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BEOWULF.
185 in fȳres fæþm,⁠frōfre ne wēnan,

wihte gewendan;⁠wel bið þǣm þe mōt
æfter dēað-dæge⁠Drihten sēcean,
ond tō Fæder fæþmum⁠freoðo wilnian.

III.

Swā ðā mǣl-ceare⁠maga Healfdenes
190singala sēað;⁠ne mihte snotor hæleð
wēan onwendan;⁠wæs þæt gewin tō swȳð,
lāþ ond longsum,⁠þe on ðā lēode becōm,
nȳd-wracu nīþ-grim,⁠niht-bealwa mǣst.
Þaet fram hām gefrægn⁠Higelāces þegn,
195gōd mid Gēatum,⁠Grendles dǣda;
sē wæs mon-cynnes⁠mægenes strengest
on þǣm dæge⁠þysses līfes,
æþele ond ēacen.⁠Hēt him ȳð-lidan
gōdne gegyrwan;⁠cwæð, hē gūð-cyning
200ofer swan-rāde⁠sēcean wolde,
mǣrne þēoden,⁠þā him wæs manna þearf.
Ðone sīð-fæt him⁠snotere ceorlas
lȳt-hwon lōgon,⁠*þēah hē him lēof wǣre; ⁠Fol. 134b.
hwetton hige-[r]ōfne,[1]⁠hǣl scēawedon.
205Hæfde se gōda⁠Gēata lēoda
cempan gecorone,⁠þāra þe hē cēnoste
findan mihte;⁠fiftena[2] sum
sund-wudu sōhte;⁠secg wīsade,

lagu-cræftig mon,⁠land-gemyrcu.
  1. ↑ 204. MS. defective. Zupitza says: “rofne—only the lower part of the first letter left, which may have been r, þ, f, s, or w.”
  2. ↑ 207. MS. ‘·XVna.’
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