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Beowulf

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

1. 1100

   ðeah hie hira beaggyfan banan folgedon

2. 1101

   ðeodenlease, þa him swa geþearfod wæs;

3. 1102

   gyf þonne Frysna hwylc frecnan spræce

4. 1103

   ðæs morþorhetes myndgiend wære,

5. 1104

   þonne hit sweordes ecg seðan scolde.

6. 1105

   Ad wæs geæfned ond icge gold

7. 1106

   ahæfen of horde. Herescyldinga

8. 1107

   betst beadorinca wæs on bæl gearu.

9. 1108

   æt þæm ade wæs eþgesyne

10. 1109

    swatfah syrce, swyn ealgylden,

11. 1110

    eofer irenheard, æþeling manig

12. 1111

    wundum awyrded; sume on wæle crungon.

13. 1112

    Het ða Hildeburh æt Hnæfes ade

14. 1113

    hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befæstan,

15. 1114

    banfatu bærnan ond on bæl don

16. 1115

    eame on eaxle. Ides gnornode,

17. 1116

    geomrode giddum. Guðrinc astah.

18. 1117

    Wand to wolcnum wælfyra mæst,

19. 1118

    hlynode for hlawe; hafelan multon,

20. 1119

    bengeato burston, ðonne blod ætspranc,

21. 1120

    laðbite lices. Lig ealle forswealg,

22. 1121

    gæsta gifrost, þara ðe þær guð fornam

23. 1122

    bega folces; wæs hira blæd scacen.

24. 1123

    Gewiton him ða wigend wica neosian,

25. 1124

    freondum befeallen, Frysland geseon,

26. 1125

    hamas ond heaburh. Hengest ða gyt

27. 1126

    wælfagne winter wunode mid Finne

28. 1127

    eal unhlitme. Eard gemunde,

29. 1128

    þeah þe he ne meahte on mere drifan

30. 1129

    hringedstefnan; holm storme weol,

31. 1130

    won wið winde, winter yþe beleac

32. 1131

    isgebinde, oþðæt oþer com

33. 1132

    gear in geardas, swa nu gyt deð,

34. 1133

    þa ðe syngales sele bewitiað,

35. 1134

    wuldortorhtan weder. ða wæs winter scacen,

36. 1135

    fæger foldan bearm. Fundode wrecca,

37. 1136

    gist of geardum; he to gyrnwræce

38. 1137

    swiðor þohte þonne to sælade,

39. 1138

    gif he torngemot þurhteon mihte

40. 1139

    þæt he Eotena bearn inne gemunde.

41. 1140

    Swa he ne forwyrnde woroldrædenne,

42. 1141

    þonne him Hunlafing hildeleoman,

43. 1142

    billa selest, on bearm dyde,

44. 1143

    þæs wæron mid Eotenum ecge cuðe.

45. 1144

    Swylce ferhðfrecan Fin eft begeat

46. 1145

    sweordbealo sliðen æt his selfes ham,

47. 1146

    siþðan grimne gripe Guðlaf ond Oslaf

48. 1147

    æfter sæsiðe, sorge, mændon,

49. 1148

    ætwiton weana dæl; ne meahte wæfre mod

50. 1149

    forhabban in hreþre. ða wæs heal roden

51. 1150

    feonda feorum, swilce Fin slægen,

52. 1151

    cyning on corþre, ond seo cwen numen.

53. 1152

    Sceotend Scyldinga to scypon feredon

54. 1153

    eal ingesteald eorðcyninges,

55. 1154

    swylce hie æt Finnes ham findan meahton

56. 1155

    sigla, searogimma. Hie on sælade

57. 1156

    drihtlice wif to Denum feredon,

58. 1157

    læddon to leodum. Leoð wæs asungen,

59. 1158

    gleomannes gyd. Gamen eft astah,

60. 1159

    beorhtode bencsweg; byrelas sealdon

61. 1160

    win of wunderfatum. þa cwom Wealhþeo forð

62. 1161

    gan under gyldnum beage, þær þa godan twegen

63. 1162

    sæton suhtergefæderan; þa gyt wæs hiera sib ætgædere,

64. 1163

    æghwylc oðrum trywe. Swylce þær Unferþ þyle

65. 1164

    æt fotum sæt frean Scyldinga; gehwylc hiora his ferhþe treowde,

66. 1165

    þæt he hæfde mod micel, þeah þe he his magum nære

67. 1166

    arfæst æt ecga gelacum. Spræc ða ides Scyldinga:

68. 1167

    "Onfoh þissum fulle, freodrihten min,

69. 1168

    sinces brytta! þu on sælum wes,

70. 1169

    goldwine gumena, ond to Geatum spræc

71. 1170

    mildum wordum, swa sceal man don.

72. 1171

    Beo wið Geatas glæd, geofena gemyndig,

73. 1172

    nean ond feorran þu nu hafast.

74. 1173

    Me man sægde þæt þu ðe for sunu wolde

75. 1174

    hererinc habban. Heorot is gefælsod,

76. 1175

    beahsele beorhta; bruc þenden þu mote

77. 1176

    manigra medo, ond þinum magum læf

78. 1177

    folc ond rice, þonne ðu forð scyle

79. 1178

    metodsceaft seon. Ic minne can

80. 1179

    glædne Hroþulf, þæt he þa geogoðe wile

81. 1180

    arum healdan, gyf þu ær þonne he,

82. 1181

    wine Scildinga, worold oflætest;

83. 1182

    wene ic þæt he mid gode gyldan wille

84. 1183

    uncran eaferan, gif he þæt eal gemon,

85. 1184

    hwæt wit to willan ond to worðmyndum

86. 1185

    umborwesendum ær arna gefremedon."

87. 1186

    Hwearf þa bi bence þær hyre byre wæron,

88. 1187

    Hreðric ond Hroðmund, ond hæleþa bearn,

89. 1188

    giogoð ætgædere; þær se goda sæt,

90. 1189

    Beowulf Geata, be þæm gebroðrum twæm.

91. 1190

    Him wæs ful boren ond freondlaþu

92. 1191

    wordum bewægned, ond wunden gold

93. 1192

    estum geeawed, earmreade twa,

94. 1193

    hrægl ond hringas, healsbeaga mæst

95. 1194

    þara þe ic on foldan gefrægen hæbbe.

96. 1195

    Nænigne ic under swegle selran hyrde

97. 1196

    hordmaððum hæleþa, syþðan Hama ætwæg

98. 1197

    to þære byrhtan byrig Brosinga mene,

99. 1198

    sigle ond sincfæt; searoniðas fleah

100. 1199

     Eormenrices, geceas ecne ræd.

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