BēowulfXXXVI

2603 Wīglāf wæs hāten Wēoxstānes sunu,

2604 lēoflīc lind-wiga, lēod Scylfinga,

2605 mǣg Ælfheres: geseah his mon-dryhten

2606 under here-grīman hāt þrowian.

2607 Gemunde þā þā āre, þē hē him ǣr forgeaf

2608 wīc-stede weligne Wǣgmundinga,

2609 folc-rihta gehwylc, swā his fæder āhte;

2610 ne mihte þā forhabban, hond rond gefēng,

2611 geolwe linde, gomel swyrd getēah,

2612 þæt wæs mid eldum Ēanmundes lāf,

2613 suna Ōhteres, þām æt sæcce wearð

2614 wracu wine-lēasum Wēohstānes bana

2615 mēces ecgum, and his māgum ætbær

2616 brūn-fāgne helm, hringde byrnan,

2617 eald sweord eotonisc, þæt him Onela forgeaf,

2618 his gædelinges gūð-gewǣdu,

2619 fyrd-searo fūslīc: nō ymbe þā fǣhðe spræc,

2620 þēah þe hē his brōðor bearn ābredwade.

2621 Hē frætwe gehēold fela missēra,

2622 bill and byrnan, oð þæt his byre mihte

2623 eorl-scipe efnan, swā his ǣr-fæder;

2624 geaf him þā mid Gēatum gūð-gewǣda

2625 ǣghwæs unrīm; þā hē of ealdre gewāt,

2626 frōd on forð-weg. Þā wæs forma sīð

2627 geongan cempan, þæt hē gūðe rǣs

2628 mid his frēo-dryhtne fremman sceolde;

2629 ne gemealt him se mōd-sefa, nē his mǣges lāf

2630 gewāc æt wīge: þæt se wyrm onfand,

2631 syððan hīe tōgædre gegān hæfdon.

2632 Wīglāf maðelode word-rihta fela,

2633 sægde gesīðum, him wæs sefa geōmor:

2634 “Ic þæt mǣl geman, þǣr wē medu þēgun,

2635 “þonne wē gehēton ūssum hlāforde

2636 “in bīor-sele, þē ūs þās bēagas geaf,

2637 “þæt wē him þā gūð-geatwa gyldan woldon,

2638 “gif him þyslīcu þearf gelumpe,

2639 “helmas and heard sweord: þē hē ūsic on herge gecēas

2640 “tō þyssum sīð-fate sylfes willum,

2641 “onmunde ūsic mǣrða and mē þās māðmas geaf,

2642 “þē hē ūsic gār-wīgend gōde tealde,

2643 “hwate helm-berend, þēah þe hlāford ūs

2644 “þis ellen-weorc āna āþōhte

2645 “tō gefremmanne, folces hyrde,

2646 “forþām hē manna mǣst mǣrða gefremede,

2647 “dǣda dollīcra. Nū is sē dæg cumen,

2648 “þæt ūre man-dryhten mægenes behōfað

2649 “gōdra gūð-rinca: wutun gangan tō,

2650 “helpan hild-fruman, þenden hyt sȳ,

2651 “glēd-egesa grim! God wāt on mec,

2652 “þæt mē is micle lēofre, þæt mīnne līc-haman

2653 “mid mīnne gold-gyfan glēd fæðmie.

2654 “Ne þynceð mē gerysne, þæt wē rondas beren

2655 “eft tō earde, nemne wē ǣror mǣgen

2656 “fāne gefyllan, feorh ealgian

2657 “Wedra þīodnes. Ic wāt geare,

2658 “þæt nǣron eald-gewyrht, þæt hē āna scyle

2659 “Gēata duguðe gnorn þrowian,

2660 “gesīgan æt sæcce: sceal ūrum þæt sweord and helm,

2661 “byrne and byrdu-scrūd bām gemǣne.”

2662 Wōd þā þurh þone wæl-rēc, wīg-heafolan bær

2663 frēan on fultum, fēa worda cwæð:

2664 “Lēofa Bīowulf, lǣst eall tela,

2665 “swā þū on geoguð-fēore geāra gecwǣde,

2666 “þæt þū ne ālǣte be þē lifigendum

2667 “dōm gedrēosan: scealt nū dǣdum rōf,

2668 “æðeling ān-hȳdig, ealle mægene

2669 “feorh ealgian; ic þē fullǣstu!”

2670 Æfter þām wordum wyrm yrre cwōm,

2671 atol inwit-gæst ōðre sīðe,

2672 fȳr-wylmum fāh fīonda nīosan,

2673 lāðra manna; līg-ȳðum forborn

2674 bord wið ronde: byrne ne meahte

2675 geongum gār-wigan gēoce gefremman:

2676 ac se maga geonga under his mǣges scyld

2677 elne geēode, þā his āgen wæs

2678 glēdum forgrunden. Þā gēn gūð-cyning

2679 mǣrða gemunde, mægen-strengo,

2680 slōh hilde-bille, þæt hyt on heafolan stōd

2681 nīðe genȳded: Nægling forbærst,

2682 geswāc æt sæcce sweord Bīowulfes

2683 gomol and grǣg-mǣl. Him þæt gifeðe ne wæs,

2684 þæt him īrenna ecge mihton

2685 helpan æt hilde; wæs sīo hond tō strong,

2686 sē þe mēca gehwane mīne gefrǣge

2687 swenge ofersōhte, þonne hē tō sæcce bær

2688 wǣpen wundrum heard, næs him wihte þē sēl.

2689 Þā wæs þēod-sceaða þriddan sīðe,

2690 frēcne fȳr-draca fǣhða gemyndig,

2691 rǣsde on þone rōfan, þā him rūm āgeald,

2692 hāt and heaðo-grim, heals ealne ymbefēng

2693 biteran bānum; hē geblōdegod wearð

2694 sāwul-drīore; swāt ȳðum wēoll.