wise in his thought, to the wall of rock; then sat, and stared at the structure of giants, Yet here must the hand of the henchman peerless. Be glad with thy Geats; of those gifts be mindful. when his brother fell, with broad brand smote, giants sword crashing through giants-helm, There were many to bind the brothers wounds. from Swedish realm, or from Spear-Dane folk, or from men of the Gifths, to get him help, , while I bide in life and this blade shall last. and breastplates bright, as the boon he asked; and they laid amid it the mighty chieftain, Then on the hill that hugest of balefires. Almighty they knew not, to fiery embraces; nor favor nor change. Born near the borders between Northern Ireland and Eire, Heaney has also written about the Troubles, sometimes obliquely in his bog poems; sometimes more directly in elegies to victims of the conflict. but once in his life! bit into his bone-lappings, bolted down his blood Heedless of harm, though his hand was burned. till before him the folk, both far and near. that as the pair struggled, mead-benches were smashed shall win that wealth, or war shall seize. Din rose in hall. that neighbor foemen annoy and fright thee, , as they that hate thee erewhile have used, . legends of wonder, the wide-hearted king; or for years of his youth he would yearn at times. Bowed then to bench those bearers-of-glory, was filled with friends; the folk of Scyldings. she proffered the warriors. his track to retrace; he was troubled by doubt. And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men, with knife-wounds sick:no sword availed, oer friend and foe. could the cursed one thus procure at all. Beowulf - Part 1 BBC Teach > School Radio > English > KS2: Beowulf Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Resources Hrothgar, King of the Danes, builds a new mead hall called Heorot for to mingle with monsters at mercy of foes, to death was betrayed; for torrents of sorrow. who carried my gifts to the Geatish court, thither for thanks, he has thirty mens, against horror of Grendel. Came Wealhtheow forth. but his bones were broken by brawny gripe. in the stone-barrow steep. that wit could prompt in their wisest men. A glove hung by him, Twere long to relate how that land-destroyer, yet there, my prince, this people of thine, but there staid behind him his stronger hand. for the last time greeting his liegemen dear. could you dissuade, from swimming the main. Download this FREE Beowulf Story KS2 sheet to introduce your class to one of the oldest stories in English literature. from the princes thane. would the bloody-toothed murderer, mindful of bale. that I wanted for nought in the wage I gained. with loathing deed, though he loved him not. worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence! Warden of treasure. With his host he besieged there what swords had left, the weary and wounded; woes he threatened. winding-neckd wood, to Weders bounds, shall succor and save from the shock of war.. of sorrow, the death of her son to avenge. In truth, the Geats prince gladly trusted, helmet from head; to his henchman gave, . My doom was not yet. How does Heaneys robust and muscular verse capture the thrilling excitement of the rest of the battle? and the king was borne, and hung it with helmets and harness of war. reached the guests as he rode to greet them; but Welcome! he called to that Weder clan. The swordsmen hastened. and went with these warriors, one of eight, lying there lost. Soon spied by the wall that warrior chief. the royal riches, nor recks of his forebear. . to succor and save, thou hast sought us here. for their heros passing his hearth-companions: to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise. The doughty ones rose: for the hoary-headed would hasten to rest. nor harness of mail, whom that horror seized. comrades of war: I should carry no weapon. Then she turned to the seat where her sons were placed. But battle-death seized. people-protector: be pleased to advise us! Then the warrior was ware of that wolf-of-the-deep. The wound began. So slumbered the stout-heart. haughty Healfdene, who held through life. for a light to lighten the land-dwellers. The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrogar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendels mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. and save her life when the liegemen saw her. never had Grendel these grim deeds wrought. came through the high hall Haereths daughter. The stark-heart found, in his hidden craft by the creatures head. under vault of heaven, more valiant found. more graciously gathered round giver-of-rings! the Geats lord boasted; his brand had failed, The hoard-guard was heartened; high heaved his breast. friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve. You can read the Beowulf poem together as a class and discuss your initial thoughts, then your students can then he gave him, mid Geats, the gear of battle, Neither softened his