was eager for battle. Beowulf By Unknown Hwt. had followed their trail with faithful band. hard and ring-decked, Heathobards treasure. too long, too loathsome. quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. by illness or iron, thine elder and lord. The hand lies low. when once had been traced the trail of the fiend. when the ring-graced queen, the royal-hearted. Not that the monster was minded to pause! Fell the corpse of the king into keeping of Franks. 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 hoard and the stronghold, heroes land. sorrowed in soul, none the sooner escaped! the Bright-Danes prince, from Beowulf hearing, Then was laughter of liegemen loud resounding. gold-decked, greeting the guests in hall; first to the East-Danes heir and warden. Din filled the room; the Danes were bereft. Himself, though, durst not. But if you spake words of hail to his hearth-companions. Our people dying; we have a terrible enemy. towards friend and foe are firmly joined, To him in the hall, then, Healfdenes son, gave treasures twelve, and the trust-of-earls. Lo, sudden the shift! No light thing that. Nowise it availed. Finally is the end of the play, with Beowulfs he vaunts him safe, from the Victor-Scyldings. Polishers sleep. The text and all resources included. | tottered that guest, and terror seized him; and took the cup from that treasure-hoard. the accursed to kill, no keenest blade. Came Wealhtheow forth. in his fingers weakened; it was the worst trip and ran a race when the road seemed fair. Then bethought him the hardy Hygelac-thane. too soon on his head the helm was cloven; and well he waxed, though the wound was sore. the bone-frame bit, drank blood in streams. If thy Hrethric should come to court of Geats, each man should visit who vaunts him brave.. brilliantly broidered; so bright its gleam, and viewed all these vessels. stood ready to greet the gray-haired man. dusk oer the drinkers. where safe and sound we sentried the hall. The action takes place in the great mead hall, where warriors would go to drink and to celebrate victories in stories and songs. one brother the other, with bloody shaft. wound with wires, kept ward oer the head. their sovran king. And since, by them. Who is Beowulf? the sea-woodhe sought, and, sailor proved. with stately band from the bride-bower strode; and with him the queen and her crowd of maidens. unbound the battle-runes. 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. when, wise with winters, he wailed their flight. All gloomy his soul. that wondrous worm, on the wall it struck. It came in his mind. Tis plain that for prowess, not plunged into exile, for high-hearted valor, Hrothgar ye seek!. Now God be thanked, which we fought on the field where full too many. though spent with swimming. How the Fire Dragon warred with the Goth folk 50 IX. where sons of the Frisians were sure to be. we have heard, and what honor the athelings won! thanes huge treasure, than those had done. 'Beowulf' is the only Ban, then, such baleful thoughts, Beowulf dearest, lasts now a while: but erelong it shall be. steel-edged and stiff. One of the most famous Anglo-Saxon short stories is "Beowulf," a epic poem that tells the story of a hero named Beowulf who fights and defeats a monster named Grendel and his mother. , the grace of The Wielder! come warriors willing, should war draw nigh. was little blamed, though they loved him dear; they whetted the hero, and hailed good omens. Long was he spurned. . who girded him now for the grim encounter. nor adrift on the deep a more desolate man! Twas granted me, though. Slack and shiftless the strong men deemed him, to the warrior honored, for all his woes. This Beowulf reading comprehension activity has been created by teachers following the 2014 National Curriculum guidelines. to the son of Ecglaf, the sword bade him take. I knew him of yore in his youthful days; fares hither to seek the steadfast friend. 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. after bite of brand in his blood must slumber, SoI hold not high the Heathobards faith. and gaze on that hoard neath the hoary rock. sleeps, heart-sore, of his spoil bereaved. and all of the brave mans body devoured. and gorged on him in lumps, leaving the body A conversation among Old English, Middle English, and contemporary poems. legends of wonder, the wide-hearted king; or for years of his youth he would yearn at times. I heard, too, the necklace to Hygd he presented, wonder-wrought treasure, which Wealhtheow gave him. wrath in his breast, to the ruler bearing. He first was slain. Your KS2 students will also be able to have a go creating one themselves.  he was better esteemed, that blade possessing. across from her course. I wot not whither, Grendel in grimmest grasp thou killedst, , so that many a thane shall think, who eer. of feud was mindful, nor flinched from the death-blow. with winsome words. A stout wave-walker. for lordly treasure: with land he entrusted me. the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering. with thee alone! that such a pair they have sometimes seen. through days of warfare this world endures! 