l. 2910. S. proposes higemēðe, _sad of soul;_ cf. ll. 2853 and 2864 (_Beit._ ix. 142). B. considers higemēðum a dat. or instr. pl. of an abstract in -u (_Beit._ xii. 106). H. makes it a dat. pl. = _for the dead_. For heafod-wearde, etc., cf. note on l. 446. l. 2920-2921. B. explains "he could not this time, as usual, give jewels to his followers."--_Beit._ xii. 106. l. 2922. The Merovingian or Frankish race. l. 2940 _seq._ B. conjectures: cwæð hīe on mergenne mēces ecgum gētan wolde, sumon galgtreowu āhēawan on holte ond hīe āhōan on þā fuglum tō gamene. --_Beit._ xii. 107, 372. Cf. S., _Beit._ ix. 143. gētan = _cause blood to be shed._ l. 2950. B. proposes gomela for gōda; "a surprising epithet for a Geat to apply to the 'terrible' Ongentheow."--Ha. p. 99. But "good" does not necessarily mean "morally excellent," as a "good" hater, a "good" fighter. l. 2959. See H.-So. for an explanatory quotation from Paulus Diaconus, etc. B., K., and Th. read segn Higelāces, = H.'s banner uplifted began to pursue the Swede-men.--_Beit._ xii. 108. S. suggests sǣce, = _pursuit_. l. 2977. gewyrpton: this vb. is also used reflexively in _Exod._ (Hunt), l. 130: wyrpton hīe wērige. l. 2989. bær 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 Hygelāc, who rewards his liegeman, for the slaying of Ongenthēow, 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 Ēadgils 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: