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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. |