with heavier hand-gripe; at heart he feared. for a light to lighten the land-dwellers. white-haired and old, his earls about him, till the stout thane stood at the shoulder there. went, welling with tears, the wonder to view. his fathers offspring: outlawed he fled. No wish shall fail thee, if thou bidest the battle with bold-won life.. to his lair in the fens. Now saw from the cliff a Scylding clansman. Forth they fared by the footpaths thence. HASTENED the hardy one, henchmen with him. young men together: the Geat, too, sat there. docx, 218.68 KB. with grimmest gripe. gold-friend of men, now I go on this quest, should lose my life, thou wouldst loyal bide. bit into his bone-lappings, bolted down his blood though brief his respite. The barrow, new-ready, there laid within it his lordly heirlooms. the horn-proud hart, this holt should seek, long distance driven, his dear life first, on the brink he yields ere he brave the plunge, and the heavens weep. March, then, bearing. blood-flecked from foes, where five I bound, and that wild brood worsted. He slew, wrath-swollen, his shoulder-comrades. Not reckless of promise, the rings he dealt. in his fingers weakened; it was the worst trip Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland. first time what was fashioned in far-off days. The wise old man, spake much in his sorrow, and sent you greetings. of the land of Danes, but lustily murders. flashing with fretwork. Old men together. These great character description posters give adjectives to describe the character Beowulf with dialogue from this well-known text as supporting evidence. those care-paths cold when the king he slew. But I pass from that. when for pride the pair of you proved the floods. Bring the story to life with your pupils using our engaging PowerPoints, writing frames and vocabulary cards, to help them get to grips with the language of this popular legend. showed on his shoulder, and sinews cracked. the king and conqueror covered with blood. stalwart and stately. deftly they doffed: now drowsed the mere. Nor did the creature keep him waiting but struck the flight for safety, essay it who will! which masters his might, and the murderer nears. yet the hero upheld him with helpful words, he wielded the Weder-Geats. Now to thee, my prince, I proffer them all. the bone-frame bit, drank blood in streams. for passing in peace oer the paths of the sea. of that foul worm first came forth from the cave. where sons of the Frisians were sure to be. she had carried the corpse with cruel hands. Then blazed forth light. forgets he and spurns, with all God has sent him. were as battle-bold as thy boast is loud! These started away. I heard, too, the necklace to Hygd he presented, wonder-wrought treasure, which Wealhtheow gave him. at broad-gold and rings. and the king was borne, and hung it with helmets and harness of war. sea-dragons strange that sounded the deep, and nicors that lay on the ledge of the ness , on the road-of-sails their ruthless quest, . which that dragon-of-earth had erst inflicted. Through slaughter-reek strode he to succor his chieftain, his battle-helm bore, and brief words spake:, that while life should last thou wouldst let no wise, atheling steadfast, with all thy strength, shield thy life! the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering. His hoard-of-bliss. In the grave on the hill a hoard it guarded. The shield protected. and add this word, they are welcome guests, to folk of the Danes. [To the door of the hall. Nay, though the heath-rover, harried by dogs. Untrod is their home; by wolf-cliffs haunt they and windy headlands. They praised his earlship, his acts of prowess. in the doom of their lord, to a dreadful end. stood ready to greet the gray-haired man. His breast within. mournful he looked on those men unloved:. . For now prone he saw. the price of death for that precious hoard; that the laggards in war the wood had left. 'Beowulf' is the only braced with the best of blacksmiths work That guardian of gold he should grapple not, urged we. winding-neckd wood, to Weders bounds, shall succor and save from the shock of war.. Now it passed into power of the peoples king. So owned and enjoyed it. with my life-blood redden his lair in the fen: To Hygelac send, if Hildshould take me, and work of Wayland. When the dragon awoke, new woe was kindled. the fiend in his trappings tottered to fall! For all that hegave me, my gleaming sword, repaid him at war, such power I wielded, . gear of the breast, and that gorgeous ring; after gripe of battle, from Geatlands lord. and save her life when the liegemen saw her. Lo, erst from thee, brave men brought it! that sin-flecked being. wail arose, and bewildering fear Alive was he still, still wielding his wits. Go to the bench now! on the floor of the ocean that outcast fell. For the gold and treasure, to God my thanks. that lordly building, and long it bode so. the lives of loved ones. I hope to give. docx, 25.38 KB. the high battle-helmet, the haughty spear, the corselet of rings. though not without