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Sweord sceal on bearme,
drihtlic isern.
Draca sceal on hlæwe, frod, frætwum wlanc. Fisc
sceal on wætere
cynren cennan.
Cyning sceal on
healle beagas dælan...
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arming sword with crossguard. The word
sword continues the Old English,
sweord. The use of a
sword is
known as
swordsmanship or, in a
modern context, as...
- bunden,
hamere geþruen,
sweord swate fah swin ofer
helme ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð. Ða wæs on
healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum,
sidrand manig...
- but
because of the hero's strength: Næġling forbærst, ġesƿác æt sæcce
sƿeord Bíoƿulfes,
gomol ond grǽgmǽl. Him þæt ġifeðe ne ƿæs þæt him írenna eċġe...
- bunden,
hamere geþruen,
sweord swate fah swin ofer
helme ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð. Ða wæs on
healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum,
sidrand manig...
- Old
English Hwæðer wēnst þū is māre, þē þīn
sweord þē mīn?
Translation Which one do you
think is bigger, your
sword or mine?...
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gyldan woldon gif him þyslicu þearf gelumpe,
helmas ond
heard sweord. ... I
recall that time,
where we
partook of mead, when we promised...
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meces ecgum, and his
magum ætbær brun-****ne helm,
hringde byrnan, eald
sweord eotonisc, þæt him
Onela forgeaf, his gædelinges guð-gewædu, fyrd-searo fuslic:...
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where it had been lost. Namely,
those with the
suffixes -iġ or -līċ:
bisigu sweord ("busy swords" [nom. pl. neut.]), broðorlīcu lufu ("brotherly love" [nom...
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translation Burton Raffel's free 1963
verse þonne heoru bunden, | hamere geþruen,
sweord swate fāh | swin ofer
helme ecgum dyhtig |
andweard scireð. when blade bound...
