l. 338. Ho. marks wräc- and its group long.
l. 530. Hwät should here probably be printed as an interj., hwät! Cf. ll. 1, 943, 2249.
l. 2263. Koeppel suggests nis for näs.
The editors are much indebted to E. Koeppel (in Eng. Stud. xiii. 3) for numerous corrections in text and glossary.
l. 3070. H.-So. begins a new line with swâ.
GLOSSARY
[ac], conj. denoting contrariety: hence 1) but (like N.H.G. sondern), [109], [135], [339], etc.—2) but (N.H.G. aber), nevertheless, [602], [697], etc.—3) in direct questions: nonne, numquid, [1991].
[aglæca, ahlæca, äglæca, -cea], w. m. (cf. Goth, aglo, trouble, O.N. agi, terror, + lâc, gift, sport: = misery, vexation, = bringer of trouble; hence): 1) evil spirit, demon, a demon-like being; of Grendel, [159], [433], [593], etc.; of the drake, [2535], [2906], etc.—2) great hero, mighty warrior; of Sigemund, [894]; of Beówulf: gen. sg. aglæcan(?), [1513]; of Beówulf and the drake: nom. pl. þâ aglæcean, [2593].
[aglæc-wîf], st. n., demon, devil, in the form of a woman; of Grendel's mother, [1260].