at the Scylding lords feet sat: men had faith in his spirit, his keenness of courage, though kinsmen had found him. forgets he and spurns, with all God has sent him. the Waelsings wanderings wide, his struggles. So avenged I their fiendish deeds. were as battle-bold as thy boast is loud! I knew him of yore in his youthful days; fares hither to seek the steadfast friend. Too few the heroes. they found by the flood on the foreland there. Although the We are under attack! that each should look on the other again. | oer the paths of ocean, people of Geatland; and the stateliest there by his sturdy band, have speech at will: nor spurn their prayer. He minded the prizes his prince had given him, his shield, he seized; the old sword he drew: . the fiend in his trappings tottered to fall! With sorrow one bought, his rest of the evening, as ofttime had happened. And I heard that soon passed oer the path of this treasure. How Beowulf overcame Grendel the Ogre 22 V. How the Water Witch warred with the Dane folk 28 VI. brilliantly broidered; so bright its gleam, and viewed all these vessels. was seen of the serpent: the sword had taen him. friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve. him who with Hrothgar the homestead ruled. Not reckless of promise, the rings he dealt. and clear his cry neath the cliff-rocks gray. The wound began. for my ashes. with strength of stroke all swords he wielded. wrath in his breast, to the ruler bearing. There grasped me firm. could you dissuade, from swimming the main. keening his wound. Tis plain that for prowess, not plunged into exile, for high-hearted valor, Hrothgar ye seek!. None the longer liveth he, loathsome fiend. Jealousy fled he. have I heard men tell such terror of falchions, with bloody brand, I boast not of it! Up stood then with shield the sturdy champion. no farest of falchions fashioned on earth. The fight is not yours. dusk oer the drinkers. was it thence to go to the giver of rings. my folks agreement. quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. My sword and helmet, breastplate and board, for us both shall serve!. beheld that hand, on the high roof gazing, of the sturdy nails to steel was likest, , heathens hand-spear, hostile warriors. for lordly treasure: with land he entrusted me. the king and conqueror covered with blood. Myths and Legends, Beowulf, Stories, Myths and Legends, KS2 Stories Primary Resources, KS2 Stories, KS2 Story Books, Reading, Reading Books, KS2 English, For that grim strife gave the Geatish lord, in land and linked rings; nor at less price reckoned. could the cursed one thus procure at all. blood-flecked, she bore with her; bale was returned, dole in the dwellings: twas dire exchange. and watched on the water worm-like things. their sovran king. All the poem selections and ways though of sons of earth his strength was greatest. The barrow he entered. Found on the sand there, stretched at rest, their lifeless lord, who had lavished rings, had dawned on the doughty-one; death had seized. where foemen fought with furious clashings, that broke from the barrow. How much awaits him. and held the death-field. braced with the best of blacksmiths work need to register. Thence Beowulf fled. Not late the respite; firm in his guilt, of the feud and crime. when the folk of Geats for the first time sought. Not that the monster was minded to pause! Not with the sword, then, to sleep of death. they lauded at length. to watch, many-wintered: nor wins he thereby! in the doom of the Lord whom death shall take. Finally is the end of the play, with Beowulfs Stoutly stood with his shield high-raised, Now, spire by spire, fast sped and glided. Then shone the boars. Men of my folk for that feud had vengeance. though not without danger. were the loved ones she lost at the linden-play. with swine-forms set it, that swords nowise. But here, thanes said, And afresh to the race,the fallow roads, by swift steeds measured! which that dragon-of-earth had erst inflicted. in haste shall oerwhelm, thou hero of war! the wonder to witness. the Breaker-of-Rings, as the boon thou askest, as the doughty monarch may deign to give.. For him the keen-souled kinsman of Hygelac. on its willing way, the well-braced craft. Then the bulwark-of-earlsbade bring within. Be glad at banquet. at his sovrans shoulder, shieldsman good. Heedless of harm, though his hand was burned. sorrows in soul for that sharer of rings, this is hardest of heart-bales. Born near the borders between Northern Ireland and Eire, Heaney has also written about the Troubles, sometimes obliquely in his bog poems; sometimes more directly in elegies to victims of the conflict. the mother of Grendel. from sword-clash dread of your Danish clan. and in grapple had killed the kin of Grendel. though one of them bought it with blood of his heart, At morn, I heard, was the murderer killed. sorrows he wrought for the Scylding-Victors, from the longest-lived of the loathsome race, The liegemen were lusty; my life-days never. So the barrow was plundered, borne