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... Beowulf , the student is faced with a genea- logical problem . So it is not surprising that they have been examined by a succession of scholars eminent in Germanic studies : Jakob Grimm , Kemble , Müllenhoff , Plummer , W. H. Stevenson ...
... Beowulf , the student is faced with a genea- logical problem . So it is not surprising that they have been examined by a succession of scholars eminent in Germanic studies : Jakob Grimm , Kemble , Müllenhoff , Plummer , W. H. Stevenson ...
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... Beowulf.3 But he is not dependent on Beowulf . He has Beo , with Asser and the Chronicle , as the son of Scyld , not the erroneous Beowulf of the poem ; Scyld's grandson is Tetuua , not Healfdene ; Scef , not Scyld , is the unknown ...
... Beowulf.3 But he is not dependent on Beowulf . He has Beo , with Asser and the Chronicle , as the son of Scyld , not the erroneous Beowulf of the poem ; Scyld's grandson is Tetuua , not Healfdene ; Scef , not Scyld , is the unknown ...
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... Beowulf the ancestry of King Hrothgar is short and mainly fictitious : Healfdene - Beowulf Scylding - Scyld Scefing . We are told that King Hygelac was the son of King Hrethel , and was related , perhaps as nephew or grandson , to ...
... Beowulf the ancestry of King Hrothgar is short and mainly fictitious : Healfdene - Beowulf Scylding - Scyld Scefing . We are told that King Hygelac was the son of King Hrethel , and was related , perhaps as nephew or grandson , to ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir Charles Webster | 15 |
Walter de la MARE AND THE TRAVELLER Warton Lecture on English | 23 |
THE OLDEST SLAVONIC TRADITION OF BYZANTINE MUSIC By Carsten | 37 |
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