XLII. WĪGLAF SPEAKS. THE BUILDING OF THE BALE-FIRE.
Þā wæs gesȳne, þæt se sīð ne þāh 3060 þām þe unrihte inne gehȳdde wrǣte under wealle. Weard ǣr ofslōh fēara sumne; þā sīo fǣhð gewearð gewrecen wrāðlīce. Wundur hwār, þonne eorl ellen-rōf ende gefēre 3065 līf-gesceafta, þonne leng ne mæg mon mid his māgum medu-seld būan. Swā wæs Bīowulfe, þā hē biorges weard sōhte, searo-nīðas: seolfa ne cūðe, þurh hwæt his worulde gedāl weorðan sceolde; 3070 swā hit oð dōmes dæg dīope benemdon þēodnas mǣre, þā þæt þǣr dydon, þæt se secg wǣre synnum scildig, hergum geheaðerod, hell-bendum fæst, wommum gewītnad, sē þone wong strāde. 3075 Næs hē gold-hwæt: gearwor hæfde āgendes ēst ǣr gescēawod. Wīglāf maðelode, Wīhstānes sunu: "Oft sceall eorl monig ānes willan "wrǣc ādrēogan, swā ūs geworden is. 3080 "Ne meahton wē gelǣran lēofne þēoden, "rīces hyrde rǣd ǣnigne, "þæt hē ne grētte gold-weard þone, "lēte hyne licgean, þǣr hē longe wæs, "wīcum wunian oð woruld-ende. 3085 "Hēoldon hēah gesceap: hord ys gescēawod, "grimme gegongen; wæs þæt gifeðe tō swīð, "þē þone þēoden þyder ontyhte. "Ic wæs þǣr inne and þæt eall geond-seh, "recedes geatwa, þā mē gerȳmed wæs, 3090 "nealles swǣslīce sīð ālȳfed "inn under eorð-weall. Ic on ofoste gefēng "micle mid mundum mægen-byrðenne "hord-gestrēona, hider ūt ætbær "cyninge mīnum: cwico wæs þā gēna, 3095 "wīs and gewittig; worn eall gespræc "gomol on gehðo and ēowic grētan hēt, "bæd þæt gē geworhton æfter wines dǣdum "in bǣl-stede beorh þone hēan "micelne and mǣrne, swā hē manna wæs 3100 "wīgend weorð-fullost wīde geond eorðan, "þenden hē burh-welan brūcan mōste. "Uton nū efstan ōðre sīðe "sēon and sēcean searo-geþræc, "wundur under wealle! ic ēow wīsige, 3105 "þæt gē genōge nēan scēawiað "bēagas and brād gold. Sīe sīo bǣr gearo "ǣdre geæfned, þonne wē ūt cymen, "and þonne geferian frēan ūserne, "lēofne mannan, þǣr hē longe sceal 3110 "on þæs waldendes wǣre geþolian." Hēt þā gebēodan byre Wīhstānes, hæle hilde-dīor, hæleða monegum bold-āgendra, þæt hīe bǣl-wudu feorran feredon, folc-āgende 3115 gōdum tōgēnes: "Nū sceal glēd fretan "(weaxan wonna lēg) wigena strengel, "þone þe oft gebād īsern-scūre, "þonne strǣla storm, strengum gebǣded, "scōc ofer scild-weall, sceft nytte hēold, 3120 "feðer-gearwum fūs flāne full-ēode." Hūru se snotra sunu Wīhstānes ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas syfone tōsomne þā sēlestan, ēode eahta sum under inwit-hrōf; 3125 hilde-rinc sum on handa bær ǣled-lēoman, sē þe on orde gēong. Næs þā on hlytme, hwā þæt hord strude, syððan or-wearde ǣnigne dǣl secgas gesēgon on sele wunian, 3130 lǣne licgan: lȳt ǣnig mearn, þæt hī ofostlice ūt geferedon dȳre māðmas; dracan ēc scufun, wyrm ofer weall-clif, lēton wǣg niman, flōd fæðmian frætwa hyrde. 3135 Þǣr wæs wunden gold on wǣn hladen, ǣghwæs unrīm, æðeling boren, hār hilde-rinc tō Hrones næsse.
