-
recite with
skill the
adventure of Beowulf,
adeptly tell a tall tale, and (
wordum wrixlan)
weave his words." The poem
further mentions (lines 1065–1068) that...
- Nominative−Accusative bām bāmar, -er, -an, -a skip
skipu word word
Genitive bāmes bāma
skipes skipa wordes worda Dative bāme bāmum, -em, -im
skipe skipum worde wordum...
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strangan staþol. Stælgiest ne wæs
wihte þȳ glēawra, þe hē þām
wordum swealg. A moth ate words. To me that
seemed a
fantastical event, ...
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ongan sið Bēowulfes |
snyttrum styrian, ond on sped
wrecan | spel gerade,
wordum wrixlan; | ... At
times the king's thane, full of
grand stories, mindful...
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throughout the centuries. Nu ic ****e gen ymb
fisca cynn
wille woðcræfte
wordum cyþan þurh
modgemynd bi þam
miclan hwale. Se bið
unwillum oft gemeted, frecne...
- sið Bēowulfes
snyttrum styrian, ond on sped
wrecan spel gerade,
wordum wrixlan; ... At
times the king's thane, full of
grand stories...
- eorþan hātan for hæleþum
hyhtlic gewǣde. Saga sōðcwidum, searoþon**** glēaw,
wordum wīsfæst, hwæt þis gewǣde sȳ. The damp
earth produced me from her cold womb;...
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wende þæt ic ær oþþe sið æfre
sceolde ofer
meodubence muðleas sprecan,
wordum wrixlan. Þæt is
wundres dæl, on
sefan searolic þam þe
swylc ne conn, hu...