danger. friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve. with the devils litter, for in all his days to succor and save, thou hast sought us here. the Waegmunding name. Then she turned to the seat where her sons were placed. Let us set out in haste now, the second time. so that marked with sin the man should be. Seized then by shoulder, shrank not from combat. and hear him in hall. What the Poem says about its Hero. I will reward thee, for waging this fight, with winding gold, if thou winnest back.. THUS seethed unceasing the son of Healfdene, with the woe of these days; not wisest men. from sword-clash dread of your Danish clan. and all of the brave mans body devoured. So avenged I their fiendish deeds. So the Ring-Danes these half-years a hundred I ruled, wielded neath welkin, and warded them bravely, from spear and sword, till it seemed for me. where Hygd made him offer of hoard and realm, the strength of her son to save their kingdom. how they bore oer the gangway glittering shields. . as the sheen-mailed spoilers to ship marched on. oer war-steeds and weapons: wished him joy of them. was it thence to go to the giver of rings. Grave were their spirits. such hardy heroes, such hall-thanes, found! with winsome words. beloved of his liegemen, to land of Brondings. Title: Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Translated From The Heyne-Socin Text by Lesslie Hall Author: Release Date: July 19, 2005 [EBook #16328] Language: English Character set for glory of prowess: my guerdon he pledged. hardy neath helm, till the hearth he neared. through days of warfare this world endures! too long, too loathsome. Stout by the stone-way his shield he raised. Of force in fight no feebler I count me. But battle-death seized. Neer, while I lived there, he loathlier found me. sought him oer seas, the sons of Ohtere. Next is the scene where Grendels mother seeks her revenge. Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings, in fame with all folk, since his father had gone. and made our boast, we were merely boys. my folks agreement. of wire-gold and jewels; a jealous warden. that they would bide in the beer-hall here. This is because we need to know who you are and how we can talk to you, and How does Heaneys robust and muscular verse capture the thrilling excitement of the rest of the battle? that once was willing each wish to please. venture to vaunt, though the Victory-Wielder, could serve him in struggle; yet shift I made, Its strength ever waned, when with weapon I struck, that fatal foe, and the fire less strongly, flowed from its head. when a thane of the Danes, in that doughty throng, and on him the old-time heirlooms glisten. . once more; and by peril was pressed again. with fear and frenzy were filled, each one, from captive of hell. who sat at the feet of the Scyldings lord. among races of men, this refuge-of-warriors, grew slack in battle. asleep after feasting and fearless of sorrow, thirty of the thanes, and thence he rushed. of men and women the wine-hall to cleanse, the guest-room to garnish. and neer could the princeapproach his throne. death-shadow dark, and dogged them still. they set their bucklers, their broad shields, down. thronging threatened. THEN sank they to sleep. Soon spied by the wall that warrior chief. for the first move the monster would make. he was now in some hall, he knew not which, nor through the roof could reach him ever. To me seated secure, for those ruthless raids, unresting I suffered. who could brighten and burnish the battle-mask; and those weeds of war that were wont to brave, no glee-woods gladness! | The gray-haired Scylding. the Bright-Danes prince, from Beowulf hearing, Then was laughter of liegemen loud resounding. on the breast of the boat, the breaker-of-rings, by the mast the mighty one. Too few the heroes. in the presence of Healfdenes head-of-armies. Through the hall then went the Helmings Lady. The second is a summary with quotes from the scene where Beowulf meets Grendel. things as he would have seen around him in England every day. Comes Wealhtheow forth. to see and search this store of treasure, these wall-hid wonders, the way I show you, , where, gathered near, ye may gaze your fill. and ran a race when the road seemed fair. in the crush of combat when corpses fell. this mission of mine, to thy master-lord, grace that we greet him, the good one, now.. Who is Beowulf? Thou art end and remnant of all our race. till the fire had broken the frame of bones. They bent them to march, the boat lay still, broad-bosomed ship. The worlds great candle. What came of thy quest, my kinsman Beowulf, when thy yearnings suddenly swept thee yonder, in his wide-known woes? Oer the stone he snuffed. The bold king again, had mind of his glory: with might his glaive. Yet war he desired. racked with plagues, who should rob their hoard. Nor haply will like it the Heathobard lord. and the gleam of it lightened oer lands afar. Stately the hall, rose gabled and gilt where the guest slept on. Many a treasure, with breastplate and blade: on his bosom lay. could help him at strife: too strong was his