l. 3006. H.-So. suggests Scilfingas for Scyldingas, because, at [l. 2397], Beowulf kills the Scylfing Eádgils 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.
"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.