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heorowearh hetelīc. sē æt Heorote fand<br />
wæccendne wer wīges bidan.<br />
þǣr him āglǣca ætgrāepe wearð.<br />
1270 hwæþre hē gemunde mægenes strenge<br />
gimfæste gife ðe him god sealde<br />
ond him tō anwaldan āre gelȳfde<br />
frōfre ond fultum. ðȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm.<br />
gehnǣgde helle gāst. þā hē hēan gewāt<br />
1275 drēame bedǣled dēaþwīc sēön,<br />
mancynnes fēond. Ond his mōdor þā gȳt<br />
gīfre ond galgmōd gegān wolde<br />
sorhfulne sīð, sunu dēoð wrecan.<br />
cōm þā to Heorote ðǣr Hring-Dene<br />
1280 geond þæt sæld swǣfun. þā ðǣr sōna wearð<br />
edhwyrft eorlum siþðan inne fealh<br />
Grendles mōdor. wæs se gryre lǣssa<br />
efne swā micle swā bið mægþa cræft<br />
wīggryre wīfes bewǣpned men<br />
1285 þonne heoru bunden hamere geþuren<br />
sweord swāte fāh swīn ofer helme<br />
ecgum dyhttig andweard scireð.<br />
Þā wæs on healle heardecg togen<br />
sweord ofer setlum, sīdrand manig<br />
1290 hafen handa fæst. helm ne gemunde<br />
byrnan sīde þā hine se brōga angeat.<br />
hēo wæs on ofste. wolde ūt þanon,<br />
fēore beorgan þā hēo onfunden wæs.<br />
hraðe hēo æþelinga ānne hæfde<br />
1295 fæste befangen. þā hēo tō fenne gang.<br />
sē wæs Hrōþgāre hæleþa lēofost<br />
on gesīðes hād be sǣm twēonum<br />
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