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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 48 words
Gave me willingly to see on the wall a Heavy old hand sword hanging in splendor He guided most often the lorn and the friendless, That I swung as a weapon. The wards of the house then 15 I killed in the conflict when occasion was given me.
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