702 |
Com
on
wanre
niht
|
703 |
scriðan
sceadugenga.
Sceotend
swæfon,
|
704 |
þa
þæt
hornreced
healdan
scoldon,
|
705 |
ealle
buton
anum.
Þæt
wæs
yldum
cuþ;
|
706 |
þæt
hie
ne
moste,
þa
metod
nolde,
|
707 |
se
scynscaþa
under
sceadu
bregdan;
|
708 |
ac
he
wæccende
wraþum
on
andan
|
709 |
bad
bolgenmod
beadwa
geþinges.
|
710 |
Ða
com
of
more
under
misthleoþum
|
711 |
Grendel
gongan,
godes
yrre
bær;
|
712 |
mynte
se
manscaða
manna
cynnes
|
713 |
sumne
besyrwan
in
sele
þam
hean.
|
714 |
Wod
under
wolcnum
to
þæs
þe
he
winreced,
|
715 |
goldsele
gumena,
gearwost
wisse,
|
716 |
fættum
fahne.
Ne
wæs
þæt
forma
sið
|
717 |
þæt
he
Hroþgares
ham
gesohte;
|
718 |
næfre
he
on
aldordagum
ær
ne
siþðan
|
719 |
heardran
hæle,
healðegnas
fand.
|
720 |
Com
þa
to
recede
rinc
siðian,
|
721 |
dreamum
bedæled.
Duru
sona
onarn,
|
722 |
fyrbendum
fæst,
syþðan
he
hire
folmum
[æthr]an;
|
723 |
onbræd
þa
bealohydig,
ða
he
[ge]bolgen
wæs,
|
724 |
recedes
muþan.
Raþe
æfter
þon
|
725 |
on
fagne
flor
feond
treddode,
|
726 |
eode
yrremod;
him
of
eagum
stod
|
727 |
ligge
gelicost
leoht
unfæger.
|
728 |
Geseah
he
in
recede
rinca
manige,
|
729 |
swefan
sibbegedriht
samod
ætgædere,
|
730 |
magorinca
heap.
Þa
his
mod
ahlog;
|
731 |
mynte
þæt
he
gedælde,
ærþon
dæg
cwome,
|
732 |
atol
aglæca,
anra
gehwylces
|
733 |
lif
wið
lice,
þa
him
alumpen
wæs
|
734 |
wistfylle
wen.
Ne
wæs
þæt
wyrd
þa
gen
|
735 |
þæt
he
ma
moste
manna
cynnes
|
736 |
ðicgean
ofer
þa
niht.
Þryðswyð
beheold
|
737 |
mæg
Higelaces,
hu
se
manscaða
|
738 |
under
færgripum
gefaran
wolde.
|
739 |
Ne
þæt
se
aglæca
yldan
þohte,
|
740 |
ac
he
gefeng
hraðe
forman
siðe
|
741 |
slæpendne
rinc,
slat
unwearnum,
|
742 |
bat
banlocan,
blod
edrum
dranc,
|
743 |
synsnædum
swealh;
sona
hæfde
|
744 |
unlyfigendes
eal
gefeormod,
|
745 |
fet
ond
folma.
Forð
near
ætstop,
|
746 |
nam
þa
mid
handa
higeþihtigne
|
747 |
rinc
on
ræste,
ræhte
ongean
|
748 |
feond
mid
folme;
he
onfeng
hraþe
|
749 |
inwitþancum
ond
wið
earm
gesæt.
|
750 |
Sona
þæt
onfunde
fyrena
hyrde
|
751 |
þæt
he
ne
mette
middangeardes,
|
752 |
eorþan
sceata,
on
elran
men
|
753 |
mundgripe
maran.
He
on
mode
wearð
|
754 |
forht
on
ferhðe;
no
þy
ær
fram
meahte.
|
755 |
Hyge
wæs
him
hinfus,
wolde
on
heolster
fleon,
|
756 |
secan
deofla
gedræg;
ne
wæs
his
drohtoð
þær
|
757 |
swylce
he
on
ealderdagum
ær
gemette.
|
758 |
Gemunde
þa
se
goda,
mæg
Higelaces,
|
759 |
æfenspræce,
uplang
astod
|
760 |
ond
him
fæste
wiðfeng;
fingras
burston.
|
761 |
Eoten
wæs
utweard;
eorl
furþur
stop.
|
762 |
Mynte
se
mæra,
[þ]ær
he
meahte
swa,
|
763 |
widre
gewindan
ond
on
weg
þanon
|
764 |
fleon
on
fenhopu;
wiste
his
fingra
geweald
|
765 |
on
grames
grapum.
