now our lord all laughter has laid aside. Grendel in days long gone they named him. Set in Scandinavia and dealing with a warrior culture and its heroic code of honour, the poem tells the story of the valiant deeds of the courageous prince Beowulf. To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, with his clansmen, came where the king abode, with his hand-companions, the hall resounded, . for the warriors wayfaring wise men mourned. in a handgrip harder than anything the Geats lord boasted; his brand had failed, The hoard-guard was heartened; high heaved his breast. to avenge on the slayer slaughter so foul; nor een could he harass that hero at all. or 'scop' (pronounced 'shop'). who girded him now for the grim encounter. Then he bade them bear him the boar-head standard. heirloom old. no farest of falchions fashioned on earth. his courage and counsel: The king of Danes. on the breast of the boat, the breaker-of-rings, by the mast the mighty one. The leader then, by thy life, besought me, (sad was his soul) in the sea-waves coil. Though well he wished it, in world no more, could he barrier life for that leader-of-battles. the fiend in his trappings tottered to fall! he would all allot that the Lord had sent him. to the high-built hall, those hardy-minded. and had thought their sovrans son would thrive. Our people dying; we have a terrible enemy. From his bosom fled. make pact of peace, or compound for gold: great fee for the feud from his fiendish hands. the proud ones prowess, would prove it no longer. and in grapple had killed the kin of Grendel. and sprung off the floor, gold fittings and all. By war were swept, too, in the parleying-placehe could ply no longer. I hope to give. the Waelsings wanderings wide, his struggles. Then wound up to welkin the wildest of death-fires. but for pressure of peril, some princes thane. THUS seethed unceasing the son of Healfdene, with the woe of these days; not wisest men. for this fall of their friends, the fighting-Scylfings, when once they learn that our warrior leader, furthered his folks weal, finished his course. from that merry journey, and many a youth. he was fated to finish this fleeting life. for whom the serpent-traced sword was wrought. safely sought, where since she prospered. I heard, too, the necklace to Hygd he presented, wonder-wrought treasure, which Wealhtheow gave him. Thou hast brought it about that both our peoples. when a thane of the Danes, in that doughty throng, and on him the old-time heirlooms glisten. The smoke by the sky was devoured. under cleft of the cliffs: no cowards path! Grendels head, where the henchmen were drinking. Then the clansman keen, of conquest proud, by the wall were marvels, and many a vessel. stayed by the strength of his single manhood. For the gold and treasure, to God my thanks. Heorogar was dead. Forth they fared by the footpaths thence. Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, by day and by night, till deaths fell wave, oerwhelmed his heart. those warriors wake; but the wan-hued raven, fain oer the fallen, his feast shall praise, and boast to the eagle how bravely he ate, when he and the wolf were wasting the slain.. Then for the third time thought on its feud. bairn in the burg, than his birthright sons. These great character description posters give adjectives to describe the character Beowulf with dialogue from this well-known text as supporting evidence. Be guardian, thou, to this group of my thanes. Their practice this, their heathen hope; twas Hell they thought of. Then the bulwark-of-earlsbade bring within. 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. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaena reatum, monegum mgum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. waxes and wakes while the warden slumbers. UNDER harness his heart then is hit indeed, by sharpest shafts; and no shelter avails. to delight each mortal that looks upon them. and saying in full how the fight resulted. save only the land and the lives of his men. Lo, sudden the shift! who warded the monarch and watched for the monster. and the storm of their strife, were seen afar. till before him the folk, both far and near. Found on the sand there, stretched at rest, their lifeless lord, who had lavished rings, had dawned on the doughty-one; death had seized. Gold-gay shone the hangings, that were wove on the wall, and wonders many. So the barrow was plundered, borne off was booty. soon as they seized him, his sword-doom was spoken. avenged her offspring. No good hawk now. ruthless rushed on us: rough was the surge. No sooner for this could the stricken ones. Now day was fled, as the worm had wished. haste oer the billows; nor him I abandoned. 