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If such a monk, reading Beowulf in the eleventh century, say, noticed that certain kinds of words appeared in lines 19, 38, and 57 of the poem (let's say eafera/son in l. 19, gegyrwan/clothed in l. 38, and heah/high in l. 57), might not that monk associate those words with the 19-year Easter cycle and come up with an interpretation that hinged on the idea of Christ (the son) being "clothed" (with the new garment of life, perhaps) on high as a result of the Resurrection?
Numbers everywhere Prof. de Breeze 2008
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If such a monk, reading Beowulf in the eleventh century, say, noticed that certain kinds of words appeared in lines 19, 38, and 57 of the poem (let's say eafera/son in l. 19, gegyrwan/clothed in l. 38, and heah/high in l. 57), might not that monk associate those words with the 19-year Easter cycle and come up with an interpretation that hinged on the idea of Christ (the son) being "clothed" (with the new garment of life, perhaps) on high as a result of the Resurrection?
Archive 2008-02-01 Prof. de Breeze 2008
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-- Comp. fēðe-cempa. cennan, w. v.: 1) _to bear_, w. acc.: efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret.part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp. fêðe-cempa. cennan, w. v.: 1) _to bear_, w. acc.: efne swâ hwylc mägða swâ þone magan cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret.part. þäm eafera wäs äfter cenned,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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