BēowulfXXV

1652 Bēowulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþēowes:

1653 “Hwæt! wē þē þās sǣ-lāc, sunu Healfdenes,

1654 “lēod Scyldinga, lustum brōhton,

1655 “tīres tō tācne, þē þū hēr tō lōcast.

1656 “Ic þæt unsōfte ealdre gedīgde:

1657 “wigge under wætere weorc genēðde

1658 “earfoðlīce, æt-rihte wæs

1659 “gūð getwǣfed, nymðe mec god scylde.

1660 “Ne meahte ic æt hilde mid Hruntinge

1661 “wiht gewyrcan, þēah þæt wǣpen duge,

1662 “ac mē geūðe ylda waldend,

1663 “þæt ic on wāge geseah wlitig hangian

1664 “eald sweord ēacen (oftost wīsode

1665 “winigea lēasum) þæt ic þȳ wǣpne gebrǣ.

1666 “Ofslōh þā æt þǣre sæcce (þā mē sǣl āgeald)

1667 “hūses hyrdas. Þā þæt hilde-bil

1668 “forbarn, brogden mǣl, swā þæt blōd gesprang,

1669 “hātost heaðo-swāta: ic þæt hilt þanan

1670 “fēondum ætferede; fyren-dǣda wræc,

1671 “dēað-cwealm Denigea, swā hit gedēfe wæs.

1672 “Ic hit þē þonne gehāte, þæt þū on Heorote mōst

1673 “sorh-lēas swefan mid þīnra secga gedryht,

1674 “and þegna gehwylc þīnra lēoda,

1675 “duguðe and iogoðe, þæt þū him ondrǣdan ne þearft,

1676 “þēoden Scyldinga, on þā healfe,

1677 “aldor-bealu eorlum, swā þū ǣr dydest.”

1678 Þā wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince.

1679 hārum hild-fruman, on hand gyfen,

1680 enta ǣr-geweorc, hit on ǣht gehwearf

1681 æfter dēofla hryre Denigea frēan,

1682 wundor-smiða geweorc, and þā þās worold ofgeaf

1683 grom-heort guma, godes andsaca,

1684 morðres scyldig, and his mōdor ēac;

1685 on geweald gehwearf worold-cyninga

1686 þǣm sēlestan be sǣm twēonum

1687 þāra þe on Sceden-igge sceattas dǣlde.

1688 Hrōðgār maðelode, hylt scēawode,

1689 ealde lāfe, on þǣm wæs ōr writen

1690 fyrn-gewinnes: syððan flōd ofslōh,

1691 gifen gēotende, gīganta cyn,

1692 frēcne gefērdon: þæt wæs fremde þēod

1693 ēcean dryhtne, him þæs ende-lēan

1694 þurh wæteres wylm waldend sealde.

1695 Swā wæs on þǣm scennum scīran goldes

1696 þurh rūn-stafas rihte gemearcod,

1697 geseted and gesǣd, hwām þæt sweord geworht,

1698 īrena cyst ǣrest wǣre,

1699 wreoðen-hilt and wyrm-fāh. þā se wīsa spræc

1700 sunu Healfdenes (swīgedon ealle):

1701 “Þæt lā mæg secgan, sē þe sōð and riht

1702 “fremeð on folce, (feor eal gemon

1703 “eald ēðel-weard), þæt þes eorl wǣre

1704 “geboren betera! Blǣd is ārǣred

1705 “geond wīd-wegas, wine mīn Bēowulf,

1706 “þīn ofer þēoda gehwylce. Eal þū hit geþyldum healdest,

1707 “mægen mid mōdes snyttrum. Ic þē sceal mīne gelǣstan

1708 “frēode, swā wit furðum sprǣcon; þū scealt tō frōfre weorðan

1709 “eal lang-twidig lēodum þīnum,

1710 “hæleðum tō helpe. Ne wearð Heremōd swā

1711 “eaforum Ecgwelan, Ār-Scyldingum;

1712 “ne gewēox hē him tō willan, ac tō wæl-fealle

1713 “and tō dēað-cwalum Deniga lēodum;

1714 “brēat bolgen-mōd bēod-genēatas,

1715 “eaxl-gesteallan, oð þæt hē āna hwearf,

1716 “mǣre þēoden. mon-drēamum from:

1717 “þēah þe hine mihtig god mægenes wynnum,

1718 “eafeðum stēpte, ofer ealle men

1719 “forð gefremede, hwæðere him on ferhðe grēow

1720 “brēost-hord blōd-rēow: nallas bēagas geaf

1721 “Denum æfter dōme; drēam-lēas gebād,

1722 “þæt hē þæs gewinnes weorc þrowade,

1723 “lēod-bealo longsum. Þū þē lǣr be þon,

1724 “gum-cyste ongit! ic þis gid be þē

1725 “āwræc wintrum frōd. Wundor is tō secganne,

1726 “hū mihtig god manna cynne

1727 “þurh sīdne sefan snyttru bryttað,

1728 “eard and eorl-scipe, hē āh ealra geweald.

1729 “Hwīlum hē on lufan lǣteð hworfan

1730 “monnes mōd-geþonc mǣran cynnes,

1731 “seleð him on ēðle eorðan wynne,

1732 “tō healdanne hlēo-burh wera,

1733 “gedēð him swā gewealdene worolde dǣlas,

1734 “sīde rīce, þæt hē his selfa ne mæg

1735 “for his un-snyttrum ende geþencean;

1736 “wunað hē on wiste, nō hine wiht dweleð,

1737 “ādl nē yldo, nē him inwit-sorh

1738 “on sefan sweorceð, nē gesacu ōhwǣr,

1739 “ecg-hete ēoweð, ac him eal worold

1740 “wendeð on willan; hē þæt wyrse ne con,

1741 “oð þæt him on innan ofer-hygda dǣl

1742 “weaxeð and wridað, þonne se weard swefeð,

1743 “sāwele hyrde: bið se slǣp tō fæst,

1744 “bisgum gebunden, bona swīðe nēah,

1745 “sē þe of flān-bogan fyrenum scēoteð.