Beowulf ch. XXVIII
Beowulf 29x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XXVIII)
text and translation
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Gewat him ða se hearda | mid his hondscole
sylf æfter sande | sæwong tredan,
wide waroðas. | Woruldcandel scan,
sigel suðan fus. | Hi sið drugon,
elne geeodon, | to ðæs ðe eorla hleo,
bonan Ongenþeoes | burgum in innan,
geongne guðcyning | godne gefrunon
hringas dælan. | Higelace wæs
sið Beowulfes | snude gecyðed,
þæt ðær on worðig | wigendra hleo,
lindgestealla, | lifigende cwom,
heaðolaces hal | to hofe gongan.
Hraðe wæs gerymed, | swa se rica bebead,
feðegestum | flet innanweard.
Gesæt þa wið sylfne | se ða sæcce genæs,
mæg wið mæge, | syððan mandryhten
þurh hleoðorcwyde | holdne gegrette,
meaglum wordum. | Meoduscencum hwearf
geond þæt healreced | Hæreðes dohtor,
lufode ða leode, | liðwæge bær
hæleðum to handa. | Higelac ongan
sinne geseldan | in sele þam hean
fægre fricgcean | (hyne fyrwet bræc,
hwylce Sægeata | siðas wæron):
"Hu lomp eow on lade, | leofa Biowulf,
þa ðu færinga | feorr gehogodest
sæcce secean | ofer sealt wæter,
hilde to Hiorote? | Ac ðu Hroðgare
widcuðne wean | wihte gebettest,
mærum ðeodne? | Ic ðæs modceare
sorhwylmum seað, | siðe ne truwode
leofes mannes; | ic ðe lange bæd
þæt ðu þone wælgæst | wihte ne grette,
lete Suðdene | sylfe geweorðan
guðe wið Grendel. | Gode ic þanc secge
þæs ðe ic ðe gesundne | geseon moste."
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