BēowulfXIX

1193 Him wæs ful boren and frēond-laðu

1194 wordum bewægned and wunden gold

1195 ēstum geēawed, earm-hrēade twā,

1196 hrægl and hringas, heals-bēaga mǣst

1197 þāra þe ic on foldan gefrægen hæbbe.

1198 Nǣnigne ic under swegle sēlran hȳrde

1199 hord-māððum hæleða, syððan Hāma ætwæg

1200 tō þǣre byrhtan byrig Brōsinga mene,

1201 sigle and sinc-fæt, searo-nīðas fealh

1202 Eormenrīces, gecēas ēcne rǣd.

1203 Þone hring hæfde Higelāc Gēata,

1204 nefa Swertinges, nȳhstan sīðe,

1205 siððan hē under segne sinc ealgode,

1206 wæl-rēaf werede; hyne Wyrd fornam,

1207 syððan hē for wlenco wēan āhsode,

1208 fǣhðe tō Frȳsum; hē þā frætwe wæg,

1209 eorclan-stānas ofer ȳða ful,

1210 rīce þēoden, hē under rande gecranc;

1211 gehwearf þā in Francna fæðm feorh cyninges,

1212 brēost-gewǣdu and se bēah somod:

1213 wyrsan wīg-frecan wæl rēafedon

1214 æfter gūð-sceare, Gēata lēode

1215 hreā-wīc hēoldon. Heal swēge onfēng.

1216 Wealhþēo maðelode, hēo fore þǣm werede spræc:

1217 “Brūc þisses bēages, Bēowulf, lēofa

1218 “hyse, mid hǣle, and þisses hrægles nēot

1219 “þēod-gestrēona, and geþēoh tela,

1220 “cen þec mid cræfte and þyssum cnyhtum wes

1221 “lāra līðe! ic þē þæs lēan geman.

1222 “Hafast þū gefēred, þæt þē feor and nēah

1223 “ealne wīde-ferhð weras ehtigað,

1224 “efne swā sīde swā sǣ bebūgeð

1225 “windige weallas. Wes, þenden þū lifige,

1226 “æðeling ēadig! ic þē an tela

1227 “sinc-gestrēona. Bēo þū suna mīnum

1228 “dǣdum gedēfe drēam healdende!

1229 “Hēr is ǣghwylc eorl ōðrum getrȳwe,

1230 “mōdes milde, man-drihtne hold,

1231 “þegnas syndon geþwǣre, þēod eal gearo:

1232 “druncne dryht-guman, dōð swā ic bidde!”

1233 Ēode þā tō setle. Þǣr wæs symbla cyst,

1234 druncon wīn weras: wyrd ne cūðon,

1235 geō-sceaft grimme, swā hit āgangen wearð

1236 eorla manegum, syððan ǣfen cwōm

1237 and him Hrōðgār gewāt tō hofe sīnum,

1238 rīce tō ræste. Reced weardode

1239 unrīm eorla, swā hīe oft ǣr dydon:

1240 benc-þelu beredon, hit geond-brǣded wearð

1241 beddum and bolstrum. Bēor-scealca sum

1242 fūs and fǣge flet-ræste gebēag.

1243 Setton him tō hēafdum hilde-randas,

1244 bord-wudu beorhtan; þǣr on bence wæs

1245 ofer æðelinge ȳð-gesēne

1246 heaðo-stēapa helm, hringed byrne,

1247 þrec-wudu þrymlīc. Wæs þēaw hyra,

1248 þæt hīe oft wǣron an wīg gearwe,

1249 gē æt hām gē on herge, gē gehwæðer þāra

1250 efne swylce mǣla, swylce hira man-dryhtne

1251 þearf gesǣlde; wæs sēo þēod tilu.