!, Everyone listen to me right now or I'll tear you apart broken bone-locking by blood-drenched sinew
Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum,
eodcyninga, rym gefrunon,
hu ða æelingas ellen fremedon.
Hwæt this is the story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air
See hwaet, hark, wait, lo, listen, so, now, hey
