wrecan

III. hē gyd wrece, 2447; inf. wrecan spel ge-rāde,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

The MS. has sunu þeod wrecan, which R. changes to sunu þēod-wrecan, þēod - = _monstrous_; but why not regard þēod as opposition to sunu, = _her son, the prince?

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

And his môdor þâ gyt gîfre and galg-môd gegân wolde sorh-fulne sîð, suna deáð wrecan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

And his mōdor þā gȳt gīfre and galg-mōd gegān wolde sorh-fulne sīð, suna dēað wrecan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

B. proposes: woldon gên cwîðan [ond] kyning wordgyd wrecan ond ymb wel sprecan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Ofsät þâ þone sele-gyst and hyre seaxe geteáh, brâd and brûn-ecg wolde hire bearn wrecan, ângan eaferan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Þâ ymbe hlæw riodan hilde-deóre, äðelinga bearn ealra twelfa, woldon ceare cwîðan, kyning mænan, word-gyd wrecan and ymb wer sprecan,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

III. he gyd wrece, 2447; inf. wrecan spel ge-râde,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

The MS. has sunu þeod wrecan, which R. changes to sunu þeód-wrecan, þeód - = _monstrous_; but why not regard þeód as opposition to sunu, = _her son, the prince?

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

B. proposes: woldon gēn cwīðan [ond] kyning wordgyd wrecan ond ymb wēl sprecan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879