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XV
ÐA wæs haten hreþe    heort innanweard 991
folmum gefrætwod     fela þæra wæs
wera 7 wifa    þe þ winreced
gestsele gyredon    goldfag scinon
web æfter wagum     wundorsiona fela
secga gehwylcum    þara þe on swylc starað.    996
wæs þ beorhte bold    tobrocen swiðe
eal inneweard    irenbendum fæst
heorras tohlidene    hrof ana genæs
ealles ansund    þe se aglæca
fyrendædum fag    on fleam gewand 1001
aldres orwena    no þ yðe byð
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
þ to healle / gang    healfdenes sunu 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.