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Had the poet simply meant to express the notion of _grief_, he would have used _sorh_, _cearu_, or some other common word.
The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919
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Hēo under heolfre genam cūðe folme; cearu wæs genīwod
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Heó under heolfre genam cûðe folme; cearu wäs geniwod
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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