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BEOWULF.

720Cōm þā tō recede⁠rinc siðian

drēamum bedǣled;⁠duru sōna onarn,
fȳr-bendum fæst,⁠syþðan hē hire folmum [hr]ān;^[1]
onbrǣd þā bealo-hȳdig,⁠ðā [hē ge]bolgen^[2] wæs,
recedes mūþan.⁠Raþe æfter þon
725on fāgne flōr⁠fēond treddode,
ēode yrre-mōd;⁠him of ēagum stōd
ligge gelīcost⁠lēoht unfæger.
Geseah hē in recede⁠rinca manige,
swefan sibbe-gedriht⁠samod ætgædere,
730mago-rinca hēap.⁠Þā his mōd āhlōg;
mynte þæt hē gedǣlde,⁠ǣ þon dæg cwōme,
atol āglǣca,⁠ānra gehwylces
līf wið līce,⁠þā him ālumpen wæs
wist-fylle wēn.⁠Ne wæs þæt wyrd þā gēn,
735þæt hē mā mōste⁠manna cynnes
ðicgean ofer þā niht.⁠Þrȳð-swȳð behēold
mǣg Higelāces,⁠hū se mān-scaða
under fǣr-gripum⁠gefaran wolde.
Ne þæt se āglǣca⁠yldan þōhte,
740ac he ge*fēng hraðe⁠forman sīðe⁠Fol. 131a.
slǣpendne rinc,⁠slāt unwearnum,
bāt bān-locan,⁠blōd ēdrum dranc,
syn-snǣdum swealh;⁠sōna hæfde

unlyfigendes⁠eal gefeormod,

↑ 722. MS. defective at edge. Zupitza’s transliteration of the facsimile of the MS. has ‘[gehr]an.’ There is room for two letters before hrān, but there is no evidence for ge-. On the contrary, whilst hrīnan usually governs the dat., gehrīnan more commonly takes the accus. (pace Grein).
↑ 723. MS. faded at edge. Kemble, Grein-Wülcker, and Heyne ‘[hē] ābolgen.’ Zupitza says: “Now bolgen is still distinct, and before it I think I see traces of two letters of which the first seems to have been g; but what preceded this is entirely faded.”

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[1] 722. MS. defective at edge. Zupitza’s transliteration of the facsimile of the MS. has ‘[gehr]an.’ There is room for two letters before hrān, but there is no evidence for ge-. On the contrary, whilst hrīnan usually governs the dat., gehrīnan more commonly takes the accus. (pace Grein).

[2] 723. MS. faded at edge. Kemble, Grein-Wülcker, and Heyne ‘[hē] ābolgen.’ Zupitza says: “Now bolgen is still distinct, and before it I think I see traces of two letters of which the first seems to have been g; but what preceded this is entirely faded.”