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838 Þā wæs on morgen mīne gefrǣge

839 ymb þā gif-healle gūð-rinc monig:

840 fērdon folc-togan feorran and nēan

841 geond wīd-wegas wundor scēawian,

842 lāðes lāstas. Nō his līf-gedāl

843 sārlīc þūhte secga ǣnegum,

844 þāra þe tīr-lēases trode scēawode,

845 hū hē wērig-mōd on weg þanon,

846 nīða ofercumen, on nicera mere

847 fǣge and geflȳmed feorh-lāstas bær.

848 Þǣr wæs on blōde brim weallende,

849 atol ȳða geswing eal gemenged

850 hātan heolfre, heoro-drēore wēol;

851 dēað-fǣge dēog, siððan drēama lēas

852 in fen-freoðo feorh ālegde

853 hǣðene sāwle, þǣr him hel onfēng.

854 Þanon eft gewiton eald-gesīðas,

855 swylce geong manig of gomen-wāðe,

856 fram mere mōdge, mēarum rīdan,

857 beornas on blancum. Þǣr wæs Bēowulfes

858 mǣrðo mǣned; monig oft gecwæð,

859 þætte sūð nē norð be sǣm tweonum

860 ofer eormen-grund ōðer nǣnig

861 under swegles begong sēlra nǣre

862 rond-hæbbendra, rīces wyrðra.

863 Nē hīe hūru wine-drihten wiht ne lōgon,

864 glædne Hrōðgār, ac þæt wæs gōd cyning.

865 Hwīlum heaðo-rōfe hlēapan lēton,

866 on geflīt faran fealwe mēaras,

867 þǣr him fold-wegas fægere þūhton,

868 cystum cūðe; hwīlum cyninges þegn,

869 guma gilp-hlæden gidda gemyndig,

870 sē þe eal-fela eald-gesegena

871 worn gemunde, word ōðer fand

872 sōðe gebunden: secg eft ongan

873 sīð Bēowulfes snyttrum styrian

874 and on spēd wrecan spel gerāde,

875 wordum wrixlan, wēl-hwylc gecwæð,

876 þæt hē fram Sigemunde secgan hȳrde,

877 ellen-dǣdum, uncūðes fela,

878 Wælsinges gewin, wīde sīðas,

879 þāra þe gumena bearn gearwe ne wiston,

880 fǣhðe and fyrene, būton Fitela mid hine,

881 þonne hē swylces hwæt secgan wolde

882 ēam his nefan, swā hīe ā wǣron

883 æt nīða gehwām nȳd-gesteallan:

884 hæfdon eal-fela eotena cynnes

885 sweordum gesǣged. Sigemunde gesprong

886 æfter dēað-dæge dōm unlȳtel,

887 syððan wīges heard wyrm ācwealde,

888 hordes hyrde; hē under hārne stān,

889 æðelinges bearn, āna genēðde

890 frēcne dǣde; ne wæs him Fitela mid.

891 Hwæðre him gesǣlde, þæt þæt swurd þurhwōd

892 wrǣtlīcne wyrm, þæt hit on wealle ætstōd,

893 dryhtlīc īren; draca morðre swealt.

894 Hæfde āglǣca elne gegongen,

895 þæt hē bēah-hordes brūcan mōste

896 selfes dōme: sǣ-bāt gehlōd,

897 bær on bearm scipes beorhte frætwa,

898 Wælses eafera; wyrm hāt gemealt.

899 Sē wæs wreccena wīde mǣrost

900 ofer wer-þēode, wīgendra hlēo

901 ellen-dǣdum: hē þæs āron þāh.

902 Siððan Heremōdes hild sweðrode

903 eafoð and ellen. Hē mid eotenum wearð

904 on fēonda geweald forð forlācen,

905 snūde forsended. Hine sorh-wylmas

906 lemede tō lange, hē his lēodum wearð,

907 eallum æðelingum tō aldor-ceare;

908 swylce oft bemearn ǣrran mǣlum

909 swīð-ferhðes sīð snotor ceorl monig,

910 sē þe him bealwa tō bōte gelȳfde,

911 þæt þæt þēodnes bearn geþēon scolde,

912 fæder-æðelum onfōn, folc gehealdan,

913 hord and hlēo-burh, hæleða rīce,

914 ēðel Scyldinga. Hē þǣr eallum wearð,

915 mǣg Higelāces manna cynne,

916 frēondum gefægra; hine fyren onwōd.

917 Hwīlum flītende fealwe strǣte

918 mēarum mǣton. Þā wæs morgen-lēoht

919 scofen and scynded. Ēode scealc monig

920 swīð-hicgende tō sele þām hēan,

921 searo-wundor sēon, swylce self cyning,

922 of brȳd-būre bēah-horda weard,

923 tryddode tīr-fæst getrume micle,

924 cystum gecȳðed, and his cwēn mid him

925 medo-stīg gemæt mægða hōse.