Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Page 7
A fierce and desperate hand-to-hand struggle ensues.
Es entbrennt ein heftiger und verzweifelter Nahkampf.
No arms are used, both combatants trusting to strength and hand-grip.
Es werden keine Waffen eingesetzt, da beide Kämpfer auf ihre Kraft und ihren Griff vertrauen.
Beowulf tears Grendel's shoulder from its socket, and the monster retreats to his den, howling and yelling with agony and fury.
Beowulf reißt Grendels Schulter aus ihrer Pfanne, und das Monster zieht sich heulend und schreiend vor Schmerz und Wut in seine Höhle zurück.
The wound is fatal.
Die Wunde ist tödlich.
The next morning, at early dawn, warriors in numbers flock to the hall Heorot, to hear the news.
Am nächsten Morgen, in der frühen Morgendämmerung, strömen zahlreiche Krieger in die Halle Heorot, um die Neuigkeiten zu hören.
Joy is boundless.
Die Freude ist grenzenlos.
Glee runs high.
Die Begeisterung ist groß.
Hrothgar and his retainers are lavish of gratitude and of gifts.
Hrothgar und seine Gefolgsleute sind überaus freigebig mit Dankbarkeit und Geschenken.
Grendel's mother, however, comes the next night to avenge his death.
Grendels Mutter jedoch erscheint in der nächsten Nacht, um seinen Tod zu rächen.
She is furious and raging.
Sie ist wütend und rasend.
While Beowulf is sleeping in a room somewhat apart [x] from the quarters of the other warriors, she seizes one of Hrothgar's favorite counsellors, and carries him off and devours him.
Während Beowulf in einem Raum schläft, der etwas abseits von den Gemächern der anderen Krieger liegt, ergreift sie einen von Hrothgars Lieblingsratgebern, schleppt ihn fort und verschlingt ihn.
Beowulf is called.
Beowulf wird gerufen.
Determined to leave Heorot entirely purified, he arms himself, and goes down to look for the female monster.
Entschlossen, Heorot vollständig zu reinigen, rüstet er sich und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem weiblichen Monster.
After traveling through the waters many hours, he meets her near the sea-bottom.
Nachdem er viele Stunden durch die Gewässer gereist ist, trifft er sie nahe dem Meeresgrund.
She drags him to her den.
Sie schleppt ihn in ihre Höhle.
There he sees Grendel lying dead.
Dort sieht er Grendel tot daliegen.
After a desperate and almost fatal struggle with the woman, he slays her, and swims upward in triumph, taking with him Grendel's head.
Nach einem verzweifelten und beinahe tödlichen Kampf mit der Frau tötet er sie und schwimmt triumphierend nach oben, Grendels Kopf mit sich tragend.
Joy is renewed at Heorot.
Die Freude in Heorot wird erneuert.
Congratulations crowd upon the victor.
Glückwünsche strömen auf den Sieger ein.
Hrothgar literally pours treasures into the lap of Beowulf; and it is agreed among the vassals of the king that Beowulf will be their next liegelord.
Hrothgar schüttet buchstäblich Schätze in Beowulfs Schoß; und unter den Vasallen des Königs wird vereinbart, dass Beowulf ihr nächster Lehnsherr sein wird.
Beowulf leaves Dane-land.
Beowulf verlässt das Dänenland.
Hrothgar weeps and laments at his departure.
Hrothgar weint und klagt bei seiner Abreise.
