Beowulf: An Old English PoemK. Paul, Trench, 1883 - 179 páginas |
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... King of the Danes , ' whose death in battle with the Attoarii in 511 is recorded by Gregory of Tours , and in the Gesta Regum Francorum . The dry record of these chroniclers is a remark- able confirmation of the passages in the poem ...
... King of the Danes , ' whose death in battle with the Attoarii in 511 is recorded by Gregory of Tours , and in the Gesta Regum Francorum . The dry record of these chroniclers is a remark- able confirmation of the passages in the poem ...
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... King of the Danes ' is of no moment . The ecclesiastical historian probably used the word as including northern barbarians of all kinds . If Tacitus's glowing description of the Catti remained true it is little wonder that the Hetwars ...
... King of the Danes ' is of no moment . The ecclesiastical historian probably used the word as including northern barbarians of all kinds . If Tacitus's glowing description of the Catti remained true it is little wonder that the Hetwars ...
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... king dwelt , and whence Beowulf set sail on his voyage to Heorot . Gustavus Adolphus , when he founded the city , may have availed himself of an old site and an old name . * Kemble , I hardly know why , calls Hrafnesholt , " the Raven's ...
... king dwelt , and whence Beowulf set sail on his voyage to Heorot . Gustavus Adolphus , when he founded the city , may have availed himself of an old site and an old name . * Kemble , I hardly know why , calls Hrafnesholt , " the Raven's ...
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... king Hakon IV . in 1308. The name of this place is Bôhûs , which , according to Grein , means domus Boi , and as Bous is identical with the Beaw , or Beow , of the genealogies , we may have here some trace of the Beowulf of the mound ...
... king Hakon IV . in 1308. The name of this place is Bôhûs , which , according to Grein , means domus Boi , and as Bous is identical with the Beaw , or Beow , of the genealogies , we may have here some trace of the Beowulf of the mound ...
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... king of the Danes allowed him to take thirty young men back with him into Friesland to be educated in the Christian faith . Now what difficulty is there , Mr. Arnold asks , “ in supposing that these young Danes , or some of them , were ...
... king of the Danes allowed him to take thirty young men back with him into Friesland to be educated in the Christian faith . Now what difficulty is there , Mr. Arnold asks , “ in supposing that these young Danes , or some of them , were ...
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