NOTICE FOR THE BEOWULF AUTOTYPES.

THIS book was meant to be of the uzual demy 8vo size of the Society's Texts, and the Autotypes were )rderd of that size. But as they were printed with a vide margin, it seemd too cruel to cut them down. So the 8vo pages of type have been printed on larger ^aper, to suit the Autotypes ; and the cutting down of he book to range with the Society's other Texts is eft for those Members to order, who like thus to spoil he look of their copies.

F. J. F.

24 Nov. 1882.

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PHILADELPHIA : J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

AUTOTYPES OF THE UNIQUE COTTON MS. VITELLIUS A xv IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

WITH A

TRANSLITERATION AND NOTES

BY

JULIUS ZUPITZA, PH.D.,

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN.

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PUBLISHED FOR THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY, BY K TRUBKER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.

MDCCCLXXXII.

77.

BUNGAY : CLAY AND TAYLOR, THE CHAUCEK PRESS.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

MR. FURNIVALL, at p. 12 of the Eleventh Report of the Com mittee of the Early English Text Society (September, 1879), says as follows : " On Prof. Skeat's receiving, to the Committee's great pleasure, his well-earned and well-deserved reward of the Anglo- Saxon Professorship at Cambridge, he proposed that the Society should autotype the unique MS. of the great Anglo-Saxon epic of Beowulf. The Committee, relying on finding a translator and editor of the- text, adopted Prof. Skeat's suggestion. The MS. was photographed by Mr. Praetorius ; he has delivered some of the autotypes, and undertakes to hand in the whole early next year. Part I. of the book is now in hand, and will be issued for 1880 in 1881."

Before that Report was printed, I had promised Mr. Furnivall to act as editor. I collated the autotypes in the August and September of 1880, with the MS. as well as with the two transcripts of it, made nearly a hundred years ago — the one by, the other for, the first editor of the poem, G. J. Thorkelin — which now belong to the Large Royal Library at Copenhagen, but which, on our director's application, were kindly sent to the British Museum. After my return to Germany, however, having to perform the duties of Dean to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Berlin for 1880- 1881, I was unable to go on with the Beoufrilf before the long vacation of 1881. My transliteration of the MS. was in type by the end of August, 1882, and I read the proof-sheets of it with the MS. in the earlier part of the following month.

Vi PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

The transliteration contains more than can be read in the Facsimile or even in the MS., inasmuch as it has been my endeavour to give the text as far as possible in that condition in which it stood in the MS. a century ago. The MS. (Cotton MSS. Vitellius A. xv.) did not suffer so much from the fire of 1731 itself as from its consequences, which would, without doubt, have been avoided if the MS. had been at once rebound as carefully as it has been rebound in our days. Even when Thorkelin used it, the edges of a few pages only had crumbled off. But much more was gone by Kemble's time, and many letters and words which Kemble still saw are now no longer in existence.

Further losses have been put a stop to by the new binding ; but, admirably as this was done, the binder could not help covering some letters or portions of letters in every back page with the edge of the paper which now surrounds every parchment leaf. I grudged no pains in trying to decipher as much of what is covered as possible. When, in my notes, I simply state that something is covered, I always mean to say that, by holding the leaf to the light, I was able to read it nevertheless. In case I could not make out what is covered distinctly, I always add a remark to that effect.

Both in the front pages and in the back pages transparent paper was employed by the binder, which, although it does not prevent the reader of the MS. from seeing what is under it, was yet very often the cause of some letters or parts of letters being reproduced in the Facsimile indistinctly or not at all. In such cases I have not thought it necessary to add notes.

When in passages which are defective now, Thorkelin's transcripts, or the statements of Wanley, Conybeare, Kemble, and others, seem to me to leave no ground for doubt as to the former reading of the MS., I have not marked in my transliteration what I have accepted on such secondary evidence, which the reader will find mentioned in the notes. In general, when the question is settled by Thorkelin's copies, I do not cit^any later authority.

In passages which were illegible or defective as early as the time of Thorkelin, or even of Wanley, I employ as many colons as letters seem to have been lost. When it is impossible to know their

PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Vll

approximate number, I use three or more dots. In some instances of the first kind I have adopted conjectural readings within square brackets, which I have also used when correcting obvious faults in both of Thorkelin's transcripts without the help of a later authority. But the mistakes of the original scribes (cf. note to p. 89, 1. 4) have of course been left untouched, unless corrected by themselves or by a contemporary hand, in which case the reader must refer to my notes. I have also adhered to the punctuation of the MS., but I have hyphened words or syllables belonging together ; and, on the other hand, I have separated by a vertical line two words wrongly written as one. I must add, however, that it is often very difficult, if not impossible, to decide whether the scribe intended one or more words.

The Transliteration corresponds with the MS., and hence with the FS. (Facsimile), page by page, and line by line, with the exception of two leaves (fol. 179 and 198 ; cf. pp. 102-5 and 142-5), which, on account of the great number of notes necessary, required four pages each, so that the Transliteration has 144 pages to 140 of the FS. To the numbers of the pages of the FS. I have added, in the second headline of each page of the Transliteration, the numbers of the folios of the MS., and of the corresponding lines in Grein's edition. Most of the numbers of the folios are visible in the FS. in the right-hand corner of the upper front page, but the numbers in pp. 8 and 10 of the FS. are owing to the photographer only, who is also responsible for the pp. 4, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 22 giving in the FS. two folio numbers each.

My warmest thanks are due to the authorities both of the Large Royal Library of Copenhagen, and of the British Museum, especially to my friend Mr. E. Maunde Thompson, the Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum.

I subjoin a list of abbreviations made use of, and books referred to, in my notes.

A] Poema anglosaxonicum de rebus gestis Danorum ex mem- brana bibliothecae cottonianae . . . fecit exscribi Londini A.D. MDCCLXXXVII. Grimus Johannis Thorkelin, LL.D.

B] Poema anglosaxonicum de Danorum rebus gestis ... ex

Vill PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

membranaceo codice ... in bibliotheca cottoniana . . . ex-

scripsit Grimus Johannis Thorkelin, LL.D. Londini anno

MDOCLXXXVII. C] Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry. By John Josias Cony-

beare, London, 1826, pp. 82-155.

Gt] Beowulf es Beorh, ved Nik. Fred. Sev. Grundtvig. Copen hagen, London, and Leipzig, 1861. Holder] Beowulf herausgegeben von Alfred Holder. I. Zweite

Auflage. Freiburg i. B. und Tubingen, 1882. K] The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Traveller's Song,

and the Battle of Finnesburh, ed. by John M. Kemble.

Second Edition. London, 1835. Kolbing] Zur BeoVulf-handschrift. Cf. Archiv fiir das Studium

der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, herausgegeben von

L. Herrig. 56. Band. Braunschweig, 1876, pp. 91-118. Th] The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, etc., by Benjamin

Thorpe. Oxford, 1855. Thk] De Danorum rebus gestis secul. iii. and iv. poema danicum

dialecto anglosaxonica .... edidit .... Grim. Johnson

Thorkelin, Havniae, 1815. W] Antiquae literaturae septentrionalis liber alter, seu Hum-

phredi Wanleii . . . catalogus historico-criticus . . . Oxoniae,

1705, p. 218. Wiilcker] Bibliothek der angelsachsischen Poesie, begriindet von

Christian W. M. Grein. Neu bearbeitet von Kichard Paul

WUlcker. I. Band.— 1. Halfte. Kassel, 1881.

J. ZUPITZA.

Berlin, S.W., Kleinbeerenstrasse 7 ; Nov. 18th, 1882.

A succeeding Volume, now in course of preparation, will contain a Critical Text of the Poem by Prof. Zupitza, a Translation of that by Prof. Napier, Dissertations on the Composition and on the Myth ological and Historical Elements in Beowulf by Prof. MullenhofF, &c.

F. J. F.

BEOWULF.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION or THE MS.

p. 1 = fol. 129r = 11. 1—21.

HW^T WE GARDE- na. in|gear-dagum. peod-cyninga

J>rym ge-frunon hu^a sebelingas ellen

fremedon. Oft scyld scefing sceajjena 5 preaturn *moneg^um msegbum meodo-setla 5

of-teah egsode eorl sy^^an serest wear<$

fea-sceaft funden he baes frofre gebad

weox under wolcnum weor^-myndum bah.

o^S ]>cet him seghwylc bara ymb-sittendra 10 * ofer hron-rade hyran scolde gomban 10

gyldan ]>cet wees god cyning. ftaem eafera waes

sefter cenned geong in geardum bone god

sende folce to] frofre fyren-^earfe on-

geat"'*'p hie ser drugon aldor-[le]ase. lange 15

15 hwile him fses lif-frea wuldres wealdend

worold-are for-geaf . beowulf waes breme

blsed wide sprang scyldes eafera scede-

landum in. *Swa sceal [geong g]uma gode 20

ge-wyrcean fromum feoh-giftum. on faeder

1 The upper part of E in GARDE gone ; E A, e (as well as the preceding Z>) with a different ink B, e W.

3 ellen ABW ; now the second stroke of n gone.

4 scea\>ena W, scea\>en AB as well as the MS. now.

0 the blot over/ in of recent || feared over egsode in a 16th century hand || wear^ AW, weard B ; now the whole of tS all but gone, only the yery top of it being left.

7 gebad (d added with a different ink B) ABW ; now d gone (no accent on the a).

10 a letter erased between liron and rade.

14 £ generally means }>cet, but sometimes, it would seem, \>a ; cf . JElfric's Grammar, 38, 3 ; 121, 4 ; 291, 2. || aldor . . . ase W, aldor . . . . ase (r altered from n, the second a altered from some other letter, and an erasure before it) A, aldor . . . tise B ; before the second a in MS. a stroke is still visible, such as generally connects an e with a following a.

15 the second d of rvealdend cut through.

16 m in breme cut through between the second stroke and the third.

17 from six to seven letters illegible between sceal and urna, and even the

u not quite perfect ; ma (ma added over the line) A,

ma B.

18; I9 e both in gode and feeder cut through.

Y> ?^H ""V*3

*"

opD fey Ik

mone-^u

{ ceoiix: tun <*en lie ptef pnopjte- olcnu

fettbe- pice ccp|top|te

Jjmie- )i;m

utn-bum in

t^wC Jennie- JM5 cum£-

3077 * ]nm &i, f^X^ ^^V'-t^ ^^^ fc^P "P

leop

: pjuf i^jre-un^ p^v- ale-ion beri beiL

iic cr»iucoL' cecL7^vii^tt ii*.^ a num

buir) bitium ntvunum mm on j ^% TLiabma m&ni^o kaJnm mii fcol

p^p ^^ picmi •

*.u:

e Oiiep, y^Te umro^ y^

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

Uo z*3

p. 2 = fol. 129V = 11. 21—46.

: : rme \mt hine on ylde eft ge-wunigen wil-

gesifas ]>onne wig cume. leode ge-lsesten

lof-daedura sceal *in maegba gehwaere man ge- 25

Jjeoii. him ^a scyld ge-wat to ge-scaep-hwile 5 fela-hror feran on|frean waere hi hyne

J>a setbaeron to brimes faro'Se swaese gesijms

swa he self a baed *]>enden wordum weold 30

wine scyldinga leof land-fruma lange

ahte.Jjaer aet hyfte stod hringed-stefna isig 10 ond ut-fus aejjelinges faer. aledon ba leofiie

Jjeoden *beaga bryttan on bearm scipes 35

mser-ne be maeste baer waes madma fela

of feor-wegum fraetwa gelaeded. Ne hyrde

ic cymlicor ceol ge-gyrwan hilde-waep-num 15 ond hea'So-waedum *billum ond byrnum him on bear- 40

me laeg madma maenigo ba him mid scol-

don on| nodes aeht feor ge-witan. Nalaes

hi hine laessan lacum teodan beod-gestreo-

num bon ba dydon *be hine aet frum-sceafte 45

20 forS onsendon aenne ofer y^e umbor-we-

1 rme C K Th; rine with another ink, as it seems, and certainly in smaller characters, after a blank A ; rine written likewise with a different ink and by a mistake given as the last word of the front page, afterwards altered to \>ine B ; ine Gt. What in the FS. looks like part of a letter before ne is owing to a small hole in the MS., but there is really before the n) just above the \> of gesfyas, a stroke left, which, however, is covered as well as another stroke under the line above the first s of gesfyas ; the upper part of n in ne is also covered || the parchment is torn between ge and wunigen || mil AB ; now part of w, almost the whole of i, and what little there is left of the lower part of I covered.

a the g in gesfyas all but perfect, although covered.

3 I and a small part of o in lof covered. 4 \> in \>eon covered.

5 / and part of e in fela covered. 6 part of \> in \>a covered.

7 s and part of tv in swa covered. 8 tv in mine covered.

17 ce in NalcBS is a little clearer in the MS. than in the FS. ; Nalces A, Na IcesE.

19 \>on \>a dydon A, \>on \>a dy-don (the hyphen with another

ink) B ; now only indistinct traces of the lower part of \> in \>a left, and y in dydon all but illegible, but the rest is pretty clear. Kolbing reads \on in the MS., mistaking, I think, a bit of paper pasted over the word for a mark of abbreviation.

B 2

4 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 3 = fol. 130r = 11. 46—68. sende f a|gyt hie him asetton segen g[yl]- denne heah ofer heafod leton holm beran geafon on gar-secg him waes geomor sefa

*murnende mod men ne cunnon. secgan to 50

5 so^e sele-rsedenne heeled under heofenuwi hwa J?aem hlaeste on-feng.

.1.

T\ A. wses on burgum beowulf scyl-dinga leof

leod-cyning longe frage *f oleum gefrse- 55

10 ge fseder ellor hwearf aldor of ear-de

oj> f cet him eft on-woc heah healf-dene heold

)>enden lifde gamol ond gu'S-reouw glsede scyl-

dingas Saem feower beam forS gerimed *in 60

worold wocun weoro-da raeswa heoro-gar. ond 1 5 hro^-gar ond halga til hyrde ic Ipcet elan cwen.

hea^o-scilfingas heals-gebedda J?a wses hro^-

gare here-sped gyfen *wiges weor^-mynd. ]pcet 65,

him his wine-magas georne hyrdon o'S'S f cet

seo geo-go^ geweox mago-driht micel him 20 on mod be-arn f cet heal-reced hatan wolde.

1 sende AB ; now the upper part of * gone [| gyl~\ now only the lower part of g left ; ge AB (but e with another ink and hand A, with another ink B).

2 beran A, bera B ; now n and part of a gone.

4 to AB ; now the second part of o gone.

5 heofenum A, Jieofcnum B ; now the second stroke of u and the abbrevia tion for m, although not quite gone, yet very indistinct.

8 leof ABW ; now the greater part of / gone.

9 gefrce ABW ; ce now torn asunder and part of it gone.

16 hro^ MS., not hrod : the stroke through the d is clearer in the MS. than in the FS.

18 >£et] the stroke through the \> is now a little indistinct.

iefine- lieajjofsenlfeitf^ lecon *••

fele- ji^-^ei

6€&j7ul|r fcvl^m^a

pju

ncti rn

bus:oti pic

jpssp.jvw

ii^

hmi

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pol

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 5

p. 4 = fol. 130r = 11. 69—91.

medo-aern micel men gewyrcean *J>one yldo 70

beam sefre ge-frunon. ond baer on innan call

ge-dselan geongum ond ealdum swylc him god

sealde buton folc-scare ond feorum gumena. 5 fta ic wide ge-fraegn weorc ge-bannan *manigre 75

insBgbe geond bis-ne middan-geard folc-ste-

de frsetwan him on fyrste ge-lomp aedre

mid yldum. ])cet hit wearS eal gearo heal-ser-

na msest scop him heort nanian sejre his

10 wordes geweald wide hgefde. *He beot ne 80

| aleh beagas dselde sine set symle sele

hlifa-de. heah ond horn-geap heaSo-wylma

bad b/San liges ne waes hit lenge bajgen

\>cet se secg hete ajmm swerian * sefter wsel-ni- 85

15 'Se wsecnan scolde. ^a se ellen-gaest ear-

fo^lice J?rage gejjolode sejje in ]}ystruw

bad $cet he dogora ge-hwam dream gehyr-

de. hludne in healle faer wees hearpan

sweg *swutol sang scopes ssegde se]?e cupe 90

20 frum-sceaft fira feorran reccan • • >

1 medo atrn (originally cern ; medo with a different ink B) BW,

eern .... with F with another ink before it A ; now medo quite gone, and part of ce covered || yldo ABW ; it seems still entire, although part of Id and the whole of o covered.

8 beam (in smaller characters A) ABW ; now "be and part of a gone, or, at least, invisible under the paper pasted over it.

3 ge-dcelan A, ged&lan BW ; now.^ gone, and part of e covered.

* sealde ABW ; now the greatest part of s gone, and what is left of it as well as the first e covered.

5 $a AB ; now only part of the horizontal stroke of $ left, and part of a covered.

6 the first two strokes of m in mceg\>e covered.

7 de entire, although d and part of e covered.

8 the first stroke of m in mid covered.

10 the dot under t of beot seems accidental.

19 a blot under co in scopes \\ scede originally, but g inserted in the same hand.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 5 = fol. 132r = 11. 92—113. ]>cet se selmihtiga eor^an worli[te]

wlite-beorhtne wang swa wseter be-

buge^S gesette sige-hrebig sunnan

ond monan *leoman to leohte land-buen- 95

5 dum ond ge-frsetwade foldan sceatas

leomum ond leafum lif eac gesceop cyn-

na ge-hwylcum fara ^e cwice hwyrfab[.]

Swaj^a driht-guman dreamum lif don

*eadig-lice o^set an ongan fyrene fre[m]- 100

10 man feond on helle wses se|grim-ma gsest

grendel haten msere mearc-stapa

se be moras heold fen ond feesten fifel-cyn-

nes eard *won-sseli wer weardode hwile 105

sibftan him scyppend for-scrifen hsefde 15 in caines cynne bone cwealm ge-wrsec

ece drihten fees be lie abel slog. Nelge-

feah he baere faelrSe ac he hine feor

for-wrsBC *metod for fy mane mancynne 110

fram fanon untydras ealle onwocon 20 eotenas ond ylfe ond orcneas swylce gi-

fol. 131 after fol. 146. l crv<z% A, crv&d (d changed to % with another ink) B ; now none of the letters unhurt, although w is all but entire ; $ might equally well be d, fs is torn, c has suffered most || ce in celmihtiga torn asunder || eor^San} a tear between eor and Zan || morJi with several dots after it (with a different ink B, orh with a different ink on dots A) AB ; now only nearly the whole of ?v and the beginning of o left.

2 be (at the end of the line) AB ; now part of the e gone, but what is left of it is enough to show that the last letter was not i.

3 snnnan AB ; now an gone.

4 buen AB ; now en and the upper part of the second stroke of u gone, the u being furthermore torn.

5 sceatas AB ; now the upper part of the last s gone.

6 cyn AB ; now n gone.

7 hwyrfalp AB ; now \> gone, and the a before it not quite distinct.

8 lif don AB ; now the greatest part of o and the whole of n gone, and d torn asunder : at the end of the line there is a large part of an s, which I suppose originally belonged to symUe, on the back of the leaf (1. 8), but having crumbled off there, got into this line.

9 fre AB ; now also part of e gone.

10 gcest AB ; st not quite perfect now.

14 sct/ppen*: the correction i

15 caines altered from cames.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 7

p. 6 = fol. 1327 == 11. 113—134. gantas pa wiS gode wunnon lange f rage he him 'Saes lean for-geald.

.II.

*n

m * ewat fta neosian syp'San niht becom 115

5 \_>n hean huses hu hit hring-dene aefter

beor-pege gebun haefdon. Fand pa|^5aer

inne aepelinga ge-driht swefan aefter

symble sorge ne cirSon *wonsceaft wera 120

wiht un-haelo grim ond graedig gearo sona 10 waes reoc ond repe ond on raeste genam pritig

pegna panon eft gewat huSe hremig

to ham faran *mid paere wael-fylle wica 125

neosan. ^Sa]w8es on|uhtan mid ser-daege

grendles gu^S-craeft gumum undyrne 15 J>a waes aefter wiste w6p up ahafen micel

morgen-sweg maere peoden *ae])elmg aergod 130

un-bli^e saet polode ^ry^-swy^ pegn-sorge

dreah sy^-pan hie paes la^an last scea-

wedon wergan gastes waes Ipcet ge-win to 20 strang la^ ond long-sum naes hit lengra

1 o ntas originally, but altered to gantas with another ink (and in another hand, too ?) A ; ntas, altered to gantas with a different ink B (on the front page) ; now entirely gone, for what looks like the remains of a letter in the FS. is owing only to a tear in the MS. || wiS torn j| the upper part of d in gode covered || the last n of wunnon was covered when the photograph was taken, but is visible now j| the tops of I, g, and e in lange covered || \>rage AB ; now e and the tops of \> and g gone, a and part of \> and g covered.

2 Tie AB ; now gone || part of h in him covered. 4 Geiveat A, Gewat B ; Ge now gone.

s the first stroke of k in hean all but entirely covered.

6 beor AB ; now b gone, and part of e covered. 7 i of inne covered.

8 symble AB ; now sy only partially preserved (for s, cf. the note to 1. 8 of the front page).

9 w in tviJit covered. n \> in \egna torn and partially covered.

8 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 7 = fol. 133r = 11. 134—158.

fyrst *ac ymb aue niht eft gefremede 135

morS-beala mare ond no mearn fore

faelrSe ond fyrene wses to faest on Jam ba

wees ea^-fynde be him elles hwaer gerum- 5 licor raeste *bed sefter burum 'Sa him 140

ge-beacnod wees gesasgd soft-lice sweoto-

lan tacne heal-ftegnes hete heold hy-

ne syft-ban fyr ond fsestor se baem feonde

set-wand. Swa rixode ond wift rihte wan 10 *ana wift eallum oft \oet idel stod husa selest 145

waes seo hwil micel .xii. wintra tid torn ge-

bolode wine scyldenda weana ge-hwelcne

sidra sorga forftam wearft *ylda bearnum 150

undyrne cuft gyddur/i geomore fsstte greii- 15 del wan hwile wi^ hrof-gar hete-ni^Sas

w?eg fyrene ond fseh'Se fela missera singa-

le saece sibbe ne wolde *wi:S manna hwone 155

msegenes deniga feorh-bealo feorran

fea fingian ne fser nsenig witena wenan 20 forfte beorhtre bote to banu folmurw.

1 fyrst AB ; now no more of it visible in the MS. than in the FS., only t being entire || ymb AB ; now b almost entirely gone || eft AB ; now t and part of/ gone || gefremede AB ; now gone.

2 fore AB ; now part of e gone. 3 \>a AB ; now part of a gone.

4 gerwn AB ; now the last stroke of in gone.

5 him AB ; now the last stroke of m gone.

6 srveoto .... A, smeoto B ; now to gone.

7 hy AB ; now only h and the lowest part of y left.

8 feonde AB ; now part of the last e gone, and nd torn. 10 selest AB ; now t not entirely preserved.

80 beor^Jre : the correction in another hand [| b in bote altered from some other letter (t ?) in the same hand.

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ne J/ent

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V Cauurr; c^T'^iVel fco^ liu to li|;ii micet ^u-piMrji^t', T^ ^cop^'x

Icttjtrtur

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e

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ii^a peoji/i Ijea p^t

o

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fe,irt<i<$e~ ^ ji«-:ae-

k ^

(i^^ he ^ane- 1

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o.o\&inn btf^art '$ him

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 9

p. 8 = fol. 133y = 159—181.

: : : : seglseca ehtende waes *deorc deaj>-scua 160

duguj>e ond geogojje seomade ond syrede

sin-nihte heold mistige moras men ne

cunnon hwyder hel-runan hwyrftum 5 scrifa'S swa fela fyrena feond mancyn-

nes *atol angengea oft gefremede. 165

heardra hyn'Sa heorot eardode sinc-

fage sel sweartum nihtum no he bone

gif-stol gretan moste ma)rtfam for nieto- 10 de ne his myne wisse *}>cet wses wrsec micel 170

wine scyldinga modes brec^a monig oft

gesset rice to rune rsed eahtedon hwset

swrS-ferlr<Sum selest wsere wi^ faer-gryriira

to ge-fremmanne. *Hwilum hie gehe- 175

15 ton aet hrserg-trafum wig-weorjmnga

wordum bsedon $cet him gast-bona geoce

gefreme-de. wi^ J?eod-jjreaum swylc waes

Jjeaw hyra. hae)>enra hyht helle gemun-

don *in mod-sefan metod hie ne cufon 180

20 dseda demend ne wiston hie drihten god.

"... (blank space A) ceglceca elitende AB ; now ceglaca as well as the first letter of ehtende quite gone, but the lower part of h and the following letters preserved, although what is left of h and the top of te, being covered, do not appear in the FS. || deorc AB ; now de no longer entire, and what is left of the two letters in part covered [| dea\> still entire, but in part covered || scua AB ; now na gone and part of so covered.

2 dugu\>e (du with a different ink in the place of some dots B) AB ; now only igu\>e left, and ^ and the upper part of \> covered || the abbreviation for the first ond and the following g partially covered.

3 sinmhte A, sin nihte B ; now s gone, and the first i and the first stroke of the first n covered.

4 cunnon A, curnon with nnon written with a different ink over vnon B ; now only innon legible.

5 s and part of c in scrfyaZ covered.

6 nes AB ; now only s (which, however, is torn) legible ; but a letter or two may be covered.

7 heardra AB ; now the greater part of 7i gone and what is left of it covered.

8 fage AB ; now/<z all but quite gone (what little remains of these letters is covered), and g not entire.

9 9lf~\ 9 covered, / torn.

10, 11, 12, is tlie firgt lexers of these lines are entire, but partially covered.

10 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 9 = fol. 134' = H. 182—203. ne hie huru heofena helm herian ne cupon wuldres waldend wa brS paem 'Se sceal purh sli^ne nift sawle bescufan

*in|fyres fsepm frofre ne]wenan wihte ge- 185

5 wendan wel brS paam pe mot sefter dea'S- dsege drihten secean. ond to feeder fsepmum freofto wilnian.

.III.

mael-ceare maga healfdenes *singa- 190

10 ^-/ la sea^ ne mihte snotor hseleft wean on-

wendan wses \ae,t ge-win to swy'S lap ond long-sum pe

on|Sa leode becom nyd-wracu nip-grim niht-

bealwa maest \od fram ham ge-frsegn higela-

ces pegn *god mid geatum grendles dseda 195

15 se wses moncynnes maegenes strongest on

paem dasge pysses lifes sepele ond eacen het

him y'S-lidan godne gegyrwan cwaa^ he gu^S-

cyning *ofer swan-rade secean wol-de mser- 200

ne peoden pa him wses manna pearf Eone 20 si^-faat him snotere ceorlas lyt-hwon logon.

1 ne hie AB ; now gone || huru AB ; now the upper part of the first stroke of h gone || heofena AB ; now h, n, a in part gone || helm still pretty distinct in MS., although the tops of h and I are gone || ne AB ; now gone.

3 bescufan AB ; now n gone. * ge AB ; now the e indistinct.

5 wendan altered from rvenan in the same hand (an having been changed to da and n added).

* iS in dea& has shrunk together.

9 healfdes altered to healfdenes in the same hand.

19 a in \>earf altered from r.

- jrflS^L^ IgWP^f?

',* + + im. /*»<* "m if /^tr i^f TI y i i « A-*? t « n A-I IA «^% ;% %;

p juf p^m fpjpjte nepeitan i pel o^T j?^em p

ernorr

vi

n

co fj;^ lajjr-jLm^ fuw ]?e- n^mutcu -wbatim nmr r Imuim

moncynncf m&genef i^jt-en^-^p on

rut^e fececu? po ?n W-lum p^mjLnn^ p^li^ fnorrerte- ctonLlf 1^ lit;

I

(b^on {icjieamaf Bunion

on bectttm ntican

w

y

u^u iJU|1^e^Tle^-

aji'jti

« r »4 4

C/ipU

Ct i i

.-/lit/ v

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 11

p. 10 == fol. 134V = 11. 203—228. J>eah he him leof waere hwetton hige-[r]ofne hsel sceawedon * haefde se goda geata leoda 205

cem-pan gecorone j?ara ]>e he cenoste

M

findan mihte. xv. sum sund-wudu sohte 5 secg wisade lagu-crseftig mon land-gemyr-

cu *fyrst for^S gewat flota waes on y'Sum. 210

bat under beorge beornas gearwe on

stefn stigon streamas wundon sund wr<$ san-

de secgas bseron on bearm nacan beorhte 10 frsetwe *gu:S-searo geatolic gum an ut scu- 215

fon weras on wil-sift wudu bundenne. gewat

J?a ofer waeg-holm winde gefysed flota fa- mi-heals fugle gelicost o^5 ]>cet ymb an-tid

ojjres dogores *wunden-stefna gewaden hsefde 220

15 \<zt $a IrSende land gesawon brim-clifu blican

beorgas steape. side sse-nsessas jja|wses sund

liden eoletes aet ende fanon up hra^e *we- 225

dera leode on wang stigon. sae-wudu sseldon

syrcan hrysedon. guft-gewsedo gode J?an- 20 cedon Jjaes J?e him yf lade ea^e wur-don.

1 \>eah AB , now nothing left but some traces of the lower part of h || the upper part of k in he covered || leof AB ; now the upper part of I gone || mare Tiwetton all but entire, although partially covered (cf. FS.) || hige AB ; now the tops of Ji and e gone || rofne} ]>ofne A,forne B ; now only the lower part of the first letter left, which may have been r, )?, /, s, or rv.

2 licel AB ; now h gone, and the first half of ce covered || od in leoda partially covered, the d being furthermore torn.

s cempan AB ; now c gone and e covered. 4 f in findan partially covered.

12 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 11 = fol. 135r = 11. 229—252.

Jja of wealle geseah weard scildinga *se fe holm- 230

clifu healdan scolde beran ofer bolcan

beorhte raudas fyrd-seara fus-licu hine

fyrwyt braec mod-ge-hygdum hwset fa men 5 wseron. Gewat him bajto warofte wicge ridan

*j>egn hroft-gares frymmum cwehte maegen- 235

wudu mundum mebel-wordum fra3gn. hwset

syndon ge searo-haabbendra byrnum were-

de be bus brontne ceol ofer Iagu-stra3te 10 Isedan cwomon *hider ofer hoi mas le waas 240

ende-sa3ta aeg-wearde heold be on land dena

la'Sra na3nig mid scip-herge sce^ban ne

meahte no her cu'Slicor cuman on-gunnon.

*lind-haebbende ne|ge-leafnes-word gu^- 245

15 fremmendra gearwe ne|wisson maga ge-

medu naefre ic maran geseah eorla ofer

eorjjan 'Sonne is eower sum secg on searwum

nis Ipcet seld-guma *wa3pnum geweor^Sad naafre 250

him his wlite leoge sen-lie ansyn nu 20 ic eower sceal frum-cyn witan eer'ge fyr

1 \>a AB ; now gone || the top of h in geseah gone || \>e AB ; now the larger part of e gone || holm AB ; now gone, but written under the line in a modern hand.

5 ridan AB ; now an and part of d gone.

8 were AB ; now the last e gone.

10 le, no doubt, not Ic ; cf. the FS. and Ic, fol. 160T, 1. 15.

19 the beginning of the line left blank on account of a defect in the parchment (cf. fol. 135T, 1. 19).

I

fcclie

f eajiu ; *>^fci7tti f,p AZ? mm pari?panabe-

mum cpet^re- rnu: munl^um metet pojt^um tLrut^ri- lir

en^jut ly^inum i j>e|uf Ipn^ne- ctol

cyomon mbcp, (ifet ^petijioe-

fcio jj^t^e- fct cuman

ic mafiaii ^ctiii eojila o . i (um fe

M .-

fcml putnn cyn

4*i leaf -feed

<

im •

onlezic vefytre ^um cytintf *]J»5e-Licep

lcwm

-p

^

na^en * ^e^^ l

- z;amo V

< ^ •<

'?y pike- zjft>«J> ebnpo)!' pej?tirth noib

-£>ecemi cmon

•cei .tjttii^e ^fip'v:-- in tie- re- fum j7ej^?7 ^^

if ^A ftforlz ce-

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 13

p. 12 = fol. 135T = 11. 252—273. heonan leas scea-weras on land dena

furjmr feran nu ge feor-buend *mere- 255

li^ende mine gehyra'S an-fealdne ge- ]?oht ofost is selest to|ge-cy^5anne 5 hwanan eowre cyme syndon.

JIII.

Him se yldesta emtfewarode werodes wisa word-hord onleac *we|synt gum-cynnes 260

geata leode ond hige-laces heor<S-ge-neatas. 10 wses min faeder f oleum ge-cybed sebele

ord-fruma ecgbeow haten. gebad wintra

worn ser|he on weg hwurfe. *gamol of gear- 265

dum hine gear-we geman witena wel-

hwylc wide geond eorban. we burh holdne 15 hige hlaford binne sunu healf-

denes secean cwomon leod-ge-byrgeaii

wes J?u us lare-na god. *habba^S we to baem 270

mseran micel aeren-de deniga frean. ne

sceal J>ser dyrne sum wesan bses ic 20 wene bu|wast gif hit is swa we.soblice

1 lieonan A, heonon B ; now heo and part of the first n gone, and what is left of that n covered ; but heonan (k covered) written under the line in a modern hand || the tops of s in n-eras and of I and d in land covered || dena A, Dena B ; now a gone, and n entirely, de in part covered.

2 furfur AB ; now the upper part of / gone, and what remains of it as well as the first stroke of the first u covered.

3 Hn li$ende in part covered.

4 ]poht AB ; now the lower part of \> gone. 5 Jiwanan AB ; now h gone. 7 Him AB ; now the first part of H gone, but there is a little more of it

preserved than is reproduced in the FS.

11 originally ec }>eow, g being added in the same hand.

15 g in hige altered from n in the same hand || hlaford crossed out after hlaford in MS.

19 ic covered with transparent paper ; the end of the line blank (of. note to fol. 135r, 1. 19).

20 the stop is inserted to divide rve from so]>lice ; cf. fol. 164T, 1. 9.

14 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. p. 13 = fol. 136r = 11. 273—297.

secgan hyrdon \<%t mid scyldingum scea'Sona ic nat hwylc. *deogol daed-hata deorcum 275

nihtum eawe^S purh egsan un-cu'Sne ntfS hyn'Su ond hra-fyl ic paes hro^-gar maeg Jmrh 5 rumne sefan raed gelaeran. hu he frod. ond

god fe-ond ofer-swy^Sep *gyf him edwendan 280

aefre scol-de. bealuwa bisigu bot eft cuman ond fa cear-wylmas colran wur^Sap o'SSe a|sypftan earfoft-prage prea-nyd 10 polaS fen-den paer wuna^S *on heah-stede 285

usa selest. weard mapelode 'Saer on wicge saet ombeht unforht seg-hwaefres sceal scearp scyld-wiga gescad witan worda ond worca sepe wel fenced *ic \oe,t ge-hyre paet 290

15 pis is hold weorod frean scyldinga gewitaf forS beran waspen ond gewaedu ic eow wisige swylce ic magu-pegnas mine hate wiS

feonda ge-hwone flotan eowerne *niw- 295

tyrwydne nacan on sande arum heal- 20 dan op^aat eft byre^S ofer lagu-strea-

1 secgan AB ; now the greatest part of * gone (cf. FS.) || sceaZona A, scea'So ($ altered from d with another ink) B ; now only scea left (but e and a are not entire).

2 deorcum AB ; now the two last strokes of m gone.

s ni$ AB ; now the upper part of $ gone. 4 \>urJi AB ; now k gone.

5 frod. 7 A, frod. and B ; now a small part of o, the lower part of d, and the abbreviation for ond gone.

6 edivendan AB ; now an gone. 15 \> in gewita\> torn.

lim/lc ire urn tir^pe

u ^ f yl '4< ne fer ar? jt ew^ opqt f^y^ef fcol5e lealup^t -j|>a,cea|t

:

^J ^ boc ef

j?fijtutf mme-

plor^n o

ly|t^r

^ir fee

ni p

>ie

• 0&t

onccrrofi i n rvathror/- ^" o fetticA ba>- Lrcre

^ ^

pa-l

ax

nun zro?ni

metro

|;

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. 15

p. 14 = fol. 136T = 11. 297—319.

mas leofne mannan wudu wunden-hals

to weder-mearce god-frem-mendra

swylcum gifebe bi8 *]>cet bone hilde-nes 300

hal gedigeft. gewiton him ba|feran flota 5 stille bad seomode on | sole sidfaebmed

scip on ancre fsest eofor-lic scionon

ofer hleor beran ge-hroden golde *fah 305

ond fyr-heard ferh wearde heold gubmod

grummon guman onetton sigon aet- 10 somne ob feet hy seltimbred. geatolic ond

gold-fah ongyton mihton. Tpcet waes fore-

mserost fold-buendum *receda under 310

roderum on baem se rica bad. lixte se

leoma ofer landa fela. him ba hilde- 15 deor of modigra torht ge-tsehte bset

hie him to mihton gegnum gangan

girS-beorna sum *wicg ge-wende word 315

sefter cwse^. msel is me to feran feeder

alwalda mid ar-stafum eow-ic|ge-heal- 20 de. sr$a gesunde ic to sse wille

1 mas AB ; now gone || I in leofne partially covered || Jials AB ; now the tops of all the letters except a gone, and part of what remains of them, as well as part of a, covered.

2 to AB ; now t gone, and o covered.

3 sw in smylcum partially covered. 4 Ji and part of a in hal covered.

5 stille AB ; now s gone, and t covered.

6 scip AB ; now so gone (there can be no doubt that the vowel of that word was i, not y ; if what is left in the MS. before p were the remains of y it would be quite differently formed) || fast altered fromfteft.

7 ofer AB ; now the first part of o gone, the second covered.

8 7 A, and B ; I think I still see the 7 under the paper nearly entire || part of / in fyr covered.

16 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 15 = fol. 137r = 11. 319—339. wra'S werod wearde healdan.

.V.

waes stan-fah stig wisode gumum. 320

aet-gaedere gvrtS-byrne scan heard 5 hond-locen hring-iren scir song in sear-

wum fa hie to|sele furftum in hyra gry-

re-geat-wum gangan cwo-mon *setton 325

saemepe side scyldas rondas regn-hearde

wi^ baes recedes weal, bugon balto bence 10 by man hring-don girS-searo gumena

garas stodon sae-manna searo samod

aet-gaedere *aesc-holt ufan graeg waesjse 330

iren-freat waepnum ge-wur-fad fa^aer

wlonc haeleS oret-mecgas aefter haele- 15 fum fraegn. hwanon ferigea^ ge faet-

te scyldas graege syrcan ond grim-helmas

*here-sceafta heap ic com hro^-gares 335

ar ond om-biht. ne seah ic elfeodige f us

manige men modiglicran. wen ic Ipcet gejfor 20 wlenco nalles for wraec-si^um. ac for hige-

1 wrafc AB ; now m entirely gone, and of ra$ no more visible than is reproduced in the FS.

8 only very little of the second e of hearde gone.

14 nc in n-lonc on an erasure.

19 the dot after \>cet seems accidental.

I

jenft

137 ' V-

rut; pair (% ^e- -5,

S In^tn^/^mr W;

locen ])im .jfcn > bn

|?u?w ^An^ui c^ctnon

(ibe- fcylb^tf |toi)><£f ^ve^n ^

r,, r_ ^e-ceief real- bu.ston lutro ill • I

(I-e.nm.li

^ upn

>um utt • f ^

Jiejie- ctewi' tt ic&ntittfj^r

ic men rno^lcjuw

^

ftwtj jiftt

mm

f f

mi Ip ^a jt rli rt|> elob e^ 1? tvef n cri ^ Li/ 1

?eazyt Lnvr

^

ice mii i

eu

m

pti r

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 17

p. 16 ='fol. 137T == 11. 339—360.

brymmum hro'S-gar sohton. *him ba ellen- 340

rof and-swarode wlanc wedera leod. word

sefter spraec heard under helme wejsynt

hige-laces beod-geneatas beowulf is 5 min nama wille ic asecgan sunn healf-

denes *m8erum beodne min serende. 345

aldre binum gif he us geunnan wile

\icet we hine swa godne gretan moton.

wulfgar mabelode ]>cet waes wendla leod 10 waes his mod-sefa manegum gecy^Sed.

*wig ond wis-dom ic bses wine deniga frean 350

scildinga frinan wille beaga bryt-

tan swa bu bena eart beoden mser-

ne ymb jjinne sr<$. ond ]?e ]?a «?2t?sware 15 cedre ge-cy^an *^e|me se goda agifan 355

fenced, hwearf J>a hraed-lice ]?3er hro^-

gar sset eald ond un-har mid his eorla

ge-driht. eode ellen-rof Ipcet he for eax-

lum gestod deniga frean cuj?e he 20 dugu'Se jjeaw. * wulfgar ma^elode 360

1 \>rymmum with another ink A, ym mitm altered to Iprymmum with another ink B ; now \ry gone, and part of the first m covered || the tops of s and Ji in sohton covered || the upper part of \>a covered || ellen AB ; now n entirely and lie partially gone.

2 r in rof partially covered.

6 min AB ; now part of the second stroke of m gone, and the first stroke of it covered.

6 part of d in den*s covered. 7 part of a in aldre covered (aldre AB).

BEOWULF. 0

18 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS.

p. 17 --=-- fol. 138r = 11. 360— 37\

to his wine-driht-ne her syndon gefere- de feorran cumene ofer geofenes be- gang geata leode pone yldestan oret- mecgas. beowulf nemnaft hy benan

5 synt *}ait hie peoden min wr3 be moton 365

wordum wrixlan no^u him wearne ' ge-teoh ftinra gegn-cwida glsedman hro^-gar hy on wig-ge-tawum wyriSe Jjincea^. eorla ge-sehtlan huru se

10 aldor deah *se paem. hea'So-rincum 370

hider wisade.

.VI.

Hro^-gar mapelode helm scyldinga ic hine cu^e cniht-wesende wses his 15 ealdfaeder ecg-peo haten ^aeni to ham

for-geaf hrepel geata *angan dohtor 375

is his eaforan nu heard her cumen sohte holdne wine. SSonne ssegdon Ipcet sselipende pa^e gif-sceattas geata 20 fyre-don pyder to pance ]>cet he .XXX

1 Ids B, is (tlio is instead of to his') A ; now the upper part of /«. and of s gone || gefere AB ; now only ge and part of / left.

2 be AB ; now only partially preserved.

3 oret AB ; now part of e and the whole of t gone.

7 glcedmati (altered to gladnian with another ink B) AB ; I think the whole word is still in the MS., only n has much shrunk together (I do not doubt that the MS. has 111, not ni).

16 dohtor AB ; now the second part of r gone.

17 h in his altered from \> in the same hand.

18 n in holdne altered from r.

THY twit f

t 2>eo1i

h,

t /*

lie!

m

^

ea£ Ii]te]?€t ^&i<cfr angatt bok if l«f -

c e-

f y

^ejt mLcum&n n'etjpntw ^*

4 ^ rifte h

rifte i ne

|trn

npp

(pa, n

t^n

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 19

p. 18 = fol. 138" = 11. 379—401.

V

tiges * manna msegen-crseft on his nmnd- 380

gripe heaj>o-rof hasbbe hine halig god

for ar-stafum us on-sende to west-denu?^

J?ses ic wen haebbe. wr3 grendles gryre 5 ic ))£em godan sceal *for his mod-jjrse-ce 385

madinas beodan beo^u on ofeste hat

in|gan seon sibbe ge-driht samod ast-

gaedere. gesaga him eac wordum }>cet hie

sint wilcuman deniga leodum *word in- 390

10 ne ahead, eow het secgan sige-drihteri

min aldor east-dena }>cet he eower sejjelu

can and ge him syndon ofer sse-wylmas

heard-hicgende hider wilcuman *nu|ge 395

moton gangan in eowrum girS-geata- 15 wum under here-griman hro^-gar ge-

seon lastaft hilde-bord her on-bidan

wudu wa3l-sceaftas worda gejnnges.

aras J?a se rica ymb hine rinc ma- nig *J>ryft-lic Jjegna heap same ]>&? 400 20 hidon hea^o-reaf heoldon swa him se

1 tiges AB ; now tig gone, and e and part of s covered j| the lower part of the second stroke of the second n in manna faded || the tops of some letters in craft and his covered (cf. FS.) || inund AB ; now only indistinct traces of the word left.

2 gripe AB ; now the upper part of g gone, and the rest of it as well as part of r covered.

3 part of /in for covered.

4 \>ces AB ; now part of \> gone, and what remains of it covered.

ft ic AB ; now gone [| \>cem K Gt Th] \cewi (on an original blank in Thorkelin's hand A) AB ; now illegible except in.

6 madmas AB ; now of the first m only a small part of the last stroke left.

7 in AB ; now of i only a part left, and that covered.

15 part of m covered.

16 a very small part of s covered l| I think the scribe originally wrote lidman (certainly not bid-wan"), and did not quite succeed in erasing m afterwards.

20 originally rof, altered to reaf in a different hand by adding e over the line (the dot under the line shows where it is to be inserted), and changing o into a.

C 2

20 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 19 = fol. 139r = 11. 401—423.

hearda be-bead. snyredon set-somne fa

secg wisode un-der heorotes lirof heard

under helme feet he on heo'Se gestod. *beo- 405

wulf ma'Selode on him byrne scan searo- 5 net seowed smibes orfancum wees f u hroft-

gar hal ic eom hige-laces mseg ond mago-

'Segn. haebbe ic maerSa fela ongunnen

on geogofe me wearS grendles fing. *on 410

minre ebel-tyrf undyrne cu^ secgaft 10 saeli'Send feet baes sele stande reced selesta

rinca ge-hwylcum idel ond un-nyt stf$3an

sefen-leoht under heofenes hador be-

holen weorbe'S. *ba me feet gelaerdon leode 415

mine fa|selestan snotere ceorlas. peo- 15 den hro^-gar feet ic fQ sohte for-Jjan hie

maegenes crasf t mine cnfon. selfe ofer-

sawon ^a ic of sear warn cwora. *fah from 420

feondum ]?93r ic fife geband y'Sde eo-

tena cyn ond on y^Surn slog, niceras 20 nihtes nearo-pearfe dreah wraec.

1 hearda AB ; now he entirely and the first a and d partially gone || snyredon AB ; now the top of s gone || somne AB ; now e and part of n gone || \>a (a added with another ink B) AB ; now gone.

2 heard B (2 heorotes — 3 on omitted in A) ; now rd gone, and he torn.

4 searo B, seatvo A ; now ro gone, and a not quite distinct.

5 a letter erased between wees and }>u || hro% A, hrod B ; now $ and part of o gone.

9 secga^ AB ; now the stroke through the d rather indistinct.

nomlilnr- nef&tni '

manegum ^r

iTtur;<-tiit

r '

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 21

p. 20 = fol. 139r = 11. 423—444.

wedera nr3 wean ahsodon for-grand gra-

mum ond nu wiS gren-del sceal *wi^ Ipam 425

aglsecan ana ge-hegan. 'Sing wrS byrse

ic be|nufta brego beorht-dena biddan wille 5 eodor scyl-dinga anre bene. bcefj'Su me

ne forwyrne wigendra lileo *freowine 430

folca nu ic bus feor-ran com. ]>cet ic mote

ana minra eorla gedryht. ond bes hear-

da heap heorot faelsian haebbe ic eac 10 geahsod \cvt se seglseca for his won-hydum

wsepna ne|recce& *ic \ast bonne for-hicge 435

swa me higelac sie min mon-drihteii

modes bltfSe. ]>cet ic sweord bere ob'Se sidne

scyld geolo-rand to gube. ac ic mid 15 grape sceal fon wi'S feonde ond ymb

feorh sacan *la:5 wi^ lajmm ^aer gely- 440

fan sceal dryhtnes dome sej>e hine

dea^ nime^. wen ic ]>cet he wille gif he

wealdan mot in paem gu^-sele geo- 20 tena leode etan unforhte swa he

1 nedra A, .edera altered to wedera with another ink B ; now only a and the second stroke of r left, but part of a and what remains of r covered || ahsodon AB ; now the top of d gone || the upper part of nd in grand covered jj gra AB ; now a and part of gr gone, and all that remains of r and the greatest part of what is left of g covered.

2 mum AB ; now the first two strokes of the first m gone, and the last stroke of it partially covered || two letters erased after sceal?

part of the first a in a glee can covered.

ic AB ; now gone || \>e AB ; now part of J? gone, and what remains of it covered.

eodor AB ; now eo gone.

ne left entire, but nearly the whole of n covered. folca AB ; now only very indistinct traces of / left before olca. 13 dn in sidne altered from other letters. 19 geo, not gea ; cf. FS.

22 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 21 = fol. 140r = 11. 444—464.

oft dyde *m8egen hre^S-manna na pu 445

min-ne pearft hafalaii hydan. ac he

me habban wile deore fahne gif mec

dea'S nime^. byre^ blodig wsel byrgean 5 fenced ete'S angenga un-murnlice

*mearca:S mor-hopu noj'Su ymb mines 450

ne f earft lices feorme leng sorgi-

an. On-send higelace gif mec hild

nime beadu-scruda betst ]>cet mine breost 10 were'S hrsegla selest fycet is hraedlan laf

*welandes ge-weorc gae^ a|wyrd swa hio seel. 455

.VII.

Hro^-gar mafelode helm scyldinga fere fyhtum fu|wine min beo-wulf. ond 15 for ar-stafum us-ic|sohtest ge-sloh

fin fseder feeh^e mreste. *wear]j he 460

hea-fo-lafe to hand-bonan mid wilfingura ^a hine gara cyn for here-brogan habban ne]rnihte. fanon he|ge-sohte 20 su^-dena folc ofer y^a ge-wealc ar-

1 \>u AB ; now gone. ~ he distinct in the MS.

3 mec AB ; now part of c gone.

4 byrgean AB ; now the second stroke of n gone. 6 mines AB ; now s torn and part of it gone.

9 breost B, breose A ; now a small part of s gone (there is not the least doubt about the last letter being t).

mm' tie-lefctjtji*:

Y

ile-

ac

pal; tie:

ttioti ftopu TJOJU xn; nn/i

101

an

nuwe- Lea^u fcpi^t Lcc(r ^nnne bji

itt Ltt:

5e PC^jtc 5^1^ ap)/|i> {pa If 10 fed

>iir

"!or? v^*77.'1 &" ' "•> I

Ji !wf4ei«i &if lierie^,

tTiffivt«N/;/? ^i^ttnlipTs^W^e D' ^^J^tpsg^^ ^ori 1C 0i

fbiie i^

neaif fpou •

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 23

p. 22 = fol. 14(T = 11. 464—486.

scyldinga *:Sa ic furpum weold folce de- 465

ninga ond on geo-go^e lieold giin me rice

hord-burh haelefa. fca|wses here-gar

dead min yldra maeg unlifigende "beam 5 liealfdenes se|waes betera ^onne ic *si^an 470

f>a faelrSe feo pingode. sende ic wylfinguw

ofer waeteres hrycg ealde madmas he

me a]?as swor. Sorh is me to secganne

on|sefan minum gumena aengum hwset 10 me grendel hafa^. *hyiri5o on heorote 475

mid his hete-J)ancum fser-nrSa gefremed

is min flet-werod wig-heap gewanod hie

wyrd for-sweop on grendles gryre god

ea]?e mteg Jjone dol-scea^an daada ge- 15 twaefan. * Ful oft gebeotedon beore 480

druncne ofer ealo-wsege oret-mecgas

fycet hie in beorsele bidan woldon grend les gujje mid gryrum ecga. ¥>onne wees

Jieos medo-heal on morgen-tid *driht- 485

20 sele dreor-fah Jjonwe dseg lixte. eal

1 scyldinga A, Scyldinga B; now scyl gone, and part of d covered || weold MS., not weald : the o looks like a in the FS. in consequence of an accidental dot under it || de entirely preserved, but partially covered.

2 ninga MS., but almost the whole of the first n covered.

5 liealf A, Healf B ; now h gone, except a small part, which is covered ; part of e is likewise covered.

6 \>a AB (but 5 si^an — 6 sende added in A by Thorkelin) ; now the greatest part of \) gone.

8 the first stroke of m in the first me almost entirely covered.

14 sc a%an MS., the correction in another hand.

19 there is an erasure of about three letters between medo and heal.

'24 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE M&.

p. 23 = fol. Hlr = 11. 486—501.

benc-belu blode bestymed heall heoru-

dreore ahte ic holdra f y laes deorre

duguSe fe fa dea'S fornam site nu to

symle ond on ssel meoto * sige-hre^ socguwt 490

5 swa fin sefa hwette. pa]wses geat-

msecgum geador setsom-ne on beor-

sele benc gerymed f aer swi^-ferhfe

sittan eodon fry^Sum dealle f egn

nytte be-heold *sefe on handa baer 195

10 hroden ealo-wsege scencte scir wered

scop hwilum sang hador on heorote

fser waes haele^a dream dugu^ un-lytel

dena ond wedera.

.YIII.

H

15 II VN-fer3 mafelode ecglafes be am *f>e set fotum saet frean scyldi- 500 nga. on-band beadu-rune wses him beo-wulfes si^ modges mere-faran micel seff unca. for-fon f e he ne 20 ufe fycet senig o^er man sefre

1 benc B, bene A ; now the top of b gone || heoru (u altered from n with another ink A) AB ; now u gone.

3 to AB ; now o gone, and the right part of the cross-stroke of t almost quite faded.

4 I see sec-gum quite distinctly in the MS.

20 between man and cefre there is an erasure of from four to five letters.

ahce-i

•Spa I m^c

fele-

n

^'^V S*1^..^ on be?

ti <

^e fc.encce- fcip- fang

]?elietv e^

-

^olpipe- onieop

alinu

fzjienm en^mim;

ye«

lm

y

t-p|\ rir nine on

1 1 en in npai-iHOi - oonon liege-

frutn

pole t

bui/i

ykj

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 25

p. 24 = fol. 141T = 11. 504—523.

maerSa ]?on ma middan-geardes. *ge- 505

hedde under heofenum jjonrce he sylfa

eart }>u se beo-wulf se Jje wtfS brecan

wunne onjsidne sse ymb sund flite 5 ^aer git for wlence wada cunnedon

ond for dol-gilpe on deop waeter *aldrum 510

ne]?don ne inc aenig mon ne leof

ne la^ be-lean mihte sorh-fullne

sift J?a git on sund reon. beer git ea- 10 gor-streara earmum behton mse-

ton mere-strae-ta mundum brug-

don *glidon ofer gar-secg geofon y}m??2 51 0

weol wintrys wylm git on wseteres ajht

seofon niht swuncon he ]?e aet sunde 15 ofer-flat. haefde mare mrogen fa

hine on morgen-tid on heaf orsBines

holm up aat-baer. *ftonon he|ge-sohte 520

swaesne. eftel. leof his leodum lond

brondinga freo^o-burh faegere 20 faer he folc ahte burh ond beagas.

1 mcer%a A, nuerda B ; now m, which seems to be still all but entire, covered except small portions of its two last strokes I] the top of the s in geardes covered || the top of e in ge covered.

2 the first stroke of li in hedde covered.

5 %xzr AB ; now the lower part of $ gone.

6 the tops of the abbreviation for ond and of / in for covered.

8 the first stroke of n in ne covered.

9 git — reon a little indistinct in consequence of moisture.

26 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 25 = fol. 142r = 11. 523—544.

beot eal|wr<!S fe sunu beanstanes so^e

gelseste. *Sonwe wene ic to fe wyrsan ge- 525

Jiingea 'Seah fu hea^o-rsesa ge-hwaer

dohte grimre gu'Se gif f u grendles 5 dearst niht-longne fyrst nean bidan

beo-wulf mafelode beam ecg-beowes

*hwaet ]?u worn fela wine min hun-fer^ 530

beore druncen ymb brecan sprsece

ssegdest from his srSe so^ ic talige 10 \as,t, ic mere-strengo maran ahte ear-

fefo on yfum 'Sonne seiiig ofer man.

*wit ])cet ge-cwsedon cniht-wesende ond ge- 535

beo-tedon waeron begen pa | git onlgeogo^-

feore f cet wit on garsecg ut aldruni

f

15 ne^-don ond \cet ge-sefndon swa. haefdon swurd

nacod fa|wit on]sund reon * heard on 540

handa wit unc wr3 hron-fixas werian

fohton. no he wiht frani me flod-ypim

feor fleotan meahte hrafor on hol- 20 me no ic fram him wolde. ^a wit set-

1 so$e altered from sode with another ink B, sode A ; now only so and very little of the lower part of <S left.

2 ge (at the end of the line) AB ; now gone.

3 r in geliwar torn. 4 grendles AB ; now es gone. 5 bidan AB ; now dan gone.

7 Jiun ferS A, Hunferd B ; now part of $ gone. 13 o" : the correction in a different hand.

l<jrifHe trip. m< t|>elo

^teEr .Vuf <J'tri1 p^I^ y iti ^ ' '

iat o tr: ij.ne fTiion t y epta

ie- on(jr

1

h

mejie;

-e- f rV It&utn I JC 'u-eipe i on b

kep-5>e-

^.

or,

e- nih

m/w

Jreki(»

) ^*^

' Vmk f

tezroti

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 27

p. 26 = fol. 142V = 11. 544—565.

somne on see wseron *fif nihta fyrst 545

ob \oe,t unc flud to-draf wado weallende wedera cealdost nipende niht. ond norban wind hea'So-grim ond hwearf hreo waeron

5 yba wses mere-fixa mod on-hrered. *baer 550

me wrS la^um lic-syrce min heard hond- locen helpe ge-fremede beado-hraegl broden on breostum loeg golde ge-gyr- wed me | to grunde. teah fah feondscafta

10 faeste haefde. *grim on grape 555

hwaebre me gyfebe wearS ]>xt ic aglaecan orde geraehte hilde-bille heabo-raes for-nam mihtig mere-deor burh mine .VIIII. [hand

mec ge-lome laft-ge-teonan *breate- 560

don bearle ic him benode deoran sweor- de swa hit ge-defe waes naas hie ^aere fylle ge-fean haefdon man-for-daedlan \<zt hie me begon symbel ymb-saeton sse- 20 grunde neah. *ac on mergen-ne mecwn 565

1 somne AB ; now s gone, and o and the first stroke of m covered || the greatest part of the accent over see covered.

2 o\> AB ; now the first part of o gone, and the second covered.

3 wedera AB ; now part of tv gone.

4 mind AB ; now tv gone, and i covered. 5 y\>a AB ; now y gone. 8 the b of brogden torn.

10 after grape from seven to eight letters (hmafyere ?) erased. 15 the big S all but entire, although partially covered.

28 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 27 = fol. 143r == 11. 565—588.

wunde be y'S-lafe uppe Isegon sfreojYJluw

aswefede f cet sy'S-fan na ymb bront-ne

ford brim-li^ende lade ne|let-ton leoht

eastan com *beorlit beacen godes brimu 570

5 swafredon fcef|ic sae-naessas ge-seon milito

windige weallas wyrd oft nere^S unfaegne

eorl fonne his ellen deah. hwaefere niejge-

saslde fcetf ic mid sweorde of-sloh *niceras 575

nigene no ic on niht gefraegn under heo- 10 fones hwealf heardran feohtan ne on eg-

streamum earmran maniion. hwafere

ic fara feng feore gedigde sifes werig

^5a]mec s» of-bser *flod setter faro'Se on 580

fin-na land, wudu weallendu no ic wiht fram 15 fe swylcra searo-ni^a secgan hyrde

billa brogan breca nsefre git set hea^o-

lace. ne]ge-hw8ej?er incer *s\va deorlice 585

daed gefremede fagum sweordum nojic

paes gylpe fean ^$u f inum bro^-rum to 20 banan wurde heafod-maegum foes pu]in

1 STveodum A, gwe . . B, swefyrdum'] K ; now only swe and the beginning of o left.

2 bront ne A, bront ™ (ne with a different ink) B ; now after bront only a very thin piece of the first stroke of n left.

3 leokt A, '"" with another ink B ; now nothing left but the very lowest part of le.

14 mudu, not wadu, without the least doubt ; an a open at the top does not occur so late in English MSS.

,-;-•• ' — i-' « -

tin n{l^]ld^ ^^^^ 5**p

psft Wn ic

netle

' " 1 1 "

vox? hejmtut

'

- .. •

on^eon fifev ie mp seeD

^

geliettpe or?

I v I

rnom&

ie

^tro pei

He j^an^n fcobe- epr ne ^efececui pole ope prteo ku

l^

a mic

lit

aeitm

a? p y

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 29

p. 28 = fol. 143T = 11. 588—608.

helle scealt werhfto dreogan f eah fin

wit duge. *secge ic f e to so'Se sunu ecg- 590

lafes f cet nsefre gre-del swa fela gryra

gefremede atol seglaeca ealdre 5 f inum. hyn^o on heorote gif fin hige

wsere sefa swa searo-grim swa f u self

talast. *ac he hafa'S on-funden Ipcet he 595

fa faelrSe ne f earf atole ecg-f rsece

eower leode swrSe onsittan sige- 10 scyldinga nyme'S nyd-bade nae-negum

ara^. leode deniga ac he lust wigeft.

*swefe:S ond sendef. secce ne wenef 600

to gar-denuin ac ic him geata sceal

eafo^ ond ellen un-geara nu guf e ge- 15 beodan gaef eft sefe mot. to medo

modig siffan morgen-leoht *ofer 605

ylda beam of res dogores sunne

swegl-wered suf an seined, fa wses

on salum sinces brytta gamol- 20 feax ond guft-rof geoce gelyfde

1 helle (on an original blank in another ink B) AB ; now only the last e left, and that covered || \>eah \>in entire, although partially covered.

2 wit dug : (a letter erased) A, ... nigt B ; now nit and the greater part of d gone, e in duge altered from another letter (w?).

3 lafes A, \>eoves B (B sometimes has v for ?y) ; now only es and the lowest part of / left.

5 the perpendicular stroke of \> in \>inum covered.

6 a small part of w in tvcere covered.

15 efn : the correction in the same hand.

30 SEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 29 = fol. H4r = 11. 609—629.

brego beorht-dena gehyrde on beo-

wulfe *folces liyrde fsest-rsedne 610

ge-poht ftaer wses hselepa hleahtor

hlyn swynsode word waeron wynsume 5 code wealh-peow foii:S cwen hroft-gares

cynna gemyndig grette gold-hro-

den guman on healle. *ond fa freolic 615

wif ful ge-sealde aerest east-dena

epel-wearde bsed hine bli'Sne set paere 10 beor-pege leodum leofne he on lust

ge-feah symbel ond sele-ful sige-rof

kyning *ymb-eode pa ides helminga 620

dugu-pe ond geogope dsel seghwylcne

sinc-fato sealde op \cet sael alamp pset 15 hio beowulfe beag-hroden cwen mode

ge-pungen medo-ful set-bser. * grette 625

geata leod gode pancode wis-fsest

wordum pses ^Se hire se willa gelamp

]>cet heo on senigne eorl gelyfde fyrena 20 frofre he }>cet ful ge-peah wsel-reow wiga

1 'brego AB ; now part of "bre gone (cf. FS.) [] beorht AB ; now the top of J gone || beo A, Beo B ; now gone.

3 heleahtar A, hleaJitan B, hleahtor C K Gt ; there can even now be no doubt that the MS. reads hlcahtor, although the lower part of the first stroke of r is gone, so that it may be mistaken for n (the o is quite distinct).

5 \>ecP : corrected in the same hand.

9 }>cere AB ; now e almost entirely gone.

^ "*

-- ^»- - . ^ff ^

WiT

.cp en

no,

Wile •/• j

i^mlel "jfelepl

e-

i f

^ai/ (ceu a^jtlic elien ajde- i((V m

on

- o

^s liuo^en- prtedlicu poic open '

(p

or/

rti

- oj?| far? nrri^ funi?

^^^^^

sefeou

1 1i

br oei enut hei

nt

ma

/" \ • jc^ctpu fqujan cpo-m, -ft]

i *

•.

b eqlL ui'Uif • .^|it ijio^^au oCojn.jij:

v,

t ol

lcr/u

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 31

p. 30 = fol. 144V = 11. 629—654.

8dt wealhjjeon. *ond J?a gyddode gujje gefysed 630

beowulf maj?elode beam ecg-beowes. ic J?aet

hogode J)a|ic on holm gestah. ssebat ge-

sset mid minra secga ge-drilit \(%t ic ammga 5 eowra leoda *willan gevvorlite obfte on wsel 635

crunge. feond-grapum fsest ic|ge-frem-

man sceal 'eorlic ellen ojj^e ende-dseg on

)>isse meodu-healle minne ge-bidan. ftam wife

pa word wel licodon *gilp-cwide geates code 640

10 gold-hroden. freo-licu folc-cwen to hire

frean sittan. JpaVaes eft swa ser in-ne on

healle fryft-word sprecen 'Seod on sselum sige-

folca sweg oj> \azt sem-ninga *sunu healf-denes 645

secean wolde aefen-raeste. wiste J?sem alilaecan 15 to|)>sein heah-sele hilde ge-binged. stfS'San hie

sunnan leoht ge-seon meahton o]?^e ni-

pende niht ofer ealle *scadu-helma ge- 650

sceapu scri^an cwoman wan under wolcnuw

werod eall aras. grette ]?a guma ojjerne 20 hro'S-gar beowulf ond him hael abead. win-semes

1 cet AB ; now gone || mealli\>eon B, mealhmeon A ; now w and part of the first e gone || f> in \>a torn and partially covered || gyddode AB ; now the top of the first d gone || the top of U\>B in gu\>e covered || gefysed AB ; gef is still entire, although partially covered, but of ysed very little is left and that so covered that only traces of y and s appear in the FS.

2 leowulf A, Beowulf B ; now the upper part of b gone, and almost all that remains of b covered (cf. the FS).

3 part of h in hogode covered. * s in sat covered. 5 e in eowra covered. 6 c in crunge covered.

7 the first stroke of ni in man covered.

11 frean B, eau with a blank before it A ; now only can and the second part of r distinct, less distinct is the first part of r, and / is so faded that only indistinct traces of it are left.

32 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS.

p. 31 = fol. 145' = 11. 654—676.

geweald ond \cet word acwae'S. *]STsefre ic senegmra 655

men aer alyfde sij^an ic hond ond rond heb- ban mihte 'Sryf-aern dena buton f>e nu^Sa hafa nu ond ge-heald husa selest ge-myne

5 mserfo maegen-ellen cyft *waca wi^ wrafum. 660

ne biS f e wilna gad gif Jm \ost ellen-weorc aldre .X. [ge-digest

T\A him hrojj-gar gewat mid his hae-

lefa gedryht eodur scyldinga ut 10 of healle wolde wig-fruma wealh-feo se-

can *cwen to|ge-beddan haefde kyning 665

wuldor grendle to-geanes swa|guman

ge-frungon sele-weard aseted sundor-nyt-

te be-heold ymb aldor dena eoton-weard 15 ahead huru geata leod georne tmwode

*modgan maagnes metodes hyldo. fta|he|hiw 670

of dyde isern-byrnan helm of hafelan

sealde his hyrsted sweord irena cyst om-

biht-fegne ond ge-heal-dan het hilde-geatwe 20 *ge-sprsec fa|se goda gylp-worda sum. beowulf 675

1 the first line is perfect^ distinct in the MS. 2 5 in lieb torn.

rfj-i aie- mi lir

mi ol^t ^010,

eo*poii

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 33

p. 32 = fol. 145T = 11. 676—697.

geata ser]he on bed stige no ic me an

here-wsesmun hnagran talige gu]?-ge-

weorca J?on-ne grendel hine for-J>an ic

hine sweorde swebban nelle *aldre beneo- 680

5 tan J?eah ic eal maege nat he fara goda

feet he me ongean slea rand geheawe feah

5Se he rof sie nij>-ge-weorca ac|wit on niht

sculon. secge ofer-sittan gif het ge-

secean dear. *wig ofer waepen ond sij^an witig 685

10 god on|swa hwae]?ere|hond halig dryhten maer-

'So deme swa him ge-met jjince. hylde

hine J>a heajjo-deor hleor-bolster on-

feng eorles and-wlitan ond hine ymb monig

*snellic s^e-rinc sele-reste gebeah. nsenig 690

15 heora pohte \ast he fanon scolde eft eard

lufan aafre gesecean folc ojj^e freo-burh

]?a3r he afeded wees, ac hie haefdon gefrunen

\ost hie ser|to fela micles *in paam win-sele 695

wasl-dea'S fornam denigea leode ac him 20 dryhten for-geaf wig-speda ge-wiofu.

1 the top of b in bed covered, d torn. BEOWULF.

34 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 33 = fol. 146' = 11. 697—718.

wedera leodum frofor ond fultum \ast hie

feond heora 'Surh anes craft ealle

ofer-comon *selfes militum so^ is gecy- 700

fed ]>cet mihtig god manna cynnes weold [w]ide- 5 ferh'S com on wanre niht scrrSan scea-

du-genga sceotend swaefon fa f cet horn-

reced healdan scoldon. * ealle buton an urn 705

f cet wses yldum cuf f cet hie ne moste fa metod

nolde. se syn-scaf a under sceadu breg- 10 dan. ac he wseccende wrafum on andan

bad bolgen-mod beadwa gef inges.

.XL

*T\a com of more under mist-hleofum gre- 710

ndel gongan godes yrre baer mynte 15 se man-sca^a manna cynnes sumne be- syrwan injsele fam bean wod under wolc-

num to faes fe he win-reced *gold-sele gume- 715

na gearwost wisse. faet-tum fahne ne waes f set forma srS f cet he hrof gares haw 20 gesohte. nsefre he on aldor-dagum ser

1 fultum (um with another ink B) AB ; now fu still entire, but the top of I gone, and of turn only some traces left || $ hie A, that hie with another ink B ; now nothing left but the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of \).

4 wide~\ ride (with another ink B) AB ; now nothing left but part of the perpendicular stroke of the first letter : it may have belonged to w, r, ]>, /, or *.

6 scea (cea with another ink B) AB ; now only the lower part of so left.

7 anum A, anum B ; now the abbreviation for m and the second stroke of u gone.

8 metod AB ; now d almost entirety gone. 15 l>e AB ; now e gone.

16 wole with a different ink B, mole A ; now only part of the perpendicular stroke of tv left.

17 gume AB ; now e gone.

18 fahne looks in the FS. just as in the MS., owing, it seems, to an accidental blot or dash.

• On

Ai*rt w fa- ki pn apt

ma 5-0 tin; ahlc^* rnnce

tipper lice ]>a

*•••

e-ii w

m

hr InrV

t

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 35

p. 34 = fol. 146T = 11, 718—740.

ne si}>$an heardran hajle heal-'Segnas

fand *com J>a to|recede rinc simian drea- 720

mum bedseled duru sona on-arn fyr-

bendum faest syb'Sau he hire folmum 5 [ge-hr]an. On-braed J>a bealo-hydig 'Sa

[he ge-]bolgen waes recedes muban raj>e

sefter J?on *on|fagne flor feond tred- 725

dode code yrre-mod him of eagum stod

ligge gelicost leoht unfseger. geseah he 10 in | recede rinca manige swefan sibbe

ge-driht samod aet-gaedere *mago-rin- 730

ca heap fa his mod ahlog. mynte baet

he|ge-daelde aerbon dseg cwome. atol

aglaeca anra gehwylces lif wr<$ lice ba 15 him alum-pen wses wist-fylle wen|ne waes

J>ce£ wyrd J?a|gen. *])cet he ma moste manna 735

cynnes 'Sicgean ofer ba niht bry'S-swy'S

be-heold maeg hige-laces hu|se

man-

scafta under faer-gripum gefaran wol- 20 de. ne Ipcet se aglseca yldan bohte *ac he|ge- 740

1 nes ib%an A, styZan (without ne) with another ink B ; now ne and the tops of s, p and $ gone, and a considerable part of what is left of si\>%an covered || part of he in heardran covered || heal ^egnas entire, but partially covered, of. the FS.

2 / in fand covered.

3 the first m in mum almost entirely covered || o in on altered from s.

4 "bendum A, ... duni altered to bendum, with a different ink B ; now ben gone, and part of d covered.

5 gehran~] a blank A, ... an B ; now an (altered from am, it seems) still visible, and what precedes an may be r with the lower part of the first stroke gone ; but I am not so positive about the preceding letter being h as Kolbing and Wiilcker are.

6 he gebolgen] lolgen A, bolgen B, [he~\ abolgen K ;

now bolgen is still distinct, and before it I think I see traces of two letters of which the first seems to have been g ; but what preceded this is entirely faded.

7, s, 9 on]v verv smau portions of the first letters (<#, d, I) covered.

15 him AB; the word is still almost entire, only the very lowest part of the first stroke of h having been lost.

16 •£ wyrd A, .yrd altered to myr% with another ink B ; now only rd entire, of y the greater part left, and before it a very slight trace of tv covered, •J5, for which there was room enough at the beginning of the line, entirely gone.

D j

36 BEOWULP : TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 35 = fol. 131r = 11. 740—762.

feng hra'Se forman srSe slaependne

rinc slat unwearnum bat ban-locan blod

edrum dranc syn-snsedum swealh sona

hsefde un-lyfigendes eal]gefeormod. *fet 745

5 ond folma for^ near setstop nam }»a mid han-

da hige-fihtigne rinc on|rseste

rsehte on-gean feond mid folme he on-

feng hrafe inwit-f ancum ond wtfS earm ge-

sset *sona \cet onfunde fyrena hyrde \wt he 750

10 ne mette middan-geardes eorfan sceat-

ta on elran men mund-gripe maran

he on mode wear^S forht on^ei-lrSe no f y

ser fram meahte *hyge waes him hin-fus 755

wolde on heolster fleon secan deofla 15 ge-drseg ne wses his drohto'S paer swylce

he on ealder-dagum aer gemette. ge-

munde pa]se goda maeg hige-laces aefen-

sprsece up-lang astod *ond him fseste wi^- 760

feng fingras burston eoten wses ut- 20 weard eorl furfur stop mynte se msera.

1 feng AB : now the upper part of fe gone || slcependne AB ; now the last e all but entirely gone (in the FS. the stroke between d and n is owing to a tear in the MS.).

2 blod AB ; now d, the second part of o, and the top of I gone.

4 fet (the t afterwards added B) AB ; now t and part of e gone.

5 han A, ban B ; now only Ji left.

6 after r&ste an erasure of some five letters, of which the first seems to have been h, the second possibly was a.

15 * in his altered from m.

we- ii

ge- iiteijiie- . JMWC

Iftr fo«a, '

£in^Ul

I

)v«

'*- m>pf

i > - v

> ^>i

J//m Am

on

'

In^elaccf

: »u J ca' ;

tr c

%

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' v* < *•- - -

1 bu

r beet?

i i mme

pi,c<U7

p

- U

bti

t o

p

m

m

KEQWULF : TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 37

p. 36 = fol. 131T = 11. 762—782.

hwaer he meahte swa. widre gewindan ond

on weg Jjanon fleon on'fen-hopu wiste

his fingra geweald *on|grames grapum 765

J?8et he waes geocor sift ]pcet se hearm-sca- 5 J?a to heorute ateah. dryht-sele

dynede denum eallum wearft ceaster-bu-

endum cenra gehwylcum eorlum ealu

scerwen yrre wseron begen. *rebe ren- 770

weardas reced hlynsode ba|\v£es wundor 10 micel }cet se win-sele. \vi3-hsefde heabo-

deorum faefc he on hrus-an ne|feol fseger

fold-bold ac he baes faeste w*s. in-nan ond

utan iren-bendum *searo-boncum besmi- 775

bod bser fram sylle abeag. medu-benc 15 monig mine gefraege golde geregnad

baer J>a graman wunnon baes ne wend on

ser witan scyldinga ]>cet hit a] mid gemete

manna aenig. *hetlic ond ban-fag tobre- 780

can meahte listum tolucan nymbe 20 liges faejjm swulge on swajnile sweg

1 Jiwcer (Jiw with another ink, and crossed out in pencil) B, . . . ccr A ; now only the lower part of r left (the stroke between it and he in the FS. is owing to a tear in the parchment) || he AE ; now the top of h gone || gewindan 7 (and B) AB ; gemindan seems to be entirely preserved, although all its letters except ge are more or less covered, and an cannot be quite made out under the paper ; after it the abbreviation for ond, the top of which seems to be gone, is covered.

8 on AB ; now o and the first stroke of n gone.

3 his B, omitted A ; now h gone, and i covered.

4 \>cet B, rcet A ; now gone (what seems to stand before he in the MS. is / at the end of 1. 4 of the front page, showing through the parchment).

5 \>a AB ; now \> and part of a gone, and part of what is left of a covered.

6 dynede AB ; now dy gone, and n not quite distinct.

7 endum AB ; now e gone.

8 scern'en AB ; now the middle of s gone in consequence of a tear, and what is left of it as well as part of c covered (the letter after r is, without any doubt, tv, not p : cf . p, e. g. in hopu and grapum, 11. 2 and 3).

9 part of iv in neardas covered.

14 d in \>od altered from some other letter in the same hand. 16 part of \> in ]pcer covered.

38 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 37 = fol. 147r = 11. 782—804. up astag. niwe geneah-he nor<5-denum stod

atelic egesa anra gehwylcum *para pe 785

of wealle wop ge-hyr-don. gryre-leo'S ga- lan godes cw6?sacan sige-leas-ne sang sar

5 wanigean. helle-haBfton heold hine fseste sepe manna waes msegene stron gest *on psem dsege pys-ses lifes. 790

N'

.XII.

'olde eorla hleo senige pinga pone 10 ^- ^ cwealm-cuman cwicne forlsetan. ne

his lif-dagas leoda senigum nytte

tealde p8er|ge-nehost brsegd *eorl beo- 795

wulfes ealde lafe wolde frea-driht-

nes feorh ealgian maeres Jjeod- 15 nes 'Sser hie meahton swa. hie pcef|ne wiston

pa hie ge-win drugon heard-hicgende

hilde-mecgas. * ond on healfa ge-hwone hea- 800

wan pohton sawle secan pone syn-sca^an.

senig ofer eorpan irenna cyst gu^-bil- 20 la nan gretan nolde. ac|he sige-wsepnum

I stod AB ; now od gone.

