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swīðhicgende on sele þām hēan<br />
Hrōðgār ond Hrōþulf. Heorot innan wæs<br />
frēondum āfylled. nalles fācenstafas<br />
Þēod-Scyldingas þenden fremedon.<br />
1020 Forgeaf þā Bēowulfe brand Healfdenes<br />
segen gyldenne sigores tō lēane<br />
hroden hiltecumbor, helm ond byrnan.<br />
mǣre māðþumsweord manige gesāwon<br />
beforan beorn beran. Bēowulf geþah<br />
1025 ful on flette. nō hē þǣre feohgyfte<br />
for scōtenum scamigan ðorfte.<br />
ne gefrægn ic frēondlīcor fēower mādmas<br />
golde gegyrede gummanna fela<br />
in ealobence ōðrum gesellan.<br />
1030 ymb þæs helmes hrōf hēafodbeorge<br />
wīrum bewunden walan ūtan hēold<br />
þæt him fēla lāf frēcne ne meahton<br />
scūrheard sceþðan þonne scyldfreca<br />
ongēan gramum gangan scolde.<br />
1035 Heht ðā eorla hlēo eahta mēaras<br />
fǣtedhlēore on flet tēön<br />
in under eoderas. þāra ānum stōd<br />
sadol searwum fāh since gewurþad.<br />
þæt wæs hildesetl hēahcyninges<br />
1040 ðonne sweorda gelāc sunu Healfdenes<br />
efnan wolde. nǣfre on ōre læg<br />
wīdcūþes wīg ðonne walu fēollon.<br />
ond ðā Bēowulfe bēga gehwæþres<br />
eodor Ingwina onweald getēah<br />
1045 wicga ond wǣpna. hēt hine wēl brūcan.<br />
swā manlīce mǣre þēoden<br />
hordweard hæleþa heaþorǣsas geald<br />
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