Beowulf Sets Sail

The sea-wood they sought, fifteen together. The sea-skill'd man [Beowulf] lead the warriors to the land's edge. Time passed, the ship was on the waves, the boat under cliffs. The doughty warriors stood on the prow. The currents curled sea with sand. The men carried in the breast of the boat bright treasures, stately armour. The heroes shoved off, men on a desired journey in wood bound (id est: wood bound together, the ship). They went over water-waved wind urged, the foam-prowed floating one, twin of birds until the time on the second day the curved-prow had traveled so the retinue sighted land, bright cliffs, steep mountains, wide promontories. Then was the sea sail'd, the voyage at end.