Search results
beowulf ananglo-saxonepicpoem translated fromtheheyne-socintext by jno:lessliehall,ph.d.(j.h.u.) professorofenglishandhistoryinthecollegeofwilliam andmary. d.c.heath ...
Jul 19, 2005 · For twelve years he persecutes Hrothgar and his vassals. 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.
PREFACE. Thepresentworkisamodestefforttoreproduceapproximately,inmodern measures,thevenerableepic,Beowulf.Approximately,Irepeat;foravery closereproductionofAnglo ...
ERRATUM. PageXV,line\o,for"mould"read"mound. INTRODUCTION. InthebeginningofthelastcenturyHumphrey Wanley,whowasemployedbythegreatAnglo ...
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.
This grim demon was named Grendel.
lities.Beowulf’s unpromising youth is a common folktale motif also found in a Latin life of Offa th. Angle. Beowulf is granted a large landholding by Hygelac—“seven thousand,” the poet says, without further speci fication—but in any case it is nearly half of the Geatish kingdom, though somewhat less than Hygelac’s.
modern phrases of the sorrows of Hrothgar, of the prowess of Beowulf, and of the feelings that stirred the hearts of our forefathers in their primeval homes.
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.
The Beowulf Manuscript Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg o Edited and Translated by R. D. Fu LK Dumbartonoaks MLedieval ibrary Harvard University Press cambridge, massachusetts london, england 2010
