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1252 Sigon þā tō slǣpe. Sum sāre angeald

1253 ǣfen-ræste, swā him ful-oft gelamp,

1254 siððan gold-sele Grendel warode,

1255 unriht æfnde, oð þæt ende becwōm,

1256 swylt æfter synnum. Þæt gesȳne wearð,

1257 wīd-cūð werum, þætte wrecend þā gȳt

1258 lifde æfter lāðum, lange þrāge

1259 æfter gūð-ceare; Grendles mōdor,

1260 ides āglǣc-wīf yrmðe gemunde,

1261 sē þe wæter-egesan wunian scolde,

1262 cealde strēamas, siððan Cain wearð

1263 tō ecg-banan āngan brēðer,

1264 fæderen-mǣge; hē þā fāg gewāt,

1265 morðre gemearcod man-drēam flēon,

1266 wēsten warode. Þanon wōc fela

1267 geōsceaft-gāsta; wæs þǣra Grendel sum,

1268 heoro-wearh hetelīc, sē æt Heorote fand

1269 wæccendne wer wīges bīdan,

1270 þǣr him āglǣca æt-grǣpe wearð;

1271 hwæðre hē gemunde mægenes strenge,

1272 gim-fæste gife, þē him god sealde,

1273 and him tō anwaldan āre gelȳfde,

1274 frōfre and fultum: þȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm,

1275 gehnǣgde helle gāst: þā hē hēan gewāt,

1276 drēame bedǣled dēað-wīc sēon,

1277 man-cynnes fēond. And his mōdor þā gȳt

1278 gīfre and galg-mōd gegān wolde

1279 sorh-fulne sīð, suna dēað wrecan.

1280 Cōm þā tō Heorote, þǣr Hring-Dene

1281 geond þæt sæld swǣfun. Þā þǣr sōna wearð

1282 ed-hwyrft eorlum, siððan inne fealh

1283 Grendles mōdor; wæs se gryre lǣssa

1284 efne swā micle, swā bið mægða cræft,

1285 wīg-gryre wīfes be wǣpned-men,

1286 þonne heoru bunden, hamere geþuren,

1287 sweord swāte fāh swīn ofer helme,

1288 ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð.

1289 Þā wæs on healle heard-ecg togen,

1290 sweord ofer setlum, sīd-rand manig

1291 hafen handa fæst; helm ne gemunde,

1292 byrnan sīde, þe hine se brōga angeat.

1293 Hēo wæs on ofste, wolde ūt þanon

1294 fēore beorgan, þā hēo onfunden wæs;

1295 hraðe hēo æðelinga ānne hæfde

1296 fæste befangen, þā hēo tō fenne gang;

1297 sē wæs Hrōðgāre hæleða lēofost

1298 on gesīðes hād be sǣm tweonum,

1299 rīce rand-wiga, þone þe hēo on ræste ābrēat,

1300 blǣd-fæstne beorn. Næs Bēowulf þǣr,

1301 ac wæs ōðer in ǣr geteohhod

1302 æfter māððum-gife mǣrum Gēate.

1303 Hrēam wearð on Heorote. Hēo under heolfre genam

1304 cūðe folme; cearu wæs genīwod

1305 geworden in wīcum: ne wæs þæt gewrixle til,

1306 þæt hīe on bā healfa bicgan scoldon

1307 frēonda fēorum. Þā wæs frōd cyning,

1308 hār hilde-rinc, on hrēon mōde,

1309 syððan hē aldor-þegn unlyfigendne,

1310 þone dēorestan dēadne wisse.

1311 Hraðe wæs tō būre Bēowulf fetod,

1312 sigor-ēadig secg. Samod ǣr-dæge

1313 ēode eorla sum, æðele cempa

1314 self mid gesīðum, þǣr se snottra bād,

1315 hwæðre him al-walda ǣfre wille

1316 æfter wēa-spelle wyrpe gefremman.

1317 Gang þā æfter flōre fyrd-wyrðe man

1318 mid his hand-scale (heal-wudu dynede)

1319 þæt hē þone wīsan wordum hnǣgde

1320 frēan Ingwina; frægn gif him wǣre

1321 æfter nēod-laðu niht getǣse.