The Great Hall

excelled all that had gone before
him in valiant deeds. It came
into his mind thar he would
build a banquet hall greater
than mản hảd ever heard tell
of. And ds he purposed, so he
did. Quickly was the hall set
up, and when it was finished,
it was the statelicst in all the
lands of men, a home of pedce,
towering high. Nor did any
that beheld it dream that there
should ever be strife within.

wæs heo foreþeah æghwæt þæt hæfde geongen beforan
him on fægeæfædum dædum. Hit com
into his minde þæt he wære
to bygan an benc-holh mægre
þonne man eorðan æfre gehyrde tale
of. And swa he sylf dide, so he
dide. Snellice wæs se holh gesett
up, and þa hit wæs gefyld,
hit wæs se statelicst in eallum
mann-lands, a ham of freondscype,
wælweardigh high. Ne dydon ænig
þara þe hit behieldon drēam þæt þær
sceolde æfre beon strife innan.