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BEOWULF.
ofer hlēor-ber[g]an,[1]⁠gehroden golde,

305fāh ond fȳr-heard;⁠ferh wearde hēold.
Gūþmōd[2] grummon,⁠guman ōnetton,
sigon ætsomne,⁠oþ þæt hȳ [s]æl timbred,[3]
geatolīc ond gold-fāh,⁠ongyton mihton;
þæt wæs fore-mǣrost⁠fold-būendum
310receda under⁠roderum, on þǣm se rīca bād;
līxte se lēoma⁠ofer landa fela.
Him þā hilde-dēor⁠[h]of[4] mōdigra
torht getǣhte,⁠þæt hīe him tō mihton
gegnum gangan;⁠gūð-beorna sum
315wicg gewende,⁠word æfter cwæð:
“Mǣl is mē tō fēran;⁠Fæder al-walda
mid ār-stafum⁠ēowic gehealde
sīða gesunde!⁠Ic tō sǣ wille
wið *wrāð werod⁠wearde healdan.”⁠Fol. 137a.[5]

V.

320Strǣt wæs stān-fāh,⁠stīg wīsode
gumum ætgædere.⁠Gūð-byrne scān
heard hond-locen,⁠hring-īren scīr
song in searwum,⁠þā hīe tō sele furðam

in hyra gryre-geatwum⁠gangan cwōmon.
  1. ↑ 304. MS. ‘hleor beran’; Grein ‘hlēor-beran,’ dat. sg., visor?; Gering ‘hlēor-ber[g]an,’ acc. pl., cheek-guards.
  2. ↑ 306. Kemble ‘gūð-mōd[e].
  3. ↑ 307. MS. ‘æltimbred’; Grein ‘sæl timbred.’
  4. ↑ 312. MS. ‘of,’ in spite of the alliteration.
  5. ↑ l. 3170 we find a pret. pi. riodan = ridon, “rode,” of the same ablaut-class, showing the same effect of u-umlaut. Sievers § 376.
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