Vocabulary
- entbrennt
- breaks out, ignites; third person singular of entbrennen
- heftiger
- fierce, intense; adjective describing strong force
- verzweifelter
- desperate, despairing; adjective describing hopeless struggle
- Nahkampf
- close combat, hand-to-hand fighting
- Waffen
- weapons; plural noun for tools of combat
- eingesetzt
- deployed, used; past participle of einsetzen
- beide
- both; referring to two people or things together
- Kämpfer
- fighter, combatant; person engaged in combat
- Kraft
- strength, power; physical or inner force
- Griff
- grip, grasp; hold with hand or fingers
- vertrauen
- to trust, rely on; have confidence in something
- reißt
- tears, rips; third person singular of reißen
- Schulter
- shoulder; joint connecting arm to the body
- Pfanne
- socket, pan; here means shoulder socket or joint
- zieht
- pulls, withdraws; third person singular of ziehen
- heulend
- howling, wailing; present participle of heulen
- schreiend
- screaming, crying out; present participle of schreien
- Schmerz
- pain, ache; physical or emotional suffering
- Wut
- rage, fury; intense uncontrolled anger
- Höhle
- cave, den; hollow underground or hidden dwelling place
- Wunde
- wound, injury; damage to body tissue
- tödlich
- fatal, deadly; causing or resulting in death
- Morgen
- morning; first part of the day after night
- frühen
- early; adjective describing the beginning of a period
- Morgendämmerung
- dawn, daybreak; the first light appearing in morning
- strömen
- to stream, flood; move in large numbers toward somewhere
- zahlreiche
- numerous, many; a large number of people or things
- Krieger
- warriors, fighters; men trained and experienced in battle
- Halle
- hall; large room or building used for gatherings
- Neuigkeiten
- news, tidings; plural noun for recent information
- Freude
- joy, delight; feeling of great happiness or pleasure
- grenzenlos
- boundless, limitless; without any limits or boundaries
- Begeisterung
- enthusiasm, excitement; strong feeling of eager interest
- Gefolgsleute
- followers, retainers; people loyal to a lord or leader
- überaus
- exceedingly, extremely; to a very great degree
- freigebig
- generous, liberal; willing to give freely and abundantly
- Dankbarkeit
- gratitude, thankfulness; feeling of being appreciative
- Geschenken
- gifts, presents; things given to others as tokens
- jedoch
- however, yet; conjunction indicating contrast or opposition
- erscheint
- appears, shows up; third person singular of erscheinen
- Tod
- death; end of life, cessation of living
- rächen
- to avenge, take revenge; retaliate for a wrong done
- wütend
- furious, enraged; feeling or showing intense anger
- rasend
- raging, frenzied; moving or acting with wild intensity
- Während
- while, during; conjunction indicating simultaneous actions
- Raum
- room, space; enclosed area within a building
- abseits
- apart from, away from; at a distance or off to side
- Gemächern
- chambers, rooms; private or personal dwelling rooms
- ergreift
- seizes, grabs; third person singular of ergreifen
- Lieblingsratgebern
- favorite advisors; most preferred counselors of a king
- schleppt
- drags, hauls; third person singular of schleppen
- fort
- away, off; adverb indicating movement from a place
- verschlingt
- devours, swallows; third person singular of verschlingen
- gerufen
- called, summoned; past participle of rufen
- Entschlossen
- determined, resolute; firmly decided to do something
- vollständig
- completely, fully; in an entire or thorough manner
- reinigen
- to cleanse, purify; remove dirt or evil from something
- rüstet
- arms, equips; prepares oneself with weapons or gear
- Suche
- search, quest; act of looking for something or someone
- weiblichen
- female, feminine; adjective referring to female creature
- Nachdem
- after; conjunction introducing a subordinate time clause
- Gewässer
- waters, waterway; body or expanse of water
- gereist
- traveled, journeyed; past participle of reisen
- trifft
- meets, encounters; third person singular of treffen
- nahe
- near, close to; preposition or adjective of proximity
- Meeresgrund
- sea floor, ocean bottom; deepest part of the sea
- tot
- dead; no longer alive, having ceased to live
- daliegen
- to lie there; be in a prone or motionless position
- verzweifelten
- desperate, frantic; adjective for a hopeless struggle
- beinahe
- almost, nearly; very close to but not quite achieving
- tödlichen
- deadly, lethal; adjective for something causing death
- Kampf
- fight, battle, struggle; physical or intense conflict
- tötet
- kills; third person singular of töten (to kill)
- triumphierend
- triumphantly; present participle of triumphieren, celebrating victory
- oben
- up, above; adverb indicating upward direction or position
- tragend
- carrying, bearing; present participle of tragen
- erneuert
- renews, repeats; third person singular of erneuern
- Glückwünsche
- congratulations, good wishes; expressions of praise and celebration
- Sieger
- victor, winner; person who has won a contest or battle
- schüttet
- pours, heaps; third person singular of schütten
- buchstäblich
- literally; exactly as stated, not metaphorically
- Schätze
- treasures, riches; valuable objects or wealth accumulated
- Schoß
- lap; area formed by thighs when sitting down
- Vasallen
- vassals; feudal subjects bound to serve a lord
- Königs
- king's; genitive form of König (king)
- vereinbart
- agreed upon, arranged; past participle of vereinbaren
- Lehnsherr
- liege lord, feudal lord; lord to whom one owes allegiance
- verlässt
- leaves, departs; third person singular of verlassen
- Dänenland
- Denmark, land of the Danes; home territory of Danish people
- weint
- weeps, cries; third person singular of weinen
- klagt
- laments, mourns; third person singular of klagen
- Abreise
- departure; act of leaving or setting off on a journey
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