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| XI | ||
| Ða com of more under misthleoþum | ||
| grendel gongan godes yrre bær | 711 | |
| mynte se manscaða manna cynnes | ||
| sumne b(e)syrwan in sele þam hean | ||
| wod under (wolc)num to þæs þe he winreced | ||
| goldsele gum(e)na gearwost wisse. | ||
| fættum fahne ne wæs þæt forma sið | 716 | |
| næfre he on aldordagum ær /(ne) siþðan | 146v | |
| heardran hæle healðegnas fand | ||
| com þa to recede rinc siðian | ||
| dreamum bedæled duru sona onarn | 721 | |
| fyr(ben)dum fæst syþðan he hire folmum <æt>hran. | ||
| Onbræd þa bealohydig ða [h]e gebolgen wæs | ||
| recedes muþan raþe æfter þon | ||
| on fagne flor feond treddode | ||
| eode yrremod him of eagum stod | 726 | |
| ligge gelicost leoht unfæger. | ||
| geseah he in recede rinca manige | ||
| swefan sibbegedriht samod ætgædere | ||
| magorinca heap þa his mod ahlog. | ||
| mynte þæt he gedælde ær þon dæg cwome. | 731 | |
| atol aglæca anra gehwylces | ||
| lif wið lice þa him alumpen wæs | ||
| wistfylle wen ne
wæs ( |
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| ðicgean ofer þa niht þryðswyð beheold | 736 | |
| mæg higelaces hu se manscaða | ||
| under færgripum gefaran wolde. | ||
| ne |
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| ac he ge/ feng hraðe forman siðe | 147A/ (131)r | |
| slæpendn(e) rinc slat unwearnum | 741 | |
| bát banlocan bl(od) edrum dranc | ||
| synsnædum swealh sona hæfde | ||
| unlyfigendes ealgefeormod. | ||
| fe(t) 7 folma forð near ætstop | ||
| nam þa mid h(an)da higeþihtigne | 746 | |
| rinc on ræste ræhte ongean | ||
| feond mid folme he onfeng hraþe | ||
| inwitþancum 7 wið earm gesæt | ||
| sona |
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| 751 | ||
| eorþan sceatta on elran men | ||
| mundgripe maran he on mode wearð | ||
| forht on ferhðe no þy ær fram meahte | ||
| hyge wæs him hinfus wolde on heolster fleon | ||
| secan deofla gedræg ne wæs his drohtoð þær | 756 | |
| swylce he on ealderdagum ær gemette. | ||
| gemunde þa se goda mæg higelaces | ||
| æfenspræce uplang astod | ||
| 7 him fæste wiðfeng fingras burston | ||
| eoten wæs utweard eorl furþur stop | 761 | |
| mynte se mæra. / [hw](ær) he meahte swa. | 147A/ (131)v | |
| widre gewindan 7 (o)n weg þanon | ||
| fleon on fenhopu wiste [h]is fingra geweald | ||
| on grames grapum (þæt) he wæs geocorsið | ||
| 766 | ||
| dryhtsele (dy)nede denum eallum wearð | ||
| ceasterbuendum cenra gehwylcum | ||
| eorlum ealuscerwen yrre wæron begen. | ||
| reþe renweardas reced hlynsode | ||
| þa wæs
wundor micel |
771 | |
| wiðhæfde heaþodeorum þæt he on hrusan ne feol | ||
| fæger foldbold ac he þæs fæste wæs. | ||
| innan 7 utan irenbendum | ||
| searoþoncum besmiþod þær fram sylle ábeag. | ||
| medubenc monig mine gefræge | 776 | |
| golde geregnad þær þa graman wunnon | ||
| þæs ne wendon ær witan scyldinga | ||
| {b}etlic 7 bánfag tobrecan meahte | ||
| listum tolucan nymþe liges fæþm | 781 | |
| swulge on swaþule sweg /up astag. | 147r | |
| niwe geneahhe norð-denum st(od) | ||
| atelic egesa anra gehwylcum | ||
| þara (þe) of wealle wop gehyrdon. | ||
| gryreleoð (ga)lan godes andsacan | 786 | |
| sigeleasne sang (sar) wanigean. | ||
| helle hæfton heold hine fæste | ||
| se þe manna wæs mægene str(en)gest | ||
| on þæm dæge þysses lifes. |