An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose And Verse. With Grammatical Introduction, Notes And Glossary

Henry Sweet

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66. Bosan-ham, Bosham (in Sussex).
73. Hwerwyllan, Wherwell (in Hants).
XIX. CHARMS.
A. I. wip ymbe. * Against a swarm of bees'; that is, to prevent them from swarming.
2. oferweorp. Perhaps T2Jihtt forweorp^ as in 1. 8.
B. 14. iseme wund swipe refers to the knife — • wounded with iron'; that is, beaten with an iron hammer.
XX. BEOWULF AND GRENDEL'S MOTHER.
, I. The name Beowulf means literally * Bee- wolf,* wolf or ravager of the bees, =* bear.* Cp. deorn, 'hero,* originally 'bear,* and beohat...Oj j * warrior,* in Csedmon, literally 'bee-hater' or * -persecutor,' and hence ; identical in meaning with beowulf, Gr^ndel means 'destroyer,' from \ grmdatif literally the 'grinder.* 2. him = ' them.* to. se. The poet gives Grendel's mother sometimes a masculine (1. 142, 4, 247), sometimes a feminine (43, 254) pronoun, to show her giant and demon nature, which is that of a woman, because she has borne a son, but otherwise has more of the elemental strength and wildness of a man. (Heyne.) 19.

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