Note 1
X. BEOWULF SILENCES UNFERTH.—GLEE IS HIGH.
The repetition of ‘hwæðere’ (574 and 578) is regarded by some scholars as a defect. B. suggests ‘swá Þær’ for the first: So there it befell me, etc. Another suggestion is to change the second ‘hwæðere’ into ‘swá Þær’: So there I escaped with my life, etc.
But me did it fortune1 to fell with my weapon
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