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2770. gelocen leoðocræftum = (1) _spell-bound_ (Th. , Arnold, E. ); (2)
_wrought with hand-craft_ (G. ); (3) _meshed, linked together_ (H. , Ho. );
cf. _Elene_, ll. 1251, 522.

l. 2778. B. considers bill . . .
ealdhlāfordes as Beowulf's short sword, with
which he killed the dragon, l. 2704 (_Tidskr. _ viii. 299). R. proposes
ealdhlāforde. Müllenh. understands ealdhlāford to mean the former possessor
of the hoard. W. agrees to this, but conceives ǣrgescōd as a compd. = ǣre
calceatus, _sheathed in brass_. Ha. translates ǣrgescōd as vb. and adv.

l. 2791.