XLIII. BĒOWULF'S FUNERAL PYRE.
Him þā gegiredan Gēata lēode ād on eorðan un-wāclīcne, 3140 helmum behongen, hilde-bordum, beorhtum byrnum, swā hē bēna wæs; ālegdon þā tō-middes mǣrne þēoden hæleð hīofende, hlāford lēofne. Ongunnon þā on beorge bǣl-fȳra mǣst 3145 wīgend weccan: wudu-rēc āstāh sweart ofer swioðole, swōgende lēg, wōpe bewunden (wind-blond gelæg) oð þæt hē þā bān-hūs gebrocen hæfde, hāt on hreðre. Higum unrōte 3150 mōd-ceare mǣndon mon-dryhtnes cwealm; swylce giōmor-gyd lat . con meowle . . . . . wunden heorde . . . serg (?) cearig sǣlde geneahhe þæt hīo hyre . . . . gas hearde 3155 . . . . . ede wælfylla wonn . . hildes egesan hyðo haf mid heofon rēce swealh (?) Geworhton þā Wedra lēode hlǣw on hlīðe, sē wæs hēah and brād, 3160 wǣg-līðendum wīde gesȳne, and betimbredon on tȳn dagum beadu-rōfes bēcn: bronda betost wealle beworhton, swā hyt weorðlīcost fore-snotre men findan mihton. 3165 Hī on beorg dydon bēg and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta, swylce on horde ǣr nīð-hȳdige men genumen hæfdon; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan, gold on grēote, þǣr hit nū gēn lifað 3170 eldum swā unnyt, swā hit ǣror wæs. Þā ymbe hlǣw riodan hilde-dēore, æðelinga bearn ealra twelfa, woldon ceare cwīðan, kyning mǣnan, word-gyd wrecan and ymb wer sprecan, 3175 eahtodan eorl-scipe and his ellen-weorc duguðum dēmdon, swā hit ge-dēfe bið, þæt mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge, ferhðum frēoge, þonne hē forð scile of līc-haman lǣne weorðan. 3180 Swā begnornodon Gēata lēode hlāfordes hryre, heorð-genēatas, cwǣdon þæt hē wǣre woruld-cyning mannum mildust and mon-þwǣrust, lēodum līðost and lof-geornost.
APPENDIX
THE ATTACK IN FINNSBURG.
". . . . . . . . . . . næs byrnað nǣfre." Hleoðrode þā heaðo-geong cyning: "Ne þis ne dagað ēastan, ne hēr draca ne flēogeð, "ne hēr þisse healle hornas ne byrnað, 5 "ac fēr forð berað fugelas singað, "gylleð grǣg-hama, gūð-wudu hlynneð, "scyld scefte oncwyð. Nū scȳneð þes mōna "waðol under wolcnum; nū ārīsað wēa-dǣda, "þē þisne folces nīð fremman willað. 10 "Ac onwacnigeað nū, wīgend mīne, "hebbað ēowre handa, hicgeað on ellen, "winnað on orde, wesað on mōde!" Þā ārās monig gold-hladen þegn, gyrde hine his swurde; þā tō dura ēodon drihtlīce cempan, 15 Sigeferð and Eaha, hyra sweord getugon, and æt ōðrum durum Ordlāf and Gūðlāf, and Hengest sylf; hwearf him on lāste. Þā gīt Gārulf Gūðere styrode, þæt hīe swā frēolīc feorh forman sīðe 20 tō þǣre healle durum hyrsta ne bǣran, nū hyt nīða heard ānyman wolde: ac hē frægn ofer eal undearninga, dēor-mōd hæleð, hwā þā duru hēolde. "Sigeferð is mīn nama (cwæð hē), ic eom Secgena lēod, 25 "wrecca wīde cūð. Fela ic wēana gebād, "heardra hilda; þē is gȳt hēr witod, "swæðer þū sylf tō mē sēcean wylle." Þā wæs on wealle wæl-slihta gehlyn, sceolde cēlod bord cēnum on handa 30 bān-helm berstan. Buruh-þelu dynede, oð þæt æt þǣre gūðe Gārulf gecrang, ealra ǣrest eorð-būendra, Gūðlāfes sunu; ymbe hine gōdra fela. Hwearf flacra hrǣw hræfn, wandrode 35 sweart and sealo-brūn; swurd-lēoma stōd swylce eal Finns-buruh fȳrenu wǣre. Ne gefrægn ic nǣfre wurðlīcor æt wera hilde sixtig sige-beorna sēl gebǣran, ne nǣfre swānas swētne medo sēl forgyldan, 40 þonne Hnæfe guldon his hæg-stealdas. Hig fuhton fīf dagas, swā hyra nān ne fēol driht-gesīða, ac hig þā duru hēoldon. Þā gewāt him wund hæleð on wæg gangan, sǣde þæt his byrne ābrocen wǣre, 45 here-sceorpum hrōr, and ēac wæs his helm þyrl. Þā hine sōna frægn folces hyrde, hū þā wīgend hyra wunda genǣson oððe hwæðer þǣra hyssa . . . . . . .
