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unriht æfnde,⁠oþ þæt ende becwōm,
1255swylt æfter synnum.⁠Þæt gesȳne wearþ,
wīd-cūþ werum,⁠þætte wrecend þā gyt
lifde æfter lāþum,⁠lange þrāge
æfter gūð-ceare;⁠Grendles mōdor,
ides, āglǣc-wīf,⁠yrmþe gemunde,
1260sē þe wæter-egesan⁠wunian scolde,
cealde strēamas,⁠siþðan Cain^[1] wearð
tō ecg-banan⁠āngan brēþer,
fæderen-mǣge;⁠hē þā fāg gewāt,
morþre gemearcod,⁠*man-drēam flēon,Fol. 158a.
1265wēsten warode.⁠Þanon wōc fela
gēo-sceaft-gāsta;⁠wæs þǣra Grendel sum,
heoro-wearh hetelīc,⁠sē æt Heorote fand
wæccendne wer⁠wīges bīdan.
Þǣr him āglǣca⁠ætgrǣpe wearð;
1270hwæþre hē gemunde⁠mægenes strenge,
gim-fæste^[2] gife,⁠ðe him God sealde,
ond him tō Anwaldan⁠āre gelȳfde,
frōfre ond fultum;⁠ðȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm,
gehnǣgde helle gāst.⁠Þā hā hēan gewāt,
1275drēame bedǣled,⁠dēaþ-wīc sēon,
man-cynnes fēond.⁠Ond his mōdor þā gyt
gīfre ond galg-mōd⁠gegān wolde
sorh-fulne sīð,⁠suna dēað^[3] wrecan;
cōm þā tō Heorote,⁠ðǣr Hring-Dene
1280geond þæt sæld swǣfun.⁠Þā ðǣr sōna wearð
ed-hwyrft eorkim,⁠siþðan inne fealh

1. 1261. MS. ‘camp.’
2. 1271. Thorpe, Grein, Sweet ‘gin-fæste.’ For the change of n to m before labials, cf. hlim-bed, 1. 3034, and see Sievers, § 187, N.
3. 1278. MS. ‘sunu þeod.’ Ettmüller’s emendation.