Beowulf: Lines 1800 to 2241a

Lines 1800 to 1839 (Robert Fletcher, trans.; Chad Matlick, pres.)
Reste hine þa rumheort; reced hliuade 1800 geap ond goldfah; gæst inne swæf oþþæt hrefn blaca heofones wynne bliðheort bodode. ða com beorht scacan scaþan onetton, wæron æþelingas eft to leodum 1805 fuse to farenne; wolde feor þanon cuma collenferhð ceoles neosan. Heht þa se hearda Hrunting beran sunu Ecglafes, heht his sweord niman, leoflic iren; sægde him þæs leanes þanc, 1810 cwæð, he þone guðwine godne tealde, wigcræftigne, nales wordum log meces ecge; þæt wæs modig secg. Ond þa siðfrome, searwum gearwe wigend wæron; eode weorð Denum 1815 æþeling to yppan, þær se oþer wæs, hæle hildedeor Hroðgar grette. Beowulf maþelode, bearn Ecgþeowes: "Nu we sæliðend secgan wyllað, feorran cumene, þæt we fundiaþ 1820 Higelac secan. Wæron her tela willum bewenede; þu us wel dohtest. Gif ic þonne on eorþan owihte mæg þinre modlufan maran tilian, gumena dryhten, ðonne ic gyt dyde, 1825 guðgeweorca, ic beo gearo sona. Gif ic þæt gefricge ofer floda begang, þæt þec ymbsittend egesan þywað, swa þec hetende hwilum dydon, ic ðe þusenda þegna bringe, 1830 hæleþa to helpe. Ic on Higelac wat, Geata dryhten, þeah ðe he geong sy, folces hyrde, þæt he mec fremman wile wordum ond worcum, þæt ic þe wel herige ond þe to geoce garholt bere, 1835 mægenes fultum, þær ðe bið manna þearf. Gif him þonne Hreþric to hofum Geata geþingeð, þeodnes bearn, he mæg þær fela freonda findan; feorcyþðe beoð selran gesohte þæm þe him selfa deah."	Then the large hearted man rested; the hall stood high 1800 spacious and ornamented with gold; the guest within slept until the black raven the blithe-hearted, announced heaven's joy. Then came the bright (or shining) sun the warriors hastened, the heroes/men were ready to proceed 1805 to go back to their people; thense far their wishes came about bold spirited seeking out ships. He ordered/called that Ecglaf's brave son carry Hrunting, he ordered/called that he take his sword of precious iron; he said thanks for the gift, 1810 he considered it a good war friend strong in battle, not a word blamed the sword's edge; that was a high spirited man. And the ready warriors were equipped [and] eager to depart; their Dane honored 1815 prince went to the high seat where the other hero, brave in battle, was Hrothgar saluted him. Beowulf spoke, Ecgtheow's son: "Now we sea-farers coming from a far [would like to] say that we strive 1820 to seek Higelac. We have been properly [and] delightfully entertained here; we have treated you well. If anything on earth might earn more of thy heart's love, lord of men, than I have yet done, 1825 [through] warlike deeds, we will be ready at once. If I hear , [from] flooding regions that other neighboring peoples threaten you with terror as your enemy, I will formerly act [and] bring a thousand thanes, 1830 warriors to help [you]. I know from Higelac lord of the Geats, although he is young, the nation's guardian, that he would further me word and deed, that I honor you well and to help bearing spear-shaft, 1835 [to] support [your] strength, in case that [you] need men. If he, Hrethric, on the other hand, determines to [come to the Geat's court, the king's son, he may there find many friends; the far countries are the better sought according to himself be good.

Lines 1840-1880a (Tracina Jackson-Adams, trans.; Heidi Pearson, pres.)
