Note † — II. THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURH:
Reading edition
l. 3075. S. proposes: næs hē goldhwætes gearwor hæfde, etc., = Beowulf had not before seen the greedy possessor's favor.—Beit. ix. 143. B. reads, goldhwæte gearwor hæfde, etc., making goldhwæte modify ēst, = golden favor; but see Beit. xii. 373, for B.'s later view.