Sages of old, since hither from East
Angles and Saxons came to this land, 70
O'er the broad ocean Britain [once] sought,
Haughty war-smiths the Welsh overcame,
Earls eager for honor this earth acquired.

[1] Lit., 'became slippery,' Gn.; 'babbled' (as a brook), or
'became dark,' Kr.; 'streamed,' Th.

[2] 'Scattered,' Th.

[3] Lit., 'put to sleep.'

[4] Or, 'He pressed ship on the sea', 'drove,' Th.

[5] Gn. and W. take _Dyng_ as a proper name, but no one knows
who Dyng was. Kr. leaves _on dynges mere_ untranslated,
with the remark: "_ist unaufgeklärt._" He thinks it refers
to some bay in Ireland, from which the invaders set out, but
why may it not be a name for the Irish Sea itself? Th.
translates 'on the roaring sea,' but adds 'quite
conjectural.'




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