Beowulf

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Excerpt from Beowulf: A Metrical Translation Into Modern English The Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf, of which onlyone manuscript, preserved in the British Museum, is known to be in existence, dates from about the end of the seventh century, and the hero, a chieftain of the tribe of the Geats (Weders, Hrethlings), who are supposed to have inhabited the south of Sweden, is thought to have lived in the sixth century. It relates three of his adventures - the first two being closely connected - and they are all obviously unhistorical and supernatural, although they may have had some basis of fact. In the first, Beowulf comes before us as a comparatively young man, who, with a few chosen followers, sails to the country of the Danes (also called Scyldings and Ingwine) and undertakes the task of ridding their king Hrothgars great Hall Heorot of a pestilent monster (Grendel) who comes by night and devours the occupants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.