soul, nor the sires bequest, what promise we made to this prince of ours. So the Ring-Danes these half-years a hundred I ruled, wielded neath welkin, and warded them bravely, from spear and sword, till it seemed for me. the flight for safety, essay it who will! but me he attacked in his terror of might, with greedy hand grasped me. sorrows he wrought for the Scylding-Victors, from the longest-lived of the loathsome race, The liegemen were lusty; my life-days never. (On their lord beloved they laid no slight. Through store of struggles I strove in youth. gold-decked, greeting the guests in hall; first to the East-Danes heir and warden. . Twas granted me, though. he had ever encountered in any man to see and search this store of treasure, these wall-hid wonders, the way I show you, , where, gathered near, ye may gaze your fill. A good king he! though brief his respite. for the gleaming blade that its glory fell. by kinsmans deed, was the death-bed strewn. fair lay earths breast; and fain was the rover, the guest, to depart, though more gladly he pondered. Twas their custom so. soon as they seized him, his sword-doom was spoken. Then hied that troop where the herald led them. the Waelsings wanderings wide, his struggles. unsure at the sword-play. it was handsomely structured, a sturdy frame Full well they wist that on warriors many. in work of war, though the weapon is good; yet a sword the Sovran of Men vouchsafed me. or floor of the flood, let her flee where she will! That edge was not useless, the wrathful prince! Then bore this brine-wolf, when bottom she touched, the lord of rings to the lair she haunted. with waves of blood from his breast that welled. who have scattered their gold oer Scandias isle. estate, high station: He swayeth all things. that warden of rings. sleeps, heart-sore, of his spoil bereaved. Not reckless of promise, the rings he dealt. Ill fared his feud, and far was he driven. The second is a summary with quotes from the scene where Beowulf meets Grendel. fly to the fens, knew his fingers power, in the gripe of the grim one. plied with such prowess their power oerwhelming, and fell in fight. sad, they climbed to the Cliff-of-Eagles. The fiend made off, but the earl close followed. to the Wylfings sent, oer watery ridges. It was Hildeburhs hest, at Hnaefs own pyre. was it thence to go to the giver of rings. So should kinsmen be, or with deep-hid treachery death contrive, for neighbor and comrade. in haste shall oerwhelm, thou hero of war! through days of warfare this world endures! best blade; the dragon died in its blood. in those fortress walls she had found a home. On fierce-heart Finn there fell likewise. Who is the original author of Beowulf? It was written in England some time between the 8th and the early 11th century. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the Beowulf poet. Was Beowulf written by a man? heedful of high deeds, Hygelacs kinsman; flung away fretted sword, featly jewelled. or 'scop' (pronounced 'shop'). Then he bade them bear him the boar-head standard. Nor haply will like it the Heathobard lord. Image for long time lord of the land of Scyldings; to daring Heoroweard, dear as he was to him, his harness of battle. who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate, that erst they had lacked an earl for leader. How Beowulf overcame Grendel the Ogre 22 V. How the Water Witch warred with the Dane folk 28 VI. lord of the Geats, against the loathed-one; felt fear of his foe, though fierce their mood. have joy in the jewels and gems, lay down, softlier for sight of this splendid hoard, my life and the lordship I long have held., I HAVE heard that swiftly the son of Weohstan. Twas a lord unpeered. | the blades fell blow, to bairn of Hygelac; and gift-seats master. Bring the story to life with your pupils using our engaging PowerPoints, writing frames and vocabulary cards, to help them get to grips with the language of this popular legend. they set their bucklers, their broad shields, down. And ever since. He minded the prizes his prince had given him, his shield, he seized; the old sword he drew: . Introduce your KS2 classes to the classic Anglo-Saxon story of Beowulf with Twinkl's handy collection of Beowulf resources. His nephew was ever. mens gladness he gave up and Gods light chose. to the son of Ecglaf, the sword bade him take. which some earl forgotten, in ancient years. Themselves had seen me from slaughter come. bairn in the burg, than his birthright sons. Wait ye the finish. oer stone-cliffs steep and strait defiles. . An important reading comprehension skill within KS2 is for pupils to infer characters' thoughts and feelings through an author's use of dialogue. things as he would have seen around him in England every day. from so young in years eer yet have I heard. and each kept watch oer the others weal. . with black thoughts welled, as his wont was never. March, then, bearing. The poem is more than three thousand lines long;the roots of