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XII | ||
Nolde eorla hleo ænige þinga | 791 | |
þone cwealmcuman cwicne forlætan. | ||
ne his lifdagas leoda ænigum | ||
nytte tealde þær genehost brægd | ||
eorl beowulfes ealde lafe | ||
wolde freadrihtnes feorh ealgian | 796 | |
mæres þeodnes ðær hie meahton swa. | ||
hie |
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heardhicgende hildemecgas. | ||
7 on healfa gehwone heawan þohton | ||
sawle secan þone synscaðan. | 801 | |
ænig ofer eorþan irenna cyst | ||
guðbilla nan gretan nolde. | ||
ac he sigewæpnum / (fo)rsworen hæfde | 147v | |
ecga gehwylcre scolde (h)is aldorgedal | ||
on ðæm dæge þysses (lif)es | 806 | |
earmlic wurðan 7 se ellor. gast | ||
(on) feonda geweald feor siðian. | ||
ða þæt (o)nfunde se þe fela æror | ||
modes myrðe (m)anna cynne | ||
fyrene gefremede. he (f)ag wið god | 811 | |
ac hine se modega mæg hygela(c)es | ||
hæfde be honda wæs gehwæþer oðrum | ||
lifigende lað licsar gebad | ||
atol æglæca him on eaxle wearð | 816 | |
syndolh sweotol seonowe onsprungon | ||
burston banlocan beowulfe wearð | ||
guðhreð gyfeþe scolde grendel þonan | ||
feorhseoc fleon under fenhleoðu | ||
secean wynleas wíc wiste þe geornor | 821 | |
dogera dægrim denum eallum wearð | ||
æfter þam wælræse willa gelumpen. | ||
hæfde þa gefælsod se þe ær feorran com | ||
snotor 7 swyðferhð sele hroðgares | 826 | |
genered wið / niðe nihtweorce gefeh | 148r | |
ellenmær(þum) hæfde east-denum | ||
geatmecga leod gilp gelæsted. | ||
Swylce oncyþðe ealle ge(bette) | ||
inwidsorge þe hie ær drugon | 831 | |
7 for (þrea)nydum þolian scoldon | ||
torn
unlyt(el) |
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syþðan hildedeor hond alegde | ||
earm 7 eaxle þær wæs eal geador | ||
grendles grape under geapne h<rof> | 836 |