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Beowulf

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 3,181 sections

1. 1000

   aldres orwena. No þæt yðe byð

2. 1001

   to befleonne, fremme se þe wille,

3. 1002

   ac gesecan sceal sawlberendra,

4. 1003

   nyde genydde, niþða bearna,

5. 1004

   grundbuendra gearwe stowe,

6. 1005

   þær his lichoma legerbedde fæst

7. 1006

   swefeþ æfter symle. þa wæs sæl ond mæl

8. 1007

   þæt to healle gang Healfdenes sunu;

9. 1008

   wolde self cyning symbel þicgan.

10. 1009

    Ne gefrægen ic þa mægþe maran weorode

11. 1010

    ymb hyra sincgyfan sel gebæran.

12. 1011

    Bugon þa to bence blædagande,

13. 1012

    fylle gefægon; fægere geþægon

14. 1013

    medoful manig magas þara

15. 1014

    swiðhicgende on sele þam hean,

16. 1015

    Hroðgar ond Hroþulf. Heorot innan wæs

17. 1016

    freondum afylled; nalles facenstafas

18. 1017

    þeodscyldingas þenden fremedon.

19. 1018

    Forgeaf þa Beowulfe bearn Healfdenes

20. 1019

    segen gyldenne sigores to leane;

21. 1020

    hroden hildecumbor, helm ond byrnan,

22. 1021

    mære maðþumsweord manige gesawon

23. 1022

    beforan beorn beran. Beowulf geþah

24. 1023

    ful on flette; no he þære feohgyfte

25. 1024

    for sceotendum scamigan ðorfte.

26. 1025

    Ne gefrægn ic freondlicor feower madmas

27. 1026

    golde gegyrede gummanna fela

28. 1027

    in ealobence oðrum gesellan.

29. 1028

    Ymb þæs helmes hrof heafodbeorge

30. 1029

    wirum bewunden walu utan heold,

31. 1030

    þæt him fela laf frecne ne meahton

32. 1031

    scurheard sceþðan, þonne scyldfreca

33. 1032

    ongean gramum gangan scolde.

34. 1033

    Heht ða eorla hleo eahta mearas

35. 1034

    fætedhleore on flet teon,

36. 1035

    in under eoderas. þara anum stod

37. 1036

    sadol searwum fah, since gewurþad;

38. 1037

    þæt wæs hildesetl heahcyninges,

39. 1038

    ðonne sweorda gelac sunu Healfdenes

40. 1039

    efnan wolde. Næfre on ore læg

41. 1040

    widcuþes wig, ðonne walu feollon.

42. 1041

    Ond ða Beowulfe bega gehwæþres

43. 1042

    eodor Ingwina onweald geteah,

44. 1043

    wicga ond wæpna, het hine wel brucan.

45. 1044

    Swa manlice mære þeoden,

46. 1045

    hordweard hæleþa, heaþoræsas geald

47. 1046

    mearum ond madmum, swa hy næfre man lyhð,

48. 1047

    se þe secgan wile soð æfter rihte.

49. 1048

    ða gyt æghwylcum eorla drihten

50. 1049

    þara þe mid Beowulfe brimlade teah

51. 1050

    on þære medubence maþðum gesealde,

52. 1051

    yrfelafe, ond þone ænne heht

53. 1052

    golde forgyldan, þone ðe Grendel ær

54. 1053

    mane acwealde, swa he hyra ma wolde,

55. 1054

    nefne him witig god wyrd forstode

56. 1055

    ond ðæs mannes mod. Metod eallum weold

57. 1056

    gumena cynnes, swa he nu git deð.

58. 1057

    Forþan bið andgit æghwær selest,

59. 1058

    ferhðes foreþanc. Fela sceal gebidan

60. 1059

    leofes ond laþes se þe longe her

61. 1060

    on ðyssum windagum worolde bruceð.

62. 1061

    þær wæs sang ond sweg samod ætgædere

63. 1062

    fore Healfdenes hildewisan,

64. 1063

    gomenwudu greted, gid oft wrecen,

65. 1064

    ðonne healgamen Hroþgares scop

66. 1065

    æfter medobence mænan scolde

67. 1066

    be Finnes eaferum, ða hie se fær begeat,

68. 1067

    hæleð Healfdena, Hnæf Scyldinga,

69. 1068

    in Freswæle feallan scolde.

70. 1069

    Ne huru Hildeburh herian þorfte

71. 1070

    Eotena treowe; unsynnum wearð

72. 1071

    beloren leofum æt þam lindplegan,

73. 1072

    bearnum ond broðrum; hie on gebyrd hruron,

74. 1073

    gare wunde. þæt wæs geomuru ides!

75. 1074

    Nalles holinga Hoces dohtor

76. 1075

    meotodsceaft bemearn, syþðan morgen com,

77. 1076

    ða heo under swegle geseon meahte

78. 1077

    morþorbealo maga, þær heo ær mæste heold

79. 1078

    worolde wynne. Wig ealle fornam

80. 1079

    Finnes þegnas nemne feaum anum,

81. 1080

    þæt he ne mehte on þæm meðelstede

82. 1081

    wig Hengeste wiht gefeohtan,

83. 1082

    ne þa wealafe wige forþringan

84. 1083

    þeodnes ðegna; ac hig him geþingo budon,

85. 1084

    þæt hie him oðer flet eal gerymdon,

86. 1085

    healle ond heahsetl, þæt hie healfre geweald

87. 1086

    wið Eotena bearn agan moston,

88. 1087

    ond æt feohgyftum Folcwaldan sunu

89. 1088

    dogra gehwylce Dene weorþode,

90. 1089

    Hengestes heap hringum wenede

91. 1090

    efne swa swiðe sincgestreonum

92. 1091

    fættan goldes, swa he Fresena cyn

93. 1092

    on beorsele byldan wolde.

94. 1093

    ða hie getruwedon on twa healfa

95. 1094

    fæste frioðuwære. Fin Hengeste

96. 1095

    elne, unflitme aðum benemde

97. 1096

    þæt he þa wealafe weotena dome

98. 1097

    arum heolde, þæt ðær ænig mon

99. 1098

    wordum ne worcum wære ne bræce,

100. 1099

     ne þurh inwitsearo æfre gemænden

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