VIII. HROTHGAR TELLS OF GRENDEL.

Hrôðgâr maðelode, helm Scyldinga:

"for were-fyhtum þu, wine mîn Beówulf,

"and for âr-stafum ûsic sôhtest.

"Geslôh þin fäder fæhðe mæste,

"wearð he Heaðolâfe tô hand-bonan

"mid Wilfingum; þâ hine Wedera cyn

"for here-brôgan habban ne mihte.

"Þanon he gesôhte Sûð-Dena folc

"ofer ýða gewealc, Âr-Scyldinga;