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ūp ofer ēg-clif,^[1]  þǣr þæt eorl-weorod
morgen-longne dæg  mōd-gīomor sæt,
2895bord-hæbbende,  bēga on wēnum,
ende-dōgores  ond eft-cymes
lēofes monnes.  Lȳt swīgode
nīwra spella,  sē ðe næs gerād,
ac hē sōðlīce  sægde ofer ealle:
2900“Nū is wil-geofa  Wedra lēoda,
dryhten Gēata,  dēað-bedde fæst,
wunað wæl-reste  wyrmes dǣdum.
Him on efn ligeð  ealdor-gewinna
siex-bennum sēoc;  sweorde ne meahte
2905on ðām āglǣcean  ænige þinga
wunde gewyrcean.  Wīglāf siteð
ofer Bīowulfe,  byre Wihstānes,
eorl ofer ōðrum  unlifigendum,
healdeð hige-mǣðum^[2]  *hēafod-weardeFol. 193a.
2910lēofes ond lāðes.  Nū ys lēodum wēn
orleg-hwīle,  syððan under[ne]^[3]
Froncum ond Frȳsum  fyll cyninges
wīde weorðeð.  Wæs sīo wrōht scepen
heard wið Hūgas,  syððan Higelāc cwōm
2915faran flot-herge  on Frēsna land,
þǣr hyne Hetware  hilde gehnǣgdon,
elne geēodon,  mid ofer-mægene,
þæt se byrn-wiga  būgan sceolde,
fēoll on fēðan;  nalles frætwe geaf

2920ealdor dugoðe.  Ūs wæs ā syððan

1. 2893. MS. ‘ecg clif’; Kemble ‘ēg-clif.’ Cf. l. 577. Ecg is used only of weapons in O. E.
2. 2909. Sievers ‘hige-mēðe’; cf. l. 2442.
3. 2911. MS. ‘under.’ Grein’s emendation. Cf. l. 127.