Beowulf ch. VIII
Beowulf 9x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. VIII)
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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Unferð maþelode, | Ecglafes bearn,
þe æt fotum sæt | frean Scyldinga,
onband beadurune | (wæs him Beowulfes sið,
modges merefaran, | micel æfþunca,
forþon þe he ne uþe | þæt ænig oðer man
æfre mærða þon ma | middangeardes
gehedde under heofenum | þonne he sylfa):
"Eart þu se Beowulf, | se þe wið Brecan wunne,
on sidne sæ | ymb sund flite,
ðær git for wlence | wada cunnedon
ond for dolgilpe | on deop wæter
aldrum neþdon? | Ne inc ænig mon,
ne leof ne lað, | belean mihte
sorhfullne sið, | þa git on sund reon.
þær git eagorstream | earmum þehton,
mæton merestræta, | mundum brugdon,
glidon ofer garsecg; | geofon yþum weol,
wintrys wylmum. | Git on wæteres æht
seofon niht swuncon; | he þe æt sunde oferflat,
hæfde mare mægen. | þa hine on morgentid
on Heaþoræmas | holm up ætbær;
ðonon he gesohte | swæsne ,
leof his leodum, | lond Brondinga,
freoðoburh fægere, | þær he folc ahte,
burh ond beagas. | Beot eal wið þe
sunu Beanstanes | soðe gelæste.
ðonne wene ic to þe | wyrsan geþingea,
ðeah þu heaðoræsa | gehwær dohte,
grimre guðe, | gif þu Grendles dearst
nihtlongne fyrst | nean bidan."
Beowulf maþelode, | bearn Ecgþeowes:
"Hwæt! þu worn fela, | wine min Unferð,
beore druncen | ymb Brecan spræce,
sægdest from his siðe. | Soð ic talige,
þæt ic merestrengo | maran ahte,
earfeþo on yþum, | ðonne ænig oþer man.
Wit þæt gecwædon | cnihtwesende
ond gebeotedon | (wæron begen þa git
on geogoðfeore) | þæt wit on garsecg ut
aldrum neðdon, | ond þæt geæfndon swa.
Hæfdon swurd nacod, | þa wit on sund reon,
heard on handa; | wit unc wið hronfixas
werian þohton. | No he wiht fram me
flodyþum feor | fleotan meahte,
hraþor on holme; | no ic fram him wolde.
ða wit ætsomne | on sæ wæron
fif nihta fyrst, | oþþæt unc flod todraf,
wado weallende, | wedera cealdost,
nipende niht, | ond norþanwind
heaðogrim ondhwearf; | hreo wæron yþa.
Wæs merefixa | mod onhrered;
þær me wið laðum | licsyrce min,
heard, hondlocen, | helpe gefremede,
beadohrægl broden | on breostum læg
golde gegyrwed. | Me to grunde teah
fah feondscaða, | fæste hæfde
grim on grape; | hwæþre me gyfeþe wearð
þæt ic aglæcan | orde geræhte,
hildebille; | heaþoræs fornam
mihtig meredeor | þurh mine hand.
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