From MS Cotton Nero D. I, fol. 11 b

"That is no way for a lady to behave." (Ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw | idese tō efnanne:

Beowulf, ll 1940-1.)

BEOWULF

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF
THE POEM WITH A DISCUSSION OF
THE STORIES OF OFFA AND FINN

BY

R. W. CHAMBERS

Dey mout er bin two deloojes: en den agin dey moutent.
Uncle Remus, The Story of the Deluge.