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  • Hêht þâ eorla hleó eahta mearas, fäted-hleóre, on flet teón in under eoderas; þâra ânum stôd sadol searwum fâh since gewurðad,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • S. proposes: eóde eahta sum under inwit-hrôf hilderinca: sum on handa bär, etc.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hûru se snotra sunu Wihstânes âcîgde of corðre cyninges þegnas syfone tôsomne þâ sêlestan, eode eahta sum under inwit-hrôf;

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Heht þā eorla hlēo eahta mēaras, fǣted-hlēore, on flet tēon in under eoderas; þāra ānum stōd sadol searwum fāh since gewurðad,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hūru se snotra sunu Wīhstānes ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas syfone tōsomne þā sēlestan, ēode eahta sum under inwit-hrōf;

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • S. proposes: ēode eahta sum under inwit-hrōf hilderinca: sum on handa bær, etc.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • ... eahta mearas ... on flet teón, _gave command to bring eight horses into the hall_, 1036; þonne ænne hêht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good that one with gold_, 1054; hêht þâ þät heaðo-weorc tô hagan biódan,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • ... eahta mēaras ... on flet tēon, _gave command to bring eight horses into the hall_, 1036; þonne ǣnne heht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good that one with gold_, 1054; heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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