off was booty. things as he would have seen around him in England every day. nor hoped from the seamen to save his hoard. fell, atheling brave. that rightfully ought to be owned by thee! Bowed then to bench those bearers-of-glory, was filled with friends; the folk of Scyldings. with harryings horrid, that Hygelac perished. the high battle-helmet, the haughty spear, the corselet of rings. his track to retrace; he was troubled by doubt. mens gladness he gave up and Gods light chose. Promised is she. his fall there was fated. done to death and dragged on the headland. Beowulfs quest. In the throng was this one thirteenth man. whom she killed on his couch, a clansman famous. of the sons of men, to search those depths! oer wide-stretched ways, the wonder to view, trace of the traitor. At their heads they set their shields of war. No longer I tarry. that spear-death of men, he is stern of mood, and war-hate wakens, with words like these:. With thrust of my sword, Nowise had they bliss from their booty then. At home I bided. by kinsmans deed, was the death-bed strewn. Its informative, quick and easy to download and print, and full interesting questions about the poem for your KS2 students to think about! loving clansmen, as late he charged them. neer met I as strangers of mood so strong. that sickness or sword thy strength shall minish. or endure those deeps,for the dragons flame. the bravest and best that broke the rings. The burg was reddened. hath wielded ever! This KS2 Kennings Lesson Teaching Pack is a great way to teach students all about the topic. Thou art end and remnant of all our race. Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, by day and by night, till deaths fell wave, oerwhelmed his heart. of the land of Danes, but lustily murders. that was the fairest, mid folk of earth. and the gleam of it lightened oer lands afar. safely sought, where since she prospered. blood-flecked from foes, where five I bound, and that wild brood worsted. stricken by spears; twas a sorrowful woman! when the ruler of Geats in rush of battle, by brands down-beaten. bed in the bowers,when that bale was shown, the hall-thaneshate. yet the hero upheld him with helpful words, he wielded the Weder-Geats. robbed them of life and a liegemans joys. through the death-dyed winter dwelt with Finn, though powerless his ring-decked prow to drive, lashed by the winds, or winter locked them, the sunbright skies, that their season ever. The hand lies low. that safe and sound they could see him again. From Aeschere old, those Danish people, their death-done comrade, the man they mourned. I was seven years old when the sovran of rings. for the slaughters sake, from sight of men. till Hrethelings fought in the fenced town. Seized then by shoulder, shrank not from combat. when the hardy-in-fight a hand laid down, of Grendels gripe, neath the gabled roof. that fated-ones flesh: to floor she sank. battle-thane best,on his balefire lay. He bound to the beach the broad-bosomed ship. and rushed on the hero, where room allowed. Now the wrath of the sea-fish rose apace; yet me gainst the monsters my mailed coat, garnished with gold. the feuds and the frauds, save to Fitela only. most excellent seemed. But I pass from that. Straight to the strand his steed he rode. Beowulf (1000) The Beowulf Poet Mighty and canny, Hygelacs kinsman was keenly watching for the first move the monster would make. in the stone-barrow steep. Not Thryths pride showed she, (save her lord alone) of the liegemen dear. nor grudged she gifts to the Geatish men. Grendels head, where the henchmen were drinking. the bone-frame bit, drank blood in streams. docx, 218.68 KB. blood-stained the mere. of buildings the best, in brand-waves melted, that gift-throne of Geats. broidered battle-flag, breastplate and helmet; he suffered no shame in that soldier throng. Then Beowulf bade them bear the treasure. docx, 209.19 KB. for hands to bedeck it, and dense was the throng. He was for Hrothgar of heroes the dearest. Nor did the creature keep him waiting but struck stood ready to greet the gray-haired man. Then Beowulf strode. Your KS2 students will also be able to have a go creating one themselves. Twas their custom so. They placed in the barrow that precious booty. burned was the bright sword, her blood was so hot. It came in his mind. he had ever encountered in any man The gray-haired Scylding. to spy on the wall there, in splendor hanging. methinks, of our liking; their leader most surely, a hero that hither his henchmen has led.. that doomed him now with the dragon to strive. Grendel in days long gone they named him. Fire shall devour, and wan flames feed on the fearless warrior, when, sped from the string, a storm of arrows. would the bloody-toothed murderer, mindful of bale. and gorged on him in lumps, leaving the body Bright with gold. the heart of the hero of high-born race, . garnished with gold, and Grendels hand:, I have borne from Grendel; but God still works, stood sword-gore-stained this stateliest house, . the hero, far-hidden;no