All 8 Uses of
bestow
in
Beowulf - (translated by: Hall)
- ]}To tell from of old earthmen's beginnings, That Father Almighty earth had created, 40 The winsome wold that the water encircleth, Set exultingly the sun's and the moon's beams To lavish their lustre on land-folk and races, And earth He embellished in all her regions With limbs and leaves; life He bestowed too 45 On all the kindreds that live under heaven.†
- 20 Ne'er heard I that people with hero-band larger Bare them better tow'rds their bracelet-bestower.†
- Beowulf drank of The cup in the building; that treasure-bestowing 35 He needed not blush for in battle-men's presence.†
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- 45 Said the queen of the Scyldings: "My lord and protector, Treasure-bestower, take thou this beaker; Joyance attend thee, gold-friend of heroes,{Be generous to the Geats.†
- He fell in the battle With forfeit of life, and another has followed, A mighty crime-worker, her kinsman avenging, 20 And henceforth hath 'stablished her hatred unyielding,[2] As it well may appear to many a liegeman, Who mourneth in spirit the treasure-bestower, Her heavy heart-sorrow; the hand is now lifeless Which[3] availed you in every wish that you cherished.†
- }105 Head I offhacked in the hall at the bottom With huge-reaching sword-edge, hardly I wrested My life from her clutches; not doomed was I then,{Jewels were freely bestowed upon me.†
- }God wot in me, 'tis mickle the liefer The blaze should embrace my body and eat it With my treasure-bestower.†
- }60 Now must ornament-taking and weapon-bestowing, Home-joyance all, cease for your kindred, Food for the people; each of your warriors Must needs be bereaved of rights that he holdeth In landed possessions, when faraway nobles 65 Shall learn of your leaving your lord so basely,{What is life without honor?†
Definition:
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(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift