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BEOWULF.
eorl-scipe efnde.  Nū[1] is ofost betost,

þæt wē þēod-cyning  þǣr scēawian,
ond þone gebringan,  þe ūs bēagas geaf,
3010on ād-fære.  Ne scel ānes hwæt
meltan mid þām mōdigan,  ac þǣr is māðma hord,
gold unrīme,  grimme gecēa[po]d,[2]
ond nū æt sīðestan  sylfes fēore
bēagas [geboh]te;  þā sceall brond fretan,
3015ǣled þeccean,  *nalles eorl wegan⁠Fol. 195a.
māððum tō gemyndum,  ne mægð scȳne
habban on healse  hring-weorðunge,
ac sceal gēomor-mōd,  golde berēafod,
oft, nalles ǣne,  el-land tredan,
3020nū se here-wīsa  hleahtor ālegde,
gamen ond glēo-drēam.  Forðon sceall gār wesan,
monig morgen-ceald,  mundum bewunden,
hæfen on handa,  nalles hearpan swēg
wīgend weccean,  ac se wonna hrefn
3025fūs ofer fǣgum  fela reordian,
earne secgan  hū him æt ǣte spēow,
þenden hē wið wulf  wæl rēafode.”
Swā se secg hwata[3]  secgende[4] wæs
lāðra spella;  hē ne lēag fela
3030wyrda ne worda.  Weorod eall ārās;
ēodon unblīðe  under Earna næs,
wollen-tēare,  wundur scēawian.
Fundon ðā on sande  sāwul-lēasne

hlim-bed[5] healdan,  þone þe him hringas geaf
  1. ↑ 3007. MS. ‘meis.’ Kemble’s emendation. Mē is is is a possible reading.
  2. ↑ 3012. MS. defective at corner, here and in l. 3014.
  3. ↑ 3028. Grein and Zupitza ‘secg-hwata.’
  4. ↑ MS. ‘secg gende,’ probably due to “repetition.” But see Sievers § 216, N. 1.
  5. ↑ 3034. Grein (after Grimm) ‘hlīn-bed.’ See note on l. 1271.
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