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Sum sare angeald
æfenræste, swa him ful oft gelamp,
siþðan goldsele Grendel warode,
unriht æfnde, oþþæt ende becwom,
evening-rest, in-such-a-manner him/they full/complete often happened,
since gold-adorned-hall Grendel warned/guarded
evil/injustice performed/labored, end/death came-fell,
swylt æfter synnum. þæt gesyne wearþ,
widcuþ werum, þætte wrecend þa gyt
lifde æfter laþum, lange þrage,
æfter guðceare. Grendles modor,
ides, aglæcwif, yrmþe gemunde,
well-known men, that an-avenger then you-two(?)
alive after evils/harms, long-time/far season(?),
after (??)worry. Grendel's mother,
a-woman, vile-crone, misery/distress mindful/recalling
se þe wæteregesan wunian scolde,
cealde streamas, siþðan Cain wearð
to ecgbanan angan breþer,
fæderenmæge; he þa fag gewat,
morþre gemearcod, mandream fleon,
coldly streams, since Cain ward/protection
-- sharpen/harrow began brother(?),
paternal-relative; he -- guilty/criminal departed,
murder marked, human-joy to-flee
westen warode. þanon woc fela
geosceaftgasta; wæs þæra Grendel sum,
heorowearh hetelic, se æt Heorote fand
wæccendne wer wiges bidan.
þær him aglæca ætgræpe wearð;
fatal/dire/ancient-spirit; was there Grendel one-of-a-group,
vigorous evil, so to Heorot found
watcher saw defenseless(?) wait.
There he/him monster/miserable-being seizing guard;(?)
hwæþre he gemunde mægenes strenge,
gimfæste gife ðe him god sealde,
ond him to anwaldan are gelyfde,
frofre ond fultum; ðy he þone feond ofercwom,
gehnægde helle gast. þa he hean gewat,
jewel/eye/sun-quickly gift/grace -- they god give
with they by/next-to have-power-over honor/favor/mercy faithful/believer(?),
comfort/help/refuge with help/support; therefore he (???) foe overcome,
humbled/cast-down infernal-spirit. There he low/miserable/wretched departed,
dreame bedæled, deaþwic seon,
mancynnes feond, ond his modor þa gyt,
gifre ond galgmod, gegan wolde
sorhfulne sið, sunu deað wrecan.
Com þa to Heorote, ðær Hringdene
mankind's foe, with his mother then two(?),
usual with sad/gloomy, again pest/plague
sorrowful/anxious spacious(?), son dead wretched.
came there to Heorot, harm the-Danes
My Translation
They gravely atoned
for their evening rest, as oft-happened
when Grendel haunted the gold-giver’s hall
and wrought evil, until his end did fall,
The glutton gutted. It came to be seen,
There'd been two, and an avenger was left
Loathful of men, biding the long season
Of her war-gained grief. Mother of Grendel,
Queen, war-woman, wallowed in her tortures,
Resided alone, terror of waters,
Lurked in cold currents, the ward of Cain whom
First murdered his very own blood-brother,
His father’s next son. The guilty man fled,
Marked by murder and void of human joys,
He haunted the wild. Many spirits from
Him arose; and Grendel was one of them,
Hostile sword-fanged wolf, who found Heorot,
Watched the hall and waited for war.
There, the monster ravaged a late hall-guard;
Though this provoked the sharpest of sorrow,
The great-eye, which provides life's good things
And reigns over all lands, cast aglow paths
To comfort and aid. Defeater of foes
Laid low the hell-ghast. The sad one now gone,
The free people sang in their hall of death,
And the mother of mankind's enemy,
Spiteful and gloomy, was deeply eager,
Waiting beyond to avenge her dead son.