What is the context of this passage from beowulf

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Beowulf,

"They shouldered him out to the seas flood, the chief they revered who had long ruled them. A ring-whorled prow rode in the harbour, ice-clade, outbound, a craft for a prince. They stretched thier beloved lord in his boat, laid out by the mast, amidships, the great ring-giver. Far-fetched treasures were piled upon him, and precious gear. I never heard before of a ship so well furbished with battle-tackle, bladed weapons and coats of mail. The massed treasure was loaded on top of him: it would travel far on out into the oceans sway. They decked his body no less bountifully with offerings then those first ones did cast him away when he was a child and launched him alone out over the waves. And they set a gold standard up high above his head and let him drift the wind and tide, bewailing him and mourning their loss. No man can tell, no wise man in hall of weathered veteran knows for certain who salvaged that load."

What is the context of this passage from Beowulf: Where did it occur in Beowulf (in the very beginning of the story) and its general sense?

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