The Tale of Beowulf
img img The Tale of Beowulf img Chapter 31 BEOWULF GIVES HROTHGAR'S GIFTS TO HYGELAC, AND BY HIM IS REWARDED. OF THE DEATH OF HYGELAC AND OF HEARDRED HIS SON, AND HOW BEOWULF IS KING OF THE GEATS THE WORM IS FIRST TOLD OF.
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Chapter 31 BEOWULF GIVES HROTHGAR'S GIFTS TO HYGELAC, AND BY HIM IS REWARDED. OF THE DEATH OF HYGELAC AND OF HEARDRED HIS SON, AND HOW BEOWULF IS KING OF THE GEATS THE WORM IS FIRST TOLD OF.

So therewith the folk-king far'd, living full seemly;

By those wages forsooth ne'er a whit had I lost,

By the meed of my main, but to me treasure gave he,

The Healfdene's son, to the doom of myself;

Which to thee, king of bold ones, will I be a-bringing,

And gladly will give thee; for of thee is all gotten

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