1840 Hroðgar maþelode him on ondsware: "þe þa wordcwydas wigtig drihten on sefan sende; ne hyrde ic snotorlicor on swa geongum feore guman þingian. þu eart mægenes strang ond on mode frod, 1845 wis wordcwida. Wen ic talige, gif þæt gegangeð, þæt ðe gar nymeð, hild heorugrimme, Hreþles eaferan, adl oþðe iren ealdor ðinne, folces hyrde, ond þu þin feorh hafast, 1850 þæt þe Sægeatas selran næbben to geceosenne cyning ænigne, hordweard hæleþa, gyf þu healdan wylt maga rice. Me þin modsefa licað leng swa wel, leofa Beowulf. 1855 Hafast þu gefered þæt þam folcum sceal, Geata leodum ond Gardenum, sib gemæne, ond sacu restan, inwitniþas, þe hie ær drugon, wesan, þenden ic wealde widan rices, 1860 maþmas gemæne, manig oþerne godum gegretan ofer ganotes bæð; sceal hringnaca ofer heafu bringan lac ond luftacen. Ic þa leode wat ge wið feond ge wið freond fæste geworhte, 1865 æghwæs untæle ealde wisan." ða git him eorla hleo inne gesealde, mago Healfdenes, maþmas XII; het hine mid þæm lacum leode swæse secean on gesyntum, snude eft cuman. 1870 Gecyste þa cyning æþelum god, þeoden Scyldinga, ðegn betstan ond be healse genam; hruron him tearas, blondenfeaxum. Him wæs bega wen, ealdum infrodum, oþres swiðor, 1875 þæt hie seoððan no geseon moston, modige on meþle. Wæs him se man to þon leof þæt he þone breostwylm forberan ne mehte, ac him on hreþre hygebendum fæst æfter deorum men dyrne langað 1880 beorn wið blode.	Hrothgar declaimed // in answer to him: "The wise Lord sent // those words to you, into your mind; // I (have) not heard wiser spoken in so young a life // by a man. You are strong of might // and wise in spirit, wise of words! // I maintain the expectation, if it happens, // that (?if?) the spear carries off sword-grim battle // Hrethel's son, sickness or sword (carries off) // thy prince, protector of the people // and you have your life, that the Sea-Geats // have not the better obtaining // (of) any king, guardian of men, (than you) // if you wish to hold the kingdom of (your) kinsmen. //Your spirit pleases me long as well, // dear Beowulf. You have made it so // that for those tribes, for the peoples of the Geats // and the Spear-Danes shall (be) mutual peace, // and (put) strife to rest, hostilities, // in which they previously engaged, (shall) be as long as I rule // (this) wide kingdom, mutual treasures, // many others greeting (each other) with gifts // over the gannet's bath (=sea); a ring-prowed ship // (shall) bring over the sea a gift and token of love. // I know those people firmly disposed // towards both friend and enemy (lit. "you against enemy you against friend // firmly wrought"), blameless in every way // after the old fashion." Then yet the protector of men (gave?) // to him within Healfdene's son // twelve treasures; bade him to go to (his) dear people // in safety (lit. "safeties") with those gifts, // to come back quickly. Then the king, good with nobility // kissed the prince of the Scyldings, // the best thane and took him by the neck; // the pale-haired one shed tears for him (lit. "tears fell for him"). // To them was the expectation of both ("two things"?) more especially of the other // to the old and wise one, that afterwards // they might not see (each other), brave in council. // That man was so dear to him that he might not forbear // the welling of emotion in his breast; but for him in (his) heart // fast (with) heartstrings for (lit."after") the dear men // a secret longing burned in (his) blood.(lit. "with his blood")

Lines 1880b-1919 (Sandy Eckard, trans.; Jonathan Myerov, pres.)
Him Beowulf þanan, guðrinc goldwlanc, græsmoldan træd since hremig; sægenga bad agendfrean, se þe on ancre rad. þa wæs on gange gifu Hroðgares 1885 oft geæhted; þæt wæs an cyning, æghwæs orleahtre, oþþæt hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum, se þe oft manegum scod. Cwom þa to flode felamodigra, hægstealdra heap, hringnet bæron, 1890 locene leoðosyrcan. Landweard onfand eftsið eorla, swa he ær dyde; no he mid hearme of hliðes nosan gæstas grette, ac him togeanes rad, cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera leodum 1895 scaþan scirhame to scipe foron. þa wæs on sande sægeap naca hladen herewædum, hringedstefna, mearum ond maðmum; mæst hlifade ofer Hroðgares hordgestreonum. 1900 He þæm batwearde bunden golde swurd gesealde, þæt he syðþan wæs on meodubence maþme þy weorþra, yrfelafe. Gewat him on naca drefan deop wæter, Dena land ofgeaf. 1905 þa wæs be mæste merehrægla sum, segl sale fæst; sundwudu þunede. No þær wegflotan wind ofer yðum siðes getwæfde; sægenga for, fleat famigheals forð ofer yðe, 1910 bundenstefna ofer brimstreamas, þæt hie Geata clifu ongitan meahton, cuþe næssas. Ceol up geþrang lyftgeswenced, on lande stod. Hraþe wæs æt holme hyðweard geara, 1915 se þe ær lange tid leofra manna fus æt faroðe feor wlatode; sælde to sande sidfæþme scip, oncerbendum fæst, þy læs hym yþa ðrym wudu wynsuman forwrecan meahte.	Then Beowulf (left) him, the gold-adorned warrior, traversed over the greensward (ground), exalting the treasure; the seaship awaited the lord, rode at anchor. Then Hrothgar's gift was often considered during the trip (lit:in going); that was one king blameless of everything, until age robbed him of that joy (in/of his) strength, often that injured many. Then the young troop came to the sea (lit:flood), very brave; (they) wore intertwined coats of mail, coats of mail. The coast guard discovered the return of the warriors, as he did previously; He greeted the visitors not with insults from the cape of the hill, but rode to meet them, knowing that the Weders people would give the warriors in bright armor a hearty welcome; (he) proceeded to the ship. Then on the sandy shore was a spacious boat, a ring-prowed ship loaded with armor, horses, and treasures; the mast towered over Hrothgar's treasures. He (Beowulf) gave the boat-keeper a sword made of gold (lit: joined in gold) that afterwards, on the meadbench, he praised the teasure, the heirloom. (Beowulf) departed from him by boat to stir up deep water, leave Danish land. Then one of the sails was beside the mast, a sail fixed on rope; the ship creaked (or thundered); There the wind over the waves didn't hinder the ship's journey. {For?} The foamy-necked ship sailed forth over the waves, the ship with an ornamented prow (sailed) over the sea's currents, (so) that they could see the cliffs of the Geats, well-known bluffs; the ship pressed forward, driven by the wind, (until it) stood on land. Quickly the harbor-guardian was prepared by the sea, who had previously gazed for a long time, longing for the dear men at sea. A roomy ship was fastened to the shore, fixed by anchor-ropes, lest the force of the waves might drive away the fair ship.

