“Apparently ‘What Ho’ Is a Corruption Of…”, Marguerite2021-01-14 (GPT; backlinks)⁠:

Apparently “what ho!” is a corruption of Beowulf’s “hwaet!”??

Now need a P. G. Wodehouse translation of Beowulf.

What ho! Have you heard of these chaps,
Dashed good fellows with a spear and whatnot—

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