The Tale of Beowulf

pear-Danes of yor

the fair fame of

s a-faring in fr

heaf-son from the ho

a many the mea

rl fear'd them, si

all-lacking; so

e welkin in wo

o that the rou

whale-road must

e tribute. A goo

hereafter a so

rth, whom the gre

lk; and their cr

on them while lo

nd long. He theref

lory, world's wo

xed, and wide t

Scyld in the parts

a youngling with

fts toward the fri

d-days shall eve

-willing when wen

serving. By praise

ll kindreds a man

s Scyld when the

d him to the lor

bear him to the si

of him, as he h

rd wielded the frie

he land; a long wh

ringed at the hyt

t-fain, the At

ey lay him, the l

bestower, within

st. Much there w

rsooth had the f

f keel that was

war, and with we

with byrnies. Th

e treasure that w

flood's might

were the wealth-g

e folk, than did t

eginning, firs

billows, and he

set him up the

ad, and let th

pearman. Sad mind

heir mood was. No

o say it, rede-

eaven, to whose ha