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BEOWULF.
2845lǣnan līfes.  Næs ðā lang tō ðon,

þæt ðā hild-latan  holt ofgēfan,
tydre trēow-logan  tȳne ætsomne,
ðā ne dorston ǣr  dareðum lācan
on hyra man-dryhtnes  miclan þearfe;
2850ac hȳ scamiende  scyldas bǣran,
gūð-gewǣdu,  þǣr se gomela læg;
wlitan on Wī[g]lāf.[1]  Hē gewērgad sæt,
fēðe-cempa,  frēan eaxlum nēah,
wehte hyne wætre;  him wiht ne spēow.[2]
2855Ne meahte hē on eorðan,  ðēah hē ūðe wel,
on ðām frum-gāre  feorh gehealdan,
ne ðæs Wealdendes [willan][3]  wiht oncirran.
Wolde dōm *Godes  dǣdum rǣdan⁠Fol. 192a.
gumena gehwylcum,  swā hē nē gēn dēð.
2860Þā wæs æt ðām geongum  grim ondswaru
ēð-begēte,  þām ðe ǣr his elne forlēas.
Wīglāf maðelode,  Weohstānes sunu,
sec[g][4] sārig-ferð  seah on unlēofe:
“Þæt lā! mæg secgan,  sē ðe wyle sōð specan,
2865þæt se mon-dryhten,  sē ēow ðā māðmas geaf,
ēored-geatwe,  þe gē þǣr on standað,
þonne hē on ealu-bence  oft gesealde
heal-sittendum  helm ond byrnan,
þēoden his þegnum,  swylce hē þrȳðlīcost[5]

2870ōwēr feor oððe nēah  findan meahte,
  1. ↑ 2852. MS. ‘wilaf.’
  2. ↑ 2854. MS. ‘speop.’
  3. ↑ 2857. Thorpe reads ‘willan’ for ‘wiht’ (so Wülcker). Heyne’s emendation in text. It is easier to believe that the scribe omitted a word, than that he wrote wiht for willan.
  4. ↑ 2863. MS. ‘sec’
  5. ↑ 2869. MS. ‘þrydlicost.’
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