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Beowulf - (translated by: Hall)
- }20 So the carle that is young, by kindnesses rendered The friends of his father, with fees in abundance Must be able to earn that when age approacheth Eager companions aid him requitingly, When war assaults him serve him as liegemen: 25 By praise-worthy actions must honor be got 'Mong all of the races.†
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- [3] Some authorities arrange differently, and render: _Who dwelt in the moor-fens, the marsh and the fastness, the land of the giant-race.†
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- —K. and Th. read 'wera' and, arranging differently, render 119(2)-120: They knew not sorrow, the wretchedness of man, aught of misfortune.†
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- Putting a comma after Deniga, he renders: He did not desire peace with any of the Danes, nor did he wish to remove their life-woe, nor to settle for money.†
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- —Ne …. wisse (169) W. renders: Nor had he any desire to do so; 'his' being obj. gen. = danach.†
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- One rendering is: Beowulf, being away from home, heard of Hrothgar's troubles, etc.†
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- ; our rendering simply follows his conjecture.†
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- The reading adopted by H.-So. has been rendered in the above translation.†
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- [4] 'Seld-guma' (249) is variously rendered: (1) housecarle; (2) home-stayer; (3) common man.†
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- }The chief of the strangers rendered him answer, War-troopers' leader, and word-treasure opened:{We are Geats.†
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- }I am able to render counsel to Hrothgar, How he, wise and worthy, may worst the destroyer, If the anguish of sorrow should ever be lessened,[1] Comfort come to him, and care-waves grow cooler, 25 Or ever hereafter he agony suffer And troublous distress, while towereth upward The handsomest of houses high on the summit.†
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- }Then the strength-famous earlman answer rendered, The proud-mooded Wederchief replied to his question,{We are Higelac's table-companions, and bear an important commission to your prince.†
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- }The friend-lord of Danemen, I will ask of thy journey, The giver of rings, as thou urgest me do it, 35 The folk-chief famous, and inform thee early What answer the good one mindeth to render me.†
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- }The holy Creator usward sent him, To West-Dane warriors, I ween, for to render 'Gainst Grendel's grimness gracious assistance: I shall give to the good one gift-gems for courage.†
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- [1] Some render 'gif-sceattas' by 'tribute.†
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- —All the renderings are unsatisfactory, the one given in our translation involving a zeugma.†
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- This rendering H.-So. rejects.†
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- (711), usually rendered 'then,' he translates 'when,' and connects its clause with the foregoing sentence.†
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- [1] It has been proposed to translate 'myrethe' by with sorrow; but there seems no authority for such a rendering.†
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- Another and quite different rendering of this passage is as follows:
(definition 2) *rendering = interpretation or portrayal
- I was most happy to render thee this service.
(definition 3) *render = give
- [1] Kl. suggests 'hroden' for 'haten,' and renders: Then quickly was Heorot adorned within, with hands bedecked.†
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- —B. suggests 'gefraetwon' instead of 'gefraetwod,' and renders: Then was it commanded to adorn Heorot within quickly with hands.†
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- Let us hope that a satisfactory rendering shall yet be reached without resorting to any tampering with the text, such as Lichtenheld proposed: 'earme ides on eaxle gnornode.'†
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- }He'll care for and honor, lord of the Scyldings, If earth-joys thou endest earlier than he doth; 60 I reckon that recompense he'll render with kindness Our offspring and issue, if that all he remember, What favors of yore, when he yet was an infant, We awarded to him for his worship and pleasure."†
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- 'Elne,' in the sense of very (swiethe), needs no argument; and 'unflitme' (from 'flitan') can, it seems to me, be more plausibly rendered 'peaceful,'†
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- [3] Some authorities follow Grein's lexicon in treating 'heard ecg' as an adj. limiting 'sweord': H.-So. renders it as a subst.†
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- [1] For 'gefraegnod' (1334), K. and t.B. suggest 'gefaegnod,' rendering 'rejoicing in her fill.'†
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- [2] The line 'And …. yielding,' B. renders: And she has performed a deed of blood-vengeance whose effect is far-reaching.†
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- , R., and t.B. suggest 'feaxe' for 'eaxle' (1538) and render: Seized by the hair.†
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- To render this, "nobly bold,"†
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- 290), and render: Men well-disposed towards the king carried the head, etc. 'Cynebealde,' says t.B., endorsing Gr.†
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- '—B. suggests 'gyld' for 'gylp,' and renders: And gives no beaten rings for reward.†
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- [1] For 'geworhte,' the crux of this passage, B. proposes 'geþohte,' rendering: I know this people with firm thought every way blameless towards foe and friends.†
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- Accepting this, we may render: He said the bright-armored warriors were going to their vessel, welcome, etc.†
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- [2] R. suggests, 'Gewat him on naca,' and renders: The vessel set out, to drive on the sea, the Dane-country left.†
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- [1] 'Meodu-scencum' (1981) some would render 'with mead-pourers.'†
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- (3) 'Leod-hryre,' some render 'fall of the people'; others, 'fall of the prince.'†
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- [3] The phrase 'þine lyfe' (2132) was long rendered 'with thy (presupposed) permission.'†
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- Some one of earthmen entered the mountain, The heathenish hoard laid hold of with ardor; 70 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [1] This verse B. renders, 'Now serve I again thee alone as my gracious king.'†
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- [3] The H.-So. rendering (aerest = history, origin; 'eft' for 'est'), though liable to objection, is perhaps the best offered.†
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- [1] For 'long-gestreona,' B. suggests 'laengestreona,' and renders, Of fleeting treasures.†
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- S. accepts H.'s 'long-gestreona,' but renders, The treasure long in accumulating.†
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- [2] For 'hard-fyrdne' (2246), B. first suggested 'hard-fyndne,' rendering: A heap of treasures …. so great that its equal would be hard to find.†
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- [3] Some read 'fec-word' (2247), and render: Banning words uttered.†
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- B. emends and renders: _Nor was there any man in that desert who rejoiced in conflict, in battle-work.†
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- [7] 'Sinc-faet' (2301): this word both here and in v. 2232, t.B. renders 'treasure.'†
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- [3] Gr. read 'on feorme' (2386), rendering: _He there at the banquet a fatal wound received by blows of the sword.†
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- The translation may be indicated as follows: (Just) as it is sad for an old man to see his son ride young on the gallows when he himself is uttering mournful measures, a sorrowful song, while his son hangs for a comfort to the raven, and he, old and infirm, cannot render him any kelp—(he is constantly reminded, etc., 2451-2463)—so the defence of the Weders, etc. XXXV.†
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- [1] The clause 2520(2)-2522(1), rendered by 'Wist I …. monster,' Gr.†
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Definitions:
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(1) (render as in: rendered her unconscious) to make or cause to become
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(2) (render as in: rendered interpretation) to portray or create something in a particular way; or to interpret, translate, or extract fromThe exact meaning of this sense of render depends upon its context. For example:
- "Each artist will render a different interpretation when painting a portrait." -- create in a particular way
- "A Supreme Court judge may render his own interpretation of the Constitution." -- interpret in a particular way
- "The computer you are using, rendered this page from software instructions." -- created through interpretation
- "A graph is rendered from the underlying data." -- made
- "Fat can be rendered (extracted) by cooking meat slowly." -- extracted from
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(3) (render as in: rendered service or a verdict) to give or supply something