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BEOWULF.

eahtodan eorl-scipe, ond his ellen-weorc

duguðum dēmdon, swā hit ge-dē[fe]^[1] bið,
3175þæt mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge,
ferhðum frēoge, þonne hē forð scile
of līc-haman^[2] [lǣne]^[3] weorðan.
Swā begnornodon Gēata lēode
hlāfordes [hry]re,^[4] heorð-genēatas;
3180cwǣdon þæt hē wǣre wyruld-cyning,
manna mildust ond mon-[ðw]ǣrust,^[5]
lēodum līðost, ond lof-geornost.

↑ 3174. Hole in MS.
↑ 3177. Zupitza: “lachaman MS., but there can be little doubt that lac instead of lic is owing only to the late hand.”
↑ Zupitza ‘: : : :’; Kemble ‘lǣne.’
↑ 3179. Zupitza ‘: : : re’; Thorpe ‘hryre.’
↑ 3181. MS. torn at foot.
For a list of the words and syllables, the vowels of which are marked long in the MS., see the Preface.

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[1] 3174. Hole in MS.

[2] 3177. Zupitza: “lachaman MS., but there can be little doubt that lac instead of lic is owing only to the late hand.”

[3] Zupitza ‘: : : :’; Kemble ‘lǣne.’

[4] 3179. Zupitza ‘: : : re’; Thorpe ‘hryre.’

[5] 3181. MS. torn at foot.
For a list of the words and syllables, the vowels of which are marked long in the MS., see the Preface.