‘The treasures that Hygelac lavished on me
I paid for when I fought, as fortune allowed me,
with my glittering sword. He gave me land
and the security land brings, so he had no call
to go looking for some lesser champion.’
– Beowulf, Seamus Heaney (trans.)
Lines 2490-2494: Beowulf explains his relationship to King Hygelac.