firm-bound

Updated: May 29, 2025

A sword to the boat-guard Beowulf gave, mounted with gold; on the mead-bench since he was better esteemed, that blade possessing, heirloom old. Their ocean-keel boarding, they drove through the deep, and Daneland left. The craft sped on, foam-necked it floated forth o'er the waves, keel firm-bound over briny currents, till they got them sight of the Geatish cliffs, home-known headlands.

- Beowulf