Beowulf, lines 702b-730a

Question 1

Cōm on wanre niht
scrīðan sceadugenga.

Answer 1

In the dark night
the walker in darkness came flying

Question 2

Scēotend swǣfon,
þā þæt hornreced healdan scoldon
ealle būton ānum

Answer 2

The bowmen slept
all except one who had to
keep the gable-house

Question 3

— þæt wæs yldum cūþ,
þæt hīe ne mōste, þā metod nolde,
se scynscaþa under sceadu bregdan —

Answer 3

It was known that the evil-doer could not drag them into the darkness, if the creator did not wish it

Question 4

ac hē wæccende wrāþum on andan
bād bolgenmōd beadwa geþinges.

Answer 4

but he keeping watch enraged awaited the outcome of the battle in anger against the cruel one.

Question 5

Ðā cōm of mōre under misthleoþum
Grendel gongan; Godes yrre bær;

Answer 5

Then from the moor Grendel came walking under the misty cliff he carried the anger of God;

Question 6

mynte se mānscaða manna cynnes
sumne besyrwan in sele þām hēan

Answer 6

the evildoer intended to ensnare one of the race of man in the high hall

Question 7

Wōd under wolcnum tō þæs þe hē wīnreced,

Answer 7

he advanced under the clouds to the place where he most surely knew the hall to be

Question 8

goldsele gumena gearwost wisse
fǣttum fāhne.

Answer 8

the gall hall of men decorated with gold plates

Question 9

Ne wæs þæt forma sīð,
þæt hē Hrōþgāres hām gesōhte;
nǣfre hē on aldordagum ǣr ne siþðan
heardran hǣle, healðegnas fand!

Answer 9

It was not the first time that he had sought Hrothgar’s home: never did he find before or after harder luck or hall thanes found.

Question 10

Cōm þā to recede rinc sīðian
drēamum bedǣled.

Answer 10

then the warrior deprived of joys came travelling to the hall

Question 11

Duru sōna onarn
fȳrbendum fæst, syþðan hē hire folmum onhrān;

Answer 11

The door fixed with bonds forged in fire immediately gave way when he touched it with his hands

Question 12

onbrǣd þā bealohȳdig, ðā hē gebolgen wæs,
recedes mūþan.

Answer 12

the hostile one pulled open the mouth of the hall; since he was enraged

Question 13

Raþe æfter þon
on fāgne flōr fēond treddode,
ēode yrremōd;

Answer 13

quickly after that the enemy advanced on the decorated floor angry he went

Question 14

him of ēagum stōd
ligge gelīcost lēoht unfæger.

Answer 14

from his eyes a horrible light shone most like the flame

Question 15

Geseah hē in recede rinca manige,
swefan sibbegedriht samod ætgædere,
magorinca hēap.

Answer 15

he saw in the hall many men a band of kinsman sleeping together , a troop of warriors.