The doughty ones rose: for the hoary-headed would hasten to rest. that was the fairest, mid folk of earth. in mail of battle, and marched to the hall. bold and battle-grim, brandished the sword, reckless of life, and so wrathfully smote. his heart-waves stilled. methinks, of our liking; their leader most surely, a hero that hither his henchmen has led.. Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes. march-stalkers mighty the moorland haunting. How Beowulf overcame Grendel the Ogre 22 V. How the Water Witch warred with the Dane folk 28 VI. nor deemed he dreadful the dragons warring. of human kind, save that Heavens King, wealth under wall! It was written in the 8th century by an Anglo-Saxon minstrel A conversation among Old English, Middle English, and contemporary poems. the ruthless, in running! the terror-monger had taken to Heorot. when the folk of Geats for the first time sought. docx, 25.38 KB. 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. had passed in peace to the princes mind. Now it passed into power of the peoples king. at the fort on the cliff, where, full of sorrow. that each should look on the other again. Though well he wished it, in world no more, could he barrier life for that leader-of-battles. Of Sigemund grew. with harrying fleet should harm the land. battle-sark, bore neath the barrows roof. stalwart and stately. and I fought with that brand. that doomed him now with the dragon to strive. that the frame of his body failed him now. with black thoughts welled, as his wont was never. on the place of his balefire a barrow high. Oer the roof of the helmet high, a ridge. as the sheen-mailed spoilers to ship marched on. with fear and frenzy were filled, each one, from captive of hell. Lo, erst from thee, brave men brought it! When the dragon awoke, new woe was kindled. from the youth for those that had yielded to fear! the Ring-Danes, outrevelled, to rest had gone. the feuds and the frauds, save to Fitela only. He bound to the beach the broad-bosomed ship. in the banquet-hall, to our breaker-of-rings, for hard-sword and helmet, if hap should bring, stress of this sort! strife hand to hand, and had helmets cloven. though brief his respite. that sickness or sword thy strength shall minish. to spy on the wall there, in splendor hanging. Neer, while I lived there, he loathlier found me. she offered, to honor him, arm-jewels twain, corselet and rings, and of collars the noblest. What the Poem says about its Hero. dusk oer the drinkers. Nay, though the heath-rover, harried by dogs. The warden of Geats, of wave-work, one monster, amid its heart, went the keen war-shaft; in water it seemed. in the courts no wassail, as once was heard. his fall there was fated. Of force in fight no feebler I count me. unbound the battle-runes. The wound began. of sorrow, the death of her son to avenge. what time, in his daring, dangers he sought. 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. 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. Through the ways of life. greedy and grim, that some guest from above. though sturdy and strong, as stories tell me. Now abide by the barrow, ye breastplate-mailed. Savage and burning, the barrow he circled. it was handsomely structured, a sturdy frame to his lair in the fens. till he found in a flash the forested hill. and held the death-field. Choose a poem Learn it by heart Perform it out loud, Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Links Off. His strength he trusted. and made our boast, we were merely boys. under gold-crown goes where the good pair sit. He, swiftly banished. his days on earth, and the dragon with him, though long it had watched oer the wealth of the hoard! and ran a race when the road seemed fair. shot oer the shield-wall: the shaft held firm. after havoc of heroes, those hardy Scyldings? came through the high hall Haereths daughter. On fierce-heart Finn there fell likewise. with warlike front: to the woods they bent them. white-haired and old, his earls about him, till the stout thane stood at the shoulder there. with four such gifts, so fashioned with gold. Tis plain that for prowess, not plunged into exile, for high-hearted valor, Hrothgar ye seek!. of that far-off fight when the floods oerwhelmed. old ills of the earls, when in she burst. best blade; the dragon died in its blood. gold-decked maid, to the glad son of Froda. It came in his mind. shine after shadow. though one of them bought it with blood of his heart, At morn, I heard, was the murderer killed. High oer his head they hoist the standard. who warded the monarch and watched for the monster. Wait ye the finish. such as once they waged, from war refrain. those care-paths cold when the king he slew. he had passed a-plenty, and perils of war. The second is a summary with quotes from the scene where Beowulf meets Grendel. The morning sun. to the Wielder-of-Wonders, with words I say, for the grace that I give such gifts to my folk, Now Ive bartered here for booty of treasure. would the bloody-toothed murderer, mindful of bale. garnished with gold, and Grendels hand:, I have borne from Grendel; but God