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Ymb þäs helmes hrôf heáfod-beorge wîrum bewunden walan ûtan heóld, þät him fêla lâfe frêcne ne meahton scûr-heard sceððan, þonne scyld-freca
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Ymb þæs helmes hrōf hēafod-beorge wīrum bewunden walan ūtan hēold, þæt him fēla lāfe frēcne ne meahton scūr-heard sceððan, þonne scyld-freca
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_ oncweðan, st. v., _to answer_: pres.sg. scyld scefte oncwyð (_the shield answers the spear_). onwacnian, w. v., _to awake, arouse one's self_: imper.pl. onwacnigeað
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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