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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 73 words
No two accented syllables have been brought together, except occasionally after a csural pause. See 219 and 121. Or, scientifically speaking, Sieverss C type has been avoided as not consonant with the plan of translation. Several of his types, however, constantly occur; e.g. A and a variant x x x x x; B and a variant x x x x x ; a variant of D x x x; E x x .
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