BēowulfXVIII

1126 “Gewiton him þā wīgend wīca nēosian,

1127 “frēondum befeallen Frȳsland gesēon,

1128 “hāmas and hēa-burh. Hengest þā gȳt

1129 “wæl-fāgne winter wunode mid Finne

1130 ”ealles unhlitme; eard gemunde,

1131 “þēah þe hē ne meahte on mere drīfan

1132 “hringed-stefnan; holm storme wēol,

1133 “won wið winde; winter ȳðe belēac

1134 “īs-gebinde oð þæt ōðer cōm

1135 “geār in geardas, swā nū gȳt dēð,

1136 “þā þe syngales sēle bewitiað,

1137 “wuldor-torhtan weder. Þā wæs winter scacen,

1138 “fæger foldan bearm; fundode wrecca,

1139 “gist of geardum; hē tō gyrn-wræce

1140 “swīðor þōhte, þonne tō sǣ-lāde,

1141 “gif hē torn-gemōt þurhtēon mihte,

1142 “þæt hē Eotena bearn inne gemunde.

1143 “Swā hē ne forwyrnde worold-rǣdenne,

1144 “þonne him Hūnlāfing hilde-lēoman,

1145 “billa sēlest, on bearm dyde:

1146 “þæs wǣron mid Eotenum ecge cūðe.

1147 “Swylce ferhð-frecan Fin eft begeat

1148 “sweord-bealo slīðen æt his selfes hām,

1149 “siððan grimne gripe Gūðlaf ond Ōslāf

1150 “æfter sǣ-siðe sorge mǣndon,

1151 “ætwiton wēana dǣl; ne meahte wǣfre mōd

1152 “forhabban in hreðre. Þā wæs heal hroden

1153 “fēonda fēorum, swilce Fin slægen,

1154 “cyning on corðre, and sēo cwēn numen.

1155 “Scēotend Scyldinga tō scypum feredon

1156 “eal in-gesteald eorð-cyninges,

1157 “swylce hīe æt Finnes hām findan meahton

1158 “sigla searo-gimma. Hīe on sǣ-lāde

1159 “drihtlīce wīf tō Denum feredon,

1160 “lǣddon tō lēodum.” Lēoð wæs āsungen,

1161 glēo-mannes gyd. Gamen eft āstāh,

1162 beorhtode benc-swēg, byrelas sealdon

1163 wīn of wunder-fatum. Þā cwōm Wealhþēo forð

1164 gān under gyldnum bēage, þǣr þā gōdan twēgen

1165 sǣton suhter-gefæderan; þā gȳt wæs hiera sib ætgædere

1166 ǣghwylc ōðrum trȳwe. Swylce þǣr Unferð þyle

1167 æt fōtum sæt frēan Scyldinga: gehwylc hiora his ferhðe trēowde,

1168 þæt hē hæfde mōd micel, þēah þe hē his māgum nǣre

1169 ārfæst æt ecga gelācum. Spræc þā ides Scyldinga:

1170 “Onfōh þissum fulle, frēo-drihten mīn,

1171 “sinces brytta; þū on sǣlum wes,

1172 “gold-wine gumena, and tō Gēatum sprec

1173 “mildum wordum! Swā sceal man dōn.

1174 “Bēo wið Gēatas glæd, geofena gemyndig;

1175 “nēan and feorran þū nū friðu hafast.

1176 “Mē man sægde, þæt þū þē for sunu wolde

1177 “here-rinc habban. Heorot is gefǣlsod,

1178 “bēah-sele beorhta; brūc þenden þū mōte

1179 “manigra mēda and þīnum māgum lǣf

1180 “folc and rīce, þonne þū forð scyle

1181 “metod-sceaft sēon. Ic mīnne can

1182 “glædne Hrōðulf, þæt hē þā geogoðe wile

1183 “ārum healdan, gyf þū ǣr þonne hē,

1184 “wine Scildinga, worold oflǣtest;

1185 “wēne ic, þæt hē mid gōde gyldan wille

1186 “uncran eaferan, gif hē þæt eal gemon,

1187 “hwæt wit tō willan and tō worð-myndum

1188 “umbor wesendum ǣr ārna gefremedon.”

1189 Hwearf þā bī bence, þǣr hyre byre wǣron,

1190 Hrēðrīc and Hrōðmund, and hæleða bearn,

1191 giogoð ætgædere; þǣr se gōda sæt

1192 Bēowulf Gēata be þǣm gebrōðrum twǣm.