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| XXXIIII | ||
| SE ðæs leodhryres lean gemunde | ||
| uferan dogrum eadgilse wearð | ||
| feasceaftum freond folce gestepte. | ||
| ofe(r) sæ side sunu ohteres | 2394 | |
| wigum 7 wæpnum he gewræc syððan | ||
| cealdum cearsiðum cyning ealdre bineat. | ||
| swa he niða gehwane genesen hæfde | ||
| sliðra geslyht(a) sunu ecgðiowes. | ||
| ellenweorca oð ðone anne dæg | 2399 | |
| þe he wið þam wyrme gewegan sceolde. | ||
| gewat þa .xii.a sum torne gebolgen | ||
| dryhten geata dracan sceawia(n) | ||
| hæfde þa gefrunen hwanan sio fæhð aras. | ||
| bealonið biorna him to bearme /(cwom) | 2404 | 183v |
| ma(ð)þumfæt mære þurh ðæs me(l)(da)n hond | ||
| se wæs on ðam ðreate þreotteo(ða) secg | ||
| se ðæs orleges or onstealde | ||
| hæft (hy)gegiomor sceolde hean ðonon. | ||
| wong (w)isian he ofer willan giong. | 2409 | |
| to ðæs ðe he eorðsele anne wisse. | ||
| hlæw under (hr)usan holmwylme neh. | ||
| yðgewinne se wæs innan full | ||
| wrætta 7 wira weard unhiore | ||
| gearo guðfreca goldmaðmas heold. | 2414 | |
| eald under
eorðan næs |
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| to gegangenne gumena ænigum | ||
| gesæt ða on næsse niðheard cyning. | ||
| þenden hælo abead heorðgeneatum | ||
| gold(w)ine geata him wæs geomor sefa | 2419 | |
| wæfre 7 wælfus wyrd ungemete neah. | ||
| se ðone gomelan gretan sceolde | ||
| secean sawle hord sundur gedælan | ||
| lif wið lice no þon lange wæs. | ||
| feorh æþelinges flæsce bewunden. | 2424 | |
| biowulf maþelade bearn ecgðeowes | ||
| fela ic on giogoðe guðræsa genæs | ||
| orleghwila ic |
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| / ic wæs syfanwintre þa mec sin(ca bal)dor | 184r | |
| freawine folca æt minum fæ(der) genam | 2429 | |
| heold mec 7 hæfde hreðel cyn(ing) | ||
| geaf me sinc 7 symbel sibbe gemund(e) | ||
| næs ic him to life laðra owihte | ||
| beorn (in) burgum þonne his bearna hwylc. | ||
| herebe(ald) 7 hæðcyn. oððe hygelac min | 2434 | |
| wæs þam yldestan ungedefelice | ||
| mæges dædum morþorbed stred | ||
| syððan hyne hæðcyn of hornbogan. | ||
| his freawine flane geswencte | ||
| miste mercelses 7 his mæg o(f)scet | 2439 | |
| broðor oðerne blodigan gare | ||
| hreð(re) hygemeðe sceolde hwæðre swa þeah | ||
| æð(e)ling unwrecen ealdres linnan | ||
| swa bið geomorlic gomelum ceorle | 2444 | |
| to gebidanne
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| giong on galgan þonne h(e) gyd wrece | ||
| sarigne sang þonne his sunu hangað | ||
| hrefne to hroðre 7 he him helpa(n) ne mæg | ||
| eald 7 infrod ænige gefremma(n) | 2449 | |
| symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce | ||
| / (eafo)ran ellorsið oðres ne gymeð | 184v | |
| (t)o gebidanne burgum in innan | ||
| yrfeweardas þonne se an hafað | ||
| þurh deaðes nyd dæda gefondad. | 2454 | |
| gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna bure | ||
| winsele westne windge reste. | ||
| reote berofene ridend swefað | ||
| hæleð in hoðman nis þær hearpan sweg | ||
| gomen in geardum swylce ðær iu wæron. | 2459 |