PART III

THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURG

SECTION I. The _Finnsburg Fragment_ 245

SECTION II. The Episode in _Beowulf_ 248

SECTION III. Moeller's Theory 254

SECTION IV. Bugge's Theory 257

SECTION V. Some Difficulties in Bugge's Theory 260

SECTION VI. Recent Elucidations. Prof. Ayres' Comments 266

SECTION VII. Problems still outstanding 268

SECTION VIII. The Weight of Proof: the Eotens 272

SECTION IX. Ethics of the Blood Feud 276

{xi} SECTION X. An Attempt at Reconstruction 283

SECTION XI. Gefwulf, Prince of the Jutes 286

SECTION XII. Conclusion 287 _Note_. Frisia in the heroic age 288