2. a long narrow mustache in which the ends taper and droop down to the chin. This style dates from the mid 20th century, the kind of mustache worn by the eponymous Fu Manchu, a master criminal in the novels of British writer Sax Rohmer (1883â1959).ccording to the OED, this moustache is so called because of its resemblance to the whiskers of a walrus, and is currently first recorded in writing in 1918. Not a far cry from the soup-strainer, this moustache is best left to professionals, and is most effective in a shade of grey.
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. A date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the Beowulf poet. The poem is set in Scandinavia. Be
Page with Chi Rho monogram from the Gospel of Matthew in the Lindisfarne Gospels c. 700, possibly created by Eadfrith of Lindisfarne in memory of Cuthbert. The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous British groups who adopted some aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and language. Historically, the Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period in Britain between about 450 and 1066, after their initial settlement and up until the Norman conquest. The early Anglo-Saxon period includes the creation of