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l. 200. See _Andreas, Elene_, and _Juliana_ for swan-râd (_= sea_). "The
swan is said to breed wild now no further away than the North of Sweden." --E. Cf. ganotes bäð, l. 1862. l. 203. Concessive clauses with þeáh, þeáh þe, þeáh ... eal, vary with subj. and ind., according as fact or contingency is dominant in the mind; cf. ll. 526, 1168, 2032, etc. (subj.), 1103, 1614 (ind.). Cf. gif, nefne. l. 204. hæl, an OE. word found in Wülker's Glossaries in various forms, = _augury, omen, divination_, etc. Cf. hælsere, _augur_; hæl, _omen;_ hælsung, _augurium_, hælsian, etc. Cf. Tac., _Germania_, 10. l. 207. C. adds "= _impetrare_" to the other meanings of findan given in the Gloss. l. 217. Cf. l. 1910; and _Andreas_, l. 993.--E. E. compares Byron's "And fast and falcon-like the vessel flew," --_Corsair_, i.17. and Scott's "Merrily, merrily bounds the bark." --_Lord of the Isles_, iv. 7. l. 218. Cf. "The fomy stedes on the golden brydel Gnawinge." --Chaucer, _Knightes Tale_, l. 1648, ed. Morris. |
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