beowulf #7

"no lots were cast for who should loot the hoard for it was obvious to them that every bit of it lay unprotected within the vault. "
perhaps this is saying that the gold is unprotected here so they can come back and retrieve it, but it also reads that if they take the gold then it will lay unprotected in their vaults, the fact that they have lost Beowulf means that they have no one to protect them; an insight into Beowulf's failure as king to train up his warriors to supersede him.

"our whole nation will be dispossessed, once princes from beyond get tiding of how you turned and fled"
Wiglaf foreshadows the nations defeat, Beowulf also says that "war is looming" both realize how close their nation is to collapse when they are king, Beowulf, instead of choosing to prepare his nation for the fight chooses to go get killed by a dragon. He did this so that he would maintain his honor for never loosing a fight because he knew he would be overrun by swedes. Wiglaf on the other hand sets about bettering his warriors and banishing those who fled. Thaet was god cyning.

"but the raven winging darkly over the doomed will have news, tiding for the eagle,"
the raven the symbol of death will be conquerors over the eagle symbol of heroics and valor.

"a geat women too sang out in grief; with hair bound up, she unburdened herself of her worst fears,"
does not say that the geat women sang, Although no wife is mentioned i find it very improbable that a bad ass like Beowulf did not have a wife. Furthermore as a king he would have been foolish not to accept t a wife as a token of peace. This women is his unknown wife.

"next the wise son of Weohstan called from the king's thane a group of seven"
parallels beowulf's own quest when he brought 13 men into the dragons lair"

They said that of al the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame"
blatantly exposes beowulf tragic flaw or greatest atribute depending on how you look at it, Beowulf was always ready for battle and honor always courageous- a trait of a warrior yet this being his foremost quality he was unsuited to be king and is shown by his hesitancy to become king.