Bēowulf XIII
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792 Nolde eorla hlēo ǣnige þinga
793 þone cwealm-cuman cwicne forlǣtan,
794 nē his līf-dagas lēoda ǣnigum
795 nytte tealde. Þǣr genehost brægd
796 eorl Bēowulfes ealde lāfe,
797 wolde frēa-drihtnes feorh ealgian
798 mǣres þēodnes, þǣr hīe meahton swā;
799 hīe þæt ne wiston, þā hīe gewin drugon,
800 heard-hicgende hilde-mecgas,
801 and on healfa gehwone hēawan þōhton,
802 sāwle sēcan, þæt þone syn-scaðan
803 ǣnig ofer eorðan īrenna cyst,
804 gūð-billa nān grētan nolde;
805 ac hē sige-wǣpnum forsworen hæfde,
806 ecga gehwylcre. Scolde his aldor-gedāl
807 on þǣm dæge þysses līfes
808 earmlīc wurðan and se ellor-gāst
809 on fēonda geweald feor sīðian.
810 Þā þæt onfunde sē þe fela ǣror
811 mōdes myrðe manna cynne
812 fyrene gefremede (hē wæs fāg wið god)
813 þæt him se līc-homa lǣstan nolde,
814 ac hine se mōdega mǣg Hygelāces
815 hæfde be honda; wæs gehwæðer ōðrum
816 lifigende lāð. Līc-sār gebād
817 atol ǣglǣca, him on eaxle wearð
818 syn-dolh sweotol, seonowe onsprungon
819 burston bān-locan. Bēowulfe wearð
820 gūð-hrēð gyfeðe; scolde Grendel þonan
821 feorh-sēoc flēon under fen-hleoðu,
822 sēcean wyn-lēas wīc; wiste þē geornor,
823 þæt his aldres wæs ende gegongen,
824 dōgera dæg-rīm. Denum eallum wearð
825 æfter þām wæl-rǣse willa gelumpen.
826 Hæfde þā gefǣlsod, sē þe ǣr feorran cōm,
827 snotor and swȳð-ferhð sele Hrōðgāres,
828 genered wið nīðe. Niht-weorce gefeh,
829 ellen-mǣrðum; hæfde Ēast-Denum
830 Gēat-mecga lēod gilp gelǣsted,
831 swylce oncȳððe ealle gebētte,
832 inwid-sorge, þē hīe ǣr drugon
833 and for þrēa-nȳdum þolian scoldon,
834 torn unlȳtel. Þæt wæs tācen sweotol,
835 syððan hilde-dēor hond ālegde,
836 earm and eaxle (þǣr wæs eal geador
837 Grendles grāpe) under gēapne hrōf.