Beowulf 34x — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Beowulf ch. XXXIIII)
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Se ðæs leodhryres | lean gemunde
uferan dogrum, | Eadgilse wearð
feasceaftum freond, | folce gestepte
ofer sæ side | sunu Ohteres,
wigum ond wæpnum; | he gewræc syððan
cealdum cearsiðum, | cyning ealdre bineat.
Swa he niða gehwane | genesen hæfde,
sliðra geslyhta, | sunu Ecgðiowes,
ellenweorca, | oð ðone anne dæg
þe he wið þam wyrme | gewegan sceolde.
Gewat þa XIIa sum | torne gebolgen
dryhten Geata | dracan sceawian.
Hæfde þa gefrunen | hwanan sio fæhð aras,
bealonið biorna; | him to bearme cwom
maðþumfæt mære | þurh ðæs meldan hond.
Se wæs on ðam ðreate | þreotteoða secg,
se ðæs orleges | or onstealde,
hæft hygegiomor, | sceolde hean ðonon
wong wisian. | He ofer willan giong
to ðæs ðe he eorðsele | anne wisse,
hlæw under hrusan | holmwylme neh,
yðgewinne; | se wæs innan full
wrætta ond wira. | Weard unhiore,
gearo guðfreca, | goldmaðmas heold,
eald under eorðan. | Næs þæt yðe ceap
to gegangenne | gumena ænigum!
Gesæt ða on næsse | niðheard cyning,
þenden hælo abead | heorðgeneatum,
goldwine Geata. | Him wæs geomor sefa,
wæfre ond wælfus, | wyrd ungemete neah,
se ðone gomelan | gretan sceolde,
secean sawle hord, | sundur gedælan
lif wið lice, | no þon lange wæs
feorh æþelinges | flæsce bewunden.
Biowulf maþelade, | bearn Ecgðeowes:
"Fela ic on giogoðe | guðræsa genæs,
orleghwila; | ic þæt eall gemon.
Ic wæs syfanwintre, | þa mec sinca baldor,
freawine folca, | æt minum fæder genam;
heold mec ond hæfde | Hreðel cyning,
geaf me sinc ond symbel, | sibbe gemunde.
Næs ic him to life | laðra owihte,
beorn in burgum, | þonne his bearna hwylc,
Herebeald ond Hæðcyn | oððe Hygelac min.
Wæs þam yldestan | ungedefelice
mæges dædum | morþorbed stred,
syððan hyne Hæðcyn | of hornbogan,
his freawine, | flane geswencte,
miste mercelses | ond his mæg ofscet,
broðor oðerne | blodigan gare.
þæt wæs feohleas gefeoht, | fyrenum gesyngad,
hreðre hygemeðe; | sceolde hwæðre swa þeah
æðeling unwrecen | ealdres linnan.
Swa bið geomorlic | gomelum ceorle
to gebidanne, | þæt his byre ride
giong on galgan, | þonne he gyd wrece,
sarigne sang, | þonne his sunu hangað
hrefne to hroðre, | ond he him helpe ne mæg,
eald ond infrod, | ænige gefremman.
Symble bið gemyndgad | morna gehwylce
eaforan ellorsið; | oðres ne gymeð
to gebidanne | burgum in innan
yrfeweardas, | þonne se an hafað
þurh deaðes nyd | dæda gefondad.
Gesyhð sorhcearig | on his suna bure
winsele westne, | windge reste
reote berofene. | Ridend swefað,
hæleð in hoðman; | nis þær hearpan sweg,
gomen in geardum, | swylce ðær iu wæron.
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