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The Seafarer §68-71

Edited by Tarrin Wills

þreora ‘of three things’

gen.

þreo (num. cardinal; num): three

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gehwylce ‘in every’

inst. n. sg.

gehwilc (pron.; pron): each

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his ‘one’s’

gen. m. sg.

he (pron.; pers pron): he, she, it

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fægum ‘the fated one’

dat. m. sg.

fæge (adj.; adj): doomed; accursed; dead

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fromweardum ‘from one doomed to depart’

dat. m. sg.

fromweard (adj.; adj): departing, doomed to die

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oðþringeð ‘deprives’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

oðþringan (verb; Class 3 str verb): drive out; deprive

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Simle þreora sum
þinga gehwylce,
ær his tiddege
to tweon weorþeð;
adl oþþe yldo
oþþe ecghete
fægum fromweardum
feorh oðþringeð.

66b-67The Seafarer72-80a

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