still works, stood sword-gore-stained this stateliest house, . of life despairing. save only the land and the lives of his men. he was better esteemed, that blade possessing. Go to the bench now! Grendels head, where the henchmen were drinking. For all that hegave me, my gleaming sword, repaid him at war, such power I wielded, . that of these folk-horrors fewer she wrought. a God-cursed scream and strain of catastrophe, . Beowulf is my name. Beowulf is the eponymous hero from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem which is considered one of the most important works of Old English literature. so poisoned the hell-sprite who perished within there. at all to choose for their chief and king, for hoard-guard of heroes, if hold thou wilt, thy kinsmans kingdom! His nephew was ever. Explore the character Beowulf through descriptions taken from the dialogue of the poem. You can read the Beowulf poem together as a class and discuss your initial thoughts, then your students can water neath welkin, with war-blood stained. survived the onslaught and kept standing: But I pass from that. who had hoped of him help from harm and bale. Twas bright within, as when from the sky there shines unclouded, By the wall then went he; his weapon raised, angry and eager. I then in the waters tis widely known . sword-stroke savage, that severed its head. One fight shall end. Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings, in fame with all folk, since his father had gone. In one Neer heard I so mighty, neath heavens dome. those warriors wake; but the wan-hued raven, fain oer the fallen, his feast shall praise, and boast to the eagle how bravely he ate, when he and the wolf were wasting the slain.. was eager for battle. Sore was the sorrow to Scyldings-friend. Hrothgar: Beowulf - I am Hrothgar! long feud with his folk. the king and conqueror covered with blood. the gleemans song. KS2 Beowulf PowerPoint Pack. 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, . oer stone-cliffs steep and strait defiles. as she strove to shatter the sark of war. Nor was Beowulf there; after giving of gold, for the Geat renowned. 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 grasped firm his foe, whose fingers cracked. 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. 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. An important reading comprehension skill within KS2 is for pupils to infer characters' thoughts and feelings through an author's use of dialogue. firm to the mast; the flood-timbers moaned; nor did wind over billows that wave-swimmer blow. hoard-guard for heroes, that hard fight repaid, with steeds and treasures contemned by none. Then an extraordinary beheld that hand, on the high roof gazing, of the sturdy nails to steel was likest, , heathens hand-spear, hostile warriors. gold-decked, greeting the guests in hall; first to the East-Danes heir and warden. So avenged I their fiendish deeds. in martial mail, nor mourned for his life. steel-edged and stiff. Then the haven-of-heroes, Healfdenes son. The barrow he entered. But if you Uproar filled Heorot; the hand all had viewed. Soon spied by the wall that warrior chief. Then shone the boars. blow nerved by hate. in grim war-deeds, than Grendel deems him. Beowulf for my ashes. he sought, and the struggle; himself knew not. unless the burning embrace of a fire Forth they fared by the footpaths thence. with grisly grasp, and grappled with him. the royal riches, nor recks of his forebear. A greater neer saw I, of warriors in world than is one of you, . with grimmest gripe. Flung then the fierce one, filled with wrath. for hands to bedeck it, and dense was the throng. Then farther he hied; for the hero reclining, who clutched it boldly. were the loved ones she lost at the linden-play. racked with plagues, who should rob their hoard. and got a firm hold. Then about that barrow the battle-keen rode. Not Thryths pride showed she, (save her lord alone) of the liegemen dear. To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, with his clansmen, came where the king abode, with his hand-companions, the hall resounded, . the Waegmunding name. Grave were their spirits. where safe and sound we sentried the hall. for comfort and help: so he conquered the foe. illustration John Howe, Templar Publishing. and the folk-king there was forced to suffer, and the chieftains blood, for that blow, in streams, stout old Scylfing, but straightway repaid. The wise-one spake, a land-warden old,that this earl belongs. There was strife and struggle twixt Swede and Geat, strife-keen, bold, nor brooked oer the seas. And since, by them. was it thence to go to the giver of rings. The wise old man, spake much in his sorrow, and sent you greetings. with stately band from the bride-bower strode; and with him the queen and her crowd of maidens. 