5 \>ara is quite distinct, although a small part of r gone [| \>c AB ; now only part of the perpendicular stroke of \> left, e gone.

3 leo$ MS., not lead (a small part of the stroke through d gone) || ga AB ; now gone.

4 sar AB; now gone. 5 nothing after Tiine AB.

6 stren AB ; now en, and the lower part of the second stroke of r gone.

9 \>one AB ; now part of e gone. >•

II angum : correction in the same hand.

14 after feorh an erasure of about five letters (feorh ?).

jut 5 e4 py 1 vimi

^e- poise- jpjtea ^|u//^

nef i^v 1

^aliie- 56- PU? iitUe mec^af- "jon

|?oJjrw faple- fecan pone (XM - ^P^ toucan inenna, cyfc ^ la

aon ^ .z;e i?eal „

I •

1

f epe~

7 a cvn tie^ pyjtene- ;

"^liim felic.lioma/

ac]iine:

tic fa^t ^e boX arp/9i^

j^

1 1

, on fpptirt 5017 *bupfr^w bar?

U e^Vtt ;.(!3ceni7 , |? y n I ^zf y i c pip

u: L ]» 1? if at . Atiq^. ii

''

| ? r

:|:

'^

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 39

p. 38 = fol. H7T == 1J. 804—827.

for-sworen hsefde *ecga gehwylcre scolde 805

his aldor-gedal on|^aem daege Jjys-ses

lifes earm-lie wurSan ond se ellor-gast

on feonda ge-weald feor srSian. ^a J>aet 5 on-funde se]>e fela seror * modes myrSe 810

manna cynne fyrene gefreme-de. he

fag wf3 god J>ce£|him se|lic-homa laestan

nolde ac hine se|modega maeg hygela-

ces hsefde be honda waes ge-hwae-)>er o^rum 10 *lifigende la^ lic-sar ge-bad atol aeglseca 815

him on eaxle wearS syndolh sweotol seo-

nowe onsprungon burston ban-locan

beowulfe wearS gu^-hreS gyfe]?e scolde

grendel Jjonan *feorh-seoc fleon under 820

15 fen-hleo!Su secean wyn-leas wlc wiste J>e

geornor ]76e#|his aldres wses ende gegongen.

dogera daeg-rim denuni eallum wear^ aefter

Jjam waelrsese willa ge-lumpen. *haefde fajge- 825

fselsod sefe aar feorran com snotor ond 20 swy^-ferh^ sele hroft-gares genered

1 for AB ; now^b and a small part of r gone, and the greater part of what is left of r covered || gehwyVre : the correction in the same hand || part of Id in scolde covered.

2 Ms AB ; now h gone, and i and a small part of s covered || part of a in aldor covered.

3 lifes AB ; now lif gone, and e and part of s covered.

4 on (altered from en with another ink B) AB ; now gone |] / in feonda covered.

5 onfunde AB ; now o gone, and the first n and part of /covered.

6 manna AB ; now the first two strokes of m gone, whereas the third is only covered.

7 fag AB ; now /gone, and part of a covered : there was no room for wees before fay (cf. the FS.).

8 nolde A, volde altered to ivolde with another ink B ; now part of n gone, and the rest of it and the very beginning of o covered.

9 ces AB ; now c gone, and part of e covered.

10 I in lifigende covered. " part of h in Mm covered.

40 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS.

p. 39 = fol. H8r = 11. 827—849. nrSe niht-weorce ge-feh ellen-mser-Jwm hsefde east-denum geat-mecga leod gilp

gelaested. *Swylce on-cyf'Se ealle gebette 830

in-wid-sorge J?e hie ser drugon ond for J>rea- 5 nydum folian scoldon torn un-lytel

J?OB^|w86s tacen sweotol syf^an hilde-deor

hond alegde *earm ond eaxle fser waes eal 835

geador grendles grape under geapne hr[of.]

.XIII.

10 I\A wses on morgen mine gefraege ymb }?a gif-healle gu^-rinc monig ferdon

folc-togan feorran ond nean *geond wid- 840

wegas wundor sceawian lafes lastas

no his lif-ge-dal sarlic fuhte secga 15 senegum fara fe tir-leases trode

sceawode hu he werig-mod on weg fanon

*ni:Sa ofer-cumen on nicera mere fsege 845

ond ge-flymed feorh-lastas bser.

wses on blode brim weallende atol 20 ge-swing eal ge-menged. hat on heolfre

1 mcer \>um A, mcer . .B ; now urn and the upper part of \> gone.

2 9^P quite distinct in MS.

3 gebette AB ; now lette gone. 4 \>rea AB ; now gone. 5 un lytel AB ; now the last I and almost the whole of e gone.

8 hr . . B, A ; now only h left.

•b elta

fcot on ro^r? u

(f eo -col f yf^tn fit I & eajtm

-VM ^^^w«r^^. r ..... - ^ rr ^ /

! I

pole roron peofv rt^in -f.n eat; jecm^ f ^

v ' • -f 1 t

t <i( t*M

curne^

>jietijie peol 'tf.?^ !\^~ w pent

. _ i

'"-..' 1 _ V X* t i

p ^qn? en pape- tt ^uui m n&an l>6bjv n^f- on fcl^ir? c «m

•urn un

i' --w

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^ h Jhjpiium'

'

era -peut

; «

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 41

p. 40 = fol. 148T = 11. 849—872.

heoro-dreore weol *dea:3-f8ege deog. siftftan 850

dreama leas, in fen-freofto feorh alegde.

haejjene sawle J>aer him hel on-feng. banon

eft gewiton eald-gesrSas swylce geong 5 manig of gomen-wabe *fram mere modge 855

mearum ridan beor-nas on blan-cum ftaer

wses beowulfes maerfto maened monig oft

ge-cwseft baet te suft ne nor^ be [seem tweo-

num ofer eormen-grund ober naenig *un- 860

10 der swegles begong selra nsere rond-hseb-

bendra rices wyrSra. ne hie hum \vine-

drihten wiht ne logon gla3dne hroft-gar

ac bowses god cyning. Hwilum heabo-rofe

hleapan leton *on|ge-fiit faran fealwe 865

15 mearas 'Sser him fold-wegas faegere fuh-

ton cystum cu^e hwilum cyninges

Jjegn guma gilp-hlseden gidda gemyndig

se^e eal-fela eald-gesegena *worn ge- 870

munde word ojjer fand so^e ge-bunden 20 secg eft on-gan sift beo-wulfes snyttrum

1 Tieoro (h a later addition? B) AB ; now heo gone, and the greatest part of r covered.

2 dreama AB ; now part of d gone, and the lower part of the first stroke of r faded.

3 hafyene A, Jiarvene B ; now hce and the greatest part of \> gone, and what is left of \> and part of the first e covered.

4 eft gewiton AB ; now eft gone, of g there may be a little left under the paper, but I cannot make out anything.

manig AB ; now ma gone, and n covered.

mearum AB ; now the first two strokes of the first m gone, and the last stroke of it as well as part of e covered.

woes AB ; now tv gone, and part of ce covered.

ge cwce% A, ge cwced B ; now g gone, and part of e covered.

n in num covered. 10 d in der covered.

11 part of b in bendra covered. 16 r erased between cu% and e.

42 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 41 = fol. H9r = 11. 872—895.

styrian ond on sped wrecan spel ge-ra-de

wordum wrixlan wel-hwylc ge-cwae'S *paet he 875

fram sige-munde secgan hyrde ellen-dae-

dum un-cupes fela wael-singes ge-win wide 5 siftas para pe gumena beam gear-we ne

wiston. fseh'Se ond fyrena buton fitela mid

bine *ponne he swulces hwset secgan wolde 880

earn his nefan swa hie a|wseron set nrSa ge-

hwam nyd-gesteallan. Hsefdon eal-fela 10 eotena cynnes sweordum ge-sseged sige- munde ge-sprong *aefter dea'S-daage dom 885

un-lytel. Sypftan wiges heard wyrm acweal-

de hordes hyrde he under harne stan

sepelinges beam ana ge-ne^de frecne 15 daede ne wses him fitela mid. *hwaepre 890

him gesaelde ^set \c&t swurd purh-wod wraet-

licne wyrm Ipcet hit on wealle aet-stod dryht-

lic iren draca morSre swealt. hsefde

aglseca elne ge-gongen Ipcet he beah-hor- 20 des brucan moste *selfes dome 895

3 ellen doe, AB ; now only elle and the very beginning of n left.

4 wide AB ; now only indistinct traces of tv and, as it seems to me, of e visible (ofer in the back of the page shows through the parchment).

5 ne AB ; now e gone.

a

6 fyrene : correction in the same hand ; there is no dot under the last e |j mid AB ; now id and the last stroke of m gone.

7 molde AB ; now de gone.

20 between moste and selfes an erasure of about six letters (*elfe* ?).

.yjtidii ~]on fpei pnecan' fpet «$epa I tn p^t hpy!c ^e cue^ j mimie fec^ran l/wv^e et»

ana 56 -'

ft

eali.e

7 ^eaj! ye

fcon p^ltiv -]pV|iene- lur lime-

-]pV|iene- luron rcew

c •..-o»j?eai.er .etfro lie

be-" ?«ftt n i

i?i<2

t

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 43

p. 42 = fol. 149" = 11. 895—918.

sae-bat ge-hleod beer on bearra scipes beo-

rhte frsetwa wselses eafera wyrm hat

ge-mealt. Se waes wreccena wide maerost

ofer werfeode wigendra hleo * ellen-daedum 900

5 he J>ses aer on'Sah srS'San here-modes hild

swe^rode earfo'S ond ellen he mid eotenum

wear's on feonda geweald forS forlacen

snude for-sended hine sorh-wylmas *leme- 905

de to lange he his leodum wearS eallum 10 aebellingum to aldor-ceare. Swylce oft

be-mearn aerran maelum swi'S-ferhbes

sr3 snotor ceorl monig sebe him bealwa

to|bote gelyfde *$cet \ae,t 'Seod-nes beam ge- 910

beon scolde feeder aebelum on-fon folc 15 ge-healdan hord ond hleo-burh haelefa rice

,e*&el. scyldinga he j)9Br eallum wearS mseg

hige-laces manna cynne *freondum ge- 915

fsegra hine fyren on-wod. hwilum fli-

tende fealwe straete mearum maeton 20 ^a wses morgen-leoht scofen ond scynded

1 only a very small part of s in see- covered.

2 rlvte AB ; now a small part of r gone, and part of what is left of it as well as part of ht covered || the circumflex on the a of hat is not quite distinct.

3 ge mealt AB ; now ge gone, and part of the first stroke of m covered.

4 ofer AB ; now o and the greatest part of / gone, and what is left of / as well as part of e covered.

5 lie AB ; now gone.

6 siveftrode A, smedrode B ; now s gone, and w covered.

7 wear% A, weard B ; now TV and the greatest part of e gone (the line connecting e with a is left ; what the FS. seems to exhibit besides is owing to the I of wol in the front page showing through).

8 snude AB ; now s gone (at least, I cannot make it out under the paper, under which it may be covered).

20 the last d in scynded as blotted in the MS. as in the FS

44 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 43 = fol. 150r = 11. 918—938. eode scealc monig swrS-hicgende to sele

Jam hean *searo-wundor seon swylce self 920

cyning of bryd-bure beah-horda weard tryddode tirfaest. getrume micle 5 cystum ge-cyfed ond his cwen mid him medo- stig ge-maet msegf a hose.

.XIIII.

* I I roft-gar mabelode hejto healle geong 925

J — L stod on stapole geseah steapne hrof 10 golde fahne. ond grendles hond. ftisse an-

syne alwealdan fane lungre gelimpe

fela ic lafes ge-bad *grynna eet grendle. 930

a]maeg god wyrcan wunder sefter wundre

wuldres hyrde. 'Sset wses ungeara )jset ic 15 senigra me weana ne|wende to|widan

feore bote gebidan fonne blode|fah

*husa selest heoro-dreorig stod wea 935

wid scofen witena ge-hwylcne. ^ara

fe|ne wendon fycet hie wide-ferh^ leoda 20 land-ge-weorc lafum be-weredon.

2 self AB ; now part of el and the whole of f gone.

3 weard AB ; now d and part of r gone (the upper part of the first stroke of r is left).

5 medo AB now o entirely and m and d partially gone.

8 geong B ; geocg A ; now the second g gone (n preserved).

9 hrof AB ; now part of / gone.

10 e in fahne altered from ol The point after it is not quite certain.

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p Imy^ btme

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fetefr 4 y*

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 45

p. 44 = fol. 150T = 11. 939—963.

scuccum ond scinnum nu scealc hafa'S *burh 940

drih tnes miht deed ge-fremede. ^e|we ealle

ser|ne meahton snyttrum besyrwan hwaet

$cet secgan mseg efne swa hwylc maegj>a swa 5 ftone magan cende. aefter gum-cynnura gyf

heo gyt lyfaft *]>cet hyre eald metod este wsere. 945

bearn-gebyrdo nu ic beowulf bee secg betsta

me for sunu wylle freogan onjferhj^e heald

forS tela. niwe sibbe nejbrS be senigre gad 10 *worolde wilna J?e ic|ge- weald haebbe ful 950

oft ic for Ises-san lean teoli-hode hord-

weorbunge hnahran rince saemran aet

saecce J)u fe self hafast. dae-dum gefremed

}cet J)in lyfa^ *awa to aldre al\val-da fee gode 955

15 for-gylde swa he nu gyt dyde. beowulf

niafelode beam ec-]?eo-wes we \czt ellen-weorc

estum miclum feohtati fremedon frecne

ge-neft-don. *eafo^ uncu|?es ujje ic swijjor \oet 960

^u hine selfne geseon moste feond on 20 fraetewum fyl-werigne. ic him hraedlice

1 scuccum AB ; now part of the s is so covered that it is impossible to see whether it is entirely preserved.

2 drihtnes AB ; now part of dr gone.

3 cerne A, eerne (altered to etr\ne with another ink) B; now cer gone, and the first stroke of n covered.

4 $ A, \><Et B ; now no trace of it left || secgan AB ; now s gone, and e and the greatest part of c covered.

5 Zone AB ; now only one legible (there seems to be a letter, or part of a letter, covered before o, but the paper used here by the binder is so thick that it is impossible to make out anything).

6 A in heo covered.

7 beam AB ; now part of 5 gone, and what is left of it covered.

8 me AB ; now the first two strokes of m gone, or, at least, not discernible under the paper.

9 the greater part of / in for% covered.

10 w in tvorolde partially covered.

46 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 45 = fol. 151' = 11. 963—986.

heardan clam-mum on wael-bedde wriban

fohte feet he *for hand-gripe minum scolde 965

Jicgean lif-bysig butan his lie swice. ic

hine ne mihte fa metod nolde ganges 5 ge-twaeman no ic him bses georne set-

fealh feorh-ge-ni'S-lan wses to fore-mihtig

*feond on febe hwsebere he his folme for- 970

let tojlif-wrabe last weardian earm ond eax-

le no bser senige swa beah fea-sceaft gu- 10 ma frofre gebohte. no by leng leofa'S

la^-geteona *synnum geswenced ac hyne 975

sar hafa^ in mid-gripe nearwe befongen.

balwon bendum 'Sser abidan sceal maga

mane fah miclan domes hii him scir me- 15 tod scrifan wille. *:Sa|wses swigra secg sunu 980

eclafes on gylp-spraece gu^-geweorca sij>-

^an aefelingas eorles craefte ofer hean-

ne hrof hand sceawedon feondes fingras

foran seg-hwylc *waes steda naegla ge-hwylc 985

20 style ge-licost hsefenes hand-sporu hilde-

3 ic AB ; now the c no longer entire.

4 ganges AB ; now the top of s gone.

6 militig AB ; now htig gone (what Kolbing takes for the remnant of h is part of the big D in the back page, 1. 5, showing through).

7 for AB ; now or gone.

8 *j A, and B ; now the horizontal part of the abbreviation a little faded || eax AB ; now gone.

9 gu AB ; now gone. 10 leofa% A, leofad B ; now a$ gone. 12 distinctly in mid, not mnnd (cf. FS.)-

12 befongen. (the stop wanting B) AB ; now the second stroke of n partially faded, and the stop gone.

16 a small part of J? in tfy not quite distinct.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 47

p. 46 = fol. 151T = 11. 986—1009.

hilde-rinces egl unheoru aeghwylc ge-cwae'S

\ce,t him heardra nan hrinan wolde iren aer-

god Jjce^'Saes ah-laecan *blodge beadu-folme 990

onberan wolde. .XV.

5 I\A wees haten hrebe heort innanweard

folmum gefraetwod fela ]>sera waes wera

ond wifa be \ce,t win-reced gest-sele gyredon

gold-fag scinon *web aefter wagum wundor- 995

siona fela secga ge-hwylcum ]>ara be 10 on swylc stara'S. waes \ae,t beorhte bold to-

brocen swrSe eal inne-weard iren-bendum

faest heorras to-hlidene hrof ana ge-

naes *ealles ansund be]se aglseca fyren- 1000

daedum fag on | fleam ge-wand aldres or- 15 wena no \<%t y^e by'S to be-fleonne frem-

me sefe wille. Ac]ge-sacan sceal sawl-

berendra *nyde ge-nydde nijj'Sa bear- 1005

na grund-buendra gearwe stowe. J>ser

his lic-homa leger-bedde faest. swefe)) 20 aefter symle J>a|waes sael ond mael Ipcet to healle

1 hildt B, omitted A ; now h and the upper part of I gone, and i entirely and d and what is left of I partially covered || part of % in cwcefc covered.

2 •£] and B, omitted A, J>aet K, Jjset Gt ; the abbreviation for J>aet is pretty distinct, although not entire, and partially covered.

3 god A, go1^ B ; now g gone, and part of o covered.

4 onberan AB ; now o gone, and n all but entirely covered.

5 D A A, Da B ; now part of the big D gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

7 the horizontal part of the abbreviation for ond covered.

8 part of g in gold covered.

48 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 47 = fol. 152r = 1009—1032.

gang healf-denes sunu *wolde self cyning 1010

symbel ficgan ne|ge-fraegen ic fa maegfe

inaran weorode ymb hyra sinc-gyfan sel

gebseran. bugon J>a to bence blaed-agan- 5 de fylle gefaegon fsegere gefsegon *me- 1015

do-fu.1 manig magas J?ara swi^-hicgende

on sele Jam hean hro^gar ond hrofulf heo-

rot innan wses freondum afylled nalles facen-

stafas f eod-scyldingas fenden fremedon 10 *forgeaf fa beowulfe brand healfdenes 1020

segen gyldenne sigores to leane liroden

hilte-cumbor helm ond byrnan maere ma'S-

pura-sweord manige gesawon. beforan beorn

beran beowulf ge-fah *M on|flette. no he 1025

15 fsere feoh-gyfte for scotenum scamigan

'Sorfte ne|ge-fraegn ic freond-licor feower

madmas golde ge-gyrede gum-man-na

fela in ealo-bence o^rum gesellan. *ymb 1030

Jjaes helmes hrof heafod-beorge wirum 20 be-wunden walan utan heold paet him fela

1 cyning AB ; now the second part of the second n and the whole of g gone.

2 m<zg\>e AB ; now e and the round part of the preceding \> gone.

3 sel AB ; now el entirely gone, and only the middle of s left.

4 bleed agan A, blcedagan B ; now only bleed left. 6 me AB ; now gone.

6 hicgende B, hiegeade A ; now de gone, and even n not quite distinct.

7 Jieo AB ; now entirely gone (Kolbing and Wiilcker say that part of h is preserved, misled I have no doubt by the h of hilde in 1. 7 of the back page showing through).

8 facen (altered from n^m with another ink B) AB ; now only /left.

9 fremedon AB ; now on gone, and d no longer entire.

10 healfdenes A, Healfdenes B ; now es and the second stroke of the preceding n gone.

11 liroden AB ; now en gone, and even of d only the first portion of the lower part left.

12 ma% AB ; now only m and the first part of a left.

13 o in beforan altered from beferan in the same hand || beorn AB ; now orn gone, and even e not entire.

14 b in beowulf altered from w || he AB ; now gone.

15 scamigan (n with a different ink B) AB ; now gan gone.

16 feower (r with a different ink B) AB ; now er and the top of w gone,

17 manna AB ; now only a very small part of the top of the last a gone.

18 ymb AB ; now the upper part of b gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 49

p. 48 = fol. 152T = 11. 1032—1053.

laf frecne ne meahton scur-heard sceb-

SSan bonwe scyld-freca ongean gramum

gangan scolde. *Heht 'Sa eorla hleo eah- 1035

ta mearas faeted-hleore on flet teon. 5 in|under eoderas bara anum stod sadol

searwum fah since ge-wurbad baet waes

hilde.-setl heah-cyninges *^onne sweorda 1040

gelac sunu healfdenes efnan wolde

nsefre on ore laeg wid-cubes wig Son-ne 10 walu feollon 0?*tZ|$a beowulfe bega ge-hwaeb-

res eodor ing-wina onweald ge-teah. *wic- 1045

ga cmcfjwsepna het hine wel brucan. swa

man-lice maere beoden hord-weard haele-

ba heabo-raesas geald mearum ond mad- 15 mum. Swa hy naefre man lyh^ sebe

secgan wile so^ sefter rihte.

.XVI.

I A gyt aeghwylcum eorla drihten bara 1050

be mid beowulfe brim-leade teah on|bse- 20 re medu-bence mab^um ge-sealde yr-

; now gone || part of fin frecne covered.

2 %an AB ; now % and part of a gone, the rest of a covered.

3 gangan AB ; now the first g and a small part of the first a gone, the rest of the first a covered.

4 ta AB ; now gone || part of the first stroke of m in mearas covered.

5 munder (altered to in under with another ink B) AB, in under Gt, \\~\n under K ; now in and the first stroke of u gone, the second stroke of u covered.

6 s and the greatest part of e in searmum covered.

7 A in hilde covered. 8 the greatest part of g in gelac covered.

9 the first stroke of n in ncefre covered.

10 only a very small part of w covered.

18 DJL A, Da B ; now part of the big D gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

BEOWULF. £

50 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 49 = fol. 153r = 11. 1053—1075.

fe-lafe ow<i|]jone senne heht golde forgyl-

dan fone ^e grendel ser *mane acwealde 1055

swa lie hyra ma wolde nef-ne him witig

god wyrd forstode ond^ses mannes mod me- 5 tod eallum weold gumena cynnes swa he

nu git de'S for-f an bi^ and-git seg-hwaer

selest *ferh:Ses fore-fane fela sceal ge- 1060

bidan leofes oncZjlabes sej>e longe her on

^ys-sum win-dagum worolde braced, f ser 10 waes sang cwcZ|sweg samod set-gaedere fore

healfdenes hilde-wisan *gomen-wudu 1065

greted gid oft wrecen. ^onTze heal-gamen

hrof-gares scop sefter medo-bence mee-

nan scolde finnes eaferum ^a hie se 15 fser begeat hsele^ healf-dena hnsef

scyldinga *in]fres-w8ele feallan scolde 1070

ne hum hilde-burh herian forfte.

eotena treowe unsynnum wearS be-

loren leofum set Jam hild-plegan bearnum 20 c>?^c?|bro^rllm hie on]ge-byrd hruron *gare 1075

B ; now I and the upper part of the longer stroke of y gone.

3 witig AB ; now the lower part and the second half of the top of g gone.

4 me AB ; now gone. 5 lie AB ; now e gone. 7 ge AB ; now e gone.

11 the blank between mi and san is owing to a defect in the parchment, not to an erasure.

16 fret] r altered from some other letter, after it a letter erased, then es on an erasure : that fres is all that the scribe intended to write, is shown by a line connecting r and e, which, however, is not very distinct in the FS.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 51

p. 50 = fol. 153T == 1075—1097.

wunde \<»t wses geomuru ides nalles holinga

hoces dohtor meotod-sceaft be-mearn

syb'San morgen com. ^a heo under swegle

geseon meahte morbor-bealo maga 5 baer he aer maeste heold * worolde wynne 1080

wig ealle fornam finnes begnas nemne

feauTTi anum baet he|ne mehte on baem nie-

ftel-stede. wig hengeste wiht ge-feohtan.

ne ba wea-lafe wige for-bringan *beodnes 1085

10 SSegne. ac hig him gebingo budon tycet hie

him o^er net eal ge-rym-don healle ond

heahsetl \cet hie healfre geweald wr3 eote-

na beam agan moston ond set feoh-gyf-

tum folc-waldan sunu *dogra gehwylce 1090

15 dene weorbode hengestes heap hrin-

gum wenede efne swa swrSe sinc-ge-streo-

num faettan goldes swa he fresena cyn

on beor-sele byldan wolde. *fta hie ge- 1095

truwedon on|twa healfa faeste frio^u- 20 waere fin hengeste elne unflitme

1 wunde AB ; now m and part of u gone, and the rest of the word except small portions of d and e covered (cf. FS.).

2 hoces AB ; now the greater part of h gone, and what is left of it as well as o covered.

3 sy^an AB ; now sy and the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of f> gone, the rest of \> and part of <S covered.

4 geseon AB ; now ge gone, and s covered.

5 Jjcer AB ; now \> gone, and ce covered || mo.ste : the correction in the same hand.

6 wi and part of g in mig covered.

7 fed™ : the correction in the same hand ; / covered.

8 * in %el covered. 9 the first stroke of n in ne covered.

10 a small part of % in %egne covered.

11 a small part of h in him covered.

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52 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 61 = fol. 154' = 11. 1097—1119.

be-nemde. ]>cet he fa wealafe weotena

dome arum heolde f cet 'Sser senig mon

*wordum ne worcum waere ne brsece. ne 1100

Jmrh inwit-searo sefre ge-msenden 'Seah 5 hie hira beag-gyfan banan folgedon

^Seoden-lease fa him swa ge-fearfod wses

gyf fonne frysna hwylc frecnen sprsece

*Sses morfor-hetes mynd-giend wsere 1105

fonne hit sweordes ecg sy^^an scolde 10 a^S wses gesefned ond icge gold, ahsefen of

horde here-scyldinga betst beado-rinca.

waes on bsel gearu *3et fsem ade wses 1110

ef-ge-syne swat-fah syrce swyn

eal-gylden. eofer iren-heard sef eling ma- 15 nig wun-dum awyrded sume on waele

crungon. het 'Sa hilde-burh set hnaefes

ade *hire selfre sunu sweolo^e be- 1115

fsestan ban-fatu baernan ond on bsel

don earme on eaxle ides gnornode 20 geomrode giddum girS-rinc astah. wand

3 ne (at the end of the line) AB ; now e and the second stroke of n gone. * the second stroke of h in ^eah a little faded.

6 wees AB ; now the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of n gone.

7 sprcece AB ; now ce and part of s and a very small part of ce gone.

a

11 bedo : correction in the same hand.

12 on bcel erased after the second wees.

13 gearu erased at the beginning of the line.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. 53

p. 52 = fol. 154T = 11. 1119—1139.

to wolcnum wael-fyra moest *hlynode 1120

for hlawe hafelan multon. bengeato burston ftonne blod set-spranc. laS bite lices lig ealle for-swealg gsesta 6 gifrost J?ara fte pser girS for-nam bega folces wses hira bleed scacen.

.XYII.

E-witon him ^alwigend wica neosian 1125

freondum befeallen frys-land geseon 10 hamas ond hea-burh hengest ^a]gyt wsel-

fagne winter wimode mid finnel un-

hlitme eard gemunde *beah be he meah- 1130

te on]mere drifan hringed-stefnan

holm storme weol won wr3 winde winter 15 yjje beleac is-ge-binde ojj'Saet o]?er com

gear in|geardas swa nu gyt de^ *]?a:Se 1135

syngales sele bewitia'S wuldor-torh-

tan weder ^ajwees winter scacen faeger

foldan bearm fundode wrecca gist 20 of geardum he]to gyrn-wraece swi^or

1 t o AB ; now gone || wolcnum B, nolcmum A ; the word may still be entire, although I cannot make out the w under the paper ; a small part of o and the top of I are also covered.

2 for AB ; now fo gone, and r almost entirely covered.

3 burston AB ; now bu gone, and part of r covered.

4 almost the whole of b and part of i in bite covered.

5 gifrost AB ; now gi gone, the greatest part of / covered, and part of r a little faded. 6 b in bega covered.

7 GE A, Ge B ; now G all but entirely gone, and almost the whole of E covered.

9 part of / in freondum covered.

10 the long perpendicular stroke of 7* in Jiamas covered.

12 hlitme MS., no doubt, not hlitine, the connecting line between the first stroke of m and the second, although a little faded, being still discernible.

17 originally gewitia$, but g underdotted and erased, and b written over it in the same hand.

54 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 53 = fol. 155r = 11. 1139—1159.

fohte fon?ze to see-lade *gif he torn-ge- 1140

inot burh-teon milite f cet he eotena

beam inne ge-xnunde. Swa he ne for-

wyrnde worold-rsedenne fonne him 5 hun-lafing hilde-leoman billa selest

on bearm dyde *baes wseron mid eotenum 1145

ecge cirSe swylce ferh^-frecan fin

eft be-geat sweord-bealo sliften set his

selfes ham sib'San grimne gripe 10 girS-laf ond os-laf sefter saVsifte

sorge maendon *set-witon weana dael 1150

ne meahte wsefre mod for-habban

in hre]?re ^a wses heal hroden feonda

feorum swilce fin slaegen cyning on 15 corfre ond\s&o cwen numen sceotend scyl-

dinga to|scypon feredon *eal inge- 1155

steald eorS-cyninges swylce hie set

finnes ham findan meahton sigla

searo-gimma hie on]sse-lade driht- 20 lice wif to|denum feredon Iseddon.

1 }>oJite AB ; now the top of J? gone || torn ge AB ; now the second stroke of n and the whole of ge gone.

2 eotena A, Eotena B ; now a and the second stroke of n gone.

3 for AB ; now r gone.

5 selest AB ; now t and the top of the s before it gone.

6 eotenum A, ^Eotenum B ; now the second stroke of u and the abbreviation for m gone.

7 nothing after Jin AB.

8 cet AB ; now a little indistinct, especially t \\ his AB ; now the top of h and the upper part of s gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 55

p. 54 = fol. 155T == 11. 1169—1175.

to leodum leo^ wses asungen *gleoman 1160

nes gyd gamen eft astah. beorhtode

benc-sweg byrelas sealdon win of

wunder-fatum. ]?a cwom wealhbeo for$ 5 gan under gyldnum beage faer fa

godan twegen sseton suhter-gefsede-

ran ]>a|gyt wses hiera sib set-gsedere

*seg-hwylc o'Srum try we swylce fser 1165

hun-ferj) Jjyle set fotum sset frean 10 scyldinga ge-hwylc hiora his fer-

h]>e treow-de. bset he hsefde mod

micel J>eah be he his magum nsere

arfsest set ecga gelacum. Sprsec

^a ides scyldinga. onfoh bissum 15 fulle freo-drihten min *sinces bryt- 1170

ta Jju|on sselum wes gold-wine gume-

na ond\io geatum sprsec mildum wor-

dum swa sceal man don. beo wr3 geatas

glsed geofena gemyndig nean ond feor- 20 ran Jm nu hafast *me man ssegde jjset 1175

1 to AB ; now gone || leodum AB ; now I and part of e gone, and the rest of e, a small part of o, and the top of d covered || the top of I in leo$ covered || the tops of I and a, and almost the whole of n in gleoman covered (the fourth letter of this word is certainly o, not a).

2 nes AB ; now gone.

3 benc B, bene A ; now be gone [| the accent over i in win doubtful.

4 munder AB ; now tv gone, and the lower part of nd covered.

5 gan AB ; now g gone, but an left, although a is partially covered.

6 godan AB ; at least part of g is still preserved, although it is covered as well as the beginning of o and the top of d ; the two last letters are entire and not covered.

7 ran AB ; now r gone, and part of a covered.

8 ce in ceg-hwylc almost entirely covered.

9 A in hun-fer]p partially covered ; a letter seems to have been erased after this word.

10 a small part of s in scyldinga covered.

11 the top of h in fye covered. 17 part of n in na covered.

56 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 55 = fol. 156r = 11. 1175—1195.

]>u|$e for sunn, wolde here-ric habban

heorot is ge-fselsod beah-sele beorhta

bruc fen-den pu|mote manigra medo

0W6?|Jrinum magum laef folc ond\iicQ f on-ne 5 'Su for^ scyle * metod-sceaft seon ic 1 180

minne can glsedne hrofulf f cet he pa geo-

go'Se wile arum healdan gyf bu aer bonrce

lie wine scildinga worold of-lsetest

wene ic feet he mid gode gyldan wille *un- 1 185

1 0 cran eaf eran gif lie Ipcet eal ge-mon hwaet

wit to willan ond to wor^-myndum umbor-

wesendum 0er arna gefremedon. hwea-

rf fa bi bence paer hyre byre wseron

hre^ric 07zc?|liro^miLnd c>?^(i|h£elefa beam 15 *giogo:S set-gaedere faarjse goda sset 1190

beowulf geata be fssm gebro'Srum twsem

.XVIII.

Him waes ful boren owc?|freond-lafu wor- dum be-wasgned 07?t?]wunden gold estum 20 ge-eawed earm-reade twa *hraegl ond'i'hnn- 1195

1 \>u $e AB ; now of \> only the very lowest part of the perpendicular stroke preserved, of % the upper part gone, but u and e as good as entire || habban, AB ; now an and part of the second b gone.

2 beorlita AB ; now ta and the shorter of the perpendicular strokes of h gone (the connecting line between the two strokes is left).

3 medo AB ; now only me left, and even the e not entire.

5 ic (with another ink B) AB; now gone. 6 geo AB ; now eo gone.

7 ]ponnQ A, \>on B ; now the abbreviation for ne and the second stroke of n gone.

10 hwcet B, tycet A ; t has shrunk together very much, and perhaps is not entire.

16 twcem, AB ; now the last stroke of m very indistinct.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. 57

p. 56 = fol. 156* = 11. 1195—1217. gas heals-beaga msest J>ara J?e ic on foldan gefraegen hsebbe nae-nig-ne ic under sweg- le selran hyrde hord-mad-mum haelejja syb'San hama set-wseg to here byrhtan

5 byrig brosinga mene *sigle ond sinc-faet 1200

searo-ni^as fealh eormen-rices geceas ecne r£d bone bring haefde higelac gea- ta nefa swertinges nyhstan si^e si^ban

he under segne sine ealgode. *wsel-reaf 1205

10 werede hyne wyrd for-nam syb'San he for wlenco wean ahsode fseh^e to frysuw he ba frsetwe waeg eorclan-stanas ofer y^a ful. rice beoden he under rande ge-

cranc *ge-hwearf ba in francna fsebm 1210

15 feorh cyninges breost-ge-wsedu ond\se beah somod wyrsan wig-frecan wsel reafeden sefter gu^-sceare geata leode hrea-wic heoldon

heal swege onfeng. *WeallrSeo mafelode 1215

heo fore Jjsem werede sprsec bruc hisses 20 beages beowulf leofa hyse mid hsele

1 gas AB ; now gone || k, e, I in heals partially covered (s. FS.) || the top of \> in ]>ara as well as in \>e covered || the upper half of ic on covered \\foldan AB ; now dan and the upper part of I gone, and the greatest part of /and th > whole of o and of what is left of I covered.

2 gefrcegen AB ; now ge (at the beginning of the word) gone, and/ almost entirely covered.

3 ;<? AB ; now gone. 4 s and part of a in gy\>%an covered. 6 "by rig AB ; now byri gone, and a small part of g covered.

6 searo AB ; now se gone, and a almost entirely covered.

7 the greater part of the first e in ecne covered.

8 ta AB ; now t not entire and what is left of it partially covered.

9 li in he torn, and its upper part covered.

10 only a very small part of m in werede covered.

11 only a very small part of / in for covered.

13 he added over the line in the same hand, a dot under the line showing where it is to be inserted.

18 heal AB ; now the upper part of h gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

58 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 67 = fol. 157r = 11. 1217—1241.

ond pisses hrsegles neot peo-ge-streona ond gepeoh

tela cen pec mid crsefte ond\]>ys$um cnyhtum

wes *lara IrSe ic pe pses lean|geman hafast 1220

pu|ge-fered ])cet fte feor ond neah ealne wide-ferhp 5 weras ehtiga^S efne swa side swa sse bebuge'S

wind geard weallas wes penden pu lifige *aepeling 1225

eadig ic pe an tela sinc-gestreona beo pu

suna mimiTtt dae-dum ge-defe dream-healden-

de. her is aeghwylc eoii oprum ge-trywe 10 modes milde man-drihtne hoi *pegnas syn- 1230

don ge-pwsere peod ealgearo druncne dryht-

guman do^ swa ic bidde. Eode pa to setle

paer waes symbla cyst druncon win weras wyrd

ne cupon geo-sceaft grimne swa hit agan- 15 gen wearS *eorla manegim syp'San aefen cwom 1235

ond\him hropgar ge-wat to hofe sinum rice

to|raeste reced weardode unrim eorla swa

hie oft aer dydon benc-pelu beredon hit

geond-braeded wear<5 *beddum ond bolstrum 1240

20 beor-scealca sum fus ond\fsQg& flet-raeste ge-

1 *j A, and B ; now only the lowest part of the abbreviation left || pisses AB ; now the upper part of \> and the top of i gone, and e torn || looking at the FS. one might think there is an indistinct d between \>eo and ge- streona, but then its form would be a little unusual (cf. \>eod, 1. 11), nor does the MS. seem to countenance such a supposition || "j (and B) ge\>eoJi AB ; now entirely gone.

2 cnyhtum AB ; now m and part of u gone.

3 hafast A, hawast B ; now only ha left.

4 ferh]) AB ; now only/, the greatest part of e, and the lower part of the first stroke of r left.

6 side was originally wide, but w altered to si, and the original i under- dotted || bebuge% A, Tjebuged (the last e altered from a) B ; now only beb and the first stroke of u left.

6 afyeling AB ; now only cej? and a very small part of e left.

8 healden A, Healfden B ; now the second stroke of n gone.

10 hoi changed from heol || syn AB ; now the n is no longer entire (Kolbing, who thinks that y is followed by I, has been misled by the 1 of SIgon in 1. 10 of the back page showing through).

11 dryht AB ; now ht and a small part of y gone.

13 tvyrd AB ; now the lower part of the second stroke of r lost in conse quence of a hole, and the diagonal stroke of d nearly faded.

15 cmom B, crom A ; now the last stroke of in no longer entire.

16 h in hropgar altered from b 1

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 59

p. 58 == fol. 157r = 11. 1241—1264. beag setton him to heafdon hilde-randas bord-wudu beorhtan baer on bence wses. ofer sebelinge yb-ge-sene *heabo-steapa helm 1245

hringed byrne brec-wudu brymlic waes 5 beaw hyra ]>cet hie oft waeron an|wig gearwe ge set ham ge on herge ge|ge-hwseber bara efne swylce msela swylce hira man-dryht- ne *bearf ge-sselde wees seo beod tilu. 1250

.XYIIII.

