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BEOWULF.
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185 in fȳres fæþm,frōfre ne wēnan,
wihte gewendan;wel bið þǣm þe mōt
æfter dēað-dægeDrihten sēcean,
ond tō Fæder fæþmumfreoðo wilnian.


III.

Swā ðā mǣl-cearemaga Healfdenes
190singala sēað;ne mihte snotor hæleð
wēan onwendan;wæs þæt gewin tō swȳð,
lāþ ond longsum,þe on ðā lēode becōm,
nȳd-wracu nīþ-grim,niht-bealwa mǣst.
Þaet fram hām gefrægnHigelāces þegn,
195gōd mid Gēatum,Grendles dǣda;
sē wæs mon-cynnesmægenes strengest
on þǣm dægeþysses līfes,
æþele ond ēacen.Hēt him ȳð-lidan
gōdne gegyrwan;cwæð, hē gūð-cyning
200ofer swan-rādesēcean wolde,
mǣrne þēoden,þā him wæs manna þearf.
Ðone sīð-fæt himsnotere ceorlas
lȳt-hwon lōgon,*þēah hē him lēof wǣre; Fol. 134b.
hwetton hige-[r]ōfne,[1]hǣl scēawedon.
205Hæfde se gōdaGēata lēoda
cempan gecorone,þāra þe hē cēnoste
findan mihte;fiftena[2] sum
sund-wudu sōhte;secg wīsade,
lagu-cræftig mon,land-gemyrcu.

  1. 204. MS. defective. Zupitza says: “rofne—only the lower part of the first letter left, which may have been r, þ, f, s, or w.”
  2. 207. MS. ‘·XVna.’