Lines 1920-1960a (Bettina Jordan, trans.; Matt McCrady, pres.)
1920 Het þa up beran æþelinga gestreon, frætwe ond fætgold; næs him feor þanon to gesecanne sinces bryttan, Higelac Hreþling, þær æt ham wunað selfa mid gesiðum sæwealle neah. 1925 Bold wæs betlic, bregorof cyning, heah in healle, Hygd swiðe geong, wis, welþungen, þeah ðe wintra lyt under burhlocan gebiden hæbbe, Hæreþes dohtor; næs hio hnah swa þeah, 1930 ne to gneað gifa Geata leodum, maþmgestreona. Mod þryðo wæg, fremu folces cwen, firen ondrysne. Nænig þæt dorste deor geneþan swæsra gesiða, nefne sinfrea, 1935 þæt hire an dæges eagum starede, ac him wælbende weotode tealde handgewriþene; hraþe seoþðan wæs æfter mundgripe mece geþinged, þæt hit sceadenmæl scyran moste, 1940 cwealmbealu cyðan. Ne bið swylc cwenlic þeaw idese to efnanne, þeah ðe hio ænlicu sy, þætte freoðuwebbe feores onsæce æfter ligetorne leofne mannan. Huru þæt onhohsnode Hemminges mæg; 1945 ealodrincende oðer sædan, þæt hio leodbealewa læs gefremede, inwitniða, syððan ærest wearð gyfen goldhroden geongum cempan, æðelum diore, syððan hio Offan flet 1950 ofer fealone flod be fæder lare siðe gesohte; ðær hio syððan well in gumstole, gode, mære, lifgesceafta lifigende breac, hiold heahlufan wið hæleþa brego, 1955 ealles moncynnes mine gefræge þone selestan bi sæm tweonum, eormencynnes. Forðam Offa wæs geofum ond guðum, garcene man, wide geweorðod, wisdome heold 1960 eðel sinne;	1920 He [Beowulf] ofdered the mobles'/ treasure, precious and goldplated things to be carried up; it was not far hence for him to seek his treasure-dispenser (lord), Higelac, son of Hrethel, where he dwelt at home with his retainers near the sea wall. The hall was spendid, the king very valiant and honored in the hall, Hydg [was] very young, wise and accomplished, however very few [lit. a small number of] winters Haereth's daughter had lived in the enclosed castle; however she was not stingy [lit. mean, illiberal] 1930 nor niggardly with [to] gifts of treasures to the Geatish people. Modthryth, the good queen of the people, carried out terrible deeds [lit.singular]; no brave [one] dared to venture, if he was not the great lord and [her] companion, to stare [lit. that he stare--subjunctive] at her by day with [his] eyes; 1936-40 [hard passage to translate] he knew death was in store for him soon after being seized a [thing] twisted [or woven by hand] 1938 a sword was appointed to cause death to swell up [to seeth] 1939 [he knew] that the damascened sword was allowed to settle it. 1941 Such a queenly custom is not for a woman's doing, even though she [may] be beautiful, that a lady [lit. peace-weaver] should deprive a dear man of life because of a pretended insult [my note: lige=lie; torn = grief ; How does the author/Klaeger know what a queen feels when a retainer undresses her with his eyes?] However Hemming's kinsman [Offa} stopped that: 1945 the aledrinders tell the following, that she brought about fewer harms to people and evil acts once she was given, decked with gold, to that most noble young champion 1950 when she, at her father's bidding, made a journey over the yellow-green sea to Offa's hall. There she made good use of her destined life on the throne as long as she enjoyed living, in [with] health she held great [high] love for that chief of mankind [extra word: mine=my] 1955 heard [to be] that best of all men between two seas. Offa was by gifts and war widely honored, 1960 with wisdomm the brave man governed his native land.

Lines 1960b-1999 (Nila Moyers, trans.; Christina Berry, pres.)