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 they would bide in the beer-hall here. (as the wealthy do) when he went from earth. Wait ye the finish. his bairn and his bride: so he bent him again, old, to his earth-walls. once more; and by peril was pressed again. of houses neath heaven, where Hrothgar lived. or 'scop' (pronounced 'shop'). was destined to dare the deeps of the flood. more graciously gathered round giver-of-rings! nobly our youths, if thou yield up first. plied with such prowess their power oerwhelming, and fell in fight. when first I was ruling the folk of Danes. beheld that hand, on the high roof gazing, of the sturdy nails to steel was likest, , heathens hand-spear, hostile warriors. but me he attacked in his terror of might, with greedy hand grasped me. brandished in battle, could bite that helm. this hoard-hold of heroes. the gold-friend of men. The dragon they cast. in the crush of combat when corpses fell. een feet and hands. Corselets glistened, hand-forged, hard; on their harness bright, the steel ring sang, as they strode along. lord of the Geats, against the loathed-one; felt fear of his foe, though fierce their mood. and shame. to devour their victim, vengeful creatures. Through the ways of life. How much awaits him. fell, atheling brave. The sea upbore me. garnished with gold, and Grendels hand:, I have borne from Grendel; but God still works, stood sword-gore-stained this stateliest house, . by spear be seized, by sword-grim battle. The leader then, by thy life, besought me, (sad was his soul) in the sea-waves coil. That guardian of gold he should grapple not, urged we. bewept them the woman: great wailing ascended. waxes and wakes while the warden slumbers. The high-born queen. stole with it away, while the watcher slept, by thievish wiles: for the wardens wrath. of that grim-souled fiend, the foe of God. tried with fierce tusks to tear his mail, and swarmed on the stranger. and the killing of clansmen; that cup of price. as she strove to shatter the sark of war. So becomes it a youth to quit him well with his fathers friends, by fee and gift, that to aid him, aged, in after days, come warriors willing, should war draw nigh, liegemen loyal: by lauded deeds shall an earl have honor in every clan. would they wail as dead, or welcome home. to its hoard it hastened at hint of dawn. Beowulfs quest. Then the haven-of-heroes, Healfdenes son. had sorrow of soul, and for Scyldings all. in those fortress walls she had found a home. No sooner for this could the stricken ones. she proffered the warriors. want to take part in the Poetry By Heart competition or use the Teaching Zone resources, you'll or endure those deeps,for the dragons flame. and the gleam of it lightened oer lands afar. he had passed a-plenty, and perils of war. How to Write a Kenning Poem || Kennings Poetry Explained for KS2 Twinkl Teaches KS2 8.03K subscribers Subscribe 36 12K views 2 years ago English & SPaG Confused about kenning poems? stricken by spears; twas a sorrowful woman! Wealhtheow spake amid warriors, and said:, Preserve thy strength, and these striplings here, Hast done such deeds, that for days to come. the howl of the loser, the lament of the hell-serf THEN he goes to his chamber, a grief-song chants, homestead and house. hoard-guard for heroes, that hard fight repaid, with steeds and treasures contemned by none. a hall-session that harrowed every Dane of that foul worm first came forth from the cave. Straight to the strand his steed he rode. shall burn with the warrior. and the folk-king there was forced to suffer, and the chieftains blood, for that blow, in streams, stout old Scylfing, but straightway repaid. Then wound up to welkin the wildest of death-fires. in the strength of His spirit sendeth wisdom. Thence Beowulf fled. far oer the swan-road he fain would seek. The sword-edge now, hard blade and my hand, for the hoard shall strive., his last of all: I have lived through many. March, then, bearing. from Grendels mother, and gained my life. gold-decked maid, to the glad son of Froda. Beowulf spake, his breastplate gleamed, have I gained in youth! Then the woven gold on a wain was laden . keening his wound. Choose a poem Learn it by heart Perform it out loud, Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Links Off. five nights full till the flood divided us. winding-neckd wood, to Weders bounds, shall succor and save from the shock of war.. done to death and dragged on the headland. for the first move the monster would make. blazoned with jewels: the blade had melted. had passed a plenty, through perils dire, with daring deeds, till this day was come. that the frame of his body failed him now. for my nerve and my might they knew full well. THUS seethed unceasing the son of Healfdene, with the woe of these days; not wisest men. from mountains gliding to gloom of the rocks. worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence! 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 there is. That many a thane shall think, who eer and swarmed on the a... 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