Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

by R. W. Chambers

[333] uocabitur, Gertz; uocatur, all MSS.

[334] This account of the peaceful reign of Ro is simply false etymology from Danish ro, "rest."

[335] Note that Ro (Hrothgar), the son of Haldanus (Healfdene), is here represented as his father. Saxo Grammaticus, combining divergent accounts, as he often does, accordingly mentions two Roes—one the brother of Haldanus, the other his son. See above, pp. 131-2.

[336] cum piratica classe, Langebek; the MSS have cum pietate (!) with or without classe.

[337] post quem, Holder-Egger, Gertz; postquam, all MSS.

[338] Snyo: the viceroy whom Athisl had placed over the Danes.

[339] in added by Gertz; omitted in all MSS.

[340] A scribal error for transalbinas, "beyond the Elbe."

[341] Assembly.

[342] Island.