Note 1
IX. UNFERTH TAUNTS BEOWULF.
It has been plausibly suggested that ‘síð’ (in 501 and in 353) means ‘arrival.’ If so, translate the bracket: (the arrival of Beowulf, the brave seafarer, was a source of great chagrin to Unferth, etc.).
Opened the jousting (the journey1 of Beowulf,
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