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2313 Þā se gæst ongan glēdum spīwan,

2314 beorht hofu bærnan; bryne-lēoma stōd

2315 eldum on andan; nō þǣr āht cwices

2316 lāð lyft-floga lǣfan wolde.

2317 Wæs þæs wyrmes wīg wīde gesȳne,

2318 nearo-fāges nīð nēan and feorran,

2319 hū se gūð-sceaða Gēata lēode

2320 hatode and hȳnde: hord eft gescēat,

2321 dryht-sele dyrnne ǣr dæges hwīle.

2322 Hæfde land-wara līge befangen,

2323 bǣle and bronde; beorges getruwode,

2324 wīges and wealles: him sēo wēn gelēah.

2325 Þā wæs Bīowulfe brōga gecȳðed

2326 snūde tō sōðe, þæt his sylfes him

2327 bolda sēlest bryne-wylmum mealt,

2328 gif-stōl Gēata. Þæt þām gōdan wæs

2329 hrēow on hreðre, hyge-sorga mǣst:

2330 wēnde se wīsa, þæt hē wealdende,

2331 ofer ealde riht, ēcean dryhtne

2332 bitre gebulge: brēost innan wēoll

2333 þēostrum geþoncum, swā him geþȳwe ne wæs.

2334 Hæfde līg-draca lēoda fæsten,

2335 ēa-lond ūtan, eorð-weard þone

2336 glēdum forgrunden. Him þæs gūð-cyning,

2337 Wedera þīoden, wræce leornode.

2338 Heht him þā gewyrcean wīgendra hlēo

2339 eall-īrenne, eorla dryhten

2340 wīg-bord wrǣtlīc; wisse hē gearwe,

2341 þæt him holt-wudu helpan ne meahte,

2342 lind wið līge. Sceolde lǣn-daga

2343 æðeling ǣr-gōd ende gebīdan

2344 worulde līfes and se wyrm somod;

2345 þēah þe hord-welan hēolde lange.

2346 Oferhogode þā hringa fengel,

2347 þæt hē þone wīd-flogan weorode gesōhte,

2348 sīdan herge; nō hē him þā sæcce ondrēd,

2349 nē him þæs wyrmes wīg for wiht dyde,

2350 eafoð and ellen; forþon hē ǣr fela

2351 nearo nēðende nīða gedīgde,

2352 hilde-hlemma, syððan hē Hrōðgāres,

2353 sigor-ēadig secg, sele fǣlsode

2354 and æt gūðe forgrāp Grendeles mǣgum,

2355 lāðan cynnes. Nō þæt lǣsest wæs

2356 hond-gemota, þǣr mon Hygelāc slōh,

2357 syððan Gēata cyning gūðe rǣsum,

2358 frēa-wine folces Frēslondum on,

2359 Hrēðles eafora hioro-dryncum swealt,

2360 bille gebēaten; þonan Bīowulf cōm

2361 sylfes cræfte, sund-nytte drēah;

2362 hæfde him on earme ... XXX

2363 hilde-geatwa, þā hē tō holme stāg.

2364 Nealles Hetware hrēmge þorfton

2365 fēðe-wīges, þē him foran ongēan

2366 linde bǣron: lȳt eft becwōm

2367 fram þām hild-frecan hāmes nīosan.

2368 Oferswam þā sioleða bigong sunu Ecgþēowes,

2369 earm ān-haga eft tō lēodum,

2370 þǣr him Hygd gebēad hord and rīce,

2371 bēagas and brego-stōl: bearne ne truwode,

2372 þæt hē wið æl-fylcum ēðel-stōlas

2373 healdan cūðe, þā wæs Hygelāc dēad.

2374 Nō þȳ ǣr fēa-sceafte findan meahton

2375 æt þām æðelinge ǣnige þinga,

2376 þæt hē Heardrēde hlāford wǣre,

2377 oððe þone cyne-dōm cīosan wolde;

2378 hwæðre hē him on folce frēond-lārum hēold,

2379 ēstum mid āre, oð þæt hē yldra wearð,

2380 Weder-Gēatum wēold. Hyne wræc-mæcgas

2381 ofer sǣ sōhtan, suna Ōhteres:

2382 hæfdon hȳ forhealden helm Scylfinga,

2383 þone sēlestan sǣ-cyninga,

2384 þāra þe in Swīo-rīce sinc brytnade,

2385 mǣrne þēoden. Him þæt tō mearce wearð;

2386 hē þǣr orfeorme feorh-wunde hlēat

2387 sweordes swengum, sunu Hygelāces;

2388 and him eft gewāt Ongenþīowes bearn

2389 hāmes nīosan, syððan Heardrēd læg;

2390 lēt þone brego-stōl Bīowulf healdan,

2391 Gēatum wealdan: þæt wæs gōd cyning.