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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 78 words
So the brave one enjoined it; there was jewel no richer In the form of a weapon mong Geats of that era; In Beowulfs keeping he placed it and gave him 50 Seven of thousands, manor and lordship. Common to both was land mong the people, 75 Estate and inherited rights and possessions, To the second one specially spacious dominions, To the one who was better. It afterward happened 55 In days that followed, befell the battle thanes,
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