þonon Eomer woc hæleðum to helpe, Hemminges mæg, nefa Garmundes, niða cræftig. Gewat him ða se hearda mid his hondscole sylf æfter sande sæwong tredan, 1965 wide waroðas. Woruldcandel scan, sigel suðan fus. Hi sið drugon, elne geeodon, to ðæs ðe eorla hleo, bonan Ongenþeoes burgum in innan, geongne guðcyning godne gefrunon 1970 hringas dælan. Higelace wæs sið Beowulfes snude gecyðed, þæt ðær on worðig wigendra hleo, lindgestealla, lifigende cwom, heaðolaces hal to hofe gongan. 1975 Hraðe wæs gerymed, swa se rica bebead, feðegestum flet innanweard. Gesæt þa wið sylfne se ða sæcce genæs, mæg wið mæge, syððan mandryhten þurh hleoðorcwyde holdne gegrette, 1980 meaglum wordum. Meoduscencum hwearf geond þæt healreced Hæreðes dohtor, lufode ða leode, liðwæge bær hæleðum to handa. Higelac ongan sinne geseldan in sele þam hean 1985 fægre fricgcean (hyne fyrwet bræc, hwylce Sægeata siðas wæron): "Hu lomp eow on lade, leofa Biowulf, þa ðu færinga feorr gehogodest sæcce secean ofer sealt wæter, 1990 hilde to Hiorote? Ac ðu Hroðgare widcuðne wean wihte gebettest, mærum ðeodne? Ic ðæs modceare sorhwylmum seað, siðe ne truwode leofes mannes; ic ðe lange bæd 1995 þæt ðu þone wælgæst wihte ne grette, lete Suðdene sylfe geweorðan guðe wið Grendel. Gode ic þanc secge þæs ðe ic ðe gesundne geseon moste." Biowulf maðelode, bearn Ecgðioes:	...from him Eomer (Offa's son) was born to help warriors, Hemming's kinsman, Garmund's grandson [in a] powerful contest. [He] [him]self went together with his brave companions along [the] sand to tread the plain by the sea, the spacious shore. [The] world's candle shone, [the] sun hastening from the South. He journeyed [this] expedition, went valiantly to Ongentheow's bane's shelter, [the] young war-king [from] within [the] borough, [he was as they had] learned [a] good ring-distributor. Hygelac announced [that] Beowulf was coming straightaway there [to] that precinct [,he, a] warrior's protection, comrade in battle [Beowulf] came living unhurt [from] battle to go [home]. Quickly as the mighty [one] ordered, [the] interior [of the] hall was cleared[;] foot-warriors, kinsmen sat down near kinsmen, that self (Beo.) got safely through that battle[;] as soon as [the] lord through earnest words addressed them [with a] ceremonious speech. Meadcups came and went (lit: "moved about") through that hall building[;] Haereth's daughter loved that man, bore a cup of strong drink to [the] heroes' hands. Hygelac [began] pleasantly to question his comrade in the hall, he broke [the] curiosity about the expedition which [the] Sea-Geats were [under]: "How happened you on [your] journey, dear Beowulf, that you suddenly resolved to seek [from] [a]far conflict over salt-water, battle for Herote? But you remedied Hrothgar's widely known woe, illustrious prince? I beheld [the] beloved man's despair [with] surging sorrow, [but] had no faith in this venture; I long bid you that the murderous sprite [would] not greet you, [nor] allow you [to] settle the war against Grendel [for the] South-Danes [your]self. I tell God thank[s] [for] this, which I must behold you unharmed. Beowulf, Ecgtheow's son, declared, ........................

Lines 2000-2040 (Matt McCrady, trans.; Robert Fletcher, pres.)
2000 "þæt is undyrne, dryhten Higelac, micel gemeting, monegum fira, hwylc orleghwil uncer Grendles wearð on ðam wange, þær he worna fela Sigescyldingum sorge gefremede, 2005 yrmðe to aldre. Ic ðæt eall gewræc, swa begylpan ne þearf Grendeles maga ænig ofer eorðan uhthlem þone, se ðe lengest leofað laðan cynnes, facne bifongen. Ic ðær furðum cwom 2010 to ðam hringsele Hroðgar gretan; sona me se mæra mago Healfdenes, syððan he modsefan minne cuðe, wið his sylfes sunu setl getæhte. Weorod wæs on wynne; ne seah ic widan feorh 2015 under heofones hwealf healsittendra medudream maran. Hwilum mæru cwen, friðusibb folca, flet eall geondhwearf, bædde byre geonge; oft hio beahwriðan secge sealde, ær hie to setle geong. 2020 Hwilum for duguðe dohtor Hroðgares eorlum on ende ealuwæge bær; þa ic Freaware fletsittende nemnan hyrde, þær hio nægled sinc hæleðum sealde. Sio gehaten is, 2025 geong, goldhroden, gladum suna Frodan; hafað þæs geworden wine Scyldinga, rices hyrde, ond þæt ræd talað, þæt he mid ðy wife wælfæhða dæl, sæcca gesette. Oft seldan hwær 2030 æfter leodhryre lytle hwile bongar bugeð, þeah seo bryd duge! Mæg þæs þonne ofþyncan ðeodne Heaðobeardna ond þegna gehwam þara leoda, þonne he mid fæmnan on flett gæð, 2035 dryhtbearn Dena, duguða biwenede; on him gladiað gomelra lafe, heard ond hringmæl Heaðabeardna gestreon þenden hie ðam wæpnum wealdan moston, oððæt hie forlæddan to ðam lindplegan 2040 swæse gesiðas ond hyra sylfra feorh.	There were several lines which I had difficulty with. Lines 2029-2031 were incredibly difficult, I think because the poet is speaking figuratively and I can't get the sense of the metaphor. The lines are as follows, Oft seldan hwaer aefter leodhryre lytle hwile bongar bugeth, theah seo bryd duge! Those are the lines I had the most difficulty with. yrs. Matt 2000 It is not hidden, from many men, Lord Hygelac, the great encounter, when Grendel and I fought in that land, where he accomplished a great many things of grief and of misery 2005 forever on the Victory Scyldings; I punished them all, so none of Grendel's men will have good cause to boast any over the earth the crash at dawn, that the longest lived of hateful peoples, seized by deceit.