BēowulfXXI

1322 Hrōðgār maðelode, helm Scildinga:

1323 “Ne frīn þū æfter sǣlum! Sorh is genīwod

1324 “Denigea lēodum. Dēad is Æsc-here,

1325 “Yrmenlāfes yldra brōðor,

1326 “mīn rūn-wita and mīn rǣd-bora,

1327 “eaxl-gestealla, þonne wē on orlege

1328 “hafelan weredon, þonne hniton fēðan,

1329 “eoferas cnysedan; swylc scolde eorl wesan

1330 ”æðeling ǣr-gōd, swylc Æsc-here wæs.

1331 “Wearð him on Heorote tō hand-banan

1332 “wæl-gǣst wǣfre; ic ne wāt hwæder

1333 “atol ǣse wlanc eft-sīðas tēah,

1334 “fylle gefrǣgnod. Hēo þā fǣhðe wræc,

1335 “þē þū gystran niht Grendel cwealdest

1336 “þurh hǣstne hād heardum clammum,

1337 “forþan hē tō lange lēode mīne

1338 “wanode and wyrde. Hē æt wīge gecrang

1339 “ealdres scyldig, and nū ōðer cwōm

1340 “mihtig mān-scaða, wolde hyre mǣg wrecan,

1341 “gē feor hafað fǣhðe gestǣled,

1342 “þæs þe þincean mæg þegne monegum,

1343 “sē þe æfter sinc-gyfan on sefan grēoteð,

1344 “hreðer-bealo hearde; nū sēo hand ligeð,

1345 “sē þe ēow wēl-hwylcra wilna dohte.

1346 “Ic þæt lond-būend lēode mīne

1347 “sele-rǣdende secgan hȳrde,

1348 “þæt hīe gesāwon swylce twēgen

1349 “micle mearc-stapan mōras healdan,

1350 “ellor-gǣstas: þǣra ōðer wæs,

1351 “þæs þe hīe gewislīcost gewitan meahton,

1352 “idese onlīcnes, ōðer earm-sceapen

1353 “on weres wæstmum wræc-lāstas træd,

1354 “næfne hē wæs māra þonne ǣnig man ōðer,

1355 “þone on geār-dagum Grendel nemdon

1356 “fold-būende: nō hīe fæder cunnon,

1357 “hwæðer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned

1358 “dyrnra gāsta. Hīe dȳgel lond

1359 “warigeað, wulf-hleoðu, windige næssas,

1360 “frēcne fen-gelād, þǣr fyrgen-strēam

1361 “under næssa genipu niðer gewīteð,

1362 “flōd under foldan; nis þæt feor heonon

1363 “mīl-gemearces, þæt se mere standeð,

1364 “ofer þǣm hongiað hrīmge bearwas,

1365 “wudu wyrtum fæst, wæter oferhelmað.

1366 “Þǣr mæg nihta gehwǣm nīð-wundor sēon,

1367 “fȳr on flōde; nō þæs frōd leofað

1368 “gumena bearna, þæt þone grund wite;

1369 “þēah þe hǣð-stapa hundum geswenced,

1370 “heorot hornum trum holt-wudu sēce,

1371 “feorran geflȳmed, ǣr hē feorh seleð,

1372 “aldor on ōfre, ǣr hē in wille,

1373 “hafelan hȳdan. Nis þæt hēoru stōw:

1374 “þonon ȳð-geblond up āstīgeð

1375 “won tō wolcnum, þonne wind styreð

1376 “lāð gewidru, oð þæt lyft drysmað,

1377 “roderas rēotað. Nū is rǣd gelang

1378 “eft æt þē ānum! Eard gīt ne const,

1379 “frēcne stōwe, þǣr þū findan miht

1380 “sinnigne secg: sēc gif þū dyrre!

1381 “Ic þē þā fǣhðe fēo lēanige,

1382 “eald-gestrēonum, swā ic ǣr dyde,

1383 “wundnum golde, gyf þū on weg cymest.”