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XXXII
Nealles <næs> geweoldum    wyrmhorda<n> cræft
sylfes willum     se ðe him sare (ge)sceod 2222
ac for þreanedlan    þe<of> nathwylces
hæleða bearna    hetesweng(eas) fleoh
<ærnes> þea<rfe>     ond ðær inne weal(l)
secg synbysig      sona {o}nwa[ca]de
þ <gean> ðam gyst[e]      <gry>rebr<o>g<a> stod 2227
hwæðre <fyren>sceapen /   179r-v
     
                       <...> se fær begeat
Sincfæt <sohte>     þær wæs swylcra fela
in ðam eorð<[se]le>   ærgestreona
swa hy on gearda(gum)    gumena nathwylc
eormenlafe     (æþ)elan cynnes 2234
þanchycgende       þær ge(hy)dde.
deore maðmas      ealle hie deað (fo)rnam
ærran mælum.     7 si an ða gen
(leo)da duguðe      se ðær lengest hwearf
(we)ard winegeomor      {w}ende þæs yldan 2239
(þ h)e lytel fæc    longgestreona
brucan (m)oste      beorh eallgearo
wunode on wonge      [wæ]teryðum neah
niwe be næsse     nearo(c)ræftum fæst
þær on innan bær    eorl(g)estreona 2244
hringa hyrde    ha{n}dwyrðne (d)æl
fættan goldes     fea worda cwæð.
heald þu nu hruse     nu hæleð ne m{o}stan
eorla æhte      hwæt hyt ær on ðe
gode begeaton      guðdeað fornam. 2249
feorhbeale frecne      fyrena gehwylcne.
leoda minra      þa {me}ðe þis <..> ofgeaf
gesawon. seledream      <he> / nah hwa sweord wege 180r
oððe f<æ>[g]<rie>     fæted wæge.
dryncfæt deore     dug<uð> ellor seoc 2254
sceal se hearda helm    <hyr>stedgolde
fætum befeallen     feormy(nd) swefað.
þa ðe beadogriman    bywan sceoldon.
ge swylce seo herepád     s(io) æt hilde gebád
ofer borda gebræc    bite irena 2259
brosnað æfter beorne     ne mæg byrnan hring
æfter wig(fru)man    wide feran
hæleðum be healfe     næs hearpan wyn.
gomen gleobeames      ne gód hafoc
geond sæl swingeð     ne se swifta mearh 2264
burhstede beateð    bea(lo)cwealm hafað
fela feorhcynna      fo(rð) onsended.
Swa giomormod      giohðo mænde.
an æfter eallum     unbliðe hwe{arf}
dæges 7 nihtes     oð ðæt deaðes wylm 2269
hr(an) æt heortan     hordwynne fond
eald uh(t)sceaða     opene standan
se ðe byrnend[e]     biorgas seceð.
nacod niðdraca      niht(es) fleogeð
fyre befangen      hyne foldbuen(d) 2274
/ [: : : : : : : : : : : :]nan   he gesecean sceall 180v
<h>[ear]<m> <on> <h>rusan      þær he hæðen gold
warað [win]trum frod     ne byð him wihte ðy sel.
(sw)a se ðeodsceaða    þreo hund wintra.
(h)eold on hrusa{n}       hordærna sum 2279
eacen(cr)æftig       oð ðæt hyne án abealch
mon on mode      mandryhtne bær.
fæted wæge     frioðowære bæd
hlaford sinne      (ða w)æs hord rasod
onboren beaga (h)ord     bene getiðad 2284
feasceaftum men      frea sceawode.
fira fyrngeweorc      (f)orman siðe.
þa se wyrm onwóc     wroht wæs geniwad.
stonc ða æfter stane     stearcheort onfand
feondes fot(l)ast      he to forð gestop. 2289
dyrnan cræfte      dracan heafde neah.
swa mæg unfæge    eaðe gedigan
wean 7 wræcsið     se ðe waldendes
hyldo gehealdeþ     hordweard sohte
georne æfter grunde     wolde guman findan. 2294
þone þe him on sweofote    sare geteode.
hat 7 hreohmod /      hl(æ)wum oft ymbehwearf 181r
ealn[e utan]weardne     ne ðær ænig mon
on þ[am] westenne <..>      hwæðre hilde gefeh
bea<du> weorces     hwilum on beorh æthwe(arf) 2299
sincfæt sohte     he þ sona onf(and)
ðæt hæfde gumena sum    goldes gefandod
heahgestreona      hordwea(rd) onbád
earfoðlice      oð ðæt æfen c(wom)
wæs ða gebolgen    beorges hyrde. 2304
wolde {s}e laða      lige forgyldan
drin(c)fæt dyre.    þa wæs dæg sceacen
w(yr)me on willan      no on wealle læg
(bi)dan wolde     ac mid bæle fór
fyre gefysed      wæs se fruma egeslic 2309
leodum on lande      swa hyt lungre wearð
on hyra sincgifan      sare geendod:~