l. 2959. See H.-So. for an explanatory quotation from Paulus Diaconus, etc. B., K., and Th. read segn Higelâces, = H.'s banner uplifted began to pursue the Swede-men.--_Beit._ xii. 108. S. suggests sæce, = _pursuit_. l. 2977. gewyrpton: this vb. is also used reflexively in _Exod_. (Hunt), l. 130: wyrpton hie wêrige. l. 2989. bär is Grundt.'s reading, after the MS. "The surviving victor is the heir of the slaughtered foe."--H.-So. Cf. _Hildebrands Lied_, ll. 61, 62. l. 2995. "A hundred of thousands in land and rings" (Ha., p. 100). Cf. ll. 2196, 3051. Cf. B., _Beit._ xii. 20, who quotes Saxo's _bis senas gentes_ and remarks: "Hrolf Kraki, who rewards his follower, for the slaying of the foreign king, with jewels, rich lands, and his only daughter's hand, answers to the Jutish king Hygelâc, who rewards his liegeman, for the slaying of Ongentheów, with jewels, enormous estates, and _his_ only daughter's hand." l. 3006. H.-So. suggests Scilfingas for Scyldingas, because, at l. 2397, Beowulf kills the Scylfing Eádgils and probably acquires his lands. Thus ll. 3002, 3005, 3006, would indicate that, after Beowulf's death, the Swedes desired to shake off his hated yoke. Müllenh., however, regards l. 3006 as a thoughtless repetition of l. 2053.--_Haupts Zeitschr._ xiv. 239. l. 3008. Cf. the same proverb at l. 256; and _Exod._ (Hunt.) l. 293. l. 3022. E. quotes: "Thai token an harp _gle and game_ And maked a lai and yaf it name." --_Weber_, l. 358. and from Percy, "The word _glee_, which peculiarly denoted their art (the minstrels'), continues still in our own language ... it is to this day used in a musical sense, and applied to a peculiar piece of composition." l. 3025. "This is a finer use than usual of the common poetic attendants of a battle, the wolf, the eagle, and the raven. The three are here like three Valkyrie, talking of all that they have done."--Br., p. 57. l. 3033. Cf. Hunt's _Dan._ l. 731, for similar language. l. 3039. B. supplies a supposed gap here: [banan eác fundon bennum seócne (nê) ær hî þæm gesêgan syllîcran wiht] wyrm on wonge... --_Beit._ xii. 372. Cf. Ha., p. 102. W. and Ho. insert [þær] before gesêgan. l. 3042. Cf. l. 2561, where gryre-giest occurs as an epithet of the dragon. B. proposes gry[re-fâh]. l. 3044. lyft-wynne, _in the pride of the air_, E.; _to rejoice in the air_, Ha. l. 3057. (1) He (God) is men's hope; (2) he is the heroes' hope; (3) gehyld = the secret place of enchanters; cf. hêlsmanna gehyld, Gr.'s reading, after A.-S. hælsere, haruspex, augur. l. 3060. B. suggests gehýðde, = _plundered_ (i.e. by the thief), for gehýdde.