...nce Hama bore to his bright built burg the Brisings’ necklace, jewel and gem casket. — Jealousy fled he, Eormenric’s hate: chose help eternal. Hygelac... ...an strong: under shield he died. Fell the corpse of the king into keeping of Franks, gear of the breast, and that gorgeous ring; weaker warriors won t... ...ing. 2 Dead. 3 Death watch, guard of honor, “lyke wake.” 4 A name for the Franks. 5 Ongentheow. 6 Haethcyn. Beowulf 77 XLI “The bloody swath of ...

...yed unto her: so she, never lacking for all good counsel, calls to her her casket-bearing may, (1) the daughter of Hrimnir the giant, and sets an appl... ... at the last up on to Hindfell, and wends his way south to the land of the Franks; and he sees before him on the fell a great light, as of fire burnin... ...ey went into the hall of King Alf, and there abode them the Longbeards and Franks, and Sax- ons: they fared with all their war-gear, and had over them...

...d be entirely wrested away from the dominion of the Cross. On that day the Franks lost 150,000 men and 30,000 prisoners. A man-slave sold among the un... ...countant counted 1,000 bags of 1,000 dirhems each, and dis- played several caskets of jewels containing such a treasure of rubies, smaragds, diamonds,...