Question

Which is the best paraphrase for this passage from Beowulf ?
—Then the sword / Melted, blood-soaked, dripping down / Like water, disappearing like ice when the world’s / Eternal Lord loosens invisible / Fetters and unwinds icicles and frost . . .
a.
God made the bloody sword turn to dripping icicles and frost.
b.
Beowulf loosened his grip on the bloody sword and it disappeared into the water.
c.
Beowulf’s bloody sword became liquid the way ice and frost do when God warms and melts them.
d.
God made the sword melt and freed Beowulf from the magic fetters that bound him.

Answer 1

@Rickster

Answer 2

Hm I think D

Answer 3

ok thax

Answer 4

No problem