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| XXVIIII | ||
| GEwat him ða se hearda mid his hondscole | ||
| sylf æfter sande sæwong tredan | ||
| wide waroðas woruldcandel scán | ||
| sigel suðan fús hi sið drugon | ||
| elne geeodon to ðæ(s ðe) eorla hleo | 1967 | |
| bonan ongenþeoes. burg(um) in innan. | ||
| geongne guðcyning godne gefrunon | ||
| hringas dælan higelace wæs | ||
| sið beowulfes snude gecyðed | ||
| 1972 | ||
| lindgestealla lifigende cwom | ||
| heaðolaces. hal to hofe gongan | ||
| hraðe wæs gerymed swa se rica bebead | ||
| feðegestum flet innanweard | ||
| gesæt þa wið sylfne se ða sæcce genæs | 1977 | |
| mæg wið mæge /[s]yððan mandryhten | 173v | |
| þurh hleoðorcwyde holdne gegrette | ||
| meaglum wordum meoduscencum | ||
| hwearf. geond þæt side reced hæreðes dohtor | ||
| lufode ða leode liðwæge bær | 1982 | |
| h{æ}um to handa higelac ongan | ||
| sinne geseldan in sele þam hean | ||
| fægre fricgcean hyne fyrwet bræc | ||
| hwylce sæ-geata siðas wæron | ||
| hu lomp eow on lade leofa biowulf | 1987 | |
| þa ðu færinga feorr gehogodest. | ||
| sæcce secean ofer sealt wæter | ||
| hilde to hiorote ac ðu hroðgare | ||
| wi{d}cuðne wean wihte gebettest | ||
| mærum ðeodne ic ðæs modceare | 1992 | |
| sorhwylmum seað siðe ne truwode | ||
| leofes mannes ic ðe lange bæd | ||
| lete suð-dene sylfe geweorðan | ||
| guðe wið grendel gode ic þanc secge | 1997 | |
| þæs ðe ic ðe gesundne geseon moste. | ||
| Biowulf maðelode bearn ecgðioes | ||
| / |
174r | |
| {micel} gemeting monegum fira. | ||
| hwy[lc] {orleg}hwíl uncer grendles | 2002 | |
| wearð on (ðam) wange þær he worna fela | ||
| sige-(scyl)dingum sorge gefremede | ||
| yrmð(e) to aldre ic ðæt eall gewræc | ||
| swa (be)gylpan <..> þearf grendeles maga | ||
| {yfel} ofer eorðan uhthlem þone. | 2007 | |
| se (ðe) lengest leofað laðan cynnes | ||
| f{æcne} bifongen ic ðær furðum cwom | ||
| to ðam hringsele hroðgar gretan | ||
| sona me se mæra mago healfd(e)nes | ||
| syððan he modsefan minne cuðe | 2012 | |
| wið his sylfes sunu setl getæht(e.) | ||
| weorod wæs on wynne ne seah ic widan feorh | ||
| under heofones hwealf healsittendra | ||
| medudream mar(an) hwilum mæru cwen | ||
| friðusibb folca flet eall geondhwearf | 2017 | |
| bædde byre geonge oft hio beahwriðan | ||
| secge / {sealde} ær hie to setle geong. | 174v | |
| hwilum fo(r) {d}[ugu]ðe dohtor hroðgares | ||
| eorlum [on] ende ealuwæge bær | ||
| þa ic freaware (flet)sittende. | 2022 | |
| nemnan hyrde þær hio [næ](g)led sinc | ||
| hæleðum sealde sio gehaten <is> | ||
| geong goldhroden gladum suna frodan. | ||
| <h>(a)fað þæs geworden wine scyldinga | ||
| ri(ce)s hyrde 7 þæt ræd talað | 2027 | |
| sæcca gesette oft (s)eldan hwær. | ||
| æfter leodhryre lytle (hw)ile | ||
| bongar bugeð þeah seo bryd duge | ||
| (m)æg þæs þonne ofþyncan ðeoden heaðo-(b)eardna | 2032 | |
| 7 þegna gehwam þara leoda | ||
| (þ)onne he mid fæmnan on flett gæð. | ||
| dryhtbearn dena duguða biwenede. | ||
| on him gladiað gomelra lafe | ||
| heard 7 hringmæl heaða-bearna gestreon | 2037 | |
| þenden hie ðam wæpnum wealdan moston. |