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1530 Eft wäs ân-ræd, nalas elnes lät, mærða gemyndig mæg Hygelâces; wearp þâ wunden-mæl wrättum gebunden yrre oretta, þät hit on eorðan läg, stîð and stýl-ecg; strenge getrûwode,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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See werod. weorpan, st. v.: 1) _to throw, cast away_, w. acc.: pret.sg. wearp þâ wunden-mæl wrättum gebunden yrre oretta, þät hit on eorðan läg (_the wrathful warrior threw the ornamented sword, that it lay on the earth_),
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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