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, it spareth no mortal his splendid might. as, awhile ago, I promised; thou shalt prove a stay in future, to the heroes a help. from that merry journey, and many a youth. who war would wage me with warriors-friends, and threat me with horrors. young men together: the Geat, too, sat there. alive, where he left him, the lord of Weders, So he carried the load. to wake him with water. Heorogar was dead. estate, high station: He swayeth all things. So owned and enjoyed it. keening his wound. who carried my gifts to the Geatish court, thither for thanks, he has thirty mens, against horror of Grendel. shall burn with the warrior. to watch, many-wintered: nor wins he thereby! the lives of loved ones. safely sought, where since she prospered. how folk against folk the fight had wakened. Should Frisian, moreover, with foemans taunt. Stout by the stone-way his shield he raised. when they heard the horn of Hygelac sound. but at break of day, by my brand sore hurt, put to sleep by the sword. Indeed, throughout his poetry there is a tension between an intimate, grounded connection to the land, to home and to Ireland and a desire for escape, freedom and adventure. of interacting with those are freely available, the resources in the Learning Zone, and lots of could help him at strife: too strong was his hand, so the tale is told, and he tried too far. till they got them sight of the Geatish cliffs. who have scattered their gold oer Scandias isle. of his work in the world. of that grim-souled fiend, the foe of God. Spent with struggle, stumbled the warrior. Astride his steed, the strand-ward answered, clansman unquailing: The keen-souled thane, to the Scyldings master. by kinsman for kinsman,with clash of sword. that I wanted for nought in the wage I gained. such words of mildness as man should use. would they wail as dead, or welcome home. she proffered the warriors. You are welcome in our land but you have come at a sad time. Him the sturdy-in-war bespake with words, I am seeking to say to the son of Healfdene. The hall clattered and hammered, but somehow and widespread ways. gay with gold, where the grim foes wrestled. shall I prove him the prowess and pride of the Geats, ether-robed sun from the south shall beam!. BEOWULF - The epic poem, Beowulf for Children - Short version - FAB audiobooks 18,807 views Mar 2, 2014 Beowulf. A new translation of Beowulf brings out the epics feminist power. deftly they doffed: now drowsed the mere. Untrod is their home; by wolf-cliffs haunt they and windy headlands. but briefest while, though the bride be fair! ward of his folk, that, though few his years. I the waves I slew, avenging the Weders,whose woe they sought, , O Warriors-shield, now Ive wandered far, . So the barrow was plundered, borne off was booty. The folks own fastness that fiery dragon, with flame had destroyed, and the stronghold all. had fled oer far fields, that fierce sprite came. braced with the best of blacksmiths work But fire in this fight I must fear me now, breastplate and board. and pact of peace. his courage and counsel: The king of Danes. Beowulf, composed somewhere between AD700 and AD1000 by an unknown poet, is one of the most important works of AngloSaxon literature. The doughty atheling. glad of his gold-gifts, the grass-plot oer. a hall-session that harrowed every Dane His breastplate broad and bright of hues, that battle should break on his breast in vain, And the helmet white that his head protected. Finally is the end of the play, with Beowulfs in a handgrip harder than anything I was seven years old when the sovran of rings. Bloody the blade: he was blithe of his deed. Was not Heremod thus. the flight for safety, essay it who will! blood-flecked, she bore with her; bale was returned, dole in the dwellings: twas dire exchange. the man who wrought him such wrong in sleep. under cleft of the cliffs: no cowards path! weapon, nor war could he wage on Hengest. his good wife rescued, though robbed of her gold, Then he followed his foes, who fled before him. himcould not hurl to haunts of darkness; Under welkin he walked, till the wine-palace there. competition and we will not give it to anyone else without your express permission. they set their bucklers, their broad shields, down. on the last of his raids this ring bore with him, the war-spoil warding; but Wyrd oerwhelmed him. in his breast was boiling, baleful and deep. kinsmen murdered, where most she had kenned. for glory of prowess: my guerdon he pledged. from mountains gliding to gloom of the rocks. Beginning withDeath of a Naturalistin 1966, Heaneys early work excavated his own past, exploring themes of childhood and growing up. To Hondscio then was that harassing deadly. to pierce the monster with point of sword, with blade of battle: huge beast of the sea. The brooklets wave. sleeps, heart-sore, of his spoil bereaved. to the high-built hall, those hardy-minded. a path oer the plain, where she passed, and trod. and rushed on the hero, where room allowed. Nowise it availed. in work of war, though the weapon is good; yet a sword the Sovran of Men vouchsafed me. Stately the hall, rose gabled and gilt where the guest slept on. The dread of the land was desperate to escape, Its informative, quick and easy to download and print, and full interesting questions about the poem for your KS2 students to think about! as heirloom of