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2893 Heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan

2894 up ofer ēg-clif, þǣr þæt eorl-weorod

2895 morgen-longne dæg mōd-giōmor sæt,

2896 bord-hæbbende, bēga on wēnum

2897 ende-dōgores and eft-cymes

2898 lēofes monnes. Lȳt swīgode

2899 nīwra spella, sē þe næs gerād,

2900 ac hē sōðlīce sægde ofer ealle;

2901 “Nū is wil-geofa Wedra lēoda,

2902 “dryhten Gēata dēað-bedde fæst,

2903 “wunað wæl-reste wyrmes dǣdum;

2904 “him on efn ligeð ealdor-gewinna,

2905 “siex-bennum sēoc: sweorde ne meahte

2906 “on þām āglǣcean ǣnige þinga

2907 “wunde gewyrcean. Wīglāf siteð

2908 “ofer Bīowulfe, byre Wīhstānes,

2909 “eorl ofer ōðrum unlifigendum,

2910 “healdeð hige-mēðum hēafod-wearde

2911 “lēofes and lāðes. Nū ys lēodum wēn

2912 “orleg-hwīle, syððan underne

2913 “Froncum and Frȳsum fyll cyninges

2914 “wīde weorðeð. Wæs sīo wrōht scepen

2915 “heard wið Hūgas, syððan Higelāc cwōm

2916 “faran flot-herge on Frēsna land,

2917 “þǣr hyne Hetware hilde gehnǣgdon,

2918 “elne geēodon mid ofer-mægene,

2919 “þæt se byrn-wiga būgan sceolde,

2920 “fēoll on fēðan: nalles frætwe geaf

2921 “ealdor dugoðe; ūs wæs ā syððan

2922 “Merewīoinga milts ungyfeðe.

2923 “Nē ic tō Swēo-þēode sibbe oððe trēowe

2924 “wihte ne wēne; ac wæs wīde cūð,

2925 “þætte Ongenþīo ealdre besnyðede

2926 “Hæðcyn Hrēðling wið Hrefna-wudu,

2927 “þā for on-mēdlan ǣrest gesōhton

2928 “Gēata lēode Gūð-scilfingas.

2929 “Sōna him se frōda fæder Ōhtheres,

2930 “eald and eges-full ond-slyht āgeaf,

2931 “ābrēot brim-wīsan, brȳd āhēorde,

2932 “gomela īo-meowlan golde berofene,

2933 “Onelan mōdor and Ōhtheres,

2934 “and þā folgode feorh-genīðlan

2935 “oð þæt hī oðēodon earfoðlīce

2936 “in Hrefnes-holt hlāford-lēase.

2937 “Besæt þā sin-herge sweorda lāfe

2938 “wundum wērge, wēan oft gehēt

2939 “earmre teohhe andlonge niht:

2940 “cwæð hē on mergenne mēces ecgum

2941 “gētan wolde, sume on galg-trēowum

2942 ”fuglum tō gamene. Frōfor eft gelamp

2943 “sārig-mōdum somod ǣr-dæge,

2944 “syððan hīe Hygelāces horn and bȳman

2945 “gealdor ongeāton. Þā se gōda cōm

2946 “lēoda dugoðe on lāst faran.