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  • (stōd on stān-bogan) strēam ūt þonan brecan of beorge; wæs þǣre burnan wælm heaðo-fȳrum hāt: ne meahte horde nēah unbyrnende ǣnige hwīle

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • ... strēam ūt brecan of beorge, _saw a stream break out from the rocks_,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • ... streám ût brecan of beorge, _saw a stream break out from the rocks_,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • (stôd on stân-bogan) streám ût þonan brecan of beorge; wäs þære burnan wälm heaðo-fýrum hât: ne meahte horde neáh unbyrnende ænige hwîle

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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