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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 76 words
So blessed with abundance, brimming with joyance, The warriors abided, till a certain one gan to Dog them with deeds of direfullest malice, A foe in the hall building. this horrible stranger2 50 Was Grendel entitled, the march stepper famous Who3 dwelt in the moor fens, the marsh and the fastness; The wan mooded being abode for a season 5 In the land of the giants, when the Lord and Creator Had banned him and branded.
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