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_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Beówulf's life), 3013. be-ceorfan, st. v., _to separate, to cut off_ (with acc. of the pers. and instr. of the thing): pret. hine þâ heáfde becearf, _cut off his head_,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013. be-ceorfan, st. v., _to separate, to cut off_ (with acc. of the pers. and instr. of the thing): pret. hine þā hēafde becearf, _cut off his head_,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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