Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

Note 3
XXVIII. THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY.—THE TWO QUEENS.

B. translates: Who for a long time, ready at the coast, had looked out into the distance eagerly for the dear men. This changes the syntax of ‘léofra manna.’

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Who long in the past outlooked in the distance,3

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