ND BEOWULF

ar res

ursed, helm of

folk and to fur

us hither, good

of Beowulf's f

f feuds thy fa

led he in hand-

warriors; then t

eud were forced

fled to the folk

yldings, o'er the

begun then to go

of heroes hel

jewels: dead

elder had earth

airn. He was be

ereafter for a

ng waters to the

d; oaths did

eowulf the horrors of

n spirit to a

Heorot Grendel

nlooked-for, by

r-band, wasted

t them to the clu

ily hinder

direful. Oft d

many boasts, but hav

vessel promised

gly wait on the w

Grendel, with g

l at morning with

bloody at break

all flooded, drip

as gory: I had

iors, whom death

e feast, and g

t now, thy inte

how, as thy spiri

ready for Beowul

the Geats then t

blithesome a benc

n spirit they w

tant. A liegem

mbellished bor

leema

rink poured. The

all rejoi

t; there was he

-band of Weder

-So., and suggested by Grtvg. B. suggests fo

-stafum ús

tance thou hast sought us.-This gives coherence to Hrothgar's opening remarks i

ma after 'meoto' and reading 'sige-hrèesecgum.'-There are other and bolder emendations and suggestions. Of these the boldest is to regard 'meoto' as a