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Forlorn he looks on the lodge of his son,
wine-hall waste and wind-swept chambers
reft of revel. The rider sleepeth,
the hero, far-hidden;[4] no harp resounds,
in the courts no wassail, as once was heard.

[1] That is, Beowulf supports Eadgils against Onela, who is slain
by Eadgils in revenge for the "care-paths" of exile into which
Onela forced him. [2] That is, the king could claim no wergild,
or man-price, from one son for the killing of the other. [3]
Usual euphemism for death. [4] Sc. in the grave.