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Examples
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Samod ær-däge eode eorla sum, äðele cempa self mid gesîðum, þær se snottra bâd,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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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
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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
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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
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Samod ǣr-dæge ēode eorla sum, æðele cempa self mid gesīðum, þǣr se snottra bād,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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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
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-- 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
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-- 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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