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Excerpt from Beowulf: A Metrical Translation Into Modern English
The most important digressions relate, in all probability, to historical personages and events, the most interesting being those relating to the Swedes (scylfings), who lived to the north of the Geats, and who overcame the latter and annexed their territory not very long after the death Of Beowulf.
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