Such as Beowolf?
http://northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epic...f/021.html
If I recall correctly though Champollion was reading texts from the New Kingdom when he made his breakthrough. In the 1820's Egyptian texts were still a rarity in Europe and they worked with what they had.
http://northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epic...f/021.html
Quote:Beowulf in Old English
3035 ærran mælum; þa wæs endedæg
godum gegongen, þæt se guðcyning,
Wedra þeoden, wundordeaðe swealt.
ær hi þær gesegan syllicran wiht,
wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes þær
3040 laðne licgean; wæs se legdraca
grimlic, gryrefah, gledum beswæled.
Se wæs fiftiges fotgemearces
lang on legere, lyftwynne heold
nihtes hwilum, nyðer eft gewat
If I recall correctly though Champollion was reading texts from the New Kingdom when he made his breakthrough. In the 1820's Egyptian texts were still a rarity in Europe and they worked with what they had.