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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 | ||
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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. |