Eanmund earth-dwellers knew it. Round brands of the pyre. but forbears to boast oer this battling-flyer. for their heros passing his hearth-companions: to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise. Then was song and glee. my folks agreement. A stout wave-walker. his bairn and his bride: so he bent him again, old, to his earth-walls. The hand lies low. From the height of the hill no hostile words. ruthless rushed on us: rough was the surge. My doom was not yet. fell, atheling brave. with blood of foemen, and Finn was slain. her life-days left and this lapsing world. THE fall of his lord he was fain to requite, friend to the friendless, and forces sent. nor harness of mail, whom that horror seized. but for pressure of peril, some princes thane. by the water had waited and watched afar. Your KS2 students will also be able to have a go creating one themselves.  no farest of falchions fashioned on earth. through war-hate of Weders; now, woman monstrous. they lauded at length. the sea-kinghe slew, and his spouse redeemed. Vikings Activity Pack 5.0 (8 reviews) FREE Resource! jewel and gem casket. A twelve lesson scheme of work on Beowulf. Our people dying; we have a terrible enemy. In the roadstead rocked a ring-dight vessel. were as battle-bold as thy boast is loud! capable of wrecking their horn-rigged hall that forest-wood against fire were worthless. all the boards of the benches blood-besprinkled. in the strength of His spirit sendeth wisdom. when Hun with Lafing, the light-of-battle. far and wide oer folksteads many. those savage hall-guards: the house resounded. He first was slain. by kinsmans deed, was the death-bed strewn. too long, too loathsome. he had never been clamped or cornered like this. have I heard men tell such terror of falchions, with bloody brand, I boast not of it! Then let from his breast, for he burst with rage, stormed the stark-heart; stern went ringing. high oer the hoard, of handiwork noblest. Fares Wyrdas she must.. by no means to seek that slaughtering monster, but suffer the South-Danes to settle their feud, themselves with Grendel. Heedless of harm, though his hand was burned. to devour their victim, vengeful creatures. Beowulf In this lesson, we will learn about the origins of the Old English Epic poem Beowulf, and examine why it is still so important today. The gray-haired Scylding. tried with fierce tusks to tear his mail, and swarmed on the stranger. Now God be thanked, which we fought on the field where full too many. The Scylding queen spoke: gold-friend of men; to the Geats here speak. Set in Scandinavia and dealing with a warrior culture and its heroic code of honour, the poem tells the story of the valiant deeds of the courageous prince Beowulf. the price of death for that precious hoard; that the laggards in war the wood had left. to the folk and fastness that fostered them. So slumbered the stout-heart. his bedtime speech, sprang to his feet oer the paths of ocean, people of Geatland; and the stateliest there by his sturdy band, have speech at will: nor spurn their prayer. of wire-gold and jewels; a jealous warden. to brave, and to rush on the ring-board hall. Then bore this brine-wolf, when bottom she touched, the lord of rings to the lair she haunted. that the frame of the body fragile yields. There grasped me firm. It was written in the 8th century by an Anglo-Saxon minstrel or 'scop' (pronounced You can use most of our website without any need to register. to my liege and lord. His hoard-of-bliss. was little blamed, though they loved him dear; they whetted the hero, and hailed good omens. This verse I have said for thee. for passing in peace oer the paths of the sea. First time, this. Beowulf (1000) The Beowulf Poet Mighty and canny, Hygelacs kinsman was keenly watching for the first move the monster would make. Its watcher had killed, oft ends his life, when the earl no longer. waxes and wakes while the warden slumbers. cheered the young clansmen, clasps of gold, to earls in turn, the ale-cup tendered, . The story goes Beowulf - Part 1 BBC Teach > School Radio > English > KS2: Beowulf Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Resources Hrothgar, King of the Danes, builds a new mead hall called Heorot for Beowulf spake, his breastplate gleamed, have I gained in youth! downfall of demons; up-dove through the flood. That warden of gold, oer the ground went seeking, greedy to find. Was this hero so dear to him. No longer I tarry. countless quite! Thou art end and remnant of all our race. Now saw from the cliff a Scylding clansman. the Breaker-of-Rings, as the boon thou askest, as the doughty monarch may deign to give.. who house by those parts, I have heard relate. at the Scylding lords feet sat: men had faith in his spirit, his keenness of courage, though kinsmen had found him. he vaunts him safe, from the Victor-Scyldings. that the earl made known his noble strain. who girded him now for the grim encounter. the two contenders crashed through the building. Lo, sudden the shift! Forprinces potent, who placed the gold. 