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Beowulf

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

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   eafoð ond ellen ungeara nu,

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   guþe gebeodan. Gæþ eft se þe mot

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   to medo modig, siþþan morgenleoht

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   ofer ylda bearn oþres dogores,

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   sunne sweglwered suþan scineð."

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   þa wæs on salum sinces brytta,

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   gamolfeax ond guðrof; geoce gelyfde

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   brego Beorhtdena, gehyrde on Beowulfe

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   folces hyrde fæstrædne geþoht.

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    ðær wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode,

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    word wæron wynsume. Eode Wealhþeow forð,

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    cwen Hroðgares, cynna gemyndig,

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    grette goldhroden guman on healle,

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    ond þa freolic wif ful gesealde

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    ærest Eastdena eþelwearde,

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    bæd hine bliðne æt þære beorþege,

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    leodum leofne. He on lust geþeah

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    symbel ond seleful, sigerof kyning.

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    Ymbeode þa ides Helminga

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    duguþe ond geogoþe dæl æghwylcne,

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    sincfato sealde, oþþæt sæl alamp

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    þæt hio Beowulfe, beaghroden cwen

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    mode geþungen, medoful ætbær;

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    grette Geata leod, gode þancode

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    wisfæst wordum þæs ðe hire se willa gelamp

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    þæt heo on ænigne eorl gelyfde

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    fyrena frofre. He þæt ful geþeah,

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    wælreow wiga, æt Wealhþeon,

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    ond þa gyddode guþe gefysed;

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    Beowulf maþelode, bearn Ecgþeowes:

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    "Ic þæt hogode, þa ic on holm gestah,

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    sæbat gesæt mid minra secga gedriht,

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    þæt ic anunga eowra leoda

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    willan geworhte oþðe on wæl crunge,

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    feondgrapum fæst. Ic gefremman sceal

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    eorlic ellen, oþðe endedæg

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    on þisse meoduhealle minne gebidan."

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    ðam wife þa word wel licodon,

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    gilpcwide Geates; eode goldhroden

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    freolicu folccwen to hire frean sittan.

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    þa wæs eft swa ær inne on healle

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    þryðword sprecen, ðeod on sælum,

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    sigefolca sweg, oþþæt semninga

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    sunu Healfdenes secean wolde

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    æfenræste; wiste þæm ahlæcan

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    to þæm heahsele hilde geþinged,

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    siððan hie sunnan leoht geseon ne meahton,

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    oþðe nipende niht ofer ealle,

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    scaduhelma gesceapu scriðan cwoman,

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    wan under wolcnum. Werod eall aras.

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    Gegrette þa guma oþerne,

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    Hroðgar Beowulf, ond him hæl abead,

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    winærnes geweald, ond þæt word acwæð:

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    "Næfre ic ænegum men ær alyfde,

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    siþðan ic hond ond rond hebban mihte,

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    ðryþærn Dena buton þe nu ða.

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    Hafa nu ond geheald husa selest,

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    gemyne mærþo, mægenellen cyð,

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    waca wið wraþum. Ne bið þe wilna gad,

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    gif þu þæt ellenweorc aldre gedigest."

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    ða him Hroþgar gewat mid his hæleþa gedryht,

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    eodur Scyldinga, ut of healle;

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    wolde wigfruma Wealhþeo secan,

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    cwen to gebeddan. Hæfde kyningwuldor

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    Grendle togeanes, swa guman gefrungon,

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    seleweard aseted; sundornytte beheold

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    ymb aldor Dena, eotonweard abead.

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    Huru Geata leod georne truwode

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    modgan mægnes, metodes hyldo.

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    ða he him of dyde isernbyrnan,

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    helm of hafelan, sealde his hyrsted sweord,

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    irena cyst, ombihtþegne,

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    ond gehealdan het hildegeatwe.

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    Gespræc þa se goda gylpworda sum,

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    Beowulf Geata, ær he on bed stige:

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    "No ic me an herewæsmun hnagran talige,

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    guþgeweorca, þonne Grendel hine;

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    forþan ic hine sweorde swebban nelle,

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    aldre beneotan, þeah ic eal mæge.

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    Nat he þara goda þæt he me ongean slea,

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    rand geheawe, þeah ðe he rof sie

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    niþgeweorca; ac wit on niht sculon

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    secge ofersittan, gif he gesecean dear

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    wig ofer wæpen, ond siþðan witig god

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    on swa hwæþere hond, halig dryhten,

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    mærðo deme, swa him gemet þince."

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    Hylde hine þa heaþodeor, hleorbolster onfeng

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    eorles andwlitan, ond hine ymb monig

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    snellic særinc selereste gebeah.

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    Nænig heora þohte þæt he þanon scolde

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    eft eardlufan æfre gesecean,

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    folc oþðe freoburh, þær he afeded wæs;

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    ac hie hæfdon gefrunen þæt hie ær to fela micles

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    in þæm winsele wældeað fornam,

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    Denigea leode. Ac him dryhten forgeaf

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    wigspeda gewiofu, Wedera leodum,

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    frofor ond fultum, þæt hie feond heora

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    ðurh anes cræft ealle ofercomon,

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    selfes mihtum. Soð is gecyþed

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     þæt mihtig god manna cynnes

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