Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

Note 1
XXXIX. THE DEAD FOES.—WIGLAF’S BITTER TAUNTS.

For ‘dædum rædan’ (2859) B. suggests ‘déað árædan,’ and renders: The might (or judgment) of God would determine death for every man, as he still does.

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The will of the Wielder; the World-Ruler’s power1

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