What are the tabs/spaces for in the Beowulf text

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Here and other places they have strange spacing as seen in the picture:



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Wondering what it means and what the purpose of it / if it's necessary or has some significance.






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    Here and other places they have strange spacing as seen in the picture:



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      Here and other places they have strange spacing as seen in the picture:



      enter image description here



      Wondering what it means and what the purpose of it / if it's necessary or has some significance.






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      Here and other places they have strange spacing as seen in the picture:



      enter image description here



      Wondering what it means and what the purpose of it / if it's necessary or has some significance.






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          The spacing divides the 'half-lines' of the poem. This is fundamental to Old English metre, where each line of the poem consists of two half-lines, connected by alliteration.



          If you are interested, the Electronic Beowulf edition, that you have linked in the question, has a section describing the meter of the poem.




          By clicking the Meter option, the student may choose to have tooltips for any or all of the five different prevailing metrical theories.




          The meter option can be selected from the Options pane on the left of the viewer:



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          • Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
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          The spacing divides the 'half-lines' of the poem. This is fundamental to Old English metre, where each line of the poem consists of two half-lines, connected by alliteration.



          If you are interested, the Electronic Beowulf edition, that you have linked in the question, has a section describing the meter of the poem.




          By clicking the Meter option, the student may choose to have tooltips for any or all of the five different prevailing metrical theories.




          The meter option can be selected from the Options pane on the left of the viewer:



          meter option






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          • Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
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          The spacing divides the 'half-lines' of the poem. This is fundamental to Old English metre, where each line of the poem consists of two half-lines, connected by alliteration.



          If you are interested, the Electronic Beowulf edition, that you have linked in the question, has a section describing the meter of the poem.




          By clicking the Meter option, the student may choose to have tooltips for any or all of the five different prevailing metrical theories.




          The meter option can be selected from the Options pane on the left of the viewer:



          meter option






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          • Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
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          The spacing divides the 'half-lines' of the poem. This is fundamental to Old English metre, where each line of the poem consists of two half-lines, connected by alliteration.



          If you are interested, the Electronic Beowulf edition, that you have linked in the question, has a section describing the meter of the poem.




          By clicking the Meter option, the student may choose to have tooltips for any or all of the five different prevailing metrical theories.




          The meter option can be selected from the Options pane on the left of the viewer:



          meter option






          share|improve this answer














          The spacing divides the 'half-lines' of the poem. This is fundamental to Old English metre, where each line of the poem consists of two half-lines, connected by alliteration.



          If you are interested, the Electronic Beowulf edition, that you have linked in the question, has a section describing the meter of the poem.




          By clicking the Meter option, the student may choose to have tooltips for any or all of the five different prevailing metrical theories.




          The meter option can be selected from the Options pane on the left of the viewer:



          meter option







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          • Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
            – Lance Pollard
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          • Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
            – Lance Pollard
            9 mins ago
















          Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
          – Lance Pollard
          9 mins ago





          Wondering if the spacing (not the concept of the half-line) is a modern invention, because I'm looking at the tablet in the link to Beowulf and don't see any spaces there. Wondering if it could be "implemented" in other ways, such as a new indented line, or however you want. Or if it must be a larger space like that.
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