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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 43 words
The choicest of houses. Long was the season. Twelve winters time torture suffered The friend of the Scyldings, every affliction, 35 Endless agony; hence it after3 became Certainly known to the children of men Sadly in measures, that long against Hrothgar Grendel struggled.
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