Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

Note 2
XXXV. REMINISCENCES (continued).—BEOWULF’S LAST BATTLE.

B. emends and translates: I will not flee the space of a foot from the guard of the barrow, but there shall be to us a fight at the wall, as fate decrees, each one’s Creator.

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Target and war-mail. The ward of the barrow2

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