Both Uses of
context
in
Beowulf - (translated by: Hall)
- H. supplies 'geweald' from the context; and our translation is based upon this assumption, though it is far from satisfactory.†
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- (1) It adds nothing to the text; (2) it makes 'naca' the subject, and thus brings the passage into keeping with the context, where the poet has exhausted his vocabulary in detailing the actions of the vessel.†
Definition:
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(context) the setting or situation in which something occurs