[Footnote 96: L. 1698.]

[Footnote 97: "He gave the guardian of the boat a sword ornamented with gold" (ll. 1900-1901).]

[Footnote 98: "Then the shield of earls, the king stout in battle, bade fetch Hrethel's sword, mounted in gold; there was not then among the Geats a better treasure in the like of a sword. He laid it on Beowulf's lap." (ll. 2190-94).—Beow., Child.]

[Footnote 99: Mort. d'Arth., p. 480.]

[Footnote 100: "En l'orie pont assez i at reliques."—Ext. Ch. Rol., p. 103.]

[Footnote 101: "Preditum auro capulum."—Gest. Dan., p. 118.]

[Footnote 102: See pp. 31 ff.]

[Footnote 103: St. germ. Sag., p. 370.]

[Footnote 104: St. germ. Sag., p. 372.]

[Footnote 105: Eng. Nov., p. 2.]