Talk:Gaius' Grimoire/@comment-96.54.68.17-20140801075427/@comment-821448-20161118193958

This particular page http://merlin.wikia.com/wiki/File:37book.jpg contains a part of the old medieval poem "Beowulf" on its left page, which is written originally in Old English. It reads:

Hengestes heap hringum wenede efne swa swiðe sincgestreonum fættan goldes, swa he Fresena cyn on beorsele byldan wolde. Ða hie getruwedon on twa

The poem however, doesn't stop at the word "twa." The line goes on, originally reading "twa healfa fæste frioðuwære."

Now, the meaning of this is: Hengest's company would revere with rings, with even as much precious possesions of ornate gold exactly as he the Frisian kind in the beer-hall would wish to embolden. Then they pledged on both sides firm compact of peace;