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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 | ||
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 |
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arum healdan gyf þu ær þonne he | ||
wine scildinga worold oflætest | 1183 | |
wene ic
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uncran
eaferan gif he |
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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(.) |