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  • Minstrelsy (hearpan wyn), saga-telling, racing, swimming, harpooning of sea-animals, feasting, and the bestowal of jewels, swords, and rings, are the other amusements most frequent in _Bēowulf_. l.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Þā se ellen-gǣst earfoðlīce þrāge geþolode, sē þe in þȳstrum bād, þæt hē dōgora gehwām drēam gehȳrde hlūdne in healle; þǣr wæs hearpan swēg,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Minstrelsy (hearpan wyn), saga-telling, racing, swimming, harpooning of sea-animals, feasting, and the bestowal of jewels, swords, and rings, are the other amusements most frequent in _Beówulf_. l.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Þâ se ellen-gæst earfoðlîce þrage geþolode, se þe in þýstrum bâd, þät he dôgora gehwâm dreám gehýrde hlûdne in healle; þær wäs hearpan swêg,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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  • hearpan old english word for harp

    January 25, 2007