Now Holy God has, in His Goodness, guided him here to the West-Danes, to defend us from Grendel. This is my hope; and for his heroism I will recompense him with a rich treasure.

‘Now Holy God
has, in His Goodness, guided him here
to the West-Danes, to defend us from Grendel.
This is my hope; and for his heroism
I will recompense him with a rich treasure.’

– Beowulf, Seamus Heaney (trans.)

Lines 381-385: Hrothgar promises Beowulf he will be richly rewarded if he delivers the West-Danes from Grendel.

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