3006 as a thoughtless
repetition
of l.
Beowulf
Cf.
B.
, _Beit.
_ xii.
20, who quotes Saxo's _bis senas gentes_
and remarks: "Hrolf Kraki, who rewards his follower, for the slaying of the
foreign king, with jewels, rich lands, and his only daughter's hand,
answers to the Jutish king Hygelāc, who rewards his liegeman, for the
slaying of Ongenthēow, with jewels, enormous estates, and _his_ only
daughter's hand. "
l. 3006. H. -So. suggests Scilfingas for Scyldingas, because, at l. 2397,
Beowulf kills the Scylfing Ēadgils and probably acquires his lands. Thus
ll. 3002, 3005, 3006, would indicate that, after Beowulf's death, the
Swedes desired to shake off his hated yoke. Müllenh. , however, regards l.
3006 as a thoughtless repetition of l. 2053. --_Haupts Zeitschr. _ xiv. 239.
l. 3008. Cf. the same proverb at l. 256; and _Exod. _ (Hunt. ) l. 293.
l. 3022. E.
and remarks: "Hrolf Kraki, who rewards his follower, for the slaying of the
foreign king, with jewels, rich lands, and his only daughter's hand,
answers to the Jutish king Hygelāc, who rewards his liegeman, for the
slaying of Ongenthēow, with jewels, enormous estates, and _his_ only
daughter's hand. "
l. 3006. H. -So. suggests Scilfingas for Scyldingas, because, at l. 2397,
Beowulf kills the Scylfing Ēadgils and probably acquires his lands. Thus
ll. 3002, 3005, 3006, would indicate that, after Beowulf's death, the
Swedes desired to shake off his hated yoke. Müllenh. , however, regards l.
3006 as a thoughtless repetition of l. 2053. --_Haupts Zeitschr. _ xiv. 239.
l. 3008. Cf. the same proverb at l. 256; and _Exod. _ (Hunt. ) l. 293.
l. 3022. E.
