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| XV | ||
| ÐA wæs haten hreþe heort innanweard | 991 | |
| folmum gefrætwod fela þæra wæs | ||
| wera 7
wifa þe |
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| gestsele gyredon goldfag scinon | ||
| web æfter wagum wundorsiona fela | ||
| secga gehwylcum þara þe on swylc starað. | 996 | |
| wæs
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| eal inneweard irenbendum fæst | ||
| heorras tohlidene hrof ana genæs | ||
| ealles ansund þe se aglæca | ||
| fyrendædum fag on fleam gewand | 1001 | |
| aldres orwena no
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| to befleonne fremme se þe wille. | ||
| Ac gesacan sceal sawlberendra | ||
| nyde genydde niþða bearna | ||
| grundbuendra gearwe stowe. | 1006 | |
| þær his lichoma legerbedde fæst. | ||
| Swefeþ æfter symle Þa wæs sæl 7 mæl | ||
| 152r | ||
| wolde self cyni(ng) symbel þicgan | ||
| ne gefrægen ic þa mægþ(e) maran weorode | 1011 | |
| ymb hyra sincgyfan s(el) gebæran. | ||
| bugon þa to bence blæd(agan)de | ||
| fylle gefægon fægere geþægon | ||
| (me)doful manig magas þara | ||
| swiðhicgend(e) on sele þam hean | 1016 | |
| hroðgar 7 hroþulf (heo)rot innan wæs | ||
| freondum afylled nalles f(acen)stafas | ||
| þeod-scyldingas þenden fremed(on) | ||
| forgeaf þa beowulfe brand healfde(nes) | ||
| segen gyldenne sigores to leane | 1021 | |
| hro(den) hiltecumbor helm 7 byrnan | ||
| mære m(að)þumsweord manige gesawon. | ||
| beforan be(orn) beran beowulf geþah | ||
| ful on flette. no (he) þære feohgyfte | ||
| for scotenum scami(gan) ðorfte | 1026 | |
| ne gefrægn ic freondlicor feow(er) madmas | ||
| golde gegyrede gummanna fela | ||
| in ealobence oðrum gesellan. | ||
| ym(b) þæs helmes hrof heafodbeorge | ||
| wirum bewunden walan utan heold | 1031 | |
| þæt him fela / (la)f frecne ne meahton | 152v | |
| scurheard sceþ(ða)n þonne scyldfreca | ||
| ongean gramum (g)angan scolde. | ||
| Heht ða eorla hleo eah(ta) mearas | ||
| fætedhleore on flet teon. | 1036 | |
| (in u)nder eoderas þara anum stod | ||
| sadol searwum fáh since gewurþad | ||
| þæt wæs hilde. setl heahcyninges | ||
| ðonne sweorda gelac sunu healfdenes | ||
| efnan wolde næfre on ore læg | 1041 | |
| widcuþes wig ðonne walu feollon | ||
| 7 ða beowulfe bega gehwæþres | ||
| eodor ingwina onweald geteah. | ||
| wicga 7 wæpna het hine wel brucan. | ||
| swa manlice mære þeoden | 1046 | |
| hordweard hæleþa heaþoræsas geald | ||
| mearum 7 madmum. Swa hy næfre man lyhð | ||
| se þe secgan wile soð æfter rihte. |