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... fell into disrepute and neglect until there re- mained but one copy of it in existence preserved for us by a happy chance . To determine the age of the poem we have two fixed dates . There is first the death of Higelac in 511 , and the ...
... fell into disrepute and neglect until there re- mained but one copy of it in existence preserved for us by a happy chance . To determine the age of the poem we have two fixed dates . There is first the death of Higelac in 511 , and the ...
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... shall conquer , unaffrayed will he - I know it well- In this war - hall the Goths devour as oft on Danes he fell ; * " * Danes ' here in the original Hreðmen . Then if death taketh me thou wilt not need to LINE 422-445 . ] 21 GRENDEL .
... shall conquer , unaffrayed will he - I know it well- In this war - hall the Goths devour as oft on Danes he fell ; * " * Danes ' here in the original Hreðmen . Then if death taketh me thou wilt not need to LINE 422-445 . ] 21 GRENDEL .
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... fell ! And , spite of all thy wit , for them thou'lt dree the pains of hell ! For , Ecglaf's son ! I tell thee truth , that Grendel ne'er had wrought So many sorrows on thy lord , nor shame on Heorot brought , If that thy mind and heart ...
... fell ! And , spite of all thy wit , for them thou'lt dree the pains of hell ! For , Ecglaf's son ! I tell thee truth , that Grendel ne'er had wrought So many sorrows on thy lord , nor shame on Heorot brought , If that thy mind and heart ...
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... fell monster in the hall [ where they could safely bide Only ] * while they could see the sun , till over all should glide , * A line seems to have dropped out here . In the words within brackets I have followed Grein's conjecture . Wan ...
... fell monster in the hall [ where they could safely bide Only ] * while they could see the sun , till over all should glide , * A line seems to have dropped out here . In the words within brackets I have followed Grein's conjecture . Wan ...
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... fell not to the ground , that dwelling strong and good ; But all within it and without ' twas strengthened ' gainst that day By iron bands forged cunningly . Yet from the sills , men say , Was many a gilded mead - bench torn where those ...
... fell not to the ground , that dwelling strong and good ; But all within it and without ' twas strengthened ' gainst that day By iron bands forged cunningly . Yet from the sills , men say , Was many a gilded mead - bench torn where those ...
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