Hrothgar & Hryllingur, Part V
Continuing the reimagined Beowulf.
Welcome to a retelling of Beowulf through the skill of Somhairle na Dagney, Scáeli of Linrathe. (For a fuller explanation, see Part I.)
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
…“Strangers!
What warriors walk
With no kinsmen’s consent
On Heorot’s strand? Mighty your
Leader! Fair his face, noble his stance,
A hero hailed. How come you here:
As foemen or friends?”
“Friends are we, not foe.
Warriors brought by wind and wave
To offer help. Scaeli’en sung
Of stalking terror: Fair Heorot
By butchery beset.
Bjarndýr am I;
My father, Sverdberi his name,
A wise warrior, wide-heralded.
Counsel I bring, conquest I offer
O’er Heorot’s horror,
And royal Hrothgar’s
Grief.”
“Honour my heart hears.
Come! Bring your men-at-arms and
Weapons. Safe be your ship,
Secured by our watch.”
Bright cheek-guards glitter’d:
Boars wrought by goldsmiths, on helmets
Of men stern and haughty, marching
To Heorot, Hrothgar’s high hall,
Timber’d and shining.
More next Thursday!
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