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wesan ǣrgōd swylc Æschere wæs.<br />
1330 Wearð him on Heorote tō handbanan<br />
wælgǣst wǣfre. ic ne wāt hwæþer<br />
atol ǣse wlanc<br />
fylle gefrǣgnod.<br />
eftsīðas tēah<br />
hēo þā fǣhðe wræc<br />
þe þū gystran niht Grendel cwealdest<br />
1335 þurh hǣstne hād heardum clammum<br />
forþan hē tō lange lēode mīne<br />
wanode ond wyrde hē æt wīge gecrang<br />
ealdres scyldig ond nū ōþer cwōm<br />
mihtig mānscaða. wolde hyre mǣg wrecan.<br />
1340 gē feor hafað fǣhðe gestǣled<br />
þæs þe þincean mæg þegne monegum<br />
sē þe æfter sincgyfan on sefan grēoteþ:<br />
hreþerbealo hearde. nū sēo hand ligeð<br />
sē þe ēow wēlhwylcra wilna dohte.<br />
1345 Ic þæt londbūend lēode mīne<br />
selerǣdende secgan hȳrde<br />
þæt hīe gesāwon swylce twēgen<br />
micle mearcstapan mōras healdan,<br />
ellorgǣstas. ðǣra ōðer wæs<br />
1350 þæs þe hīe gewislīcost gewitan meahton<br />
idese onlīcnæs. ōðer earmsceapen<br />
on weres wæstmum<br />
næfne hē wæs māra<br />
wrǣclāstas træd<br />
þonne ǣnig man ōðer.<br />
þone on gēardagum Grendel nemdon<br />
1355 foldbūende. nō hīe fæder cunnon.<br />
hwæþer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned<br />
dyrnra gāsta. Hīe dȳgel lond<br />
warigeað wulfhleoþu windige næssas<br />
frēcne fengelād ðǣr fyrgenstrēam<br />
1360 under næssa genipu niþer gewīteð<br />
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