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  • Þā wæs forma sīð geongan cempan, þæt hē gūðe rǣs mid his frēo-dryhtne fremman sceolde; ne gemealt him se mōd-sefa, nē his mǣges lāf

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hiora in ānum wēoll sefa wið sorgum: sibb ǣfre ne mæg wiht onwendan, þām þe wēl þenceð.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • III. me þîn môd-sefa lîcað leng swâ wel, 1855; pret.pl. þam wîfe þâ word wel lîcodon, 640. lîcnes.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • III. mē þīn mōd-sefa līcað leng swā wēl, 1855; pret.pl. þām wīfe þā word wēl līcodon, 640. līcnes.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • In comparisons = _ever, the_ (adv.): mē þīn mōd-sefa līcað leng swā wēl (_thy mind pleases me ever so well, the longer the better_), 1855.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • In comparisons = _ever, the_ (adv.): me þîn môd-sefa lîcað leng swâ wel (_thy mind pleases me ever so well, the longer the better_), 1855.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Þâ wäs forma sîð geongan cempan, þät he gûðe ræs mid his freó-dryhtne fremman sceolde; ne gemealt him se môd-sefa, ne his mæges lâf

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hiora in ânum weóll sefa wið sorgum: sibb æfre ne mäg wiht onwendan, þam þe wel þenceð.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Wîglâf maðelode word-rihta fela, sägde gesîðum, him wäs sefa geômor:

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Wīglāf maðelode word-rihta fela, sægde gesīðum, him wæs sefa geōmor:

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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