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3059 Þā wæs gesȳne, þæt se sīð ne þāh

3060 þām þe unrihte inne gehȳdde

3061 wrǣte under wealle. Weard ǣr ofslōh

3062 fēara sumne; þā sīo fǣhð gewearð

3063 gewrecen wrāðlīce. Wundur hwār, þonne

3064 eorl ellen-rōf ende gefēre

3065 līf-gesceafta, þonne leng ne mæg

3066 mon mid his māgum medu-seld būan.

3067 Swā wæs Bīowulfe, þā hē biorges weard

3068 sōhte, searo-nīðas: seolfa ne cūðe,

3069 þurh hwæt his worulde gedāl weorðan sceolde;

3070 swā hit oð dōmes dæg dīope benemdon

3071 þēodnas mǣre, þā þæt þǣr dydon,

3072 þæt se secg wǣre synnum scildig,

3073 hergum geheaðerod, hell-bendum fæst,

3074 wommum gewītnad, sē þone wong strāde.

3075 Næs hē gold-hwæt: gearwor hæfde

3076 āgendes ēst ǣr gescēawod.

3077 Wīglāf maðelode, Wīhstānes sunu:

3078 “Oft sceall eorl monig ānes willan

3079 “wrǣc ādrēogan, swā ūs geworden is.

3080 “Ne meahton wē gelǣran lēofne þēoden,

3081 “rīces hyrde rǣd ǣnigne,

3082 “þæt hē ne grētte gold-weard þone,

3083 “lēte hyne licgean, þǣr hē longe wæs,

3084 “wīcum wunian oð woruld-ende.

3085 “Hēoldon hēah gesceap: hord ys gescēawod,

3086 “grimme gegongen; wæs þæt gifeðe tō swīð,

3087 “þē þone þēoden þyder ontyhte.

3088 “Ic wæs þǣr inne and þæt eall geond-seh,

3089 “recedes geatwa, þā mē gerȳmed wæs,

3090 “nealles swǣslīce sīð ālȳfed

3091 “inn under eorð-weall. Ic on ofoste gefēng

3092 “micle mid mundum mægen-byrðenne

3093 “hord-gestrēona, hider ūt ætbær

3094 “cyninge mīnum: cwico wæs þā gēna,

3095 “wīs and gewittig; worn eall gespræc

3096 “gomol on gehðo and ēowic grētan hēt,

3097 “bæd þæt gē geworhton æfter wines dǣdum

3098 “in bǣl-stede beorh þone hēan

3099 “micelne and mǣrne, swā hē manna wæs

3100 “wīgend weorð-fullost wīde geond eorðan,

3101 “þenden hē burh-welan brūcan mōste.

3102 “Uton nū efstan ōðre sīðe

3103 “sēon and sēcean searo-geþræc,

3104 “wundur under wealle! ic ēow wīsige,

3105 “þæt gē genōge nēan scēawiað

3106 “bēagas and brād gold. Sīe sīo bǣr gearo

3107 “ǣdre geæfned, þonne wē ūt cymen,

3108 “and þonne geferian frēan ūserne,

3109 “lēofne mannan, þǣr hē longe sceal

3110 “on þæs waldendes wǣre geþolian.”

3111 Hēt þā gebēodan byre Wīhstānes,

3112 hæle hilde-dīor, hæleða monegum

3113 bold-āgendra, þæt hīe bǣl-wudu

3114 feorran feredon, folc-āgende

3115 gōdum tōgēnes: “Nū sceal glēd fretan

3116 “(weaxan wonna lēg) wigena strengel,

3117 “þone þe oft gebād īsern-scūre,

3118 “þonne strǣla storm, strengum gebǣded,

3119 “scōc ofer scild-weall, sceft nytte hēold,

3120 “feðer-gearwum fūs flāne full-ēode.”

3121 Hūru se snotra sunu Wīhstānes

3122 ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas

3123 syfone tōsomne þā sēlestan,

3124 ēode eahta sum under inwit-hrōf;

3125 hilde-rinc sum on handa bær

3126 ǣled-lēoman, sē þe on orde gēong.

3127 Næs þā on hlytme, hwā þæt hord strude,

3128 syððan or-wearde ǣnigne dǣl

3129 secgas gesēgon on sele wunian,

3130 lǣne licgan: lȳt ǣnig mearn,

3131 þæt hī ofostlice ūt geferedon

3132 dȳre māðmas; dracan ēc scufun,

3133 wyrm ofer weall-clif, lēton wǣg niman,

3134 flōd fæðmian frætwa hyrde.

3135 Þǣr wæs wunden gold on wǣn hladen,

3136 ǣghwæs unrīm, æðeling boren,

3137 hār hilde-rinc tō Hrones næsse.