Beowulf ch. V
Beowulf 6x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. V)
text and translation
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Stræt wæs stanfah, | stig wisode
gumum ætgædere. | Guðbyrne scan
heard hondlocen, | hringiren scir
song in searwum, | þa hie to sele furðum
in hyra gryregeatwum | gangan cwomon.
Setton sæmeþe | side scyldas,
rondas regnhearde, | wið þæs recedes weal,
bugon þa to bence. | Byrnan hringdon,
guðsearo gumena; | garas stodon,
sæmanna searo, | samod ætgædere,
æscholt ufan græg; | wæs se irenþreat
wæpnum gewurþad. | þa ðær wlonc hæleð
oretmecgas | æfter æþelum frægn:
"Hwanon ferigeað ge | fætte scyldas,
græge syrcan | ond grimhelmas,
heresceafta heap? | Ic eom Hroðgares
ar ond ombiht. | Ne seah ic elþeodige
þus manige men | modiglicran.
Wen ic þæt ge for wlenco, | nalles for wræcsiðum,
ac for higeþrymmum | Hroðgar sohton."
Him þa ellenrof | andswarode,
wlanc Wedera leod, | word æfter spræc,
heard under helme: | "We synt Higelaces
beodgeneatas; | Beowulf is min nama.
Wille ic asecgan | sunu Healfdenes,
mærum þeodne, | min ærende,
aldre þinum, | gif he us geunnan wile
þæt we hine swa godne | gretan moton."
Wulfgar maþelode | (þæt wæs Wendla leod;
wæs his modsefa | manegum gecyðed,
wig ond wisdom): | "Ic þæs wine Deniga,
frean Scildinga, | frinan wille,
beaga bryttan, | swa þu bena eart,
þeoden mærne, | ymb þinne sið,
ond þe þa ondsware | ædre gecyðan
ðe me se goda | agifan þenceð."
Hwearf þa hrædlice | þær Hroðgar sæt
eald ond anhar | mid his eorla gedriht;
eode ellenrof, | þæt he for eaxlum gestod
Deniga frean; | cuþe he duguðe þeaw.
Wulfgar maðelode | to his winedrihtne:
"Her syndon geferede, | feorran cumene
ofer geofenes begang | Geata leode;
þone yldestan | oretmecgas
Beowulf nemnað. | Hy benan synt
þæt hie, þeoden min, | wið þe moton
wordum wrixlan. | No ðu him wearne geteoh
ðinra gegncwida, | glædman Hroðgar.
Hy on wiggetawum | wyrðe þinceað
eorla geæhtlan; | huru se aldor deah,
se þæm heaðorincum | hider wisade."
sources
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