Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier	question
50742	''Who are ye armour- bearers, protected by byrnies, who come here thus bringing the high vessel over the sea, and the ringed ship over the ocean?
50742	Now it will be quite naturally asked, What do we learn from Beowulf of the genius and spirit of that race from which we are sprung?
20431	Hither o''er holm- ways hieing in ring- stem?
20431	or for Hrothgar forsooth 1990 The wide- kenned woe some whit didst thou mend, For that mighty of lords?
981	What came of thy quest, my kinsman Beowulf, when thy yearnings suddenly swept thee yonder battle to seek o''er the briny sea, combat in Heorot? 981 Whence, now, bear ye burnished shields, harness gray and helmets grim, spears in multitude?
981	Who are ye, then, ye armed men, mailed folk, that yon mighty vessel have urged thus over the ocean ways, here o''er the waters? 981 But is it possible? 981 Hrothgar couldst thou aid at all, the honored chief, in his wide- known woes? 16328 Why should Hrothgar weep if he expects to meet Beowulf again?"
16328	--B puts the(?)
16328	1247 ff.?
16328	Do we hear what has been beautifully called"the clanging tread of a warrior in mail"?
16328	From vainest vaunting adventured your bodies In care of the waters?
16328	Hast bettered for Hrothgar, The famous folk- leader, his far- published sorrows 30 Any at all?
16328	How throve your journeying, when thou thoughtest suddenly Far o''er the salt- streams to seek an encounter, A battle at Heorot?
16328	Is it proper, for instance, that the grave and solemn speeches of Beowulf and Hrothgar be put in ballad measures, tripping lightly and airily along?
16328	Or, again, is it fitting that the rough martial music of Anglo- Saxon verse be interpreted to us in the smooth measures of modern blank verse?
16328	This emendation, as well as an emendation with(?)
16328	To the noble one bear we a weighty commission, The helm of the Danemen; we shall hide, I ween,{ Is it true that a monster is slaying Danish heroes?}
16328	Translate:_ What warriors are ye, clad in armor, who have thus come bringing the foaming vessel over the water way, hither over the seas?
16328	[ 2]''Eoletes''( 224) is marked with a(?)
16328	[ 3] Might''guma gilp- hladen''mean''a man laden with boasts of the deeds of others''?
16328	[ 5] Why should such a woman be described as an''excellent''queen?
34117	But art thou anxious, kinsman, to go there?
34117	But what is thy need?
34117	Gera má ek þat,segir Glámr;"eða eru þar n[o,]kkur vandhoefi á?"
34117	How have you escaped a drubbing,said they,"has not the man been{ 377} here?"
34117	Hvat er þér bezt hent at vinna?
34117	Hvern veg ætlar þú nú,segir prestr,"at fara?"
34117	Hví ertu hér, segir B[o,]ðvarr, eða hvat gerir þú?
34117	Hæccine arma sunt,inquit,"quibus et uitam et regni tuebor honorem?"
34117	That may I well do,said Glam,"but are there any difficulties?"
34117	Viltu geyma sauðfjár míns?
34117	What way,said the priest,"do you mean to go?"
34117	What work art thou best fitted for?
34117	Why art thou here?
34117	Wilt thou watch my sheep?
34117	Í litlum foerum em ek til þess,sagði Skapti;"eða hvat stendr þik?"
34117	( p. 4_ etc._) 1892 OLRIK, A. Er Uffesagnet indvandret fra England?
34117	1886 SIEVERS, E. Altnordisches i m Beowulf?
34117	1913 NERMAN, B. Vilka konungar ligga i Uppsala högar?
34117	1915- 19 LINDROTH, H. Är Skåne de gamles Scadinavia?
34117	1917 SCHÜCKING, L. L. Wann entstand der Beowulf?
34117	ARE THE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE REST OF THE POEM?
34117	Amer._ XXIV, 252) and Panzer(_ Beowulf_, 397), who both say"How do we know that it is not the merest chance?"
34117	And how old is the belief?
34117	And it has been noted[428] that Garulf rushes to the attack only after he has asked"Who holds the door?"
34117	And why should we assume that the"passus"of_ Beowulf_ correspond to pieces of{ 295} parchment of various sizes of which an earlier exemplar consisted?
34117	And why, above all, should the Götar never be mentioned, whilst the Swedes, far to the north, play so large a part?
34117	And why, indeed, should the Jutes have specially commemorated a legend in which their part appears not to have been a very creditable one?
34117	And why, it has often been asked, is the adversary under the water sometimes male, sometimes female?
34117	And, having slain the dragon, what hero would neglect the gold?
34117	Are all these poems Scandinavian?
34117	Are such expressions natural, if Hildeburh had eloped with Finn, and her father had in consequence been slain by him some twenty years before?
