Biographia Britannica literaria; or, biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Saxon period / arranged in chronological order.

  • Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877
Date:
1842
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Credit: Biographia Britannica literaria; or, biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Saxon period / arranged in chronological order. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Introd.] hwilum cyninges begn, guma gilp-hleden, gidda ge-myndig, (se be eal-fela eald-ge-segena worn ge-munde, word 6per fand séde ge-bunden,) secg eft on-gan sid Beé-wulfes snyttrum styrian. (Beowulf, v. 1728.) sometimes the king’s thane, a man laden with lofty themes, mindful of songs, (he who a great multitude of old traditions remembered, who invented other words, truly joined together), this man now began Beowulf’s expedition skilfully to put in order. In this way Beowulf became for Sam [sySdan] wears ylda-bearnum un-dyrne cis, gyddum geomore. therefore it afterwards became to the sons of men openly known, mournfully in songs. beginning of all things. joyful in Heorot— ber wees hearpan swég, swutol sang scdpes : seegde se be cube frum-sceaft fira feorran reccan ; cwe'd bet se el-mihtiga eordan w[orhte], wlite-beorhtne wang swa weter be-baged ; ge-sette sige-hrebig stun[an] and monan, there was noise of the harp, the clear song of the poet. one said that knew the origin of men from a remote period to relate ; he said that the Almighty wrought the earth, the bright-faced plain which water encompasseth ; exulting in victory he set up the sun and the moon,