Copy 1, Volume 1
Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle Ages / By Thomas Wright.
- Thomas Wright
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle Ages / By Thomas Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![for the Danish coast. “ Guman it-scufon, wéras on wil-sid, wudu bundenne. Ge-wat pa ofer weeg-holm winde ge-fysed fldta fami-heals, fugle ge-licost, 06 pet, ymb an-tid dpres dogores, wunden stefna ge-waden heefde pet da lisende land ge-sawon, brim-clifu blican, beorgas steape, side se-nessas.”’—(/. 429.) (the heroes on their voyage) the bound wood (the ship). Went then over the deep waves, driven forwards by the wind, the foamy-necked ship, likest unto a bird; till, about the hour of one on the second day, the twisted vessel had so far proceeded that the yoyagers saw land, the sea-cliffs glittering, the steep hills, the broad promontories.” look the coast: “ [Da] of wealle ge-seah weard Scildinga, se be [holm ]-clifu healdan scolde, beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas, fyrd-searu fas-licu.”—(J, 456.) “Then from his wall beheld them the watch of the Scyldings, he whose duty it was to keep the sea-cliffs, as they were bearing over the balks their bright shields, their war-apperatus ready for service.”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33097963_0001_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
