Note † — II. THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURH:
Reading edition
l. 2815. Wīglāf was the next of kin, the last of the race, and hence the recipient of Beowulf's kingly insignia. There is a possible play on the word lāf (Wīg-lāf, ende-lāf).
Reading edition
l. 2815. Wīglāf was the next of kin, the last of the race, and hence the recipient of Beowulf's kingly insignia. There is a possible play on the word lāf (Wīg-lāf, ende-lāf).