Note 661 — Chapter IX · THE SWORD-DANCE
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Beowulf, 1042. It is in the hall of Hrothgar at Heorot,
‘þæt wæs hilde-setl: heah-cyninges, þonne sweorda-gelác: sunu Healfdenes efnan wolde: nǽfre on óre lǽg wíd-cúþes wíg: þonne walu féollon.’