BēowulfXXXV

2461 “Gewīteð þonne on sealman, sorh-lēoð gæleð

2462 “ān æfter ānum: þūhte him eall tō rūm,

2463 “wongas and wīc-stede. Swā Wedra helm

2464 “æfter Herebealde heortan sorge

2465 “weallende wæg, wihte ne meahte

2466 “on þām feorh-bonan fǣhðe gebētan:

2467 “nō þȳ ǣr hē þone heaðo-rinc hatian ne meahte

2468 “lāðum dǣdum, þēah him lēof ne wæs.

2469 “Hē þā mid þǣre sorge, þē him sīo sār belamp,

2470 “gum-drēam ofgeaf, godes lēoht gecēas;

2471 “eaferum lǣfde, swā dēð ēadig mon,

2472 “lond and lēod-byrig, þā hē of līfe gewāt.

2473 “Þā wæs synn and sacu Swēona and Gēata,

2474 “ofer wīd wæter wrōht gemǣne,

2475 “here-nīð hearda, syððan Hrēðel swealt,

2476 “oððe him Ongenþēowes eaferan wǣran

2477 “frome fyrd-hwate, frēode ne woldon

2478 “ofer heafo healdan, ac ymb Hrēosna-beorh

2479 “eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.

2480 “Þæt mǣg-wine mīne gewrǣcan,

2481 “fǣhðe and fyrene, swā hyt gefrǣge wæs,

2482 “þēah þe ōðer hit ealdre gebohte,

2483 “heardan cēape: Hæðcynne wearð,

2484 “Gēata dryhtne, gūð onsǣge.

2485 “Þā ic on morgne gefrægn mǣg ōðerne

2486 “billes ecgum on bonan stǣlan,

2487 “þǣr Ongenþēow Eofores nīosade:

2488 “gūð-helm tōglād, gomela Scylfing

2489 “hrēas heoro-blāc; hond gemunde

2490 “fǣhðo genōge, feorh-sweng ne oftēah.

2491 “Ic him þā māðmas, þē hē mē sealde,

2492 “geald æt gūðe, swā mē gifeðe wæs,

2493 “lēohtan sweorde: hē mē lond forgeaf,

2494 “eard ēðel-wyn. Næs him ǣnig þearf,

2495 “þæt hē tō Gifðum oððe tō Gār-Denum

2496 “oððe in Swīo-rīce sēcean þurfe

2497 “wyrsan wīg-frecan, weorðe gecȳpan;

2498 “symle ic him on fēðan beforan wolde,

2499 “āna on orde, and swā tō aldre sceall

2500 “sæcce fremman, þenden þis sweord þolað,

2501 “þæt mec ǣr and sīð oft gelǣste,

2502 “syððan ic for dugeðum Dæghrefne wearð

2503 “tō hand-bonan, Hūga cempan:

2504 “nalles hē þā frætwe Frēs-cyninge,

2505 “brēost-weorðunge bringan mōste,

2506 “ac in campe gecrong cumbles hyrde,

2507 “æðeling on elne. Ne wæs ecg bona,

2508 “ac him hilde-grāp heortan wylmas,

2509 “bān-hūs gebræc. Nū sceall billes ecg,

2510 “hond and heard sweord ymb hord wīgan.”

2511 Bēowulf maðelode, bēot-wordum spræc

2512 nīehstan sīðe: “Ic genēðde fela

2513 “gūða on geogoðe; gȳt ic wylle,

2514 “frōd folces weard, fǣhðe sēcan,

2515 “mǣrðum fremman, gif mec se mān-sceaða

2516 “of eorð-sele ūt gesēceð!”

2517 Gegrētte þā gumena gehwylcne,

2518 hwate helm-berend hindeman sīðe,

2519 swǣse gesīðas: “Nolde ic sweord beran,

2520 “wǣpen tō wyrme, gif ic wiste hū

2521 “wið þām āglǣcean elles meahte

2522 “gylpe wiðgrīpan, swā ic giō wið Grendle dyde;

2523 “ac ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres hātes wēne,

2524 “rēðes and-hāttres: forþon ic mē on hafu

2525 “bord and byrnan. Nelle ic beorges weard

2526 “oferflēon fōtes trem, fēond unhȳre,

2527 “ac unc sceal weorðan æt wealle, swā unc Wyrd getēoð,

2528 “metod manna gehwæs. Ic eom on mōde from,

2529 “þæt ic wið þone gūð-flogan gylp ofersitte.