10 ,^^Igon ba|to slsepe sum sare angeald sefen-

F<J rseste swa him ful oft gelamp sib'San gold-

sele grendel warode unriht aefnde o]? \ae,t

ende be-cwom *swylt softer synnum ]>cet gesyne 1255

wear]) wid-cub werum \cet te wrecend ba|gyt lif- 15 de sefter labuwi lange brage sefter gu'S-

ceare grendles modor ides aglsec-wif yrm-

be gemunde *sebe wseter egesan wunian 1260

scolde cealde streamas sib^an camp wearS

to ecgbanan angan breber fsederen-maege 20 he|ba fag gewat morbre gemearcod

1 beag AB ; now gone || randas AB ; now the top of s gone, and the great est part of what is left of it as well as part of the preceding da covered.

2 bord AB ; now b gone, and o and part of r covered.

3 ce and part of \> in afyelinge covered || steapa~] originally stoapa, but o by a diagonal stroke altered to an imperfect e and then the whole letter blotted, and at last a smaller e was written over it, in another hand I think.

4 hringed AB ; now the first stroke of h gone, and the second stroke of it and the lowest part of the first stroke of r covered.

5 ]peaiv B, \>ear A ; now \> and perhaps also a small part of e gone, and what is left of e and part of a covered.

6 g in ge not entire and partially covered.

7 only a very small part of the first e in efne covered.

8 the greatest part of the first stroke of n in ne covered.

10 Si-gon AB ; now only a small part of the big S left, and part of what is left of it as well as the whole of I covered.

12 warode MS. as well as AB ; the parchment under iva is rather thin, and besides there is a blot on the two letters ; but on looking at the first letter closely, one cannot doubt that it is TV, not / : what Kolbing and others seem to have mistaken for the second horizontal stroke of / is part of o in Eode in 1. 12 of the front page, which shows through ; the second letter is a in its usual form (not u or a open at the top).

60 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 59 = fol. 158r = 11. 1264—1287.

man-dream neon *westen warode panon woe 1265

fela geo-sceaft-gasta wees psera grendel

sum heoro-wearh hetelic se aet heorote

fand wseccendne wer wiges bidan paer him 5 aglseca set-grsepe wear^ *hwaepre he ge- 1270

munde msegenes strenge gim-fseste gife

'Se him god sealde ond him to anwaldan are

gelyfde frofre oftdjfultum ^y he pone feond

ofer-cwom ge-hnaegde helle-gast pa he 10 hean ge-wat *dreame be-daeled deap-wlc 1275

seon mancynnes feond ond his modor pa|gyt

gifre ow<2|galgmod gegan wolde sorh-fulne

si^S sunn peod wrecan com fa|to heorote

'Sser hring-dene *geond ]>cet saeld swsefun pa 1280

15 ^Sser sona wearS ed-hwyrft eorlum sip^an

inne fealh grendles modor waes se gry-

re laes-sa efne swa micle swa bi^ msegpa

crseft wig-gryre wifes be wsepned-men

*pon?ie heoru bunden hamere gepuren 1285

20 sweord swate fah swin ofer helme ecgum

1 man AB ; now m gone, a at least not distinct and perhaps not entire, but n certain || dream, AB ; now d almost entirely gone || \>anon woe A, \>an oti woe (pe with a different ink ?) B ; now only J? left.

2 grendel AB ; now el gone. 6 gife AB ; now e no longer entire. 8 feond AB ; now d quite faded.

10 What Wiilcker thinks to be the upper portion of g after mic is the e of leofost in 1. 10 of the back of the leaf, which shows through the parchment.

11 gyt AB ; now the second part of the horizontal stroke of t gone. 16 r erased after gry.

19 e erased after J?0nne || n in lunden altered from m by erasure.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 61

p. 60 = fol. 158T = 11. 1287—1307.

dyhtig andweard scire^S. fa wses on healle

heard -ecg togen sweord ofer setlum sid-

rand manig *hafen han-da fsest helm 1290

ne|ge-munde byrnan side pa hine se 5 broga angeat heo wa3S on ofste wolde

lit panon feore beorgan pa heo on-fun-

den wees hra^e heo a3pelinga anne

haefde *fseste be-fangen pa heo to fen- 1295

ne gang se wses hropgare hselepa 10 leofost on|ge-sr3es had be|ssem tweonum

rice rand-wiga pone ^e heo on|rseste

abreat blaed-fsestne beorn naes beo-

wulf 'Saer. * ac waes oper in aer|ge-teohhod 1 30C

sefter maj^um-gife. mserum geate 15 hream wear^ in heorote heo under heolf-

re ge-nam cupe folme cearu waes ge-

niwod ge-worden in|wicun ne]waes \ae,t ge-

wrixle til *$cet hie on ba healfa bicgan 1305

scoldon. freonda feorum pa wa3s frod 20 cyning. har hilde-rinc on hreon

1 dyhttig A, dyttig B ; now gone [| the tops of s and $ in scireZ covered. || healle AB ; now lie entirely and the rest partially gone ; part of what is left of Tie, and the whole of what is left of a covered.

2 heard AB ; now hea gone, and part of r covered. 4 part of the first stroke of n in ne covered.

6 broga AB ; now the greatest part of br gone, only the very top of I and the second stroke of r being left, but entirely covered.

6 uf] u and part of t covered. 9 part of n in ne covered.

10 leofost AB ; now I gone, and e covered.

14 a stop erased after ma]>$um.

16 o\n : the correction in the same hand. 17 tvicun certainly, not n-icim.

62 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 61 = fol. 159r = 11. 1307—1328.

mode sy'Sf an he aldor-j?egn|unlyfigendne

fone deorestan deadne wisse. *hra]?e wses 1310

to|bure beowulf fetod sigor-eadig secg

samod ser-dsege code eorla sum aebele 5 cempa self mid ge-si^um jjaer se snote-

ra bad. hwaef re him alf-walda aefre

wille *sefter weaspelle wyrpe gefrem- 1315

man gang fta aefter flore fyrd-wyr-

'Se man mid his hand-scale heal-wudu 10 dynede ]>cet he fone wisan wordum hnsegde

frean ing-wina frsegn gif him wsere

*sefter neod-la^u niht ge-taese. 1320

.XX.

"TTTro:S-gar mafelode helm scyldinga 15 -*--*- ne frin fu aefter sselum sorh|is ge-ni-

wod denigea leodum dead is aesc-here

yrmen-lafes yldra brofor *min run- 1325

wita ond\mm raed-bora eaxl-ge-stealla

'Sonne we on orlege hafelan weredon 20 f onne hniton fef an eoferas cnysedan

1 mode AB ; now the whole of mo and part of de gone || unlyfigendne A, unlyfi ndne B ; now only unly (the I not entirely) preserved.

2 Tirade (Tirade B ) was AB ; now only lira and the lowest part of the perpendicular stroke of J> left.

3 secg AB ; now g and perhaps also part of c gone : at least, c is not distinct.

5 snote AB ; now e gone.

6 cefre AB ; now e and the second part of r gone. 10 hncegde AB ; now de gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 63

p. 62 = fol. 159' = 11. 1328—1352.

swy[lc] scolde eorl wesan aergod swylc sesc-here

wses *wear3 him on heorote to hand-banan 1330

wael-gaest waefre ic ne wat h weeper atol sese

wlanc eft-siftas teali fylle ge-frsegnod heo 5 fa faelrSe wreec j?e Jm gystran niht gren-

del cwealdest *burh hsestne had heardum 1335

clammum for-ban he|to lange leode mine

wanode o?id\wyide he set wige ge-crang eal-

dres scyldig ond\im ober cwom mihtig man- 10 sca'Sa wolde hyre mseg wrecan. *ge feor hafa^ 1340

fseh^e gestaeled j?8es fe Jjincean maeg jjegne

monegum se]je sefter sinc-gyfan on|sefan

greotej) hrefer-bealo hearde nu|seo hand

lige'S se]?e eow wel-hwylcra wilna dohte. 15 * ic Ipcet lond-buend leode mine sele-rsedende 1345

secgan hyrde \ce,t hie gesawon swylce twegen

micle mearc-stapan moras healdan ellor-

gsestas ^sera o^er wses *j?aes fe hie ge-wis-licost 1350

gewitan meahton idese onlic-nses o^er ear- 20 m-sceapen on|weres wsestmum wrsec-lastas

1 sivy scolde A, smj . . scolde B ; now only olde left, and that par tially covered || part of cergod smylc covered || cesc here AB ; now here gone, and (ESC almost entirely covered (only the lowest part of s not covered).

2 wees AB ; now gone |j the strange look of i in him in the FS. is caused by a little hole in the MS.

3 w and part of ce in tvcel covered.

4 w in wlanc covered. 5 part of J? in \>a covered.

6 del AB ; now d gone, and e covered.

7 only very little of c in clammum covered.

9 part of d in dres covered 10 s in sca%a almost entirely covered.

11 only very little offinfceJiSe covered.

13 only very little of g in greote% covered.

14 lige$ A, liged B ; now only e% still quite distinct and g, at least, legible, but i faded, and of I only the top left || s added between hwylo and ra in a later hand.

16 ic AB ; now i gone.

64 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 63 = fol. 160r = 11. 1352—1377,

trsed naefne lie waes mara J>on?ze aenig man

ofter pone on]gear-daguw grendel nemdofn]

* f old-buende no hie feeder cunnon hwaeper 1355

him aenig waes ser acenned dyrnra gasta 5 hie dygel lond warigea'S wulf-hleopu windige

naessas frecne fen-ge-lad ^Saer fyrgen-

stream * under naessa genipu niper gewiteft 1360

flod under foldan nis ]>cet f eor heonon mil-ge-

mearces p cet se mere stan^e^ ofer paem hon- 10 gia^S hrinde bearwas wudu wyrtu??i fsest

waster ofer-helma^ * faer mseg nihta ge-hwaem 1365

ni^-wundor seon fyr on node no f ass frod

leofa'S gumena bearna Ipcet pone grund wite

^Seah J?e hae^-stapa hundur/i geswenced heorot 15 hornum trum holt- wudu sece *feorran ge- 1370

flymed aer he feorh sele'S aldor on ofre aer

he in wille hafelan : nis \azt heoru stow, ponon

y^-ge-blond up astige^ won to wolcnum ponwe

wind styrej? * la^ ge-widru o^ feet lyft drysmaj? 1375

20 roderas recta's nu is se raed gelang eft aet

1 man AB ; now only m and part of a left.

2 nemdod (dod added afterwards ? B) AB ; now only nem left.

3 linger AB ; now only hwce and the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of \> left.

5 windige A, windig B ; now e and the greatest part of g gone.

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p. 64 = fol. 1GO* = 11. 1377—1398. J>e anuwi eard git ne const frecne stowe ftaer bu findan miht fela sinni^ne secg

sec gif J>u dyrre * ic be J)a|f*ehfte feo lea- 1380

nige eald-ge-streonura swa ic aer dyde wun- dini golde gyf Jm on weg cymest,

.XXI,

BEOWVLF majjelode beam ecgj?eo- wes ne sorga snotor guma selre bi ft

aeg-hwaem *J>aet he his freond wrece bonne 1385

10 he fela murne ure aeghwylc sceal ende

ge-bidan worolde lifes wyrce sebe mote

domes £r deabe \ce,t br3 driht-guman unlif-

gendum sefter selest * aris rices weard uton 1390

hrabe feran grendles magan gang scea- 15 wigan. Ic hit be|ge-hate no he on|helm losab.

ne on foldan faebm no on|fyrgen-holt. ne

on gyfenes grund ga baer he wille * ftys dogor 1395

Jm[ge-byld hafa weana ge-hwylces swa ic )>e

wene to. ahleop fta se gomela gode }>aii- 20 code mihtigan drihtne J>ses se man ge-

1 \>e AB ; now gone || a and the first stroke of n in anum covered || stowe] part of ow and the whole of e covered.

2 %cer AB ; now gone || part of \> in \>u covered j| some letter between a and n in findan erased.

3 sec AB ; now only very little of e and c discernible, the rest of these letters, although, no doubt, preserved, being so covered as not to be visible ; of s no trace left.

4 nige] the whole of n and part of ig covered.

5 dini or dmi MS. (cf. run-dmi A, rvund-dini B), the d entirely covered (certainly not dum).

7 A rather great part of the big B is still left, although only very little of it is not covered (it is found in AB).

8 nes B, ces A ; now only ,<f left, and even that partially covered.

9 part of the first ce in ceg-hivcem covered.

10 part of Ti in he covered || c in ceglnvylc not distinct (wglin'ylc B,

A). J1 part, of g in ge-bidan covered.

12 gumen originally, but e underdotted and a written over it in the same hand (there is also a dot under n, but that seems to be accidental).

13 part of g in gendum covered.

14 gan? : the correction in another hand || ce in scea on an erasure ? 16 only a very small part of w in migan covered.

BKOWULF. F

66 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 65 = fol. 161r = 11. 1398—1422.

sprsec fa wses hroft-gare hors ge-baeted

* wicg wunden-feax wisa fengel geatolic 1400

gende gum-fef a stop lind-hsebbendra lastas

waeron aefter wald-swaf u??i wide ge-syne 5 gang ofer grundas gegnuw for * ofer myr- 1405

can mor mago-f egna bser f one selestan

sawol-leas-ne f ara f e mid hroft-gare

'ham eahtode ofer-eode fa sef elinga

beam steap stan-hli^So stige nearwe 10 *enge anpa'Sas uncu^gelad neowle nses- 1410

sas nicor-husa fela. he feara sum be-

foran gengde wisra monna wong sceawian

of ]>cet he f seringa fyrgen-beamas * ofer 1415

harne stan hleonian funde wynleasne 15 wudu wseter under stod dreorig ond ge-dre-

fed denum eallum wses winum scyldinga

weorce on mode to|ge-folianne ^egne

monegum * on-cy^ eorla|ge-hw£em sy^-f an 1420

sesc-heres on f aw holm-clife hafelan 20 met-ton flod blode weol folc to ssegon

1 sprmc A, spree B ; sp entirely gone, and of rcec only very small traces left |1 \>a AB ; now the top of \> gone || lotted AB ; now gone.

2 geatolic A, geato. with two letters (ed ?) erased after it B ; now only geato left.

3 lastas AB ; now only I left.

5 myr AB ; now only the first stroke of m left. 10 nces AB ; now the top of s gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 67

p. 66 = fol. 16F = 11. 1423—1448. hatan heolfre horn stundum song fuslic

ffyrdj-leoft fej?a eal ge-sset. *gesawoii 'Sa aefter 1425

waetere wyrm-cynnes fela sellice sse-dracan sund cunnian swylce on naes-hleo'Sum nicras 5 licgean. 'Sa on undern-msel oft be-witiga'S sorh-

fulne si^ on]segl-rade * wyrmas orc<i|wildeor hie on 1430

weg hruron bitere cwc£|gebolgne bearhtm ongea- ton guS-horn galan sum-ne geata leod of [flan- bogan feores ge-twsefde ySgewinnes \cd him on

10 aldre stod *here-str8el hearda he on holrne 1435

waes sundes ]?e saenra Se hyne swylt for-nam. hrae- J>e wearS on 'y 'Sum mid eofer-spreotum heoro-hoc- yhtum hearde ge-nearwod niSa ge-nseged ond on nses togen * wun-dor-lic wseg-bora weras scea\ve- 1 440

15 don gryre-licne gist gyrede hine beowulf eorl-gewaedum nalles for ealdre mearn scolde here-byrne hondum ge-broden sid ond searo-fah sund cunnian *seo^$e ban-cofan beorgan cupe 1445

\ast him hilde-grap hre]?re ne mihte eorres in-

20 wit-feng aldre gescejj^an. ac]se hwita helm.

1 hatan (ha afterwards added A) AB ; now gone || the tops of some letters in stundum song covered (cf. FS.) || fuslic ; now only fu and part of s left, and the whole of what is left covered except only the lowest part of /.

5 fyrd] / . . . B, A ; now nothing left f) only a very small part

of I in leo% covered || originally seah, but e underdotted, eali crossed out, and cet written over it in the same hand.

3 waster e AB ; now meet gone, and part of the first e covered.

4 sund AB ; now only d left.

5 licgean AB ; now li gone, and the greatest part of c covered.

6 only a very small part offinfulne covered.

7 only a very small part of w in weg covered.

8 ton AB ; now part of t gone, and the rest of it covered. 13 between ge and nearrvod an erasure of about two letters.

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68 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 67 = fol. 162r = 11. 1448—1471.

hafelan werede sepe mere-grundas mengan

scolde *secan sund-gebland since ge-weor3ad 1450

be-fongen frea-wrasnum swa hine fyrn-da-

gum worhte wsepna smi^S wundrum teode 5 be-sette swinlicum ^cet hine sy^-fan no brondjne

beado-mecas bitan ne meahton. ^Nsespset 1455

fonne msetost msegen-fultuma $cet him on

"Searfe lah 'Syle hro'S-gares wses Jjaem haeft-

mece hrunting nama f cet wses an foran eald- 10 ge-streona ecg wses iren ater-tanum fah

* ahyrded heapo-swate nsefre hit aet hilde 1460

ne swac manna sengnm f ara fe hit mid

nmndum be-wand se'Se gryre-si^as ge-gan

dorste folcstede fara nses f cet forma siS 15 ]>cet hit ellen-weorc aefnan scolde. *huru ne|ge- 1465

munde mago ecglafes eafof es craeftig Ipcet

he eer ge-sprsec wine druncen f a|he faes wsepnes

on-lah. seban sweord-frecan selfa ne dor ste under y'Sa ge-win aldre gene-fan * driht- 1470 20 scype dreogan pasr he dome for-leas ellen-

1 Jiafelan AB ; now h gone |] mengan A, men gan B ; now gan gone.

2 weor^Sad A, weordad B ; now r%ad gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. 69

p. 68 = fol. 162T = 11. 1471—1491.

ne waes faern o^Smm swa syft-jjan he hine to gufte ge-gyred hsefde.

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BEOWYLF maSelode beam ecg-feowes ge-fenc nil se maera maga healf-denes

* snottra fengel nu|ic eom siftes fus gold- 1475

•wine gumena hwaet wit geo sprsecon gif

ic set Jjearfe pinre scolde aldre linnan

\mt ftulme a|wsere for^ gewitenum on [feeder 10 stsele *wes Jm mund-bora minum mago- 1480

Jiegnum hond-gesellum gif mec hild nime.

Swylce ]m|%a madmas fe Jm|me sealdest

hro^gar leofa hige-lace onsend. mseg

fonne on Jisem golde ongitan geata dry- 15 hten * geseon sunu hraedles ]?on??e he on jjset 1485

sine stara'S \<zt ic gum-cystum godne funde

beaga bryttan breao Jjonwe moste. o?zcZ|]?u

hunferS laet ealde lafe wrsetlic wseg-

sweord wid-cu^ne man *heard-ecg habban 1490

20 ic me mid hruntinge dom gewyrce

1 ... %um Gt, \jveor~\%um K, mcerdam AB ; but um at the end of the word is still distinct, and before um I think I see a considerable part of r$ covered (but the last letter, according to what seems left, might equally well be d) ; mce entirely gone || n in sy^-\>an entirely, and the rest of tha word partially, covered.

2 he AB ; now gone || the first stroke of Ji in hine covered.

4 of the big B a little more is left (covered) than is reproduced in the FS. (cf 1. 5) ; the following E is entire, but partially covered (BEO- A, Beo- B). 9 only a very small part of the abbreviation for fjget covered.

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11 the top of \) in \egnum covered || ge.llum : correction in the same hand.

70 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 69 = fol. 163r = 11. 1491—1516.

oj>$e mec dea'S nimeft. sefter paem worduw

weder-geata leod efste mid elne nalas and-

sware bidan wolde brim- wy 1m onfeng *hil- 1495

de-rince $a|w%8 hwil daeges ser lie bone 5 grund-wong ongytan mehte. Sona tycet 011-

funde se'Se floda be-gong heoro-gifre

be-heold hund missera grim ond grsedig \cet f XT

gumena sum * aelwihta eard ufan cunnode 1500

grap ba|to-geanes guft-rinc ge-feng atolan 10 clom-muin no by ser iiijge-scod halan

lice liring utan ymb-bearh Ipcet heo fone

fyrd-hom ^urh-fon ne|mihte *locene leo^o- 1505

syrcan lafan fingrum baer J?a seo brim-

wyl f a|heo to botme com hringa f engel to 15 hofe sinum swa he|ne mihte no|he jjeem

modig wses wsepna gewealdan ac hine wun-

dra paes fela * swecte on sunde sie-deor 1510

monig hilde-tuxum here-syrcan braac

ehton aglaecan Sajse eorl ongeat \cet he 20 ni^-sele nat-hwylcum waes faer him nsenig

waster wihte ne|sce]?ede *ne|him for hrof- 1515

sele hrinan ne mehte fasr-gripe flodes

AB ; now in gone || n'ordum A, wordum B ; now gone.

2 nalas 7 {and B) AB ; now only na left.

3 onfeng AB ; now g gone || Ml B, kid A ; now gone.

5 on (at the end of the line) AB ; now only the beginning of the o left.

7 \>(Kr AB ; now only \> and the very beginning of ce left.

8 cunnode AB ; now de gone.

9 atolan AB ; now only at left. 10 nothing after halan AB.

12 leoZo A. leodo B ; now the second o and the stroke through d (to make it $) gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 71

p. 70 = fol. 163r = 11. 1516—1542. fyr-leoht ge-seah blacne leoman beorhte scinan On-geat J)a|se goda grund-wyrgenne

mere-wif mihtig masgen-raes for-geaf * hilde- 1520

bille hord swenge ne of-teah ]>cet hire on|ha- 5 felan hring-mael agol grsedig gu^-leo^ 'Sa se|gist onfand ]>cet se beado-leoma bitan nolde aldre sceb'San. ac|seo ecg ge-swac

* Seodne aet bearfe 'Solode ser fela hond- 1525 gemota helm oft gescaer fseges fyrd-

10 hraegl SSa waes forma siS deorum madme

]>cet his dom alseg. eft wees anrsed nalas elnes

laet *mser<Sa ge-myndig maeg hylaces wearp 1530

Sa wundel-msel wrasttum ge-bunden yrre

oretta \od hit on eorSSan Iseg stift ond styl-ecg 15 strenge ge-trawode mund-gripe msegenes

swa sceal man don *bon^e he aet gu^e gegan 1535

fenced long-sumne lof na ymb his lif cea-

ra'S. Gefeng ba|be eaxle nalas for faeh^e

mearn gu^-geata leod grendles modor 20 braegd )>a beadwe heard ba he|ge-bolgen \vses

* feorh-ge-nr5-lan }>cet heo on|flet gebeah heo 1540 him eft hrabe handlean forgeald grim-

1 fyr leolit (leolig B) AB ; now only t left, and even part of that covered || the tops of a and h in ge-seah covered || the top of I in leoman covered || "beorhte (altered from beohrhte B) AB ; now the last e and part of t gone, and all that is left of t and the greatest part of h and the top of b covered.

2 scinan B, sciman (sc added with another ink) A ; now gone.

3 mere (m with another ink ? B) AB ; now only the last e left, and that covered. * Mile AB ; now the upper part of b gone, and the greatest part of what is left of it and the top of II covered.

5 felan AB ; nowfe gone, and part of I covered.

6 $a altered from da with another ink B, da A ; now $ gone, and a covered.

7 nolde A. noldde (nold with a different ink ?) B ; now n gone, but o is very likely to be entirely preserved, although I cannot read it under the paper.

8 Zeodne A, ZeoZne B ; now only due legible (part of d covered), but the paper is likely to cover one or two more letters.

9 gemota AB ; now ge gone, and the first two strokes of m covered.

10 hrcegl AB ; now Jir gone, and there is no telling whether or no ce is entire, as that part of it which is covered cannot be distinctly made out.

11 $ (\>cet B) hit AB ; now the abbreviation for \>wt and the top of h gone, besides part of h covered.

12 Icet AB ; now I gone, and part of ce covered || nea.p : correction in the same hand. l3 $a AB ; now $ gone || originally mceg, but g crossed out and I written over it.

14 part of o in oretta covered. I6 s in swa almost entirely covered. 17 the top of }> in \>ence% covered. 18 only very little of r in ra$ covered. 19 the first stroke of m in mearn covered. 20 the top of b in brcegd covered. " him not distinct in the FS. on account of a fold in the parchment ; it is perfectly distinct in the MS,

72 BEOWULF. TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS.

p. 71 = fol. 164' = 11. 1542—1565.

man grapum ond him to-geanes feng ofer-wearp

ba werig-mod wigena strengest febe-cempa

fat he on | fy lie wear^S. * Of-sset ba bone selegyst 1545

ond hyre seaxe ge-teah brad brun-ecg wolde 5 hire beam wrecan angan eaferan him on

eaxle laeg breost-net broden fat ge-bearh

feore wrS ord ond\wi^ ecge ingang for-stod

* Haefde S$a|for-stf5od sunn ecgbeowes under 1550

gynne grund geata cempa nemne 10 him hea'So-byrne helpe gefreme-de

here-net hearde ond halig god geweold wig-

sigor witig drihten * rodera roedend hit 1555

on ryht|ge-sced y^elice syjrSan he eft astod

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15 I ' E-seah Sa on|searwum sige-eadig bil eald V>fl sweord eotenisc ecgum byhtig wigena

weor<$-mynd fat waepna cyst * baton hit wses 1560

mare ^Sonne aenig mon o^er to beadu-lace

aet-beran meahte god ond geatolic gigan- 20 ta ge-weorc. he|ge-feng ba fetel-hilt

freca scyldinga hreoh ond heoro-grim hring-

msel ge-brsegd *aldres orwena yrringa 1565

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1 genes : correction in the same hand ; the s is torn \\feng torn ; in the FS. a few letters of 165r 1. 1, or portions of them, are visible (re on K) || ivearp B, tvearf A ; now wear perfectly distinct still, but of p only part left ; a modern hand has written off.r ivearp between the beginnings of the first and second lines.

3 selegyst AB : now st gone.

8 under AB ; now er gone.

13 astod AB ; now d and a very small part of o gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. 73

p. 72 = fol. 164r = 11. 1565—1591.

sloh \icet hire wiS halse heard grapode ban-

hringas braec bil eal ^urh-wod fsegne flsesc-

homan heo on net ge-crong sweord wses swa-

tig secg weorce ge-feh *lixte se leoma 1570

5 leoht inne stod efne swa of hefeue hadre

seined rodores candel he aefter recede

wlat. Hwearf ba|be wealle waepen hafena-

de heard be hiltum hige-laces ftegn * yrre 1575

ond anraed. nees seo ecg fracod hilde-rince ac he 10 hrabe wolde grendle forgyldan girSnesa

fela ^ara be he ge-worhte to|\vest-denum

of tor micle Sonne on senne sr5 * }>owie he 1580

hro^-gares heor3-ge-neatas sloh onjsweo

fote slaepende freet folces denigea fyfty- 15 ne men ond o'Ser swylc ut of-ferede la'S-licu

lac he him bses lean for-geald * rebe cempa 1535

tosses. be|he on|r0este ge-seah gu^-vverigne

grendel licgan aldor-leas-ne swa him ser

gescod hild set heorote hra wide sprong 20 syb'San he aefter deafte drepe browade

*heoro-sweng heardne ond hine ba heafde 1590

be-cearf. Sona Ipcet gesawon snottre

1 sloh AB ; now s gone and the top of I covered || part of the abbreviation for \>cet and the top of h in hire covered || e wi% h torn |j the tops of d in heard and of b in ban covered.

2 the top of h in hringas covered. 3 a great part of h in homan covered. 4 part of t in tig covered. 6 part of s in seined covered.

7 rvlat AB ; now the lower part of w gone, and I torn.

8 de AB ; now gone || part of h in heard covered.

9 T (and B) anrced AB ; now the abbreviation for \><x,t and the first part of a gone, the rest of a and the lower part of n covered || noes (altered from nes in the same hand) follows closely the preceding word, but a stop was afterwards inserted in order to separate it (of. note to fol. 135T 1. 20).

10 the upper part of the first stroke of h in hra]>e covered.

11 fela AB ; now fe almost entirely faded.

12 oftor AB ; now part of of gone.

13 hrod A, Hrod B ; now h gone, and part of r covered.

14 fote AB ; now part of / gone, and almost all that is left of it as well as part of o covered. 16 part of la in lac covered.

18 only a little of g in grendel covered || a cross after aldor-leas-ne over the line, and another in the right margin: it seems to me possible that thus this passage was marked by a reader who thought that it might throw some light on aldor . . ase in 1. 14 of fol. 129r.

19 a small part of g in gescod covered.

20 *• in i>y\>Zaii torn. " the (op of be in be-cearf covered.

74 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 73 = fol. 165' = 11. 1591— 1G16.

ceorlas pafte mid hro^-gare on liolm wliton

p cet waas yft-ge-blond eal ge-menged brim blode

fah blonden-feaxe *gomele ymb godne 1595

on-geador spraacon Ipcet hig pa3S ae'Selinges 5 eft ne wendon p cet he sige-lire^ig secean

come mserne peoden pa ^aes monige ge-

wearS \ast nine seo brim-wylf abreoten haaf-

de. * 'Sa com non daeges nass of-geafon hwate 1600

scyldingas ge-wat him ham ponon gold- wine 10 gume-na gistas secan modes seoce ond on

mere staredon wiston ond ne wendon }>cet hie

heora wine-drihten *selfne ge-sawon pa pce£ 1605

sweord ongan aefter heapo-swate hilde-

gicelum wig-bil wanian paet wses wundra 15 sum. \ast hit eal gemealt ise ge-licost 'Sonne

forstes bend faeder on-laete^ ^onwinde^ wael- 1610

rapas se|ge-weald hafa^ saala ond\wseH& past

is so^ metod. ne nom he in paam wicum weder-

geata leod ma^m-aehta ma peh he paar 20 monige ge-seah buton pone hafelan

ond pa hilt somod * since fage sweord aar ge- 1615

mealt for-barn broden mael woes Ipcet blod

1 holm, AB ; now the last stroke of m gone || mliton AB ; now gone. a m in brim torn || blode AB ; now the top of 5, a great part of Z, and the whole of ode gone (cf. FS.).

7 foe/'AB; now /almost entirely gone.

8 htvate AB ; now te and the second half of a gone.

9 wine AB ; now gone.

10 on AB ; now n gone.

15 $ A, \><Kt B ; now the right half of the horizontal stroke in the abbreviation for \>cet gone.

16 wcel AB ; now I gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 75

p. 74 = fol. 165T = 11. 1616—1640.

to bses hat settren ellor-gsest se baer

inne swealt. Sona wses on sunde sebe

ser set ssecce ge-bad wig-hryre wra'Sra

wseter up burh-deaf * wseron yft-ge-bland 1620

5 eal ge-fselsod eacne eardas J>a|se ellor-

gast oflet lif-dagas ond fas Isenan ge-sceafi

Com ba|to lande lid-manna helm swtfS-

mod swymman sae-lace gefeah *msegen- 1625

byrbenne bara be he him mid hsefde. 10 Eodon him ba|to-geanes gode bancodon

Sry^-lic begna heap beodnes ge-fegon

baes be hi hyne ge-sund-ne geseon moston.

'Sa wses of bsem hroran helm ond byrne

*lungre alysed lagu drusade waster 1630

15 under wolcnum wsel-dreore fag. ferdon

for^ fonon fefe-lastum ferhjjum

fsegne fold-weg mseton cu]?e strsete

cyning-balde men * from J?aem holm- 1635

clife hafelan bseron earfo^-lice heora 20 seg-hwaajjrum fela modigra feower scoldon

on |)89m wsel-stenge weorcum geferian to

Jjsern gold-sele grendles heafod * ojrSaet 1640

1 to ]>(KS AB ; now only s legible (there may be another letter covered, but, at any rate, it cannot be made out) || a small part of a and the greater part of t in hat covered || the top of ce in cettren covered || ellor altered from ellen in the same hand || \>(K,r AB ; now part of r gone, as it seems (I cannot make out how much of it is only covered).

2 inne AB ; now only e left.

* cer AB ; now part of ce gone, and nearly all that is left of it as well as

part of r covered || scece : the correction in the same hand.

6 gast AB ; now g no longer entire, and part of it as well as of a covered.

7 only very little of C covered. 8 the first stroke of m in mod covered. 9 ~byr\>enne AB ; now by gone.

0 Eodon AB ; now ^gone, and a very small part of the first o covered.

11 %ry$ A, %ryd altered from dnjd with a different ink B ; now only the right half of the cross stroke of the first $ gone, but the upper part of this $ entirely covered.

76 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE M-3.

p. 75 = fol. 166r = 11. 1640—1662.

semninga to|sele comon frome fyrd-

hwate feowertyne geata gongan gum-

dryhten mid modig on ge-monge meodo-

wongas traed. 'Salcom in gan ealdor 5 ^egna * daed-cene mon dome ge-wurbad 1 6 15

haele hilde-deor hro'S-gar gretan. ba

wees be|feaxe on flet boren grend-les

heafod paer guman druncon eges-lic for

eorluni ond\]>ddTe idese mid * wlite-seon wrset- 1650

10 lie weras onsawon.

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BEO-wulf mabelode beam ecg-beowes hwset we be fas seelac sunu healfdenas leod scyldinga lustura brobton tires

15 to tacne be bu ber to|locast. * ic \&t un- 1655

softe ealdre ge-digde wigge under waetere weorc genebde earfo'S-lice set ribte wses gu^ ge-twaefed nym^e mec god scylde. Ne|meabte ic get|hil-

20 de mid bruntinge * wiht ge-wyrcan 16 GO

J?eab f ad waepen duge. ac me ge-irSe ylda waldend $cet ic on | wage geseab wlitig

2 gum AB ; now the last stroke of m gone, and also of the preceding one only very little left.

3 meodo AB ; now the last o all but entirely gone, and d torn.

5 wur\>ad AB ; now ad gone. 6 ]>a AB ; now the greater part of a g ne.

8 for AB ; now or gone.

9 tvrcet AB ; now cet and an inconsiderable part of r gone. 11 IIII altered from V ? 12 \>eomes AB ; now s gone.

13 the accent on see not quite certain || -denes AB ; now the top of <Le last e and the whole of 8 except its lowest part gone.

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BEOWULF: TBANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 77

p. 76 = fol. 166V = 11. 1662—1685.

hangian eald sweord eacen of tost wisode

winigea leasum ]>cet ic fty wsepne gebraeJ.

* ofsloh fta set baere ssecce ba me ssel 1665

ageald huses hyrdas ba bce£ hilde-bil for- 5 "barn brogden msel. swa bce£ blod ge-sprang

hatost heabo-swata ic b«tf hilt banan feon-

dum set-ferede fyren-daeda wrsec * deaft- 1670

cwealm denigea swa hit ge-defe wses. ic

hit be ]>oiwe ge-hate ]>cet bu on heorote most 10 sorh-leas swefan mid binra secga ge-dryht

ond begna ge-hwylc binra leoda dugirSe ond\\Q

gobe botf bu him on-drsedan ne[bearft * beo- 1675

den scyldinga on Jja healfe aldor-bealu

eorlum swa ]?u ser dydest. 'Sa wses gylden 15 hilt gamelum rince harum hild-fru-

man on hand gyfen enta aer-ge-weorc

hit on seht ge-hwearf * aefter deofla hry- 1680

re denigea frean wundor-smijja ge-

weorc ond fa fas worold of-geaf grom- 20 heort guma godes ands&ca, mor^res scyl-

dig ond\his modor eac on|ge-weald ge-hwe arf worold-cyninga * Saem selestan be 1685

I hangian A, hantgian B ; now ha gone, and the greater part of the first n covered || the top of d in wisode covered.

winigea B, nimgea A ; now wi gone, and n covered. ofsloh AB ; now of gone, and part of s covered. ageald AB ; now the first a gone, and part of g covered. barn AB ; now ba gone, and part of r covered.

hatost AB ; now ha gone, and part of the first t covered || hea])0 : correction in the same hand.

7 dum AB ; now the lower part of d gone, and the upper part of it entirely covered.

8 cwealm AB ; now c and the lower part of w gone, and nearly all that is left of tv covered.

9 hit AB ; now hi gone, and the greater part of t covered.

10 sorh AB ; now so gone.

II T A, and B ; now only the lower part of the abbreviation for ond left, and that covered || the greater part of \> in \>egna covered.

12 part of g in go\>e covered. 13 only very little of d in den covered.

18 very little of h in hilt covered.

16 the first stroke of m in man covered. 17 very little of h in hit covered

78 ShOWULF. TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 77 = fol. 167r = 11. 1685—1708.

ssern tweonum 'Sara pe on scedenigge sceat-

tas dselde. hro'S-gar rna^elode hylt

sceawode ealde lafe onl'Ssem wses or wri-

ten fyrn-ge-winnes. sy'S-pan flod of-sloh 5 *gifen geotende giganta cyn frec-ne ge- 1690

fer'don fycet wses frem-de peod ecean drylitne

him pses ende-lean purh wseteres wylrn

waldend sealde. Swa wses on^aeni scennum

sciran goldes *purh run-stafas rihte ge- 1695

10 mearcod geseted cw<i|gessed hwam Ipcet sweord

ge-worht irena cyst serest wsere wreo-

pen-hilt o??c?|wyrm-fah 'Sajse wisa sprsec su-

nu healf-denes swigedon ealle. *lpcet la 1700

maeg secgan sepe so^ ow<i|riht fremeft 15 on folce feor eal ge-mon eald. e^>e?.-weard

peeves eorl wsere geboren betera blsed is

arsered geond wid-wegas wine min beowulf

* ftin ofer peoda ge-hwylce eal pu hit ge- 1 705

jjyldum healdest msegen mid | modes snyt- 20 trum ic pe sceal mine gelsestan freo^e

swa wit furSum spraacon 'Su scealt to fro-

fre weorpan eal|lang-twidig leodum pinum

I the first g in scedenigge altered from n ; the second g and the following e torn || sceat AB ; now gone.

3 tvri AB ; now gone. 4 sloli AB ; now loll and the top of s gone.

6 the top of the second e in frec-ne indistinct || ge AB ; now gone. 6 dryTitne AB ; now trie and a small part of h gone.

8 scennifm A. scennum B ; now only seen and the very beginning of the second n left.

9 ge AB ; now gone. 10 stveord AB ; now rd gone.

II wreo AB ; now only TV and the lower part of the first stroke of r left.

12 su AB ; now the top of s gone, and of u only a very small part of the first stroke left.

15 wear A AB ; now d and the second part of r gone.

16 is AB ; now the lower part of i and the whole of s gone.

17 beorvolr A, Beowulf B ; now idf and the upper half of m gone.

20 I think the MS . has freoZe, not freode ; although the left half of the cross stroke in <5 has entirely faded, yet the place where it was is discernible, and the right half of it is left.

