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XXXI
Swa se ðeodkyning    þeawum lyfde
ealles ic ðam leanum    forloren hæfde
mægnes mede      ac he me /<maðma>(s) geaf 177v
sunu healfdenes      on <min>ne sylfes dóm. 2147
ða ic ðe beorn(c)yning     bringan wylle.
estum ge(yw)an      gen is eall æt ðe.
lissa gelong      (ic) lyt hafo.
heafodmaga     nefne (hy)gelac ðec.
het ða in beran      eafor (hea)fodsegn. 2152
heaðosteapne helm     (ha)re byrnan
guðsweord geatolic     (gy)d æfter wræc.
me ðis hildesceorp    (h)roðgár sealde
snotra fengel      sume (w)orde het
þ ic his ærest ðe    est gesægde 2157
(c)wæð þ hyt hæfde    hiorogar cyning
(l)eod scyldunga      lange hwile.
no ðy (æ)r suna sinum    syllan wolde
hwatum (h)eorowearde     þeah he him hold wære.
breostgewædu      bruc ealles well. 2162
hyrde ic þ þam frætwum    feower mearas.
lungre gelice      last weardode.
æppelfealuwe      he him est geteah
meara 7 maðma     swa sceal/ mæg dón. 178r
nealles inwitnet      oðr(um) bregdon 2167
dyrnum cræfte      deað ren<ian>
hondgesteallan      hygelace wæs
(niða) heardum.       nefa swyðe hold
ond geh(wæðer) oðrum    hroþra gemyndig.
hyrd(e) ic þ he ðone healsbeah    hygde (ge)sealde 2172
wrætlicne wundur(maððum)     ðone þe him wealhðeo geaf
ðeo(d)<nes> dohtor     þrio wicg somod
swanco(r) 7 sadolbeorht     hyre syððan wæs
(æfter) beahðege    br{e}ost geweorðod.
swa (b)[eal]dode      bearn ecgðeowes. 2177
guma gu(ð)[um]cuð     godum dædum
dreah æfter dom(e)     nealles druncne slog.
heorðgen(ea)tas      næs him hreoh sefa.
ac he ma(n)cynnes      mæste cræfte.
ginfæsta(n) gife     þe him god sealde 2182
heold hildedeor      hean wæs lange
swa hyne geat(a) bearn    godne ne tealdon.
ne hyne on medobence    micles wyrðne.
/ [dri]hten wereda       gedon wolde 178v
swyðe <sæg>don     þ he sleac wære 2187
æðeling un(fro)m     edwenden cwom
tireadigum (me)nn      torna gehwylces.
het ða eorla (hl)eo    in gefetian.
heaðorof cyning     (hr)eðles lafe.
golde gegyrede      næs (mid) geatum ða 2192
sincmaðþum selra    [o](n) sweordes had.
þ he on biowulfes     (be)arm alegde.
7 him gesealde      seofan (þ)usendo.
bold 7 bregostól      him wæs [b](a)m samod
on ðam leodscipe    [lo]nd gecynde 2197
eard eðelriht      oðrum (s)wiðor.
side rice      þam ðær selra wæs.
(e)ft þ geiode    ufaran dogrum.
hilde(h)læmmum       syððan hygelac læg.
7 hear{dr}ede     hildemeceas 2202
under bordhreoðan    to bonan wurdon.
ða hyne gesohtan    on sigeþeode
hearde hildefrecan      heaðo-scilfingas.
niða genægdan.    nefan hererices
syððan / beowulfe     br[æ]de rice 2207 179r
on hand ge[hwearf]      he geheold tela
fiftig wintra      w(æs ða) frod cyning
eald eþelweard     oð ð(æt) ón ongan
deorcum nihtum      draca (rics<i>an)
se ðe on hea<um> h<of>e      hord beweot(ode) 2212
stanbeorh stear{c}ne      stig under l(æg)
eldum uncuð      þær on innan giong.
nið(a) nathwyl<c>      <ond> <neah> gefeng
hæðnum ho(rde)     hond <gewriþenne>
since fahne     (he þ) syððan <beget> 2217
þ<eah> ð<e> <he> slæpende    (be)syre<d> <hæf>de
þeo[f]es cræfte      þ si(e) ðiod <onfand>
b[u]folc beorn[a]      þ he gebolge<n> wæs.