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XVII
(G)Ewiton him ða wigend    wica neosian
freondum befeallen    frysland geseon 1126
hamas 7 heaburh    hengest ða gyt
wælfagne winter    wunode mid finn
{ea}l unhlitine    eard gemunde
þeah þe {n}e meahte    on mere drifan
hringedstefnan    holm storme weol 1131
won wið winde    winter yþe beleac
isgebinde    oþ ðæt oþer com
gear in geardas    swa nu gyt deð
þa ðe syngales    sele bewitiað
wuldortorhtan weder    ða wæs winter scacen 1136
fæger foldan bearm     fundode wrecca
gist of geardum    he to gyrnwræce
swiðor / þohte    þonne to sælade 155r
gif he tor(nge)mot    þurhteon mihte
þ he eote(na) bearn    inne gemunde. 1141
Swa he ne fo(r)wyrnde    woroldrædenne
þonne him hunlafing    hildeleoman
billa sele(st)    on bearm dyde
þæs wæron mid eoten(um)     ecge cuðe
swylce ferhðfrecan    fin. eft begeat 1146
sweordbealo sliðen    æt hi(s) selfes hám
siþðan grimne gripe    guðlaf ond oslaf
æfter sæsiðe    sorge mændon
ætwiton weana dæl     ne meahte wæfre mod
forhabban in hreþre     ða wæs heal hroden 1151
feonda feorum    swilce fin slægen
cyning on corþre     7 seo cwen numen
sceotend scyldinga    to scypon feredon
eal ingesteald    eorðcyninges
swylce hie æt finnes ham    findan meahton 1156
sigla searogimma    hie on sælade
drihtlice wif    to denum feredon
læddon. / (to l)eodum    leoð wæs asungen 155v
gleoman(nes) gyd    gamen eft astah.
beorhtode (b)encsweg    byrelas sealdon 1161
wín of (w)underfatum.    þa cwom wealhþeo forð
(g)án under gyldnum beage      þær þa godan twegen
sæton suhtergefæde(r)an    þa gyt wæs hiera sib ætgædere
æghwylc oðrum trywe      swylce þær hunferþ þyle
æt fotum sæt frean scyldinga    gehwylc hiora his ferhþe treowde 1166
þæt he hæfde mód micel     þeah þe he his magum nære
árfæst æt ecga gelacum.    Spræc ða ides scyldinga.
gehwylc hiora    his ferhþe treowde
þæt he hæfde mód micel     þeah þe he his magum
nære árfæst     æt ecga gelacum.
Spræc ða      ides scyldinga. 1170
onfoh þissum fulle     freodrihten min
sinces brytta    þu on sælum wes
goldwine gumena    7 to geatum spræc
mildum wordum      swa sceal man don.
beo wið geatas glæd     geofena gemyndig 1173
nean 7 feorran    þu nu hafast
me man sægde    þæt / (þ)u (ð)e for sunu wolde 156r
hereric hab(ban)    heorot is gefælsod
beahsele beor(hta)    brúc þenden þu mote
manigra me(do)    7 þinum magum læf 1178
folc 7 rice    þonne ðu forð scyle
metodsceaft seon    (ic) minne can
glædne hroþulf     þ he þa g(eo)goðe wile
arum healdan    gyf þu ær þonne he
wine scildinga    worold oflætest 1183
wene ic þ he mid gode     gyldan wille
uncran eaferan    gif he þ eal gemon
hwæt wit to willan    7 to worðmyndum
umborwesendum ær    arna gefremedon.
hwearf þa bi bence     þær hyre byre wæron 1188
hreðric 7 hroðmund     7 hæleþa bearn
giogoð æt gædere     þær se goda sæt
beowulf geata    be þæm gebroðrum twæm(.)