hord-weorþunge,hnāhran rince,
sǣmran æt sæcce.Þū þē self hafast
dǣdum gefremed,þæt þīn [dom][1] lyfað
955āwa tō aldre.Al-walda þec
gōde forgylde,swā hē nū gyt dyde!”
Bēowulf maþelode,bearn Ec[g]þēowes:
“Wē þæt ellen-weorcēstum miclum,
feohtan fremedon,frēcne genēðdon
960eafoð uncūþes;ūþe ic swīþor,
þæt ðū hine selfnegesēon mōste,
fēond on frætewumfyl-wērigne.
Ic hine[2] hrædlīce*heardan clammumFol. 151a.
on wæl-beddewrīþan þōhte,
965þæt hē for mund-gripe[3]mīnum scolde
licgean līf-bysig,būtan his līc swice;
ic hine ne mihte,þā Metod nolde,
ganges getwǣman; nō ic him þæs georne astfealh,
feorh-geniðlan;wæs tō fore-mihtig
970fēond on fēþe.Hwæþere hē his folme forlēt
tō līf-wraþelāst weardian,
earm ond eaxle;nō þǣr ǣnige swā þēah
fēa-sceaft gumafrōfre gebohte;
nō þȳ leng leofaðlāð-getēona
975synnum geswenced;ac hyne sār hafað
in nȳd-gripe[4]nearwe befongen,
balwon bendum;ðǣr ābīdan sceal
maga māne fāhmiclan dōmes,
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