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  • Samod ær-däge eode eorla sum, äðele cempa self mid gesîðum, þær se snottra bâd,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Häfde þâ forsîðod sunu Ecgþeówes under gynne grund, Geáta cempa, nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe gefremede, here-net hearde, and hâlig god

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • He him þäs leán forgeald, rêðe cempa, tô þäs þe he on räste geseah gûð-wêrigne Grendel licgan, aldor-leásne, swâ him ær gescôd hild ät Heorote; hrâ wîde sprong,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hē him þæs lēan forgeald, rēðe cempa, tō þæs þe hē on ræste geseah gūð-wērigne Grendel licgan, aldor-lēasne, swā him ǣr gescōd hild æt Heorote; hrā wīde sprong,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Samod ǣr-dæge ēode eorla sum, æðele cempa self mid gesīðum, þǣr se snottra bād,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hæfde þā forsīðod sunu Ecgþēowes under gynne grund, Gēata cempa, nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe gefremede, here-net hearde, and hālig god

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • -- Comp. fêðe-cempa. cennan, w. v.: 1) _to bear_, w. acc.: efne swâ hwylc mägða swâ þone magan cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret.part. þäm eafera wäs äfter cenned,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • -- Comp. fēðe-cempa. cennan, w. v.: 1) _to bear_, w. acc.: efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret.part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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