---I came there first 2010 to the ring-hall to address Hrothgar; immediately the famous men of the half-Danes, when he knew my heart, showed me to my seat by the son of his self. The company was in delight; nor have I ever seen 2015 under the arch of Heaven of hall-sitters so much mead-joy. Formerly the famous queen, passed the pledge of peace throughout the hall, she compelled the young men; often the ring-band she gave to the man, before he went to seat. 2020 Formerly before the old retainers, the daughter of Hrothgar bore the ale-cup to the noblemen at the end, that I heard the hall-sitters call Freaware, then she offered the studded vessel to the warriors. She is betrothed, 2025 gold-adorned youngster, to the gracious son of Froda; he has agreed to this the friend of the Scyldings, of the kingdom, I heard and this advice he supposed, that he with this lady a portion of the deadly feuds, of the fightings, he could settle. Regularly seldom where 2030 after the deadly spear a little while end the national calamity, then the bride would be good! The chief of the Heatho-Bards may then be displeased and of the thanes of the people each one of the men, that he with this woman went onto the floor of the hall: 2035 noblechild of the Danes, who attended to the old retainers; on them shines the heirloom, on the men of old, hard and ring-adorned the wealth of the Heatho-Bards, as long as they wield weapons they may be allowed,--- until they lead to destruction at shield-play 2040 their own retainers and their own selves.

Lines 2041-2080 (Heidi Pearson, trans.; Nila Moyers, pres.)
þonne cwið æt beore se ðe beah gesyhð, eald æscwiga, se ðe eall geman, garcwealm gumena (him bið grim sefa), onginneð geomormod geongum cempan 2045 þurh hreðra gehygd higes cunnian, wigbealu weccean, ond þæt word acwyð: 'Meaht ðu, min wine, mece gecnawan þone þin fæder to gefeohte bær under heregriman hindeman siðe, 2050 dyre iren, þær hyne Dene slogon, weoldon wælstowe, syððan Wiðergyld læg, æfter hæleþa hryre, hwate Scyldungas? Nu her þara banena byre nathwylces frætwum hremig on flet gæð, 2055 morðres gylpeð, ond þone maðþum byreð, þone þe ðu mid rihte rædan sceoldest.' Manað swa ond myndgað mæla gehwylce sarum wordum, oððæt sæl cymeð þæt se fæmnan þegn fore fæder dædum 2060 æfter billes bite blodfag swefeð, ealdres scyldig; him se oðer þonan losað lifigende, con him land geare. þonne bioð abrocene on ba healfe aðsweord eorla; syððan Ingelde 2065 weallað wælniðas, ond him wiflufan æfter cearwælmum colran weorðað. þy ic Heaðobeardna hyldo ne telge, dryhtsibbe dæl Denum unfæcne, freondscipe fæstne. Ic sceal forð sprecan 2070 gen ymbe Grendel, þæt ðu geare cunne, sinces brytta, to hwan syððan wearð hondræs hæleða. Syððan heofones gim glad ofer grundas, gæst yrre cwom, eatol, æfengrom, user neosan, 2075 ðær we gesunde sæl weardodon. þær wæs Hondscio hild onsæge, feorhbealu fægum; he fyrmest læg, gyrded cempa; him Grendel wearð, mærum maguþegne to muðbonan, 2080 leofes mannes lic eall forswealg.	Then at the beer-drinking he who sees treasure (=beah), the old spear-warrior, he who remembers everything, speaks (of) the death of men by the spear--his heart/mind within him is grim--he begins, with a sad mind, to create a temptation (=cunnian) of the soul for the young champion with the thought of his mind, to awaken the war-evil, and utters these words (this word): "Can you, my friend, recognize the sword, the preciousiron, which your father carried into battle under the war-helmet the last time, where the danes slew him, the brave(?) Scyldings? They controlled the battlefield when Withergyld lay (dead) after the death of the warriors. Now, here, the son of one of the murderers walks on the hall floor, exultant with (his) treasures; he boasts of murder and carries the treasure which you by right should possess." He admonishes (him) so and reminds (him) of every occasion (=maela=g.p.) with bitter words, until the time comes when the maiden's thane, bloodstained, sleeps from the sword's cut, having forfeited life for the sake of his dead father. The other man escapes thence, living; he knows the land certainly. Then on both sides the sworn oath of the warriors is broken; thereupon the deadly hate (=pl.) wells (up) within Ingeld, and in him the love of (his) wife cools from the flood of sorrow. Therefore I do not consider the loyalty of the Heatho-Beardas, (their) part of the alliance with the Danes (to be) without deceit, (or their) friendship fast. I shall continue to speak still about Grendel, that you might know well, distributer of treasure, what the handfight fo the warriors later came to. After the juwel of heaven glided over the earth, the angry demon came, terrible, angry in the evening, to attack us where, safe, we guarded the hall. THe battle there was fatal to Hondscioh, deadly to the doomed man; he, the girded warrior, lay (dead) first; Grendel, the devourer, came fro him, the illustrious young retainer, (and) swallowed up the entire body of the beloved man.

