BēowulfXXIX

1964 Gewāt him þā se hearda mid his hond-scole

1965 sylf æfter sande sǣ-wong tredan,

1966 wīde waroðas. Woruld-candel scān,

1967 sigel sūðan fūs: hī sīð drugon,

1968 elne geēodon, tō þæs þe eorla hlēo,

1969 bonan Ongenþēowes burgum on innan,

1970 geongne gūð-cyning gōdne gefrūnon

1971 hringas dǣlan. Higelāce wæs

1972 sīð Bēowulfes snūde gecȳðed,

1973 þæt þǣr on worðig wīgendra hlēo,

1974 lind-gestealla lifigende cwōm,

1975 heaðo-lāces hāl tō hofe gongan.

1976 Hraðe wæs gerȳmed, swā se rīca bebēad,

1977 fēðe-gestum flet innan-weard.

1978 Gesæt þā wið sylfne, sē þā sæcce genæs,

1979 mǣg wið mǣge, syððan man-dryhten

1980 þurh hlēoðor-cwyde holdne gegrētte

1981 mēaglum wordum. Meodu-scencum

1982 hwearf geond þæt reced Hæreðes dōhtor:

1983 lufode þā lēode, līð-wǣge bær

1984 hǣlum tō handa. Higelāc ongan

1985 sīnne geseldan in sele þām hēan

1986 fægre fricgean, hyne fyrwet bræc,

1987 hwylce Sǣ-Gēata sīðas wǣron:

1988 “Hū lomp ēow on lāde, lēofa Bīowulf,

1989 “þā þū fǣringa feorr gehogodest,

1990 “sæcce sēcean ofer sealt wæter,

1991 “hilde tō Hiorote? Ac þū Hrōðgāre

1992 “wīd-cūðne wēan wihte gebēttest,

1993 “mǣrum þēodne? Ic þæs mōd-ceare

1994 “sorh-wylmum sēað, sīðe ne truwode

1995 “lēofes mannes; ic þē lange bæd,

1996 “þæt þū þone wæl-gǣst wihte ne grētte,

1997 “lēte Sūð-Dene sylfe geweorðan

1998 “gūðe wið Grendel. Gode ic þanc secge,

1999 “þæs þe ic þē gesundne gesēon mōste.”

2000 Bīowulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþīowes:

2001 “Þæt is undyrne, dryhten Higelāc,

2002 ”mǣre gemēting monegum fīra,

2003 “hwylc orleg-hwīl uncer Grendles

2004 “wearð on þām wange, þǣr hē worna fela

2005 “Sige-Scildingum sorge gefremede,

2006 “yrmðe tō aldre; ic þæt eal gewræc,

2007 “swā ne gylpan þearf Grendeles māga

2008 ”ǣnig ofer eorðan ūht-hlem þone,

2009 “sē þe lengest leofað lāðan cynnes,

2010 “fenne bifongen. Ic þǣr furðum cwōm,

2011 “tō þām hring-sele Hrōðgār grētan:

2012 “sōna mē se mǣra mago Healfdenes,

2013 “syððan hē mōd-sefan mīnne cūðe,

2014 “wið his sylfes sunu setl getǣhte.

2015 “Weorod wæs on wynne; ne seah ic wīdan feorh

2016 “under heofenes hwealf heal-sittendra

2017 “medu-drēam māran. Hwīlum mǣru cwēn,

2018 “friðu-sibb folca flet eall geond-hwearf,

2019 “bǣdde byre geonge; oft hīo bēah-wriðan

2020 “secge sealde, ǣr hīo tō setle gēong.

2021 “Hwīlum for duguðe dōhtor Hrōðgāres

2022 “eorlum on ende ealu-wǣge bær,

2023 “þā ic Frēaware flet-sittende

2024 “nemnan hȳrde, þǣr hīo nægled sinc

2025 “hæleðum sealde: sīo gehāten wæs,

2026 “geong gold-hroden, gladum suna Frōdan;

2027 “hafað þæs geworden wine Scyldinga

2028 “rīces hyrde and þæt rǣd talað,

2029 “þæt hē mid þȳ wīfe wæl-fǣhða dǣl,

2030 “sæcca gesette. Oft nō seldan hwǣr

2031 “æfter lēod-hryre lȳtle hwīle

2032 “bon-gār būgeð, þēah sēo brȳd duge!