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Beowulf ( ˈ b eɪ ə w ʊ l f ⓘ; [1] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English poem, an epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature
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Beowulf is a heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic It deals with events of the early 6th century CE and is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750
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Beowulf is the oldest surviving long poem written in Old English Written between the 8th and 11th centuries by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, this poem survived in a single manuscript that was badly damaged in the 1731 Cotton Library fire
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Over sea, a day’s voyage off, Beowulf, of the Geats, nephew of Higelac, king of the Geats, hears of Grendel’s doings and of Hrothgar’s misery He resolves to crush the fell monster and relieve the aged king
- Beowulf (trans. by Francis B. Gummere) | The Poetry Foundation
son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands shall an earl have honor in every clan sturdy Scyld to the shelter of God the leader beloved who long had ruled by the mast the mighty one Many a treasure fetched from far was freighted with him far o’er the flood with him floating away sole on the seas, a suckling child gave him to ocean
- Beowulf - World History Encyclopedia
Beowulf is an epic poem composed in Old English consisting of 3,182 lines It is written in the alliterative verse style, which is common for Old English poetry as well as works written in languages such as Old High German, Old Saxon, and Old Norse Beowulf is considered one of the oldest surviving poems in the English language
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