Beowulf ch. IIII
Beowulf 5x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. IIII)
text and translation
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Him se yldesta | ondswarode,
werodes wisa, | wordhord onleac:
"We synt gumcynnes | Geata leode
ond Higelaces | heorðgeneatas.
Wæs min fæder | folcum gecyþed,
æþele ordfruma, | Ecgþeow haten.
Gebad wintra worn, | ær he on weg hwurfe,
gamol of geardum; | hine gearwe geman
witena welhwylc | wide geond eorþan.
We þurh holdne hige | hlaford þinne,
sunu Healfdenes, | secean cwomon,
leodgebyrgean; | wes þu us larena god.
Habbað we to þæm mæran | micel ærende,
Deniga frean, | ne sceal þær dyrne sum
wesan, þæs ic wene. | þu wast (gif hit is
swa we soþlice | secgan hyrdon)
þæt mid Scyldingum | sceaðona ic nat hwylc,
deogol dædhata, | deorcum nihtum
eaweð þurh egsan | uncuðne nið,
hynðu ond hrafyl. | Ic þæs Hroðgar mæg
þurh rumne sefan | ræd gelæran,
hu he frod ond god | feond oferswyðeþ,
gyf him edwendan | æfre scolde
bealuwa bisigu, | bot eft cuman,
ond þa cearwylmas | colran wurðaþ;
oððe a syþðan | earfoðþrage,
þreanyd þolað, | þenden þær wunað
on heahstede | husa selest."
Weard maþelode, | ðær on wicge sæt,
ombeht unforht: | "æghwæþres sceal
scearp scyldwiga | gescad witan,
worda ond worca, | se þe wel þenceð.
Ic þæt gehyre, | þæt þis is hold weorod
frean Scyldinga. | Gewitaþ forð beran
wæpen ond gewædu; | ic eow wisige.
Swylce ic maguþegnas | mine hate
wið feonda gehwone | flotan eowerne,
niwtyrwydne | nacan on sande
arum healdan, | oþðæt eft byreð
ofer lagustreamas | leofne mannan
wudu wundenhals | to Wedermearce,
godfremmendra | swylcum gifeþe bið
þæt þone hilderæs | hal gedigeð."
Gewiton him þa feran. | Flota stille bad,
seomode on sale | sidfæþmed scip,
on ancre fæst. | Eoforlic scionon
ofer hleorberan | gehroden golde,
fah ond fyrheard; | ferhwearde heold
guþmod grimmon. | Guman onetton,
sigon ætsomne, | oþþæt hy sæl timbred,
geatolic ond goldfah, | ongyton mihton;
þæt wæs foremærost | foldbuendum
receda under roderum, | on þæm se rica bad;
lixte se leoma | ofer landa fela.
Him þa hildedeor | hof modigra
torht getæhte, | þæt hie him to mihton
gegnum gangan; | guðbeorna sum
wicg gewende, | word æfter cwæð:
"Mæl is me to feran; | fæder alwalda
mid arstafum | eowic gehealde
siða gesunde. | Ic to sæ wille
wið wrað werod | wearde healdan."
sources
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