BēowulfXXXVIII

2753 Þā ic snūde gefrægn sunu Wīhstānes

2754 æfter word-cwydum wundum dryhtne

2755 hȳran heaðo-sīocum, hring-net beran,

2756 brogdne beadu-sercean under beorges hrōf.

2757 Geseah þā sige-hrēðig, þā hē bī sesse gēong,

2758 mago-þegn mōdig māððum-sigla fela,

2759 gold glitinian grunde getenge,

2760 wundur on wealle and þæs wyrmes denn,

2761 ealdes ūht-flogan, orcas stondan,

2762 fyrn-manna fatu feormend-lēase,

2763 hyrstum behrorene: þǣr wæs helm monig,

2764 eald and ōmig, earm-bēaga fela,

2765 searwum gesǣled. Sinc ēaðe mæg,

2766 gold on grunde, gumena cynnes

2767 gehwone ofer-hīgian, hȳde sē þe wylle!

2768 Swylce hē siomian geseah segn eall-gylden

2769 hēah ofer horde, hond-wundra mǣst,

2770 gelocen leoðo-cræftum: of þām lēoma stōd,

2771 þæt hē þone grund-wong ongitan meahte,

2772 wrǣte giond-wlītan. Næs þæs wyrmes þǣr

2773 onsȳn ǣnig, ac hyne ecg fornam.

2774 Þā ic on hlǣwe gefrægn hord rēafian,

2775 eald enta geweorc ānne mannan,

2776 him on bearm hladan bunan and discas

2777 sylfes dōme, segn ēac genom,

2778 bēacna beorhtost; bill ǣr-gescōd

2779 (ecg wæs īren) eald-hlāfordes

2780 þām þāra māðma mund-bora wæs

2781 longe hwīle, līg-egesan wæg

2782 hātne for horde, hioro-weallende,

2783 middel-nihtum, oð þæt hē morðre swealt.

2784 Ār wæs on ofoste eft-sīðes georn,

2785 frætwum gefyrðred: hyne fyrwet bræc,

2786 hwæðer collen-ferð cwicne gemētte

2787 in þām wong-stede Wedra þēoden,

2788 ellen-sīocne, þǣr hē hine ǣr forlēt.

2789 Hē þā mid þām māðmum mǣrne þīoden,

2790 dryhten sīnne drīorigne fand

2791 ealdres æt ende: hē hine eft ongon

2792 wæteres weorpan, oð þæt wordes ord

2793 brēost-hord þurhbræc. Bēowulf maðelode,

2794 gomel on giohðe (gold scēawode):

2795 “Ic þāra frætwa frēan ealles þanc

2796 “wuldur-cyninge wordum secge,

2797 “ēcum dryhtne, þē ic hēr on starie,

2798 “þæs þe ic mōste mīnum lēodum

2799 “ǣr swylt-dæge swylc gestrȳnan.

2800 “Nū ic on māðma hord mīne bebohte

2801 “frōde feorh-lege, fremmað gē nū

2802 “lēoda þearfe; ne mæg ic hēr leng wesan.

2803 “Hātað heaðo-mǣre hlǣw gewyrcean,

2804 “beorhtne æfter bǣle æt brimes nosan;

2805 “se scel tō gemyndum mīnum lēodum

2806 “hēah hlīfian on Hrones næsse,

2807 “þæt hit sǣ-līðend syððan hātan

2808 “Bīowulfes biorh, þā þe brentingas

2809 “ofer flōda genipu feorran drīfað.”

2810 Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne

2811 þīoden þrīst-hȳdig, þegne gesealde,

2812 geongum gār-wigan, gold-fāhne helm,

2813 bēah and byrnan, hēt hyne brūcan well:

2814 “Þū eart ende-lāf ūsses cynnes,

2815 “Wǣgmundinga; ealle Wyrd forswēof,

2816 “mīne māgas tō metod-sceafte,

2817 “eorlas on elne: ic him æfter sceal.”

2818 Þæt wæs þām gomelan gingeste word

2819 brēost-gehygdum, ǣr hē bǣl cure,

2820 hāte heaðo-wylmas: him of hreðre gewāt

2821 sāwol sēcean sōð-fæstra dōm.