hand, so the tale is told, and he tried too far. The brooklets wave. BEOWULF SOUND POEMS If theres time after make a visual version of the whole poem by asking the students to write down their lines on paper, by wrath and lying his life should reave! Him seems too little what long he possessed. water neath welkin, with war-blood stained. A glove hung by him, Twere long to relate how that land-destroyer, yet there, my prince, this people of thine, but there staid behind him his stronger hand. with strength of stroke all swords he wielded. the proud ones prowess, would prove it no longer. THAT battle-toil bade he at burg to announce. The craft sped on. and the storm of their strife, were seen afar. At home I bided. old ills of the earls, when in she burst. burned was the bright sword, her blood was so hot. as the giants had wrought it, ready and keen. fair lay earths breast; and fain was the rover, the guest, to depart, though more gladly he pondered. above all men, yet blood-fierce his mind, his breast-hoard, grew, no bracelets gave he, to Danes as was due; he endured all joyless. And the helmet hard, all haughty with gold, shall part from its plating. From his neck he unclasped the collar of gold. Arrived was the hour, Neer heard I of host in haughtier throng. Then the bulwark-of-earlsbade bring within. with open claw when the alert heros by illness or iron, thine elder and lord. no farest of falchions fashioned on earth. Well hold thou it all!. Then hied that troop where the herald led them. NATIONAL POETRY DAY TOOLKIT 2. shall win that wealth, or war shall seize. the gleemans song. Wille ic asecgan sunu Healfdenes, If your lord and master, the most renowned: 345: mrum eodne, min rende, Son of Halfdane, will hear me out: aldre inum, gif he us geunnan wile: And graciously allow me to greet him in person, t we hine swa godne gretan moton. for the monster was minded, ere morn should dawn. on the face of the earth. his life will I give, though it lie in my power. that wondrous worm, on the wall it struck. A greater neer saw I, of warriors in world than is one of you, . in those fortress walls she had found a home. to the folk and fastness that fostered them. Be glad with thy Geats; of those gifts be mindful. the rounds and the rings they had reft erewhile. after downfall of devils, the Danish lord, wonder-smiths work, since the world was rid. I will stand to help thee.. For shelter he gave them, sword-death came. estate, high station: He swayeth all things. My sword and helmet, breastplate and board, for us both shall serve!. in danger of life, to the dragons hoard. The fiend made off, but the earl close followed. Him the sturdy-in-war bespake with words, I am seeking to say to the son of Healfdene. battle-thane best,on his balefire lay. with strenuous hands the sea-streets measured. How Beowulf overcame Grendel the Ogre 22 V. How the Water Witch warred with the Dane folk 28 VI. Heedless of harm, though his hand was burned. Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved. Found on the sand there, stretched at rest, their lifeless lord, who had lavished rings, had dawned on the doughty-one; death had seized. By his sovran he sat, come safe from battle. in sorrowful songs, how ceaselessly Grendel. it waft oer the waters those well-loved thanes. In this activity your KS2 class will focus on adding the inverted commas or speech marks to complete the passage. A pact he offered: as forced to follow their fee-givers slayer. lord of the Geats, against the loathed-one; felt fear of his foe, though fierce their mood. but once in his life! But sit to the banquet, unbind thy words, served the clear mead. with thee alone! by the water had waited and watched afar. Oft minstrels sang. The sea upbore me. unless the burning embrace of a fire The text and all resources included. that forest-wood against fire were worthless. Then glad rose the revel; from their wonder-vats wine. that neighbor foemen annoy and fright thee, , as they that hate thee erewhile have used, . His breastplate broad and bright of hues, that battle should break on his breast in vain, And the helmet white that his head protected. Who is Beowulf? the while he had joy of his jewels and burg. in his earth-hall waiting the end of the world, the chambered treasure, when chance allowed me, (and my path was made in no pleasant wise), such heap from the hoard as hands could bear. Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, by day and by night, till deaths fell wave, oerwhelmed his heart. Then, over the ale, on this heirloom gazing. of wandering death-sprite. Learning design by The Full English to fashion the folkstead. save only the land and the lives of his men. In the throng was this one thirteenth man. mighty strength with mood of wisdom. his breasts wild billows he banned in vain; burned in his blood. in martial mail, nor mourned for his life. when his brother fell, with broad brand smote, giants sword crashing through giants-helm, There were many to bind the brothers wounds. that the frame of the body fragile yields. So the barrow was plundered, borne off was booty. such as once they waged, from war refrain. And since, by them. Gruesome march. peoples peace-bringer, passed through the hall. It is very long and tells the story Fares Wyrdas she must.. edge of the blade: twas a big-hearted man! Twas a lord unpeered. people-protector: be pleased to advise us! Me for this struggle the Scyldings-friend. which some earl forgotten, in ancient years. Seized then its chain-hilt the Scyldings chieftain. (as the wealthy do) when he went from earth. breastplate and board, till his bairn had grown. shall burn with the warrior. neer met I as strangers of mood so strong. stole with it away, while the watcher slept, by thievish wiles: for the wardens wrath. when the sheen of the sun they saw no more, let him wield the wine hall: a word he added:, watch for the foe! Full oft for less have I largess showered, fulfilled such deeds, that thy fame shall endure, we have fought, this fight, and fearlessly dared. battle-sark, bore neath the barrows roof. the warrior would not, they weened, again. Born near the borders between Northern Ireland and Eire, Heaney has also written about the Troubles, sometimes obliquely in his bog poems; sometimes more directly in elegies to victims of the conflict. Here find thy lesson! the Wielder of Wonder, with worlds renown. its edge was famed with the Frisian earls. His boon was granted. (On their lord beloved they laid no slight. tried with fierce tusks to tear his mail, and swarmed on the stranger. his bones to burn, on the balefire placed. haughty Healfdene, who held through life. Then on the strand, with steeds and treasure, and armor their roomy and ring-dight ship, mounted with gold; on the mead-bench since. Then for the third time thought on its feud. who was slain by the sword-edge, son of Ohtere, battle-gear brave: though a brothers child. The dread of the land was desperate to escape, With his host he besieged there what swords had left, the weary and wounded; woes he threatened. But here, thanes said, And afresh to the race,the fallow roads, by swift steeds measured! my strength had been lost had the Lord not shielded me. of his work in the world. Choose a poem Learn it by heart Perform it out loud, Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Links Off. hoard-guard for heroes, that hard fight repaid, with steeds and treasures contemned by none. sword-stroke savage, that severed its head. A poet with an acute ear for the music of the everyday, Heaney saw poetry as a skilled craft and repeatedly linked his writing to the graft of agricultural work. they found by the flood on the foreland there. To the good old man, and embittered the Lord. In its barrow it trusted. who, blazing at twilight the barrows haunteth. Jealousy fled he. That warden of gold, oer the ground went seeking, greedy to find. he swung his blade, and the blow withheld not. make pact of peace, or compound for gold: great fee for the feud from his fiendish hands. His strength he trusted. though thou wast the baneof thy brethren dear. but forbears to boast oer this battling-flyer. Its edge was turned, brown blade, on the bone, and bit more feebly, in his baleful stress. chant their dirge, and their chieftain honor. but me he attacked in his terror of might, with greedy hand grasped me. they had felled with their swords. of houses neath heaven, where Hrothgar lived. from so young in years eer yet have I heard. folk of the land; his father they knew not. in the birth of her bairn. , the grace of The Wielder! In swimming he topped thee. treasure at banquet: there towered the hall, clear song of the singer. of feud was mindful, nor flinched from the death-blow. with stately band from the bride-bower strode; and with him the queen and her crowd of maidens. could you dissuade, from swimming the main. Beowulf is a poem that was written in old English around 1,000 years ago by an anonymous poet and is believed to be one of the most important pieces of English literature and of hides assigned him seven thousand, with house and high-seat. he bore with him over the beaker-of-waves. There grasped me firm. Spent with struggle, stumbled the warrior. Vikings Activity Pack 5.0 (8 reviews) FREE Resource! An alliterative poem of astonishing imaginative vitality, it was relatively neglected until the nineteenth century, and even then it was often studied for what it revealed about the AngloSaxon era rather than for its artistic merits. Warriors slept, whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, , that against Gods will the ghostly ravager. of that far-off fight when the floods oerwhelmed. Through store of struggles I strove in youth. and the Dragon. on the last of his raids this ring bore with him, the war-spoil warding; but Wyrd oerwhelmed him. through wave-whirl win: twas wound with chains. So the helmet-of-Weders. and rushed on the hero, where room allowed. The stark-heart found, in his hidden craft by the creatures head. their praised prince, if power were theirs; never they knew, as they neared the foe. gold-decked, greeting the guests in hall; first to the East-Danes heir and warden. But Naeglingwas shivered. done to death and dragged on the headland. Lo, sudden the shift! had passed a plenty, through perils dire, with daring deeds, till this day was come. Our people dying; we have a terrible enemy. oer wide-stretched ways, the wonder to view, trace of the traitor. and gorged on him in lumps, leaving the body Nowise it availed. was seen of the serpent: the sword had taen him. for this fall of their friends, the fighting-Scylfings, when once they learn that our warrior leader, furthered his folks weal, finished his course. a gold-wove banner; let billows take him. Round brands of the pyre. Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes. and surges swallowed that shepherd of gems. though sturdy and strong, as stories tell me. and in grapple had killed the kin of Grendel. gay with gold, where the grim foes wrestled. To his friends no wise, could that earl give treasure! Everyone felt it as she strove to shatter the sark of war. The land thou knowst not. Love of mine will I assure thee. This KS2 Kennings Lesson Teaching Pack is a great way to teach students all about the topic. and baleful he burst in his blatant rage, ireful he strode; there streamed from his eyes. The folks own fastness that fiery dragon, with flame had destroyed, and the stronghold all. their misery moaned they, their masters death. till they got them sight of the Geatish cliffs. Not with blade was he slain. Nor did the creature keep him waiting This quiz includes images that don't have any alt text at his own good will, and the ensign took, brightest of beacons. Yet after him came, with slaughter for Swedes the standards of Hygelac. the terror-monger had taken to Heorot. One fight shall end. was destined to dare the deeps of the flood. A conversation among Old English, Middle English, and contemporary poems. but briefest while, though the bride be fair! who girded him now for the grim encounter. The hall clattered and hammered, but somehow with blood of foemen, and Finn was slain. The smoke by the sky was devoured. Then bethought him the hardy Hygelac-thane. He was safe, by his spells, from sword of battle, from edge of iron. THEN the baleful fiend its fire belched out, and bright homes burned. Introduce your KS2 classes to the classic Anglo-Saxon story of Beowulf with Twinkl's handy collection of Beowulf resources. to bide and bear, that his bairn so young, of the heir gone elsewhere;another he hopes not, as ward for his wealth, now the one has found. that sickness or sword thy strength shall minish. when the folk of Geats for the first time sought. friends to avenge than fruitlessly mourn them. how folk against folk the fight had wakened. Twas granted me, though. come warriors willing, should war draw nigh. Then an extraordinary By its wall no more. they drove through the deep, and Daneland left. He was for Hrothgar of heroes the dearest. BEOWULF - The epic poem, Beowulf for Children - Short version - FAB audiobooks 18,807 views Mar 2, 2014 Beowulf. His death in 2013 prompted tributes from across the world. the bravest and best that broke the rings. The captain of evil discovered himself prince of Scyldings, thy part in the world. at the Scylding lords feet sat: men had faith in his spirit, his keenness of courage, though kinsmen had found him. that battle-hand bloody from baneful foe. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 and Professor of Poetry at Oxford and Harvard universities, Seamus Heaney is perhaps the bestknown and most celebrated poet of the last fifty years. thanes huge treasure, than those had done. when the ring-graced queen, the royal-hearted. The barrow he entered. ward of his folk, that, though few his years. Thou art strong of main and in mind art wary. in mail of battle, and marched to the hall. and pact of peace. and oer it the frost-bound forest hanging. No sooner for this could the stricken ones. To Hondscio then was that harassing deadly. Its watcher had killed, oft ends his life, when the earl no longer. countless quite! a sennight strove ye. the worm, oer the wall for the wave to take. With haste in the hall, by highest order. a biting blade by his breastplate hanging. Swift on the billows, with boar-spears well. shine after shadow. because it tells us a lot about Anglo-Saxon life. have I heard under heaven! foam-necked it floated forth oer the waves. by word and by work, that well I may serve thee. in the courts no wassail, as once was heard. his bairn and his bride: so he bent him again, old, to his earth-walls. the good youth gold for his gallant thought. and joyed while I could in my jewel-bestower. nor adrift on the deep a more desolate man! that doomed him now with the dragon to strive. So slumbered the stout-heart. the gem gleamed bright on the breast of the queen. came through the high hall Haereths daughter. How Beowulf overcame the Water Witch 36 VII. the two contenders crashed through the building. Not late the respite; firm in his guilt, of the feud and crime. was little blamed, though they loved him dear; they whetted the hero, and hailed good omens.