22 fre\ the / afterwards added in another hand || d erased between r and \> in rveor}>an 1

;

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n conldii ac

(^r C

u pj

ow

Venh

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*t m j

5 17 cy f

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yeaii hpcu monnff mob

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 79

p. 78 = fol. 167T = 11. 1709—1731.

hsele'Sum to helpe ne wear^S here-mod

swa *eaforum ecg-welan ar-scyldingum. 1710

Ne geweox he him to willan ac to wael-feal-

le ond to dea^-cwalum deniga leodura breat 5 bolgen-mod beod-ge-neatas eaxl-ge-

steallan ob fycet he ana hwearf * msere Jjeo- 1715

den. mon-dreamura from ^eah be hine

mihtig god msegenes wynnura eafebum

stepte ofer ealle men forS gefreme- 10 de hwsebere him on ferhbe greow breost-

hord blod-reow nallas beagas geaf. *de- 1720

num sefter dome dream-leas ge-bad \cei

he fees ge-winnes weorc bro-wade leod-bea-

lo longsum ^u be Iser be bon gim-cyste 15 on-git. ic bis gid be be awrsec wintram.

frod wundor is to secganne *lm mihtig 1725

god manna cynne burn sidne sefan

snyttru brytta'S card ond eorl-scipe he

ah ealra ge-weald. hwilum he on lufan Ise- 20 te'S hworfan monnes mod-ge-bonc mse-

ran cynnes. * Sele^ him on ejjle eorfan 1730

wynne to healdanne hleo-burh wera

1 hcele%um (S altered from d with another ink) B, hceledum A ; now only left ($ is torn asunder and in part covered).

2 swa AB ; now nothing left but a small trace of «.

3 Ne (ne B) geweox AB ; now Ne and part of g gone, and part of what is left of g covered ; the first e in geweox written over the line in the same hand.

4 le -j (And B) AB ; now le and the upper part of the abbreviation for ond gone.

5 bolgen AB ; now bo and the upper part of I gone, and what is left of I and part of g covered || some letter (a ?) erased between ge and neatas.

6 steallan AB ; now ste gone, and part of the first a covered.

7 den AB ; now d gone, and e covered (but I cannot say positively that e ia entire).

8 mihtig AB ; now mi gone.

9 stepte AB; now ste gone, and part of p covered ||/0rfc distinct in the MS. notwithstanding a modern ink blot.

10 de AB ; now d gone, and of e only part of the horizontal stroke left || fer,h\>e : the correction in a different hand || br'ost : the correction in the same hand.

11 hard AB ; now h gone, and o covered.

12 num AB ; I cannot ascertain under the paper whether only the second stroke of n or the whole of it is preserved before um.

13 part of Ti in Tie covered. 14 lo AB ; now I gone.

16 part of/ in frod covered. 17 part of g in god covered.

22 the top of w in wynne covered (the paper is removable here).

80 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 79 = 168r =11. 1732—1752. ge-de'S him swa ge-wealdene worolde dae- las side rice f cet he his selfa ne mseg

his unsnyttrum ende ge-pencean. *wuna$ 1735

he on wiste no hine wiht dwele^S adl 5 ne yldo ne him inwit-sorh on]sefa[n] sweorce'S ne]ge-sacu ohwser ecg-hete eowe^S ac him eal worold wended on wil- lan he fset wyrse ne con.

.XXV.

*r\

10 I 1$ \<xt him on in-nan ofer-hygda dael weaxe'S 1740

\J ond wrida'S bonwe se weard swefe'S sawelc hyrde

biS se slsep to|faest bis-gum gebunden

bona swrSe neah sebe of nan-bogan

fyrenum sceoteS *Tponne bi^ on hrefre 1745

1 5 under helm drepen biteran straele

him be-beorgan ne con worn wun-dor-

be-bodum wergan gastes finceS him

tojlytel fycet he lange heold gyt-

sa^ grom-hydig nallas on gylp 20 seleS *fsedde beagas ond\he fa for^- 1750

gesceaft for-gyte'S on^|for-gyme^

faes fe him ser god sealde wuldres

1 worolde dee AB ; now dee and the upper part of the preceding e gone.

2 mceg AB ; now ceg gone.

tin

3 .snyttrum : the correction in the same hand || n'ima% ($ altered from d with a different ink) B, tvunad A ; now only w and a very small part of ?/ left.

4 adl AB ; now I gone.

5 sefad (d altered to $ with a different ink B) AB ; now only sefa left.

6 the e in ecg is not quite clear || he te AB ; now only h and the greatest part of the following e left.

7 rvil AB ; now II gone.

9 V after XX illegible in consequence of a modern blot.

10 iveaxe^ Gt, meaxed AB, weax\_e%~\ K ; now only tvea left.

11 hyrde AB ; now only h and part of y left.

12 gebunden AB ; now the last stroke of the last n gone. 18 to imperfectly erased b'etween he and lange.

<S&: •;<>•£& *r •*•

tt* Ci

?e 0" mflbe- no Inne pii>r ^p'r

1 • .'

tie- htm niniz (onli

c 1

rVr

imj

(*e f LJ r o p ^j c rt:5UWJ ^«it ! neali fe|.e- oppLin U^

/'jt.emm; f

t'"J*^1 nelm tyqpen ^re^cfh frji^ HJ//I be-

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 81

p. 80 = fol. 168y = 11. 1752-1776.

•waldend weorS-mynda dsel. hit on ende-

stsef eft ge-limpe^ \cet se lic-homa

Isene ge-dreose^ *fsege ge-f called feh^ ?fier 1755

to sebe un-murn-lice mad-mas dselep 5 eorles ser-ge-streon egesan ne gyme%.

be-beorh be ^one bealo-nr3 beowulf leofa

secg betsta ond be Ipcet selre geceos *ece raedas 1760

ofer-hyda ne gym maere cem})a nu is pines

msegnes bleed ane hwile eft sona br3 Ipcet 10 pec adl o^^e ecg eafobes ge-twrcfetS o^^e

fyres feng o^e nodes wyhn ^o^e gripe 1765

nieces o'Sfte gares fliht o^e atol yldo

o'S'Se eagena bearhtm forsite^ cwrf|for-swor-

ceS seniuinga brS. $cet 'Sec dryht-guma dea^S 15 ofer-swy'SeS swa ic hring-dena liund misse-

ra *weold under \volcuuin ond hig wig-ge be- 1770

leac manigum maegba geond pysne mid-

dan-geard. sescum ond ecgum \ae,t ic me senig-

ne under swegles begong|ge-sacan ne 20 tealde. hwaet me paes on|ej?le ed-\vendan

cwom *gyrn eefter gomene seojj^an gren- 1775

del wearS eald ge-\vinna ingeiiga min.

1 waldend AB ; now mold gone, and the greatest part of e covered |[ the top of (I in ends covered.

2 stcef cannot well have originally stood at the beginning of this line, but there is nothing wanting, nor is there anything in AB, between ende and stcef; perhaps a word (ende ??) erased before stcefl

3 Icene B, lane A ; now gone ||/<s&* •' correction in another hand. * to AB ; now gone. 6 eorles AB ; now ear gone.

6 be beork AB ; now the first be and the top of the following b gone, and part of what is left of that b covered.

7 secg AB ; now s gone, and e and a very small part of c covered.

8 ofer AB ; now of gone, and part of er covered.

9 mcegnes AB ; now m and part of ce gone, and the rest of ce and part of g covered. 10 \>ec AB ; now \>e and part of c gone, and the rest of c covered.

11 fyres AB ; now/^ gone.

12 meces AB ; now the first stroke of m gone, and the second entirely, the third all but entirely covered.

13 otte AB ; now o gone, and part of the first S covered.

14 ce%> A, ced B ; now c gone, and almost the whole of e and the top of % covered (I cannot, however, say positively that nothing of e is gone).

15 ofer AB ; now o gone, and a very small part of / covered.

16 ra AB ; now the greater part of r gone. 17 leac A (the whole line omitted in B) ; now I either gone or so covered as not to be made out.

18 dan (d altered to $ with another ink B) AB ; the paper covering the margin here is so thick that there is no ascertaining whether d, part of which only is not covered, is still entire before an.

19 part of n in the first ne covered.

21 part of c in cwom, covered || gyrn. : correction in the same hand. BEOWULF. Q

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. p. 81 = fol. 169' = 11. 1777—1802.

Ic paere socne singales wseg mod-ceare

micle pses sig metode fane ecean dryht-

ne pses SSe ic on aldre ge-bad *lpcet ic on pone 1780

hafelan heoro-dreorigne ofer eald ge- 5 win eagum starige. ga|nu to setle sym-

bel-wynne dreoh wigge weorpad unc sceal

worn fela map-ma ge-msenra sip'San mor-

gen br<$. *geat wees glsed-rnod geong sona to 1785

setles neosan swa se snot-tra heht. pa wses 10 eft swa ser ellen-rofum flet-sittendmn

fsegere ge-reorded niowan stefne niht-

helm ge-swearc *deorc ofer dryht-gumura 1790

dugu'S eal aras wolde blonden-feax bed-

des neosan gamela scylding geat unig- 15 metes wel. rofne rand-wigan restan lyste

sona him sele-pegn srSes wergum *feorran- 1795

cundum for^ wisade se for andrysnum

ealle be-weotene pegnes pearfe swylce

py dogore heapo-ltfSende habban scold on. 20 reste nine pa rum-heort reced hlmade

*geap ond gold-fah gsest inne swaef op ]>cet hrefn 1800

blaca heofones wynne bli^-heort bodode

1 ceare AB ; now the last e gone.

2 drylit AB ; now only slight traces of dr left, yht entirely gone.

3 \>one AB ; now ne and the top of \> gone.

4 eald ge AB ; now only eal left. 5 sym AB ; now gone.

6 sceal AB ; now gone.

7 mor AB ; now gone except the first stroke of m.

8 sona to AB ; now to and the second half of a gone.

9 \>a wees AB ; now only \> left. n niht AB ; now Tit gone.

12 h in drylit altered from some other letter || gumnm A, gumum B ; now only gu and the first two strokes of the first m left. 15 lyste AB ; now te and the top of s gone. 19 e in dogore added in another hand.

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83

p. 82 = fol. 169V = 11. 1802—1826. fta com beorht scacan seaman onetton

waaron sebelingas eft to leodum *fuse to 1805

farene ne|wolde feor banon cuma col- len-ferh'S ceoles neosan. Heht ba se hear- 5 da hrunting beran SUBU ecglafes heht his sweord niman leoflic iren ssegde him

J>ses leanes bane ^cwse^ he bone gu'S-wine 1810

godne tealde. wig-craeftigne nales wordum log nieces ecge \czt wses modig secg 10 ond ba si^S-frome searwum gearwe wigend waeron.

Eode weor^ denum *aebelmg to yppan 1815

Jjser se ober waes helle hilde-deor hro'S- gar grette.

XXVI.

15 IJeowulf mabelode beam ecg-Jjeowes nu

ff we sseli^end secgan wylla'S feorran cu-

mene ]>cet we fuudiab *hige-lac secan waeron 1820

her tela willum be-wenede Jm|us wel dohtest.

Gif ic bonne on eorban owihte maeg Jrin- 20 re mod-lufan maran tilian. gumena

dryhten ^onne ic gyt dyde ^gu^-ge- 1825

weorca ic beo gearo sona. gif ic J?set ge-

1 %a com (a and c on an erasure) B, a blank A ; now nothing left but indistinct traces of m \\ the top of b in beorht covered.

2 tvceron (on an original blank with another ink A) AB ; now only n left, and even that is imperfect.

3 farene B, arene A ; now far gone.

4 len ferhd B, en ferhS A ; now len and the greater part of / gone, and what is left of / covered.

6 da hrunting AB ; now da h gone, and the first part of r covered.

6 his sweord AB ; now only tveord and the top of the second s left, the latter entirely covered.

7 \><xs AB ; now \>ce gone, and s all but entirely covered.

8 godne AB ; now go gone, and d covered.

9 wordum AB ; now nor and part of d gone, the rest of d covered.

10 -j (and B) }>a AB ; now only a left, and even part of that covered.

11 Eode A, eode B ; now E and the first half of o gone, and the second half of o covered || after afyeling two or three letters erased.

12 \>cer AB ; now \XK gone, and a very small part of r covered.

13 gar AB ; now g gone, and part of a covered (it is not certain that a is entire).

14 originally XXVII, but the last I erased.

15 Beowulf AB ; now Be gone, and part of o covered (I cannot ascertain whether o is entire).

16 fve AB ; now TV gone, and the greater part of e covered.

17 the first stroke of m in mene covered.

18 part of h in her covered j| wenede altered from nerede.

19 part of G covered.

G 2

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

ol

p. 83 = fol. 170r = 11. 1826—1850.

fricge ofer floda begang ]>cet pec ymb-

eittend egesan pywaft swa pec hetende

hwilum dydon. Ic fte pusenda pegna brin-

ge * hselepa to helpe ic|on hige-lace 1830

5 wat geata dryhten peah 'Se he geong

sy folces hyrde ]>cet he mec fremman

wile weordum owt?|worcum \cet ic pe wel herige

ond pe to geoce gar-holt bere *maegenes 1835

fultum pser KG brS manna pearf gif 10 him ponne hreprinc to hofinn geata

gepinged peodnes beam he maeg paer fe-

la. freonda findan feor-cyp^e beo^

selran gesohte psem pe him selfa deah.

*Hro!S-gar mapelode him on a??c?sware pe 1840

15 pa word-cwydas wigtig drihten on sefan

sende ne hyrde ic snotor-licor on swa

geongum feore guman pingian pu eart

maegenes strang ondlon mode frod * wis word- 1845

cwida wen ic talige gif ]pcet ge-gange'S paet 20 ^5e|gar nyme^S hild heoru-grim-me hrep-

les eaferan adl op^e iren ealdor 'Sinne

folces hyrde ond pu pin feorh hafast. * \czt pe 1850

I ymb MS., not ynibe : what Kolbing and Wiilcker have taken for an e or the remnant of an e, is part of ce in the beginning of the first line of the back page.

8 hetende AB ; now nde gone.

" Irin (in added with another ink on an erasure A) AB ; now in gone. 4 lace torn, but certain.

6 wat altered from mac with another ink.

7 herige AB ; now ge gone.

9 gif AB ; now only g left.

II fe AB ; now e not quite distinct.

13 deah. A, deah B ; now the second stroke of h and the stop gone. 19 the abbreviation for J^set altered from TV in the same hand.

fe Ji

lyjt^c- | lie met |;e&|tium -jpotixum frjc

turn- onnfr 1ijteJ7pncf

cop

lef plcef

ojrVe ijtei7 , ec qj^ulin .re

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 85

p. 84 = fol. 170T = 11. 1850—1874.

sae-geatas selran naebben to|ge-ceosen-

ne cyning asnigne hord-weard haeleba

gyf bu. healdan wylt maga rice me bin

mod-sefa lica'S leng swa wel leofa beo- 5 wulf *hafast J)u|ge-fered ]pcet bam folcum 1855

sceal geata leodum (wd|gar-denum sib

ge-msenum ond sacu restan inwit-nibas

be hie aer drugon wesan benden ic weal-

de widan rices *mabmas ge-maene ma- 1860

10 nig oberne godum gegrettan ofer

ganotes bse^ sceal hring-naca ofer

hea-bti bringan lac o?zrf|luf-tacen ic ba

leode wat ge|wrS feond ge|wf3 freond

faeste ge-worhte * aeg-hwses un-taele eal- 1865

15 de wisan.'SaJgit him eorla hleo inne

ge-sealde mago healfdenes magmas

.xii. het inne mid baem lacum leode

swaese secean on|ge-syntum snude eft

cuman *ge-cyste ba cyning sebelum god 1870

20 beoden scyldinga ^egn betstan ond be healse

genam hruron him tearas blond en-

feaxum him waes bega wen ealdum in-

1 sde A, see B ; now s and the accent gone, and the greater part of ce covered Jj only very little of g in geatas covered.

2 ne AB ; now gone.

3 gyf A, gifTS ; now only /and a very small part of the preceding letter left, but enough to decide that it was y, not i (Kolbing and Wiilcker seem to have mistaken part of the r in the front page, which shows through, for i).

4 mod B, nod A ; now m gone, and part of od covered.

5 vulf B, \>ulf A ; now w gone, and part of u covered.

6 sceal AB ; now s gone, and part of c covered.

7 ge AB ; now g gone, and part of e covered.

8 \>e AB ; now gone. 9 de AB ; now gone.

10 nig B, mg A; now n and part of i gone.

11 part of g in ganotes covered || I after sceal erased.

12 hea }>u AB ; now k and a small part of e gone.

13 leode AB ; now I gone, arid part of the first e covered || mat] the accent indistinct. 14 / in fcBste covered.

15 de AB ; it may be still preserved, although there is no ascertaining whether d, which is covered, is entire.

20 b". : corrected in the same hand.

21>22 the dark spots in the FS. are caused by the parchment here having been rubbed.

86 -BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 85 = fol. 171r = 11. 1874—1892.

frodum of res swift or *]>cet he seoftftan 1875

geseon moston modige on mefle waes him se man to f on leof \<xt he f one breost- wylm for-beran ne mehte. ac him on 5 href re hyge-bendum faest aefter deo-

rum men dyrne langaft. * beorn wift bio- 1880

de him beowulf f anan guftrinc gold- wlanc graes-moldan treed since hre- mig|sse-genga bad agedfrean se f e 10 on ancre rad fa waes onjgange gifti

hroft-gares * oft ge-sehted f cet wees an 1885

cyning eeg-hwass orleahtre of f cet hine yldo be-nam meegenes wynnuin se f e oft manegum scocl.

15 .XXVII.

CWOM fa|to node fela inodigra haeg-stealdra hring-net bseron *lo- 1890

cene leofto-syrcan land-weard on- fand eft-sift eorla swa he aer dyde 20 no he mid hearme of hliftes nosan

Gt K] seod% with a blank after it A, seodda B ; now n gone.

2 wees Gt KJ }>(KS A, nothing B ; now nothing left but the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of m.

3 breost (with another ink and .... after it A) AB ; now only the upper part of the first stroke of b left.

4 on AB ; now gone. 5 deo AB ; now eo gone.

6 bio AB ; now the upper part of I and the whole of o gone.

7 gold AB ; now the top of I gone.

8 Tire AB ; now re and a very small part of /?, too, gone.

9 \>e AB ; now nothing left but the upper part of the perpendicular stroke of \>.

10 9tfu AB ; now/M and a small part of i gone.

12 hine AB ; now e gone. 13 se AB ; now e indistinct.

16 originally XXVIII, but the last I erased.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. gy

p. 86 = fol. 171T = 11. 1893—1914.

gaesftas] grette ac him to-geanes rad

cwae^S ]>cet wil-cuman we-dera leoduni * sea- 1895

ban scir-hame to scipe foron. ba waes

on sande sse-geap naca hladen here- 5 waedum hringed-stefna mearum ond maft-

mum maest hlifade ofer hro^-gares

hord-ge-streonum * he baem bat-wearde 1900

bunden golde swurd ge-sealde ]>cet he sy'S-

ban waes on meodu-bence mabma by weo- 10 rbre yrfe-lafe ge-wat him on nacan

drefan deop waeter dena land of-geaf.

*ba waes be maeste mere-hraegla sum 1905

segl sale faest sund-wudu bunede

no baer weg-flotan wind ofer y'Sum 15 si^es ge-twaefde sse-genga forfleat

famig-heals for^ ofer y'Se * bunden- 1910

stefna ofer brim-streamas \cet hie geata

clifu ongitan meahton cube naes-

sas ceol up ge-brang lyft-ge-swen- 20 ced on lande stod. hrabe waes get

1 gas grette A, .... grette B ; now only grette left (only very littlt of g covered) || part of d in rad covered.

2 crvceZ A, . . . . B ; now croce and the greater part of $ gone, but what is left of the last letter is enough to prove that it was $, not \>.

3 \>an B, wan A ; now gone.

4 on AB ; now only part of the last stroke of n left.

5 wcedum AB ; now tv and part of ce gone, and the rest of OR all but entirely covered.

6 mum AB ; now the first m gone, and u almost entirely covered.

7 hard AB ; now Ti gone, and o covered.

8 bunden AB ; now bu and the first stroke of the first n gone, and the second stroke of it covered.

9 \>an AB ; now gone. 10 r\>re AB ; now only re left.

11 drefan AB ; now d gone, and the top of the first stroke of r covered.

12 \>a AB ; now the \> torn and the top of it gone.

13 segl AB ; now there is no ascertaining whether or no s, of which only the top is not covered, is entire.

15 e in genga looks as if the scribe had first begun to write some other letter ; the second g altered from t.

17 originally stefne, but the last e underdotted and crossed out, and a written over it in the same hand.

20 originally hre})e, but a short perpendicular stroke under the first e, and a written over it in the same hand.

g BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 87 = fol. 172' = 11. 1914—1936.

holme hy'S-weard geara * sej?e aer lange 1915

tid leofra manna fus aet faro^Se feor

wlatode saelde to|sande sid-fse)>me scip

oncear-bendum faest by laes hym yba 5 'Srym wudu wynsuman for-wrecan meah-

te *het ba up beran sefelinga gestreon 1920

fraetwe ond\f set-gold naes him feor banon

to ge-secanne sinces bryttan. hige-

lac hrebling baer aet ham wuna'S selfa 10 mid ge-si^um saVwealle neah * bold wees 1925

bet-lie brego rof cyning hea healle

hygd swi'Se geong wis wel-Jmngen beah 'Se

wintra lyt under burh-locan gebiden

hsebbe haeref es dohtor naas hio hnah 15 swa feah * ne to gnea'S gifa geata leo- 1930

dum mafm-ge-streona mod fry^o wseg

fremu folces cwen firen ondrysne

nsenig }>cet dorste deor ge-nefan swsesra

gesi^a nefne sinfrea * \cet hire an-daeges 1935

20 eagurn starede ac him wael-bende.

1 holme AB; now the top of h gone || lange AB ; now part of e gone.

2 feor AB ; now nothing left but indistinct traces of/.

3 the lowest part of the perpendicular stroke of \> in fcefrme erased, so that the letter looks almost like 5 ; the erasure seems to have been intended only for some letters which were written between the lines just under sid fcefyme || scip AB; now^? gone, and the rest of the word has shrunk together.

y\>a AB ; now a and the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of \> gone (the letter was certainly J?, not $).

5 meah AB ; now gone.

6 gestreon AB ; now eon gone.

7 \>anon AB ; now on gone.

9 selfa AB ; now only s left.

10 tvces AB ; now only tv and the first half of ce left.

12 %e AB ; now part of e gone.

13 gebiden AB ; now the last stroke of n gone.

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In

j fnuioUnife n6nt

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. on

p. 88 = fol. 172r = 1936—1957.

weotode tealde hand-gewrij>ene hrajje

seob'San wses aefter mund- gripe mece

gejnnged ]>cet hit sceadeii mael scyran

moste * cwealm-bealu cy'San ne|bfS swylc 1940

5 cwen-lic f>eaw idese to efnanne beah/Se

hio senlicu sy ]>cet te freo'Su-webbe feores

on-ssece sefter lige-torne leofne mannan

hum \ce,t on-hohsnod hem-ninges mseg

* ealo-drincende o'Ser ssedan Ipcet hio leod- 1945

10 bealewa Ises gefremede inwit-nifta

sy^^an serest wearS gyfen gold-hro-

den geongum cempan se'Selum diore

sySSBan hio offan flet * ofer fealone 1950

flod be | feeder lare srSe gesohte 15 Sser hio sy'S 'San] well in gum-stole

gode msere lif-ge-sceafta lifigende

breac. hiold heah-lufan v?r& hsele-

ba brego * ealles mon-cynnes mine 1 955

gefrsege bges|se-lestan bi ssem tweo- 20 nuw eormen-cynnes for ftam offa

1 weotode AB ; now w gone, but the first e very likely still left, although it is not discernible under the paper ; the first o is also partially covered || gewrfyene hra\>e AB ; now some of the letters partially covered (cf. the FS.) ; the two J?s and the k may not be entire.

2 seo\>*>an AB ; now seo gone.

3 ge\>inged B, ge]>iged A ; now g and part of the first e gone, the rest of that e all but entirely covered || d in sceadeii altered from <S.

4 here begins the second hand || moste AB ; now the first two strokes at least of m gone, the third stroke of it, as it seems, and the greatest part of o covered.

6 cwen AB ; now only the last stroke of n left, and that in part covered.

6 hio AB ; now Ti gone, and i and part of o covered.

7 on AB ; now only the last stroke of n left, and that almost entirely covered.

8 Jittru AB ; now the first stroke of h gone, and the second of Ti and the first of u covered |[ s between hoh and nod afterwards added.

9 ealo AB ; now only o left, a small part of which is covered.

10 bealema AB ; now b gone, and the first e almost entirely covered.

11 sy%%an (£$ altered from dd with another ink) ~B,fy%$an A; now the greatest part of s gone, and the rest of it as well as part of y covered.

12 den AB ; now before en only uncertain traces of a letter covered.

13 part of s in sy%%an covered. 14 a very small part of/ in flod covered. 16 n afterwards added to sy cS<5« in the same hand.

QQ BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 89 = fol. 173r = 11. 1957—1978.

WSBS geofura ond girSim gar-cene man wide ge-

weorSod wis-dome heold * eftel 1960

sinne ponon geomor woe hseleftuw

to|helpe hem-inges maeg nefa gar- 5 mundes nifta crseftig : — XXYIII

/^N E-wat him ^a se hearda mid his

I ~T~ hond-scole sylf aefter sande

sae-wong tredan * wide waro^as 1965

woruld-candel scan sigel su^an fus 10 hi srS drugon elne ge-eodon tosses 'Se

eorla hleo bonan on-gen-feo-es. burgum

in innan. geongne gu^-cyning godne

gefrunon *hringas dselan higelace 1970

wses si^ beo-wulfes snude gecy^ed Ipcet ^ser 15 on wor^Sig wigendra hleo lind-gestealla

lifigende cwom hea^o-laces. hal to

hofe gongan * hrafte wses ge-rymed 1975

swa se rica bebead fe^e-gestuw net

innan- weard gesset fa wrS sylfne 20 sel'Sa ssecce genses maeg wi^ maege

1 wide ge A, rvida B ; now only mid left.

2 a blank left between heold and e%el on account of the parchment being very thin, so thin, indeed, that even in the FS. the letters of the back page show through it (hold}.

3 the accent over moc is doubtful.

6 originally XXVII1I, but the last /erased. 6 &is AB ; now part of s gone.

10 toZces «0 (the two £s altered from ds, with another ink B) AB; now s $6 gone.

11 burgum A, "burgum B ; now the last stroke of the second u and the abbreviation for m gone.

nnimn ye^

i 1 i

mi late l^btia bu)

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 91

p. 90 = fol. 173T = 11. 1978—1999. n man-dryhten Jmrh hleo'Sor-

cwyde holdne ge-grette * meaglum 1980

worduw meodu-scencum hwearf. geond

)>set side reced hsereftes dohtor lufode 5 SSa leode Ii3-wsege bser hsenum to handa

hige-lac ongan sinne geseldan in

sele paw hean *faegre fricgcean hyne 1985

fyr-wet brsec hwylce sse-geata srSas

wseron hu lomp eow on lade leofa bio- 10 wulf fa|$u f seringa feorr ge-hogodest.

ssecce secean ofer sealt wseter * hilde 1990

to hiorote ac|$u hro'S-gare wrS-cirSne

wean wihte gebettest mserum 'Seodne

ic^aes mod-ceare sorh-wylmum sea^ 15 si^e ne|truwode leofes mannes ic|$e

lange bead * ])cet ^u J>one wselgaest wihte 1995

ne|grette lete su^-dene sylfe geweor^an

gu'Se wi^ grendel gode ic Jjanc secge

Jjsesfte ic|Se gesundne geseon moste. 20 Bio-wulf ma^elode beam ecg-'Sioes

B, i%%an A. ; now part of sy gone, and part of what is left of sy covered || the tops of some letters in the first line covered (see the FS.) || hleo^or A, hleodor B ; now part of eo gone.

2 n in holdne altered from e || r m grette altered from something else.

4 a small part of j? in \><je,t covered || side added over the line in the same hand I think, but with another ink ; a stop shows where it is to be inserted || I am not sure whether what stands in the MS. under the e (cf. the FS.), and seems to have been added with the same ink that the scribe employed in writing side, is not a mere flourish : elsewhere it is used to convert e into ee (cf. 176V 1. 20), but the same addition occurs under ce in scecce 1. 11 of this page and under e mfce&nie fol. 188V 1. 19.

6 %a AB ; now part of $ gone, and part of what is left of it covered || 1t,(enum~\ between & and n a letter (I think $) erased.

6 the top of h in hige-lac covered. 8 part of fin fyr-wet covered.

9 part of iv in waron covered. 10 part of ve in wulf covered.

11 scecce with a flourish under ce with another ink as it seems, cf. note to 1.4.

17 the second stroke of n in gemeorKan covered.

92 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 91 = fol. 174' = 11. 2000—2019.

* \ost is un-dyrne dryhten hige-lac . . . 2000

gemeting moneguw fira . hwylc . . .

hwil uncer grendles weariS on 1

wange baer he worna fela sige-scyl- 5 dingu?n sorge gefremede * yrm^e 2005

to aldre ic|3aet eall ge-wraec swa . . .

gylpan bearf grendeles maga . . .

ofer eor^San uht-hlem bone. se^e

lengest leofa^ la'San cynnes f . . . 10 bifongen ic ^aer furSum cwom.

* to^am hring-sele hro'Sgar gretan 2010

sona me|se msera mago liealf -de

nes sy^^an lie|mod-sefan minne

cu3e wi'S his|sylfes sunu sell getsehte. 15 weorod wses on wynne ne|seah ic wi-

dan feorh * under heofones hwealf 2015

heal-sittendra medu-dream maran

hwilum mseru cwen fri3u-sibb folca

flet eall geond-hwearf bsedde byre 20 geonge oft liio beah-wrrSan secge

1 hige .... with lac written over the dots with another ink B, h'tfe with a blank after it A ; now only liig and part of e left.

2 hwyle with a blank after it A, htvylce . . B ; now only hwy left and part of Ic.

3 on$am altered from ondan with another ink B, ondum. A; now only on and the top of $ left (which might equally well be the top of d).

4 scyl A, . . B ; now gone.

5 dungum originally, but the second stroke of the first u erased || yrm&e A, ynnd . . B ; now e and the lower part of tS gone.

6 srvabe A, srval . . B ; now only swa and an uncertain piece of some letter after it left.

7 after maga nothing discernible now ; a blank A, en . . B.

8 se$e ($ altered from d with another ink) B, sede A ; now only s and the greater part of the first e left.

9 fee, and a blank A, fer . . B ; now only the perpendicular stroke of f left (which might equally well belong to some other letter).

10 the stop after emom A ; now gone. 12 de AB ; e now gone.

14 getmlite (with a stop after it A) AB ; now e (and the stop) gone.

17 maran AB ; now n and the second half of the last a gone.

18 folca AB ; now the second half of a gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 93

p. 92 = fol. 174T = 11. 2019—2041.

. . . ser hie to setle geong. * hwilura for 2020

[d]ugir<Se dohtor hro^-gares eorlum

on ende ealu-wsege bser jja ic frea-ware

flet-sittende . nem-nan hyrde bser hio 5 [nsejgled-sinc heeled \\m sealde sio ge-haten

... * geong gold-hroden gladum suna frodan. 2025

[hjafaft bses geworden wine scyldinga ri ces hyrde ond j?set rsed tala$ \cet he mid 'Sy

wife wael-faeiriSa dsel ssecca gesette oft 10 seldan hwser. * sefter leod-hryre lytle 2030

hwile bon-gar bugeS beah seo bryd duge

mseg bses poimg of-byncan fteoden heaSo-

beardna ond begna gehwam bara leoda

bonne he mid fsem-nan on flett gae^. 15 * dryht-bearn dena dugiriSa biwenede. 2035

on him gladia'S gomelra lafe heard

0wdf|hring-msel hea^a-bearna ge-streon

ben-den hie ft&m wsepnum wealdan moston.

0%%aet hie for-laeddan to | 'Sam lind- plegan * swsese gesrSas ond hyra sylf- 2040

ra feorh bomie cwrS set beore sefte beah

1 cer and blank before it A, cer B ; cer is still preserved

although part of ce covered || hie quite certain although the top of h is covered and a small part of it gone in consequence of a hole || the tops of s and I in setle covered || Ivrvilura. partially covered; cf. FS. \\for AB ; now r gone, and part of /and the whole of o covered.

2 .... ugifee ($ altered from d with another ink) B, gude .... (gu on an erasure with another ink, and de with another ink again) A ; now only %e left (S not entire and partially covered).

3 on ende B, a blank, on which c is effaced, and then ende A ; now only nde left, n partially covered.

4 flet (with another ink B) AB ; now gone || only very little of s in sittende covered. 5 gled A, ... led originally, but then g added before I with another ink B ; now ed and part of I still preserved, the latter covered.

6 blank (before geong) A, . . . se B ; nothing discernible now j| part of ge in geong covered.

7 iafa% (altered from fad with another ink B) AB ; now only fa%> left (part of/ covered, and a partially gone in consequence of a hole).

8 ces AB ; now ce and the upper part of s gone, and what is left of it almost entirely covered || d in mid altered from <S.

9 wife AB ; now wi gone, and part of /covered.

10 seldan AB ; now s gone, and part of e covered (I do not think there was before seldan room enough for no). n Jwvile AB ; now h and the first stroke of w gone, and what is left of w covered.

12 mceg AB ; now the first two strokes of m gone, and the third covered.

13 beardna AB ; now the greatest part of b gone.

14 \>onne AB ; now part of \> gone, and what is left of it covered.

16 dryht AB ; now part of d gone. 16 a small part of o in on covered.

19 the MS. has a little more of the big o than the FS. (0$ AB).

94; BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 93 = fol. 175r = 11. 2041—2062.

gesyhft eald sesc-wiga se'Se eall ge-m[an]

gar-cwealm gumena him bi'S grim se-

fa on-ginneft geomor-mod geong . . .

cempan * burn hreftra ge-hygd higes 2045

5 cunnian wig-bealu weccean ond ]>cet word

acwyS. meaht Su min wine mece

gecnawan fone fin feeder to|gefeohte

baer. under here-griman hindeman

sifte. * dyre iren baer hyne dene 2050

10 slogon weoldon wsel-stowe sy'Sftan

wifter-gyld Iseg. sefter haeleba hryre

hwate scyldungas nu her bara ba-

nena byre nat hwylces. frsetwu??!

hremig on|flet gae^S * mor^res gylpepS] 2055

15 ond\ponQ maftbura byre^ bone be^u mid

rihte rsedan sceoldest mana'S swa

ond myndgaft msela ge-hwylce. sarum

wordum o^set sael cymeS \>cet se fsem-

nan begn fore feeder dsedum. * setter 2060

20 billes bite blod-fag swefe^S. ealdres

scyldig him se o'Ser bonan losa^

1 gesylvS A. gesyhd B ; now the tops of s, k, and $ gone || at the end of the line ge and a blank A ; ge m., but afterwards na added with another ink be tween ge and m B ; now only g left, and even of that a small part is wanting.

2 grim se K, grim se ? C, grim and a blank A, grim altered to grimme in another ink B, grim Gt Th ; now only gri and the first two strokes of m left.

3 geong and a blank A, geong . . B ; now only geo and the greatest part of n left (the lower part of the second stroke is gone).

4 higes .... (the dots with a different ink B) AB ; now nothing left, for what Kolbing takes for the first stroke of h is I in hi/an of the back page.

6 word AB ; now rd gone, and even wo not entire.

6 meoe A, mece c B ; now the last e and the upper part of c gone.

7 gefeohte (altered from gefeoh with another ink B) AB ; now only gef and part of the following e left.

8 hindeman AB ; now an and the two last strokes of m gone.

10 the second stroke of n in syttan gone.

11 hryre B (the whole line omitted in A) ; now e and the greater part of the second r gone.

12 this line begins a little further to the left than the next, because there was not room enough for h under m ; cf. 183r 11. 13 and 19 ; 191' 11. 10, 19 || ~ba AB ; now the second half of a gone.

14 gylped B, gylrved A; now only gyl and the greater part of^? left.

15 mid AB; now id gone. 16 swa AB; now the second part of a gone.

* uuto a]c 1't^yi' jrot1 ^J-k-7

ran cwUun rumftia IHUT^ o™ \ Ol c

p\ 0113111

cuntiuvii PU u&vlu ytocftui^'b

mtn pi jnn

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rlo^o.n p(Sbtoi>Ti \>t pf^^yb leg. f^ir^i liu^t^tv

Vi>1! ilm

catj a^ lirtekft&o Uftqirriv -

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 1)5

p. 94 = fol. 175r = 11. 2062—2084.

[lilfigende con him land geare )jon??e bio^

fajbrocene on ba healfe a^S-sweorS eorla

[sy'SJ'San ingelde * wealla'S wael-ni^as ond hi?tt 2065

wiflufan aefter cear-wselmirm, colran 5 weorSaS by ic heafto-bearna hyldo ne

telge. dryht-sibbe dsel denu??i imfsecne

freond-scipe fsestne ic sceal forS

sprecan. * gen ymbe grendeh }>cet ^u geare 2070

cunne sinces brytta to hwan sy'S'San 10 wear^. hond-rses hselefta syft'San heofones

gim. glad ofer grundas gsest yrre cwom

eatol sefen-grom user neosan. * 'Saer we 2075

gesunde ssel weardodon baer wses hond-

scio hilde on-ssege feorh-bealu fseguni 15 he fyrmest laeg gyrded cempa him

grendel wearS niseru?^ ruagu??? begne

to mirS-bonan. * leofes marines lie 2080

eall for-swealg. no^y ser ut 'Sal gen

idel-hende. bona blodig-to^ bealewa 20 gemyndig of|^a??^ gold-sele gongan

wolde. ac he maegnes rof min costode

1 figende with another ink and a great many dots after it A, .eigende B ; now only the last e and part of d left, the latter all but entirely covered || the top of the second e in geare covered || ponne bio% A, \>onne Mod B ; now the abbreviation for ne and the tops of b and € gone, and the rest partially covered.

2 orocene (with a stop before it B) AB, brocene 1 C ; now ocene and part of r left, the latter covered || there is a stroke through d in sneord, but without the usual head, nor is it quite distinct : it may be either accidental, or made only by a mistake, and then partially erased.

3 blank and then %an A, . . %an B ; now even $ no longer entire, and the greatest part of what is left of it as well as part of a covered.

4 wiflufan AB ; now tvif gone, and I covered.

6 weor$a$ A, meordad B ; now me and part of or gone, besides all that ia left of o and part of what is left of r covered.

6 telge AB ; now tel and part of g gone, and part of what is left of g covered.

7 freond AB ; now/ and part of r gone, and what is left of r covered.

8 sprecan AB ; now sp and the first half of r gone.

9 cunne AB ; now cu and the first half of the first n gone.

10 tvear^ (altered from veard B) AB ; now tv gone, and e covered.

11 gim altered from gun with another ink B, gun A ; now g gone, and i covered.

12 eatol AB ; now ea gone, and a very small part of t covered.

