2160nō ðȳ ǣr suna sīnum syllan wolde,
hwatum Heorowearde, þēah hē him hold wǣre,
brēost-gewǣdu. Brūc ealles well.”
Hȳrde ic, þæt þām frætwum fēower mēaras
lungre gelīce lāst weardode,
2165æppel-fealuwe; hē him ēst getēah
mēara ond māðma. Swā sceal *mǣg dōn,Fol. 178a.
nealles inwit-net ōðrum bregdon,
dyrnum cræfte dēað rēn[ian][1]
hond-gesteallan. Hygelāce wæs
2170 nīða heardum nefa swȳðe hold,
ond gehwǣðer ōðrum hrōþra gemyndig.
Hȳrde ic, þæt hē ðone heals-bēah Hygde gesealde,
wrætlīcne wundur-māððum, ðone þe him Wealhðēo geaf,
ðēod[nes] dohtor, þrīo wicg somod
2175swancor ond sadol-beorht; hyre syððan wæs,
æfter bēah-ðege, br[ē]ost geweorðod.
Swā bealdode bearn Ecgðēowes,
guma gūðum cūð, gōdum dǣdum,
drēah æfter dōme, nealles druncne slōg
2180heorð-genēatas; næs him hrēoh sefa,
ac hē man-cynnes mǣste cræfte
gin-fæstan gife, þe him God sealde,
hēold hilde-dēor. Hēan wæs lange,
swā hyne Gēata bearn gōdne ne tealdon,
2185ne hyne on medo-bence micles wyrðne
*drihten wereda gedōn wolde;Fol. 178b.
swȳðe [wēn]don,[2] þæt hē slēac wǣre,
aeðeling unfrom. Edwenden cwōm
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