Oft didScyld the son ofScéf tear the mead-thrones away from the hosts of his foes, from many tribes; the earl terrified them,after he first was found an out-cast.
(translation from “A Translation of the Anglo-Saxon Poem of Beowulf With a Copious Glossary Preface and Philological Notes” byJohn M. Kemble, 1837, London:William Pickering, “Beowulf.”, page 1)
