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cwædon þæt he wære wyruldcyninga. manna mildust ond monðwærust, leodum liðost ond lofgeornost. Notes: Old English version RPO. þæt wæs god cyning. ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned, geong in geardum, þone god sende folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat þe hie ær drugon aldorlease lange….
Old English text from: Beowulf. With the Seamus Heaney translation, slightly altered. Note: the symbol 7, like our &, stands for Anglo-Saxon ond ( and ). ->> >> > > ⇈⇑⇈ < < << <<- Deus vult !
Beowulf is the oldest surviving long poem written in Old English. Written between the 8th and 11th centuries by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, this poem survived in a single manuscript that was badly damaged in the 1731 Cotton Library fire.
Beowulf (/ ˈ b eɪ ə w ʊ l f /; [1] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature.
17 wrz 2024 · Beowulf is a heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century CE and is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750.
Beowulf went from there, treading the grassy earth, a warrior-prince gold-proud, exultant in treasure. The sea-going ship, riding at anchor, awaited its steering master. Along the way the gifts of Hrothgar were often esteemed. He was a singular king, without blame in everything, until old age would seize him in the joy of his strength.
30 wrz 2024 · The Tale of Beowulf, translated by William Morris and A. J. Wyatt, revised edition (1898); with classical rhyme-pattern. Beowulf translated by Francis B. Gummere (1909) (Chapter 1 of The Oldest English Epic ; maintaining the Anglo-Saxon metre and rhyme-pattern.
