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| I | ||
| ÐA wæs on burgum beowulf scyldinga | ||
| leo(f) leodcyning longe þrage | ||
| folcum gefræge fæder ellor hwearf | 55 | |
| aldor of
earde oþ |
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| heah healfdene heold þenden lifde | ||
| gamol 7 guðreouw glæde scyldingas | ||
| Ðæm feower bearn forðgerimed | ||
| in worold wocun weoroda ræswa{n} | 60 | |
| heorogar. 7 hroðgar 7 halga til | ||
| hyrde ic
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| heaðo-Scilfingas healsgebedda | ||
| þa wæs hroðgare heresped gyfen | ||
| wiges
weorðmynd. |
65 | |
| georne
hyrdon oðð |
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| magodriht micel him on mod bearn | ||
| / [medo]ærn micel men gewyrcean | 130v | |
| þone yldo (b)earn æfre gefrunon. | 70 | |
| 7 þær on innan eall (g)edælan | ||
| geongum 7 ealdum swylc him god sealde | ||
| buton folcscare 7 feorum gumena. | ||
| (Ð)a ic wide gefrægn weorc gebannan | ||
| manigre mægþe geond þisne middangeard | 75 | |
| folcstede frætwan him on fyrste gelomp | ||
| ædre mid
yldum. |
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| healærna mæst; scop him heort naman | ||
| se þe his wordes geweald wide hæfde. | ||
| He beot ne aleh beagas dælde | 80 | |
| sinc æt symle sele hlifade. | ||
| heah 7 horngeap heaðowylma bad | ||
| laðan liges ne wæs hit lenge þa gen | ||
| æfter wælniðe wæcnan scolde. | 85 | |
| ða se ellengæst earfoðlice | ||
| þrage geþolode se þe in þystrum bad | ||
| hludne in healle þær wæs hearpan sweg | ||
| swutol sang scopes sægde se þe cuþe | 90 | |
| frumsceaft fira feorran reccan.., | ||
| / cwæ(ð) |
132r | |
| wlitebeorhtne wang swa wæter b(e)bugeð | ||
| gesette sigehreþig sunn(an) 7 monan | ||
| leoman to leohte landb(uen)dum | 95 | |
| ond gefrætwade foldan sceatas | ||
| leomum 7 leafum lif eac gesceop | ||
| cy(n)na gehwylcum þara ðe cwice hwyrfa(þ.) | ||
| Swa ða drihtguman dreamum lifd(on) | ||
| eadiglice oð ðæt an ongan | 100 | |
| fyrene fre<m>man feond on helle | ||
| wæs se grimma gæst grendel haten | ||
| mære mearcstapa se þe moras heold | ||
| fen 7 fæsten fifelcynnes eard | ||
| wonsæli wer weardode hwile | 105 | |
| siþðan him scyppend forscrifen hæfde | ||
| in ca{in}es cynne þone cwealm gewræc | ||
| ece drihten þæs þe he abel slog. | ||
| Ne gefeah he þære fæhðe ac he hine feor forwræc | ||
| metod for þy mane mancynne fram | 110 | |
| þanon untydras ealle onwocon | ||
| eotenas 7 ylfe 7 orcneas | ||
| swylce gi/ [ga](ntas) þa wið gode wunnon | 132v | |
| lange þrag(e) (He) him ðæs lean forgeald. |