10/25/2023 0 Comments Stormshot revive your strength![]() ![]() There was little I could do to protect his life ![]() With his own blade when bravery was needed. ![]() Beowulf had little cause to bragĪbout his armed guard yet God who ordains who wins or loses allowed him to strike It would be a sad waste when the war broke out. Who showered you with gifts and gave you the armour you are standing in-when he would distribute helmets and mail-shirts to men on the mead-benches, a prince treating his thanes in hallĢ870 to the best he could find, far or near- was throwing weapons uselessly away. ![]() Wiglaf, son of Weohstan, spoke disdainfully and in disappointment: "Anyone ready to admit the truth will surely realize that the lord of men What God judged right would rule what happened to every man, as it does to this day.Ģ860 Then a stern rebuke was bound to comeįrom the young warrior to the ones who had been cowards. He could preserve his lord's life on earth or alter in the least the Almighty's will. They watched Wiglaf, sitting worn out,Ī comrade shoulder to shoulder with his lord, trying in vain to bring him round with water. In their battle-outfits, to where the old man lay. 2850 Now they were ashamed and came behind shields, When he needed them most, they had made off. The battle-dodgers abandoned the wood, the ones who had let down their lord earlier, the tail-turners, ten of them together. The treasure had been won, bought and paid for by Beowulf's death.īoth had reached the end of the road through the life they had been lent. There were few, indeed, as far as I have heard,įew who would have held out if they had had to face Through the battle-strength in Beowulf's arm. His nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, To its destined place among the steadfast ones. ![]()
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