BēowulfXXVIII

1889 Cwōm þā tō flōde fela-mōdigra

1890 hæg-stealdra hēap; hring-net bǣron,

1891 locene leoðo-syrcan. Land-weard onfand

1892 eft-sīð eorla, swā hē ǣr dyde;

1893 nō hē mid hearme of hlīðes nosan

1894 gæstas grētte, ac him tōgēanes rād;

1895 cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera lēodum

1896 scawan scīr-hame tō scipe fōron.

1897 Þā wæs on sande sǣ-gēap naca

1898 hladen here-wǣdum, hringed-stefna

1899 mēarum and māðmum: mæst hlīfade

1900 ofer Hrōðgāres hord-gestrēonum.

1901 Hē þǣm bāt-wearde bunden golde

1902 swurd gesealde, þæt hē syððan wæs

1903 on meodu-bence māðme þȳ weorðra,

1904 yrfe-lāfe. Gewāt him on ȳð-nacan,

1905 drēfan dēop wæter, Dena land ofgeaf.

1906 Þā wæs be mæste mere-hrægla sum,

1907 segl sāle fæst. Sund-wudu þunede,

1908 nō þǣr wēg-flotan wind ofer ȳðum

1909 sīðes getwǣfde; sǣ-genga fōr,

1910 flēat fāmig-heals forð ofer ȳðe,

1911 bunden-stefna ofer brim-strēamas,

1912 þæt hīe Gēata clifu ongitan meahton,

1913 cūðe næssas. Cēol up geþrang,

1914 lyft-geswenced on lande stōd.

1915 Hraðe wæs æt holme hȳð-weard gearo,

1916 sē þe ǣr lange tīd, lēofra manna

1917 fūs, æt faroðe feor wlātode;

1918 sǣlde tō sande sīd-fæðme scip

1919 oncer-bendum fæst, þȳ lǣs hym ȳða þrym

1920 wudu wynsuman forwrecan meahte.

1921 Hēt þā up beran æðelinga gestrēon,

1922 frætwe and fǣt-gold; næs him feor þanon

1923 tō gesēcanne sinces bryttan:

1924 Higelāc Hrēðling þǣr æt hām wunað,

1925 selfa mid gesīðum sǣ-wealle nēah;

1926 bold wæs betlīc, brego-rōf cyning,

1927 hēa on healle, Hygd swīðe geong,

1928 wīs, wēl-þungen, þēah þe wintra lȳt

1929 under burh-locan gebiden hæbbe

1930 Hæreðes dōhtor: næs hīo hnāh swā þēah,

1931 nē tō gnēað gifa Gēata lēodum,

1932 māðm-gestrēona. Mod Þrȳðo wæg,

1933 fremu folces cwēn, firen ondrysne:

1934 nǣnig þæt dorste dēor genēðan

1935 swǣsra gesīða, nefne sin-frēa,

1936 þæt hire an dæges ēagum starede;

1937 ac him wæl-bende weotode tealde,

1938 hand-gewriðene: hraðe seoððan wæs

1939 æfter mund-gripe mēce geþinged,

1940 þæt hit sceaðen-mǣl scȳran mōste,

1941 cwealm-bealu cȳðan. Ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw

1942 idese tō efnanne, þēah þe hīo ǣnlīcu sȳ,

1943 þætte freoðu-webbe fēores onsæce

1944 æfter līge-torne lēofne mannan.

1945 Hūru þæt onhōhsnode Heminges mǣg;

1946 ealo drincende ōðer sǣdan,

1947 þæt hīo lēod-bealewa lǣs gefremede,

1948 inwit-nīða, syððan ǣrest wearð

1949 gyfen gold-hroden geongum cempan,

1950 æðelum dīore, syððan hīo Offan flet

1951 ofer fealone flōd be fæder lāre

1952 sīðe gesōhte, þǣr hīo syððan wēl

1953 in gum-stōle, gōde mǣre,

1954 līf-gesceafta lifigende brēac,

1955 hīold hēah-lufan wið hæleða brego,

1956 ealles mon-cynnes mīne gefrǣge

1957 þone sēlestan bī sǣm twēonum

1958 eormen-cynnes; forþām Offa wæs

1959 geofum and gūðum gār-cēne man,

1960 wīde geweorðod; wīsdōme hēold

1961 ēðel sīnne, þonon Ēomǣr wōc

1962 hæleðum tō helpe, Heminges mǣg,

1963 nefa Gārmundes, nīða cræftig.