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  • The comp. mâre must be supplied before þone in: medo-ärn micel ... (mâre) þone yldo beam æfre ge-frunon, 69; instr.sg. ge-trume micle, 923; micle (_by much, much_); micle leófre (_far dearer_),

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Ongenþeów's bearn, of his grandson, 2388; nom.pl. yldo. bearn,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • III. nô hine wiht dweleð, âdl ne yldo, _him nothing misleads, neither sickness nor age_, 1736. dyhtig, adj., _useful, good for_: nom.sg. n. sweord ... ecgum dyhtig,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • The comp. māre must be supplied before þone in: medo-ærn micel ... (māre) þone yldo beam ǣfre ge-frūnon, 69; instr.sg. ge-trume micle, 923; micle (_by much, much_); micle lēofre (_far dearer_),

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • III. nō hine wiht dweleð, ādl nē yldo, _him nothing misleads, neither sickness nor age_, 1736. dyhtig, adj., _useful, good for_: nom.sg. n. sweord ... ecgum dyhtig,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Ongenþēow's bearn, of his grandson, 2388; nom.pl. yldo. bearn,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • 1885 Þâ wäs on gange gifu Hrôðgâres oft geæhted: þät wäs ân cyning æghwäs orleahtre, ôð þät hine yldo benam mägenes wynnum, se þe oft manegum scôd.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • 1885 Þā wæs on gange gifu Hrōðgāres oft geæhted: þæt wæs ān cyning ǣghwæs orleahtre, oð þæt hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum, sē þe oft manegum scōd.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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