Biographia Britannica literaria; or, biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Saxon period / arranged in chronological order.

  • Thomas Wright
Date:
1842
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Credit: Biographia Britannica literaria; or, biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Saxon period / arranged in chronological order. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Yrmen-lafes yldra brépor, min ran-wita, and min ree/d-bora, eaxl-ge-stealla Sonne we on or-lege hafelan wéredon, bonne hniton feban eoferas cnysedan ; [4] scolde eorl wesan e’r-gid swylc Aisc-here. Wears him on Herote t6 hand-banan wel-gest wefre. % * * na seo hand lig[eS], se be edw wel hwylcra wilna déhte. (Beowulf, v. 2642.) Yrmenlaf’s elder brother, the partaker of my secrets, and my counsellor, who stood at my elbow* when we in battle guarded our hoods of mail, when troops rushed together, and helmets clashed ; ever should an earl be valiant as Auschere. Of him in Heorot a cunning fatal-guest has become the slaughterer. *& * % Now the hand lieth low, which was good to you all for all your desires.”’ ge-worhton Sa Wedra ledde hle’w on lide, se wes hedh and brad, eS-liSendum wide té-syne. (v. 6306.) wrought then the people of the Westerns a mound over the sea, it was high and broad to the seafaring men to be seen afar— poet, when speaking of the tomb of Themistocles, v. 46)—