Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Page 10
An extract from Beowulf, with Latin translation.
Ein Auszug aus Beowulf, mit lateinischer Übersetzung.
~Schaldmose, F.~--Beowulf og Scopes Widsith, to Angelsaxiske Digte. Copenhagen, 1847.
~Schaldmose, F.~--Beowulf og Scopes Widsith, to Angelsaxiske Digte. Kopenhagen, 1847.
~Simrock, K.~--Beowulf. Uebersetzt und erläutert. Stuttgart und Augsburg, 1859. Alliterative measures.
~Simrock, K.~--Beowulf. Übersetzt und erläutert. Stuttgart und Augsburg, 1859. Alliterierende Versmaße.
~Thorkelin, G.J.~--De Danorum rebus gestis secul. III. et IV. poema Danicum dialecto Anglosaxonica. Havniæ, 1815. Latin translation.
~Thorkelin, G.J.~--De Danorum rebus gestis secul. III. et IV. poema Danicum dialecto Anglosaxonica. Havniæ, 1815. Lateinische Übersetzung.
~Thorpe, B.~--The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Scôp or Gleeman's Tale, and the Fight at Finnsburg. Oxford, 1855. English translation in short lines, generally containing two stresses.
~Thorpe, B.~--Die angelsächsischen Gedichte von Beowulf, die Scôp- oder Spielmannsgeschichte und der Kampf bei Finnsburg. Oxford, 1855. Englische Übersetzung in kurzen Zeilen, die im Allgemeinen zwei Betonungen enthalten.
~Wackerbarth, A.D.~--Beowulf, translated into English verse. London, 1849.
~Wackerbarth, A.D.~--Beowulf, ins Englische übertragen. London, 1849.
~Wickberg, R.~--Beowulf, en fornengelsk hjeltedikt, öfersatt. Westervik. First Swedish translation.
~Wickberg, R.~--Beowulf, en fornengelsk hjeltedikt, öfersatt. Westervik. Erste schwedische Übersetzung.
~von Wolzogen, H.~--Beowulf, in alliterative measures. Leipzig.
~von Wolzogen, H.~--Beowulf, in alliterierenden Versmaßen. Leipzig.
~Zinsser, G.~--Der Kampf Beowulfs mit Grendel. Jahresbericht of the Realschule at Forbach, 1881.
~Zinsser, G.~--Der Kampf Beowulfs mit Grendel. Jahresbericht der Realschule zu Forbach, 1881.
GLOSSARY OF PROPER NAMES.
GLOSSAR DER EIGENNAMEN.
[The figures refer to the divisions of the poem in which the respective names occur. The large figures refer to fitts, the small, to lines in the fitts.]
[Die Zahlen beziehen sich auf die Abschnitte des Gedichts, in denen die jeweiligen Namen vorkommen. Die großen Zahlen beziehen sich auf die Gesänge, die kleinen auf die Zeilen in den Gesängen.]
~Ælfhere~.--A kinsman of Wiglaf.--36_3.
~Ælfhere~.--Ein Verwandter von Wiglaf.--36_3.
~Æschere~.--Confidential friend of King Hrothgar. Elder brother of Yrmenlaf. Killed by Grendel.--21_3; 30_89.
~Æschere~.--Vertrauter Freund von König Hrothgar. Älterer Bruder von Yrmenlaf. Von Grendel getötet.--21_3; 30_89.
~Beanstan~.--Father of Breca.--9_26.
~Beanstan~.--Vater von Breca.--9_26.
~Beowulf~.--Son of Scyld, the founder of the dynasty of Scyldings. Father of Healfdene, and grandfather of Hrothgar.--1_18; 2_1.
~Beowulf~.--Sohn von Scyld, dem Begründer der Dynastie der Scyldings. Vater von Healfdene und Großvater von Hrothgar.--1_18; 2_1.
~Beowulf~.--The hero of the poem. Sprung from the stock of Geats, son of Ecgtheow. Brought up by his maternal grandfather Hrethel, and figuring in manhood as a devoted liegeman of his uncle Higelac. A hero from his youth.
~Beowulf~.--Der Held des Gedichts. Entstammt dem Volk der Geaten, Sohn von Ecgtheow. Aufgezogen von seinem Großvater mütterlicherseits Hrethel und im Mannesalter als ergebener Gefolgsmann seines Onkels Higelac hervortretend. Ein Held von Jugend an.
