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    Angela Larose Epic Poem Lines 1442-1472

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    Beowulf dons his battle gear to prepare for the underwater fight with Grendel's mother, including his finely woven mail armor, a glittering gold helmet decorated with boar shapes, and the rare sword Hrunting which had never failed its wielder in battle. Unferth lends Beowulf Hrunting for the fight, though he had previously doubted Beowulf's abilities in a ranting speech while drunk.

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    Beowulf dons his battle gear to prepare for the underwater fight with Grendel's mother, including his finely woven mail armor, a glittering gold helmet decorated with boar shapes, and the rare sword Hrunting which had never failed its wielder in battle. Unferth lends Beowulf Hrunting for the fight, though he had previously doubted Beowulf's abilities in a ranting speech while drunk.

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    Beowulf dons his battle gear to prepare for the underwater fight with Grendel's mother, including his finely woven mail armor, a glittering gold helmet decorated with boar shapes, and the rare sword Hrunting which had never failed its wielder in battle. Unferth lends Beowulf Hrunting for the fight, though he had previously doubted Beowulf's abilities in a ranting speech while drunk.

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    Angela Larose Epic Poem Lines 1442-1472

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    Angela LaRose

    Epic Poem lines 1442-1472

    BEOWULF GOT READY,

    DONNED HIS WAR-GEAR, INDIFFERENT TO DEATH;

    HIS MIGHTY, HAND-FORGED, FINE-WEBBED MAIL

    WOULD SOON MEET WITH THE MENACE

    UNDERWATER.

    IT WOULD KEEP THE BONE-CAGE OF HIS BODY SAFE:

    NO ENEMY’S CLASP COULD CRUSH HIM IN IT,

    NO VICIOUS ARMLOCK CHOKE HIS LIFE OUT.

    TO GUARD HIS HEAD HE HAD A GLITTERING HELMET

    THAT WAS DUE TO BE MUDDIED ON THE MERE

    BOTTOM

    AND BLURRED IN THE UPSWIRL. IT WAS OF BEATEN

    GOLD,
    PRINCELY HEADGEAR HOOPED AND HASPED

    BY A WEAPON-SMITH WHO HAD WORKED WONDERS

    IN DAYS GONE BY AND ADORNED IT WITH BOAR-

    SHAPES;

    SINCE THEN IT HAD RESISTED EVERY SWORD.

    AND ANOTHER ITEM LENT BY UNFERTH

    AT THAT MOMENT OF NEED WAS OF NO SMALL

    IMPORTANCE:

    THE BREHON HANDED HIM A HILTED WEAPON,

    A RARE AND ANCIENT SWORD NAMED HRUNTING.

    THE IRON BLADE WITH ITS ILL-BODING PATTERNS

    HAD BEEN TEMPERED IN BLOOD. IT HAD NEVER

    FAILED

    THE HAND OF ANYONE WHO HEFTED IT IN BATTLE,


    ANYONE WHO HAD FOUGHT AND FACED THE WORST

    IN THE GAP OF DANGER. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST

    TIME

    IT HAD BEEN CALLED TO PERFORM HEROIC FEATS.

    WHEN HE LENT THAT BLADE TO THE BETTER

    SWORDSMAN,

    UNFERTH, THE STRONG-BUILT SON OF ECGLAF,

    COULD HARDLY HAVE REMEMBERED THE RANTING

    SPEECH

    HE HAD MADE IN HIS CUPS. HE WAS NOT MAN

    ENOUGH

    TO FACE THE TURMOIL OF A FIGHT UNDER WATER

    AND THE RISK TO HIS LIFE. SO THERE HE LOST


    FAME AND REPUTE. IT WAS DIFFERENT FOR THE

    OTHER

    RIGGED OUT IN HIS GEAR, READY TO DO BATTLE.

    Intention: To describe the gear and weaponry to be utilized in

    the underwater battle

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