on ge-flít faran
fealwe mearas,
dær him fold-wegas
fægere púhton,
cystum cúde:

hwílum cyninges þegn,
guma gilp-hlæden,
1730 gidda ge-myndig,
[se pe eal-fela
eald-ge-segena
worn ge-munde,
word óper fand
só de ge-bunden,]

secg eft on-gan
síð Beó-wulfes
snyttrum styrian,
and on spéd wrecan
1740 spel ge-ráde,

wordum wrixlan
wel hwylc ge-cwæð
he fram Síge-munde
secgan hyrde,
ellen-[da]dum,
un-cúpes fela,

Walsinges ge-win,
wi[de] síðas

þæra þe gumena bearn 1750 gearwe ne wiston;

1745 ellen-[dæ]da. T.

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fæhde and fyrena buton Fitela m[id]. Hine ponne he swulces hwæt secgan wol[de] eám his nefan swá híe á wæron æt níða ge-hwám nýd-ge-steallan. Hæfdon eal-fela 1760 eótena cynnes sweordum ge-sæged. Síge-munde ge-sprong æfter dead-dæge dóm un-lytel; sypðan wiges heard wyrm á-cwealde,

hordes hyrde;

he under hárne stán
æpelinges bearn

1770 ána ge-néþde

frecne dæda,

ne was him Fitela mid. Hwæpre him ge-sælde Sæt swurd purh-wód wræt-lícne wyrm,

hit on wealle æt-stód, dryht-líc íren;

draca mordre sweat.

.1752 him.

Hæfde ag-læca

1780 elne ge-gongen, he beáh-hordes brúcan móste

selfes dóme :

sæ-bát ge-hleód,

bær on bear scipes
beorhte frætwa

Wælses eafera,
wyrm hât [ge]-mealt.
Se was wreccena

1790 wíde mærost
ofer wer-þeóde,
wígendra hleó
ellen-dæédů;

he pæs ær on-dáh.
Siddan here-módes
hild [s]we drode,
earfod and ellen;
he mid eótenum [w]earð
on feónda ge-weald

1800 ford for-lácen,

snúde for-sended.

hine sorh-wylmas
lemede tó lange;
he his leódum weard

eallu æpellingum,

to aldor-ceare.

1803 lemedon.

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Swylce oft be-mearn
ærran mælum
swid-ferhdes síð

1810 snotor ceorl monig,
se pe him bealwa
tó bóte ge-lýfde,
deódnes bearn

ge-peón scolde,
fæder-æþelum on-fôn,
folc ge-healdan

hord and hleó-burh,
hælepa ríce,
Scyldinga.*

1820 He þær eallum wearð
mág Hige-láces

manna cynne,
freóndum ge-fægra;
hine fyren on-wod.
Hwílum flítende

fealwe stræte
mearum mæton,

Já was morgen-leóht
scofen and scynded;
1830 eóde scealc monig
swíð-hicgende,
tó sele þám heán,
searo-wundor séon.
Swylce self-cyning

* éðel Scyldinga.

F

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of bryd-búre, beáh-horda wea[rd] trýddode tir-fæst, ge-trume micle, cystum ge-cýþed: 1840 and his cwen mid him med[u]-stig ge-mæt magpa hose.

XIIII.

Hróð-gár mapelode;
[he tó healle geóng,
stód on stapole,
ge-seáh steápne hróf
golde fáhne,

and Grendles hond]; Disse an-sýne, 1850 al-wealdan panc lungre ge-limpe. Fela ic lápes ge-bád grynna æt Grendle; [á mæg God wyrcan wunder æfter wundre, wuldres hyrde,]

Sæt was un-geara
þæt ic nigra me
weána ne wénde,

1860 tó wídan feore,

bóte ge-bídan;
þonne blóde fáh