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BEOWULF.
135ac ymb āne niht⁠eft gefremede

morð-beala māre⁠ond nō mearn fore
fǣhðe ond fyrene;⁠wæs tō fæst on þām.
Þā wæs ēað-fynde,⁠þe him elles hwǣr
gerūmlīcor⁠ræste [sōhte],[1]
140bed æfter būrum,⁠ðā him gebēacnod wæs,
gesægd sōðlīce,⁠sweotolan tācne
heal-ðegnes hete;⁠hēold hyne syðþan
fyr ond fæstor,⁠sē þǣm fēonde ætwand.
Swā rixode⁠ond wið rihte wan
145āna wið eallum,⁠oð þæt īdel stōd
hūsa sēlest.[2]⁠Wæs sēo hwīl micel;
twelf[3] wintra tīd⁠torn geþolode
wine Scyldinga,[4]⁠wēana gehwelcne,
sīdra sorga;⁠forðam [syðþan][5] wearð
150ylda bearnum⁠undyrne cuð,
gyddum gēomore,⁠þætte Grendel wan
hwīle wið Hrōþgār,⁠hete-nīðas wæg,
fyrene ond fǣhðe⁠fela missera,
singale sæce;⁠sibbe ne wolde
155wið manna hwone⁠mægenes Deniga
feorh-bealo feorran,⁠fēo[6] þingian,
ne þǣr nǣnig witena⁠wēnan þorfte

beorhtre bōte⁠tō banan[7] fohnum.
  1. ↑ 139. Grein ‘[sōhte]’; Wülcker ‘[rȳmde].’ No gap in MS.
  2. ↑ 146—7. Sievers:
    hūsa sēlest⁠(wæs sēo hwīl micel)
    twelf wintra tīd:⁠
  3. ↑ 147. MS. ‘·XII·.’
  4. ↑ 148. MS. ‘scyldenda’; Thorpe ‘Scyldinga.’
  5. ↑ 149. Kemble’s emendation, required for the alliteration; no gap in MS.
  6. ↑ 156. MS. ‘fea’; Kemble ‘fēo.’
  7. ↑ 158. MS. ‘banū’: Kemble ‘banan.’
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