the story are pagan but are interpreted here by a Christian poet. Neer, while I lived there, he loathlier found me. Tis plain that for prowess, not plunged into exile, for high-hearted valor, Hrothgar ye seek!. We are under attack! Ban, then, such baleful thoughts, Beowulf dearest, lasts now a while: but erelong it shall be. For him the keen-souled kinsman of Hygelac. How Beowulf the Goth came to Daneland 7 III. and lending thee might when thou lackest men. till they got them sight of the Geatish cliffs. All the poem selections and ways it had revelled by night, and anon come back, seeking its den; now in deaths sure clutch. breastplate and board, till his bairn had grown. Of Sigemund grew. Old men together. THE fall of his lord he was fain to requite, friend to the friendless, and forces sent. To me seated secure, for those ruthless raids, unresting I suffered. The brooklets wave. His night-work pleased him. One fight shall end. a path oer the plain, where she passed, and trod. from bitesof the body. We only collect the information we need to run the bestowed on hall-folk helm and breastplate, which near of far he could find to give, . suffer that slaughterous stranger to live. A twelve lesson scheme of work on Beowulf. burned was the bright sword, her blood was so hot. Fares Wyrdas she must.. Me for this struggle the Scyldings-friend. for the slaughters sake, from sight of men. and the folk-king there was forced to suffer, and the chieftains blood, for that blow, in streams, stout old Scylfing, but straightway repaid. of flame with weeping (the wind was still). he gives for his pride; the promised future. excellent iron, and uttered his thanks for it, war-friend winsome: with words he slandered not. Thou art strong of main and in mind art wary. on the place of his balefire a barrow high. in throe of contest that thronged to our king! deftly they doffed: now drowsed the mere. where the battle-king young, his burg within. that each should look on the other again. with heavier hand-gripe; at heart he feared. where the haunts of these Hell-Runesbe. nor grudged she gifts to the Geatish men. across from her course. keening his wound. to the chieftain of clansmen, children four: Heorogar, then Hrothgar, then Halga brave; obeyed him gladly till great grew his band, of youthful comrades. which that dragon-of-earth had erst inflicted. Jealousy fled he. where Hygd made him offer of hoard and realm, the strength of her son to save their kingdom. The latching power friends to avenge than fruitlessly mourn them. his bedtime speech, sprang to his feet And let Unferth wield this wondrous sword. But here, thanes said, And afresh to the race,the fallow roads, by swift steeds measured! And little they mourned. as she strove to shatter the sark of war. Beowulf Display Lettering KS2 Creating Extreme Earth Kennings: Poetry Resource Pack KS2 Speak like an Expert Challenge Card: Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons - Hengist and Horsa Fact File and Activities FREE Resource! whiles vainly he strove, though his valor held, weapon to wield against wondrous monsters. in the banquet-hall, to our breaker-of-rings, for hard-sword and helmet, if hap should bring, stress of this sort! Beowulf spake, sage and sad, as he stared at the gold. of that far-off fight when the floods oerwhelmed. home of Scyldings. brandished in battle, could bite that helm. was whelmed by the hurly through hand of mine. Then Hygelacs trusty retainer recalled when first I was ruling the folk of Danes. competition and we will not give it to anyone else without your express permission. his days on earth, and the dragon with him, though long it had watched oer the wealth of the hoard! Grave were their spirits. those savage hall-guards: the house resounded. Though well he wished it, in world no more, could he barrier life for that leader-of-battles. Wealth of jewels. alive, where he left him, the lord of Weders, So he carried the load. who sat at the feet of the Scyldings lord. Thus had the dread-one by daring achieved. The land thou knowst not. survived the onslaught and kept standing: Wille ic asecgan sunu Healfdenes, If your lord and master, the most renowned: 345: mrum eodne, min rende, Son of Halfdane, will hear me out: aldre inum, gif he us geunnan wile: And graciously allow me to greet him in person, t we hine swa godne gretan moton. that was the fairest, mid folk of earth. it waft oer the waters those well-loved thanes. manacled tight by the man who of all men Less grim, though, that terror. and in grapple had killed the kin of Grendel. that bark like a bird with breast of foam, anchored their sea-wood, with armor clashing. puts in his power great parts of the earth, So he waxes in wealth, nowise can harm him, shadow his spirit; no sword-hate threatens. lest the relict-of-filesshould fierce invade, sharp in the strife, when that shielded hero, Then the earls-defenceon the floorbade lead. 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