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"Wudu wyrtum fæst" by J.R.R. Tolkien. A drawing of Grendel’s mere from Beowulf, created in July 1928.[1] Translated in Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary as "It is not far hence... that that mere lies, over which there hang rimy thickets, and a wood clinging by its roots overshadows the water."
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