LIST OF NAMES; NOTES; AND GLOSSARY.
ABBREVIATIONS
m.: masculine. f.: feminine. n.: neuter. nom., gen.: nominative, genitive, etc. w.: weak. w. v.: weak verb. st.: strong. st. v.: strong verb. I., II., III.: first, second, third person. comp.: compound. imper.: imperative. w.: with. instr.: instrumental. G. and Goth.: Gothic. O.N.: Old Norse. O.S.: Old Saxon. O.H.G.: Old High German. M.H.G.: Middle High German.
The vowel æ = _a_ in _glad_ } The diphthong ǣ = _a_ in _hair_ } approximately.
The names Leo, Bugge, Rieger, etc., refer to authors of emendations.
Words beginning with ge- will be found under their root-word.
Obvious abbreviations, like subj., etc., are not included in this list.
LIST OF NAMES.
Ābel, Cain's brother, 108.
Ælf-here (gen. Ælf-heres, 2605), a kinsman of Wīglāf's, 2605.
Æsc-here, confidential adviser of King Hrōðgār (1326), older brother of Yrmenlāf (1325), killed by Grendel's mother, 1295, 1324, 2123.
Bān-stān, father of Breca, 524.
Bēo-wulf, son of Scyld, king of the Danes, 18, 19. After the death of his father, he succeeds to the throne of the Scyldings, 53. His son is Healfdene, 57.
Bēo-wulf (Bīowulf, 1988, 2390; gen. Bēowulfes, 857, etc., Bīowulfes, 2195, 2808, etc.; dat. Bēowulfe, 610, etc., Bīowulfe, 2325, 2843), of the race of the Gēatas. His father is the Wǣgmunding Ecgþēow (263, etc.); his mother a daughter of Hrēðel, king of the Gēatas (374), at whose court he is brought up after his seventh year with Hrēðel's sons, Herebeald, Hæðcyn, and Hygelāc, 2429 ff. In his youth lazy and unapt (2184 f., 2188 f.); as man he attains in the gripe of his hand the strength of thirty men, 379. Hence his victories in his combats with bare hands (711 ff., 2502 ff.), while fate denies him the victory in the battle with swords, 2683 f. His swimming-match with Breca in his youth, 506 ff. Goes with fourteen Gēatas to the assistance of the Danish king, Hrōðgār, against Grendel, 198 ff. His combat with Grendel, and his victory, 711 ff., 819 ff. He is, in consequence, presented with rich gifts by Hrōðgār, 1021 ff. His combat with Grendel's mother, 1442 ff. Having again received gifts, he leaves Hrōðgār (1818-1888), and returns to Hygelāc, 1964 ff.--After Hygelāc's last battle and death, he flees alone across the sea, 2360 f. In this battle he crushes Dæghrefn, one of the Hūgas, to death, 2502 f. He rejects at the same time Hygelāc's kingdom and the hand of his widow (2370 ff.), but carries on the government as guardian of the young Heardrēd, son of Hygelāc, 2378 ff. After Heardrēd's death, the kingdom falls to Bēowulf, 2208, 2390.--Afterwards, on an expedition to avenge the murdered Heardrēd, he kills the Scylfing, Ēadgils (2397), and probably conquers his country. --His fight with the drake, 2539 ff. His death, 2818. His burial, 3135 ff.