The Anglo-Saxon poems of Beowulf, the Travellers Song and the Battle of Finnesburh, Volume 1John Mitchell Kemble William Pickering, 1835 - 263 pages |
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... hord on - leác ; We synt gum - cynnes Geáta leóde , and Hige - láces 520 heord - geneátas : wæs mín fæder folcum ge - cýped , æpele ord - fruma Ecg - þeów háten : ge - bád wintra worn ær he on weg hwurfe gamol of geardum ; hine gearwe ...
... hord on - leác ; We synt gum - cynnes Geáta leóde , and Hige - láces 520 heord - geneátas : wæs mín fæder folcum ge - cýped , æpele ord - fruma Ecg - þeów háten : ge - bád wintra worn ær he on weg hwurfe gamol of geardum ; hine gearwe ...
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... hord - burh hælepa ; dá wæs Here - går deád , 930 myn yldra mág un - lífigende , bearn Healf - denes , se wæs betera don ic : siððan [ þ ] a fæhðe feo pingode ; sende ic Wylfingū ofer wæteres hrycg ealde mádmas : he me ápas swór . 940 ...
... hord - burh hælepa ; dá wæs Here - går deád , 930 myn yldra mág un - lífigende , bearn Healf - denes , se wæs betera don ic : siððan [ þ ] a fæhðe feo pingode ; sende ic Wylfingū ofer wæteres hrycg ealde mádmas : he me ápas swór . 940 ...
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... hord and hleó - burh , hælepa ríce , Scyldinga . * 1820 He þær eallum wearð mág Hige - láces manna cynne , freóndum ge - fægra ; hine fyren on - wod . Hwílum flítende fealwe stræte mearum mæton , Já was morgen - leóht scofen and scynded ...
... hord and hleó - burh , hælepa ríce , Scyldinga . * 1820 He þær eallum wearð mág Hige - láces manna cynne , freóndum ge - fægra ; hine fyren on - wod . Hwílum flítende fealwe stræte mearum mæton , Já was morgen - leóht scofen and scynded ...
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... hord - weorþunge , hnáhran rince , sæmran æt sæcce . 1900 Dú þe self hafast dádum ge - fremed Þ þín lyfað áwa tó aldre : al - walda þec góde for - gylde , swá he nú gyt dyde . Beó - wulf mapelode bearn Ec - peówes ; we ellen - weorc ...
... hord - weorþunge , hnáhran rince , sæmran æt sæcce . 1900 Dú þe self hafast dádum ge - fremed Þ þín lyfað áwa tó aldre : al - walda þec góde for - gylde , swá he nú gyt dyde . Beó - wulf mapelode bearn Ec - peówes ; we ellen - weorc ...
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... wel brúcan . Swa man - líce mære þeóden , hord - weard hælepa , heapo - ræsas geald mearum and mádmum . 2090 Swá hý næfre man lyhð se pe secgan wile Sóð æfter rihte . XVI . Da gyt æg - hwylcum , eorla drihten 74 BEOWULF .
... wel brúcan . Swa man - líce mære þeóden , hord - weard hælepa , heapo - ræsas geald mearum and mádmum . 2090 Swá hý næfre man lyhð se pe secgan wile Sóð æfter rihte . XVI . Da gyt æg - hwylcum , eorla drihten 74 BEOWULF .
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