Практикум по истории языка (древнеанглийский период). Пятышина Т.Г - 57 стр.

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1420. The flood boiled, as the people gazed upon it, with blood and hot

gore. The horn at times sang its stirring lay of battle. All the band sat them

down.

1425. They saw in the water many of the dragon kind, strange sea-

drakes, making trial of the surge, likewise on the jutting rocks the nickers

lying, that oft at hour of dawn make foray grief-giving.

1430. on the sail-road and dragons and wild beasts beside. In bitter

wrath and swollen with fury, these hasted away; they heard the call , the

war horn singing. The prince of the gates severed the life from one with a

bow,

1435. as it strove with the sea, so that the stout battle-shaft went home to its

life. Slower was it then in swimming the deep, seeing death had gripped it…

1440 Then quickly was it hemmed in closely in the waves with boar-

spears keen-barbed, assailed with shrewd thrusts and drawn on the

headland the wondrous wave-lifter. The men gazed on the fearsome

unfriendly thing.

1445. Then Beowulf put on him his earl's armor; in no wise had he

misgivings for his life. His war-burnic hand-woven, broad and cunningly

adorned, that could well shield his body, so battle-grip might not harm his

breast or the foe's shrewd clasp his life, must needs make trial of the deeps.

But his head the white helmet guarded, that must mingle with the sea-

depths,

1450. seek, the coil of the surges, well-light as it was with treasure

work, bound with lordly chains as the weapon- smith wrought it in far-off

days, decked it with wonders, set it with swine-shapes, that thereafter

brand nor-battle blade might bide it.