hyrde

Not only does he fail to state that he has changed MS. _sy_ to _fi_, but he gives no indication that for the words _fyrena hyrde_ there is no room in the MS., and that the reading is entirely of his own making.

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919

Þǣr on innan gīong niðða nāthwylc, nēode tō gefēng hǣðnum horde; hond ætgenam seleful since fāh; nē hē þæt syððan āgeaf, þēah þe hē slǣpende besyrede hyrde þēofes cræfte: þæt se þīoden onfand, bȳ-folc beorna, þæt hē gebolgen wæs.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- Causal with verbs of saying and hearing, _of, about, concerning_: sägdest from his sîðe, 532; nô ic wiht fram þe swylcra searo-nîða secgan hýrde, 581; þät he fram Sigemunde secgan hyrde, 876.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Sôna þät onfunde fyrena hyrde, þät he ne mêtte middan-geardes eorðan sceáta on elran men mund-gripe mâran: he on môde wearð

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- Causal with verbs of saying and hearing, _of, about, concerning_: sægdest from his sīðe, 532; nō ic wiht fram þē swylcra searo-nīða secgan hȳrde, 581; þæt hē fram Sigemunde secgan hyrde, 876.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Sigemunde gesprong æfter dēað-dæge dōm unlȳtel, syððan wīges heard wyrm ācwealde, hordes hyrde; hē under hārne stān, æðelinges bearn, āna genēðde

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Þā hine sōna frægn folces hyrde, hū þā wīgend hyra wunda genǣson oððe hwæðer þǣra hyssa ... ....

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

B. supposes wund hæleð to be a Dane, folces hyrde to be Hnæf, in opposition to Holtzmann (_Germania_, viii. 494), who supposes the wounded man to be a Frisian, and folces hyrde to be their king, Finn.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Sōna þæt onfunde fyrena hyrde, þæt hē ne mētte middan-geardes eorðan scēata on elran men mund-gripe māran: hē on mōde wearð

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- The king is called folces hyrde, 611, 1833, 2645, 2982; frēawine folces, 2358; or folces weard, 2514.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879