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Options for narrowing a search include:
Line (Edition) Search the entire edition or a specific line or lines. The default is the entire poem, lines 1-3184, but the user may change the 'From' and 'To' settings simply by replacing the numbers. For example, to search only lines 21-919, type '21' after 'From' and '919' after 'To'.
Folio (Edition) Press 'Folio' on the 'Search by' toolbar. Search the entire edition or a specific folio or folios. The default is the entire poem, folios 129-198v, but the user may change the 'From' and 'To' settings simply by replacing the folio numbers.
To choose the range of folios to search, click '129r' and the 'From folio...' window opens; next click the appropriate gathering in the left frame and select the desired folio in the right frame.
Click 'OK' and the new folio starting point will appear after the 'From' range.
Repeat this process to reset the end of the range of folios after 'To'.
FolioLine (Transcript) The Transcript Search is set up somewhat differently than the Edition Search.
To set the folio range, press 'FolioLine' and follow the instructions for setting the folio range at Folio (Edition).
To set the line range, click 'line 1' to access the line choices for the folio in the 'From folio' box.
Select the line to begin the search, and repeat the process to set a line to end the search.
Fitt (Edition or Transcript) Press 'Fitt' and 'Proem' appears after 'From' and the final fitt, XLIII, after 'To'. Reset the range by selecting a new fitt number for 'From' and then for 'To'.
Scribe (Edition or Transcript) Two primary scribes copied the Beowulf manuscript. The First Scribe copied fols. 129-174v3, lines 1-1942, up to the word scyran; the Second Scribe copied fols. 174v4-198v, lines 1942-3184, from moste to the end of the poem. To search by scribe, click 'Scribe'.
The menu permits searches of 'Both Scribes', 'First Scribe' or 'Second Scribe'.