Beowulf: An Online
Introduction
III.
When you have finished your transcription from part II, check
what you have written down against Zupitza's transcription,
below.
Below: Here
we have a cleaner version of the Beowulf text that I have typed.
It is based loosely on the Zupitza transcription of 1882, which
is no longer under copyright. (For more up-to-date versions,
check for facsimiles in the local library). Be sure to expand
your web-browser to its largest size so you won't cut off any
of the text. Here the text is standardized; it includes emendations,
punctuation marks, accent marks over ashes, and line numbering.
Note that the lines have now been broken up to show the number
of beats in each line, and the line structure of the poem. If
you look back at the original manuscript, you will notice that
these line-breaks do not correspond to them. Why do you suppose
the line-breaks are different? Click here for a hint.
When you are finished checking your work, you
may click here to return to the First
Beowulf Page, where you began this exercise. Or choose a
button below to go elsewhere.