Lines 2081-2120a (Janet Kemp, trans.; Sandy Eckard, pres.)
No ðy ær ut ða gen idelhende bona blodigtoð, bealewa gemyndig, of ðam goldsele gongan wolde, ac he mægnes rof min costode, 2085 grapode gearofolm. Glof hangode sid ond syllic, searobendum fæst; sio wæs orðoncum eall gegyrwed deofles cræftum ond dracan fellum. He mec þær on innan unsynnigne, 2090 dior dædfruma, gedon wolde manigra sumne; hyt ne mihte swa, syððan ic on yrre uppriht astod. To lang ys to reccenne hu ic ðam leodsceaðan yfla gehwylces ondlean forgeald; 2095 þær ic, þeoden min, þine leode weorðode weorcum. He on weg losade, lytle hwile lifwynna breac; hwæþre him sio swiðre swaðe weardade hand on Hiorte, ond he hean ðonan 2100 modes geomor meregrund gefeoll. Me þone wælræs wine Scildunga fættan golde fela leanode, manegum maðmum, syððan mergen com ond we to symble geseten hæfdon. 2105 þær wæs gidd ond gleo. Gomela Scilding, felafricgende, feorran rehte; hwilum hildedeor hearpan wynne, gomenwudu grette, hwilum gyd awræc soð ond sarlic, hwilum syllic spell 2110 rehte æfter rihte rumheort cyning. Hwilum eft ongan, eldo gebunden, gomel guðwiga gioguðe cwiðan, hildestrengo; hreðer inne weoll, þonne he wintrum frod worn gemunde. 2115 Swa we þær inne ondlangne dæg niode naman, oððæt niht becwom oðer to yldum. þa wæs eft hraðe gearo gyrnwræce Grendeles modor, siðode sorhfull; sunu deað fornam, 2120 wighete Wedra.	he slayer with bloody teeth, intent on destruction,would not go any sooner out of that hall empty handed; but he, proud of his strength, made trial of me, grasped with ready hand. A glove hung (from his hand) large and strange, fastened with cunningly decorated clasps; it was all worked with skill, with the devil's craft and skins of dragons. The evil-doing beast wnated to put me, guiltless, one of many, inside it; he could not do so when I in anger stood upright. It is too long to recall how I requited that enemy of the people for every evil. There, my lord, I honored your people with my deeds. He escaped away, for a little while he enjoyed life's pleasures but his right hand remained behind in Heorot, and from there the wretched one, sad at heart, fell to the bottom of the mere. For that deadly fight the lord of the Scyldings rewarded me with much gold plate, with great treasure, when morning came and we had sat down to the feast. There was song and laughter; the old Scylding, the wise one, told of far off times; sometimes the brave in battle greeted the joy of the harp, the wood of mirth, sometimes the song related true and sad (deeds), sometimes the noble-spirited king told a marvellous story in accordance with what is right; sometimes again, bound in age, the old warrior began to tell of his battle strength inyouth; his breast surged when he, the wise old man, remembered many winters. So we spent the day long there in pleasure until night following came to men. There was quickly one ready for revenge, Grendel's mother journeyed in sorrow; death took her son, war-hate of the Weder Geats.

Lines 2120b-2159 (Christina Berry, trans.; Janet Kemp, pres.)
