Beowulf ch. XXIIII

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Beowulf maþelode, | bearn Ecgþeowes:
"Hwæt! we þe þas sælac, | sunu Healfdenes,
leod Scyldinga, | lustum brohton
tires to tacne, | þe þu her to locast.
Ic þæt unsofte | ealdre gedigde
wigge under wætere, | weorc geneþde
earfoðlice; | ætrihte wæs
guð getwæfed, | nymðe mec god scylde.
Ne meahte ic æt hilde | mid Hruntinge
wiht gewyrcan, | þeah þæt wæpen duge;
ac me geuðe | ylda waldend
þæt ic on wage geseah | wlitig hangian
eald sweord eacen | (oftost wisode
winigea leasum), | þæt ic ðy wæpne gebræd.
Ofsloh ða æt þære sæcce, | þa me sæl ageald,
huses hyrdas. | þa þæt hildebil
forbarn brogdenmæl, | swa þæt blod gesprang,
hatost heaþoswata. | Ic þæt hilt þanan
feondum ætferede, | fyrendæda wræc,
deaðcwealm Denigea, | swa hit gedefe wæs.
Ic hit þe þonne gehate, | þæt þu on Heorote most
sorhleas swefan | mid þinra secga gedryht
ond þegna gehwylc | þinra leoda,
duguðe ond iogoþe, | þæt þu him ondrædan ne þearft,
þeoden Scyldinga, | on þa healfe,
aldorbealu eorlum, | swa þu ær dydest."
ða wæs gylden hilt | gamelum rince,
harum hildfruman, | on hand gyfen,
enta ærgeweorc; | hit on æht gehwearf
æfter deofla hryre | Denigea frean,
wundorsmiþa geweorc, | ond þa þas worold ofgeaf
gromheort guma, | godes ondsaca,
morðres scyldig, | ond his modor eac,
on geweald gehwearf | woroldcyninga
ðæm selestan | be sæm tweonum
ðara þe on Scedenigge | sceattas dælde.
Hroðgar maðelode, | hylt sceawode,
ealde lafe, | on ðæm wæs or writen
fyrngewinnes, | syðþan flod ofsloh,
gifen geotende, | giganta cyn
(frecne geferdon); | þæt wæs fremde þeod
ecean dryhtne; | him þæs endelean
þurh wæteres wylm | waldend sealde.
Swa wæs on ðæm scennum | sciran goldes
þurh runstafas | rihte gemearcod,
geseted ond gesæd | hwam þæt sweord geworht,
irena cyst, | ærest wære,
wreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah. | ða se wisa spræc
sunu Healfdenes | (swigedon ealle):
"þæt, la, mæg secgan | se þe soð ond riht
fremeð on folce, | feor eal gemon,
eald weard, | þæt ðes eorl wære
geboren betera! | Blæd is aræred
geond widwegas, | wine min Beowulf,
ðin ofer þeoda gehwylce. | Eal þu hit geþyldum healdest,
mægen mid modes snyttrum. | Ic þe sceal mine gelæstan
freode, swa wit furðum spræcon. | ðu scealt to frofre weorþan
eal langtwidig | leodum þinum,
hæleðum to helpe. | Ne wearð Heremod swa
eaforum Ecgwelan, | Arscyldingum;
ne geweox he him to willan, | ac to wælfealle
ond to deaðcwalum | Deniga leodum;
breat bolgenmod | beodgeneatas,
eaxlgesteallan, | oþþæt he ana hwearf,
mære þeoden, | mondreamum from.
ðeah þe hine mihtig god | mægenes wynnum,
eafeþum stepte, | ofer ealle men
forð gefremede, | hwæþere him on ferhþe greow
breosthord blodreow. | Nallas beagas geaf
Denum æfter dome; | dreamleas gebad
þæt he þæs gewinnes | weorc þrowade,
leodbealo longsum. | ðu þe lær be þon,
gumcyste ongit; | ic þis gid be þe
awræc wintrum frod. | Wundor is to secganne
hu mihtig god | manna cynne
þurh sidne sefan | snyttru bryttað,
eard ond eorlscipe; | he ah ealra geweald.
Hwilum he on lufan | læteð hworfan
monnes modgeþonc | mæran cynnes,
seleð him on eþle | eorþan wynne
to healdanne, | hleoburh wera,
gedeð him swa gewealdene | worolde dælas,
side rice, | þæt he his selfa ne mæg
for his unsnyttrum | ende geþencean.
Wunað he on wiste; | no hine wiht dweleð
adl ne yldo, | ne him inwitsorh
on sefan sweorceð, | ne gesacu ohwær
ecghete eoweð, | ac him eal worold
wendeð on willan | (he þæt wyrse ne con),