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The man excellent in warfare walked across the hall
flanked by his escort - the floor-timbers boomed -
to make his addresses to the Danish lord,
the Guide of the Ingwine. ...
Beowulf, trans. by M. Alexander, Penguin Classics, Great Britain, 1973, p.92.
PLACE: Denmark.
TIME: 5th - 6th century.
CIRCUMSTANCE: Beowulf's footsteps on wooden floors.
................ The war-horn sang
an eager battle-cry. The band of foot-soldiers,
sitting by the water, could see multitudes
of strange seadrakes swerving through the depths,
...
Slithering away
At the bright phrases of the battle-horn,
they were swollen with anger. An arrow from the
bow of Beowulf broke the life's thread
of one wave-thrasher; ...
Beowulf, trans. by M. Alexander, Penguin Classics, Great Britain, 1973, p.96.
PLACE: Denmark.
TIME: 5th - 6th century.
CIRCUMSTANCE: A horn announces the battle to be engaged with Grendel's mother.
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