BēowulfXXXIV

2392 Sē þæs lēod-hryres lēan gemunde

2393 uferan dōgrum, Ēadgilse wearð

2394 fēa-sceaftum fēond. Folce gestepte

2395 ofer sǣ sīde sunu Ōhteres

2396 wigum and wǣpnum: hē gewræc syððan

2397 cealdum cear-sīðum, cyning ealdre binēat.

2398 Swā hē nīða gehwane genesen hæfde,

2399 slīðra geslyhta, sunu Ecgþīowes,

2400 ellen-weorca, oð þone ānne dæg,

2401 þē hē wið þām wyrme gewegan sceolde.

2402 Gewāt þā twelfa sum torne gebolgen

2403 dryhten Gēata dracan scēawian;

2404 hæfde þā gefrūnen, hwanan sīo fǣhð ārās,

2405 bealo-nīð biorna; him tō bearme cwōm

2406 māððum-fæt mǣre þurh þæs meldan hond,

2407 Sē wæs on þām þrēate þreotteoða secg,

2408 sē þæs orleges ōr onstealde,

2409 hæft hyge-giōmor, sceolde hēan þonon

2410 wong wīsian: hē ofer willan gīong

2411 tō þæs þe hē eorð-sele ānne wisse,

2412 hlǣw under hrūsan holm-wylme nēh,

2413 ȳð-gewinne, sē wæs innan full

2414 wrǣtta and wīra: weard unhīore,

2415 gearo gūð-freca, gold-māðmas hēold,

2416 eald under eorðan; næs þæt ȳðe cēap,

2417 tō gegangenne gumena ǣnigum.

2418 Gesæt þā on næsse nīð-heard cyning,

2419 þenden hǣlo ābēad heorð-genēatum

2420 gold-wine Gēata: him wæs geōmor sefa,

2421 wǣfre and wæl-fūs, Wyrd ungemete nēah,

2422 sē þone gomelan grētan sceolde,

2423 sēcean sāwle hord, sundur gedǣlan

2424 līf wið līce: nō þon lange wæs

2425 feorh æðelinges flǣsce bewunden.

2426 Bīowulf maðelade, bearn Ecgþēowes:

2427 “Fela ic on giogoðe guð-rǣsa genæs,

2428 “orleg-hwīla: ic þæt eall gemon.

2429 “Ic wæs syfan-wintre, þā mec sinca baldor,

2430 “frēa-wine folca æt mīnum fæder genam,

2431 “hēold mec and hæfde Hrēðel cyning,

2432 “geaf mē sinc and symbel, sibbe gemunde;

2433 “næs ic him tō līfe lāðra ōwihte

2434 “beorn in burgum, þonne his bearna hwylc,

2435 “Herebeald and Hæðcyn, oððe Hygelāc mīn.

2436 “Wæs þām yldestan ungedēfelīce

2437 “mǣges dǣdum morðor-bed strēd,

2438 “syððan hyne Hæðcyn of horn-bogan,

2439 “his frēa-wine flāne geswencte,

2440 “miste mercelses and his mǣg ofscēt,

2441 “brōðor ōðerne, blōdigan gāre:

2442 “þæt wæs feoh-lēas gefeoht, fyrenum gesyngad

2443 “hreðre hyge-mēðe; sceolde hwæðre swā þēah

2444 “æðeling unwrecen ealdres linnan.

2445 “Swā bið geōmorlīc gomelum ceorle

2446 “tō gebīdanne, þæt his byre rīde

2447 “giong on galgan, þonne hē gyd wrece,

2448 “sārigne sang, þonne his sunu hangað

2449 “hrefne tō hrōðre and hē him helpe ne mæg,

2450 “eald and in-frōd, ǣnige gefremman.

2451 “Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce

2452 “eaforan ellor-sīð; ōðres ne gȳmeð

2453 “tō gebīdanne burgum on innan

2454 “yrfe-weardes, þonne se ān hafað

2455 “þurh dēaðes nȳd dǣda gefondad.

2456 “Gesyhð sorh-cearig on his suna būre

2457 “wīn-sele wēstne, wind-gereste,

2458 “rēote berofene; rīdend swefað

2459 “hæleð in hoðman; nis þǣr hearpan swēg,

2460 “gomen in geardum, swylce þǣr iū wǣron.