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. Now further it fell with the flight of years. utterly lifeless, eaten up to the Wielder-of-Wonders, with words I say, for the grace that I give such gifts to my folk, Now Ive bartered here for booty of treasure. wielded, youthful, this widespread realm. the two contenders crashed through the building. In truth, the Geats prince gladly trusted, helmet from head; to his henchman gave, . Warden of treasure. For rescue, however. And the helmet hard, all haughty with gold, shall part from its plating. It was written in the 8th century by an Anglo-Saxon minstrel Nor did the creature keep him waiting but struck mournful he looked on those men unloved:. She was doomed to dwell in the dreary waters. in those fortress walls she had found a home. The wise-one spake, a land-warden old,that this earl belongs. Twill shine by the shore of the flood, they drive their keels oer the darkling wave.. with stately band from the bride-bower strode; and with him the queen and her crowd of maidens. 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. when for pride the pair of you proved the floods. could you dissuade, from swimming the main. The text and all resources included. from sword-clash dread of your Danish clan. the good youth gold for his gallant thought. went, welling with tears, the wonder to view. because of his rule oer the realm itself. We have 6 different worksheets to choose from in this activity. best blade; the dragon died in its blood. in measure of miles that the mere expands. the worm, oer the wall for the wave to take. they had felled with their swords. Each lesson involves close language analysis, creative writing activities, historical context research and lots of knowledge retrieval quizzes & tier 2/3 vocabulary. Oer the roof of the helmet high, a ridge. Din rose in hall. how folk against folk the fight had wakened. the hero, far-hidden;no harp resounds. my folks agreement. Nowise it availed. more graciously gathered round giver-of-rings! for horror of fighting feared to hold him. when they heard the horn of Hygelac sound. on the lap of the lord had been laid by the finder. An important reading comprehension skill within KS2 is for pupils to infer characters' thoughts and feelings through an author's use of dialogue. where safe and sound we sentried the hall. for the gleaming blade that its glory fell. at the fort on the cliff, where, full of sorrow. Here find thy lesson! , the grace of The Wielder! With waves of care, my loved ones venture: long I begged thee. a biting blade by his breastplate hanging. Grave were their spirits. of the sons of men, to search those depths! foam-necked it floated forth oer the waves. the ruthless, in running! Not reckless of promise, the rings he dealt. of his work in the world. Thro wan night striding, came the walker-in-shadow. wail arose, and bewildering fear though thou wast the baneof thy brethren dear. done to death and dragged on the headland. the feuds and the frauds, save to Fitela only. yet neer in his life-day, late or early. uncle and nephew, true each to the other one. brilliantly broidered; so bright its gleam, and viewed all these vessels. I wot not whither, Grendel in grimmest grasp thou killedst, , so that many a thane shall think, who eer. hard and ring-decked, Heathobards treasure. to my liege and lord. Sore was the sorrow to Scyldings-friend. Hall-folk fail me, my warriors wane; for Wyrd hath swept them. that safe and sound they could see him again. nor grew for their grace, but for grisly slaughter. in the strain of their struggle stood, to earth, craftily clamped; though there crashed from sill. the great-hearted guest would guide his keel. Ill fared his feud, and far was he driven. So owned and enjoyed it. . lay felled in fight, nor, fain of its treasure. heedful of high deeds, Hygelacs kinsman; flung away fretted sword, featly jewelled. showed on his shoulder, and sinews cracked. All the poem selections and ways Full oft for less have I largess showered, fulfilled such deeds, that thy fame shall endure, we have fought, this fight, and fearlessly dared. Fell the corpse of the king into keeping of Franks. Fast flowed the tears, he had chances twain, but he clung to this,. was whelmed by the hurly through hand of mine. On fierce-heart Finn there fell likewise. turned murderous mouth, on our mighty kinsman. To that mighty-one come we on mickle errand, to the lord of the Danes; nor deem I right, that aught be hidden. Image my strength had been lost had the Lord not shielded me. Everyone felt it chant their dirge, and their chieftain honor. the hoard and the stronghold, heroes land. one brother the other, with bloody shaft. stalwart and stately. too long, too loathsome. in the doom of their lord, to a dreadful end. Arrived was the hour, Neer heard I of host in haughtier throng. Went then to greet him, and God they thanked. Sage this seems to the Scyldings-friend, when men are slain, does the murder-spear sink. to mingle with monsters at mercy of foes, to death was betrayed; for torrents of sorrow. and joyed while I could in my jewel-bestower. . the lives of loved ones. to devour their victim, vengeful creatures. that each should look on the other again. The stark-heart found, in his hidden craft by the creatures head. and sank in the struggle! in the birth of her bairn. from the youth for those that had yielded to fear! docx, 218.68 KB. hath wielded ever! with the booty back, and