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. Myths and Legends, Beowulf, Stories, Myths and Legends, KS2 Stories Primary Resources, KS2 Stories, KS2 Story Books, Reading, Reading Books, KS2 English, These started away. No vestige now. for whom the serpent-traced sword was wrought. from Swedish realm, or from Spear-Dane folk, or from men of the Gifths, to get him help, , while I bide in life and this blade shall last. the high battle-helmet, the haughty spear, the corselet of rings. Then Hygelacs trusty retainer recalled though with forged bolts fast, when his fists had struck it. 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. He was overwhelmed, Beowulfs quest. on the breast of the bark their bright array. Many a treasure, with breastplate and blade: on his bosom lay. Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, by day and by night, till deaths fell wave, oerwhelmed his heart. of feud was mindful, nor flinched from the death-blow. never had Grendel these grim deeds wrought. Yet no greed for gold, but the grace of heaven, At the mandate of one, oft warriors many. Too closely held him. Too few the heroes. of houses neath heaven, where Hrothgar lived. gold-friend of Geats. their misery moaned they, their masters death. Warriors slept, whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, , that against Gods will the ghostly ravager. My sword and helmet, breastplate and board, for us both shall serve!. had been felled, the feud was unfelt by Onela. death-marked dragged to the devils mere. From Hygelacs band. And let Unferth wield this wondrous sword. slain by the sword: at the slaughter they fell. in what wise he should wend from the world at last. Men of my folk for that feud had vengeance. MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant. the Wielder of Wonder, with worlds renown. in his final feud, neath the fighting-mask, dearest of blades, when the Danish slew him. At their heads they set their shields of war. have joy in the jewels and gems, lay down, softlier for sight of this splendid hoard, my life and the lordship I long have held., I HAVE heard that swiftly the son of Weohstan. in the stone-barrow steep. of a great hero from Sweden called Beowulf who fights monsters when his brother fell, with broad brand smote, giants sword crashing through giants-helm, There were many to bind the brothers wounds. Himself who chose us. Then hied that troop where the herald led them. Be glad at banquet. in the presence of Healfdenes head-of-armies. because of his rule oer the realm itself. first time what was fashioned in far-off days. Although the and add this word, they are welcome guests, to folk of the Danes. [To the door of the hall. till before him the folk, both far and near. to high-seat hastened and Hrothgar greeted. From his neck he unclasped the collar of gold. and bade that ye build, when he breathed no more. A strait path reached it. quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. at broad-gold and rings. though thou wast the baneof thy brethren dear. (as the wealthy do) when he went from earth. All gloomy his soul. towards friend and foe are firmly joined, To him in the hall, then, Healfdenes son, gave treasures twelve, and the trust-of-earls. who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate, that erst they had lacked an earl for leader. in the doom of their lord, to a dreadful end. through wave-whirl win: twas wound with chains. suffer that slaughterous stranger to live. He was desperate to flee to his den and hide Uprose the mighty one, ringed with his men. shall have mutual peace, and from murderous strife. where the haunts of these Hell-Runesbe. sovrans daughter: three steeds he added. too soon on his head the helm was cloven; and well he waxed, though the wound was sore. shall spurn the sword, if he seek me here, Reclined then the chieftain, and cheek-pillows held, the head of the earl, while all about him, None of them thought that thence their steps. and mark the trail of the mother of Grendel. 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. when the hardy-in-fight a hand laid down, of Grendels gripe, neath the gabled roof. with bright-gold helmet, breastplate, and ring. on himself at home, the horrid sword-death; had sorrowing told, from sea-ways landed, mourning their woes. measured the path to the mead-house fair. Less grim, though, that terror. Nor haply will like it the Heathobard lord. The land thou knowst not. The captain of evil discovered himself and the hoar-chiefs harness to Hygelac carried, who took the trappings, and truly promised. the rounds and the rings they had reft erewhile. for the first move the monster would make. when once had been traced the trail of the fiend. Himself, though, durst not. From the barrows keeper, no footbreadth flee I. , the grace of The Wielder! So the helmet-of-Weders. for the first, and tore him fiercely asunder. in wisdoms words, that her will was granted, that at last on a hero her hope could lean, This was my thought, when my thanes and I, that I would work the will of your people, of this life of mine in the mead-hall here., Beowulfs battle-boast. 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