The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf: The Scôp Or Gleeman's Tale, and The Fight at FinnesburgBenjamin Thorpe James Wright, 1855 - 330 страници |
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... Hrothgar , the reigning prince at the time of the poem ; although , judging from the text , it would seem that the line from Scef to Hrothgar was unbroken through- out . But it may be right to observe , that the words ( 1. 112 ) " o þæt ...
... Hrothgar , the reigning prince at the time of the poem ; although , judging from the text , it would seem that the line from Scef to Hrothgar was unbroken through- out . But it may be right to observe , that the words ( 1. 112 ) " o þæt ...
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... Hrothgar succeeds his brother Heo- rogara . This prince causes a splendid royal residence to be constructed , to ... Hrothgar's people are called Hrethmen , in other words , Jut- landers . By preceding editors Hrothgar has been ...
... Hrothgar succeeds his brother Heo- rogara . This prince causes a splendid royal residence to be constructed , to ... Hrothgar's people are called Hrethmen , in other words , Jut- landers . By preceding editors Hrothgar has been ...
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... Hrothgar's realm , he is challenged by the officer stationed at the extreme point of the land c , to give notice of the approach of enemies . IV . V. VI . After a parley , Beowulf and his companions are conducted to King Hrothgar , to ...
... Hrothgar's realm , he is challenged by the officer stationed at the extreme point of the land c , to give notice of the approach of enemies . IV . V. VI . After a parley , Beowulf and his companions are conducted to King Hrothgar , to ...
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... Hrothgar visits Heorot and sees Grendel's hand , and is loud in Beowulf's praise . XV . Heorot is restored to its former splendour ; a great feast is held , at which Beo- wulf and his companions are munificently rewarded for their ...
... Hrothgar visits Heorot and sees Grendel's hand , and is loud in Beowulf's praise . XV . Heorot is restored to its former splendour ; a great feast is held , at which Beo- wulf and his companions are munificently rewarded for their ...
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... Hrothgar , named Eschere . Beowulf , who had slept in another place , is thereupon summoned to attend Hrothgar , XX . who relates to him the calamity that had befallen them , and gives a highly poetic description of the place around ...
... Hrothgar , named Eschere . Beowulf , who had slept in another place , is thereupon summoned to attend Hrothgar , XX . who relates to him the calamity that had befallen them , and gives a highly poetic description of the place around ...
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Страница viii - With respect to this the oldest heroic poem in any Germanic tongue, my opinion is, that it is not an original production of the Anglo-Saxon muse, but a metrical paraphrase of an heroic Saga composed in the south-west of Sweden, in the old common language of the North, and probably brought to this country during the sway of the Danish dynasty.
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