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we have heard, and what honor the athelings won! awing the earls. Since erst he lay. gave him gifts: a good king he! the Wielder of Wonder, with world’s renown. son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands. shall an earl have honor in every clan. sturdy Scyld to the shelter of God. the leader beloved who long had ruled.... by the mast the mighty one.
A son is born to him, who receives the name of Beowulf—a name afterwards made so famous by the hero of the poem. A son and heir, young in his dwelling, Whom God-Father sent to solace the people.
The epic poem follows Beowulf, a hero who comes to aid Hrothgar, King of the Danes, in his fight against the vicious monster Grendel. Before the tale is over, Beowulf fights and defeats Grendel, Grendel’s mother, becomes king of the Geats, and vanquishes a dragon.
PREFACE. THEpresentworkisamodestefforttoreproduceapproximately,inmodern measures,thevenerableepic,Beowulf.Approximately,Irepeat;foravery closereproductionofAnglo ...
Beowulf (/ ˈbeɪəwʊlf /; [ 1 ] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature.
wine min Beowulf, “Beowulf, my friend, you have traveled here: 7 for arstafum, usic sohtest. To favor us with help and fight for us. Gesloh þin fæder fæhðe mæste. There was a feud one time, begun by your father. Wearþ he Heaþolafe to handbonan: With his own hands he had killed Heatholaf, 460: mid Wilfingum. Đa hine wigara cyn
þæt wæs god cyning. ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned, geong in geardum, þone god sende folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat þe hie ær drugon aldorlease lange hwile. Him þæs liffrea, wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf; Beowulf wæs breme blæd wide sprang, Scyldes eafera Scedelandum in. þær wæs madma fela…
This foundational work of English literature tells the story of a young warrior named Beowulf who embarks on a quest to assist Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, in defeating a menacing monster named Grendel. The poem explores themes of heroism, loyalty, and the struggle against evil.
The only national [Anglo-Saxon] epic which has been preserved entire is Beówulf. Its argument is briefly as follows:—The poem opens with a few verses in praise of the Danish Kings, especially Scild, the son of Sceaf. His death is related, and his descendants briefly traced down to Hroðgar.
Beowulf is a heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century CE and is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750.