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BEOWULF since the Creator his exile doomed. On kin of Cain was the killing avenged by sovran God for slaughtered Abel. Ill fared his feud, 6 and far was he driven, for the slaughter's sake, from sight of men. Of Cain awoke all that woful breed, Etins 7 and elves and evil-spirits, as well as the giants that warred with God weary while: but their wage was paid them! 1 That is, "The Hart," or "Stag," so called from decorations in the gables that resembled the antlers of a deer. This hall has been carefully described in a pamphlet by Heyne. The building was rectangular, with opposite doors -- mainly west and east -- and a hearth in the middle of th single room. A row of pillars down each side, at some distance from the walls, made a space which was raised a little above the main floor, and was furnished with two rows of seats. On one side, usually south, was the high-seat midway between the doors. Opposite this, on the other raised space, was another seat of honor. At the banquet soon to be described, Hrothgar sat in the south or chief high-seat, and Beowulf opposite to him. The scene for a flying (see below, v.499) was thus very effectively set. Planks on trestles -- the "board" of later English literature -- formed the tables just in front of the long rows of seats, and were taken away after banquets, when the retainers were ready to stretch them- selves out for sleep on the benches. 2 Fire was the usual end of these halls. See v. 781 below. One thinks of the splendid scene at the end of the Nibelungen, of the Nialssaga, of Saxo's story of Amlethus, and many a less famous instance. 3 It is to be supposed that all hearers of this poem knew how Hrothgar's hall was burnt, -- perhaps in the unsuccessful attack made on him by his son-in-law Ingeld. 12 I
BEOWULF 4 A skilled minstrel. The Danes are heathens, as one is told presently; but this lay of beginnings is taken from Genesis. 5 A disturber of the border, one who sallies from his haunt in the fen and roams over the country near by. This probably pagan nuisance is now furnished with biblical credentials as a fiend or devil in good standing, so that all Christian Englishmen might read about him. "Grendel" may mean one who grinds and crushes. 6 Cain's. 7 Giants. 13 I
Page 1 and 2: Beowulf Translated by Gummere Orang
Page 3 and 4: BEOWULF Contents I.................
Page 5 and 6: BEOWULF PRELUDE OF THE FOUNDER OF T
Page 7 and 8: BEOWULF on the breast of the boat,
Page 9 and 10: BEOWULF I Now Beowulf bode in the b
Page 11: BEOWULF that he heard each day the
Page 15 and 16: BEOWULF when once had been traced t
Page 17 and 18: BEOWULF and ne'er could the prince
Page 19 and 20: BEOWULF III THUS seethed unceasing
Page 21 and 22: BEOWULF headlands broad. Their have
Page 23 and 24: BEOWULF 1 Ship. 2 That is, since Be
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Page 29 and 30: BEOWULF ne'er met I as strangers of
Page 31 and 32: BEOWULF VI HROTHGAR answered, helme
Page 33 and 34: BEOWULF Beowulf spake, -- his breas
Page 35 and 36: BEOWULF in the doom of the Lord who
Page 37 and 38: BEOWULF VII HROTHGAR spake, the Scy
Page 39 and 40: BEOWULF Gathered together, the Geat
Page 41 and 42: BEOWULF rolled the rough waves. In
Page 43 and 44: BEOWULF hard and hand-linked, help
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Page 47 and 48: BEOWULF with winsome words. Came We
Page 49 and 50: BEOWULF fight for the fiend in that
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Page 53 and 54: BEOWULF XI THEN from the moorland,
Page 55 and 56: BEOWULF swallowed him piecemeal: sw
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BEOWULF of Beowulf's quest right cl
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BEOWULF for the warrior's wayfaring
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BEOWULF XIV HROTHGAR spake, -- to t
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BEOWULF force of the foe. Fain, too
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BEOWULF XV THERE was hurry and hest
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BEOWULF cup in hall: 2 for such cos
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BEOWULF XVI AND the lord of earls,
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BEOWULF and rescue his remnant by r
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BEOWULF Then wound up to welkin the
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BEOWULF XVII THEN hastened those he
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BEOWULF The lay was finished, the g
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BEOWULF 2 Nephew to Hrothgar, with
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BEOWULF sovran strong: under shield
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BEOWULF bucklers bright; on the ben
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BEOWULF a warrior watching and wait
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BEOWULF dole in the dwellings: 'twa
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BEOWULF in arms he fell. Now anothe
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BEOWULF wan to welkin when winds be
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BEOWULF wave-maned steed. The sovra
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BEOWULF less doughty in swimming wh
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BEOWULF honor of earls. With the ot
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BEOWULF hard of edge: with Hrunting
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BEOWULF to harm the heart: its hard
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BEOWULF XXIII 'MID the battle-gear
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BEOWULF who waited with Hrothgar, w
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BEOWULF the thane-band choice of th
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BEOWULF XXIV BEOWULF spake, bairn o
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BEOWULF who have scattered their go
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BEOWULF above all men, yet blood-fi
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BEOWULF XXV "UNDER harness his hear
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BEOWULF that I on this head all hew
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BEOWULF that Darling of Danes. The
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BEOWULF wielding the war-wood to wi
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BEOWULF hale to his home, and in ha
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BEOWULF XXVII CAME now to ocean the
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BEOWULF Hygelac Hrethling: at home
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BEOWULF the spear-bold warrior; wis
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BEOWULF with manly words. The mead
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BEOWULF have I heard under heaven!
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BEOWULF after havoc of heroes, thos
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BEOWULF by devilish craft, of drago
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BEOWULF nor might they e'en, when m
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BEOWULF XXXI "So held this king to
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BEOWULF and acts of honor. At ale h
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BEOWULF unknown to mortals. Some ma
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BEOWULF left to live, the last of t
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BEOWULF folded in fire: the folk of
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BEOWULF for sons of the soil; and s
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BEOWULF sad in heart, 'twas heavies
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BEOWULF their craft of contest, who
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BEOWULF XXXIV THE fall of his lord
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BEOWULF "Through store of struggles
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BEOWULF 2 That is, the king could c
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BEOWULF pact of peace, but pushed t
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BEOWULF old folk-defender, feud wil
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BEOWULF or endure those deeps, 4 fo
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BEOWULF naked in battle, as never i
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BEOWULF XXXVI WIGLAF his name was,
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BEOWULF for hard-sword and helmet,
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BEOWULF that board 4 to the boss, a
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BEOWULF XXXVII 'TWAS now, men say,
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BEOWULF "I would fain bestow on son
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BEOWULF XXXVIII I HAVE heard that s
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BEOWULF weakening fast by the wall
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BEOWULF XXXIX IT was heavy hap for
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BEOWULF Though well he wished it, i
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BEOWULF for liegemen all than a lif
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BEOWULF and heavy of heart a head-w
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BEOWULF tones of his trumpet; the t
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BEOWULF and the folk-king there was
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BEOWULF "Such is the feud, the foem
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BEOWULF Found on the sand there, st
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BEOWULF XLII A PERILOUS path, it pr
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BEOWULF to my liege and lord. Alive
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BEOWULF lying there lost. And littl
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BEOWULF deaths enow, and doom of ba
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