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  • Þät wäs geócor sîð, þät se hearm-scaða tô Heorute âteáh: dryht-sele dynede, Denum eallum wearð, ceaster-bûendum, cênra gehwylcum,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Þæt wæs gēocor sīð, þæt se hearm-scaða tō Heorute ātēah: dryht-sele dynede, Denum eallum wearð, ceaster-būendum, cēnra gehwylcum,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hengestes heáp hringum wenede (_sh. honor_), 1092. be - (bi -) wenian, _entertain, care for, attend_: pret.sg. mäg þäs þonne of-þyncan þeóden Heaðo-beardna ... þonne he mid fæmnan on flet gæð, dryht-bearn Dena duguða bi-wenede (_may well displease the prince of the

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hengestes hēap hringum wenede (_sh. honor_), 1092. be - (bi -) wenian, _entertain, care for, attend_: pret.sg. mæg þæs þonne of-þyncan þēoden Heaðo-beardna ... þonne hē mid fǣmnan on flet gǣð, dryht-bearn Dena duguða bi-wenede (_may well displease the prince of the

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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