13 gesunde AB ; now g gone, and part of the first e covered.

14 scio AB ; now only do and the top of s preserved, and the latter as well as part of c covered.

15 he AB ; now k gone, and part of e covered.

16 grendel AB ; now part of g gone, and part of what is left of it covered. 19 part of i in idel covered.

9(5 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 95 = fol. 176r = 11. 2085—2105.

*grapode geareo folm glof hangode 2085

sld ond syllic searo-bendum faest. sio

wees orftoncum eall ge-gyrwed deofles

craaftum ond dracan fell urn he|mec bser 5 on innan unsynnigne * dior dsed- 2090

fruma gedon wolde

manigra sum-ne hyt ne mibte

swa sy^^an ic on|yrre upp-riht

astod. To lang ys to reccenne bu|i 10 leod-scea'San yfla gehwylces bond-lean

for-geald * baer ic beoden min bine 2095

leode weorSode weorcuw he on weg

losade. lytle hwile lif-wynna|br[ea]c

hwaebre him sio swrSre swa'Se wear- 15 dade. band on biorte ond be bean

Sonan * modes geomor mere-grund 2100

gefeoll me | bone wsel-raes wine

scildunga. faettan golde fela leano-

de manegura ma^mum sy^^an mer- 20 gen c6m. ond we to|symble geseten

haefdon. * faer waes gidd ond\gleo gomela 2105

1 grapode AB ; now a torn, and the top of d gone || geareo A, geares B, gearo Gt Th, geara K ; the word is torn asunder, I think it was geareo as in A : g is almost entire, but the tops of e and #, the upper part of the first stroke of r, and the top of e gone || folm AB ; now part of fol gone || hangode AB ; now entirely gone (what Prof. Kolbing takes to be the beginning of h belongs to f in fela in the back page).

2 fceit. flo A, fcest sio B ; now only fees and the greater part of t left.

3 deofles B, dieofles A ; now only d and uncertain traces of eo left.

4 tnec still preserved, although ec torn || \>cer AB ; now gone.

6 deed AB ; now the ce indistinct and part of the second d gone.

6 after wolde an erasure to the end of the line : as far as the line is pre served the letters erased were first a perpendicular stroke (like the beginning of w,/, s, etc.) and then manigr.

7 mihte AB ; now e gone.

8 rlht B, rihte A ; now only ri and the greater part of h left.

9 huiedam. A, hun (n crossed out with another ink) B, hu\_ic~]}>am(1} Gt ; now only hu left (Prof. Kolbing and others, who think the i, too, left, have suffered themselves to be misled by a stroke of m in genmnde in the back page).

10 hand lean A, hondlan B ; now only hon left.

11 Ipine AB ; now part of e gone.

12 meg AB ; now only the lowest part of the perpendicular stroke of m left.

13 Itreac] brcec A, brene altered with different ink to breo B ; now only b and all but the whole of r left. 14 wear AB ; now ear gone.

15 hean AB ; now the second stroke of n gone.

16 grund AB ; now only g and the top of the first stroke of r left.

18 leano AB ; now only le and part of a left.

19 mer AB ; now part of r gone. 21 gomela AB ; now la gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 97

p. 96 = fol. 176T = 11. 2105—2127.

scilding fela fricgende feorran rehte

hwilura hilde-deor hearpan wynne go-

mel-wudu grette hwilum gyd awreec. solS

ond sarltc hwilum syllic spell. * rehte sefter 2110

5 rihte rum-heort cyning. hwilura eft

ongan eldo gebunden gomel gu'S-wiga

giogu^e cwtfSan hilde-strengo hre^er

iune weoll. fyoime he wintrura frod worn

gemunde *swa|we|])ser inne emrflangne 2115

10 dseg. niode naman oft^Sset niht bee worn.

ofter to yldum J>a|wses eft hra^e gearo

gyrn-wrsece. grendeles modor. SrSode

sorh-full sunn deaft fornam *wig-hete 2120

wedra wif unhyre hyre beam gewrsec 15 beorn acwealde ellenlice J?ser wses sesc-

here frodan fyrn-witan feorh itfS-

genge. no^er hy hine ne|raoston sy^^an

mergen cvvom * dea^-werig-ne denia 2125

leode. bronde for-bsernan 20 ne on bel hladan. leofne mannan

1 scilding A, Scilding B ; now gone || / and I in fela partially covered \\fricgende AB; now g not entire, en not distinct, de not entire, and all these five letters partially covered || feorran entirely preserved, although partially covered (cf. FS.) || rehte K] rehte AB ; now the top of h and the following te gone, and part of what is left covered.

2 hwilum. A, hwilum B ; now gone || hilde AB ; now the upper part of the first stroke of h gone, and the rest of it partially covered. 3 mel AB ; now gone.

4 -j (and B) sarlic (no accent B) AB ; now only' lie and part of r left, but part of what is left of r covered. 6 rihte AB; now ri gone.

6 ongan AB ; now only the last n and the second half of a left, the latter covered. 7 giogi&e A, glogude B; now gio and a small part of the second g gone, part of the latter besides covered. 8 inne Thk, mne A, . . me B ;

now only e and the second stroke of the last n left, the latter covered.

9 gemunde (altered from miinde B) AB ; now ge and the first stroke of m gone, and the two last strokes of m covered.

10 deg. niode A, dceg mode B ; now only niode left (part of i rubbed).

11 o$er AB ; now o$e gone, and r partially covered.

12 gyrn AB ; now gy and all but the whole of r gone, and what is left of r and part of n covered. 13 sorh AB ; now only h and the very last part of r left.

14 wedra AB ; now wed gone || h erased between >mf and un.

15 beorn AB ; now only n and nearly the whole of r left.

16 nere AB ; now he and part of r gone. 17 genge AB ; now only nge (the first stroke of the n covered) and some uncertain traces before it left.

18 mergen AB ; now the first two strokes of m gone, and the last covered.

19 leode AB ; now le gone, and part of o covered || bronde originally written twice, but the first erased, in consequence of which the parchment has become so thin that symble in 1. 20 of the front page shows through.

20 ne on AB ; now the first n and o only partially preserved, and what is left of that n covered || bel (cf. FS., but the hook is written with a fainter ink) = l&l MS., not bel, but cf. the note 011 fol. 173T 4 [I hladan altered from blcedan.

BEOWULF. II

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 97 = fol. 177r = 11. 2127—2146.

hio Ipcet lie set-baer feondes fte'Srunga [unj-

der firgen-stream. ]>cet vvaes hro'Sgare

hreowa tornost *fara )>e leod-fru- 2130

man lange begeate. J?a se Seoden mec 5 'Sine life healsode hreoh-mod f cet ic

on holma gebring eorl-scipe efnde

ealdre gene'S-de. mser'So fremede

he|me mede gehet *ic|:5a|:S8es wselmes 2135

J>e is wide cu^ grimme gryre-licne 1 0 grund-hyrde fond f ser unc hwile

wses hand gemsene. holm heolfre

weoll ond ic heafde becearf inj^Sam sele

grendeles modor. * eacnum ecgum 2140

un-softe ponan feorh o^-ferede. 15 nses ic fsege fa|gyt. ac me eorla hleo

eft gesealde ma^ma menigeo maga

healf-denes. XXXI

Swa se|:Seod-kyning peawum lyfde *nealles ic^a??! leanum forloren 2145

20 hsefde msegnes mede ac he|me

1 Mo AB ; now the first stroke of h gone \\fce$ written with another ink and a blank after it A, fcedr .... with unga written over the dots with another ink B ; now nothing preserved but f<x% and part of a letter which may have been r, m, or n ; the word has been torn asunder, and Kolbing and Wiilcker have failed to see the upper part.

2 HroKgare Gt, HroZgare K] hroZ and a blank A, Hrodgar. . B ; now only hro^, the lower part of g, and just a bit of a preserved.

4 mec B, tnic A ; now gone.

6 •£ (beet B) ic AB ; now only uncertain traces of a letter left after mod.

6 efnde AB ; now the second e gone.

7 fremede B, gremede A ; now the last e gone.

8 tvcelmes AB ; now es gone.

9 is altered from ic in the same hand || licne AB ; now e and the second stroke of n gone.

10 hwile AB ; now the top of I and the greater part of e gone.

12 sele AB ; now ele and the top of s gone.

13 ecgum AB ; now the two last strokes of m gone.

15 hleo AB ; now eo and the top of I gone.

16 maga AB ; now part of the last a gone.

on ttolmttJ^|7|uttj Arjil ^a

V

i bmimui

• c II ' v - 1 /r»

^ 561 16 fttU d3r^^, Ufla

Uc

1 irfttl

ftr*f ic

jV vcrttunja

ytuu ryllmi i>i»

I I/, t ,« i |

ttut Iwii nob v lnt«c

lajr

I — r

eii P$zrj^ feajcml/

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 99

p. 98 = fol. 177T = 11. 2146—2166. s geaf sunu healfdenes on

[min]ne sylfes dom. fta ic|fte beorn-

cyning bringan wylle. estum ge-

ywan gen is eall set ^>e. * lissa gelong 2150

5 ic lyt hafo. heafod-maga nefne

hygelac ftec. het ^a in beran eafor-

heafod-segn. hea'So-steapne helm

hare byrnan gu^-sweord geato-lic

gyd sefter sprsec. *me|ftis hilde-sceorp 2155

10 hro^gar sealde snotra fengel sume

worde het \icet ic his serest ^e est gessegde

cwse'S fycet hyt hsefde hiorogar cyning

leod scyldunga lange hwile. *no|:Sy 2160

ser suna sinura syllan wolde hwatuwa 15 heoro-wearde J>eah he|hiw& hold wsere.

breost-gewsedu bruc ealles well.

hyrde ic \azt bam frsetwum feower

mearas. lungre gelice last wear-

dode. * aeppel-fealuwe he|him est ge- 2165

20 teah meara ond ma'Sma swa sceal

1 magmas] a blank and then is with another ink A, . . . . is B ; now gone || geaf (with another ink A) AB ; now part of ge gone || the tops of h, £, /, d, and the three es in healfdenes covered.

2 winne'] .... ne B, a blank A ; ne still left, although the first stroke of n is not entire, and almost all that is left of n covered.

3 cyning (with a different ink A) AB ; now c and part of y gone, and the rest of y and part of the first n covered.

4 ywan A, . yman B ; now only an left.

5 ic AB ; now gone || I in lyt covered.

6 hygelac AB ; now Jiy and part of g gone, and part of what is left of g covered.

7 heafod AB ; now he and the first half of a gone, and the rest of a covered.

8 hare AB ; now h and the first half of a gone, and the rest of a covered.

9 gyd AB ; now gy and the top of d gone, and the rest of d all but entirely covered.

10 liro^gar A, Hrodgar B ; now h gone, and nearly the whole of the first r covered. n morde AB ; now m gone || est MS. (cf. FS.), not eft.

12 <?wce<S A, ctvced B ; now c gone, and part of w covered.

13 leod AB ; now I gone, and part of e covered || Id in scyldunga altered from in.

14 cer AB ; now the first half of ce gone, and the greater part of the second covered.

^6 lieoro AB ; now the first stroke of h gone, and the second covered.

16 part of b in breast covered.

19 part of the first d in dode covered.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS.

p. 99 = fol. 178' = 11. 2166—2185.

maeg don. nealles inwit-net o^rum

bregdon dyrnuw crsefte dea'S ren[ian]

hond-gesteallan hygelace wses *nr<Sa 2170

heardu7/i. nefa swy'Se hold 5 (f&imn hro-fra gemyndig. hyrde

ic ])cet he 'Sone heals-beah hygde ge-

sealde wrsetlicne wundu

'Sone fe him wealh-'Seo

dohtor frio wicg somod *swancor 2175

10 ond sadol-beorht hyre sy^an wses sefter

beah-^ege brost geweor^Sod. swa beal-

dode beam ecg-fteowes. guma girSum

cu^ godim dsedum dreah sefter dome

nealles druncne slog. * heor^S-genea- 2180

1 5 tas nses him hreoh sef a. ac he man-

cynnes mseste craefte. gin-fsestan

gife J?e|him god sealde heold hilde-

deor hean wses lange s\va|hyne geata

beam godne ne|tealdon. *ne|hyne 2185

20 on medo-bence micles wyr^ne.

1 nealles AB ; now the second I torn || o%rnm A, odr . . . . B ; now um gone.

2 ren . . . (n added with another ink ?) B, re and a blank A ; now only r and part of e left.

3 ni$a . . ($ altered from d with another ink) B, m$a A ; now gone.

4 gehmceZer A, gehwceder B ; now only geh and the first stroke of n left.

6 hyrde AB ; now e and part of d gone. 6 ge B, ge . . . A ; now gone.

7 ma$%um A, ma$$um B ; now only the first two strokes of the first 111 left.

8 %eod (<S altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now only %eo left.

9 swancor AB ; now r gone. 10 cefter A, ceft B ; now entirely gone.

11 beal with another ink on four dots B, b (no blank after it) A ; now only the long stroke of b left.

12 gu%um altered from gudi with another ink B, gu^S with a small blank after it A ; now only gu left.

13 dome AB ; now the upper part of e gone.

14 genea AB ; now a and the greater part of the preceding e gone.

15 man AB ; now n gone. 16 fcestan AB ; now the last stroke of n gone. 18 geata AB ; now part of the second a gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 101

p. 100 = fol. 1787 == 11. 2186—2207.

drihten wereda gedon wolde swy^e

[wen]don ]>cet he sleac wsere ae^eling un-

from ed-wen-deii cwom tir-eadigura

menn torna gehwylces. *het ^a eorla 2190

5 bleo in|gefetian. hea^o-rof cyning

hre'Sles lafe. golde ge-gyrede uses

mid geatura 'Sa sinc-ma'S-Jnm selra

on sweordes had. ]>cet he on|bio-wulfes

bearm alegde. *ond him gesealde seofan 2195

10 busendo. bold ond brego-stol hiw wses

bam samod on [Sam leod-scipe

lond gecynde eard eftel-riht o^rum

swi'Sor. side rice \&m 'Sser selra wses.

*eft \icet ge-iode ufaran dognm. hilde- 2200

15 hlsem-mmtt sy^^an hygelac Iseg. ond

hearede hilde-meceas under bord-

hreo^an tojbonan wurdon. ^a hyne

gesohtan on sige-beode * heard e hilde- 2205

frecan heafto-scilfingas. ntf5a|ge- 20 nsegdan. nefan here-rices sy'S'San

1 drihten altered with another ink from nten B, a blank A; now- only the greatest part of ten and the second stroke of h before it left |j the three last words in the line partially covered (cf. FS.).

2 a blank and then don A, . . don B ; now only part of d left before on (there may be more of d left than is visible in the FS., but nothing can be made out under the paper).

3 from AB ; now only m left (or, at any rate, visible).

4 menn AB ; now me and the first stroke of the first n gone, and the second stroke of it partially covered.

6 hleo AB ,- now hi gone and e covered.

6 kre%les AB ; now hr and part of the first e gone, and the rest of that e and a veiy small part of % covered.

7 mid A, miS B ; now gone.

8 on B, n after a small blank A ; now gone.

9 bearm AB ; now be gone, and a and part of r covered.

10 \>nsendo AB ; now \> gone, u covered, and part of * rubbed off.

11 bam altered with another ink from . . in B, a blank and am A ; now only m left (or, at any rate, visible).

12 lond B, tond A ; now only nd left (or, at any rate, visible).

13 srviZor A, srvidor B ; now s and part of tc gone, and the rest of w covered.

14 eft AB ; now e and the lower part of / gone, and nearly the whole of what is left of / covered.

15 hlcem, mum. altered to hl<xn num. A, hlcem, mum B ; now the first stroke of h gone, and the second stroke of it and the top of I covered.

16 part of h in hearede covered

17 the greater part of h in ?ireo$an covered.

18 only very little of g in getohtan covered.

19 an inconsiderable part of r in frecan rubbed off.

20 only very little of n in naff dan covered.

102 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 101, 11. 1—10 = fol. 179', -11. 1—10 = 11. 2207—2219. beowulfe brade rice on|hand ge-hwearf he|ge-lieold tela fiftig wint.ru wses fta

frod cyning *eald ebel-weard o^^set 2210

6n ongan deorcum nihtura draca rics[i]an 5 se'Se on heaj^SoJ-hlsewe hord be-weotode stan-beorh stearne stig under laeg

eldum uncu^ J>3er on innan giong. *ni^Sa 2215

nat-hwylc : : : : : : : gefeng hse'Snum horde hond :::::::: : : : : : since fall ne he Ipcet 10 sy'S'San : : : : : f> : : : ^ : : : slsepende be

All that is distinct in the FS. in fol. 179 has been freshened up by a later hand in the MS.

1 beoivulfe A, Beowulf e B ; now the top of b gone || brade, not brcede MS. ; cf. FS. (part of the stroke connecting a with d not freshened up) || ge hwearf AB ; now Jimearf gone.

2 tvintru is owing to the later hand, the u standing in the place of an original a (cf. the FS.) || mass %a ($ altered from d B) AB ; now only m and the first half of ce (looking like «) lefr.

3 n in weard looks very much like p || 0<Sc5oe£ AB ; now t and part of ce gone.

4 o in on written by the later hand instead of an original a, which is still pretty distinct || ricsan (s altered from r?) A, ric an altered to rlcsan with a different ink B ; now gone.

5 what is left of the two letters after Jiea justifies us in reading them $o (the stroke under the line must be accidental) || very little of hlcBJve freshened up ; the li indistinct, Icetve pretty certain, but the w may be easily mistaken for \> in consequence of the h of liivylc on fol. 179V being visible through the parch ment (nothing in AB between Jiea and Iwrd) || beiveotode AB ; now ode gone.

6 stearne is owing to the later hand, r standing on an original _/> || Iceg AB ; now g and the second half of ce, gone.

7 ni&a (<5 altered from d with a different ink) B, m$a A ;• now a gone.

8 only part of Jwvylc freshened up || gefeng certain, the stroke over / being accidental (nothing in AB between nat and ha&nu-m) jj horde AB ; now only h and part of o left.

9 faJi] originally fac, but h written over c || he $ (\>cet B) AB ; now gone.

10 the traces left between £> and slwpende I think justify us in reading \eali $e he || be AB j now only the very bottom of b left, e entirely gone.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 103

p. 101, 11. 11—21 = fol. 179r, 11. 11—21 = 11. 2219 2230.

syre : : : : de *J?eofes crsefte \>ait sie 2220

ftiod ::::::::: folc beorna ]>cet he|ge bolge[n] wses. XXXII

Nealles midjge-weoHum wyrm-liorda crseft sylfes williwi se^e him sare ge- sceod ac for jjrea-nedlan J>[egn] nat-

hwylces ^hsele^a bearna hete-swengeas 2225

fleoh .::::: Jjearfa ond ftser inne weall secg syn-bysig sona mwatide ]>cet ::::: 20 ft&m gyst : : : : : : broga stod hwseftre

: : : : sceapeii 2230

11 syre} I do not see any trace of the first letter having ever been / || / in \>eofes only partially freshened up || sie AB ; now e gone.

12 only % in %iod freshened up || what looks like an i over the line between folc and beorna seems accidental || a in beorna not freshened up || he clumsily freshened up (not koz).

13 n in bolgen faded.

14 midge not freshened up |[ tveoldum the later hand instead of wealdnm, the a being still recognisable || nothing after horda (only part of r in c reef turn in the back page shows through).

15 sa in sare not freshened up || ge (with another ink A) AB ; now gone.

16 the traces of three letters between \> and nat justify us in reading cgn, (\>egn K).

17 Timylces not freshened up || stcengeas (altered from sweangeas B) AB ; now eas gone.

18 fleah first hand || to judge from what is left, the second word of this line was cernes (oe and n are almost certain, cf. FS.) || rfa in \>earfa not freshened up || weall (with .... after it A) AB ; now only meal left, but tv stands on an original/, which is still recognisable; and what seemed to be another I in Thorlekin's time may have been the remnant of an original 7t.

19 by in bysig not freshened up || mrvatide, no doubt, the second hand || nothing in AB after }>cRt.

20 the indistinct letter after gyst seems to have been e (gyste Gt K) || the traces of the third word allow us to read gryre || broga certain, although o and a not freshened up || hwaZre as good as certain, although %re is not freshened up, and e not entire (kivce AB).

21 according to the traces left, the first word may have been earni (so K) || ea in sceapen not freshened up.

101 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 102, 11. 1—10 = fol. 171T, 11. 1—10 = 11. 2230—2239.

sceapen

: : : : : : se fees begeat sinc-fset

baer wses swylcra fela in ft-am eor^S-

[hu]se aer-ge-streona swa liy on gearda- 5 gu??i gumena nathwylc eormen-lafe

sepelan cynnes * fanc-hycgende )>ser|ge- 2235

hydde. deore magmas ealle hie deaft for-nam serran mselura. ond si an fta gen leoda dugirSe se|^aer lengest hwearf 10 wear's wine-geomor rihde J?aes yldan

1-3 AB do not help here. l part of en covered.

2 \>a liyne before w?«|| fees freshened up, but s seems to stand on an original r.

4 ge streona after a blank A, se . . er ge streona B ; now nothing discern ible before cer.

6 gum A, gum B ; now gone.

6 afyelan A, ceZelan altered from cedelan with another ink B ; now ce\> and the greatest part of e gone.

7 hy^Se (altered from hydde with another ink B) AB ; now hy gone, and part of the first d covered.

8 for AB ; now fo gone, and a small part of r covered || si the later hand, but i seems to stand on an original e.

9 leoda (with another ink A) AB ; now leo gone, and part of d covered || cer in See?' not freshened up.

10 tveard B, feard A ; now TV and the upper part of e gone, the rest of e and a small part of a covered ; the last letter of the first word was originally {5, although the later hand has not freshened up the stroke through the d |1 rikde the later hand, but tvende the first.

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V

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T • *-i *£• § <•* v-' S'

|>rf\v ptel foylcfia. pna :in>rt ft?|il v> ^ frfivvna ij?aV»r on^ftiiiH mfviit mir^yic ftrjim4^ tajp? i\n cyrih^ Vane ji; -^ * * ^^

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 105

p. 10?, 11. 11—21 = fol. 179T, 11. 11—21 = 11. 2240—2252.

*]pcet lie lytel faec long-gestreona brucan 2240

moste beorh call gearo wunode on wonge

wseter-y^um neali niwe be nsesse nearo-

crsdftum fsest baer on innon bser eorl- 15 ge-streona *hringa hyrde hard-wyrftne 2245

dsel fsettan goldes fee worda cwse'S. heald

bu nu hruse. nu hsele'S ne msestan eorla-

sehte hwset hyt ser on|%e gode begeaton

gu^-deaS for-nam. *reorh-bealc frecne 2250

20 fyrena gehwylcne. leoda minra bana

fte bis ofgeaf gesawon sele-dream : :

11 -> Qpcet B) he AB ; now only e and the second half of h left.

12 moste AB ; now the first stroke of m gone, and the rest of m covered || the second I in call not freshened up || a small part of e in wonge covered.

13 wceter B, meter A ; now w and the greatest part of ce gone, the rest of OB covered, r not freshened up.

14 crceftum A, crceftum B ; now c gone, and the first stroke of r covered || innon the later hand, but o stands on an original a.

15 ge streona AB ; now g gone, and the first e covered || m (or/?) and the stroke through d in wyrftne not freshened up.

16 dcel AB ; now the greatest part of d gone, the rest of it and part of ce covered || fee later hand, but originally fea || w in morda not freshened up || only h in heald (not lieold !) freshened up.

17 \> in \>u covered || nu hruse (neither hrucce nor hrusce 1) not freshened up ; no letter effaced after it || mcestan later hand, but I think I see an original o"under the ce; a also seems to stand on another vowel (u or o?).

18 part of ce in cehte covered || only part of y in hyt freshened up.

19 part of g in gu^ covered || reorli lealc later hand, but the first r stands on an original /, and c on an original o.

20 part of / in fyrena covered || the second stroke of h and the whole of w in gehwylcne not freshened up || ]>ana later hand, no doubt ; nor do I see any sign of the third letter having originally been r.

21 part of fc in fc<? covered.

106 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 103 = fol. 180' == 11. 2252—2274.

nah hwa sweord wege o'S'Se fe[o]r[mie]

fseted wsege. drync-fset deore dugfuS]

ellor seoc *sceal|se hearda helm [hyr]- 2255

sted golde faetum befeallen feormynd 5 swefa'S. Jja'Se beado-griman bywan

sceoldon. ge swylce seo here-pad sio

3et|hilde gebad ofer borda gebrsec

bite irena * brosna'S sefter beorne 2260

ne|m8eg byrnan hring sefter wig-fru- 10 man wide feran hsele:Su??i be healfe

uses hear-pau wyn. gomen gleo-beames

ne|god hafoc geond ssel swinged ne se

swifta mearh * burh-stede beate'S bealo- 2265

cwealm hafa'S fela feorb-cynna for'S 15 on-sended. Swa|giomor-mod gioh^So

msende. an sefter eallum unbli^e hwefop]

dseges ond nihtes o^^set dea^es wylm *hran 2270

set heortan hord-wynne fond eald uht-

scea^a opene standan Be$e|byrnende 20 biorgas sece^. nacod ni^-draca nihtes

fleoge'S fyre be-fangen hyne fold-buend

1 nah htva B, naJi lima A ; now the top of nah Ji gone [[ feormie] /with another ink and a blank A,fe. . . B ; now only /entire, after it part of a letter which may have been c and further on a stroke which may have belonged to r (by no means to g} : between/ and that stroke there was not room enough for more than two letters.

2 dug with another ink and a blank A, dug . . (with another ink?) B ; now the upper part of g gone (dugufce K, but dHg^&e] Th, dug Gt).

3 hyr'] a blank A, . . B (hyr K, but [hyr] Gt Th.).

4 feor mynd (mynd altered from a single stroke with another ink? B) AB ; now the greater part of y and the whole of nd gone.

6 byman AB ; now n not quite distinct. 6 sio AB ; now io gone.

9 wig fru B, ivig fwn A; now only wi and a small part of g left.

11 beames AB ; now the top of s gone.

12 se AB ; now s torn. 13 bealo AB ; now lo gone.

14 feor% AB ; now / torn asunder, and 7'<5 gone ; there is a dot under c, which is besides very indistinct.

16 hrveop] htveir with another ink A (from an — dceges 1. 16 omitted, but afterwards and altered to dages B) ; now p and the second half of o gone (hweop K, but 7i?ve[op] Gt, hwce Th).

17 hran AB ; now n and the second part of a gone.

18 uht B, nht A ; now t and the lowest part of Ji gone.

19 byrnende B (opene — biorgas 1. 20 omitted A).

20 nihtes AB ; now es gone, and h torn (Prof Kolbing. disregarding that, mistakes the second stroke of li for t and t for e). 21 bueud AB ; now d gone.

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cr&afer Uyn^ ajt abftudt

BEOWULF: TEANSLITERATION OF THE MS. '

p. 104 = fol 180T = 11. 2275—2296.

* [swrSe oxidr»]da[$] he|ge-secean sceall [ho]r[d] 2275

[on] hrusan }>ser he hasten gold waralS

wintrum frod nelby'S him wihte 'Sy sel.

swa se Seod-scea^a Jjreo hund wintra. 5 heold on hrusam hord-8erna|su??i * eacen- 2280

crseftig o^^set hyne an abealch mon

onjmode man-dryhtne baer. fseted

weege frio'So-wsere bsed hlaford sinne

'Sa wses hord rasod onboren beaga 10 hord bene getrSad * feasceaf turn men 2285

frea sceawode. fira fyrn-geweorc

forman si^e. J>a|se wyrm onwoc wroht

waes geniwad. stonc^a sefter stane

stearc-heort onfand feondes fot- 15 last he|to for^ gestop. * dyrnan crsefte 2290

dracan heafde neah. swa mseg unfsege

ea^e gedigan wean ond wrsec-siS se^e wal-

dendes hyldo gehealde]) hord-weard

sohte georne sefter grunde wolde 20 guman findan. * pone be him on sweo- 2295

fote sare geteode. hat ond hreoh-mod

1 a blank A, . . . Tie ge sceall beam B ; the beginning of the line

is torn off, the d is not perfect, the letter after a may have been $ as well as ?i, liege is quite clear, secean pretty certain, sceall certain ; at the end of the line there are traces of some four letters, the last but one of which \vas, no doubt, r.

2 on hrusan'] hrusan Gt Th K, riisan B and MS. now (>• covered), a blank A.

3 a blank A, as above B, only omitting %y sel, which words, however, are tolerably distinct (%y certainly, not %>e) ; now win gone.

4 swa AB ; now sm gone, and pa'rt of a covered.

6 heold AB ; now h gone, and e and part of o covered (enot quite distinct).

6 cr&ft'ig AB ; now c and the first part of r gone, and the rest of r covered.

7 o and part of n in on covered.

8 part of n? in mcege gone, and part of what is left of w as well as a little of the lower part of g covered || sin"e : the correction in the same hand.

9 %a (altered from da with another ink B) wees AB ; now %a w gone, aud part of OB covered.

10 7*07-^ AB ; now h gone.

11 fr (especially/) \ufrea partially covered.

12 forman AB ; now /gone, and part of o covered.

13 w in wees all but entirely covered.

14 stearc AB ; now a not quite entire, and part of ste covered.

15 last AB ; I gone, and part of a covered || part of e in crcefte covered.

16 d in dracan all but entirely covered.

17 part of the first e in ea%e covered.

18 part of the first e in dendes covered || j? in gehealde}> altered from w.

19 * in sohte all but entirely covered.

20 guman AB : now part of g gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

108 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 105 = fol. 181r = 11. 2296—2315.

hlsewuw oft ymbe-hwearf ealne utan-

weardne ne|^aer aenig mon on bgere

westenne hwee^re hilde gefeh bea[du]

weorces hwilum on|beorh set-hwearf 5 * sinc-fset solite he|f>ee£ sona on-fand 2300

ftaet hsefde gumena su??i goldes g3-

fandod heah-gestreona hord-weard

onbad earfoft-lice o'S'Sajt sefen cwom

waesj^algebolgen beorges hyrde. 10 * wolde fela 'Sa lige for-gyldan drinc- 2305

fset dyre. J?a|wses dseg sceacen wyr-

me on willan no on wealle laeg bi-

dan wolde ac mid bsele for fyre

gefysed wsesjse fruma egeslic 15 * leodum on lande swa|hyt lungre 2310

wear^ on hyra sinc-gifan sare

ge-endod :— XXXIII.

T\A se gsest ongan gledura spiwan

beorht hofu bsernan bryne- 20 leoma stod eldum on andan no^ser

aht cwices. *la:S lyft-floga Isefan 2315

1 hlcewum A, klceivnm (hlce added with another ink) B ; now the upper part of hlceiv gone || ealne utan (itcan A) AB ; now e utan and part of I gone.

2 \>czre B, a blank A ; now nothing but the lower part of the perpendicular stroke of \> left.

3 bea (added with another ink A) AB ; now part of a gone.

4 Jitvcarf AB ; now rf and part of a gone.

6 fand (altered tofan% with another ink B) AB ; now and gone.

7 tveard AB ; now rd gone.

8 civom A, cmotn B ; now only the greater part of c left, the rest of the word gone.

10 drinc AB ; now c gone. u vvyr AB ; now yr gone.

12 bi AB ; now i and the greater part of b gone. 14 an erasure of several letters (lead ?} after egeslic.

19 bryne AB ; now e and the second stroke of n gone.

20 noZcer A, neZer altered from neder with another ink B ; now r and j»art of ce gone.

.jl <; |0t phr£- Wf £01*4: otiijl ' •>- Jlp^I junlfita j^.j^bi^. ^

|V; I' • • :M^

••'a^ fttui'tfS tta

ytllun no ;C'it;|?^tII^ t

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 109

p. 106 = fol. 181y = 11. 2315-2339.

wolde. wses J>ses wyrmes wig wide gesyne

nearo-fages ni^ nean ond feorran hu

se gu^-scea^a geata leode hatode ond hyn-

de hord eft gesceat. * dryht-sele dyrn- 2320

5 ne ser daeges hwile. hsefde land-wara

lige befangen baele ond bronde beorges

getruwode wiges ond wealles him seo wen

geleah J?a|wses bio-wulfe broga gecy-

'Sed *snude to softe ]>cet his sylt'es him 2325

10 bolda selest bryne-wylmum mealt.

gif-stol geata \<%t ^am godan wses. hreow

on hre'Sre hyge-sorga msest wende

se wisa \ce,t he wealdende * ofer ealde 2330

riht ecean dryhtne bitre gebulge 15 breost innan weoll Jjeostrum gejjoncum

swa him gebywe ne waes. haefde lig-draca

leoda fsesten. ealond utan eor^S-weard

SSone *gledu??i forgrunden hi???, 'Sees gu^S- 2335

kyning wedera bioden wrsece leornode 20 heht him ba|ge-wyrcean wigendra hleo eall-

irenne eorla dryhten wig-bord vvrsetlic

1 wolde. AB ; now gone || ivig AB ; now i and the upper part of g nearly faded || gesyne AB ; now ne gone, and part of gesy covered.

2 nearo AB ; now ne gone.

3 se AB ; now s gone, and e all but entirely covered || part of g in gti% covered || the second stroke of n in hyn covered.

* de hord AB ; now de and the upper part of the first stroke of Ti gone.

5 ne AB ; now gone || only very little of ce in cer covered.

6 lige AB ; now li and part of g gone, and part of what is left of g covered.

7 yetrwvode AB ; now part of g gone, and what is left of it as well as part of the first e covered ; t altered from g and n, it seems, from the begin ning of e.

8 geleah AB ; now g and part of the first e gone, and part of what is left of that e covered.

9 %ed (% altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now tS gone, and e and part of d covered || s in smide torn.

1° b in bolda entirely covered.

11 gif AB ; now g gone, and i and part of/ covered.

12 on AB ; now o gone, and the first stroke of n covered.

13 se AB ; now s gone, and part of e covered.

14 riht B, ruht A ; now riht still left, although ri and h are torn, and r and part of i covered.

15 breost AB ; now the top of b covered, and the rest of b gone.

16 part of s in swa covered. 17 part of d in weard covered.

18 only very little of $ in %one covered.

19 cyning AB ; but there is no doubt that the reading of the MS. was kyning, although now part of k is gone (hyning K, cy. Gt Tli).

20 part of the first h in heht covered || the second I in eall covered.

21 part of i in irenne and part of c in ivrcetlic covered.

110 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 107 = fol. 182r = 11. 2339—2361.

wisse he|gearwe *lpcet him holt-wudu he[lpan] 2340

ne meahte lind wi^ lige sceolde

J>end-daga aepeling ser-god ende ge-

bidan worulde lifes and se wyrm so- 5 mod peah ^e hord-welan heolde lange

*oferhogode 'Sa hringa fengel \cnt he 2345

f one wld-flogan weorode gesohte

sidan herge no he him para ssecce on-

dred. ne|him fees wyrmes wig for 10 wiht dyde. eafo^ ond ellen for^oii he

ser fela * nearo ne^ende nfSa gedigde 2350

hilde-hlemma sy^^an helhro^-gares

sigor-eadig secg sele fselsode, ond set|girSe

for-grap grendeles msegu??i la^an 15 cynnes no pset Isesest wses * hond-gemot 2355

j>ser mon hygelac sloh. sy^^an geata

cyning gu^e-rsesum freawine folca

f res-londum on hre'Sles eafora

hioro-dryncum swealt bille gebeaten 20 ponan bio-wulf com. * sylfes craefte 2360

sund-nytte dreah haafde him on earme

1 wisse he AB ; now the tops of ss and of h gone || he (at the end of the line) with another ink A, he . . B ; he still left.

2 sceolde AB ; now part of the second e gone.

3 \>end MS., no doubt ; not \>ead || ge A, ge. B ; now e entirely gone, and only the very lowest part of g preserved.

6 lange AB ; now ge gone.

7 gesohte AB ; now the last e no longer entire.

11 gedigde AB ; now the last e and part of the preceding d gone.

12 gares AB ; now only ga and the upper part of the first stroke of r left.

13 gru%e ($ altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now only g left. 15 gemot AB ; now only ge and the first stroke of m left.

17 folca AB ; now part of a gone (what is left of the letter after c is enough to decide that it was a, not £).

19 gebeaten A, gebaten B ; now n gone, and the preceding e not quite distinct.

21 earme AB ; now part of the last e gone..

o li «y t*. .

Itat«i?i3 ntoy^in

yUUU

AjtoUif t

tul

nituiron

\\£ oS&luMIt* -C^t1t?7)OH» CU>{cttiy0L

> IIV^IVP- 'lids on iinlce iiti^it^ Iiqiu

W, f - 'NV^ . 'l 1_

iwt» • it*ni ini7> ttiit*' oSdttA" u^ vh»li^'

\\y\\* ruiu

yaVvtnn^a ltu*

Jfr

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. -, | ^

p. 108 = fol. 182" = 11. 2361—2384.

. . . XXX. hilde-geat-wa J?a|he|to holme

[stjag nealles bet-ware hremge|j)orf-

[t]on fe^e-wiges be|hi??z foran on-gean.

* linde bseron lyt eft becwom frara fiam 2365

5 hild-frecan hames niosan ofer-

swam ^a siole^a bigong sunu ecg-^eowes

earm an-haga eft to leoduw J)ser him

hygd gebead hord ond\rice * beagas ond brego- 2370

stol bearne ne|truwode \wt he wrS selfyl- 10 cwn ebel-stolas healdan. cu^e. ^a wses

hygelac dead. no|^y ser fea-sccafte

findan meahton set^aw se^elinge

senige|^inga * ]>cet he heardrede hlaford 2375

wsere o'S'Se J?one cyne-d6m ciosan wol- 15 de. hwse'Sre he|hi??z on folce freondlarura

heold. estura mid are o'S'Sset he yldra

wearS. weder-geatum weold hyne wrsec-

msecgas * ofer sae sohtan suna ohteres 2380

hsefdon hy forhealden helm scylfinga 20 bone selestan ssecyninga J?ara ^e

'Se in swio-rice sine brytnade. mserne

1 a blank (. . . . B) before XXX AB ; now the first X (which may not be entire) almost totally covered || the tops of h and I in liilde covered |[ holme AB ; now e and the top of I gone, and all the letters except o partially covered.

2 .... g B, a blank A ; now before g the second part of a still visible, but that as well as part of g covered (ig Gt, [_st~\ag Th).

3 . on B, a blank A ; now only the last stroke of n left, and that covered.

4 linde AB ; now the upper part of I gone, and the rest of I as well as i and a very small part of n covered. 6 Jiild B (the whole line omitted in A) ; now the top of h gone, and the rest of it covered.

6 swam AB ; now the greatest part of s gone, and what is left of it as well as almost the whole of w covered.

7 earm AB ; now ea gone, and part of r covered.

8 Tiygd AB ; now the upper half of the first stroke of h gone, and the rest of it as well as part of y covered.

9 stol AB ; now s and a small part of t gone, and the rest of t covered.

10 part of c in cum covered. n hygelac A, Hygelac B ; now h gone (or, at least, not discernible under the paper), and part of yg covered.

