BeowulfBurton Raffel This translation of the ninth-century epic poem, considered the first great work of English literature, was originally intended for non-native speakers of English with the intention of reducing difficulties present in the Old English style. |
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alliteration ancient armor battle beginning Beowulf better blade blood body brave bring brother brought carried claws coming courage Danes Danish darkness dead death deep dragon earth enemy evil fame famous fate father fear fight flames followers forever fought gave Geats gifts give given glorious glory God's gold golden gone Grendel hall hands head heard heart helmets Herot Higlac hope Hrothgar jewels keep killed kind king knew lake land leave lines lived lord mean mighty monster never noble Old English once poem poet prince protect quickly ready remember rest returned ruled scholar shield shining ship side sleep soldiers soon spoke strength strong Swedes sword tell tower translation treasure turned victory waiting walked warriors watched waves weapons Wiglaf wise wonderful young