Beowulf by Unknown
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æghwylc ôðrum trýwe. Swylce þær Ûnferð þyle
ät fôtum sät freán Scyldinga: gehwylc hiora his ferhðe treówde, þät he häfde môd micel, þeáh þe he his mâgum nære ârfäst ät ecga gelâcum. Spräc þâ ides Scyldinga: 1170 "Onfôh þissum fulle, freó-drihten mîn, "sinces brytta; þu on sælum wes, "gold-wine gumena, and tô Geátum sprec "mildum wordum! Swâ sceal man dôn. "Beó wið Geátas gläd, geofena gemyndig; 1175 "neán and feorran þu nu friðu hafast. "Me man sägde, þät þu þe for sunu wolde "here-rinc habban. Heorot is gefælsod, "beáh-sele beorhta; brûc þenden þu môte "manigra mêda and þînum mâgum læf 1180 "folc and rîce, þonne þu forð scyle "metod-sceaft seón. Ic mînne can "glädne Hrôðulf, þät he þâ geogoðe wile "ârum healdan, gyf þu ær þonne he, "wine Scildinga, worold oflætest; 1185 "wêne ic, þät he mid gôde gyldan wille "uncran eaferan, gif he þät eal gemon, "hwät wit tô willan and tô worð-myndum "umbor wesendum ær ârna gefremedon." Hwearf þâ bî bence, þær hyre byre wæron, 1190 Hrêðrîc and Hrôðmund, and häleða bearn, giogoð ätgädere; þær se gôda sät Beówulf Geáta be þæm gebrôðrum twæm. XIX. BEÓWULF'S JEWELLED COLLAR. THE HEROES REST. |
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