oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra

ofer hronrade hyran scolde

 

In the end each clan on the outlying coasts
beyond the whale-road had to yield to him

,– Beowulf, Prologue

A brilliant metaphor.

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— posted by Roger W. Smith

   June 2026