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Hroðgar maþelode     helm scyldinga
ne frin þu æfter sælum     sorh is geniwod
denigea leodum      dead is æschere 1323
yrmenlafes     yldra broþor
min rúnwita    7 min rædbora
eaxlgestealla      ðonne we on orlege
hafelan weredon      þonne hniton feþan
eoferas cnysedan / (swy)[lc] [eorl] (s)colde  1328 159v
wesan <..> ærgod   swylc æsc(here) (wæs)
wearð him on heorote    to handbanan
wælgæst wæfre     ic ne wát hwæþer
atol æse wlanc    eftsiðas teah
fylle gefrægnod   heo þa fæhðe wræc 1333
þe þu gystran niht    gren(d)el cwealdest
þurh hæstne had    heardum clammum
forþan he to lange    leode mine
wanode 7 wyrde      he æt wige gecrang
ealdres scyldig      7 nu oþer cwom 1338
mihtig manscaða     wolde hyre mæg wrecan.
ge feor hafað      fæhðe gestæled
þæs þe þincean mæg    þegne monegum
se þe æfter sincgyfan    on sefan greoteþ
hreþerbealo hearde     nu seo hand ligeð 1343
se þe eow welhwylcra    wilna dohte.
ic þ londbuend     leode mine
selerædende      secgan hyrde
þ hie gesawon    swylce twegen
micle mearcstapan      moras healdan 1348
ellorgæstas      ðæra oðer wæs
þæs þe hie gewislicost    gewitan meahton
idese onlicnæs      oðer earmsceapen
on weres wæstmum    wræclastas / træd 160r
næfne he wæs mara    þonne ænig m(an) oðer 1353
þone on geardagum    grendel nem(don)
foldbuende     no hie fæder cunnon
hwæ(þer) him ænig wæs    ær acenned
dyrnra gasta     hie dygel lond
warigeað wulfhleoþu     windi(ge) næssas 1358
frecne fengelad      ðær fyrgenstream
under næssa genipu    niþer gewiteð
flod under foldan      nis þ feor heonon
milgemearces      þ se mere stan{d}eð
ofer þæm hongiað    hrí{mg}e bearwas 1363
wudu wyrtum fæst    wæter oferhelmað
þær mæg nihta gehwæm    niðwundor seon
fyr on flode     no þæs frod leofað
gumena bearna      þ þone grund wite
ðeah þe hæðstapa    hundum geswenced 1368
heorot hornum trum      holtwudu sece
feorran geflymed      ær he feorh seleð
aldor on ofre      ær he in wille
hafelan; {helan}   nis þ heoru stow.
þonon yðgeblond    up astigeð 1373
won to wolcnum      þonne wind styreþ
lað gewidru      oð þ lyft drysmaþ
roderas reotað      nu is se ræd gelang
eft æt / (þ)e anum     eard git ne const 160v
frecne stowe      (ðær) þu findan miht 1378
felasinnigne secg   (s)ec gif þu dyrre
ic þe þa fæhðe    feo leanige
ealdgestreonum      swa ic ær dyde
wund{un}golde       gyf þu on weg cymest.