A mixture of fact and fiction, Bēowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem in British literature, written in Old English sometime around the 10th Century. Bēowulf, a hero from southern Sweden, from the tribe known as Geats, travels to Denmark to help defeat Grendel, a monster who is terrorising the Danish king, Hrothgar, and his people.

This text is a revised and corrected version of James A. Harrison and Robert Sharp's fourth edition, based on the Heyne-Socin edition of Bēowulf and incorporating their notes and glossary on both Bēowulf and The Fight At Finnsburg, with corrections by Karl Hagen.

Additional resources:

Wikipedia: Bēowulf

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