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| ÐA se gæst ongan gledum spiwan | ||
| beorht hofu bærnan bry(ne)leoma stod | ||
| eldum on andan no ðæ(r) aht cwices. | 2314 | |
| lað lyftfloga læfan / (wolde). | 181v | |
| wæs þæs wyrmes wig wide gesy(ne) | ||
| (ne)arofages nið nean 7 feorran | ||
| hu (s)e guðsceaða geata leode | ||
| hatode 7 hyn(de) hord eft gesceat. | 2319 | |
| dryhtsele dyrn(ne) ær dæges hwile. | ||
| hæfde landwara (li)ge befangen | ||
| bæle 7 bronde beorges getruwode | ||
| wiges 7 wealles him seo wen (g)eleah | ||
| þa wæs biowulfe broga gecy(ð)ed | 2324 | |
| snude to soðe
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| bolda selest brynewylmum mealt. | ||
| (g)ifstol geata
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| hreow (o)n hreðre hygesorga mæst. | ||
| wende (s)e wisa
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2329 | |
| ofer ealde riht ecean dryhtne | ||
| bitre gebulge (b)reost innan weoll | ||
| þeostrum geþoncum swa him geþywe ne wæs. | ||
| hæfde ligdraca leoda fæsten. | ||
| ealond utan eorðweard ðone | 2334 | |
| gledum forgrunden him ðæs guðkyning | ||
| wedera þioden wræce leornode | ||
| heht him þa gewyrcean wigendra hleo | ||
| eallirenne eorla dryhten | ||
| wigbord wrætlic /wisse he gearwe | 2339 | 182r |
| lind wið lige sceolde <li>þenddaga | ||
| æþeling ærgód ende g(e)bidan | ||
| worulde lifes 7 se wyrm somod | ||
| þeah ðe hordwelan heolde lan(ge) | 2344 | |
| oferhogode ða hringa fengel | ||
| sidan herge no he him þam sæcce 7red. | ||
| ne him þæs wyrmes wig for wiht dyde. | ||
| eafoð 7 ellen forðon he ær fela | 2349 | |
| nearo neðende niða gedig(de) | ||
| hildehlemma syððan he hroðga(res) | ||
| sigoreadig secg sele fælsode. | ||
| 7 æt g(uðe) forgrap grendeles mægum | ||
| laðan cynnes no þæt læsest wæs | 2354 | |
| hondge(mot){a} þær mon hygelac sloh. | ||
| syððan geata cyning guðe ræsum | ||
| freawine folc(a) freslondum on | ||
| hreðles eafora hiorodryncum swealt | ||
| bille gebeate(n) þonan biowulf com | 2359 | |
| sylfes cræfte sundnytte dreah | ||
| hæfde him on earm(e) /<eorla> xxx. | 182v | |
| hildegeatwa þa he to holm(e) <sta>g | ||
| nealles hetware hremge þorf<t>[on] | ||
| feðewiges þe him foran ongean. | 2364 | |
| linde bæron lyt eft becwom | ||
| fram þam hildfrecan hames niosan | ||
| ofer(s)wam ða sioleða bigong sunu ecgðeowes | ||
| (ea)rm anhaga eft to leodum | ||
| þær him hygd gebead hord 7 rice | 2369 | |
| beagas 7 brego(s)tol bearne ne truwode | ||
| healdan cuðe. ða wæs hygelac dead. | ||
| no ðy ær feasceafte (f)indan meahton | ||
| æt ðam æðelinge (æ)nige ðinga | 2374 | |
| oððe þone cynedóm ciosan wol(d)e | ||
| hwæðre. he him on folce freondlarum heold. | ||
| estum mid are oð ðæt he yldra wearð. | ||
| weder-geatum weold hyne wræcmæcgas | 2379 | |
| ofer sæ sohtan suna ohteres | ||
| hæfdon hy forhealden helm scylfinga | ||
| þone selestan sæcyninga | ||
| þara {ðe} in swiorice sinc brytnade. | ||
| mærne/ (þ)eoden him |
2384 | 183r |
| he (þær) {f}or feorme feorhwunde hleat | ||
| sw(eor)des swengum sunu hygelaces. | ||
| 7 [him] eft gewat ongenðioes bearn | ||
| ha(mes) niosan syððan heardred læg. | ||
| let ðone bregostol biowulf healdan | 2389 | |
| geatum wealdan
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