Beowulf: An Old English PoemK. Paul, Trench, 1883 - 179 páginas |
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... head they raised aloft ; and gave him to the flood To bear away to open sea , with grief and mourning mood . But not the wisest man in hall , nor bravest under heaven Can ever tell for sooth to whom that lordly freight was driven ...
... head they raised aloft ; and gave him to the flood To bear away to open sea , with grief and mourning mood . But not the wisest man in hall , nor bravest under heaven Can ever tell for sooth to whom that lordly freight was driven ...
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... head , The rest together hastened on , by Wulfgar's guidance led , Below the roof of Heorot's hall ; nor paused the hero good Till stern beneath his helmèd brow he on the dais stood . * Then while his mail , by smith - craft wrought ...
... head , The rest together hastened on , by Wulfgar's guidance led , Below the roof of Heorot's hall ; nor paused the hero good Till stern beneath his helmèd brow he on the dais stood . * Then while his mail , by smith - craft wrought ...
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... head : - * Grendel will have me , drenched in gore ; my bleeding body , dead , He'll bear away in hope of feast ; the fiend who walks alone Will ruthless eat , the moorland wide shall be my burial stone ! Not long for me thy kindly ...
... head : - * Grendel will have me , drenched in gore ; my bleeding body , dead , He'll bear away in hope of feast ; the fiend who walks alone Will ruthless eat , the moorland wide shall be my burial stone ! Not long for me thy kindly ...
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... back ! " Then from the hall amid his knights forth passed the Scyldings ' head , The warrior - lord Queen Waltheow sought , the partner of his bed . " 1 V. THE FIGHT WITH GRENDEL . ' Gainst Grendel had LINE 651-665 . ] 31 GRENDEL .
... back ! " Then from the hall amid his knights forth passed the Scyldings ' head , The warrior - lord Queen Waltheow sought , the partner of his bed . " 1 V. THE FIGHT WITH GRENDEL . ' Gainst Grendel had LINE 651-665 . ] 31 GRENDEL .
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... head , that in the press of fight Should never sword , though bright and keen , the shielded warrior bite . * Wala . The precise meaning of this word is uncertain ; it may have been a crest of some kind , or the framework on the helmet ...
... head , that in the press of fight Should never sword , though bright and keen , the shielded warrior bite . * Wala . The precise meaning of this word is uncertain ; it may have been a crest of some kind , or the framework on the helmet ...
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bade battle beneath Beowulf bold bore brave bright Cheaper Edition chief cloth corselet Danes deadly dear death deeds Demy 8vo dragon dread Eadgils Eanmund earls earth Ecgtheow's English eotens Essay Fcap fierce fight Finn fire Fourth Edition Frisian Frontispiece gainst gave gifts gilt glorious gold goodly Gothic Goths Grein Grendel Grendel's mother grief guard Halfdene's hall hand Healfdene heart helm helmet Hengest Heorot hero Higelac Hildeburh Hnæf hoard Hrethel Hrothgar Hrunting Hygd Kemble king knight land Large crown 8vo Large post 8vo Library Edition LL.B Maps mighty mong monster neath Note o'er Onela Ongentheow people's poem Portrait Prof rings Scyldings Scylfing Second Edition Sermons shield slain Small 8vo Small crown 8vo Songs sorrow spake story strife sword tale thane thee Third Edition thou Translated treasure twas valiant vellum vols Wægmund warrior waves ween Wiglaf wondrous words wrath wrought
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