OF BEOWULF, THE SCOP OR GLEEMAN'S TALE, AND THE FIGHT AT FINNESBURG. WITH A LITERAL TRANSLATION, NOTES, GLOSSARY, ETC. BY BENJAMIN THORPE, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT MUNICH, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF NETHERLANDISH LITERATURE AT LEYDEN. OXFORD: PRINTED BY JAMES WRIGHT, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. SOLD BY JOHN HENRY PARKER, BROAD STREET, OXFORD; AND 377, STRAND, LONDON. M.DCCC.LV. TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF HIM TO WHOM THORKELIN INSCRIBED THE FIRST EDITION OF BEOWULF, THE FRIEND OF RASK, THE MUNIFICENT FOSTERER OF THE ANCIENT LORE OF HIS NATIVE NORTH, JOHN BÜLOW, OF SANDERUMGAARD IN THE ISLE OF FYEN, THIS PRESENT EDITION OF THE SAME POEM IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR. a 3 |