-
gewitnysse wæs, & nan oðer þingc on
gewitnysse ne cyðe
buton þæt an, þæt he
geseah oððe gehyrde. & swa geæþdera
manna syn on æl****
ceape twegen oððe þry to...
- scīrne scīman ƿann
under ƿolcnum. cƿīðdon
Cyninges fyll. /
gebiden hæbbe /
Geseah ic ƿeruda God / þȳstro hæfdon / Ƿealdendes hrǣƿ, /
sceadu forðēode, / Ƿēop...
- Ic þa wiht
geseah on weg feran; heo wæs wrætlice
wundrum gegierwed. I saw that
being travelling on a road; she was
decorated amazingly beautifully....
- history: for
example "I didn't see"
would be
expressed in Old
English as ic ne
geseah; then
strengthened with the word nauȝt (from Old
English nawiht 'no thing')...
-
Beowulf 229–235 Raffel's 1963
verse Roy Liuzza's 2013
verse þā of
wealle geseah |
weard Scildinga, sē þe
holmclifu |
healdan scolde,
beran ofer
bolcan |...
- 1901
prose Clark Hall's 1914
verse Roy Liuzza's 2013
verse þā of
wealle geseah |
weard Scildinga, sē þe
holmclifu |
healdan scolde,
beran ofer
bolcan |...
- þa of
wealle geseah weard Scildinga, se þe
holmclifu healdan scolde,
beran ofer
bolcan beorhte randas,
fyrdsearu fuslicu; hine
fyrwyt bræc modgehygdum...
-
Beowulf 229–234 Donaldson's 1966
prose Roy Liuzza's 2013
verse þā of
wealle geseah |
weard Scildinga, sē þe
holmclifu |
healdan scolde,
beran ofer
bolcan |...
- sæt on
eoferes hricge. Ne swā þēah trēowde þēah þū
teala ēode, cwæþ sē þe
geseah hægtessan æfter hēafde geongan. "Nonetheless, I
would not
trust you though...