harp resounds. safe thou canst sleep with thy soldier band, aught ill for thy earls, as erst thou must!. waxes and wakes while the warden slumbers. once more; and by peril was pressed again. and all of the brave mans body devoured. a broad-flung band; nor the battle feared he. what time, in his daring, dangers he sought. and my blood-covered body hell bear as prey. THEN he goes to his chamber, a grief-song chants, homestead and house. that men their master-friend mightily laud. that wit could prompt in their wisest men. shall burn with the warrior. Thou art strong of main and in mind art wary. and the Dragon. more graciously gathered round giver-of-rings! how they bore oer the gangway glittering shields. a sennight strove ye. kinsmen murdered, where most she had kenned. This is because we need to know who you are and how we can talk to you, and MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant. Fares Wyrdas she must.. stalwart and stately. dear-bought treasure! that of these folk-horrors fewer she wrought. His boon was granted. Scyldings chieftain, that choicest thane, and fell on his neck. Of Sigemund grew. shall rest after revel. Lo, sudden the shift! but let here the battle-shields bide your parley. Then on the strand, with steeds and treasure, and armor their roomy and ring-dight ship, mounted with gold; on the mead-bench since. His nephew was ever. his bedtime speech, sprang to his feet Title: Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Translated From The Heyne-Socin Text by Lesslie Hall Author: Release Date: July 19, 2005 [EBook #16328] Language: English Character set Gold-gay shone the hangings, that were wove on the wall, and wonders many. To that mighty-one come we on mickle errand, to the lord of the Danes; nor deem I right, that aught be hidden. So slumbered the stout-heart. had passed in peace to the princes mind. In the roadstead rocked a ring-dight vessel. Old men together. Its edge was turned, brown blade, on the bone, and bit more feebly, in his baleful stress. Soon he was swimming who safe saw in combat. I wot not whither, Grendel in grimmest grasp thou killedst, , so that many a thane shall think, who eer. of flame with weeping (the wind was still). murdered, and fain of them more had killed, and the mansbrave mood. Heorogar was dead. he sought, and the struggle; himself knew not. with open claw when the alert heros wealth of the world that I wield as mine! and each kept watch oer the others weal. We have 6 different worksheets to choose from in this activity. They held in common. What a deal hast uttered, dear my Unferth. Twas bright within, as when from the sky there shines unclouded, By the wall then went he; his weapon raised, angry and eager. after downfall of devils, the Danish lord, wonder-smiths work, since the world was rid. though with forged bolts fast, when his fists had struck it. shield-fighter sturdy, for sleeping yearned. suffer that slaughterous stranger to live. with fear and frenzy were filled, each one, from captive of hell. that the earl made known his noble strain. greedy and grim, that some guest from above. and shame. after havoc of heroes, those hardy Scyldings? Wealhtheow spake amid warriors, and said:, Preserve thy strength, and these striplings here, Hast done such deeds, that for days to come. The dragon they cast. till they got them sight of the Geatish cliffs. when the ring-graced queen, the royal-hearted. from strife with the hero to seek their homes! These Grendel-deeds, of buildings best, for your band of thanes. their praised prince, if power were theirs; never they knew, as they neared the foe. for the monster was minded, ere morn should dawn. Then the clansman keen, of conquest proud, by the wall were marvels, and many a vessel. with loathing deed, though he loved him not. in that waste of waters the Wielder paid them. but forbears to boast oer this battling-flyer. for my nerve and my might they knew full well. and oer it the frost-bound forest hanging. till before him the folk, both far and near. No sooner for this could the stricken ones. gold-decked, greeting the guests in hall; first to the East-Danes heir and warden. foam-necked it floated forth oer the waves. When the dragon awoke, new woe was kindled. And now the timbers trembled and sang, so that marked with sin the man should be. had purged it anew. soon as they seized him, his sword-doom was spoken. Through the ways of life. and baleful he burst in his blatant rage, ireful he strode; there streamed from his eyes. For now prone he saw. Now God be thanked, which we fought on the field where full too many. came over the Danes. But sit to the banquet, unbind thy words, served the clear mead. A stout wave-walker. Warden of treasure. Long-tried king. far and wide oer folksteads many. in mead-hall may live with loving friends. was whelmed by the hurly through hand of mine. through days of warfare this world endures! in the strain of their struggle stood, to earth, craftily clamped; though there crashed from sill. neer heard I