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Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon - modern English, Seamus Heaney, Old English and modern English, bilingual Beowulf.
Bebeorh þé ðone bealoníð, Beowulf léofa. Guard yourself against this wicked strife, beloved Beowulf, secg betosta, ond þé þæt sélre gecéos. finest man, and for yourself choose the better, éce raédas·oferhýda ne gým, the eternal gains; do not pay heed to pride, maére cempa·nú is þínes mægnes blaéd.
1 Not, of course, Beowulf the Great, hero of the epic. 2 Kenning for king or chieftain of a comitatus: he breaks o gold from the spiral rings often worn on the arm and so rewards his followers.
with the modern and old English side-by-side (I grabbed the texts individual from the net and formatted them; also available from the original , , and in .
critical online edition of Beowulf: Old English text, English translation, Deutsch bersetzung, glossary, explanatory notes, background material.
1884 Renumbering. Southwick Codex. Soliloquies of St. Augustine. Gospel of Nicodemus fragment. Debate of Solomon and Saturn. St. Quintin Homily fragment. Nowell Codex. Life of St. Christopher. Wonders of the East.
This course is an intensive introduction to Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon), the ancestor of modern English that was spoken in England ca. 600–1100. In the first half of the term, students use short prose texts to study the basics of Old English grammar.
