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That poetry meme.
Edit: I've been adding my own translation alongside. I've tried to make it as close to the original as possible.
Note that the word 'warrior' or 'warriors' will get repetitive. This is because 'warriors' is the translation of rincas, magos, magorincas, dryht, ...
Beowulf and Grendel
Edit: I've been adding my own translation alongside. I've tried to make it as close to the original as possible.
Note that the word 'warrior' or 'warriors' will get repetitive. This is because 'warriors' is the translation of rincas, magos, magorincas, dryht, ...
Beowulf and Grendel
Caput XI: 710 | ||
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Ða com of more | under misthleoþum | Then came from the moor, under misty crags |
Grendel gongan, | godes yrre bær; | Grendel went, bearing God's wrath |
mynte se manscaða | manna cynnes | the evil one, determined of mankind |
sumne besyrwan | in sele þam hean. | some to seize in that fine house |
Wod under wolcnum | to þæs þe he winreced, | Under wood he walked, to the wine-palace |
715 | ||
goldsele gumena, | gearwost wisse, | Goldhall of men, gladly he saw |
fættum fahne. | Ne wæs þæt forma sið | flashing of fretwork. It was not the first time |
þæt he Hroþgares | ham gesohte; | that he Hrothgar's home had sought; |
næfre he on aldordagum | ær ne siþðan | never he in elderdays, early or late |
heardran hæle, | healðegnas fand. | such hardy heroes, hall-thanes found. |
720 | ||
Com þa to recede | rinc siðian, | To the house come, the warrior went |
dreamum bedæled. | Duru sona onarn, | divided from bliss. The door at once opened |
fyrbendum fæst, | syþðan he hire folmum æthran; | though bolted fast, as soon as his hand touched it; |
onbræd þa bealohydig, | ða he gebolgen wæs, | burst then he balefully, enraged as he was |
recedes muþan. | Raþe æfter þon | the house's mouth. Then quickly after, |
725 | ||
on fagne flor | feond treddode, | on painted floor, the fiend trod |
eode yrremod; | him of eagum stod | irefully he went; from his eyes streamed |
ligge gelicost | leoht unfæger. | flashing flame, firey light. |
Geseah he in recede | rinca manige, | Saw he in the house, many warriors |
swefan sibbegedriht | samod ætgædere, | a sleeping peaceful host, all gathered together, |
730 | ||
magorinca heap. | þa his mod ahlog; | a heap of warriors. |
mynte þæt he gedælde, | ærþon dæg cwome, | |
atol aglæca, | anra gehwylces | |
lif wið lice, | þa him alumpen wæs | |
wistfylle wen. | Ne wæs þæt wyrd þa gen | |
735 | ||
þæt he ma moste | manna cynnes | |
ðicgean ofer þa niht. | þryðswyð beheold | |
mæg Higelaces, | hu se manscaða | |
under færgripum | gefaran wolde. | |
Ne þæt se aglæca | yldan þohte, | |
740 | ||
ac he gefeng hraðe | forman siðe | |
slæpendne rinc, | slat unwearnum, | |
bat banlocan, | blod edrum dranc, | |
synsnædum swealh; | sona hæfde | |
unlyfigendes | eal gefeormod, | |
745 | ||
fet ond folma. | Forð near ætstop, | |
nam þa mid handa | higeþihtigne | |
rinc on ræste, | ræhte ongean | |
feond mid folme; | he onfeng hraþe | |
inwitþancum | ond wið earm gesæt. | |
750 | ||
Sona þæt onfunde | fyrena hyrde | |
þæt he ne mette | middangeardes, | |
eorþan sceata, | on elran men | |
mundgripe maran. | He on mode wearð | |
forht on ferhðe; | no þy ær fram meahte. | |
755 | ||
Hyge wæs him hinfus, | wolde on heolster fleon, | |
