ring-hoard

Thus had the dread-one by daring achieved over the ring-hoard to rule at will, himself to pleasure; a sea-boat he loaded, and bore on its bosom the beaming gold, son of Waels; the worm was consumed.

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

Thus had the dread-one by daring achieved over the ring-hoard to rule at will, himself to pleasure; a sea-boat he loaded, and bore on its bosom the beaming gold, son of Waels; the worm was consumed.

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

Thus had the dread-one by daring achieved over the ring-hoard to rule at will, himself to pleasure; a sea-boat he loaded, and bore on its bosom the beaming gold, son of Waels; the worm was consumed.

Beowulf 2003

And the ring-hoard off borne; and the boon it was granted

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

Thus had the dread-one by daring achieved over the ring-hoard to rule at will, himself to pleasure; a sea-boat he loaded, and bore on its bosom the beaming gold, son of Waels; the worm was consumed.

Beowulf Anonymous 1887

Heaney’s new twist on this translation of Beowulf is through using the most exact word possible; the result are terms like “ring-hoard,” “lake-birth,” “shield-clash,” and “sky-roamer.”

2010 March 04 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Heaney’s new twist on this translation of Beowulf is through using the most exact word possible; the result are terms like “ring-hoard,” “lake-birth,” “shield-clash,” and “sky-roamer.”

“Beowulf: A New Verse Translation” by Seamus Heaney (Norton, 2000) « The BookBanter Blog 2010