12 findan AB ; now part of / gone, and the rest of it as well as i covered.

13 cenige AB ; now ce gone, and part of n covered.

14 tvcere AB ; now w and part of OR gone, and nearly all that is left of ce covered. 15 de AB ; now d and part of e gone, and the rest of e covered.

16 a very small part of h in heold covered || a long perpendicular stroke erased before yldra. 17 m in wear% all but entirely covered.

18 mcBcgas A, mcegas B ; now the lower part of the first stroke of m gone, and the rest of the first stroke as well as the second covered.

19 h in hcefdon covered ^forhealden altered from forgolden (h added over the line, go altered to ea).

20 \> in \>one almost entirely covered. 21 part of % in %e covered.

jjo BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 109 = fol. 183r = 11. 2384—2404.

peoden him \cd to mearce wearS *he pser 2385

orfeorme feorh-wunde bleat sweor- des swengum sunu hygelaces. ond him eft gewat ongen-'Sioes beam hames 5 niosan sy'S'San heardred Iseg. let ^one brego-stol bio-wulf healdan *geatuw wealdan Ipcet wses god cyning. 2390

^ XXXIIII.

^k E ftees leod-hryres lean gemundo

|^_3 uferan dogrum ead-gilse wearS fea-

sceaftu?7i freond folce gestepte. ofer

sae side sunu ohteres *wigu?n ond wsepnuw 2395

he|ge-wraec sy^^an cealdum cear-si^um

cyning ealdre bineat. swa he ni'Sa ge- 15 hwane genesen hsefde sli^ra geslyhta

sunu ecg'Siowes, ellen-weorca o^l^one

anne dseg *pe he wi^S pam wyrme gewegan 2400

sceolde. ge-wat pa .xii. sum tome ge-

bolgen dryhten geata dracan sceawian 20 haefde pa ge-frunen hwanan sio fseh^S

aras. bealo-niS biorna hiwi to|bearme

1 \>eoden AB ; now the upper part of J? gone, part of d faded, and the two £8 not quite distinct || \>ce,r A, beer B ; now the greater part of \> and the whole of cer gone.

2 sweor B, sweore A ; now only sw and part of e left.

3 him B, hum A ; now only part of h left.

4 hames AB ; now only ha and the first stroke of m left. 6 let AB ; now I torn, and e and t not quite entire.

11 ofer AB ; now the second half of r gone.

13 this line as well as 1. 19 begins a little more to the left than usual, because there was not room enough for h and b under the s of the preceding lines (cf. 175r 1. 12).

14 ge AB ; now torn, and e not quite entire.

15 geslyhta A, geslyh . . B ; now a and a small part of t gone. w r in wyrme altered from some other letter.

19 cf. note to 1. 13 |j scean-lan AB ; now the second stroke of n gone.

20 h and $ in /te/<( <S torn.

i |»iiiizn*

& if&jiini runu Iir

''

nio*an

io|*

>\v 1 1 u

!m

itr ^a . vn u

• _ , <» ••• . • : . :.......,-.

^^wf^J^v,^

attG^iafesi^

* >

UoUn yylmi?- tti4i .c

uu

nf^

taAo abftv^ Inm

on

rummp

tjtiV .. plb^t bur-pulp

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 113

p. 110 = fol. 183r = 11. 2404—2427.

cwom * maS$jm??z-faet rnsere Jmrh ^ses mel- 2405

dan hond se|waes on ft&m Create £reotteo-

^a secg senses orleges or on-steakle hseft

hyge-giomor sceolde hean 'Sonon. wong 5 wisian he ofer willan giong. *to|:<$8es:33 2410

he eor^S-sele anne wisse. hlsew under

hrusan holm-wylme neh. y^gewinne

se|\vses innan full wrsetta ond wira weard

un-hiore gearo guSS-freca gold-ma^- 10 mas heold. *eald under eor^San uses \<zt 2415

y'Se ceap tojgegangenne gumena seniguwi

gesset^a on naesse nr3 -heard cyning.

Jjenden hselo ahead heorS-geneatu?^ gold- wine geata him wses geomor sefa *waefre 2420 15 ond wselfus wyrd unge-mete neah. se^one

gomelan gretan sceolde secean sawle

hord sundur gedselan lif wrS lice no

fon lange wses. feorh sebelinges flsesce

bewunden. *hio-wulf mabelade hearn 2425

20 ecg-'Seowes fela ic onlgiogo^e gu^rsesa

genses orleg-hwila ic ]>cet eall ge-mon.

1 cwom AB ; now only the lowest part' of the last stroke of m left, and that covered || mad]purn A, mad\>um B ; now part of the abbreviation for m gone, and the rest of it as well as the tops of $ and J? covered (there is no doubt that the third letter in this word was 5, not d) \\ s in %ces torn j| mel AB ; now part of e and a very great part of I gone.

2 dan AB ; now d and the first half of a gone, and the rest of a and the first stroke of n covered.

3 %a AB ; now gone.

4 hyge AB ; now hy and part of g gone, and part of what is left of g covered.

6 wisian AB ; now tv gone, and part of the first i and of s covered.

6 the first stroke of h in he covered.

7 kriisan AB ; now h and the lowest part of the first stroke of r gone, and the rest of that stroke covered.

8 s in se all but entirely covered.

11 y%e (S altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now only a very small part of y gone, but it is almost entirely covered.

12 part of g in gescet covered. 13 part of \> in \>enden covered.

14 mine AB ; now w and part of i gone, the rest of i covered, and n torn.

15 the horizontal part of the abbreviation for ond covered.

16 a small part of g in gomelan covered.

17 the first stroke of h in hord almost entirely covered.

18 the perpendicular stroke of \> in fyon covered.

19 part of b in bewunden covered.

BEOWULF. I

114 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. Ill = fol. 184r = 11. 2428—2450.

ic waes syfan-wintre J>a mec sinca Lai- dor frea-wine folca aet minum feeder

genam *heold mec ond hsefde hre'Sel cyning 2430

geaf me sine ond symbel sibbe gemunde 5 naes ic him to | life la^ra owihte beom in

burgum Jjonrae his bearna hwylc. here-beald

ond hae^-cyn. o^^e hygelac min *wses fam 2435

yldestan ungedefelice mseges daedum

morjjor-bed stred sy'S'San hyne hse^cyn 10 of horn-bogan. his frea-wine flane ge-

swencte miste mercelses ond his mseg of-

scet *bro^or o'Serne blodigan gare Ipcet wees 2440

feoh-leas gefeoht fyrenum gesyngad. hre'Sre

hyge-me^e sceolde hwse^re swa J>eah se^Se- 15 ling un-wrecen ealdres linnan swa bift

geomor-lic gomelum ceorle *to|gebidanne 2445

\)cet his byre ride giong on galgan )>on«e he

gyd wrece sarigne sang J?on?ie his|sunu

hanga^ hrefne tolhro^re ond he him helpan 20 ne|mseg eald ond infrod senige gefremman

* symble bi^ gemyndgad morna gehwylce 2450

1 ic AB ; now i no longer entire || si/fan AB ; now part of s gone || sinca bal (ca bal on dots with another ink) B, sinta bal A ; now only sin left.

2 feeder A, feed . . . with or added on the first two dots with another ink B ; now/be still entire, but the upper part of d and nearly the whole of er gone.

3 cyning AB ; now only cy and the greater part of the first n left.

4 gemunde AB ; now the last e gone. 6 in B, in A ; now gone. 6 leald AB ; now Id and the second half of the preceding a gone.

8 between the first e and d in ungedefelice the perpendicular stroke of / erased.

11 of AB ; now only o and the upper part of /left.

12 wees AB ; now s and the greater part of ce gone.

13 hre$re A, hredre B ; now <S torn, and re gone.

14 ce%e ($ altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now e gone, and ce$ torn.

17 he AB ; now the upper part of e gone.

19 iS in UroZre added over the line || helpan B, helwan A ; now the second stroke of n gone.

20 gefremman AB ; now the second stroke of n and the tops of a and of the first stroke of n gone, an besides separated from gefremm by a tear.

V,

i.i>^.-.

yae? ei •tetirt

jtfca* ]>oni'^

inlio^man^nif

*

> i /

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 115

p. 112 == fol. 184T = 2451—2472.

eaforan ellor-sift oftres ne gymeft

to gebidanne burgum i airman yrfe-

weardas Jjonwe se an hafaft Jmrh dea-

Ses nyd dseda gefondad. * gesyhft sorh- 2455

5 cearig on his suna bure winsele west-

ne wind-gereste. reote be-rofene

ridend swefaft haele^ in|hoftman nis •

Jjser hearpan sweg gomen in|geardu?7t

swylce Sser iu|wseron. XXXV.

10 */"^1 E-witeft ]>onne on|sealman sorh-leoft 24GO

VJ gseleft an sefter anum puhte him eall

to I rum wongas owcZ|wic-stede swa wedra helm

sefter here-bealde heortan sorge weal-

linde wseg wihte ne|meahte. *on ^am feorh- 2465

15 bonan faeglrSe gebetan no^y ser he jjone

hea'So-rinc hatian ne|meahte la^uni

daedum ])eah him leof ne|wses. he^a mid

psere sorhge J>e|him sio sar be-lamp guw-

dream ofgeaf godes leoht geceas * ea- 2470

20 ferum Isefde swa deft eadig mon lond

ond leod-byrig J>a|he ofjlife gewat ]?a

1 eaforan, A, Eaforan (Eafor with another ink) B ; now only an and the lower part of r left, the latter covered || the tops of the two Is and of the first two $s and the upper part of the last $ covered.

2 to A, To (with another ink?) B ; now only the greatest part of o left, but that almost entirety covered || part of g in gebidanne covered.

3 part of w in wear das covered.

4 <5es ($ altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now part of % covered, and there is no ascertaining whether it is entire.

10 GE A, Ge B ; now part of the big G gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

14 linde AB ; now the lower part of Z, almost the whole of i, and a small part of n gone ; and part of what is left of li covered.

15 the top of the b in bonan covered.

16 ri,nc : the correction with a lighter ink.

20 / \nferuw torn, and a small part of it covered.

I 2

116 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 113 = fol. 185r = 11. 2472—2495.

waes synn ond sacu sweona and geata ofer [\v]id

wseter wroht gemsene. bere-ni'S hearda

sy^^an hre'Sel swealt *o:5:Se him ongen- 2475

'Seowes eaferan wseran frome fyrd- 5 hwate freode ne|woldon ofer heafo

healdan ac ymb hreosna beorh eatolne

inwit-scear oft ge ge-fremedon. ^cet mseg-

wine mine ge-wraacan *fseb:Se 0«<2|fyrene 2480

swa|hyt gefraege wses feah'Se o'Ser his 10 ealdre ge-bohte heardan ceape hse'S-

cynne wearS geata dryhtne gu^ onssege

fa ic on morgne gefraagn maeg o^erne

*billes ecgum on|bonan staelan. faar ongen- 2485

J?eow eofores niosa^. gu^-helm toglad 15 gomela scylfing hreas blac bond ge-

munde : fseb^o genoge feorb-sweng ne|of-

teab. *ic him fa magmas fe|be|me sealde 2490

geald set gu^e swa|me gife^e wses. leohtan

sweorde be|me lond for-geaf eard e^el-wyn 20 nses bim aenig f earf f cet he|to gif^u??! o^^e

to gar-denum *o:S:Se in swio-rice secean furfe 2495

1 n'ces AB ; now nothing left but the very bottom of tv || synn AB ; now the upper part of s gone j| sacu srveona (Srveona B) AB ; now the tops of the two ss gone || ofer rid A, ofer . . B ; now only o and the greatest part of/ left.

2 hearda AB ; now da and the second stroke of r gone.

6 eatolne AB ; now only eat and the first half of o left.

7 mceg AB ; now only m and the beginning of ce left.

11 onscege AB ; now e and a small part of g gone, besides <xg torn (cf. FS.).

13 ongen AB ; now the second stroke of the second n gone.

16 of KB • now the second half of /no longer entire.

19 wyn AB ; now n and the right portion of the upper part of y gone.

ti£i7ofoim oiiflv '

il O

'

no

li>e-

adit \ii\>|\ran pvlmaf W

ll Inll^r tVglic.

lj UCIUT> inrati .' u&inilu tint i o 1 1/» i

\ &

.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 117

p. 1H = fol. 185T = 11. 2496—2519.

wyrsan wig-frecan weor^e gecypan sy??ile

ic him on fe^an beforan wolde ana on

orde ond swa to aldre sceall ssecce frem-

man penden bis sweord bola'S *\cet mec aer 2500

5 ond si/3 oft|gelseste sy^^an ic for duge^ii?^

dseg-hrefne wearS to hand-bonan huga

cempan nalles he|$a frsetwe fres-cyning

breost-weorSunge bringan moste *ac 2505

in | cempan gecrong cumbles hyrde 10 sebeling on elne ne|wses ecg boua ac|hira

hilde-grap heortan wylraas ban-hus

gebrsec nu sceall billes ecg hond and heard

sweord ymb hord wigan. *beowulf ma- 2510

^Selode beotrWOldum sprsec niehstan si'Se 15 iclge-ne^de fela gu'Sa on|geogofte gyt ic

wylle frod folces weard felrSe secan

mssi^wn fremman gif|mec se man-scea^a

*of eor<5-sele ut ge-sece'S gegrette ^a 2515

gumena ge-hwylcne hwate helm-be- 20 rend hindeman si'Se swsese gesi^as

nolde ic sweord beran wsepen to wyrme

1 wyrsan A, B ; now only an and the bottom of ,9 left || gecypan AB ;

now n gone, and the tops of p and a covered || syr&le A, symle B ; now nothing left but the bottom of s.

2 ic AB ; now gone || part of li in Uim covered || an" : correction in the same hand.

6 only an inconsiderable part of the abbreviation for ond covered.

6 dceg AB ; now d gone, and a small part of ce covered.

7 cempan AB ; now c and the greater part of e gone, and what is left of e as well as the top of the first stroke of m covered.

8 breost AB (nothing before it) ; now the top of b gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

9 in AB ; now the top of i rubbed off.

11 hilde AB ; now part of the first stroke of Ji gone.

12 gebrcec AB ; now a small part of g gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

13 part of s in sireord covered.

14 %clode A, %elo\>e (S altered from d with another ink) B ; now a great part of $ gone (but, to judge from what is left, the first letter was, doubtless, £, not )?).

15 ic AB ; now the greater part of i gone, and the rest of it as well as part of c covered.

118 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 115 = fol. 186r = 11. 2519 — 2542. gif ic wiste hu *wfS|!Sain aglsecean elles 2520

mealite. gylpe wi'Sgripan swa|ic gio

grendle dyde ac ic 'Sser hea'Su-fyres hates

wene re^es ond hattres forSon ic me on 5 hafu bord ond byrnan nelle ic beorges

weard *ofer-fleon fotes trem ac unc sceal 2525

weor'San set wealle swa unc wyrd geteo'S

metod manna gehwses ic eom on mode

from. ])cet ic \vr3 )?one givS-flogan gylp ofer- 10 sitte gebidege on beorge byrnum werede

*secgas on searwum hwse'Ser sel msege eeftcT 2530

wselrsese wunde ge-dygan. uncer twega

nis fset eower sr<$ ne ge-met mannes nefn[e]

min anes wat lie wrS aglsecean eofo^o 15 dsele *eorl-scype efne ic mid elne sceall 2535

gold gegangan o'S'Se gu^ nimeS feorh-

bealu frecne frean eowerne. aras|$a

bi|ronde rof oretta heard under helme

hioro-sercean bser * under stan-cleofu 2540

20 strengo ge-truwode anes mannes nelbi^

swylc earges sift geseah. fta be wealle

1 gif AB ; now part of g and the top of i gone || eV.es A, e lias B ; now es gone.

2 7t'i<5 A, fvid B ; now $ gone.

•1C

3 ac : : the correction in the same hand || hates AB ; now only ha legible.

6 sceal AB ; now only so legible ; there is room enough left for another letter after so, but I cannot make out anything except that a b in the back page shows through.

8 mode AB ; now only mod left, and even part of d faded (what might seem to be part of e after d in the FS. has been caused by some paste).

9 ofer AB ; now the top of e and the upper part of r gone.

11 cefter A, ceft B ; now the bottom of/ gone.

12 tmega AB ; now a not quite distinct.

13 nefne] nefu A, nef . . . altered with another ink to nffti", and that with another ink again to nef B ; now only ne. and the perpendicular stroke of / left (e besides torn).

15 the second I in sceall torn and a little faded. 18 helme AB : now the last e gone.

uSfe -f fictziites t

ItopJ W,ib ^by

". ' u .

•

.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 119

p. 116 = fol. 186* = 11. 2542—2565.

selSe worna fela gura-cystuw god gu^a ge-

digde hilde-hlem-ma Jjonwe hnitan fe'San.

*stodan stan-bogan strea??* ut j>onan. brecan 2545

of|beorge waes bsere burnan waelin hea'So- 5 fyru?7t hat. ne|mealite horde neah un-

byrnende senige hwile deop ge-dygan

for dracan lege. *let|:Sa of|breostu?ra ftajhe 2550

gebolgen wses weder-geata leod word ut

faran stearc-heort styrmde stefn in 10 be-com hea^o-torht hlynnan under

harne stan hete wees on-hrered hord-

weard oncniow *mannes reorde naes 2555

Sser mara fyrst freode to friclan

from eerest cwom oru/3 aglsecean ut 15 of|stane hat hilde-swat hruse dynede

biorn under beorge bord-rand on-swaf

*wi:S|:<$ani gryre-gieste geata dryhten 2560

fta wses hring-bogan heorte gefysed

ssecce to seceanne sweord ser gebrsed 20 god gu'S-cyning gomele lafe. ecgum un-

glaw seghwae^rum wses *bealo-hycgendra 2565

1 se$e A, sede (with another ink ?) B ; now se and the upper part of % gone, and the rest of $ as well as part of the second e covered || the tops of $ and a in gu$a covered || ge AB ; now partially gone, and part of what is left covered.

2 digde AB ; now the first d gone, and the greatest part of i covered || part of the second stroke of n in fe%an covered.

3 stodan AB ; now s no longer entire and almost totally covered.

* part of o in of covered. 6 a very small part of/ in fyrum covered.

6 part of b in byrnende covered. 7 part of / in for covered.

8 gebolgen AB ; now the greatest part of g gone, and what is left of it as well as a very small part of e covered.

9 only a very small part of / in faran covered || the right half of the horizontal stroke of t in styrmde faded.

11 part of h in harne covered. 12 part of m in tveard covered.

13 $cer A, der B ; now a small portion of the upper part of $ gone.

14 fr in from torn, /almost entirely covered. 16 b in biorn torn and partially covered.

21 a letter erased between I and a in glarv : that it was e is not quite certain (glaw A, gleap B).

120 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 117 = fol. 187r = 11. 2565—2590.

broga frawi o^rum str3-mod gestod wttS

steapne rond winia bealdor ^a|se|wyrm

gebeah snude tosomne he[on searwum

bad ge-wat ^a byrnende ge-bogen scri^an 5 *to|ge-scipe scyndan scyld wel ge-bearg life 2570

ond\lice Isessan hwile mseruw -feodne fonne

his myne sohte ^aer he J?y fyrste for-

man dogore wealdan moste svva him

wyrd ne|ge-scraf *hre:S set|hilde hond up 2575

10 abrsed. geata dryhten gryre-fahne sloh

incgelafe \ce,t sio ecg gewac brun on | bane

bat unswrSor. Tponne his 'Siod-cyning fearfe

hsefde *bysigu?tt gebseded pajwses beorges 2580

weard sefter heaftu-swenge on|hreoum 15 mode wearp wsel-fyre wide sprungon

hilde-leoman hre'S-sigora ne|gealp gold- wine geata girS-bill ge-swac *nacod set niSe 2585

swa hyt no sceolde iren sergod ne waes

\ce,t e^e si^. ]>cet se msera maga ecg^eowes 20 grand- wong )?one ofgyfan wolde sceolde

willan wic eardian. *elles hwemen swa 2590

1 "broga AB ; now ~bro and the top of a gone || the abbreviation for m in

torn || mid AB ( mfe Gt Th K) ; now only tl»e greatest part of w left.

2 myrm, A, vyrm altered from vyren with another ink B ; now the last stroke of m gone.

3 sea,Tivum : the correction in the same hand.

4 scrtf&an A, scridan (i altered to y] B ; now n gone.

5 life AB ; now nothing left but the lower part of I.

6 \>onne A, \>anne B ; now the second stroke of the second n and e gone.

7 for AB ; now the second stroke of r gone.

9 iip AB ; now j!? gone.

10 sloh B, floh A ; now h gone.

12 ]>earfe AB ; now only \>e and the first part of a left.

13 ce, in kcefde altered from e in the same hand || b in bysigum on an erasure (of/?).

14 d in tveard altered from $ by erasure || hreoum (altered from hreooum B) AB ; now the last stroke of in gone.

17 ni%e A, nlde B ; now part of e gone.

19 s in erg^eoives torn.

20 mong altered from vcang || the first e in sceolde torn.

to-,

, trroitti

\U>IVD y tma

ro

Ipgthnft-TMi livitrehyn

*$&&. tfb m& vfoll mwtn. jrflme:. nftwio

Y \^** 4

'g&o^.£xi& b^uon^i ^^fr^iiolc^'

,i f i i /» 1** 1 'l V' f

JtrbvnfttlLa* hi onlt^vD^ hftwis jr^tBatfc

manu titbi

ft? re^cMii^jfcttJiiT)

"v> .'• V7'' W

^^^llpp^^

ifeiiiv'^ti^iiW

u

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 121

p. 118 = fol. 187T = 11. 2590—261 1. sceal seghwylc mon. alsetan Isen-dagas uses ^a long to | 'Son Ipcet ^a aglsecean hy eft gemetton hyrte hyne liord-weard hre^er se^me weoll niwan stefne nearo

5 'Srowode *fyre befongen se^e ser folce 2595

weold. nealles him on heape heand-gesteallan seftelinga beam ymbe gestodon hilde- cystuw ac|hy on holt bugon ealdre bur-

gan hiora in|anum weoll *sefa wift sorgum 2600

10 sibb sefre ne|mseg wiht onwendan baw ^e wel benceS :^ XXXVI.

WIg-laf wees haten weoxstanes sunu leof- lic lind-wiga leod scylfinga. mseg self-

heres geseah his niondryhten *under 2005

15 here-griman hat browian. gemunde

'Sal'Sa are be|he|him ser for-geaf. \vic-

stede weligne wseg-mundinga folcrihta

gehwylc swa his fseder ahte ne|mihte

'Sa forhabban hond rond gefeng 20 *geolwe linde gomel swyrd geteah beet 2310

wees mid eldum ean-mundes laf.

1 sceal AB ; now nothing left but the bottom of I, and that covered || ce, 7i, and I in ceyhwylc partially covered (cf. FS.) || I in alcetan torn, and partially covered || the upper part of I in Icen covered || dagas AB ; now as and the upper part of g gone, and part of d and almost the whole of the first a covered.

2 only a small part of n in nces covered || originally aglcegcean, but the second g erased (cf. FS.).

4 part of hr in hre%er covered.

5 %rowode (5 altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now tSr gone, and part of o covered.

6 w in weold covered || the second half of the second a and the whole of n in gesteallan covered.

7 asSelinga ($ altered from d with another ink? B) AB ; now the first half of ce gone, and part of the second covered.

8 c in cystum. covered. 9 only a little of g in gan covered.

11 part of % in <S<? covered.

12 Wig AB ; now the perpendicular stroke of the big TFand the right half of the horizontal one gone, and the left half of the latter covered.

13 lie AB ; now I gone, and i covered.

14 heres AB; now the first stroke of h gone, and the second partially covered. 15 part of 7* in here covered.

16 only a small part of % in the first %a covered.

18 only a small part of g in gehivylc covered.

19 %a AB ; now part of $ gone, and part of what is left of it covered.

20 only a very small part of g in geolwe gone.

122 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 119 = fol. 188r .= 11. 2612—2633.

suna ohtere ]>a,m set ssecce wear^ wraecca[n]

wine-leasu?ft weohstanes bana meces ecgwn

ond his magim setbser *brun-fagne helm 2615

hringde byrnan eald sweord etonisc Ipcet 5 him onela for-geaf his gsedelinges gu'S-

gewsedu fyrd-searo fuslic no ymbe

'Sa fseh^e spraec beah^Se he his broker

beam abredwade. *he|frsetwe geheokl 2620

fela missera bill o/ic7|byrnan o^^set 10 his byre mihte eorl-scipe efnan swa

his ser-fseder geaf him ^a mid geatu??i gu^-

ge-waeda seghwses unrim fa|he of

ealdre gewat *frod on for^-weg J?a 2625

waes forma si^ geongan cempan fset 15 he gu^e-raes mid his freo-dryhtne

fremman sceolde ne|gemealt lii??i|se

mod-sefa nejhis msegenes laf gewac

set wige fa|se wyrm on f and *sy:S:San 2630

hie togaadre ge-gan hsefdon wig-laf 20 ma^elode word-rihta fela saagde ! him wses sefa geomor. ic

1 suna AB ; now s (except its very bottom) and the first stroke of u and the top of the second gone || rvrcecca A, wr . . . B ; now only w and the first stroke of r left.

2 ecgum A, ecgum B ; now ?/m and part of the top of g gone. 8 gefieold AB ; now the top of I gone.

13 \>a AB ; now the second half of a faded.

14 \>cet AB ; now t and the greater part of ce gone. 81 f in sefa altered from tv.

f

b «

y

mct^u

briuian Atbfytfyo

. -f i- rJ

iii ul i

*itff&;ti{ |n« s?l&

.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 123

p. 120 = fol. 188V = 11. 2633—2655.

nisei gernan jjser we medu J?egun J?onne

we|geheton ussu?ft hlaforde *in bior-sele 2635

fte us 'Sas beagas geaf \cet we him ^a gu^-ge-

tawa gyldan woldon gif him byslicu 5 bearf gelurape helmas ond heard sweord

'Se he usic on herge ge-ceas. to|$yssum si'S-

fate sylfes willu?ft *on-rnimde usic mserSa 2640

ond me bas magmas geaf be he usic gar-

wigend gode tealde hwate helm-berend 10 beah'Se hlaford us bis ellen-weorc ana

a^ohte to|gefremmanne folces hyrde

*forEa7i he manna maest maerSa ge-fre- 2645

mede daeda dollicra nu|is|se daeg cumeu \wt ure

man-dryhten msegenes be-hofa^ godra 15 girS-rinca wutun gongan to helpan

hild-fruman Jjenden hyt sy *gled-egesa 2650

grim god wat on mec Ipcet me is micle

leofre \ce,t minne lic-haman mid minne

gold-gyfan gled fae^mie nelfynce^ me 20 ge-rysne }>cet we rondas beren eft to earde

nemne we jeror maagen *fane gefyllan. 2655

1 mcel A, . . . . B ; now gone || geman AB ; now there is no telling whether the g, part of which is covered, is still entirely preserved || certainly begun, not \>egon || \>onne AB ; now only \>on left, and that partially covered.

2 we geheton] wegeton A, vigheton B ; now we and a small part of g gone, and part of g covered.

3 %>e AB ; now $ gone, and part of e covered.

6 part of \> in \>earf covered.

7 fate AB ; now a small part of/ gone, and besides a little of it covered.

8 only a small part of the abbreviation for ond covered.

11 only a small part of a in aSohte covered.

12 the greatest part of/injforfcrtu covered.

13 mede AB ; now there is no ascertaining whether the first stroke of m is still entire under the paper || dceg (with a dot after it) added over the line in which by a colon with a comma under it the place is indicated where it is to be inserted.

14 man AB ; now the first stroke of m gone.

15 gongan, not gang an.

18 leo in leofre not quite distinct, but certain.

e, uotfceZmie (but cf. note to fol. 173T 1. 4).

124 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 121 = fol. 197r = 11. 2655—2681.

feorh ealgian wedra 'Seodnes ic wat geare

]>cet nseron eald ge-wyrht \cet he ana scyle geata

dugivSe gnorn browian gesigan set ssecce

uruwi sceal sweord ond helm *byrne ond byrdu-scrud baw 2660 5 gemsene. wod ba burn bone wselrec wig-hea-

folan bser frean on fultu??z fea worda cwse'S

leofa bio-wulf Isest eall tela swa^u on geo-

gu<S-feore geara gecwsede *)xzt ^u ne alsete 2665

be|S5e lifigendu??i. dom ge-dreosan scealt nu 10 dseduw rof sealing an-hydig ealle msegene

feorh ealgian ic|c>e fullsestu. sefter 'Sam

worduw wyrm yrre cwom *atol inwit-gsest 2670

o'Sre srSe fyr-wylmura fah fionda nios[i]an

la^ra manna lig-y'Suw for-born bord wr3 15 rond byrne. ne|meahte geongim gar-wigan

geoce ge-fremman *ac|se maga geonga under 2675

his mseges scyld elne ge-eode ba his agen w[ses]

gledura for-grunden ba gen gu^-cyning mfser^a]

gemunde msegen-strengo sloh hilde-bille \cet 20 hyt on heafolan stod *nipe genyded naegling 2680

for-bserst geswac set ssecce sweord biowulfes

The old number of this leaf is 197, but now it stands between 188 and 189, and the old number has been changed to 189 in pencil (cf. FS.).

1 feorh AB ; now the greatest part of / and the top of h gone || %eodnes certainly, not %iodnes j| t in wat torn j| geare A, gear B ; now r torn, and e gone.

2 geata B, geaca A ; now only g and part of e left.

4 sceal within dots and with a % (which, however, is almost entirely gone) before it added in the left margin, whereas a <S over a colon witli a comma under it marks the place in the line where it is to be inserted || scritd bam (bam B) AB ; now part of d and the whole of barn gone.

5 originally wcelrcee, but the second ce by erasure altered to e, and a stroke added to the preceding r in order to connect it with the e (cf. the FS.) || Tiea AB; now only quite uncertain traces of h left, and ea entirely gone (ce of soecce in the back page shows through the parchment).

6 cwce% A, cvced B ; now entirely gone (I suppose Prof. Kolbing who thinks that c is still left has suffered himself to be misled by i of wiJite in the back page showing through). 7 geo AB ; now part of g and the whole of eo gone.

8 alcste AB ; now e not quite distinct. 9 I in scealt torn.

12 gcast AB ; now only g and the first half of ce left. 13 I in wylmnm

altered from r || nwsnan (nan underdotted) B, mosiim A ; now only nio left.

14 rd in bord torn || wi% (altered from vid with another ink B) AB ; now IS entirely gone, and only the lower part of w and the bottom of i left (one must beware here of being misled by the back page).

16 under with a different ink B. und A ; now only tin and part of d left.

17 agen WCBS~] age and a blank A, agen B ; agen is quite distinct in the MS. and after it the top of a letter is left which, although it might have been /, r, or s equally well, in all likelihood was w. 18 mcerfta'] a blank A, . . . B; now only m left (m is entire although not quite distinct).

19 d in hllde torn || Ulle \>cet B, bill . . . . $ with a different ink A; now \>cet gone. 20 ncegling (with a different ink A) AB ; now the second

stroke of the second n and the last g gone.

&k& OT&Otlfc'

rjum banu lt

' ^i 0llth c

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 125

p. 122 = fol. 197V = 11. 2682—2705.

gomol ond graeg-mael him ]>cet gife^e lie wses fycet

him irenna ecge mihton helpan eet hilde

wses sio bond to|strong *se:Se meca ge-liwane 2G85

mine ge-fraege swenge ofer-sohte bonrae he|to 5 saecce baer wsepen wundu?7i heard nses him

wihte fte sel. ba|waes beod-scea'Sa briddan

sr5e frecne f jr-draca faeh'Sa gemyndig

*raesde on|Sone rofan fa | him rim ageald 2G90

hat ond heafto-grim. heals ealne ymbe-feng 10 biteran banum he|ge-blodegod wearS sawul-

driore swat y^um weoll. XXXVII.

T\A ic set bearfe beod-cyninges *andlongne 2G95

^ eorl ellen cyftan. craeft ond cen^u swa him

gecynde waes nejhedde he baes heafolaii ac 15 sio hand gebarn modiges mannes baer|he

his msegenes healp \cet he ]?one ni^-gaest nio^or

hwene sloh. *secg on searwum Ipcet ^aet sweord ge- 2700

deaf fab ond fseted ]>cet ftset fyr on-gon swe^riari

sy^an ]?a|gen sylf cyning. ge-weold his 20 gewitte waell-seaxe gebraed biter ond beadu-

scearp Ipcet he on byrnan waeg *for-wrat wedra 2705

1 gomol AB ; now g and I no longer entire, and part of what is left of g covered ; the first o shrunk together || him — woes partially covered (cf. Fh>.) || -p A, \>cet B ; now only the bottom of the abbreviation left.

2 part of h in him. covered. 3 w in wees entirely covered.

* mine AB ; now the first two strokes of m gone, and the third and almost the whole of i covered.

5 scecce AB ; now s gone, and CB, as well as part of the first G covered.

6 wihte AB ; now w gone, and i and the upper part of h, covered.

7 si%e altered from side with another ink B, side A ; now part of s gone, and all that is left of it as well as part of i covered.

8 r and part of ce in rcesde covered.

9 the top of h in hat covered. u part of d in driore covered.

12 DA A, Da B ; now part of the big % gone, and part of what is left of it covered || only very little of the e in andlongne covered.

14 gecynde AB ; now part of gee gone, and part of what is left of ge covered

17 only very little of h in hwene covered.

18 deaf AB ; now only little of d gone, but all that is left of it covered.

19 very little of s in syttan covered || another his erased after his.

20 the second e in gewitte torn. 21 a small part of p in scearp covered.

126 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 123 = fol. 189r = 11. 2705—2731.

helm wyrm on middan feond gefyldan

ferh ellen wraec ond hi hyne pa begen abro-

ten hsefdon sib-%3elmgas swylc sceolde

secg wesan. fegn set ^Searfe \>cet 'Sara peodne 5 waes *sft>as sige-hwile sylfes dsedum worlde 2710

ge-weorces. 'Sa sio wund ongon pejhim se eor<S-

draca eer|geworhte swelan owcZ|swellan he

])cet sona onfand \ce,t him on breostura bealo-ni^

weoll *attor on innan 'Sa se sealing giong 2715

10 fycet he bi wealle wis-hycgende gesset on sesse

seah on enta geweorc hu|fta stan-bogan

stapulura fseste ece eorS-reced innan healde

*hyne pa|mid handa heoro-dreorigne peo- 2720

den mserne pegn ungemete till wine-dryhte?z 15 his wsetere gelafede hilde-ssedne ond his hel[m]

onspeon. bio-wulf mapelode he ofer benne

sprsec *wunde wsel-bleate wisse he gearwe 2725

J>aet he|dseg-hwila ge-drogen heefde eorSan wynn[e]

Sal wses eall sceacen dogor-gerimes dea% unge- 20 mete neah nu ic suna minum syllan wolde

*girS-gewsedu paar me gife^e swa senig yrfe- 2730

1 helm AB ; now the upper part of k and of I gone ||.£ in middan torn.

* n in \eodne torn.

6 worlde AB ; now only wo and the first stroke of of r left.

6 enr^S A. eord B ; now only the greatest part of e and a small piece of o left.

7 swellan he AB ; now n and he gone.

8 bealom% A, bealo ni%i ($ altered from d with another ink) B ; now only leal left.

9 giong AB ; now the last g and part of the preceding n gone.

10 w in wis altered from s.

12 Jiealde A, heald B ; now part of d and the whole of the last e gone.

13 rigne in dreorigne torn || \>eo AB ; now only part of the perpendicular stroke of \> left, and that torn.

14 there is a sort of angle above the t of till, the meaning of which I do not know : the same sign occurs fol. 189V, 1. 6, above the n in un, and 192V, 1. 9, above the w in up || Aryhtvo. A, drylit B ; now only dr and the greatest part of y left.

15 helo A, Jieb B ; now only Ti and almost the whole of e left.

16 benne AB ; now only the greater part of b and a very small piece of e left.

17 gearwe AB ; now a small part of the last e gone (the last five lines of this page do not end so soon in the MS. as they do in the FS.).

18 wynne'] wym A, wyni B ; now still wyn and the first stroke of the second n left (wynn Gt, wyn\_ne'} K).

19 originally yerime, s added afterwards, perhaps in a different hand.

it ti&f

oti^

ott

serin a

.

y

imbjv<fc|ru onintiaii

\iufra-&m

,^?T2

yttvquv ndftfr yole cf ni rt£

u mai^a tui^it

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 127

p. 124 = fol. 189r = 11. 2731—2757.

weard sefter wrirde lice gelenge ic ^as leode

heold. fiftig wintra nsesjse folc-cyning

ymbe-sittendra aenig 'Sara *J>e|mec guft-winu??i 2735

gretan dorste egesan ^eon ic on earde bad 5 msel-ge-sceafta heold min tela ne sohte

searo-ni^as ne|me swor fela a^a on un-

riht icj^ses ealles mseg *feorh-bennu?7i seoc ge- 2740

fean habban forSa^ me witan nej'Searf

waldend fira mor^or-bealo maga bonne 10 min sceaceft lif of lice ira|^5u lungre geong

hord sceawian under harne stan. *wig-laf 2745

leofa nu se wyrm lige'S swefeS sare wund

since bereafod bio nu on ofoste ^cet ic ser-welan

gold-seht ongite gearo sceawige swegle searo- 15 gimmas ]>cet ic|fty seft maege *£efter ma$$um-welan 2750

min alaeta-n lif ond leod-scipe bone ic longe heold : — •

~ I A ic snude gefrsegn sunu wih- XXXVIII. stanes sefter word-cwydu??z wundum dryhtne.

hyran hea/So-siociwi hring-net beran *brogdne 2755

20 beadu-sercean urder beorges hrof. geseah^a

sige-hre^ig ba|he bi|sesse geong. mago-J>egn

It is not the fault of the MS. that some letters or parts of letters in fol. 189T and 190r look so pale in the FS.

1 meard AB ; now a small part of TV gone, and the rest of it as well as e and part of a covered || the tops of the Is in lice and gelenge covered || part of % and the top of s in %as covered || leode AB ; now the upper part of the word gone.

2 heold AB; now the upper part of lie gone, and the lower covered, o rubbed.

3 ymbe AB ; now y and the first stroke of m and the lower part of the second covered (there is no ascertaining whether y is entirely preserved).

4 gretan AB ; now g and the bottom of the first stroke of r and part of e gone, and what is left of re covered.

5 mail AB ; now nothing left (or, at any rate, legible) but I, and that torn.

6 searo AB ; now only the second half of a and ro legible (se and the rest of a may be preserved, too, but I cannot make out anything under the paper) || for un cf. note on 189', 1. 14.

7 rlht AB ; now ri gone, and part of h covered.

8 fean AB ; now/<? and the first half of a gone, the rest of a covered.

9 w in waldend all but entirely covered.

12 the bottom of le in leofa covered.

13 since AB ; now sin gone, and ce torn and partially covered || "be in bereafod torn.

14 a small part of g in gold covered.