a harder neath heavens dome. Hrothgar: Beowulf - I am Hrothgar! in rapid achievement that ready it stood there, of halls the noblest: Heorothe named it. earl far-honored, this heirloom precious, seek doom of glory, or Death shall take me., closed oer the hero. for their heros passing his hearth-companions: to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise. Then an extraordinary from Grendels mother, and gained my life. his courage and counsel: The king of Danes. Let the bier, soon made, that owned their homesteads, hither to bring, firewood from far oer the folk they ruled , for the famed-ones funeral. Then for the third time thought on its feud. for strength of old struggles, now stricken with age. . Fast flowed the tears, he had chances twain, but he clung to this,. which masters his might, and the murderer nears. He was safe, by his spells, from sword of battle, from edge of iron. and bade that ye build, when he breathed no more. Beowulf Display Lettering KS2 Creating Extreme Earth Kennings: Poetry Resource Pack KS2 Speak like an Expert Challenge Card: Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons - Hengist and Horsa Fact File and Activities FREE Resource! they drove through the deep, and Daneland left. prince of Scyldings, thy part in the world. sad, they climbed to the Cliff-of-Eagles. in sorrowful songs, how ceaselessly Grendel. Went then to her place. death-shadow dark, and dogged them still. Then bore this brine-wolf, when bottom she touched, the lord of rings to the lair she haunted. the accursed to kill, no keenest blade. hardy neath helm, till the hearth he neared. where to send your competition resource pack if you are eligible to take part in the competition. Who is Beowulf? But soon he marked. Now our folk may look, to Frisian and Frank the fall of the king. 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. 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. East-Danes king, that your kin he knows. He was desperate to flee to his den and hide battle-sark, bore neath the barrows roof. let our hoards be common, let heroes with gold, and the ringed-prow bear oer rolling waves. unless the burning embrace of a fire The wise-one spake, a land-warden old,that this earl belongs. oer war-steeds and weapons: wished him joy of them. she offered, to honor him, arm-jewels twain, corselet and rings, and of collars the noblest. in the birth of her bairn. 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. the terror-monger had taken to Heorot. thronging threatened. the ruthless, in running! But Wyrd denied it, and victorys honors. but me he attacked in his terror of might, with greedy hand grasped me. a God-cursed scream and strain of catastrophe, rich fee mid folk, and fulfilled it so. assuaged his sorrow; too sore the anguish. A greater neer saw I, of warriors in world than is one of you, . You can read the Beowulf poem together as a class and discuss your initial thoughts, then your students can Beowulf is one of the oldest epic poems and is still taught today because it features all of these elements, making it the ideal focus of detailed literature study in KS2. Such held themselves, Thus ruled unrighteous and raged his fill. THE fall of his lord he was fain to requite, friend to the friendless, and forces sent. carried the head from the cliff by the sea, the firm in fight, since four were needed. who girded him now for the grim encounter. came through the high hall Haereths daughter. the howl of the loser, the lament of the hell-serf where sons of the Frisians were sure to be. Spent with struggle, stumbled the warrior. to his bright-built burg the Brisings necklace. A strait path reached it. The bold king again, had mind of his glory: with might his glaive. how folk against folk the fight had wakened. with my life-blood redden his lair in the fen: To Hygelac send, if Hildshould take me, and work of Wayland. my strength had been lost had the Lord not shielded me. Now saw from the cliff a Scylding clansman. the gold-friend of men. the hoard and the stronghold, heroes land. nor grew for their grace, but for grisly slaughter. was eager for battle. In swimming he topped thee. too long, too loathsome. for the pain of their people. How does Heaneys robust and muscular verse capture the thrilling excitement of the rest of the battle? in work of war, though the weapon is good; yet a sword the Sovran of Men vouchsafed me. He sang who knew. from blood of the fight, in battle-droppings, war-blade, to wane: twas a wondrous thing, Nor took from that dwelling the duke of the Geats. Finns wavering spirit, bode not in breast. With his host he besieged there what swords had left, the weary and wounded; woes he threatened. for bond of peace. Not troublous seemed. Wandering exiles. she proffered the warriors. this conquerors-hour of the king was last. countless quite! friends to avenge than fruitlessly mourn them. For I heard of few heroes, in heartier mood. The doughty ones rose: for the hoary-headed would hasten to rest. Choose a poem Learn it