Wif unhyre hyre bearn gewræc, beorn acwealde ellenlice; þær wæs æschere, frodan fyrnwitan, feorh uðgenge. Noðer hy hine ne moston, syððan mergen cwom, 2125 deaðwerigne, Denia leode, bronde forbærnan, ne on bel hladan leofne mannan; hio þæt lic ætbær feondes fæðmum under firgenstream. þæt wæs Hroðgare hreowa tornost 2130 þara þe leodfruman lange begeate. þa se ðeoden mec ðine life healsode hreohmod, þæt ic on holma geþring eorlscipe efnde, ealdre geneðde, mærðo fremede; he me mede gehet. 2135 Ic ða ðæs wælmes, þe is wide cuð, grimne gryrelicne grundhyrde fond; þær unc hwile wæs hand gemæne, holm heolfre weoll, ond ic heafde becearf in ðam guðsele Grendeles modor 2140 eacnum ecgum, unsofte þonan feorh oðferede. Næs ic fæge þa gyt, ac me eorla hleo eft gesealde maðma menigeo, maga Healfdenes. Swa se ðeodkyning þeawum lyfde. 2145 Nealles ic ðam leanum forloren hæfde, mægnes mede, ac he me maðmas geaf, sunu Healfdenes, on minne sylfes dom; ða ic ðe, beorncyning, bringan wylle, estum geywan. Gen is eall æt ðe 2150 lissa gelong; ic lyt hafo heafodmaga nefne, Hygelac, ðec." Het ða in beran eaforheafodsegn, heaðosteapne helm, hare byrnan, guðsweord geatolic, gyd æfter wræc: 2155 "Me ðis hildesceorp Hroðgar sealde, snotra fengel, sume worde het þæt ic his ærest ðe est gesægde; cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogar cyning, leod Scyldunga lange hwile;	The awful woman avenged her child, boldly killed the man that was Aeschere, wise old counselor, departing (him) from life. The Danish people may not have the opportunity, since morning came, nor the fire to burn up the dead, nor heap up the dear man on the fire. She bore away his body under the waterfall in the fiend's outstretched arms. That was Hrothgar, The prince of the pople, who came upon long grevious sorrows. the the chief implored me by your life (Higelac) (he) implored, troubled in mind, that I on the sea's tumult performed nobility, (I) ventured on in life, performing fame, he gave me a reward. I found the guardian of the deep who is widely known terrible grim in the surging waters; There for a while was hand to hand combat between us the sea boiled with blood ans I had cut off (the head) of Grendle's mother in the battle hall with large edges hardly thence. (I) bore away (my) life. I wasn't yet doomed to die, but afterwards my earls' protector, Half Dane's son, gives a multitude of tresures. As the kind of the people lived in good customed. Not at all had I lost the rewards, many treasures, but he gave me treasures, Half Dane's on, of my own choice; that I then, hero kind, will bring, to (you) to show good will. Still al is dependent on the kindness (of you); I have little near relatives except, you, Higelac." (He) ordered them to bring in the boar banner, the otwering battle helmet, the hoary corslet, the splendid war sword, afterwards he uttered a formal speech "Hrothgar gives this war dress to me, prudent prince, he said that I should first decree to you his good will; (he) said that King Hiorogar, the Scylding's leader had (the tresures) for a long time.

Lines 2160-2199 (Jonathan Myerov, trans.; Tracina Jackson-Campbell, pres.)
2160 no ðy ær suna sinum syllan wolde, hwatum Heorowearde, þeah he him hold wære, breostgewædu. Bruc ealles well!" Hyrde ic þæt þam frætwum feower mearas lungre, gelice, last weardode, 2165 æppelfealuwe; he him est geteah meara ond maðma. Swa sceal mæg don, nealles inwitnet oðrum bregdon dyrnum cræfte, deað renian hondgesteallan. Hygelace wæs, 2170 niða heardum, nefa swyðe hold, ond gehwæðer oðrum hroþra gemyndig. Hyrde ic þæt he ðone healsbeah Hygde gesealde, wrætlicne wundurmaððum, ðone þe him Wealhðeo geaf, ðeodnes dohtor, þrio wicg somod 2175 swancor ond sadolbeorht; hyre syððan wæs æfter beahðege breost geweorðod. Swa bealdode bearn Ecgðeowes, guma guðum cuð, godum dædum, dreah æfter dome, nealles druncne slog 2180 heorðgeneatas; næs him hreoh sefa, ac he mancynnes mæste cræfte ginfæstan gife, þe him god sealde, heold hildedeor. Hean wæs lange, swa hyne Geata bearn godne ne tealdon, 2185 ne hyne on medobence micles wyrðne drihten Wedera gedon wolde; swyðe wendon þæt he sleac wære, æðeling unfrom. Edwenden cwom tireadigum menn torna gehwylces. 2190 Het ða eorla hleo in gefetian, heaðorof cyning, Hreðles lafe golde gegyrede; næs mid Geatum ða sincmaðþum selra on sweordes had; þæt he on Biowulfes bearm alegde 2195 ond him gesealde seofan þusendo, bold ond bregostol. Him wæs bam samod on ðam leodscipe lond gecynde, eard, eðelriht, oðrum swiðor side rice þam ðær selra wæs.	2160 No sooner for that did he wish to give to his son, to valiant Heoroweard, although he was loyal to him, the coat of mail. Enjoy it all well!" I [have] heard further that with that treasure four swift horses, all alike, followed behind, 2165 apple-fallow; he bestowed to him the goodwill of horses and treasure.