15 gimmas AB ; now the bottom of g gone.

16 min AB ; now mi gone || a stroke over the n in \>one erased.

17 the big D (AB) nearly entire, but partially covered.

20 the first e in sercean altered from ce i| urder MS., not under (cf. FS.).

123 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 125 = fol. 190r= 11. 2757—2782.

modig maft$u??i-sigla fealo gold glitinian

grunde ge-tenge wundur on wealle ond

Jjses wyrmes denn *ealdes uht-flogan 2760

orcas stondan fyrn-manna fatu feor- 5 inend-lease hyrstura bebrorene bser waes

helm monig eald ond omig earm-beaga fela

searwum gesseled sine ea'Se maeg *gold on|grund[e] 2765

gum-cynnes gehwone ofer-liigian hyde se^e

wylle swylce he|siomian geseah segn eall- 10 gylden heah ofer horde hond-wundra

maest gelocen leo^o-crseftu??^ of|Sa?tt leoman

sl6d *]pcet he bone grund-wong ongitan meahte 2770

wraece giond-wlitan naes ^aes wyrmes baer

onsyn senig ac|hyne ecg for-na??^ ^a ic on 15 hlaewe gefrsegn hord reafian eald enta

geweorc anne mannan *him on bearm hlodon 2775

bunan ond discas sylfes dome segn eac genom

beacna beorhtost bill serge-scod ecg waes iren

eald hlafordes ba??i 'Sara ma^ma mund-bora 20 waes *longe hwile lig-egesan wseg hatne for 2780

horde hioro-weallende middel-nihtum

I modig AB ; now the upper part of d gone || the g in slgla torn || glitinian MS., not glitinian.

6 the abbreviation for ond seems altered from some letter or from the beginning of some letter.

7 grund AB ; now only gr and the first stroke of u left.

II leoman AB ; now the last stroke of n no longer entire.

12 rvong MS., I cannot account for the form of the g in the FS. || meahte AB ; now only mea and the first stroke of k left, and even that torn.

13 fycer AB ; now on\y J?, which, however, is torn, and a small part of ce left.

14 on AB ; now only the very beginning of o left.

15 enta AB ; now the second half of a gone.

16 hlodon B. holdon A ; now on and a small part of d gone ; the vowel after I is o, not a. 17 genom AB ; now -m gone.

18 the second I in bill is a later insertion || iren left (the FS. does not do justice to the ends of the last lines of this page). 19 bora preserved in MS. 21 horde'] originally hogode, but g erased and the second o altered to r.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 129

p. 126 = fol. 190V = 11. 2782—2808.

oft Ipcet he morftre swealt ar wses on ofoste

eft-siftes georn frsetwum gefyrftred hyne

fyrwet braec *hwsefter collen-ferft cwicne 2785

gemette in|ftaw vvong-stede wedra beoden 5 ellen-siocne bser he hine ser for-let. he|fta

mid bam maft-mww maerne bioden dryhten

sinne driorigne fand *ealdres set ende 2790

he hine eft ongon wseteres weorpan oft ]>cet

wordes ord breost-hord burh-brsec. gomel 10 on giogofte gold sceawode. Ic|ftara frsetwa

frean ealles ftanc * wuldur-cyninge worduw 2795

secge. ecuw di'yhtne be ic|her on starie bsesfte

ic moste minim leodurra ser swylt-dsege swylc ge-

strynan nu|ic on maftma hord minne|be- 15 bohte *frode feorh-lege frem-maft gena 2800

leoda bearfe ne|mseg ic her leng wesan. hataft

heafto-msere hlsew gewyrcean. beorhtne

sefter baele eet brimes nosan. se|scel to|ge-

myndum minuwi leodum *heah hlifian on hro- 2805

20 nes nsesse ]>cet hit sseliftend syftftan hatan

biowulfes biorh|ftafte brentingas ofer

I ofoste AB ; now of partially gone, and a very small portion of s covered. * the second t in gemette seems to be altered from e.

6 mid AB ; now there is no ascertaining how much more of m is preserved than the upper part of its last stroke, the paper employed here by the binder being too thick for us to make out anything under it.

7 s and the upper part of i in sinne covered.

9 wordes AB ; now the lower part of w gone.

10 tv in sceaivode altered from p.

II / and the bottom of the first stroke of r in frean covered.

12 secge (with a stroke over ge instead of over the u of the next word B) AB ; now sec and the lower part of g gone.

13 ic AB ; now gone || the first stroke of m in moste as well as the top and the bottom of the second and the bottom of the third covered.

14 strynan AB ; now st and the first stroke of r gone, and the second covered.

15 bohte AB ; now bo gone, and the upper half of the first stroke of h partially gone and partially covered.

16 leoda AB : now the lower part of le gone, and all that is left of I, and nearly all that is left of e covered.

17 hea%o ($ altered from d with a different ink B) AB ; now h gone, and e and part of a covered. 18 only very little of ce in after covered.

20 part of ne in nes covered. 21 a small part of & in biowulfes covered. BEOWULF, K

130 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 127 = fol. 191r = 11. 2808—2832.

floda genipu feorran drifa'S dyde him

of healse bring gyldenne *J?ioden frist- 2810

hydig fegne ge-sealde geonguwz garwigan

gold-fahne helm beah ond byrnan bet|hyne 5 brucan well. j?u eart endelaf usses

cynnes wseg-mundinga ealle wyrd|for-

speof *mine magas to metod-sceafte 2815

eorlas on elne ic|hiw aefter sceal

\mt wses J>am gomelan gin-gaeste word. 10 breost-gehygdum ser he bsel cure hate

heafto-wylmas him of hwse^re gewat *sa- 2820

wol secean so^-fsestra dom.

T\a waes ge-gongen gumuw unfrodura ear- fo^-lice fycet he on eorSan geseah J>one 15 leofestan lifes set ende bleate gebseran

bona swylce laeg *egeslic eorS-draca ealdre 2825

bereafod bealwe gebaeded beah-hordum leng

wyrm woh-bogen wealdan ne|moste ac him

irenna ecga for-namon hearde hea^o-scear- 20 de homera lafe *}>oet se wid-floga wunduwi stille 2830

hreas on hrusan hord-serne neah nalles

I floda "B,folda A ; now the perpendicular stroke of /gone \\feo separated from rran by a tear |j % in drifa% still entire, although part of its horizontal stroke is very faint j| li separated from im by a tear.

7 a hole in the parchment after speof (of. FS.).

8 I in sceal torn.

10 this line begins a little more to the right than usual as there was not room enough for the b under the \> || gehygdum MS., not gehyg%itm.

II the dot under the second stroke of r in hn'ceZre seems to be accidental || what in the FS. looks like an accent over a in gemat is owing to a small hole in the parchment.

12 no number in MS. (but XXXXVIII AB, with a different ink ? B).

14 \>one AB ; now an inconsiderable part of e gone in consequence of a hole.

16 a worm-hole after enr% || ealdre AB ; now the last e gone, and the bottom of the first stroke of r almost entirely faded.

17 leng AB ; now the tops of the second stroke of n and of g gone.

19 this line begins unnecessarily a little further to the left than usual.

larau tint

^Il^tll^

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 131

p. 128 = fol. 191' = 11. 2832—2858.

sefter lyfte lacende. hwearf middel-nihtum

ma^m-selita wlonc ansyn y\vde ac he eorSan

gefeoll *for|:3ses hild-fruman hond-geweorce 2835

huru ]>cet on|lande lyt manna 'Sah moegen- 5 agendra mine ge-fraege Jjeah'Se he dseda ge-

hwses dyrstig wsere \o&t he wr5 attor-scea^San

ore^Se gersesde *o:S:Se hring-sele 2840

honduw styrede gif|he wseccende

weard on-funde buon on beorge bio-wulfe 10 wear^S dryht-ma^ma dael dea^e forgolden

hsefde seg-hwse'Sre ende ge-fered *lsenan lifes 2845

nses fta lang to|^Son \cet ^a hild-latan holt of-

gefan tydre treow-logan tyne set-somne

Salne dorston ser dare^um lacan on hyra 15 man-dryhtnes miclan Jjearfe *ac|hy scami- 2850

ende scyldas bseran gu^-gewsedu )jser se|go-

mela Iseg wlitan on wilaf he|ge-wergad sset

fe^e-cempa frean eaxlum neah wehte hyne

wsetre him wiht ne speop *ne|meahte he on eorSan 2855

20 'Seah he ufte wel on|^a?7i frum-gare feorh ge-healdan wealdendes wiht oncirran wolde dom

1 hwearf B, hfearf A. ; now h torn, and the upper part of the first stroke of it gone || nihtum A, nihtum B ; now turn gone, and part of h covered.

2 eor%an~] a small part of $ and the last stroke of n covered.

7>8 blanks at the end of these lines on account of the hole (cf . note to 1. 11 of the front page).

11 the lower part of the first stroke of h in hcefde covered.

12 nces B, vices A ; now a very small part of ce gone.

13 gefan\ the greatest part of g and the bottom of/ covered.

14 fca] part of $ covered.

15 the greatest part of the first stroke of m in man covered.

16 part of en in ende covered.

17 mela AB ; now part of m covered, and the top of its first stroke gone.

20 the second stroke of n in gehealdan covered.

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132 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 129 = fol. 192r == 11. 2858—2883.

godes dsedum rsedan gmnena gehwylcura swa

lie nu gen de^ *}>a|wses set|c>aw geongura grim andsw&iM 28GO

e'S-begete parade ser his elne for-leas. wiglaf

ma^elode weolistanes sunu seclsarigferS 5 seah on unleofe ]>cet Ia|m8eg secgan se'Se wyle

scxS specan *]pcet se mon-dryliten se eow^a 2865

magmas geaf eored-geatwe f e|ge J?aer on

standa'S. Jjonwe he on ealu-bence oft gesealde

heal-sittendu??z helm ond byrnan peoden his 10 fegnu??i swylce he frydlicost *ower feor 2870

oS^e neah nndan meahte f cet he genunga

gu^-gewsedu wra^e for-wurpe. ^a hyne

•wig beget nealles folc-cyning fyrd-gesteallu??i

gylpan forfte hwse^re him god u^e *sigora 2875

15 waldend ])cet he hyne sylfne gewrsec ana mid

ecge fa|hi??i wses elnes fearf. Ic hi?ft lif-wra^e lytle

meahte set-gifan set gu^e ond ongan swa feah

ofer min ge-met mseges helpan. *Symle wees 2880

J>y ssemra \o\\ne ic sweorde drep ferh^-geni^- 20 Ian fyr|un-swi^or weoll of|ge-witte fergen-

dra to lyt frong ymbe feoden fa|hyne sio

1 godes AB ; now go all but entirely gone || gumena] g torn || geliwylcum (-cum B) swa AB ; now a and part of I (which is separated from y by a tear) gone.

2 ~jswaru A, andswaru B ; now the second stroke of u gone.

13 gesteallum (-um B) AB ; now only geste and the beginning of a left.

14 sigora AB ; now a gone and s torn.

16 the dot under c in ecge seems accidental || e in lytle torn.

20 fyruii] u altered from a. 21 hyne, not hym (cf. the FS.).

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 133

p. 130 = fol. 192T = 11. 2883—2909.

)>rag becwom. hu sceal sinc-J>ego ond swyrdgifu

*eall eftel-wyn eowrura cynne. lufena licgeau 2885

lond-rihtes mot ]?8ere|m8eg-burge monna

seghwylc idel hweorfan sy^^an se^elingas

feorran ge-fricgean fleam eowerne *do??z- 2890

leasan deed dea'S br<5 sella eorla gehwylcuw edwit-lif. XL : —

"eht ^a Ipcet hea^o-weorc to hagan biodan

up ofer ecg-clif ]?8er tycet eorl-weorod nior- 10 j 1 gen-longne dseg mod-giomor sset *bord- 2895

haebbende bega on wenura ende-dogores

ond eft-cymes leofes. monnes lyt swigode

niwra spella se^e naes gerad ac he so'S-

lice ssegde ofer ealle *nu is wil-geofa wedra 2900

15 leoda dryhten geata dea^-bedde fsest wu-

na:3 wael-reste wyrmes dsedwtt him

on efn ligeS ealdor-gewinna siex bennuw

seoc sweorde ne|meahte *on|^$a?ra aglseceau 2905

senige Jringa wunde gewyrcean wiglaf siteft 20 ofer bio-wulfe byre wih-stanes eorl ofer

o'Srura un-lifigendura healde^ hige-mse^um

1 \>rag AB ; now the greater part of \> gone, and what is left of it as well as a small part of r covered || becwom AB ; now the right portion of the lower part of 6 gone, and the upper part of the first stroke of it as well as the whole of e and part of c and the top of w covered ; b is, besides, separated from e by a tear || sceal AB ; now part of s, e and a covered, and a besides torn || the tops of s and of \> in sinc-fyego covered || swyrdgifu AB ; now gifu gone, and r and d partially covered.

2 e in call all but entirely covered j| eowrum cynne with a dot after it over an erasure in the same hand (to judge from the traces, eowrum cynne was written in the line, too, but erased on account of being even more indis tinct than \>cere, hweorfan, fricgean. dea% bi% in the following lines : cf. FS.).

6 dad] originally dcel, but I deleted by dots, and d added in the same hand.

7 ef'wit : the correction in the same hand || originally XLI, but I erased. 8 part of the big H covered.

9 an angle over up, cf. note to fol. 189r 1. 14. 11 a small part of s in dogores covered.

13 niwra] part of the first stroke of n and the bottom of w covered.

14 lice'] part of li covered, I besides torn.

15 leoda] a very small part of I covered.

16 between wad and reste about five letters (to judge from the traces left, bennum) erased || reste'] r altered from some other letter.

18 aglcecean] c altered from g. ^ ofer] the bottom of/ covered.

21 o%rum] a small part of <5 covered.

134 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 131 = fol. 193r = 11. 2909—2937.

heafod-wearde *leofes ond la^es nu ys|leoduwi 2910

wen. orleg-hwile sy'S'San under froneum

ond frysuw fyll cyninges wide weorSe^S \vres |^io

wroht scepen heard wift hugas sy^^an 5 hige-lac cwom *faran flot-herge on fresna 2915

land fser hyne het-ware hilde ge-hnsegdon

elne ge-eodon mid ofer-rnsegene ]>cet se byrn-

wiga bugan sceolde feoll on feftan nalles

frsetwe geaf *ealdor dugofte us waes a sy^^an 2920

10 mere-wio-ingas|milts ungyfe^e. Ne ic te sweo-

sibbe o^^e treowe wihte ne|wene ac waes wide Ipcette ongen^io ealdre be-sny^ede *hae:Scen 2925

hrejjling wi'S lirefna wudu fa for on-med ian aerest gesohton geata leode gu^-scil- 15 fingas. Sona him sejfroda feeder oht-heres

eald ond eges-full hond-slyht ageaf *abreot 2930

briwi-wisan bryda heorde gomela io-meowlaii

golde berofene onelan modor o«c?|oht-heres

ond'l'Ssi folgode feorh-geni^lan o^^set hi o^-eodon 20 earfo^-lice *in hrefnes holt hlaford-lease 2935

besset ^a sin-herge sweorda lafe wundur?i werge

1 heafod wearde AB ; now heafo and the upper part of the following d and the top of the second a gone || le.ofes A, leowes B ; now the upper part of / gone, and e separated from s by a tear || la$es (X altered from d with another ink B) AB ; now the cross stroke of % gone || ysleodum (-um B) AB ; now all gone except the greater part of y.

2 froncwm A, Froncum B ; now the abbreviation for m gone.

4 s?/<5<$cm] the dot over n is accidental, and what appears as a dot under n in the PS. is a hole in the MS. & fresna A, Fresna B ; now a gone. 6 the first stroke of r in ware altered from a longer one.

10 originally ingannilts, but the first stroke after a altered to s \\ sweo A, Sweo B ; now the greater part of o gone.

11 newene in the same hand over the line, a comma indicating where it is to be inserted. 12 hceZcen AB ; now the last stroke of n gone.

13 on med AB ; now the bottoms of the first two strokes of m and the whole of the last and ed gone, besides on torn.

14 scil A, Scil B ; now I gone.

15 oht lieres A, Otheres B ; now s no longer entire.

17 meowlan B, meowla and a blank A ; now n and the greater part of a gone. 19 fodon AB ; now the last stroke of n gone.

21 this line ends too soon in the FS.

t^io d a^fli tnt^i ii^rdi feftin 0>

* * ' •

tilaiicefW nu fnur& an

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 135

p. 132 = fol. 193T = 11. 2937—2964. wean oft gehet earmre teoh-he ond-longe niht c wee^ he on mergenne meces ecgum

*getan wolde sum on galg-treowu to gamene 2940

frofor eft gelamp sarig-moduw somod 5 ser-dsege sy'S'San hie hyge-laces horn and byman

gealdor ongeaton fa|se|goda com *leoda dugo^e 2945

on last faran. XLI.

Wses|sio swat-swa'Su swona o/z<i|geata waelrses weora wide gesyne hu|Ba folc mid hiwz. fseh^Se 10 to-wehton. gewat him 'Sa se|goda mid his gaede-

lingum *frod felageomor faesten secean eorl 2950

ongenjjio ufor oncirde hsefde hige-laces

hilde gefruneii wlonces wig-craeft wtfSres

ne truwode ])cet he ssemannu??i onsacan mihte 15 *hea:Soli:Sendum hord for-standan beam ond bry- 2955

de beah eft |>onan. eald under eorS-weall.

fa waes seht boden sweona leodum segn hige-lace.

freo^o-wong )>one ford ofer-eodon *sy:S:San 2960

hre^-lingas to hagan )>rungon J?ser weartS on- 20 genftiow ecgum sweorduw. blonden-fexa on bid wre-

cen ]>cet se )>eod-cyning 'Safian sceolde eafores

1 wean oft AB ; now wean and the first half of o gone, the other half and the top of ft covered || gehet AB ; now the upper part of h gone || earmre AB ; now m torn, and a small part of the first stroke of it gone || teoh he AB ; now part of the top of t gone, the tops of the two hs covered, and the last e indistinct || ond longe AB ; now only the first o (so the MS., not a), the greatest part of n and very little of d left, the rest gone.

2 niht] ni entirely covered || ecgum] the top of m covered. 4 yVo/or] only a very small part of the first / covered.

6 there is nothing in the MS. to account for the stroke through the e of se in the FS. || only a very small part of e in dugoKe covered.

8 the perpendicular stroke of the big W covered.

9 fatf&e : the correction in the same hand.

12 part of the first o in ongen\>io covered.

13 hilde AB; now the first stroke of h gone, and the second and almost the whole of i and part of Id and a very small part of e covered.

14 ne AB ; now n gone. 15 /jeufco] part of h covered.

16 de~\ only very little of d covered.

17 J?aJ only very little of \> covered.

20 w in ongen%iow added over the line ; an inconsiderable part of g covered.

136 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 133 = fol. rJ4r = 11. 2964—2990.

anne dom hyne yrringa *wulf won-reding 2965

wsepne gerashte fret him for svvenge swat sedruw

sprong forS under fexe nses he forht

swa 'Seh gomela scilfing ac for-geald hra$e 5 wyrsan wrixle wsel-hlem fone *sy^an 'Seod- 2970

cyning Jjyder oncirde. Ke meahte se snella

sunu won-redes ealdum ceoiie hond-slyht

giofan ac he him on heafde helm ser ge-scer

Tpcet he blode fah bugan sceolde *feoll on fol- 2975

10 dan nses he fsege J>a|git ac he hyne ge-wyrp'e

Jjeah^e him wund hriue let se hearda hige-

laces pegn brade mece J)a|his broker Iseg

eald sweord eotonisc entiscne helm *brecan 2980

ofer bord-weal ^a|gebeah cyning folcesjhyrde 15 wses in foorh dropen. ^a waeron monige J>e|his

mseg wri^on ricone arserdon ^a \i\rn gerymed

wearS Ipcet hie wael-stowe wealdan moston *J?en- 2985

den reafode rinc o'Serne nam|on ongen^io

iren-byrnan heard swyrd hilted ond his helm 20 somod hares hyrste hige-lace basr he ^S[am]

frsetwum feng ond him faagre gehet *leana ... 2990

2 cedrwm A, cedrum B ; now ?<m torn, and a small part of the second stroke of u gone.

12 Iceg AB ; now the lower part of g gone.

13 brecctn AB ; now the second half of a and the whole of n gone.

14 folces] I and s torn || hyrde AB ; now e no longer entire and very much shrunk together.

20 he tSam] he . d . . B, a blank A ; now only h and the tops of e and * (or d) left.

21 leana with a blank (. . B) after it AB ; now also a small part of the last a gone.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 137

p. 134 = fol. 194T = 11. 2990--3015.

ond gelaesta swa geald Jxme givS-rces geuta

dryhten hret5-les eafora J?a|he to haw becom

iofore ond wulfe mid ofer-ma^mum sealde

hiora ge-hwse^ru?^ hund jmsenda *landes ond 2995

5 locenra beaga nej'Sorfte him ^a lean o'S-

witan mon on middan-gearde sy'S'Sa hie|$a

maer^a ge-slogon. ond fta iofore for-geaf

angan dohtor hara-weor^unge hyldo to wedde

}>cet ys|sio fseh'So ond se feond-scipe *w8el-ntf$ wcra 3000

10 'Sses'Se ic hafo ])e|us seceaft to sweona leoda

syS^an hie gefricgea'S frean userne ealdor-

leasne Jjone ^e ser geheold wr5 hettendu??i hord

ond rice *sefter hsele'Sa hryre hwate scildingas 3005

folcred f remede. o^Se furfur gen eorl- 15 scipe efnde mejis ofost betost ]>cet we ]?eod-

cyning ]?8er sceawian ond ]?one gebringan ]?e

us beagas geaf *on ad-fsere ne|scel anes 3010

hwset meltan mid ]>a??^ modigan ac faer is

ma^ma hord gold unrime griwme gecea- 20 [po]d ond nu set si^estan sylfes feore beagas

[geboh]te J?a sceall brond fretau *seled J»eccean 3015

1 geata] part of the second a covered.

2 dryhten AB ; now the upper part of the first stroke of h very much faded. 3 u in ma%mum altered from a by erasure.

6 sytta] the upper part of the second stroke of a rubbed a little, but I do not think there ever was the abbreviation for n over it.

12 leasne] the bottom of I covered.

13 i A, and B ; now gone [| rice] the lower part of the first stroke of r and a small part of the second stroke and of i covered || cefter] the bottom of ce covered. 15 efnde] f afterwards inserted.

19 madma (but 5 quite distinct in MS.) AB ; there is no telling how much of the first m may be still preserved, only the top of the last stroke of it not being covered.

20 pod] a blank AB ; . . . d Conybeare, . . d Grundtvig; now there is no making out anything under the paper, but part of d may be still left.

21 gebohte"] te B, a blank A ; now te still preserved, but a small

part of t covered.

138 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 135 = fol. 195r = 11. 3015—3041.

nalles eorl wegan ma^^um to ge-myndum

nelmsegft scyne habban on healse bring- wear

's unge ac sceal geomor-mod golde bereafod

oft nalles sene elland tredan *nu se bere- 3020

5 wisa hleahtor alegde gamen ond gleo-dream

forSon sceall gar wesan monig morgen-

ceald mundura bewunden hsefen on handa

nalles hearpan sweg wigend weccean ac se

wonna brefn *fus ofer fseguw fela reor- 3025

10 dian earne secgan bu "him set sete speow fenden

he|wr<S wulf wael reafode. swa se secg-hwata 'secg-gende wses la^ra spella be|ne leag fela

*wyrda ne|worda. weorod eall aras eodon un 3030

blrSe under earna nses wollen-teare wundur 15 sceawian fundon ^a on sande sawul-leasne

lilim-bed bealdan fone j?e him liringas geaf

*serran rnselu?/^ fa|waes ende-dseg godu??i gegongen 3035

$cet selgu^-cyning wedra peoden wundor-dea^e

swealt aer hi fser ge-segan syllicran wiht 20 wyrm on wonge wi^er-rsehtes fser *la:Sne 3040

licgean wses|se leg-draca grimlic

1 there is nothing in the MS. to account for the blot over to iu the FS.

2 moe^tS] g afterwards inserted in the same hand. 3 %vnge]ge torn. 14 wundur B, wundu A. ; now the second stroke of r no longer entire,

and what is left of the letter has much shrunk together. 17 u in cerrun altered from a by erasure.

20 ia£ne 0 Gt K] now the lower part of e gone ; la&m and a blank A, ladn . . B.

21 gryre] only 9ry an(i ^ne very beginning of the second r left ; yry and a blank A, gry . . . B (gryre Thorkelin, not corrected by C).

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BEOWULF: TEANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 139

p. 136 = fol. 195V = 11. 3041— 30G6. glechm be-swaeled se wses fiftiges fot-ge-mearces lang on legere lyft-wynne heold nihtes

hwilu?w ny'Ser eft ge\vat *dennes niosian 3045

wsesl^a deafte fsest hsefde eor^-scrafa 5 ende genyttod hiin big stodan bunan ond orcas discas lagon ond dyre swyrd omige

Jmrh-etone swa hie wi$ eor^an fse^m*])!!- 3050

send wintra J>ser eardodon. J>onrce wses Ipcet yrfe eacen-crseftig iu-monna gold galdre be- 10 wunden ]>cet 'Sam hring-sele hrinan ne|moste

gumena senig nefne god sylfa *sigora so^S- 3055

cyning sealde ]>ara 'Se he wolde he is manna gehyld hord openian efne swa hwylcuw manna swa him gemet ftuhte :/^/ XLII. 15 TL^a|w8es gesyne \ast se srS ne|^ah \>&m ^e unrihte

inne gehydde *wrsece under wealle weard 3060

ser of-sloh feara su?w-ne Jia sio faeh^ ge- wearS gewrecen wra^-lice wundur hwar J)onwe eorl ellen-rof ende ge-fere. lif-ge-

20 sceafta }on?ie leng ne mseg *mon mid his 3065

[ma]gu??i medu-seld buan swa wses bio-wulfe.

1 swceled] the tops of s and of I covered || fiftiges] the top of s covered || fot-ge-mearces] the top of s gone, and the tops of t and ge, almost the whole of c, and the whole of the last e and of what is left of s covered.

3 sia in niosian torn ; cf. FS.

13 gehyld] g torn, and the middle of it as well as the lower part of eliy covered.

15 the big \> rubbed a little in two places || unrihte] e almost entirely covered.

20 sceafta AB ; now the bottom of s gone, and almost the whole of sc and a very small part of e covered.

21 ... gum B, a blank A ; now the lower part of g gone, and the upper covered (megum Thk, not corrected by 0).

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140 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 137 = fol. 196r = 11. 3066—3092.

j?a|he biorges weard sohte searo-ni'Sas seolfa

nelcu'Se Jmrh hwset his worulde gedal weor-

'San sceolde. swa hit o'S domes daeg diope be-

nem-don *j?eodnas msere fa ^set ]?ser dydon 3070

5 feet se secg wsere synnuw scildig hergu»t gehea^e-

rod hell-bendui^ fsest worn-mum gewitnad se^une

wong strade n3es|he gold-hwsete gearvvor

hsefde *agendes est ser ge-sceawod. wig-laf 3075

ma^elode wihstanes sunu oft sceall eoii 10 monig anes willan wrsec a-dreoge^ swa us ge-

worden is ne meahton we|gelseran leofne

feoden *rices hyrde rsed aenigne feet he|nejgrette 3080

gold-weard fone lete hyne licgean pasr he

longe waes wicuwi wunian o^ woruld-ende 15 heoldon heah ge-sceap hord ys ge-sceawod *gri?»- 3085

me ge-gongen wses feet gife^Se to swiS f»e|:5one

pyder ontyhte. Ic wses fser inne ond feet call

geond-seh recedes geatwa ]?a|me gerymed

wses nealles swseslice si^ alyfed *inn under 3090

20 eorft-weall ic on ofoste ge-feng micle mid

mundum maegen-byr^enne hord-gestreona hider

4 dydon] a hole in n. 20 mid] d torn.

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BEOWULF : TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS. 141

p. 138 = fol. 196T = 11. 3092—3121.

ut setbser cyninge minura cwico waes J>a|gena

\vis ond ge-wittig worn eall ge-sprsec *gomol on geh'So 3095

ond eow-ic gretan het baed ]>cet ge|geworhton sefter

wines dsedura in|bsel-stede beorh pone hean micelne 5 ond maerne swa he manna wses wigend weorS-

fullost wide geond eorSan *j>enden he burh- 3100

welan brucan moste. Yton nu efstan o'Sre

seon ond secean searo-ge-J)raec wundur under

wealle ic eow wisige Ipcet ge genoge neon sceawia^ 10 *beagas ond brad gold sie sio baer gearo sedre ge- 3105

sefned Jjonrae we ut cymen ond Iponne geferian frean

userne leofne mannan J>ser he longe sceal

onuses waldendes wsere gej?olian. *het|^a|gebeodan 3110

byre wihstanes haale hilde-dior hsele^a mo- 15 negum bold-agendra }>cet hie bael-wudu feorran

feredon folc-agende godu?n to-genes nu sceal gled

fretan *weaxan wonna leg wigena strengel J>one 3115

^e oft gebad isern-scure jjonwe strsela storm

strengu??i gebseded scoc ofer scild-weall sceft nytte 20 heold fseder-gearwu?n fus flane full-eode. *huru 3120

se snotra sunu wihstanes acigde of corSre

1 gena still entire, but partially covered (especially e and a).

2 w in luis certain, although not quite easy to be made out || geh%o] part of h$ and the whole of o covered.

3 the abbreviation for ond certain.

4 micelne'] the second stroke of n and the whole of e covered. 6 b in burh altered from ]>.

13 n in gebeodan covered.

14 ~byre~\ the top of b and the dot over y covered, e torn.

17 ]>one\ only very little of e covered.

18 fce (fc altered from d with a different ink B) AB ; now the top of $ gone. gum

19 stren ; : the correction in the same hand ; only very little of s covered || nytte AB ; now part of e rubbed.

20 heold AB ; now he torn and all but entirely covered, e is not quite to be made out || I think feeder never was/cefcer.

142 BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 139, 11. 1—11 = fol. 198r, 11. 1—11 = 11. 3121—3136. cyniges fegnas syfone [to]-so?rcne fa|selestan eode eahta sum under inwit-hrof hilde-rinc sum on handa baer *seled-leoman se'Se on orde geong 3125

nsesl'Sa onhlytme hwa \cet hord strude sy^^an 5 orwearde senigne dsel secgas gesegon on sele

wunian Isene licgan lyt eenig mearn *]>cet hi ofostlic[e] 3130 ut|geferedon dyre magmas dracan ec scufun wynn oier weall-clif let-on weg niman nod fselS- mian frsetwa hyrde \od wses wunden|gold

10 on wsen hladen *seghwses unrini sejjelinge boren 3135

bar bilde to hrones nsesse \<**> XLIII.

1 cyniges AB ; now the dot over y gone || syfone (/one with a different ink) B, a blank A; now torn : the s, although torn, and partially very thin, is pretty perfect, then follow indistinct traces of y, a little more is preserved of / below the tear, o is entire above the tear, n entire below the tear, but only uncertain traces are left of e above the tear || to somne] . . . ne B, a blank A ; now to entirely gone but the upper part of s, the top of o with the abbreviation for ra over it, ana ne (only the bottom of the first stroke of n gone) still preserved.

2 Tiilde AB ; now the upper part of h gone.

4 strude~\ str torn (in the FS. a small portion of the first page of Judith visible) || sy%$an] n torn. 6 on sele~\ n and s torn.

6 Icen in Icene torn j| ofostlic B, osostlic A ; now part of c gone.

7 / in scufun torn.

8 weall torn || weg (w torn), not wceg (cf. FS.).

9 after hyrde another hyrde erased.

11 I am unable to decide whether there is an erasure of one letter after hilde or an original blank.

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BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OP THE MS. 143

p. 139, 11. 12—21 = fol. 198r, 11. 12—21 = 11. 3137—3150. ~TTim =Sa gegiredan geata leode ad on eorSan

un-wac-licne helm behongen hilde-borduw *beorhtuw byrnura swa he|bena wses alegdon ^a|to 3140

15 middes mserne feoden heeled hiofende hlaford leofne ongunnon )?a on beorge bsel-fyra

maest. wigend weccan wud[u]-rec astah *sweart 3145

ofer swicftole swogende let wope bewunden wind- blond ge-lseg o3 Ipcet he fta ban-hus gebrocen hsefde 20 hat on hreftre higuw unrote mod-ceare msen-

don mondryhtnes cw[e]alni *swylce giomor-gyd 3150

12 $ in eor%an torn.

13 hilde] the indistinctness of h in the FS. is caused by a hole in the parchment.

16 hlaford B, hlafor A ; now the greatest part of d gone.

18 \>a] \> torn || beorge AB] now b torn, and part of eo gone in conse quence of a hole.

17 wud rec (rec with a different ink) A, wud . . . ec B ; now w torn in three pieces, and only the tops of the first u and of d and the second stroke of r left ; the second u is entirely gone, but e is all but entire (only the bottom gone), c is entire.

18 let wope AB] now after a distinct I traces of a torn e, then follows the bottom of a letter which may have been a t (or a c, but by no means a g] ; then after a small blank the bottom of iv and after some space a very small part of p and a distinct e (cf. FS.) || wind AB (nothing after it in this line)] now the lower part of d a little faded.

19 the accent over the u in hus doubtful || hcefde (e added with a different ink) B, hcefd A ; now e and a small part of d gone.

20 unrote A, unrotte B ; now part of te gone in consequence of a hole || mcen] rnce torn.

21 mondryhtnes'] ht torn || cwealm~\ cw aln (w and aln with a different ink) A, . . . Im B ; now only the upper part of c (torn), the top of I and the whole of m (the first stroke torn) left || swylce AB ; now the upper part of sw gone.

144 BEOWULF : TRANSLITERATION OF THE MS.

p. 140, 11. 1 — 5 = fol. 198T, 11. 1—5 = 11. 3150—3158.

:::::: meowle unden heorde

. . . sorg-cearig ssel'Se geneahhe \c&t hio hyre ::::::: gas hearde : : : : : de wsel-fylla wonn : : : : des egesan hy^o : h : : : : : d heofonrece 31 55

5 swe[a]lg geworhton 'Sa wedra leode hi : : on li^e se

Almost all that is legible in this page freshened up in a late hand.

1 nothing before unden heorde B ; a blank before unden liiord A || I do not think that the first word is lat, although I do not deny that the late hand has freshened up at. But I think what the late scribe took to be t was originally the upper part of g ; then follow traces of two letters which justify us I think in reading eo, so that we get geo- meowle. This reading is confirmed by the word written over meowle, which is neither con nor on, but, without any doubt, (the Latin) rmus. Now supposing that the scribe made a mistake also in freshening up a instead of o, we may conjecture that the first word was seo or sio \\ the letter before unden cannot well have been w, the traces of it beginning too high over the line for that letter ; rather b \\ heorde] now the tops of h and r covered, and there is no ascertaining whether de is preserved, too, under the paper.

2 the beginning of this line faded (nothing AB) || I read sorg, not serg \\ scefee'] scelde AB ; now the upper part of s gone, ce torn, % (not d) certain (no illegible passage after it !) || geneahlie~\ . . neah I . . B, a blank A ; ge now not quite distinct, but I have no doubt that the e was not abbreviated.

3 the first two letters after hearde look like on or an, the letter before de may have been e, as the stroke that generally connects e with a following letter is preserved || ivcel] the e-part of ce and I not fresh ened up || fylla] the first letter, which is not freshened up, doubtful || ivonn (as in A), or wona (vona B).

4 metodes ? I thought I saw all those letters pretty distinctly (except the two first strokes of ra) on the tenth of September 1880, but on no other day. On the 12th of Sept., 1882, I thought I was able to read [w~]igendes \\ egesan] an torn ; the FS. shows part of bcel in fol 196V.

5 swealg~\ sealg AB ; the word is torn, and only small parts of the single letters left, and even those partially covered. I see the top of s, the bottom of w .(it is not likely, to judge from the space, that this bottom should have belonged to s), a pretty perfect e, no a (but room for it), a pretty perfect I and the top and bottom of g \\ geworhton] a great part of g, almost the whole of e, and a small part of w covered || I am unable to make out hlcew after leode : the two last letters seem to me to be rather eo \\ li%e originally, but only lide freshened up.

BEOWULF: TRANSLITERATION OF THE .MS. i

p. 140, 11. 6—21 = fol. 198T, 11. 6—21 = 11. 3158—3183. waes heah ond brad [wseJgli'Seiidim wide g[e]syne ond betim bredon on tyn dagim beadurofes been bronda lafe wealle beworhton swa hyt weorS-licost fore- snotre me?z findan mihton hi on beorg dydon beg ond

10 siglu eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ser nr3- hedige men ge-nume?a hsefdon forleton eorla ge-streon eorSan healdan gold on greote J>ser hit nu|gen lifa'S eldu?ft swa unnyt swa hi : : : : r wses. |?a ymbe hlsew riodan hilde-deore sejjelinga beam ealra twelfa woldon

15 : : : : cwrSan kyning msenan wordgyd wrecan ond ymb w : : sprecan eahtodan eorl-scipe ond his ellen-weorc dugu^um demdon swa hit gedeffe] bi^ ]>cet mon his wine-dryh£e?z worduw herge ferhSuw freoge Iponne he for^ scile of lachaman r : : : weorSan swa begnornodon geata leode hlafordes

20 : : : re heor'S-geneatas cwsedpn \cet he waere wyruldcyning manna mildust ond monf^wjserust leodum li^ost ond lof-

geornost.

6 wws] \>ces B, a blank A ; now w scarcely legible || wceg] et A, .et B || letim Gt K, letr A, been B ; now the two last strokes of ra illegible.

7 bredon] r torn || -rofes MS. , but part of e not freshened up, so that at first sight it looks like i.

8 lafe] afe very faint ||/ore] re very faint (. . o B, a blank A).

9 snotre B, a blank A ; now s very indistinct.

11 I read hedige, not hydige.

12 eorZan] eo partially covered.

13 riodan] the second stroke of -n covered. 15 word.

16 sprecan (except n) partially covered || eorl AB ; now eo damaged.

17 gedefe] only indistinct traces of de left, fe gone (gen. B, a blank A) || U$ B, a blank A; now only the upper portion of b and $, and the top of i left.

18 herge] the first stroke of h covered || freoge] now the upper part of g and the abbreviation for e over it gone ; freogen B, freog A (abbrevia tion disregarded in A, and wrongly expanded in B) || fxwne A, \>onne B ; now only the bottom of \>on left || laclmman MS. (cf. FS.), but there can be little doubt that lac instead of lie is owing only to the late hand.

19 hlafordes B, hlafor A ; now e and part of s covered, the rest of a gone.

20 geneatas] part of t gone || cyning~] g and the second stroke of the preceding n covered.

21 manna] rn so covered as not to be made out (the last letter a, not u] || mondrwrust A, mond . . . rcerust (the three dots afterwards struck out) B ; mon%w entirely gone, and only the very tops of ce and of r left, but ust entire II / in leodum torn.

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