A. Fey and . Took, Death, death, death! Death take us all!' " (LoR III, 132-133 , emphasis mine) He is visibly seized by madness, and acts like Beorhtnoth in Maldon, who is responsible for the slaughter The man of battle was furious " 20 . In the same way, because of his excessive violence ( " Over the field rang his clear voice calling: 'Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!' " ), Éomer is then almost killed in the battle: " for fortune had turned against Éomer, and his fury had betrayed him " (LoR III, 135) He escapes, contrary to Beorhtnoth, but the meaning is clear: many men may be seized by this excess

. Shippey, Tolkien and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, p.9