He
compares
Saxo, p.
Beowulf
Heinzel and B.
conjecture, [beorhtor
hor]nas byrnað nǣfre. So. G. --_Beit. _ xii. 22; _Anzeiger f. d. Altert. _ x.
229.
l. 5. B. conjectures fugelas to mean _arrows_, and supplies:
ac hēr forð berað [fyrdsearu rincas,
flacre flānbogan], fugelas singað.
He compares Saxo, p. 95, _cristatis galeis hastisque sonantibus instant_,
as explanatory of l. 6. --_Beit. _ xii. 22. But see Brooke, _Early Eng.
Literature_, who supposes fugelas = _raven_ and _eagle_, while grǣg-hama is
= _wulf_ (the "grey-coated one"), the ordinary accompaniers of battle.
l. 11. hicgeað, etc. : cf. _Maldon_, l. 5; _Exod. _ l. 218.
hor]nas byrnað nǣfre. So. G. --_Beit. _ xii. 22; _Anzeiger f. d. Altert. _ x.
229.
l. 5. B. conjectures fugelas to mean _arrows_, and supplies:
ac hēr forð berað [fyrdsearu rincas,
flacre flānbogan], fugelas singað.
He compares Saxo, p. 95, _cristatis galeis hastisque sonantibus instant_,
as explanatory of l. 6. --_Beit. _ xii. 22. But see Brooke, _Early Eng.
Literature_, who supposes fugelas = _raven_ and _eagle_, while grǣg-hama is
= _wulf_ (the "grey-coated one"), the ordinary accompaniers of battle.
l. 11. hicgeað, etc. : cf. _Maldon_, l. 5; _Exod. _ l. 218.