--So should a kinsman do, to not at all weave the net of malice against another with secret cunning, or prepare death for his comrade. To Hygelac, 2170 hard of battles, his nephew was very loyal, and each was mindful of joy for the other. I [have] heard that he gave the neck-ring to Hygd, the wondrous, wondrous jewel which Wealtheow gave to him, the king's daughter gave also three horses, 2175 graceful and saddle-bright; since after its receiving was her breast honored. So Ecgtheow's son showed himself brave, man well-known in war, with good deeds, acted in pursuit of glory; not at all did he, flushed with drink, slay 2180 his hearth companions; nor was savageness in him, although he, through the greatest skill of all mankind, guarded the ample gift, which G-d gave to him, brave in battle. He was abject for a long time, since the children of the Geats did not consider him worthy, 2185 nor did the prince of the Weather-Geats wish to put himself in possession of much from the meadbench; very much [they] expected, that he was slothful, an inactive prince. Change came for the glorious man over each trouble. 2190 Then the protector of nobles, king brave in battle, commanded that Hrethel's heirloom, adorned with gold, be brought in; there was then not a better treasure among the Geats in the form of a sword; he laid that upon Beowulf's lap, 2195 and presented to him seven thousand units of land, the house and the throne. For both of them together there was inherited land, ancestral land, within the nation, the large kingdom, more especially for Hygelac [the other], who was higher in rank.

Lines 2200-2241 (Chad Matlick, trans.; Bettina Jordan, pres.)
2200 Eft þæt geiode ufaran dogrum hildehlæmmum, syððan Hygelac læg ond Heardrede hildemeceas under bordhreoðan to bonan wurdon, ða hyne gesohtan on sigeþeode 2205 hearde hildefrecan, Heaðoscilfingas, niða genægdan nefan Hererices, syððan Beowulfe brade rice on hand gehwearf; he geheold tela fiftig wintra (wæs ða frod cyning, 2210 eald eþelweard), oððæt an ongan deorcum nihtum draca ricsian, se ðe on heaum hofe hord beweotode, stanbeorh steapne; stig under læg, eldum uncuð. þær on innan giong 2215 niða nathwylc, se ðe neh gefeng hæðnum horde, hond ......, since fahne. He þæt syððan ......, þeah ðe he slæpende besyred wurde þeofes cræfte; þæt sie ðiod onfand, 2220 bufolc beorna, þæt he gebolgen wæs. Nealles mid gewealdum wyrmhord abræc sylfes willum, se ðe him sare gesceod, ac for þreanedlan þeow nathwylces hæleða bearna heteswengeas fleah, 2225 ærnes þearfa, ond ðær inne fealh, secg synbysig, sona onfunde þæt þær ðam gyste gryrebroga stod; hwæðre earmsceapen ...sceapen 2230 þa hyne se fær begeat. Sincfæt ......; þær wæs swylcra fela in ðam eorðhuse ærgestreona, swa hy on geardagum gumena nathwylc, eormenlafe æþelan cynnes, 2235 þanchycgende þær gehydde, deore maðmas. Ealle hie deað fornam ærran mælum, ond se an ða gen leoda duguðe, se ðær lengest hwearf, weard winegeomor, wende þæs ylcan, 2240 þæt he lytel fæc longgestreona brucan moste.	Where the Beowulf manuscript is incomplete, I have translated the reading that Kleaber gives in his notes. Translating this entire section felt strange; I'm really note sure of I did a good job. Afterwards, later in the day crashes of battle occured, when Hygelac fell dead and the warriors of Heardred, armed with (under) shields, were killed. Then the battle Swedes, brave battle warriors, searched among the glorious people, and visciously attacked the nephew of Hereric (meaning Heardred). Then the wide kingdom passed into the hand of Beowulf; he ruled well for fifty winters, (then the king was old, ancient land-guardian) until a dragon began to rule one dark night, he whom watched over the hoard in the high-dwelling, the steep stonebarrow. A path lay underneath it, unknown to men. into it wehnt a certain men, who when he (drew) near, seized from the heathen hoard ... a shining treasure. He then afterwards... however sleeping was tricked by the thief's cunning. Then the people discovered, the man's (possibly dragon's) neighbors, that he(the dragon) was enraged. He (the thief) did not break into the dragon's hoard of his own accord, by his own will, he who sorely injured him (the dragon),but because of ditress, a certain servant fled angry blows, lacking refuge (a house), and having reached there (the hoard), sword guilty one(?), at once discovered that horror arose in the guest. (Yet the outcast fled the horrible, terrible serpent, made the quarrel ready in the going, the danger befell him). He found a precious cup, there were many ancient treaures in the earth-house, the immense legacy of a noble people, as a certain man, in olden days, thoughtfully hid them, the dear treasures. Death took them all( the noble people) in earlier times, and the one retainer that was still (rest later)