breast-adornments; but, slain in struggle, that standard-bearer. with swine-forms set it, that swords nowise. straightway thither; his steed then turned, Tis time that I fare from you. his fall there was fated. The shield protected. to high-seat hastened and Hrothgar greeted. Uproar filled Heorot; the hand all had viewed. and the hilt well wound. that once was willing each wish to please. A stout wave-walker. though with forged bolts fast, when his fists had struck it. It is very long and tells the story He slew, wrath-swollen, his shoulder-comrades. oer the paths of ocean, people of Geatland; and the stateliest there by his sturdy band, have speech at will: nor spurn their prayer. broke through the breast-hoard. Yon battle-king, said he. And ever since. lest the relict-of-filesshould fierce invade, sharp in the strife, when that shielded hero, Then the earls-defenceon the floorbade lead. Indeed, throughout his poetry there is a tension between an intimate, grounded connection to the land, to home and to Ireland and a desire for escape, freedom and adventure. such as once they waged, from war refrain. His encounters show he is the strongest and most able fighter of lief and of loath, who long time here. to the needs of my land! by wrath and lying his life should reave! and wielded the war-place on Withergilds fall. The craft sped on. But Wyrd denied it, and victorys honors. Then the haven-of-heroes, Healfdenes son. They held in common. Thus showed his strain the son of Ecgtheow. death-marked dragged to the devils mere. . in wisdoms words, that her will was granted, that at last on a hero her hope could lean, This was my thought, when my thanes and I, that I would work the will of your people, of this life of mine in the mead-hall here., Beowulfs battle-boast. he swung his blade, and the blow withheld not. sorrows in soul for that sharer of rings, this is hardest of heart-bales. prince of Scyldings, thy part in the world. was little blamed, though they loved him dear; they whetted the hero, and hailed good omens. competition and we will not give it to anyone else without your express permission. to bide and bear, that his bairn so young, of the heir gone elsewhere;another he hopes not, as ward for his wealth, now the one has found. How Beowulf overcame the Water Witch 36 VII. In this activity your KS2 class will focus on adding the inverted commas or speech marks to complete the passage. till he found in a flash the forested hill. The sea upbore me. Wealth of jewels. Download this FREE Beowulf Story KS2 sheet to introduce your class to one of the oldest stories in English literature. Let us set out in haste now, the second time. in mail of battle, and marched to the hall. Nay, though the heath-rover, harried by dogs. yet the hero upheld him with helpful words, he wielded the Weder-Geats. for the hero-king than his heart desired, could his will have wielded the welcome respite. sword gore-stained, through swine of the helm, the swords on the settles,and shields a-many. Every bone in his body THAT battle-toil bade he at burg to announce. in the strength of His spirit sendeth wisdom. and shame. Long was he spurned. These started away. a God-cursed scream and strain of catastrophe, Savage and burning, the barrow he circled. that Darling of Danes. who had spurned the sway of the Scylfings-helmet. At home I bided. would the bloody-toothed murderer, mindful of bale. dear-bought treasure! nor hoped from the seamen to save his hoard. oer stone-cliffs steep and strait defiles. Time had now flown;afloat was the ship. I was seven years old when the sovran of rings. whom she killed on his couch, a clansman famous. 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! she offered, to honor him, arm-jewels twain, corselet and rings, and of collars the noblest. capable of wrecking their horn-rigged hall with bale and brand. They were easy to find who elsewhere sought. And since, by them. Few words he spake: Now hold thou, earth, since heroes may not, what earls have owned! nor deemed he dreadful the dragons warring. unbound the battle-runes. Yet war he desired. that fated-ones flesh: to floor she sank. and the gleam of it lightened oer lands afar. At their heads they set their shields of war. Lo, erst from thee, brave men brought it! who sat at the feet of the Scyldings lord. Ban, then, such baleful thoughts, Beowulf dearest, lasts now a while: but erelong it shall be. This Beowulf reading comprehension activity has been created by teachers following the 2014 National Curriculum guidelines. for hands to bedeck it, and dense was the throng. till they got them sight of the Geatish cliffs. as well as the giants that warred with God. My doom was not yet. it had come to the end of its earth-hall joys. from the princes thane. Yet I came unharmed from that hostile clutch. HASTENED the hardy one, henchmen with him. But sit to the banquet, unbind thy words, served the clear mead. had passed a plenty, through perils dire, with daring deeds, till this day was come. never had Grendel these grim deeds wrought. Then moved oer the waters by might of the wind. need to register. by that doomed one dyed, who in den of the moor. where the battle-king young, his burg within. high oer the hoard, of handiwork noblest. Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings, in fame with all folk, since his father had gone. with his fathers friends, by fee and gift. and Grendel's Mother, Beowulf Polishers sleep. above all men, yet blood-fierce his mind, his breast-hoard, grew, no bracelets gave he, to Danes as was due; he endured all joyless. the battle-helm high, and breastplate gray, that its story be straightway said to thee. that war-horns blast. edge of the blade: twas a big-hearted man! Twas bright within, as when from the sky there shines unclouded, By the wall then went he; his weapon raised, angry and eager. An alliterative poem of astonishing imaginative vitality, it was relatively neglected until the nineteenth century, and even then it was often studied for what it revealed about the AngloSaxon era rather than for its artistic merits. the king and conqueror covered with blood. iron was its edge, all etched with poison, with battle-blood hardened, nor blenched it at fight, to folksteadof foes. to the chieftain of clansmen, children four: Heorogar, then Hrothgar, then Halga brave; obeyed him gladly till great grew his band, of youthful comrades. The fiend made off, but the earl close followed. A good king he! and friendship find in the Fathers arms! have I heard under heaven! The brooklets wave. in grim war-deeds, than Grendel deems him. countless quite! for their heros passing his hearth-companions: to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise. comeback and armlock forestalled him utterly. Himself who chose us. Then on the strand, with steeds and treasure, and armor their roomy and ring-dight ship, mounted with gold; on the mead-bench since. to pierce the monster with point of sword, with blade of battle: huge beast of the sea. and gaze on that hoard neath the hoary rock. for woman to practise, though peerless she, that the weaver-of-peacefrom warrior dear. of feud was mindful, nor flinched from the death-blow. friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve. the terror-monger had taken to Heorot. The captain of evil discovered himself The action takes place in the great mead hall, where warriors would go to drink and to celebrate victories in stories and songs. There grasped me firm. Then farther he hied; for the hero reclining, who clutched it boldly. Then blazed forth light. a broad-flung band; nor the battle feared he. Then bore this brine-wolf, when bottom she touched, the lord of rings to the lair she haunted. Bright with gold. those care-paths cold when the king he slew. when once had been traced the trail of the fiend. Of force in fight no feebler I count me. Not with blade was he slain. with black thoughts welled, as his wont was never. bit into his bone-lappings, bolted down his blood For the eldest of these, by unmeet chance. Now, Beowulf, thee. A greater neer saw I, of warriors in world than is one of you, . broad and brown-edged,the bairn to avenge. Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes. far oer the swan-road he fain would seek. reached the guests as he rode to greet them; but Welcome! he called to that Weder clan. and clear his cry neath the cliff-rocks gray. death-fall of Danes, as was due and right. that some one of mortals had searched his treasure. his heart-waves stilled. Such held themselves, Thus ruled unrighteous and raged his fill. boiling with wrath was the barrows keeper, for the dear cups loss. To the good old man, and embittered the Lord. the Waegmunding name. robbed them of life and a liegemans joys. people-protector: be pleased to advise us! oer war-steeds and weapons: wished him joy of them. friend-of-his-folk, from my father took me. But the guests sat on, and wished, yet weened not, their winsome lord. glad of his gold-gifts, the grass-plot oer. survived the onslaught and kept standing: Who is Beowulf? in what wise he should wend from the world at last. Its informative, quick and easy to download and print, and full interesting questions about the poem for your KS2 students to think about! from so young in years eer yet have I heard. Warriors slept, whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, , that against Gods will the ghostly ravager. that lordly building, and long it bode so. roared oer the hillock:heads all were melted. on the breast of the bark their bright array. Although the and the Dragon. blow nerved by hate. He was for Hrothgar of heroes the dearest. docx, 1.14 MB. For shelter he gave them, sword-death came. that the frame of his body failed him now. manacled tight by the man who of all men in the courts no wassail, as once was heard. But soon he marked. their sovran king. in the den of the dragon, the dawn-flier old: each human wight: let him hide it who will! Myths and Legends, Beowulf, Stories, Myths and Legends, KS2 Stories Primary Resources, KS2 Stories, KS2 Story Books, Reading, Reading Books, KS2 English, that such a pair they have sometimes seen. with fire-billows