It is not just a sea, as we understand it, it is a way to the realm [realm] of death.

The ultimate destination of Scyld's funeral-vessel is thus unknowable precisely because it is beyond mortal cognition, the limits of which are bounded by the uncharitable waters of GARSECG. The cosmological significance of GARSECG here has been well described by Tolkien, who wrote that the poem's audience saw “the EORMENGRUND, the great earth, ringed with GARSECG, the shore-less sea, beneath the sky's inaccessible roof”. GARSECG is used in the same sense in the Old English GENESIS to refer to the Ocean encircling God's Creation.

(The Origins of Beowulf: And the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia, by

Sam Newton)

grieve (v), grief (n) - give deep sorrow from F grever from L gravare (gravis=heavy) – горевать; горе

mourn (v) – show regret from OE murnan=be anxious, ON morna=pine - оплакивать

beneath (prep) – at a lower level or layer than – ниже, под

cargo (n) — goods carried on a ship etc. - груз

famed – famous, renowned - прославленный

redoubtable (adj) – (of opponent) formidable – грозный, устрашающий

warlike (adj) - disposed toward or threatening war; hostile - воинственный

vie (v) – strive for superiority - состязаться

clasp (v, n) – fasten – сжимать; пряжка, рукопожатие, объятия

toil – двигаться с трудом

boast (v, n) — talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities; an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction – хвастаться; хвастовство

savage (adj) - fierce, violent, and uncontrolled – дикий, жестокий

exploit (n) – feat - подвиг

stamina (n) - the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort – выдержка, стойкость

endure (v) - suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently; remain in existence, last – терпеть; продолжаться

Venture (V, n) - dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant; a risky or daring journey or undertaking – рисковать; авантюра

ward off (v) - forefend, avoid - отвратить

rouse (v) — bring out of sleep; awaken – будить, побуждать

ravage (v), -r (n) – cause severe and extensive damage to; the severely damaging or destructive effects of something – опустошать, разрушать; опустошение

coat of mail - a jacket covered with or composed of metal rings or plates, serving as armor - кольчуга

sea-bed – bottom (kenning) -

fierce (adj) – having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness - свирепый

tight (adj), -ly (adv) - fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; hard to move, undo, or open – плотный, узкий; плотно, узко

grasp (v, n) - a firm hold or grip – сжимать, схватить; хватка, сжатие

bury (v) – put or hide under ground – закапывать, хоронить

beast (n) = an animal – зверь, животное

slay (v) - kill (a person or animal) in a violent way – сражать, убивать

limb (n) - an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing - конечность

loathsome (adj) – hateful - отвратительный

harass (v), -ment (n) - subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation; aggressive pressure or intimidation – беспокоить, тревожить; домогательство, беспокойство

fittingly (adv) – accordingly - подходяще

God's bright beacon – sun (kenning) – «яркий маяк Бога» = солнце

Spare smb (v) – have mercy on smb - помиловать

ring-hall Heorot – i.e. "The Hart," or "Stag," so called from decorations in the gables that resembled the antlers of a deer. This hall has been carefully described in a pamphlet by Heyne. The building was rectangular, with opposite doors -- mainly west and east -- and a hearth in the middle of the single room. A row of pillars down each side, at some distance from the walls, made a space which was raised a little above the main floor, and was furnished with two rows of seats. On one side, usually south, was the high-seat midway between the doors. Opposite this, on the other raised space, was another seat of honor. At the banquet soon to be described, Hrothgar sat in the south or chief high-seat, and Beowulf opposite to him. The scene for a flying was thus very effectively set. Planks on trestles -- the "board" of later English literature -- formed the tables just in front of the long rows of seats, and were taken away after banquets, when the retainers were ready to stretch themselves out for sleep on the benches.

Heorot, the famous hall built by Hrothgar, is "beahsele beorta" (bright ring hall, i.e., hall where treasure is dispensed, line 1177).

Heorot is a mead hall described in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as "the foremost of halls under heaven." It served as a palace for King Hroðgar, a legendary Danish king of the sixth century. Heorot means "Hall of the Hart" (male deer)