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l. 1259. Cf. l. 107, which also points to the ancestry of murderers and
monsters and their descent from "Cain. "

l. 1261. The MS. has sē þe, m. ; changed by some to seo þe. At ll. 1393,
1395, 1498, Grendel's mother is referred to as m. ; at ll. 1293, 1505,
1541-1546, etc. , as f.
, the uncertain pronoun designating a creature female
in certain aspects, but masculine in demonic strength and
savageness. --H. -So. ; Sw. p. 202. Cf. the masc. epithets at ll. 1380, 2137,
etc.

l. 1270. āglǣca = _Grendel_, though possibly referring to Beowulf, as at l.
1513. --Sw.

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