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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 57 words
From boasting and bragging of battle achievements, Since the princes beheld there the hand that depended Neath the lofty hall timbers by the might of the nobleman, Each one before him, the enemys fingers; 60 Each finger nail strong steel most resembled, The heathen ones hand spur, the hero in battles Claw most uncanny; quoth they agreeing,
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