2530 “Gebīde gē on beorge byrnum werede,

2531 “secgas on searwum, hwæðer sēl mǣge

2532 “æfter wæl-rǣse wunde gedȳgan

2533 “uncer twēga. Nis þæt ēower sīð,

2534 “nē gemet mannes, nefne mīn ānes,

2535 “þæt hē wið āglǣcean eofoðo dǣle,

2536 “eorl-scype efne. Ic mid elne sceall

2537 “gold gegangan oððe gūð nimeð,

2538 “feorh-bealu frēcne, frēan ēowerne!”

2539 Ārās þā bī ronde rōf ōretta,

2540 heard under helm, hioro-sercean bær

2541 under stān-cleofu, strengo getruwode

2542 ānes mannes: ne bið swylc earges sīð.

2543 Geseah þā be wealle, sē þe worna fela,

2544 gum-cystum gōd, gūða gedīgde,

2545 hilde-hlemma, þonne hnitan fēðan,

2546 (stōd on stān-bogan) strēam ūt þonan

2547 brecan of beorge; wæs þǣre burnan wælm

2548 heaðo-fȳrum hāt: ne meahte horde nēah

2549 unbyrnende ǣnige hwīle

2550 dēop gedȳgan for dracan lēge.

2551 Lēt þā of brēostum, þā hē gebolgen wæs,

2552 Weder-Gēata lēod word ūt faran,

2553 stearc-heort styrmde; stefn in becōm

2554 heaðo-torht hlynnan under hārne stān.

2555 Hete wæs onhrēred, hord-weard oncnīow

2556 mannes reorde; næs þǣr māra fyrst,

2557 frēode tō friclan. From ǣrest cwōm

2558 oruð āglǣcean ūt of stāne,

2559 hāt hilde-swāt; hrūse dynede.

2560 Biorn under beorge bord-rand onswāf

2561 wið þām gryre-gieste, Gēata dryhten:

2562 þā wæs hring-bogan heorte gefȳsed

2563 sæcce tō sēceanne. Sweord ǣr gebrǣ

2564 gōd gūð-cyning gomele lāfe,

2565 ecgum unglēaw, ǣghwæðrum wæs

2566 bealo-hycgendra brōga fram ōðrum.

2567 Stīð-mōd gestōd wið stēapne rond

2568 winia bealdor, þā se wyrm gebēah

2569 snūde tōsomne: hē on searwum bād.

2570 Gewāt þā byrnende gebogen scrīðan tō,

2571 gescīfe scyndan. Scyld wēl gebearg

2572 līfe and līce lǣssan hwīle

2573 mǣrum þēodne, þonne his myne sōhte,

2574 þǣr hē þȳ fyrste forman dōgore

2575 wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf

2576 hrēð æt hilde. Hond up ābræd

2577 Gēata dryhten, gryre-fāhne slōh

2578 incge lāfe, þæt sīo ecg gewāc

2579 brūn on bāne, bāt unswīðor,

2580 þonne his þīod-cyning þearfe hæfde,

2581 bysigum gebǣded. Þā wæs beorges weard

2582 æfter heaðu-swenge on hrēoum mōde,

2583 wearp wæl-fȳre, wīde sprungon

2584 hilde-lēoman: hrēð-sigora ne gealp

2585 gold-wine Gēata, gūð-bill geswāc

2586 nacod æt nīðe, swā hyt nō sceolde,

2587 īren ǣr-gōd. Ne wæs þæt ēðe sīð,

2588 þæt se mǣra maga Ecgþēowes

2589 grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde;

2590 sceolde wyrmes willan wīc eardian

2591 elles hwergen, swā sceal ǣghwylc mon

2592 ālǣtan lǣn-dagas. Næs þā long tō þon,

2593 þæt þā āglǣcean hȳ eft gemētton.

2594 Hyrte hyne hord-weard, hreðer ǣðme wēoll,

2595 nīwan stefne: nearo þrowode

2596 fȳre befongen sē þe ǣr folce wēold.

2597 Nealles him on hēape hand-gesteallan,

2598 æðelinga bearn ymbe gestōdon

2599 hilde-cystum, ac hȳ on holt bugon,

2600 ealdre burgan. Hiora in ānum wēoll

2601 sefa wið sorgum: sibb ǣfre ne mæg

2602 wiht onwendan, þām þe wēl þenceð.