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| XIIII | ||
| Hroðgar maþelode    he to healle geon(g) | ||
| stod on stapole    geseah steapne hrof | 926 | |
| golde fahne. Â Â Â ond grendles hond. | ||
| ðisse ansyne   alwealdan þanc | ||
| lungre gelimpe    fela ic laþes gebad | ||
| grynna æt grendle.   a mæg god wyrcan | ||
| wunder æfter wundre    wuldres hyrde. | 931 | |
| ðæt
wæs ungeara   |
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| weana ne wende    to widan feore | ||
| bote gebidan   (þonne blode fah | ||
| husa selest   heorodreorig stod | ||
| wea widscofen) Â Â Â witena gehwylcne. | 936 | |
| ðara þe ne wendon   þæt hie wideferhð | ||
| leoda landgeweorc   laþum beweredon. | ||
| / scuccum 7 scinnum    nu scealc hafað | 150v | |
| þurh drihtnes miht   dæd gefremede. | ||
| ðe we ealle   (ær) ne meahton | 941 | |
| snyttrum
besyrwan    hwæt ( |
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| efne swa hwylc mægþa   swa ðone magan cende. | ||
| æfter gumcynnum    gyf heo gyt lyfað | ||
| bearngebyrdo    nu ic beowulf þec | 946 | |
| secg bet{o}sta    me for sunu wylle | ||
| freogan on ferhþe    heald forð tela. | ||
| niwe sibbe    ne bið þe ænigre gad | ||
| worolde wilna    þe ic geweald hæbbe | ||
| ful oft ic for læssan   lean teohhode | 951 | |
| hordweorþunge   hnahran rince | ||
| sæmran æt sæcce    þu þe self hafast. | ||
| dædum
gefremed    |
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| awa to aldre    alwalda þec | ||
| gode forgylde    swa he nu gyt dyde. | 956 | |
| beowulf maþelode    bearn ec{g}þeowes | ||
| we |
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| feohtan fremedon    frecne geneðdon. | ||
| eafoð uncuþes    uþe ic swiþor | ||
| 961 | ||
| feond on frætewum   fylwerigne. | ||
| ic him hrædlice   / heardan clammum | 151r | |
| on wælbedde   wriþan þohte | ||
| licgean lifbysig    butan his lic swice. | 966 | |
| ic hine ne mihte    þa metod nolde | ||
| gange(s) getwæman    no ic him þæs georne ætfealh | ||
| feorhgeniðlan    wæs to foremi(htig) | ||
| feond on feþe    hwæþere he his folme f(or)let | ||
| to lifwraþe   last weardian | 971 | |
| earm 7 (eax)le    no þær ænige swa þeah | ||
| feasceaft (gu)ma    frofre gebohte. | ||
| no þy leng leof(að)Â Â Â laðgeteona | ||
| synnum geswenced    ac hyne sár hafað | ||
| in {nið}gripe    nearwe befongen | 976 | |
| balwon bendum    ðær abidan sceal | ||
| maga mane fah    miclan domes | ||
| hu him scir metod   scrifan wille. | ||
| ða wæs swigra secg    sunu ec{g}lafes | ||
| on gylpspræce   guðgeweorca | 981 | |
| siþðan æþelingas   eorles cræfte | ||
| ofer heanne hrof   hand sceawedon | ||
| feondes fingras    foran æghwylc wæs | ||
| steda nægla gehwylc    style gelicost | ||
| hæþenes handsporu   hilde/rinces | 986 | 151v |
| egl unheoru    æghwylc gecwæð | ||
| iren ærgod
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| blodge beadufolme   (o)nberan wolde. |