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now beowulf bodethe burgthe yldings
leader beloved， and longruledfame with all folk
sie his father had gone away from the world
till awokeheir
haughty healfdene
who held through life
sage and sturdy
the yldings glad
then
one after ohere wokehim
thehieftain oflansmen
hildren four：
heorogar， then hrothgar， then halga brave；
and i heard that -- was --'s queen，
the heathoylfing's helpmate dear。
hrothgar was givenglorywar
honor ofombat， that all his kin obeyed him gladly till great grew his bandyouthfulomrades。
itamehis mindbid his hehmen a hall uprear
master mead-house， mightier far than ever was seenthe sonsearth
and within it， then，old and youngwould all allot that the lord had sent himsave only the land and the liveshis men。
wide， i heard， was the workommanded
for many a tribe this mid-earth round
fashion the folkstead。
fell，he ordered，in rapid hievement that readystood there
halls the noblest： heorotnamedwhose message had mightmany a land。
not rklesspromise， the ringsdealt
treasurebanquet： there towered the hall
high
gabled wide
the hot surge waitingfurious flame。
nor far was that day when father and son-in-law stoodfeud for warfare and hatred that woke again。
with envy and angerevil spirit endured the dolehis dark abode
thatheardday the dinrevel highthe hall： there harps rang outlear songthe singer。
sang who knew talesthe early timeman
how the almighty made the earth
fairest fields enfoldedwater
set， triumphant， sun and moon for a lightlighten the land-dwellers
and braided bright the breastearth with limbs and leaves
made life for allmortal beings that brea
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