Þæt
wæs
geocor
sið
|
766 |
þæt
se
hearmscaþa
to
Heorute
ateah.
|
767 |
Dryhtsele
dynede;
Denum
eallum
wearð,
|
768 |
ceasterbuendum,
cenra
gehwylcum,
|
769 |
eorlum
ealuscerwen.
Yrre
wæron
begen,
|
770 |
reþe
renweardas.
Reced
hlynsode.
|
771 |
Þa
wæs
wundor
micel
þæt
se
winsele
|
772 |
wiðhæfde
heaþodeorum,
þæt
he
on
hrusan
ne
feol,
|
773 |
fæger
foldbold;
ac
he
þæs
fæste
wæs
|
774 |
innan
ond
utan
irenbendum
|
775 |
searoþoncum
besmiþod.
Þær
fram
sylle
abeag
|
776 |
medubenc
monig,
mine
gefræge,
|
777 |
golde
geregnad,
þær
þa
graman
wunnon.
|
778 |
Þæs
ne
wendon
ær
witan
Scyldinga
|
779 |
þæt
hit
a
mid
gemete
manna
ænig,
|
780 |
betlic
ond
banfag,
tobrecan
meahte,
|
781 |
listum
tolucan,
nymþe
liges
fæþm
|
782 |
swulge
on
swaþule.
Sweg
up
astag
|
783 |
niwe
geneahhe;
Norðdenum
stod
|
784 |
atelic
egesa,
anra
gehwylcum
|
785 |
þara
þe
of
wealle
wop
gehyrdon,
|
786 |
gryreleoð
galan
godes
ondsacan,
|
787 |
sigeleasne
sang,
sar
wanigean
|
788 |
helle
hæfton.
Heold
hine
fæste
|
789 |
se
þe
manna
wæs
mægene
strengest
|
790 |
on
þæm
dæge
þysses
lifes.
|
791 |
Nolde
eorla
hleo
ænige
þinga
|
792 |
þone
cwealmcuman
cwicne
forlætan,
|
793 |
ne
his
lifdagas
leoda
ænigum
|
794 |
nytte
tealde.
Þær
genehost
brægd
|
795 |
eorl
Beowulfes
ealde
lafe,
|
796 |
wolde
freadrihtnes
feorh
ealgian,
|
797 |
mæres
þeodnes,
ðær
hie
meahton
swa.
|
798 |
Hie
þæt
ne
wiston,
þa
hie
gewin
drugon,
|
799 |
heardhicgende
hildemecgas,
|
800 |
ond
on
healfa
gehwone
heawan
þohton,
|
801 |
sawle
secan,
þone
synscaðan
|
802 |
ænig
ofer
eorþan
irenna
cyst,
|
803 |
guðbilla
nan,
gretan
nolde,
|
804 |
ac
he
sigewæpnum
forsworen
hæfde,
|
805 |
ecga
gehwylcre.
Scolde
his
aldorgedal
|
806 |
on
ðæm
dæge
þysses
lifes
|
807 |
earmlic
wurðan,
ond
se
ellorgast
|
808 |
on
feonda
geweald
feor
siðian.
|
809 |
Ða
þæt
onfunde
se
þe
fela
æror
|
810 |
modes
myrðe
manna
cynne,
|
811 |
fyrene
gefremede
(he
wæs
fag
wið
god),
|
812 |
þæt
him
se
lichoma
læstan
nolde,
|
813 |
ac
hine
se
modega
mæg
Hygelaces
|
814 |
hæfde
be
honda;
wæs
gehwæþer
oðrum
|
815 |
lifigende
lað.
Licsar
gebad
|
816 |
atol
æglæca;
him
on
eaxle
wearð
|
817 |
syndolh
sweotol,
seonowe
onsprungon,
|
818 |
burston
banlocan.
Beowulfe
wearð
|
819 |
guðhreð
gyfeþe;
scolde
Grendel
þonan
|
820 |
feorhseoc
fleon
under
fenhleoðu,
|
821 |
secean
wynleas
wic;
wiste
þe
geornor
|
822 |
þæt
his
aldres
wæs
ende
gegongen,
|
823 |
dogera
dægrim.
Denum
eallum
wearð
|
824 |
æfter
þam
wælræse
willa
gelumpen.
|
825 |
Hæfde
þa
gefælsod
se
þe
ær
feorran
com,
|
826 |
snotor
ond
swyðferhð,
sele
Hroðgares,
|
827 |
genered
wið
niðe;
nihtweorce
gefeh,
|
828 |
ellenmærþum.
Hæfde
Eastdenum
|
829 |
Geatmecga
leod
gilp
gelæsted,
|
830 |
swylce
oncyþðe
ealle
gebette,
|
831 |
inwidsorge,
þe
hie
ær
drugon
|
832 |
ond
for
þreanydum
þolian
scoldon,
|
833 |
torn
unlytel.