by heart Perform it out loud, Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Links Off. THEN hastened those heroes their home to see. himcould not hurl to haunts of darkness; Under welkin he walked, till the wine-palace there. most baneful of burdens and bales of the night. Polishers sleep. on the last of his raids this ring bore with him, the war-spoil warding; but Wyrd oerwhelmed him. unbound the battle-runes. all burned, bright blade, when the blood gushed oer it, battle-sweat hot; but the hilt I brought back, from my foes. nor deemed he dreadful the dragons warring. of men and women the wine-hall to cleanse, the guest-room to garnish. From his bosom fled. when they heard the horn of Hygelac sound. one brother the other, with bloody shaft. with thee alone! on the face of the earth. blow nerved by hate. a gold-wove banner; let billows take him. sorrowed in soul, none the sooner escaped! For Wyrd hath swept them, This word was the last which the wise old man, of balefire he chose. he had passed a-plenty, and perils of war. that amid the Scyldings a scathing monster, so the Wise-and-Bravemay worst his foes, , he shall suffer in sorrow while stands in place. Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands. Uprose the mighty one, ringed with his men. Warriors slept, whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, , that against Gods will the ghostly ravager. who have scattered their gold oer Scandias isle. to take a roundabout road and flee that after death-day may draw to his Lord. those care-paths cold when the king he slew. by spear be seized, by sword-grim battle. Beowulf By Unknown Hwt. Learning design by The Full English The captain of evil discovered himself hosts to our heart: thou hast harbored us well. But the guests sat on, and wished, yet weened not, their winsome lord. roared oer the hillock:heads all were melted. His lord and king, plashed him with water, till point of word. as she strove to shatter the sark of war. out of either folk: their flower was gone. Grendel Colouring Sheet Exploring Old English Lesson Pack march-stalkers mighty the moorland haunting. Savage and burning, the barrow he circled. survived the onslaught and kept standing: If thy Hrethric should come to court of Geats, each man should visit who vaunts him brave.. fair lay earths breast; and fain was the rover, the guest, to depart, though more gladly he pondered. Sore was the sorrow to Scyldings-friend. Now gift of treasure and girding of sword, shall lose and leave, when lords highborn. comrades of war: I should carry no weapon. to the folk and fastness that fostered them. that the frame of the body fragile yields. utterly lifeless, eaten up this mission of mine, to thy master-lord, grace that we greet him, the good one, now.. that war-horns blast. that Freawarus thane, for his fathers deed. with winsome words. Now in their shame their shields they carried. Beowulf spake, sage and sad, as he stared at the gold. My doom was not yet. glad of his gold-gifts, the grass-plot oer. Our people dying; we have a terrible enemy. in the doom of their lord, to a dreadful end. You are welcome in our land but you have come at a sad time. Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him. An important reading comprehension skill within KS2 is for pupils to infer characters' thoughts and feelings through an author's use of dialogue. II. Thy keen mind pleases me. THEN sank they to sleep. shot oer the shield-wall: the shaft held firm. iron was its edge, all etched with poison, with battle-blood hardened, nor blenched it at fight, to folksteadof foes. with black thoughts welled, as his wont was never. steel-edged and stiff. she had carried the corpse with cruel hands. that him no blade of the brave could touch. weapon, nor war could he wage on Hengest. but briefest while, though the bride be fair! inside and out. Thro wan night striding, came the walker-in-shadow. their mail and weapons: the men pushed off. the man who wrought him such wrong in sleep. The wise old man, spake much in his sorrow, and sent you greetings. in what wise he should wend from the world at last. from the princes thane. No vestige now. death-marked dragged to the devils mere. These started away. in his fingers weakened; it was the worst trip through strength of Full well they wist that on warriors many. for this fall of their friends, the fighting-Scylfings, when once they learn that our warrior leader, furthered his folks weal, finished his course. the price of death for that precious hoard; that the laggards in war the wood had left. shall win that wealth, or war shall seize. my warrior-friends, if War should seize me; Hrethels son see, when he stares at the treasure. when Hun with Lafing, the light-of-battle. And since, by them. on himself at home, the horrid sword-death; had sorrowing told, from sea-ways landed, mourning their woes. I the waves I slew, avenging the Weders,whose woe they sought, , O Warriors-shield, now Ive wandered far, . 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