secan deofla gedræg; | ne wæs his drohtoð þær | |
swylce he on ealderdagum | ær gemette. | |
Gemunde þa se goda, | mæg Higelaces, | |
æfenspræce, | uplang astod | |
760 | ||
ond him fæste wiðfeng; | fingras burston. | |
Eoten wæs utweard; | eorl furþur stop. | |
Mynte se mæra, | þær he meahte swa, | |
widre gewindan | ond on weg þanon | |
fleon on fenhopu; | wiste his fingra geweald | |
765 | ||
on grames grapum. | þæt wæs geocor sið | |
þæt se hearmscaþa | to Heorute ateah. | |
Dryhtsele dynede; | Denum eallum wearð, | |
ceasterbuendum, | cenra gehwylcum, | |
eorlum ealuscerwen. | Yrre wæron begen, | |
770 | ||
reþe renweardas. | Reced hlynsode. | |
þa wæs wundor micel | þæt se winsele | |
wiðhæfde heaþodeorum, | þæt he on hrusan ne feol, | |
fæger foldbold; | ac he þæs fæste wæs | |
innan ond utan | irenbendum | |
775 | ||
searoþoncum besmiþod. | þær fram sylle abeag | |
medubenc monig, | mine gefræge, | |
golde geregnad, | þær þa graman wunnon. | |
þæs ne wendon ær | witan Scyldinga | |
þæt hit a mid gemete | manna ænig, | |
780 | ||
betlic ond banfag, | tobrecan meahte, | |
listum tolucan, | nymþe liges fæþm | |
swulge on swaþule. | Sweg up astag | |
niwe geneahhe; | Norðdenum stod | |
atelic egesa, | anra gehwylcum | |
785 | ||
þara þe of wealle | wop gehyrdon, | |
gryreleoð galan | godes ondsacan, | |
sigeleasne sang, | sar wanigean | |
helle hæfton. | Heold hine fæste | |
se þe manna wæs | mægene strengest | |
790 | ||
on þæm dæge | þysses lifes. | |
Caput XII | ||
Nolde eorla hleo | ænige þinga | |
þone cwealmcuman | cwicne forlætan, | |
ne his lifdagas | leoda ænigum | |
nytte tealde. | þær genehost brægd | |
795 | ||
eorl Beowulfes | ealde lafe, | |
wolde freadrihtnes | feorh ealgian, | |
mæres þeodnes, | ðær hie meahton swa. | |
Hie þæt ne wiston, | þa hie gewin drugon, | |
heardhicgende | hildemecgas, | |
800 | ||
ond on healfa gehwone | heawan þohton, | |
sawle secan, | þone synscaðan | |
ænig ofer eorþan | irenna cyst, | |
guðbilla nan, | gretan nolde, | |
ac he sigewæpnum | forsworen hæfde, | |
805 | ||
ecga gehwylcre. | Scolde his aldorgedal | |
on ðæm dæge | þysses lifes | |
earmlic wurðan, | ond se ellorgast | |
on feonda geweald | feor siðian. | |
ða þæt onfunde | se þe fela æror | |
810 | ||
modes myrðe | manna cynne, | |
fyrene gefremede | (he wæs fag wið god), | |
þæt him se lichoma | læstan nolde, | |
ac hine se modega | mæg Hygelaces | |
hæfde be honda; | wæs gehwæþer oðrum | |
815 | ||
lifigende lað. | Licsar gebad | |
atol æglæca; | him on eaxle wearð | |
syndolh sweotol, | seonowe onsprungon, | |
burston banlocan. | Beowulfe wearð | |
guðhreð gyfeþe; | scolde Grendel þonan | |
820 | ||
feorhseoc fleon | under fenhleoðu, | |
secean wynleas wic; | wiste þe geornor | |
þæt his aldres wæs | ende gegongen, | |
dogera dægrim. | Denum eallum wearð | |
æfter þam wælræse | willa gelumpen. | |
825 | ||
Hæfde þa gefælsod | se þe ær feorran com, | |
snotor ond swyðferhð, | sele Hroðgares, | |
genered wið niðe; | nihtweorce gefeh, | |
ellenmærþum. | Hæfde Eastdenum | |
Geatmecga leod | gilp gelæsted, | |
830 | ||
swylce oncyþðe | ealle gebette, | |
inwidsorge, | þe hie ær drugon | |
ond for þreanydum | þolian scoldon, | |
torn unlytel. | þæt wæs tacen sweotol, | |
syþðan hildedeor | hond alegde, | |
835 | ||
earm ond eaxle | (þær wæs eal geador | |
Grendles grape) | under geapne hrof. |