Þæt
wæs
tacen
sweotol,
|
834 |
syþðan
hildedeor
hond
alegde,
|
835 |
earm
ond
eaxle
(þær
wæs
eal
geador
|
836 |
Grendles
grape)
under
geapne
hr[of].
|
837 |
Þa
wæs
on
morgen
mine
gefræge
|
838 |
ymb
þa
gifhealle
guðrinc
monig;
|
839 |
ferdon
folctogan
feorran
ond
nean
|
840 |
geond
widwegas
wundor
sceawian,
|
841 |
laþes
lastas.
No
his
lifgedal
|
842 |
sarlic
þuhte
secga
ænegum
|
843 |
þara
þe
tirleases
trode
sceawode,
|
844 |
hu
he
werigmod
on
weg
þanon,
|
845 |
niða
ofercumen,
on
nicera
mere
|
846 |
fæge
ond
geflymed
feorhlastas
bær.
|
847 |
Ðær
wæs
on
blode
brim
weallende,
|
848 |
atol
yða
geswing
eal
gemenged
|
849 |
haton
heolfre,
heorodreore
weol.
|
850 |
Deaðfæge
deog,
siððan
dreama
leas
|
851 |
in
fenfreoðo
feorh
alegde,
|
852 |
hæþene
sawle;
þær
him
hel
onfeng.
|
853 |
Þanon
eft
gewiton
ealdgesiðas,
|
854 |
swylce
geong
manig
of
gomenwaþe
|
855 |
fram
mere
modge
mearum
ridan,
|
856 |
beornas
on
blancum.
Ðær
wæs
Beowulfes
|
857 |
mærðo
mæned;
monig
oft
gecwæð
|
858 |
þætte
suð
ne
norð
be
sæm
tweonum
|
859 |
ofer
eormengrund
oþer
nænig
|
860 |
under
swegles
begong
selra
nære
|
861 |
rondhæbbendra,
rices
wyrðra.
|
862 |
Ne
hie
huru
winedrihten
wiht
ne
logon,
|
863 |
glædne
Hroðgar,
ac
þæt
wæs
god
cyning.
|
864 |
Hwilum
heaþorofe
hleapan
leton,
|
865 |
on
geflit
faran
fealwe
mearas
|
866 |
ðær
him
foldwegas
fægere
þuhton,
|
867 |
cystum
cuðe.
Hwilum
cyninges
þegn,
|
868 |
guma
gilphlæden,
gidda
gemyndig,
|
869 |
se
ðe
ealfela
ealdgesegena
|
870 |
worn
gemunde,
word
oþer
fand
|
871 |
soðe
gebunden;
secg
eft
ongan
|
872 |
sið
Beowulfes
snyttrum
styrian
|
873 |
ond
on
sped
wrecan
spel
gerade,
|
874 |
wordum
wrixlan.
Welhwylc
gecwæð
|
875 |
þæt
he
fram
Sigemundes
secgan
hyrde
|
876 |
ellendædum,
uncuþes
fela,
|
877 |
Wælsinges
gewin,
wide
siðas,
|
878 |
þara
þe
gumena
bearn
gearwe
ne
wiston,
|
879 |
fæhðe
ond
fyrena,
buton
Fitela
mid
hine,
|
880 |
þonne
he
swulces
hwæt
secgan
wolde,
|
881 |
eam
his
nefan,
swa
hie
a
wæron
|
882 |
æt
niða
gehwam
nydgesteallan;
|
883 |
hæfdon
ealfela
eotena
cynnes
|
884 |
sweordum
gesæged.
Sigemunde
gesprong
|
885 |
æfter
deaðdæge
dom
unlytel,
|
886 |
syþðan
wiges
heard
wyrm
acwealde,
|
887 |
hordes
hyrde.
He
under
harne
stan,
|
888 |
æþelinges
bearn,
ana
geneðde
|
889 |
frecne
dæde,
ne
wæs
him
Fitela
mid.
|
890 |
Hwæþre
him
gesælde
ðæt
þæt
swurd
þurhwod
|
891 |
wrætlicne
wyrm,
þæt
hit
on
wealle
ætstod,
|
892 |
dryhtlic
iren;
draca
morðre
swealt.
|
893 |
Hæfde
aglæca
elne
gegongen
|
894 |
þæt
he
beahhordes
brucan
moste
|
895 |
selfes
dome;
sæbat
gehleod,
|
896 |
bær
on
bearm
scipes
beorhte
frætwa,
|
897 |
Wælses
eafera.
Wyrm
hat
gemealt.
|