Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

Note 2
XXXII. THE HOARD AND THE DRAGON.

For ‘hard-fyrdne’ (2246), B. first suggested ‘hard-fyndne,’ rendering: A heap of treasures … so great that its equal would be hard to find. The same scholar suggests later ‘hord-wynne dæl’ = A deal of treasure-joy.

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2Ponderous deal of the treasure of nobles,

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