Beowulf ch. XXVI
Beowulf 27x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XXVI)
text and translation
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Beowulf maþelode, | bearn Ecgþeowes:
"Nu we sæliðend | secgan wyllað,
feorran cumene, | þæt we fundiaþ
Higelac secan. | Wæron her tela
willum bewenede; | þu us wel dohtest.
Gif ic þonne on eorþan | owihte mæg
þinre modlufan | maran tilian,
gumena dryhten, | ðonne ic gyt dyde,
guðgeweorca, | ic beo gearo sona.
Gif ic þæt gefricge | ofer floda begang,
þæt þec ymbsittend | egesan þywað,
swa þec hetende | hwilum dydon,
ic ðe þusenda | þegna bringe,
hæleþa to helpe. | Ic on Higelac wat,
Geata dryhten, | þeah ðe he geong sy,
folces hyrde, | þæt he mec fremman wile
wordum ond worcum, | þæt ic þe wel herige
ond þe to geoce | garholt bere,
mægenes fultum, | þær ðe bið manna þearf.
Gif him þonne Hreþric | to hofum Geata
geþingeð, þeodnes bearn, | he mæg þær fela
freonda findan; | feorcyþðe beoð
selran gesohte | þæm þe him selfa deah."
Hroðgar maþelode | him on ondsware:
"þe þa wordcwydas | wigtig drihten
on sefan sende; | ne hyrde ic snotorlicor
on swa geongum feore | guman þingian.
þu eart mægenes strang | ond on mode frod,
wis wordcwida. | Wen ic talige,
gif þæt gegangeð, | þæt ðe gar nymeð,
hild heorugrimme, | Hreþles eaferan,
adl oþðe iren | ealdor ðinne,
folces hyrde, | ond þu þin feorh hafast,
þæt þe Sægeatas | selran næbben
to geceosenne | cyning ænigne,
hordweard hæleþa, | gyf þu healdan wylt
maga rice. | Me þin modsefa
licað leng swa wel, | leofa Beowulf.
Hafast þu gefered | þæt þam folcum sceal,
Geata leodum | ond Gardenum,
sib gemæne, | ond sacu restan,
inwitniþas, | þe hie ær drugon,
wesan, þenden ic wealde | widan rices,
maþmas gemæne, | manig oþerne
godum gegretan | ofer ganotes bæð;
sceal hringnaca | ofer heafu bringan
lac ond luftacen. | Ic þa leode wat
ge wið feond ge wið freond | fæste geworhte,
æghwæs untæle | ealde wisan."
ða git him eorla hleo | inne gesealde,
mago Healfdenes, | maþmas XII;
het hine mid þæm lacum | leode swæse
secean on gesyntum, | snude eft cuman.
Gecyste þa | cyning æþelum god,
þeoden Scyldinga, | ðegn betstan
ond be healse genam; | hruron him tearas,
blondenfeaxum. | Him wæs bega wen,
ealdum infrodum, | oþres swiðor,
þæt hie seoððan no | geseon moston,
modige on meþle. | Wæs him se man to þon leof
þæt he þone breostwylm | forberan ne mehte,
ac him on hreþre | hygebendum fæst
æfter deorum men | dyrne langað
beorn wið blode. | Him Beowulf þanan,
guðrinc goldwlanc, | græsmoldan træd
since hremig; | sægenga bad
agendfrean, | se þe on ancre rad.
þa wæs on gange | gifu Hroðgares
oft geæhted; | þæt wæs an cyning,
æghwæs orleahtre, | oþþæt hine yldo benam
mægenes wynnum, | se þe oft manegum scod.
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