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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... módes brecda monig oft ge - sæt , ríce tó rúne ; rád eahtedon , hwæt swíð - ferhðum sélest wære wið fær - grýrū tó ge - fremmanne . Hwílum híe ge - héton æt hrærg - trafum 350 wig - weordunga ; wordum bædon phim gast - bona geóce ge ...
... módes brecda monig oft ge - sæt , ríce tó rúne ; rád eahtedon , hwæt swíð - ferhðum sélest wære wið fær - grýrū tó ge - fremmanne . Hwílum híe ge - héton æt hrærg - trafum 350 wig - weordunga ; wordum bædon phim gast - bona geóce ge ...
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... for his won - hydum wæpna ne recced ; ic ponne for - hicge , swa me Hige - lác sie mín mon - drihten módes blíðe , pic sweord bere op de sídne scyld , 870 geolo - rand to gúde ; ac ic mid grape sceal fón wið feónde , and BEOWULF . 31.
... for his won - hydum wæpna ne recced ; ic ponne for - hicge , swa me Hige - lác sie mín mon - drihten módes blíðe , pic sweord bere op de sídne scyld , 870 geolo - rand to gúde ; ac ic mid grape sceal fón wið feónde , and BEOWULF . 31.
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... for his won - hydum wæpna ne recce ; ic ponne for - hicge , swa me Hige - lác sie mín mon - drihten módes blíðe , pic sweord bere op de sídne scyld , 870 geolo - rand to gúde ; ac ic mid grape sceal fón wið feónde , and BEOWULF . 31.
... for his won - hydum wæpna ne recce ; ic ponne for - hicge , swa me Hige - lác sie mín mon - drihten módes blíðe , pic sweord bere op de sídne scyld , 870 geolo - rand to gúde ; ac ic mid grape sceal fón wið feónde , and BEOWULF . 31.
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... módes myrde , manna cynne fyrene ge - fremede , he [ was flág wið gód ] him se líc - homa læstan [ n ] olde ; ac hine se módega 1620 mág Hyge - láces hæfde be honda ; was ge - hwæper óðrum lifigende là 8 , líc - sár ge - bád átol æg ...
... módes myrde , manna cynne fyrene ge - fremede , he [ was flág wið gód ] him se líc - homa læstan [ n ] olde ; ac hine se módega 1620 mág Hyge - láces hæfde be honda ; was ge - hwæper óðrum lifigende là 8 , líc - sár ge - bád átol æg ...
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... módes hild [ s ] we drode , earfod and ellen ; he mid eótenum [ w ] earð on feónda ge - weald 1800 ford for - lácen , snúde for - sended . hine sorh - wylmas lemede tó lange ; he his leódum weard eallu æpellingum , to aldor - ceare ...
... módes hild [ s ] we drode , earfod and ellen ; he mid eótenum [ w ] earð on feónda ge - weald 1800 ford for - lácen , snúde for - sended . hine sorh - wylmas lemede tó lange ; he his leódum weard eallu æpellingum , to aldor - ceare ...
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