Beowulf · J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) Hall translation

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XLI. THE MESSENGER’S RETROSPECT.

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For ‘góda,’ which seems a surprising epithet for a Geat to apply to the “terrible” Ongentheow, B. suggests ‘gomela.’ The passage would then stand: ‘The old one went then,’ etc.

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The worthy one went then1 with well-beloved comrades,

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Note 1XLI. THE MESSENGER’S RETROSPECT.

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XLI. THE MESSENGER’S RETROSPECT.