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Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon; streámas wundon sund wið sande; secgas bæron on bearm nacan beorhte frätwe,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon; strēamas wundon sund wið sande; secgas bǣron on bearm nacan beorhte frætwe,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_lay the dear man on the funeral-pile_, 2127; him on bearm hladan bunan and discas, _laid cups and plates upon his bosom, loaded himself with them_,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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(_this_ [the sword] _he laid in B. 's bosom, presented to him_), 2195; pret.pl. â-ledon þâ leófne þeóden ... on bearm scipes, 34; â-legdon þâ tô middes mærne þeóden _ (laid the mighty prince in the midst_ [of the pyre]),
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_lay the dear man on the funeral-pile_, 2127; him on bearm hladan bunan and discas, _laid cups and plates upon his bosom, loaded himself with them_,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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(_this_ [the sword] _he laid in B. 's bosom, presented to him_), 2195; pret.pl. ā-ledon þā lēofne þēoden ... on bearm scipes, 34; ā-legdon þā tō middes mǣrne þēoden _ (laid the mighty prince in the midst_ [of the pyre]),
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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"Hēt ðā eorla hlēo in gefetian, heaðo-rōf cyning, Hrēðles lāfe golde gegyrede; næs mid Gēatum ðā sinc-māðþum sēlra on sweordes hād; þæt hē on Bīowulfes bearm ālegde." [
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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III. þonne forstes bend fäder on-læteð (_as soon as the Father looseth the frost's fetters_), 1610. â-lecgan, w. v.: 1) _to lay, lay down_: pret.sg. syððan hilde-deór hond â-legde ... under geápne hrôf, 835; þät he on Beówulfes bearm â-legde
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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III. þonne forstes bend fæder on-lǣteð (_as soon as the Father looseth the frost's fetters_), 1610. ā-lecgan, w. v.: 1) _to lay, lay down_: pret.sg. syððan hilde-dēor hond ā-legde ... under gēapne hrōf, 835; þæt hē on Bēowulfes bearm ā-legde
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
AnWulf commented on the word bearm
emotion, stir, excitement ... And Jim Sutherland rushed up in another bearm, telling Uncle, "Cross over." ... Leslie Dykstra, "Puryear's Hornpipe"
March 28, 2013