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BEOWULF.
Eafores[1] *ānne dōm.  Hyne yrringa⁠Fol. 194a.

2965Wulf Wonrēding  wǣpne gerǣhte,
þæt him for swenge  swāt ǣdrum sprong
forð under fexe.  Næs hē forht swā ðēh,
gomela Scilfing,  ac forgeald hraðe
wyrsan wrixle  wæl-hlem þone,
2970syððan ðēod-cyning  þyder oncirde.
Ne meahte se snella  sunu Wonrēdes
ealdum ceorle  ondslyht[2] giofan,
ac hē him on hēafde  helm ǣr gescer,
þæt hē blōde fāh  būgan sceolde,
2975fēoll on foldan;  næs hē fǣge þā git,
ac hē hyne gewyrpte,  þēah ðe him wund hrine.
Lēt se hearda  Higelāces þegn
brād[n]e[3] mēce,  þā his brōðor læg,
eald sweord eotonisc,  entiscne helm
2980brecan ofer bord-weal;  ðā gebēah cyning,
folces hyrde,  wæs in feorh dropen.
Ðā wǣron monige,  þe his mǣg wriðon,
ricone ārǣrdon,  ðā him gerȳmed wearð,
þæt hīe wæl-stōwe  wealdan mōston,
2985þenden rēafode  rinc ōðerne,
nam on Ongenðīo  īren-byrnan,
heard swyrd hilted  ond his helm somod;
hāres hyrste  Higelāce bær.
Hā ð[ām][4] frætwum fēng,  ond him fægre gehēt

2990lēana [for][5] *lēodum,  ond gelǣste[6] swā;⁠Fol. 194b.
  1. ↑ 2964. Heyne ‘Eofores.’ But see l. 2757 and note.
  2. ↑ 2972. See note on l. 2929.
  3. ↑ 2978. MS. ‘brade.’
  4. ↑ 2989. MS. defective at corner, here and in the next line.
  5. ↑ 2990. A word is missing in the MS. in the first half of this line.
  6. ↑
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