34117	Are the Christian elements incompatible with the rest of the poem?
34117	Are we to argue that West- Saxons are Mercians?
34117	Are we to suppose{ 330} any direct connection between the classical and the Old English epic?
34117	At what date exactly did these sound changes take place?
34117	But Garulf pays no heed; he challenges the champion on guard:"Who is it who holds the door?"
34117	But are the parallels really so close?
34117	But does not this feeling rest largely upon the analogy of other races and ages?
34117	But how could anyone infer this from the_ Brunanburh_ lines?
34117	But is there any instance of the thing being done on this scale-- of a wholesale burning of helmets and byrnies followed by a burial of huge treasure?
34117	But is this likely?
34117	But is this really a parallel?
34117	But we have still to ask: How close was the connection supposed to be?
34117	But what do we mean by"nation"?
34117	But what hero ever did otherwise?
34117	But what tribe?
34117	But who were this"certain Hjalti"and Bjarki?
34117	But would the pyre have been hung with helmets and byrnies?
34117	But, among the numerous English proper names recorded, can any instance be found of any individual named Beowa?
34117	But, if so, how can the mention of a ring- sword in_ Beowulf_( if indeed that be the meaning of_ hring- m[=æ]l_) prove Scandinavian colouring?
34117	But, vague as it is, does the Christianity of_ Beowulf_ justify such a judgment as this?
34117	But_ did_ the Frisians occupy Jutish territory?
34117	Can Garulf''s question mean that he knows his father Guthlaf to be inside the hall, and wishes to avoid conflict with him?
34117	During this period, how many instances can we find in which a tribe took the name of the people whose territory it occupied?
34117	Firstly, if"Eoten"means"Jute,"as it is usually agreed that it does, why should the Frisians be called Jutes, seeing that a Frisian is not a Jute?
34117	For what has Ingeld to do with Christ[48]?"
34117	For why, it might be urged, should the wrenching off of an arm have been fatal to so tough a monster?
34117	H[o,]ttr mælti ok grét:"skaltu nú bana mér, Bokki sæll?"
34117	He meets a champion who is drinking up a river:"Good morning, John Bear, whither art going?"
34117	Hon signdi sik ok mælti:"Þetta er ófoera; eða hvat gerir þú þá af meyjunni?"
34117	Hott said, weeping,"Wilt thou be the death of me, good fellow?"
34117	How are we to account for the parallels and for the discrepancies?
34117	How are we to harmonize these accounts?
34117	How could this be said, if Hengest was now their lord and prince?
34117	How did he feel then?
34117	How is it that we never get any hint anywhere of this Jutish preponderance and Jutish ascendancy?
34117	How then can the boar- helmets of_ Beowulf_ show Scandinavian rather than Anglo- Saxon origin?
34117	How then can the mention of it in_ Beowulf_ be a proof of Scandinavian origin?
34117	How then could warfare be carried on for three generations between Jutes and Swedes without concerning the Götar, whose territory lay in between?
34117	How then would a seventh or eighth century Englishman regard Finn and his father Folcwalda?
34117	IS"BEOWULF"TRANSLATED FROM A SCANDINAVIAN ORIGINAL?
34117	If it means"son of Sceaf,"why should a father be given to Scyld, when the story demands that he should come from the unknown?
34117	If so, what archæological authority have we for such a custom in England?
34117	If the Geatas be Jutes, why should their immediate neighbours, the Angles, never appear in_ Beowulf_ as having any dealings with them?
34117	If they were distinct, how do Gregory''s words help the"Jute- theory"?
34117	If, then, Hengest wants vengeance upon Finn, why does he not pursue it?
34117	If, then, the English audience knew them, why must the poet himself have travelled on the continent in order to know them?
34117	Is it borne out by such known facts as we can gather about this period?
34117	Is it fanciful to suggest that the reference to damascening is a tradition coming down from the time of the earlier sword as found in the Nydam moss?
34117	Is it not far more easy to regard the story of the fight between Beowulf and Grendel merely as a fairy tale, glorified into an epic[99]?
34117	Is it to be supposed that Sigurd, under such circumstances, would have taken quarter from the slayer of Bui his father?
34117	Is its"accuracy confirmed in every point by archaeological or contemporary literary evidence"?
34117	Is the account of Beowulf''s funeral so true to old custom that it must have been composed by an eye- witness of{ 124} the rite of cremation?
34117	Is this mere accident, or does the_ Grettis saga_ here preserve the original time limit, which has been exaggerated in_ Beowulf_?
