Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

Note 4
XXI. HROTHGAR’S ACCOUNT OF THE MONSTERS.

For ‘hrímge’ in the H.-So. edition, Gr. and others read ‘hrínde’ (=hrínende), and translate: which rustling forests overhang.

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Which forests hang over, with frost-whiting covered,4

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