The opening line of Beowulf isn't actually confusing

Hwæt wē Gār-Dena in gēardagum þēodcyninga þrym gefrūnon hū ða æþelingas ellen fremedon The above is the Old English opening line for Beowulf. There's been a lot of debate on how to translate the opening word "Hwaet". This is ironic because "hwaet" is Old English for "what", so the question is, what's there to translate‽ Here's a straight translation without punctuation (though capitalization is…