Beowulf ch. XIIII
Beowulf 15x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XIIII)
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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Hroðgar maþelode | (he to healle geong,
stod on stapole, | geseah steapne hrof,
golde fahne, | ond Grendles hond):
"ðisse ansyne | alwealdan þanc
lungre gelimpe! | Fela ic laþes gebad,
grynna æt Grendle; | a mæg god wyrcan
wunder æfter wundre, | wuldres hyrde.
ðæt wæs ungeara | þæt ic ænigra me
weana ne wende | to widan feore
bote gebidan, | þonne blode fah
husa selest | heorodreorig stod,
wea widscofen | witena gehwylcum
ðara þe ne wendon | þæt hie wideferhð
leoda landgeweorc | laþum beweredon
scuccum ond scinnum. | Nu scealc hafað
þurh drihtnes miht | dæd gefremede
ðe we ealle | ær ne meahton
snyttrum besyrwan. | Hwæt, þæt secgan mæg
efne swa hwylc mægþa | swa ðone magan cende
æfter gumcynnum, | gyf heo gyt lyfað,
þæt hyre ealdmetod | este wære
bearngebyrdo. | Nu ic, Beowulf, þec,
secg betsta, | me for sunu wylle
freogan on ferhþe; | heald forð tela
niwe sibbe. | Ne bið þe nænigra gad
worolde wilna, | þe ic geweald hæbbe.
Ful oft ic for læssan | lean teohhode,
hordweorþunge | hnahran rince,
sæmran æt sæcce. | þu þe self hafast
dædum gefremed | þæt þin dom lyfað
awa to aldre. | Alwalda þec
gode forgylde, | swa he nu gyt dyde!"
Beowulf maþelode, | bearn Ecþeowes:
"We þæt ellenweorc | estum miclum,
feohtan fremedon, | frecne geneðdon
eafoð uncuþes. | Uþe ic swiþor
þæt ðu hine selfne | geseon moste,
feond on frætewum | fylwerigne.
Ic hine hrædlice | heardan clammum
on wælbedde | wriþan þohte,
þæt he for mundgripe | minum scolde
licgean lifbysig, | butan his lic swice.
Ic hine ne mihte, | þa metod nolde,
ganges getwæman, | no ic him þæs georne ætfealh,
feorhgeniðlan; | wæs to foremihtig
feond on feþe. | Hwæþere he his folme forlet
to lifwraþe | last weardian,
earm ond eaxle. | No þær ænige swa þeah
feasceaft guma | frofre gebohte;
no þy leng leofað | laðgeteona,
synnum geswenced, | ac hyne sar hafað
mid nydgripe | nearwe befongen,
balwon bendum. | ðær abidan sceal
maga mane fah | miclan domes,
hu him scir metod | scrifan wille."
ða wæs swigra secg, | sunu Eclafes,
on gylpspræce | guðgeweorca,
siþðan æþelingas | eorles cræfte
ofer heanne hrof | hand sceawedon,
feondes fingras. | Foran æghwylc wæs,
stiðra nægla gehwylc, | style gelicost,
hæþenes handsporu | hilderinces,
egl, unheoru. | æghwylc gecwæð
þæt him heardra nan | hrinan wolde
iren ærgod, | þæt ðæs ahlæcan
blodge beadufolme | onberan wolde.
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