Beowulf ch. XII
Beowulf 13x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XII)
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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Nolde eorla hleo | ænige þinga
þone cwealmcuman | cwicne forlætan,
ne his lifdagas | leoda ænigum
nytte tealde. | þær genehost brægd
eorl Beowulfes | ealde lafe,
wolde freadrihtnes | feorh ealgian,
mæres þeodnes, | ðær hie meahton swa.
Hie þæt ne wiston, | þa hie gewin drugon,
heardhicgende | hildemecgas,
ond on healfa gehwone | heawan þohton,
sawle secan, | þone synscaðan
ænig ofer eorþan | irenna cyst,
guðbilla nan, | gretan nolde,
ac he sigewæpnum | forsworen hæfde,
ecga gehwylcre. | Scolde his aldorgedal
on ðæm dæge | þysses lifes
earmlic wurðan, | ond se ellorgast
on feonda geweald | feor siðian.
ða þæt onfunde | se þe fela æror
modes myrðe | manna cynne,
fyrene gefremede | (he wæs fag wið god),
þæt him se lichoma | læstan nolde,
ac hine se modega | mæg Hygelaces
hæfde be honda; | wæs gehwæþer oðrum
lifigende lað. | Licsar gebad
atol æglæca; | him on eaxle wearð
syndolh sweotol, | seonowe onsprungon,
burston banlocan. | Beowulfe wearð
guðhreð gyfeþe; | scolde Grendel þonan
feorhseoc fleon | under fenhleoðu,
secean wynleas wic; | wiste þe geornor
þæt his aldres wæs | ende gegongen,
dogera dægrim. | Denum eallum wearð
æfter þam wælræse | willa gelumpen.
Hæfde þa gefælsod | se þe ær feorran com,
snotor ond swyðferhð, | sele Hroðgares,
genered wið niðe; | nihtweorce gefeh,
ellenmærþum. | Hæfde Eastdenum
Geatmecga leod | gilp gelæsted,
swylce oncyþðe | ealle gebette,
inwidsorge, | þe hie ær drugon
ond for þreanydum | þolian scoldon,
torn unlytel. | þæt wæs tacen sweotol,
syþðan hildedeor | hond alegde,
earm ond eaxle | (þær wæs eal geador
Grendles grape) | under geapne hrof.
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