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| II | ||
| (Ge)wat ða neosian syþðan niht becom | 115 | |
| hean huses hu hit hring-dene | ||
| æfter (b)eorþege gebún hæfdon. | ||
| Fand þa ðær inne æþelinga gedriht | ||
| swefan æfter (sy)mble sorge ne cuðon | ||
| wonsceaft wera wiht unhælo | 120 | |
| grim 7 grædig gearo sona wæs | ||
| reoc 7 reþe 7 on ræste genam | ||
| þritig þegna; þanon eft gewát | ||
| huðe hremig to ham faran | ||
| mid þære wælfylle wica neosan. | 125 | |
| ða wæs on uhtan mid ærdæge | ||
| grendles guðcræft gumum undyrne | ||
| þa wæs æfter wiste wóp up ahafen | ||
| micel morgensweg mære þeoden | ||
| æþeling ærgod unbliðe sæt | 130 | |
| þolode ðryðswyð þegnsorge dreah | ||
| syðþan hie þæs laðan last sceawedon | ||
| wergan
gastes wæs |
||
| lað 7 longsum næs hit lengra / (fyrs)t | 133r | |
| ac ym(b) ane niht ef(t gefremede) | 135 | |
| morðbeala mare 7 no mearn fore | ||
| fæhðe 7 fyrene wæs to fæst on þam | ||
| þ(a) wæs eaðfynde þe him elles hwær | ||
| geru(m)licor ræste <sohte> | ||
| bed æfter burum ða hi(m) gebeacnod wæs | 140 | |
| gesægd soðlice sweo(to)lan tacne | ||
| healðegnes hete heold h(y)ne syðþan | ||
| fyr 7 fæstor se þæm feond(e) ætwand. | ||
| Swa rixode ond wið rihte wan | ||
| ana wið
eallum oð |
145 | |
| husa selest wæs seo hwil micel | ||
| .xii. wintra tid torn geþolode | ||
| wine scyldenda weana gehwelcne | ||
| sidra sorga forðam <secgum> wearð | ||
| ylda bearnum undyrne cuð | 150 | |
| gyddum geomore þætte grendel wan | ||
| hwile wið hroþgar heteniðas wæg | ||
| fyrene 7 fæhðe fela missera | ||
| singale sæce sibbe ne wolde | ||
| wið manna hwone mægenes deniga | 155 | |
| feorhbealo feorran fea þingian | ||
| ne þær nænig witena wenan þorfte | ||
| beorhtre bote to ban{an} folmum. | ||
| / <ac> <se> (æglæca) (eh)tende wæs | 133v | |
| deorc deaþsc(ua) (d)uguþe 7 geogoþe | 160 | |
| seomade 7 syrede (s)innihte heold | ||
| mistige moras men ne (c)unnon | ||
| hwyder helrunan hwyrftum scriþað | ||
| swa fela fyrena feond mancyn(n)es | ||
| atol angengea oft gefremede. | 165 | |
| (h)eardra hynða heorot eardode | ||
| sinc(fa)ge sel sweartum nihtum | ||
| no he þone gifstol gretan moste | ||
| maþðum for metode ne his myne wisse | ||
| 170 | ||
| modes brecða monig oft gesæt | ||
| rice to rune ræd eahtedon | ||
| hwæt swiðferhðum selest wære | ||
| wið færgryrum to gefremmanne. | ||
| Hwilum hie geheton æt h{æ}rgtrafum | 175 | |
| wigweorþunga wordum bædon | ||
| wið þeodþreaum swylc wæs þeaw hyra. | ||
| hæþenra hyht helle gemundon | ||
| in modsefan metod hie ne cuþon | 180 | |
| dæda demend ne wiston hie drihten god. | ||
| / (ne hie) huru heofena helm herian (ne) cuþon | 134r | |
| wuldres waldend wa bið þæm ðe sceal | ||
| þurh sliðne nið sawle bescufa(n) | ||
| in fyres fæþm frofre ne wenan | 185 | |
| wihte (ge)wendan wel bið þæm þe mot | ||
| æfter deaðdæge drihten secean. | ||
| 7 to fæder fæþmum freoðo wilnian. |