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dogores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt ða liðende land gesawon,
brimclifu blican,
beorgas steape, side sænæssas; Men
climbed eagerly up the...
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dogores wundenstefna |
gewaden hæfde, þæt ða liðende | land gesawon,
brimclifu blican, |
beorgas steape, side sænæssas; | þa wæs sund liden, eoletes...
- Sievers'
theory of Anglo-Saxon
meter as A2a, such as
Beowulf line 222a ('
brimclifu blīcan') or 1171a ('goldwine gumena'), the
second and
third syllables...
