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Oð ðæt hie forlæddan to ðam lindplegan | ||
swæse gesiðas ond hyra sylfra feorh | ||
þonne cwið æt beore se ðe beah/gesyhð | 175r | |
eald æscwiga se ðe eall g(e)[man] | 2042 | |
gárcwealm gumena him bið gri(m) [se]fa | ||
onginneð geomormod geon(g)<um> cempan | ||
þurh hreðra gehygd (higes) cunnian | ||
wigbealu weccean
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meaht ðu min wine mec(e) gecnawan | 2047 | |
þone þin fæder to gef(eohte) bær. | ||
under heregriman hinde(man) siðe. | ||
dyre iren þær hyne dene slogon | ||
weoldon wælstowe syððan wiðergyld læg. | ||
æfter hæleþa hry(re) hwate scyldungas | 2052 | |
nu her þara b(a)nena byre nathwylces. | ||
frætwum hremig on flet gæð | ||
morðres gyl[pe{ð}] 7 þone maðþum byreð | ||
þone þe ðu m(id) rihte rædan sceoldest | ||
manað sw(a) 7 myndgað mæla gehwylce. | 2057 | |
sarum wordum oð ðæt sæl cymeð | ||
æfter billes bite blodfag swefeð. | ||
ealdres scyldig him se oðer þonan | ||
losað / [{l}i](figen)de con him land geare | 2062 | 175v |
þon(ne) bio(ð) ({b})rocene on ba healfe | ||
aðsweorð eorla <syð>ðan ingelde | ||
weallað wælniðas 7 him (wif)lufan | ||
æfter cearwælmum colran (we)orðað | ||
þy ic heaðo-bear{d}na hyldo ne (tel)ge | 2067 | |
dryhtsibbe dæl denum unfæcne | ||
(f)reondscipe fæstne ic sceal forð (sp)recan. | ||
gen ymbe grendel.
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sinces brytta to hwan syððan (w)earð. | ||
hondræs hæleða syððan heofones (g)im. | 2072 | |
glad ofer grundas gæst yrre cwom | ||
(ea)tol æfengrom user neosan. | ||
ðær we (g)esunde sæl weardodon | ||
þær wæs hond(s)cio hilde onsæge | ||
feorhbealu fægum (h)e fyrmest læg | 2077 | |
gyrded cempa him grendel wearð | ||
mærum mag{u}þegne to muðbonan. | ||
leofes mannes líc eall forswealg. | ||
no ðy ær ut ða gen idelhende. | ||
bona blodigtoð bealewa gemyndig | 2082 | |
of ðam goldsele gongan wolde. | ||
ac he mægnes róf min costode | ||
/ grapode gear{o}folm. glof (hangode) | 176r | |
síd 7 syllic searobendum fæst | ||
(sio) wæs orðoncum eall gegyrwed | 2087 | |
de(ofles) cræftum 7 dracan fellum | ||
he mec (þær) on innan unsynnigne | ||
dior dæ(d)fruma gedón wolde | ||
manigra sumne hyt ne miht(e) swa | ||
syððan ic on yrre upprih(te) astod. | 2092 | |
To lang ys to reccenne hu i({c} {ð}am) leodsceaðan | ||
yfla gehwylces hon(dlean) forgeald | ||
Þær ic þeoden min þine leode | ||
weorðode weorcum he on (weg) losade. | ||
lytle hwile lifwynna br({ea}c). | 2097 | |
hwæþre him sio swiðre swaðe w(ear)dade. | ||
hand on hiorte 7 he hea(n) ðonan | ||
modes geomor mereg(rund) gefeoll | ||
me þone wælræs wine scildunga. | ||
fættan golde fela lea(no)de | 2102 | |
manegum maðmum syððan me(r)gen cóm. | ||
7 we to symble geseten hæfdon. | ||
þær wæs gidd 7 gleo gome(la) / (scilding) | 176v | |
felafricgende feorran reh(te) | ||
(hwilum) hildedeor hearpan wynne | 2107 | |
go(mel)wudu grette hwilum gyd awræc. | ||
soð (7 sa)rlíc hwilum syllic spell. | ||
rehte æfter (r)ihte rumheort cyning. | ||
hwilum eft (onga)n eldo gebunden | ||
gomel guðwiga (gio)guðe cwiðan | 2112 | |
hildestrengo hreðer (inn)e weoll. | ||
þonne he wintrum frod worn (gem)unde | ||
swa we þær inne andlangne [dæg] | ||
niode naman oð ðæt niht becwom. | ||
(oð)er to yldum þa wæs eft hraðe | 2117 | |
gearo (gyr)nwræce. grendeles modor. | ||
Siðode (sor)hfull sunu deað fornam | ||
wighete (wed)ra wif unhyre | ||
hyre bearn gewræc (beo)rn acwealde | ||
ellenlice þær wæs æsc(he)re | 2122 | |
frodan fyrnwitan feorh uð(ge)nge. | ||
noðer hy hine ne moston syððan (m)ergen cwom | ||
deaðwerigne denia (le)ode. | ||
bronde forbærnan (n)e on bel hladan. | ||
leofne mannan
/ (h)io |
2127 | 177r |
feondes fæð{me} [un]der firgenstream. | ||
þara þe leodfruman lange begeate. | ||
þa se ðeoden (mec) ðine life | ||
healsode hreohmod
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2132 | |
eorlscipe efnd(e) ealdre geneðde. | ||
mærðo fremed(e) he me mede gehet | ||
ic ða ðæs wælm(es) þe is wide cuð | ||
grimme gryrelic(ne) grundhyrde fond | ||
þær unc hwil(e) wæs hand gemæne. | 2137 | |
holm heolfre weoll 7 ic heafde becearf | ||
in ðam <grund>s(ele) grendeles modor. | ||
eacnum ecgu(m) unsofte þonan | ||
feorh oðferede næs ic fæge þa gyt. | ||
ac me eorla hl(eo) eft gesealde | 2142 | |
maðma menigeo mag(a) healfdenes. |