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then the companions saw a sage
who waited with a whirlwind, watching the flood,
that the tossing waters turbine grew,
the mere blood-stained. old men together,
hoary-haired, of the hero who spoke;
the hero, they weened, would not,
proud of conquest, come to seek
a mighty master. for many it seemed
the wolf of the waves had won his life.
the ninth time came.
the effect of this extract is suspended.
the people are suspended. they do not know whether beowulf won against grendel mother or not.