Beowulf Q&Q

"He paid him back for that,/ the fierce champion, for on a couch he saw/ Grendel lying lifeless,/ battle-weary from the wound he received/ in combat at Heorot. His corpse burst open/ when he was dealt a blow after death,/ a hard sword-stroke, and his head chopped off."
(Beowulf 1584-1590)
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