Heóro-worda grund,
170 Wylme besmítan;
Ac him warnian thaet,
On geheortum hyge,
Haele sceal wisfaest
And gemétlic,

Módes snottor,

Gleáw in gehygdum,

Georn wísdómes:

Swá he with aelde maege

Eádes hleotan.

180 Ne beó thú ná tó taelende,
Ne tó tweó-spraece,

Ne thé on móde laet
Menn tó fracothe;
Ac beó leofwende,

Leoht on gehygdum;

Bár breost-cófan.

Swá thú, mín bearn, gemyne

Fróde faeder-láre,

And thec á with firenum geheald."

XVIII. SELECTIONS FROM BEOWULF.

Hwaet! we Gár-Dena,

In geár-dagum,

Theód-cyninga

Thrym gefrunon,

Hú thá aethelingas

Ellen fremmedon.

Oft Scýld Scéfing
Sceáthena threatum,

Manigum maegthum, 10 Meódo-setla of-teáh; Egsode eorl

Syththan aerest wearth
Feá-sceaft funden.
He thaes frófre gebád,
Weox under wolenum,
Weorth-myndum tháh,
Oth-thaet him aeghwyle
Thára ymb-sittendra
Ofer hron-ráde

20 Hýran scolde,

Gomban gyldan :

Thaet waes gód cyning!

Thaem eafora waes

Aefter cenned,

Geong in geardum,

Thone God sende
Folce tó frófre;
Fyren-thearfe ongeat
Thaet hie aer drugon,

30 Aldor-leáse
Lange hwile:

Him thaes Lif-freá,
Wuldres Wealdend,

Woruld-áre forgeáf.

Beowulf waes breme; Blaed wide sprang Scyldes eaforan Sceádo-landum in. Swá sceal wig-fruma 40 Góde gewircean,

Frómum feóh-giftum,

On faeder feorme,
Thaet hine on ylde
Eft gewunigon
Wil-gesithas,

Thónne wig cume:
Leóde gelaesten,
Lóf-daedum sceal
In maegtha gehwaere
50 Man getheón.

Him thá Scýld gewat
Tó gescaep-hwile,
Fela-hrór, feran,

On Freán waere.
Hi hyne thá aet-baeron

Tó brimes farothe,
Swaese gesithas,

Swá he selfa baed,

Thendan wordum weold,

60 Wine Scýldinga,

Leóf land-fruma;

Lange áhte!

Thaer aet hýthe stód
Hringed-stefna,

Isig and út-fus,
Aethelinges faer.

Aledon thá

Leófne theóden,

Beága brýttan,

70 On bearm scipes,

Maerne bé maeste,

Thaer waes mádma fela,
Of feor-wégum,

Fraetwa, gelaeded.

Ne hýrde ic cymlicor
Ceól gegyrwan

Hilde-waepnum

And heatho-waedum,
Billum and byrnum.
80 Him on bearme laeg
Mádma menigo,

Thá him mid scoldon
On flódes aehte

Feor gewítan.

Ná-laes hí hine laessan

Lacum teódon,

Theód-gestreónum,
Thonne tha dydon,

The hine aet frum-sceafte 90 Forth onsendon,

Aenne ofer ythe,
Umbor-wesendne.

Thá-gyt híe him asetton

Segen gyldenne,
Heáh-ofer heáfod;

Leton holm beran;
Geáfon on garsecg.
Him waes geomor sefa,

Murnende mód.

100 Menn ne cuthon

Secgan tó sóthe,

Sele raedenne,

Haeleth under heofenum,

Hwá thaem hlaeste onfeng.

I.

Thá waes on burgum

Beowulf Scýldinga

Leóf leód-cyning,

Lange thrage;

Folcum gefraege;110 Faeder ellor hwearf,

Aldor of earde,—
Oth-thaet him eft onwóc
Heáh Healfdene;
Heold thendan lifde,
Gamol, and guth-reów,
Glaede Scýldingas.
Thaem feower bearn,
Forth gerimede,

In worold wócon,

120 Weoroda raeswan,

Heórogár and Hróthgár,
And Hálga til;

Hýrde ic thaet Elan cwen
Wearth Ongentheowes,
Heatho-Scylfinges,
Heals-gebedda.

Thá waes Hróthgáre
Here-spéd gyfen,

Wiges weorth-mynd,

130 Thaet him his wine-maegas Georne hýrdon,

Oth-thaet seó geoguth geweox

Mágo-driht micel.

Him on mód be-arn,

Thaet he heal-réced

Hátan wolde,

Médo-aern micel,

Menn gewyrcean,

Thone yldo-bearn

140 Aefre gefrunon;

And thaer on-innan

Eall gedaelan