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XXIII.

Geseah ðā on searwum⁠sige-ēadig bil,
eald sweord eotenisc,⁠ecgum þyhtig,
wigena weorð-mynd;⁠þæt [wæs]^[1] wǣpna cyst,
1560būton hit wæs māre⁠ðonne ǣnig mon ōðer
tō beadu-lāce⁠ætberan meahte,
gōd ond geatolīc,⁠gīganta geweorc.
Hē gefēng þā fetel-hilt,⁠freca Scyldinga
hrēoh ond heoro-grim⁠hring-mǣl gebrægd,
1565aldres orwēna⁠yrringa *slōh,Fol. 164b.
þæt hire wið halse⁠heard grāpode,
bān-hringas bræc;⁠bil eal ðurhwōd
fǣgne flǣsc-homan;⁠hēo on flet gecrong.
Sweord wæs swātig;⁠secg weorce gefeh.
1570Līxte se lēoma,⁠lēoht inne stōd,
efne swā of hefene⁠hādre scīneð
rodores candel.⁠Hē æfter recede wlāt,
hwearf þā be wealle;⁠wǣpen hafenade
heard be hiltum⁠Higelāces ðegn
1575yrre ond ān-rǣd.⁠Næs sēo ecg fracod
hilde-rince,⁠ac hē hraþe wolde
Grendle forgyldan⁠gūð-rǣsa fela,
ðāra þe hē geworhte⁠tō West-Denum
oftor micle⁠ðonne on ǣnne sīð,
1580þonne he Hrōðgāres⁠heorð-genēatas
slōh on sweofote,⁠slǣpende fræt
folces Denigea⁠fȳf-tȳne men,
ond ōðer swylc⁠ūt offerede,
lāðlicu lāc.⁠Hē him þæs lēan forgeald,

1. 1559. Kemble’s emendation.