runen

Ofte heo stilleliche spækeð {;}   ⁊ spilieð mid runen. of twam ȝu {n} ge monnen {;}   þat feor wunieð hennen.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

His translation is disfigured by numerous strange word-combinations which he often transcribed literally from the original, e.g. _beadu-runen_ in the third line of the extract.

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919

English phrase _beadu-runen onband_ should be noticed, and compared with the translations of Ettmüller, Grein, and Simrock, who have respectively --

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919

⁊ ich þe wulle ræcchen {;}   deorne runen. ȝif þu mine lare {;}   wel wult lusten.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

‘kampgeheim ontkeetnend’ of the extract conveys to the modern Dutch reader any notion similar to that of the Old English _beadu-runen onband_.

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919