Beowulf ch. XVI
Beowulf 17x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XVI)
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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
ða gyt æghwylcum | eorla drihten
þara þe mid Beowulfe | brimlade teah
on þære medubence | maþðum gesealde,
yrfelafe, | ond þone ænne heht
golde forgyldan, | þone ðe Grendel ær
mane acwealde, | swa he hyra ma wolde,
nefne him witig god | wyrd forstode
ond ðæs mannes mod. | Metod eallum weold
gumena cynnes, | swa he nu git deð.
Forþan bið andgit | æghwær selest,
ferhðes foreþanc. | Fela sceal gebidan
leofes ond laþes | se þe longe her
on ðyssum windagum | worolde bruceð.
þær wæs sang ond sweg | samod ætgædere
fore Healfdenes | hildewisan,
gomenwudu greted, | gid oft wrecen,
ðonne healgamen | Hroþgares scop
æfter medobence | mænan scolde
be Finnes eaferum, | ða hie se fær begeat,
hæleð Healfdena, | Hnæf Scyldinga,
in Freswæle | feallan scolde.
Ne huru Hildeburh | herian þorfte
Eotena treowe; | unsynnum wearð
beloren leofum | æt þam lindplegan,
bearnum ond broðrum; | hie on gebyrd hruron,
gare wunde. | þæt wæs geomuru ides!
Nalles holinga | Hoces dohtor
meotodsceaft bemearn, | syþðan morgen com,
ða heo under swegle | geseon meahte
morþorbealo maga, | þær heo ær mæste heold
worolde wynne. | Wig ealle fornam
Finnes þegnas | nemne feaum anum,
þæt he ne mehte | on þæm meðelstede
wig Hengeste | wiht gefeohtan,
ne þa wealafe | wige forþringan
þeodnes ðegna; | ac hig him geþingo budon,
þæt hie him oðer flet | eal gerymdon,
healle ond heahsetl, | þæt hie healfre geweald
wið Eotena bearn | agan moston,
ond æt feohgyftum | Folcwaldan sunu
dogra gehwylce | Dene weorþode,
Hengestes heap | hringum wenede
efne swa swiðe | sincgestreonum
fættan goldes, | swa he Fresena cyn
on beorsele | byldan wolde.
ða hie getruwedon | on twa healfa
fæste frioðuwære. | Fin Hengeste
elne, unflitme | aðum benemde
þæt he þa wealafe | weotena dome
arum heolde, | þæt ðær ænig mon
wordum ne worcum | wære ne bræce,
ne þurh inwitsearo | æfre gemænden
ðeah hie hira beaggyfan | banan folgedon
ðeodenlease, | þa him swa geþearfod wæs;
gyf þonne Frysna hwylc | frecnan spræce
ðæs morþorhetes | myndgiend wære,
þonne hit sweordes ecg | seðan scolde.
Ad wæs geæfned | ond icge gold
ahæfen of horde. | Herescyldinga
betst beadorinca | wæs on bæl gearu.
æt þæm ade wæs | eþgesyne
swatfah syrce, | swyn ealgylden,
eofer irenheard, | æþeling manig
wundum awyrded; | sume on wæle crungon.
Het ða Hildeburh | æt Hnæfes ade
hire selfre sunu | sweoloðe befæstan,
banfatu bærnan | ond on bæl don
eame on eaxle. | Ides gnornode,
geomrode giddum. | Guðrinc astah.
Wand to wolcnum | wælfyra mæst,
hlynode for hlawe; | hafelan multon,
bengeato burston, | ðonne blod ætspranc,
laðbite lices. | Lig ealle forswealg,
gæsta gifrost, | þara ðe þær guð fornam
bega folces; | wæs hira blæd scacen.
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