< Page:Beowulf (Wyatt).djvu
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
107
BEOWULF.
2470eaferum lǣfde,  swā dēð ēadig mon,

lond ond lēod-byrig,  þā hē of līfe gewāt.
Þā *wæs synn ond sacu  Swēona ond Gēata,⁠Fol. 185a.
ofer [w]īd[1] wæter  wrōht gemǣne,
here-nīð hearda,  syððan Hr¯wðel swealt;
2475oððe him Ongenðēowes  eaferan Wǣran
frome, fyrd-hwate,  frēode ne woldon
ofer heafo healdan,  ac ymb Hreosnabeorh
eatolne inwit-scear  oft gefremedon.[2]
Þæt mǣg-wine  mīne gewrǣcan,
2480fǣhðe ond fyrene,  swā hyt gefrǣge wæs,
þēah ðe ōðer his  ealdre gebohte,
heardan cēape;  Hǣðcynne wearð,
Gēata dryhtne,  gūð onsǣge.
Þā ic on morgne gefrægn  mǣg ōðerne
2485billes ecgum  on bonan stǣlan,
þǣr Ongenþēow  Eofores nīosað;[3]
gūð-helm tōglād,  gomela Scylfing
hrēas [heoro-]blāc;[4]  hond gemunde
fǣhðo genōge,  feorh-sweng ne oftēah.
2490Ic him þā māðmas,  þe hē mē sealde,
geald æt gūðe,  swa mē gifeðe wæs,
lēohtan sweorde;  hē mē lond forgeaf,
eard, ēðel-wyn.  Næs him ǣnig þearf,
þæt hē tō Gifðum,  oððe tō Gār-Denum,
2495oððe in Swīo-rīce,  sēcean þurfe
*wyrsan wīg-frecan,  weorðe gecȳpan;⁠Fol. 185b.

symle ic him on fēðan  beforan wolde,
  1. ↑ 2473. MS. defective at corner.
  2. ↑ 2478. MS. ‘ge ge fremedon.’ Cf. ll. 986 (see note), 2383.
  3. ↑ 2486. Grein ‘niosade’; but cf. ll. 1923, 1928, etc.
  4. ↑ 2488. No gap in MS. Grein’s emendation.
This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.