Note 1
I. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SCYLD.
For the ‘Þæt’ of verse 15, Sievers suggests ‘Þá’ (= which). If this be accepted, the sentence ‘He had … afflicted’ will read: He (i.e. God) had perceived the malice-caused sorrow which they, lordless, had formerly long endured.
1That reaved of their rulers they wretched had erstwhile2
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