I. Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon Poem, And, II. The Fight at Finnsburh, a Fragment With Text and Glossary on the Basis of M. Heyne; Edited, Corrected, and Enlarged (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from I. Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon Poem, And, II. The Fight at Finnsburh, a Fragment: With Text and Glossary on the Basis of M. Heyne; Edited, Corrected, and Enlarged
The favor with which the successive editions Of Bed wulf have been received during the past thirteen years emboldens the editors to continue the work Of revision in a fourth issue, the most noticeable feature Of which is a considerable body Of explanatory Notes, now for the first time added. These Notes mainly concern themselves with new textual readings, with here and there grammati cal, geographical, and archaeological points that seemed worthy Of explanation. Parallelisms and parallel pas sages are constantly compared, with the view Of making the poem illustrate and explain itself. A few emenda tions and textual changes are suggested by the editors with all possible diffidence; numerous corrections have been made in the Glossary and List Of Names; and the valuable parts Of former Appendices have been embodied in the Notes.
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