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BEOWULF.
þǣr swīð-ferhþe⁠sittan ēodon,

þrȳðum dealle.⁠Þegn nytte behēold,
495sē þe on handa bær⁠hroden ealo-wǣge,
scencte scīr wered.⁠Scop hwīlum sang
hādor on Heorote;⁠þǣr wæs hæleða drēam,
duguð unlȳtel⁠Dena ond Wedera.

VIII.

Unferð[1] maþelode,⁠Ecglāfes bearn,
500þe æt fōtum sæt⁠frēan Scyldinga,
onband beadu-rūne⁠(wæs him Bēowulfes sið,
mōdges mere-faran,⁠micel æf-þunca,
forþon þe hē ne ūþe,⁠þæt ǣnig ōðer man
ǣfre *mǣrða þon mā⁠middan-geardes⁠Fol. 141b.
505gehēdde under heofenum⁠þonne hē sylfa):
“Eart þū se Bēowulf,⁠sē þe wið Brecan wunne,
on sīdne sǣ⁠ymb sund flite,
ðǣr git for wlence⁠wada cunnedon,
ond for dol-gilpe⁠on dēop wæter
510aldrum nēþdon?⁠Ne inc ǣnig mon,
ne lēof nē lāð,⁠belēan mihte
sorh-fullne sīð,⁠þā git on sund rēon;
þǣr git ēagor-strēam⁠earmum þehton,
mǣton mere-strǣta,⁠mundum brugdon,
515glidon ofer gār-secg;⁠geofon ȳþum wēol,

wintrys wyhn.[2]⁠Git on wæteres ǣht
  1. ↑ 499. MS. ‘Hvnferð.’
  2. ↑ 515—16. Grein-Wülcker:
    ⁠‘geofon-yðum
    weol wintrys wylm.’
    Other editions needlessly change wylm to wylme or wylmum.
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