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BEOWULF.
þæt hē dæg-hwīlagedrogen hæfde

eorðan wynn[e];ðā wæs eall sceacen
dōgor-gerīmes,dēatð ungemete nēah:
“Nū ic suna mīnumsyllan wolde
2730gūð-gewǣdu,þǣr mē gifeðe swā
ǣnig yrfe-*weardæfter wurdeFol. 189b.
līce gelenge.Ic ðās lēode hēold
fīftig wintra;næs se folc-cyning
ymbe-sittendraǣnig ðāra,
2735þe mec gūð-winumgrētan dorste,
egesan ðēon.Ic on earde bād
mǣl-gesceafta,hēold mīn tela,
ne sōhte searo-nīðas,ne mē swōr fela
āða on unriht.Ic ðæs ealles mæg
2740feorh-bennum sēocgefēan habban;
forðam mē wītan ne ðearfWaldend fīra
morðor-bealo māga,þonne mīn sceaceð
līf of līce.Nū ðū lungre geong
hord scēawianunder hārne stān,
2745Wīglāf lēofa,nū se wyrm ligeð,
swefeð sāre wund,since berēafod.
Bīo nū on ofoste,þæt ic ǣr-welan,
gold-ǣht ongite,gearo scēawige
swegle searo-gimmas,þæt ic ðȳ sēft mæge
2750æfter māððum-welanmīn ālǣtan
līf ond lēod-scipe,þone ic longe hēold.”

XXXVIII.

Ðā ic snūde gefrægnsunu Wihstānes
æfter word-cwydumwundum dryhtne

hȳran heaðo-sīocum,hring-net beran,
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