Gegrette þa guma oþerne, Hroðgar Beowulf, ond him hæl abead, winærnes geweald, ond þæt word acwæð: Næfre ic ænegum men ær alyfde, siþðan ic hond ond rond hebban mihte,

Beowulf is written mostly in the Late West Saxon dialect of Old English, but many other dialectal forms are present, suggesting that the poem may have had a long and complex transmission …

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Beowulf received the cup, a slaughter-fell warrior, from Wealhtheow and then, bucking to fight, spoke eloquently, making a speech, the son of Ecgtheow: (ll. 620-30) “I decided that, when I …

Do we hear what has been beautifully called “the clanging tread of a warrior in mail”? Of all English translations of Beowulf, that of Professor Garnett alone gives any adequate idea of the …

Apr 28, 2017 · Beowulf is an epic poem composed in Old English consisting of 3,182 lines. It is written in the alliterative verse style, which is common for Old English poetry as well as works …

Dec 29, 2025 · Beowulf, heroic poem, the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century and is believed …

1Not, of course, Beowulf the Great, hero of the epic. 2Kenning 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.

Oct 26, 2025 · 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) in The …

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 …