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Wæs min fæder folcum gecyþed, æþele ordfruma, Ecgþeow haten; gebad wintra worn, ær he on weg hwurfe, gamol of geardum; hine gearwe geman witenawelhwylc wide geond eorþan. We þurh holdne hige hlaford þinne, sunu Healfdenes secean cwomon, leodgebyrgean; wes þu us larena god! Habbað we to þæm mæran micel ærende Deniga frean; ne sceal þær dyrne sum wesan, þæs ic wene. Þu wast, gif hit is swa we soþlice secgan hyrdon, 274-297 þæt mid Scyldingum sceaðona ic nat hwylc, deogol dædhata deorcum nihtum eaweð þurh egsan uncuðne nið,\nniwtyrwydne nacan on sande arum healdan, oþ ðæt eft byreð ofer lagustreamas leofne mannan 298-319 wudu wundenhals to Wedermearce, godfremmendra swylcum gifeþe bið þæt þone hilderæs hal gedigeð.' Gewiton him þa feran,--- flota stille bad, seomode on sale sidfæþmed scip, oa ancre fæst. Eoforlic scionon\n320-338 V Stræt wæs stanfah, stig wisode gumum ætgædere. Guðbyrnescan heard hondlocen, hringiren scir song in searwum, þa hie to sele furðum in hyra gryregeatwum gangan cwomon. Setton sæme þe side scyldas, rondas regnhearde wið þæs recedes weal; bugon þa to bence,--- byrnan hringdon, guðsearo gumena; garas stodon, sæmanna searo, samod ætgædere, æscholt ufan græg; wæs se irenþreat wæpnum gewurþad. Þa ðær wlonc hæleð oretmecgas æfter æþelum frægn: `Hwanon ferigeað ge fætte scyldas, græge syrcan ond grimhelmas,\nar ond ombiht. Ne seah ic elþeodige þus manige men modiglicran. Wen' ic þæt ge for wlenco, nalles for wræcsiðum, ac for higeþrymmum Hroðgar sohton.' 340-360 Himþa ellenrof andswarode, wlanc Wedera leod, word æfter spræc heard under helme: `We synt Higelaces beodgeneatas; Beowulf is min nama. Wille ic asecgan sunu Healfdenes, mærum þeodne, min ærende,\nwig ond wisdom--- : `Ic þæs wineDeniga, frean Scildinga frinan wille, beaga bryttan, swa þu bena eart, þeoden mærne, ymb þinne sið, ond þe þa andsware ædre gecyðan, ðe me se goda agifan þenceð.' Hwearf þa hrædlice þær Hroðgar sæt eald ond anhar mid his eorla gedriht; eode ellenrof, þæt he for eaxlum gestod Deniga frean; cuþe he duguðe þeaw. Wulfgar maðelode to his winedrihtne: 361-379 `Her syndon geferede, feorran cumene ofer geofenes begang Geata leode; þone yldestan oretmecgas Beowulf nemnað. Hy benan synt, þæt hie, þeoden min,wið þe moton\n'Ic hine cuðe cnihtwesende; wæs his ealdfæder Ecgþeo haten, ðæm to ham forgeaf Hreþel Geata angan dohtor; is his eaforan nu heard her cumen, sohte holdne wine. Ðonne sægdon þæt sæliþende, þa ðe gifsceattas Geata fyredon þyder to þance, þæt he þritiges 380-401 manna mægencræft on his mundgripe heaþorof hæbbe. Hine halig God\nAras þa se rica, ymb hine rinc manig, þryðlic þegna heap ; sume þær bidon, heaðoreaf heoldon, swa him se hearda bebead. Index | Previous page | Next page