Associated
with geogoð, ll.
Beowulf
457, 458.
B.
reads wǣre-ryhtum ( = _from the obligations of
clientage_).
l. 480. Cf. l. 1231, where the same sense, "flown with wine," occurs.
l. 488. "The duguð, the mature and ripe warriors, the aristocracy of the
nation, are the support of the throne. "--E. The M. E. form of the word,
_douth_, occurs often.
Associated with geogoð, ll. 160 and 622.
l. 489. Kl. omits comma after meoto and reads (with B. ) sige-hrēð-secgum, =
_disclose thy thought to the victor-heroes_. Others, as Körner, convert
meoto into an imperative and divide on sǣl = _think upon happiness_. But
cf. onband beadu-rūne, l. 501. B. supposes onsǣl meoto =_speak courteous
words_. _Tidskr. _ viii. 292; _Haupts Zeitschr.
clientage_).
l. 480. Cf. l. 1231, where the same sense, "flown with wine," occurs.
l. 488. "The duguð, the mature and ripe warriors, the aristocracy of the
nation, are the support of the throne. "--E. The M. E. form of the word,
_douth_, occurs often.
Associated with geogoð, ll. 160 and 622.
l. 489. Kl. omits comma after meoto and reads (with B. ) sige-hrēð-secgum, =
_disclose thy thought to the victor-heroes_. Others, as Körner, convert
meoto into an imperative and divide on sǣl = _think upon happiness_. But
cf. onband beadu-rūne, l. 501. B. supposes onsǣl meoto =_speak courteous
words_. _Tidskr. _ viii. 292; _Haupts Zeitschr.