flaming, its foes to seek, that boardto the boss, and the breastplate failed, went eager the earl, since his own was now, all burned by the blaze. when, wise with winters, he wailed their flight. of the land of Danes, but lustily murders. Let the bier, soon made, that owned their homesteads, hither to bring, firewood from far oer the folk they ruled , for the famed-ones funeral. that the earl made known his noble strain. Now to thee, my prince, I proffer them all. legends of wonder, the wide-hearted king; or for years of his youth he would yearn at times. across from her course. sleeps, heart-sore, of his spoil bereaved. where he lay on the bed, he was bearing in stealthily shooting the shafts from his bow! with the devils litter, for in all his days His boon was granted. | nay, sad in spirit and shorn of her gold. in that waste of waters the Wielder paid them. So becomes it a youth to quit him well with his fathers friends, by fee and gift, that to aid him, aged, in after days, come warriors willing, should war draw nigh, liegemen loyal: by lauded deeds shall an earl have honor in every clan. they found by the flood on the foreland there. but briefest while, though the bride be fair! Full well they wist that on warriors many. in the crush of combat when corpses fell. Beowulf is one of the oldest epic poems and is still taught today because it features all of these elements, making it the ideal focus of detailed literature study in KS2. with open claw when the alert heros after downfall of devils, the Danish lord, wonder-smiths work, since the world was rid. in his breast was boiling, baleful and deep. And I heard that soon passed oer the path of this treasure. That edge was not useless, the wrathful prince! A conversation among Old English, Middle English, and contemporary poems. with heavier hand-gripe; at heart he feared. For I heard of few heroes, in heartier mood. Many a treasure, with breastplate and blade: on his bosom lay. II. a sennight strove ye. old ills of the earls, when in she burst. though of sons of earth his strength was greatest. THEN the baleful fiend its fire belched out, and bright homes burned. The barrow, new-ready, there laid within it his lordly heirlooms. Me for this struggle the Scyldings-friend. Comes Wealhtheow forth. Beowulfs quest. MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant. Stately the hall, rose gabled and gilt where the guest slept on. in sorrowful songs, how ceaselessly Grendel. By his sovran he sat, come safe from battle. But I pass from that. Fares Wyrdas she must.. Came Wealhtheow forth. Him the sturdy-in-war bespake with words, I am seeking to say to the son of Healfdene. For now prone he saw. the whole night through to that hard-pressed throng: some with the morrow his sword should kill. death-shadow dark, and dogged them still. For Wyrd hath swept them, This word was the last which the wise old man, of balefire he chose. Then the golden hilt, for that gray-haired leader, giant-wrought, old. broidered battle-flag, breastplate and helmet; he suffered no shame in that soldier throng. LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings. Through the hall then went the Helmings Lady. what sudden harryings. The Scylding queen spoke: gold-friend of men; to the Geats here speak. unless the burning embrace of a fire Yet after him came, with slaughter for Swedes the standards of Hygelac. To his friends no wise, could that earl give treasure! Yet no greed for gold, but the grace of heaven, At the mandate of one, oft warriors many. and I fought with that brand. braced with the best of blacksmiths work This KS2 Kennings Lesson Teaching Pack is a great way to teach students all about the topic. nor grudged she gifts to the Geatish men. that forest-wood against fire were worthless. All gloomy his soul. could the cursed one thus procure at all. Untrod is their home; by wolf-cliffs haunt they and windy headlands. had been felled, the feud was unfelt by Onela. Uprose the mighty one, ringed with his men. It came in his mind. in martial mail, nor mourned for his life. for bond of peace. No vestige now. when warriors clashed and we warded our heads. to wake him with water. and leal in love to the lord of warriors. How does Heaneys robust and muscular verse capture the thrilling excitement of the rest of the battle? Seek if thou dare! With sorrow one bought, his rest of the evening, as ofttime had happened. shine after shadow. was eager for battle. gold-decked, greeting the guests in hall; first to the East-Danes heir and warden. for the pain of their people. urged us to glory, and gave these treasures, because he counted us keen with the spear, and hardy neath helm, though this hero-work, who hath got him glory greater than all men, that our noble master has need of the might, the hero to help while the heat is about him. docx, 178.6 KB. the gold-friend of men. burned was the bright sword, her blood was so hot. How Beowulf overcame Grendel the Ogre 22 V. How the Water Witch warred with the Dane folk 28 VI. Promised is she. 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