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Þæt wæs yldum cūð, þæt hīe ne mōste, þā metod nolde, se syn-scaða under sceadu bregdan; ac hē wæccende wrāðum on andan
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Swā sceal mǣg dōn, nealles inwit-net ōðrum bregdan, dyrnum cræfte dēað rēnian
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Heorotes hrōf, 403; siððan ǣfen-lēoht under heofenes hādor be-holen weorðeð, 414; under sceadu bregdan, 708; flēon under fen-hleoðu, 821; hond ālegde ... under gēapne hrōf, 837; tēon in under eoderas, 1038; so, 1361,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Heorotes hrôf, 403; siððan æfen-leóht under heofenes hâdor be-holen weorðeð, 414; under sceadu bregdan, 708; fleón under fen-hleoðu, 821; hond âlegde ... under geápne hrôf, 837; teón in under eoderas, 1038; so, 1361,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Swâ sceal mæg dôn, nealles inwit-net ôðrum bregdan, dyrnum cräfte deáð rênian
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Þät wäs yldum cûð, þät hie ne môste, þâ metod nolde, se syn-scaða under sceadu bregdan; ac he wäccende wrâðum on andan
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Goth. us -, Ger. er -, orig. meaning out) + bregdan to shake, throw.
lacuriosa Diary Entry lacuriosa 2007
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