#BeowulfTrump

@BruceHolsinger, well-regarded historian and author of a couple of excellent mysteries starring John Gower, enlivened the day by inventing the hashtag #BeowulfTrump and posting examples of how it's done:

Bruce Holsinger "@bruceholsinger 9 hours ago
Today's Twitter mash-up is Donald Trump meets Beowulf. Let the festivities begin. #BeowulfTrump

Bruce Holsinger "@bruceholsinger 9 hours ago
The Spear-Danes? I LOVE the Spear-Danes. These are great, great people. #BeowulfTrump

Bruce Holsinger "@bruceholsinger 9 hours ago
I like Hrothgar. He's a hard-working guy. But it's STUPID that Heorot doesn't have a wall to keep out the monsters. STUPID #BeowulfTrump

Bruce Holsinger "@bruceholsinger 9 hours ago
The Spear-Danes, these people LOVE me. LOVE me over there. "Bring us the Great Geat" is what they're always saying. LOVE me. #BeowulfTrump

Since then he's kept tweeting, and he's just gotten funnier.

Seven hours after Holsinger started the hashtag, fellow medievalist @JonathanHsy tweeted:

Loving #BeowulfTrump today. Now if someone can turn one of The Donald's epic rants into allit verse I'll be VERY impressed #medievaltwitter

I'm just saying.