Vocabulary
- Ein
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- Auszug
- An excerpt or extract from a text
- aus
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'out of'
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- lateinischer
- Adjective meaning 'Latin', inflected form
- Übersetzung
- A translation of a text into another language
- Kopenhagen
- German name for the Danish capital city Copenhagen
- Übersetzt
- Past participle meaning 'translated' into another language
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- erläutert
- Past participle meaning 'explained' or 'annotated'
- Stuttgart
- Major city in southwestern Germany, Baden-Württemberg
- Augsburg
- Historic city in Bavaria, southern Germany
- Alliterierende
- Adjective meaning 'alliterating', describing repetitive consonant sounds
- Versmaße
- Plural noun meaning 'verse meters' or metrical forms
- Lateinische
- Adjective meaning 'Latin', referring to Latin language
- Die
- Definite article 'the' for feminine or plural nouns
- angelsächsischen
- Adjective meaning 'Anglo-Saxon', inflected genitive plural form
- Gedichte
- Plural noun meaning 'poems' or 'poetic works'
- von
- Preposition meaning 'of', 'from', or 'by'
- die
- Definite article 'the' for feminine or plural nouns
- oder
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- Spielmannsgeschichte
- Noun meaning 'minstrel's tale' or story of a wandering performer
- der
- Definite article 'the' for masculine nouns
- Kampf
- Noun meaning 'battle', 'fight', or 'struggle'
- bei
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'near', or 'during'
- Englische
- Adjective meaning 'English', referring to the English language
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- kurzen
- Adjective meaning 'short', inflected dative plural form
- Zeilen
- Plural noun meaning 'lines' as in lines of verse
- im
- Contracted form of 'in dem', meaning 'in the'
- Allgemeinen
- Noun/adjective meaning 'general' or 'in general'
- zwei
- Cardinal number meaning 'two'
- Betonungen
- Plural noun meaning 'stresses' or 'accentuations' in verse
- enthalten
- Verb meaning 'to contain' or 'to include'
- ins
- Contracted form of 'in das', meaning 'into the'
- übertragen
- Past participle meaning 'translated' or 'transferred'
- Erste
- Ordinal adjective meaning 'first'
- schwedische
- Adjective meaning 'Swedish', referring to Sweden
- alliterierenden
- Present participle adjective meaning 'alliterating', in inflected form
- Versmaßen
- Dative plural of 'Versmaß', meaning 'verse meters'
- Leipzig
- Major city in Saxony, eastern Germany
- Der
- Definite article 'the' for masculine nominative nouns
- Jahresbericht
- Annual report of a school or institution
- Realschule
- Type of German secondary school with practical curriculum
- zu
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'in'
- GLOSSAR
- Noun meaning 'glossary', a list of defined terms
- DER
- Definite article 'the' in genitive or nominative case
- EIGENNAMEN
- Plural noun meaning 'proper names' or 'proper nouns'
- Zahlen
- Plural noun meaning 'numbers' or 'figures'
- beziehen
- Verb meaning 'to refer' or 'to relate to'
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'themselves'
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'upon', or 'to'
- Abschnitte
- Plural noun meaning 'sections' or 'passages' of a text
- des
- Genitive article meaning 'of the' for masculine/neuter nouns
- Gedichts
- Genitive form of 'Gedicht', meaning 'of the poem'
- denen
- Relative pronoun meaning 'in which' or 'those in which'
- jeweiligen
- Adjective meaning 'respective' or 'particular', inflected form
- Namen
- Noun meaning 'names', plural of 'Name'
- vorkommen
- Verb meaning 'to appear' or 'to occur'
- großen
- Adjective meaning 'large' or 'major', inflected dative form
- Gesänge
- Plural noun meaning 'cantos' or 'songs' in an epic
- kleinen
- Adjective meaning 'small' or 'minor', inflected dative form
- den
- Definite article 'the' in dative or accusative plural
- Gesängen
- Dative plural of 'Gesang', meaning 'in the cantos'
- Verwandter
- Noun meaning 'relative' or 'kinsman'
- Vertrauter
- Noun meaning 'confidant' or 'trusted companion'
- Freund
- Noun meaning 'friend'
- König
- Noun meaning 'king'
- Älterer
- Adjective meaning 'older', used as noun meaning 'elder'
- Bruder
- Noun meaning 'brother'
- Von
- Preposition meaning 'by', used to indicate agent
- getötet
- Past participle meaning 'killed' or 'slain'
- Vater
- Noun meaning 'father'
- Sohn
- Noun meaning 'son'
- dem
- Dative definite article meaning 'the' for masculine/neuter
- Begründer
- Noun meaning 'founder' or 'establisher' of something
- Dynastie
- Noun meaning 'dynasty', a ruling family line
- Großvater
- Noun meaning 'grandfather'
- Held
- Noun meaning 'hero'
- Entstammt
- Verb meaning 'descended from' or 'originating from'
- Volk
- Noun meaning 'people' or 'nation'
- Aufgezogen
- Past participle meaning 'raised' or 'brought up'
- seinem
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his' in dative masculine form
- mütterlicherseits
- Adverb meaning 'on the mother's side', maternal
- Mannesalter
- Noun meaning 'manhood' or 'adult age'
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as' or 'when'
- ergebener
- Adjective meaning 'devoted' or 'loyal', inflected form
- Gefolgsmann
- Noun meaning 'retainer' or 'loyal follower' of a lord
- seines
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his' in genitive masculine form
- Onkels
- Genitive of 'Onkel', meaning 'of his uncle'
- hervortretend
- Present participle meaning 'distinguishing oneself' or 'standing out'
- Jugend
- Noun meaning 'youth' or 'young age'
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'from'
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