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PREFACE. THEpresentworkisamodestefforttoreproduceapproximately,inmodern measures,thevenerableepic,Beowulf.Approximately,Irepeat;foravery closereproductionofAnglo ...
Jul 19, 2005 · Over sea, a day’s voyage off, Beowulf, of the Geats, nephew of Higelac, king of the Geats, hears of Grendel’s doings and of Hrothgar’s misery. He resolves to crush the fell monster and relieve the aged king.
3. panion. Hrothgar was beckoned born for a kingdom shaped as a lord loved by his hall-thanes who bore him high as boys became men and men grew.
BEOWULF: THE POEM The poem called Beowulf was composed sometime between the middle of the seventh and the end of the tenth century of the first millennium, in the language that is to-day called Anglo-Saxon or Old English. It is a heroic narrative, more than three thousand lines long, concerning the deeds of a Scandinavian prince, also
Oct 12, 2003 · Preface to the Project Gutenberg Edition of Beowulf. This text is a revised and corrected version of the fourth edition of Harrison and Sharp in its entirety. It comes in two basic versions. The base version (available in 8-bit (Latin-1) text and HTML) presents the original text as printed.
Beowulf: a Geat, son of Edgetho and nephew of Higlac, king of the Geats. Higlac is Beowulf's feudal lord, as well as his uncle. Brecca: chief of a tribe called Brondings and a friend of Beo-wulf. Grendel: a man-eating monster who lives at the bottom of a foul mere, or mountain lake.
Good Beowulf, heard of this Grendel. He was one of the strongest of men, In his day, in this life of ours, Noble and powerful; he commanded A boat be readied, saying he wished To seek the king over the swan-road, The great clan-leader who needed men. His clear-headed followers endorsed The venture, though he was dear to them.
Oct 6, 2020 · 1. Beowulf: Lines 1 through 455 2. Beowulf: Lines 456 through 836 Disc 2: 1. Beowulf: Lines 837 through 1250 2. Beowulf: Lines 1251 through 1650 Disc 3: 1. Beowulf: Lines 1651 through 2031 2. Beowulf: Lines 2032 through 2459 Disc 4: 1. Beowulf: Lines 2460 through 2820 2. Beowulf: Lines 2821 through 3182
Beowulf’s deeds and virtues, but in the course of the narrative he gave his hero the setting that befitted the time of the action: the heroic age of the Germanic peoples, the centuries when many a Germanic tribe left its old seats and won a new home within the bounds of the Roman Empire.
ERRATUM. PageXV,line\o,for"mould"read"mound. INTRODUCTION. InthebeginningofthelastcenturyHumphrey Wanley,whowasemployedbythegreatAnglo ...
