Beowulf

race of S

s' glory through s

former fame we

ayed then their p

are often called Scyldings. He is the great-gr

cefing from sca

eople their mea

ound him friendl

d terror: comfo

he welkin, wor

ghbors o'er sea

dding and bring

theling! After

e name of Beowulf-a name afterwards m

ir, young in

r sent to sola

e misery malice

heir rulers they wre

icted. The Lor

y, with world-h

wulf, far spr

son in the land

king lavishes gif

hat is young, by

is father, with

earn that when

ions aid him

lts him serve

rthy actions mu

races. At the h

the hour app

rted to the All

d him; away th

e current, his fon

bidden, while the f

d, and the well-

hem.3 The ring-

heling, lay th

er and eager

s body is laid on a ve

leader laid t

, on the breas

he mainmast. A

ings, from far-la

at hand then; an

er furnished a fl

warfare, weeds

nies; on his

that with h

the flood afar

fewer they furn

gems, than othe

land on the br

he was born out

ain, the mere

d standard they str

ead, let the holm-

ned him: sad w

y mournful. Me

whither the

us, they in ha

eaven, to what

cepted, the sentence 'He had ... afflicted' will read: He (i.e. God) had perc

-ceare': He perceived their distress, that they

is assumption, though it is far from satisfactory. Kl. suggests 'l?ndagas' for 'lange': And the beloved land-prince enjoyed (had) his

ne' for 'sele-r?dende.' If that be adopted, the passage will read: Men cannot tell us, indeed, the order of Fa