Beowulf ch. XVII
Beowulf 18x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XVII)
text and translation
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Gewiton him ða wigend | wica neosian,
freondum befeallen, | Frysland geseon,
hamas ond heaburh. | Hengest ða gyt
wælfagne winter | wunode mid Finne
eal unhlitme. | Eard gemunde,
þeah þe he ne meahte | on mere drifan
hringedstefnan; | holm storme weol,
won wið winde, | winter yþe beleac
isgebinde, | oþðæt oþer com
gear in geardas, | swa nu gyt deð,
þa ðe syngales | sele bewitiað,
wuldortorhtan weder. | ða wæs winter scacen,
fæger foldan bearm. | Fundode wrecca,
gist of geardum; | he to gyrnwræce
swiðor þohte | þonne to sælade,
gif he torngemot | þurhteon mihte
þæt he Eotena bearn | inne gemunde.
Swa he ne forwyrnde | woroldrædenne,
þonne him Hunlafing | hildeleoman,
billa selest, | on bearm dyde,
þæs wæron mid Eotenum | ecge cuðe.
Swylce ferhðfrecan | Fin eft begeat
sweordbealo sliðen | æt his selfes ham,
siþðan grimne gripe | Guðlaf ond Oslaf
æfter sæsiðe, | sorge, mændon,
ætwiton weana dæl; | ne meahte wæfre mod
forhabban in hreþre. | ða wæs heal roden
feonda feorum, | swilce Fin slægen,
cyning on corþre, | ond seo cwen numen.
Sceotend Scyldinga | to scypon feredon
eal ingesteald | eorðcyninges,
swylce hie æt Finnes ham | findan meahton
sigla, searogimma. | Hie on sælade
drihtlice wif | to Denum feredon,
læddon to leodum. | Leoð wæs asungen,
gleomannes gyd. | Gamen eft astah,
beorhtode bencsweg; | byrelas sealdon
win of wunderfatum. | þa cwom Wealhþeo forð
gan under gyldnum beage, | þær þa godan twegen
sæton suhtergefæderan; | þa gyt wæs hiera sib ætgædere,
æghwylc oðrum trywe. | Swylce þær Unferþ þyle
æt fotum sæt frean Scyldinga; | gehwylc hiora his ferhþe treowde,
þæt he hæfde mod micel, | þeah þe he his magum nære
arfæst æt ecga gelacum. | Spræc ða ides Scyldinga:
"Onfoh þissum fulle, | freodrihten min,
sinces brytta! | þu on sælum wes,
goldwine gumena, | ond to Geatum spræc
mildum wordum, | swa sceal man don.
Beo wið Geatas glæd, | geofena gemyndig,
nean ond feorran | þu nu hafast.
Me man sægde | þæt þu ðe for sunu wolde
hererinc habban. | Heorot is gefælsod,
beahsele beorhta; | bruc þenden þu mote
manigra medo, | ond þinum magum læf
folc ond rice, | þonne ðu forð scyle
metodsceaft seon. | Ic minne can
glædne Hroþulf, | þæt he þa geogoðe wile
arum healdan, | gyf þu ær þonne he,
wine Scildinga, | worold oflætest;
wene ic þæt he mid gode | gyldan wille
uncran eaferan, | gif he þæt eal gemon,
hwæt wit to willan | ond to worðmyndum
umborwesendum ær | arna gefremedon."
Hwearf þa bi bence | þær hyre byre wæron,
Hreðric ond Hroðmund, | ond hæleþa bearn,
giogoð ætgædere; | þær se goda sæt,
Beowulf Geata, | be þæm gebroðrum twæm.
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