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THE TALE OF BEOWULF
SOMETIME KING OF THE
FOLK OF THE WEDER
GEATS TRANSLATED BY
WILLIAM MORRIS AND
A. J. WYATT

 
 

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
MCMIV

 
 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
First printed at the Kelmscott Press,January 1895
Ordinary EditionAugust 1898
ReprintedAugust 1904

 
 

Contents

(table added by transcriber)
Argument
Chapter I.And First of the Kindred of Hrothgar.
II.

Concerning Hrothgar, and How He Built the House Called Hart.Also Grendel Is Told of.

III.

How Grendel Fell Upon Hart and Wasted It.

IV.

Now Comes Beowulf Ecgtheow's Son to the Land of the Danes,and the Wall-Warden Speaketh With Him.

V.

Here Beowulf Makes Answer to the Land-Warden,Who Showeth Him the Way to the King's Abode.

VI.

Beowulf and the Geats Come Into Hart.

VII.

Beowulf Speaketh With Hrothgar, and Telleth How He Will Meet Grendel.

VIII.

Hrothgar Answereth Beowulf and Biddeth Him Sit to the Feast.

IX.

Unferth Contendeth in Words With Beowulf.

X.

Beowulf Makes An End of His Tale of the Swimming.Wealhtheow, Hrothgar's Queen, Greets Him;and Hrothgar Delivers to Him the Warding of the Hall.

XI.

Now Is Beowulf Left in the Hall Alone With His Men.

XII.

Grendel Cometh Into Hart: of the Strife Betwixt Him and Beowulf.

XIII.

Beowulf Hath the Victory:Grendel Is Hurt Deadly and Leaveth Hand and Arm in the Hall.

XIV.

The Danes Rejoice; They Go to Look on the Slot of Grendel,and Come Back to Hart, and on the Way Make Merry With Racingand the Telling of Tales.

XV.

King Hrothgar and His Thanes Look on the Arm of Grendel.Converse Betwixt Hrothgar and Beowulf Concerning the Battle.

XVI.

Hrothgar Giveth Gifts to Beowulf.

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