Isn't Rolf Kraki's Saga in prose?
And (my memory on this may be wrong) postdates Beowulf, written down in
Iceland maybe around 1100.
It's cognate, certainly.
Robin, aka Egil Skallagrimsson
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From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: Beowulfs YOGH
> Did Obama murder his brother?! I missed that one in the family scandals...
>
> Btw, which might interest you etymologists: I got my hands on the Saga
> of King Hrolf Kraki, an Icelandic poem which seems to be a precursor
> to Beowuldf. Some of it includes stories about Bodvar Bjarki - a Geat
> - who travels by ship to a Danish court to help rid it of a
> night-raiding monster. Bjarki means "little bear" and it appears that
> Beowulf might come from Bee-wolf, ie Bear.
>
> xA
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