-
umsitters (those "sitting" or
dwelling roundabout) 10 ofer hronrāde hȳran
scolde, over
whaleroad (kenning for "sea") hear should,
gomban gyldan. Þæt ƿæs...
- grēted, gid oft wrecen, ðonne
healgamen Hrōþgāres scop æfter
medobence mǣnan
scolde,". Blackburn, F. A. (1897). "The
Christian Coloring of Beowulf". PMLA. 12...
- frōfre gebād, wēox
under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þāh, oðþæt him ǣghwylc þāra
ymbsittendra ofer hronrāde hȳran
scolde,
gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs gōd cyning!...
-
frecne ne
meahton scurheard sceþðan, þonne
scyldfreca ongean gramum gangan scolde. It was
hardly a
shame to be
showered with such
gifts in
front of the hall-troops...
- wæs hit
lenge þā gēn þæt se ecg-hete āðum-swerian æfter wæl-nīðe wæcnan
scolde. ....there
towered the hall, high,
gabled wide, the hot
surge waiting of...
-
orlege hafelan weredon, þonne
hniton feþan,
eoferas cnysedan,
swylc eorl
scolde wesan aérgód
swylc Æschere wæs. Ask not for news of
happy hours! Sorrow...
- eo and ea
after ċ, ġ, and sċ: *ġung > ġeong "young" (cf.
German jung) *
sċolde > sċeolde "should" (cf.
German sollte) *sċadu > sċeadu "shadow" (cf. Dutch...
-
verse þā of
wealle geseah |
weard Scildinga, sē þe
holmclifu |
healdan scolde,
beran ofer
bolcan |
beorhte randas,
fyrdsearu fūslicu; | hine
fyrwyt bræc...
- on
orlege hafelan weredon, þonne
hniton feþan,
eoferas cnysedan.
Swylc scolde eorl wesan. æþeling ærgod,
swylc Æschere wæs!" "Rest? What is rest? Sorrow...
- 2013
verse þā of
wealle geseah weard Scildinga, sē þe
holmclifu healdan scolde,
beran ofer
bolcan beorhte randas,
fyrdsearu fūslicu; hine
fyrwyt bræc mōdgehygdum...
