Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

Note 2
II. SCYLD’S SUCCESSORS.—HROTHGAR’S GREAT MEAD-HALL.

Some authorities would translate ‘demon’ instead of ‘stranger.’

ITS PLACE IN THE BOOK

A foe in the hall-building: this horrible stranger2

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