and ithin it， then， to old and young he ould all allot that the lord had sent himsāve only the land and the lives of his

ide， i heard， as the manded

for many a tribe this mid-earth round

to fashion the

it fell， as he ordered，in rapid achievement that ready it stood there

of halls the noblest： heorot he named it hose message had might in many a

not reckless of promise， the rings he dealt

treasure at banquet： there toered the hall

high

gabled ide

the hot surge aiting of furious

nor far as that day hen father and son-in-la stood in feud for arfare and hatred that oke

ith envy and anger an evil spirit endured the dole in his dark abode

that he heard each day the din of revel high in the hall： there harps rang out clear song of the

he sang ho kne tales of the early time of man

ho the almighty made the earth

fairest fields enfolded by ater

set， triumphant， sun and moon for a light to lighten the land-dellers

and braided bright the breast of earth ith limbs and leāves

made life for all of mortal beings that breathe and

so lived the clansmen in cheer and revel a insome life

till one began to fashion evils， that field of

grendel this monster grim as called

march-riever mighty， in moorland living

in fen and fastness； fief of the giants the hapless ight a hile had kept since the creator his exile

on kin of cain as the killing āvenged by sovran god for slaughtered

fared his feud

and far as he driven

for the slaughters sake

from sight of

of cain aoke all that oful breed

etins and elves and evil-spirits

as ell as the giants that arred ith god eary hile：

but their age as paid them！

that is， ”the hart，” or ”stag，”

so called from decorations in the gables that resembled the antlers of a

this hall has been carefully described in a pamphlet by

the building as rectangular， ith opposite doors -- mainly est and east -- and a hearth in the middle of the single

a ro of pillars don each side

at some distance from the alls

made a space hich as raised a little above the main floor

and as furnished ith to ros of

on one side

usually south

as the high-seat miday beteen the do ... ［，］

opposite this

on the other raised space

as another seat of

at the banquet soon to be described

hrothgar sat in the south or chief high-seat

and beoulf opposite to

the scene for a flying (see belo， as thus very effectively

planks on trestles -- the ”board” of later english literature -- formed the tables just in front of the long ros of seats

and ere taken aay after banquets， hen the retainers ere ready to stretch

themselves out for sleep on the

fire as the usual end of these

see 781 one thinks of the splendid scene at the end of the nibelungen of the nialssaga， of saxos story of amlethus， and many a less famous 】

【嘛~~~英文看不懂也没关系，这……不重要……】

【只是史诗诗歌里面节选的一段，解释这把剑的来历，也没多大的作用……】

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