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... Geatland ( Sweden ) -the first is here given practically entire , and the second in part . It should be noted that the Beowulf mentioned in the open- ing canto is a Scylding , or Dane ; Beowulf the Geat , or Weder - Geat , for whom the ...
... Geatland ( Sweden ) -the first is here given practically entire , and the second in part . It should be noted that the Beowulf mentioned in the open- ing canto is a Scylding , or Dane ; Beowulf the Geat , or Weder - Geat , for whom the ...
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... Geats , or Weder - Geats , who lived in Sweden . that no enemies on the Danes ' land with a BEOWULF.
... Geats , or Weder - Geats , who lived in Sweden . that no enemies on the Danes ' land with a BEOWULF.
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... GEATS Him the chief of them answered then , the band's war - leader his word - hoard unlocked : " We are of race of the Geats ' nation , and hearth - enjoyers of Hygelac . Well known to nations was my father , a noble chieftain ...
... GEATS Him the chief of them answered then , the band's war - leader his word - hoard unlocked : " We are of race of the Geats ' nation , and hearth - enjoyers of Hygelac . Well known to nations was my father , a noble chieftain ...
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... Geats . Beowulf these sons of conflict name their chief . They make petition that they may hold with thee , my lord , words of converse . Decree not , Hrothgar , denial of the boon of answer . Worthy seem they , in their war - gear , of ...
... Geats . Beowulf these sons of conflict name their chief . They make petition that they may hold with thee , my lord , words of converse . Decree not , Hrothgar , denial of the boon of answer . Worthy seem they , in their war - gear , of ...
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... Geats for fear of war - feud might not harbor him . Thence he sought , o'er the rolling waves , the South Danes ' folk , the noble Seyldings , when first ruled the Danish people and in my youth held spacious realms , the hoard - burg of ...
... Geats for fear of war - feud might not harbor him . Thence he sought , o'er the rolling waves , the South Danes ' folk , the noble Seyldings , when first ruled the Danish people and in my youth held spacious realms , the hoard - burg of ...
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