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The Deserted Chamber: An Unnoticed Topos In The "Father's Lament" Of Beowulf, Richard Schrader
The Deserted Chamber: An Unnoticed Topos In The "Father's Lament" Of Beowulf, Richard Schrader
Quidditas
Swa bi∂ geomorlic gomelum ceorle
to gebidanne, þæt his byre ride
giong on galgan; þonne he gyd wrece....
Gesyh∂ sorhcearig on his suna bure
winsele westne, windge reste
reote berofene,– ridend swefa∂,
hæ le∂ in ho man; nis r hearpan sweg,
gomen in geardum, swylce ∂ær iu wæ ron.
Gewite∂ þonne on sealman, sorhleo∂ gæ le∂
an æfter anum; uhte him eall to rum,
wongas ond wicstede. (2444-46, 2455-62)
[So it is sad for an old man to experience his young son's riding on the gallows; let him then recite a song.... Sorrowing, he sees in his son's chamber a …