l. 2704. "The (hup)-seax has often been found in Saxon graves on the hip of the skeleton."—E.
l. 2707. Kl. proposes: feorh ealne wräc, = drove out all the life; cf. Gen. l. 1385.—Beit. ix. 192. S. suggests gefylde,—he felled the foe, etc.—Ibid. Parentheses seem unnecessary.
l. 2727. däg-hwîl = time allotted, lifetime.
l. 2745, 2745. Ho. removes geong from the beginning of [l. 2745] and places it at the end of [l. 2744].
l. 2750. R. proposes sigle searogimmas, as at [l. 1158].
l. 2767. (1) B. proposes doubtfully oferhîgean or oferhîgan, = Goth, ufarhauhjan, p. p. ufarhauhids (Gr. τυφωθείς) = exceed in value.—Tidskr. viii. 60. (2) Kl. proposes oferhýdian, = to make arrogant, infatuate; cf. oferhýd.—Beit. ix. 192.
l. 2770. gelocen leoðocräftum = (1) spell-bound (Th., Arnold, E.); (2) wrought with hand-craft (G.); (3) meshed, linked together (H., Ho.); cf. Elene, ll. 1251, 522.
l. 2778. B. considers bill ... ealdhlâfordes as Beowulf's short sword, with which he killed the dragon, [l. 2704] (Tidskr. viii. 299). R. proposes ealdhlâforde. Müllenh. understands ealdhlâford to mean the former possessor of the hoard. W. agrees to this, but conceives ærgescôd as a compd. = ære calceatus, sheathed in brass. Ha. translates ærgescôd as vb. and adv.
l. 2791. Cf. [l. 224], eoletes ät ende; landes ät ende, Exod. (Hunt).
l. 2792. MS. reads wäteres weorpan, which R. would change to wätere sweorfan.