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| XXIII | ||
| GEseah ða on searwum sigeeadig bil | ||
| ealdsweord eotenisc ecgum þyhtig | 1558 | |
| wigena
weorðmynd |
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| buton hit wæs mare ðonne ænig mon oðer | ||
| to beadulace ætberan meahte | ||
| gód 7 geatolic giganta geweorc. | ||
| he gefeng þa fetelhilt freca scyldinga | 1563 | |
| hreoh 7 heorogrim hringmæl gebrægd | ||
| aldres orwena yrringa/ (s)loh | 164v | |
| banhringas bræc bil eal ðurhwod | ||
| fægne flæschoman heo on flet gecrong | 1568 | |
| sweord wæs swatig secg weorce gefeh | ||
| lixte se leoma leoht inne stod | ||
| efne swa of hefene hadre scineð | ||
| rodores candel he æfter recede wlat. | ||
| Hwearf þa be wealle wæpen hafena(de) | 1573 | |
| heard be hiltum higelaces ðegn | ||
| yrre (7 a)nræd. næs seo ecg fracod | ||
| hilderince ac he hraþe wolde | ||
| grendle forgyldan guðræsa (f)ela | ||
| ðara þe he geworhte to west-denum | 1578 | |
| (o)ftor micle ðonne on ænne sið | ||
| þonne he (h)roðgares heorðgeneatas | ||
| sloh on sweofote slæpende fræt | ||
| folces denigea fyftyne men | ||
| 7 oðer swylc ut offerede | 1583 | |
| laðlicu lac he him þæs lean forgeald | ||
| reþe cempa to ðæs. þe he on ræste geseah | ||
| guðwerigne grendel licgan | ||
| aldorleasne swa him aér gescod + | ||
| hild æt heorote hra wide sprong | 1588 | |
| syþðan he æfter deaðe drepe þrowade | ||
| heorosweng heardne 7 hine þa heafde becearf. | ||
| Sona |
165r | |
| þa ðe mid hroðgare on holm (wliton) | ||
| brim b(lode) fah blondenfeaxe | 1593 | |
| gomele ymb godne ongeador spræcon | ||
| mærne þeoden þa ðæs monige gewearð | 1598 | |
| ða com non dæges næs ofgeafon | ||
| hw(ate) scyldingas gewat him ham þonon | ||
| gold(wine) gumena gistas secan | ||
| modes seoce 7 o(n) mere staredon | 1603 | |
| wiston 7 ne
wendon |
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| selfne gesawon
þa |
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| æfter heaþoswate hildegicelum | ||
| wigbil wanian þæt wæs wundra sum. | ||
| 1608 | ||
| ðonne forstes bend fæder onlæteð | ||
| onwindeð wæ(l)rapas se geweald hafað | ||
| sæla 7 mæla þæt is soð metod. | ||
| ne nom he in þæm wicum weder-geata leod | ||
| maðmæhta ma þeh he þær monige geseah | 1613 | |
| buton þone hafelan 7 þa hilt somod | ||
| since fage wweord ær gemealt | ||
| forbarn
brodenmæl wæs |
165v | |
| ættren ellorgæst se þær (in)ne swealt. | ||
| Sona wæs on sunde se þe (æ)r æt sæcce gebad | 1618 | |
| wighryre wraðra wæter up þurhdeaf | ||
| wæron yðgebland eal gefælsod | ||
| eacne eardas þa se ellorgast | ||
| oflet lifdagas 7 þas lænan gesceaft. | ||
| Com þa to lande lidmanna helm | 1623 | |
| swiðmod swymman sælace gefeah | ||
| mægen(by)rþenne þara þe he him mid hæfde. | ||
| (E)odon him þa togeanes gode þancodon | ||
| ðryðlic þegna heap þeodnes gefegon | ||
| þæs þe hi hyne gesundne geseon moston | 1628 | |
| ða wæs of þæm[.] hroran helm 7 byrne | ||
| lungre alysed lagu drusade | ||
| wæter under wolcnum wældreore fag. | ||
| ferdon forð þonon feþelastum | ||
| ferhþum fægne foldweg mæton | 1633 | |
| cuþe stræte cyningbalde men | ||
| from þæm holmclife hafelan bæron | ||
| earfoðlice heora æghwæþrum | ||
| felamodigra feower scoldon | ||
| on þæm wælstenge w{æ}rcum geferian | 1638 | |
| to þæm goldsele grendles heafod | ||
| oþ ðæt / semninga to sele comon | 166r | |
| frome fyrdhwate feowertyne | ||
| geata gongan gu(m)dryhten mid | ||
| modig on gemonge meod(o)wongas træd. | 1643 | |
| ða com in gan ealdor ðegna | ||
| dædcene mon dome gewurþ(ad) | ||
| hæle hildedeor hroðgar gretan. | ||
| þ(a) wæs be feaxe on flet boren | ||
| grendles heafod þær guman druncon | 1648 | |
| egeslic f(or) eorlum 7 þære idese mid | ||
| wliteseon wr(æt)lic weras onsawon. |