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| XVIII | ||
| HIm wæs ful boren 7 freondlaþu | ||
| wordum bewægned 7 wundengold | 1193 | |
| estum geeawed earmreade twa | ||
| hrægl 7 hrin/ (ga)s healsbeaga mæst | 156v | |
| þara þe ic on fol(dan) (ge)frægen hæbbe | ||
| nænigne ic under sweg(l)e selran hyrde | ||
| hordmadmum hæleþa syþðan hama ætwæg | 1198 | |
| to herebyrhtan (byri)g brosinga mene | ||
| sigle 7 sincfæt (se)aroniðas fealh | ||
| eormenrices geceas ecne ræd | ||
| þone hring hæfde higelac geata | ||
| nefa swertinges nyhstan siðe | 1203 | |
| siðþan he under segne sinc ealgode. | ||
| wælreaf werede hyne wyrd fornam | ||
| syþðan he for wlenco wean ahsode | ||
| fæhðe to frysum he þa frætwe wæg | ||
| eorclanstanas ofer yða ful. | 1208 | |
| rice þeoden he under rande gecranc | ||
| gehwearf þa in francna fæþm feorh cyninges | ||
| breostgewædu 7 se beah somod | ||
| wyrsan wigfrecan wæl reafeden | ||
| æfter guðsceare geata leode | 1213 | |
| hreawic heoldon heal swege onfeng. | ||
| Wealhðeo maþelode heo fore þæm werede spræc | ||
| bruc ðisses beages beowulf leofa | ||
| hyse mid hæle / (7 þ)isses hrægles neot | 157r | |
| þeo{d} gestreona (7 geþeoh) tela | 1218 | |
| cen þec mid cræfte 7 þyssum cnyht(um) wes | ||
| lara liðe ic þe þæs lean geman | ||
| ha(fast) þu
gefered |
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| ealne widefe(rhþ) weras ehtigað | ||
| efne swa side swa saé beb(ugeð) | 1223 | |
| windgeard weallas wes þenden þu lifige | ||
| æþ(eling) eadig ic þe an tela | ||
| sincgestreona beo þu suna minum | ||
| dædum gedefe dreamhealde(n)de. | ||
| her is æghwylc eorl oþrum getrywe | 1228 | |
| modes milde mandrihtne h{leo} | ||
| þegnas sy(n)don geþwære þeod ealgearo | ||
| druncne dry(ht)guman doð swa ic bidde. | ||
| Eode þa to setle þær wæs symbla cyst | ||
| druncon wín weras wyrd ne cuþon | 1233 | |
| geosceaft grim{m}e swa hit agangen wearð | ||
| eorla manegum syþðan æfen cwom | ||
| 7 him hroþgar gewat to hofe sinum | ||
| rice to ræste reced weardode | ||
| unrim eorla swa hie oft ær dydon | 1238 | |
| bencþelu beredon hit geondbræded wearð | ||
| beddum 7 bolstrum beorscealca sum | ||
| fus 7 fæge fletræste ge/(beag) | 157v | |
| setton him to heafdon hilderandas | ||
| (b)ordwudu beorhtan þær on bence wæs. | 1243 | |
| ofer æþelinge yþgesene | ||
| heaþosteapa helm hringed byrne | ||
| þrecwudu þrymlic wæs (þ)eaw hyra | ||
| ge æt ham ge on herge ge gehwæþer þara | 1248 | |
| efne swylce mæla swylce hira mandryhtne | ||
| þearf gesælde wæs seo þeod tilu. |