Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem. Anonymous

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066121211

Table of Contents

       LIST OF WORDS AND PHRASES NOT IN GENERAL USE.

       BEOWULF.

       I.

       THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SCYLD.

       II.

       SCYLD’S SUCCESSORS.—HROTHGAR’S GREAT MEAD-HALL.

       III.

       GRENDEL THE MURDERER.

       IV.

       BEOWULF GOES TO HROTHGAR’S ASSISTANCE.

       V.

       THE GEATS REACH HEOROT.

       VI.

       BEOWULF INTRODUCES HIMSELF AT THE PALACE.

       VII.

       HROTHGAR AND BEOWULF.

       VIII.

       HROTHGAR AND BEOWULF.— Continued .

       IX.

       UNFERTH TAUNTS BEOWULF.

       X.

       BEOWULF SILENCES UNFERTH.—GLEE IS HIGH.

       XI.

       ALL SLEEP SAVE ONE.

       XII.

       GRENDEL AND BEOWULF.

       XIII.

       GRENDEL IS VANQUISHED.

       XIV.

       REJOICING OF THE DANES.

       XV.

       HROTHGAR’S GRATITUDE.

       XVI.

       HROTHGAR LAVISHES GIFTS UPON HIS DELIVERER.

       XVII.

       BANQUET (continued) .—THE SCOP’S SONG OF FINN AND HNÆF.

       XVIII.

       THE FINN EPISODE (continued) .—THE BANQUET CONTINUES.

       XIX.

       BEOWULF RECEIVES FURTHER HONOR.

       XX.

       THE MOTHER OF GRENDEL.

       XXI.

       HROTHGAR’S ACCOUNT OF THE MONSTERS.

       XXII.

       BEOWULF SEEKS GRENDEL’S MOTHER.

       XXIII.

       BEOWULF’S FIGHT WITH GRENDEL’S MOTHER.

       XXIV.

       BEOWULF IS DOUBLE-CONQUEROR.

       XXV.

       BEOWULF BRINGS HIS TROPHIES.—HROTHGAR’S GRATITUDE.

       XXVI.

       HROTHGAR MORALIZES.—REST AFTER LABOR.

       XXVII.