BēowulfXVII

1051 Þā gȳt ǣghwylcum eorla drihten

1052 þāra þe mid Bēowulfe brim-lāde tēah,

1053 on þǣre medu-bence māððum gesealde,

1054 yrfe-lāfe, and þone ǣnne heht

1055 golde forgyldan, þone þe Grendel ǣr

1056 māne ācwealde, swā hē hyra mā wolde,

1057 nefne him wītig god wyrd forstōde

1058 and þæs mannes mōd: metod eallum wēold

1059 gumena cynnes, swā hē nū gīt dēð;

1060 forþan bið andgit ǣghwǣr sēlest,

1061 ferhðes fore-þanc! fela sceal gebīdan

1062 lēofes and lāðes, sē þe longe hēr

1063 on þyssum win-dagum worolde brūceð.

1064 Þǣr wæs sang and swēg samod ætgædere

1065 fore Healfdenes hilde-wīsan,

1066 gomen-wudu grēted, gid oft wrecen,

1067 þonne heal-gamen Hrōðgāres scop

1068 æfter medo-bence mǣnan scolde

1069 Finnes eaferum, þā hīe se fǣr begeat:

1070 “Hæleð Healfdenes, Hnæf Scyldinga,

1071 “in Fr..es wæle feallan scolde.

1072 “Nē hūru Hildeburh herian þorfte

1073 “Eotena trēowe: unsynnum wearð

1074 “beloren lēofum æt þām lind-plegan

1075 “bearnum and brōðrum; hīe on gebyrd hruron

1076 “gāre wunde; þæt wæs geōmuru ides.

1077 “Nalles hōlinga Hōces dōhtor

1078 “meotod-sceaft bemearn, syððan morgen cōm,

1079 “þā hēo under swegle gesēon meahte

1080 “morðor-bealo māga, þǣr hēo ǣr mǣste hēold

1081 “worolde wynne: wīg ealle fornam

1082 “Finnes þegnas, nemne fēaum ānum,

1083 “þæt hē ne mehte on þǣm meðel-stede

1084 “wīg Hengeste wiht gefeohtan,

1085 “nē þā wēa-lāfe wīge forþringan

1086 “þōodnes þegne; ac hig him geþingo budon,

1087 “þæt hīe him ōðer flet eal gerȳmdon,

1088 “healle and hēah-setl, þæt hīe healfre geweald

1089 “wið Eotena bearn āgan mōston,

1090 “and æt feoh-gyftum Folcwaldan sunu

1091 “dōgra gehwylce Dene weorðode,

1092 “Hengestes hēap hringum wenede,

1093 “efne swā swīðe sinc-gestrēonum

1094 “fǣttan goldes, swā hē Frēsena cyn

1095 “on bēor-sele byldan wolde.

1096 “Þā hīe getruwedon on twā healfa

1097 “fæste frioðu-wǣre; Fin Hengeste

1098 “elne unflitme āðum benemde,

1099 “þæt hē þā wēa-lāfe weotena dōme

1100 “ārum heolde, þæt þǣr ǣnig mon

1101 “wordum nē worcum wǣre ne brǣce,

1102 “nē þurh inwit-searo ǣfre gemǣnden,

1103 “þēah hīe hira bēag-gyfan banan folgedon

1104 “þēoden-lēase, þā him swā geþearfod wæs:

1105 “gyf þonne Frȳsna hwylc frēcnan sprǣce

1106 “þæs morðor-hetes myndgiend wǣre,

1107 “þonne hit sweordes ecg syððan scolde.

1108 “Āð wæs geæfned and icge gold

1109 “āhæfen of horde. Here-Scyldinga

1110 “betst beado-rinca wæs on bǣl gearu;

1111 “æt þǣm āde wæs ēð-gesȳne

1112 “swāt-fāh syrce, swȳn eal-gylden,

1113 “eofer īren-heard, æðeling manig

1114 “wundum āwyrded; sume on wæle crungon.

1115 “Hēt þā Hildeburh æt Hnæfes āde

1116 “hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befæstan,

1117 “bān-fatu bærnan and on bǣl dōn.

1118 “Earme on eaxle ides gnornode,

1119 “geōmrode giddum; gūð-rinc āstāh.

1120 “Wand tō wolcnum wæl-fȳra mǣst,

1121 “hlynode for hlāwe; hafelan multon,

1122 “ben-geato burston, þonne blōd ætspranc

1123 “lāð-bite līces. Līg ealle forswealg,

1124 “gǣsta gīfrost, þāra þe þǣr gūð fornam

1125 “bēga folces; wæs hira blǣd scacen.