34117	Is_ Beowulf_ translated from a Scandinavian original?
34117	Konungr horfði á dýrit ok mælti síðan:"enga sé ek f[o,]r á dýrinu, en hverr vill nú taka kaup einn ok ganga í móti því?"
34117	Konungr mælti:"hverjar bætr viltu bjóða mér fyrir hirðmann minn?"
34117	Konungr mælti:"viltu vera minn maðr ok skipa rúm hans?"
34117	Must we find many different authors for_ The Ring and the Book_?
34117	Noah and Adam occur; are we therefore to suppose that the compiler of the_ Genealogy_ believed his kings to be of one blood with the Hebrews?
34117	Prof. Ayres''statement here is too good to summarize; it must be quoted at length:"How did he feel during that long, blood- stained winter?
34117	Qualiter enim regem censeri posse, cui senectus animum, cæcitas oculum pari caliginis horrore fuscauerit?
34117	Qui dum orationem complesset, a collateralibus senior sciscitabatur, cuiusnam hæc fuisset oratio?
34117	Quid Hinieldus cum Christo?_ See Jaffé''s_ Monumenta Alcuiniana_(_ Bibliotheca Rer.
34117	Quid multa?
34117	Quid plura?
34117	Rundschau_, 1903, 619- 21( signed-tz-?
34117	She crossed herself and said,"That is an impossible way; what will you do with the child?"
34117	Stud._ XXXVII, 401- 3; Schücking,_ Archiv_, CXV, 417- 21; Barnouw,_ Museum_, XIV, 96- 8;_ Neue philologische Rundschau_(?
34117	Symons in_ Pauls Grdr._( 2), III, 649: Züge aus dem anglischen Mythus von Béaw- Biar( Biarr oder Bjár?
34117	The Mantuan folk- tale may have been carried down to North Italy from Scandinavia by the Longobards: who can say?
34117	The further question remains: Granting that he_ would_, could he?
34117	The king said,"How can one know that more has not changed in thy temper than can be seen?
34117	The king said,"What compensation wilt thou offer me for my retainer?"
34117	The king said,"Wilt thou become my man and fill his place?"
34117	The seamanship of_ Beowulf_ is removed by centuries from that of the(?
34117	Was the slaying fair or treacherous?
34117	Were the thegns asked to sacrifice theirs, and go naked into the next fight in honour of their lord?
34117	Were these songs heroic or magic?
34117	What are Hengest and the thegns to do?
34117	What is there in this to indicate whether the raiders came from Jutland, or from the coast of the Götar across the Cattegat, 50 miles further off?
34117	What part does he play?
34117	When did the Jutes suffer any similar downfall at the hands of either Frisians, Franks, or Swedes?
34117	Where was he, then, when Heardred was defeated and slain?
34117	Who now will undertake to go against it?"
34117	Whose?
34117	Why did it never occur to them that this deluge of blood might much more suitably proceed from the monster?
34117	Why do they not betray their origin by metrical inaccuracies such as we find in poems undoubtedly interpolated, like_ Widsith_ or the_ Seafarer_?
34117	Why must Grendel or his mother represent the tempest, or the malaria, or the drear long winter nights?
34117	Why should we construct a legend of the gods or a nature- myth to account for these tales?
34117	Why then should the identity of_ Sc[=e]af_ and_ Sc[=e]afa_ be denied because one form is strong and the other weak[613]?
34117	Why then should the watchers on the cliff above assume that the blood- stained water must necessarily signify the_ hero''s_ death, and depart home?
34117	Why then, contrary to all analogy, should we assume a literary borrowing in the case of the_ Beowulf- Grettir_-story?
34117	Why was Hjalti chosen as the victim, at whom missiles were to be discharged?
34117	Will he prove so unpregnant of his cause as that?
34117	Wilt thou endure patiently the slaughter of thy righteous sire?...
34117	Would the Danes have been likely to forget utterly so striking a story, concerning the king from whom their line derived its name?
34117	[ 190] But is this so?
34117	[ 542] Loki kvaþ:"Hvat''s þat et lítla, es[ ek] þat l[o,]ggra sék, ok snapvíst snaper?
34117	[ 551] This is proposed by J. J. Mikkola in a note appended to the article by K. Krohn,"Sampsa Pellervoinen< Njordr, Freyr?"
34117	at koma þar?"
34117	poetry was at once scrapped, and entirely new poems composed to fit in with the new sound laws?
34117	said Bothvar,"and what art thou doing?"
34117	{ 45} And was it in accordance with the rules of Old English nomenclature to give to mortals the names of these heroes of the genealogies[87]?