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2145 “Swā se þēod-kyning þēawum lyfde;

2146 “nealles ic þām lēanum forloren hæfde,

2147 “mægnes mēde, ac hē mē māðmas geaf,

2148 “sunu Healfdenes, on sīnne sylfes dōm;

2149 “þā ic þē, beorn-cyning, bringan wylle,

2150 “ēstum geȳwan. Gēn is eall æt þē

2151 “lissa gelong: ic lȳt hafo

2152 “hēafod-māga, nefne Hygelāc þec!”

2153 Hēt þā in beran eafor, hēafod-segn,

2154 heaðo-stēapne helm, hāre byrnan,

2155 gūð-sweord geatolīc, gyd æfter wræc:

2156 “Mē þis hilde-sceorp Hrōðgār sealde,

2157 “snotra fengel, sume worde hēt,

2158 “þæt ic his ǣrest þē eft gesægde,

2159 “cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogār cyning,

2160 “lēod Scyldunga lange hwīle:

2161 “nō þȳ ǣr suna sīnum syllan wolde,

2162 “hwatum Heorowearde, þēah hē him hold wǣre,

2163 “brēost-gewǣdu. Brūc ealles well!”

2164 Hȳrde ic þæt þām frætwum fēower mēaras

2165 lungre gelīce lāst weardode,

2166 æppel-fealuwe; hē him ēst getēah

2167 mēara and māðma. Swā sceal mǣg dōn,

2168 nealles inwit-net ōðrum bregdan,

2169 dyrnum cræfte dēað rēnian

2170 hond-gesteallan. Hygelāce wæs,

2171 nīða heardum, nefa swȳðe hold

2172 and gehwæðer ōðrum hrōðra gemyndig.

2173 Hȳrde ic þæt hē þone heals-bēah Hygde gesealde,

2174 wrǣtlīcne wundur-māððum, þone þe him Wealhþēo geaf,

2175 þēodnes dōhtor, þrīo wicg somod

2176 swancor and sadol-beorht; hyre syððan wæs

2177 æfter bēah-þege brēost geweorðod.

2178 Swā bealdode bearn Ecgþēowes,

2179 guma gūðum cūð, gōdum dǣdum,

2180 drēah æfter dōme, nealles druncne slōg

2181 heorð-genēatas; næs him hrēoh sefa,

2182 ac hē man-cynnes mǣste cræfte

2183 gin-fæstan gife, þē him god sealde,

2184 hēold hilde-dēor. Hēan wæs lange,

2185 swā hyne Gēata bearn gōdne ne tealdon,

2186 nē hyne on medo-bence micles wyrðne

2187 drihten wereda gedōn wolde;

2188 swȳðe oft sægdon, þæt hē slēac wǣre,

2189 æðeling unfrom: edwenden cwōm

2190 tīr-ēadigum menn torna gehwylces.

2191 Hēt þā eorla hlēo in gefetian,

2192 heaðo-rōf cyning, Hrēðles lāfe,

2193 golde gegyrede; næs mid Gēatum þā

2194 sinc-māððum sēlra on sweordes hād;

2195 þæt hē on Bīowulfes bearm ālegde,

2196 and him gesealde seofan þūsendo,

2197 bold and brego-stōl. Him wæs bām samod

2198 on þām lēod-scipe lond gecynde,

2199 eard ēðel-riht, ōðrum swīðor

2200 sīde rīce, þām þǣr sēlra wæs.

2201 Eft þæt geīode ufaran dōgrum

2202 hilde-hlæmmum, syððan Hygelāc læg

2203 and Heardrēde hilde-mēceas

2204 under bord-hrēoðan tō bonan wurdon,

2205 þā hyne gesōhtan on sige-þēode

2206 hearde hilde-frecan, Heaðo-Scilfingas,

2207 nīða genǣgdan nefan Hererīces.

2208 Syððan Bēowulfe brāde rīce

2209 on hand gehwearf: hē gehēold tela

2210 fīftig wintru (wæs þā frōd cyning,

2211 eald ēðel-weard), oð þæt ān ongan

2212 deorcum nihtum draca rīcsian,

2213 sē þe on hēare hǣðe hord beweotode,

2214 stān-beorh stēapne: stīg under læg,

2215 eldum uncūð. Þǣr on innan gīong

2216 niða nāt-hwylces nēode gefēng

2217 hǣðnum horde hond . d . . geþ . . hwylc

2218 since fāhne, hē þæt syððan . . . . .

2219 . . . þ . . . lð . þ . . l . g

2220 slǣpende be fȳre, fyrena hyrde

2221 þēofes cræfte, þæt sie . . . . ðioð . . . . .

2222 . idh . folc-beorn, þæt hē gebolgen wæs.