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| XXXVI | ||
| (W)IGlaf wæs haten weoxstanes sunu | ||
| leof(l)ic lindwiga leod scylfinga. | ||
| mæg ælfheres geseah his mondryhten | 2604 | |
| under heregriman hat þrowian. | ||
| gemunde ða ða are þe he him ær forgeaf. | ||
| wícstede weligne wægmundinga | ||
| folcrihta gehwylc swa his fæder ahte | ||
| ne mihte ða forhabban hond rond gefeng | 2609 | |
| geolwe linde gomelswyrd geteah | ||
| þæt wæs mid eldum eanmundes laf. | ||
| / (su)na ohtere þam æt sæcce wearð | 188r | |
| w(ræcca) wineleasum weohstanes bana | ||
| meces ecg(um) 7 his magum ætbær | 2614 | |
| brunfagne helm hringde byrnan | ||
| ealdsweord etonisc
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| his gædelinges guðgewædu | ||
| fyrdsearo fuslic no ymbe ða fæhðe spræc | ||
| þeah ðe he his broðor bearn abredwade. | 2619 | |
| he frætwe geheold fela missera | ||
| bill 7 byrnan oð ðæt his byre mihte | ||
| eorlscipe efnan swa his ærfæder | ||
| geaf him ða mid geatum guðgewæda | ||
| æghwæs unrim þa he of ealdre gewat | 2624 | |
| frod on forðweg þa wæs forma sið | ||
| geongan cempan þ(æt) he guðe ræs | ||
| mid his freodryhtne fremman sceolde | ||
| ne gemealt him se modsefa ne his mægenes laf | ||
| gewac æt wige þa se wyrm onfand | 2629 | |
| syððan hie togædre gegan hæfdon | ||
| wigláf maðelode wordrihta fela | ||
| sægde gesiðum him wæs sefa geomor. | ||
| ic ðæt/ (mæl) geman þær we medu þegun | 188v | |
| þon(ne) (we) geheton ussum hlaforde | 2634 | |
| in biorsele (ð)e us ðas beagas geaf | ||
| gif him þyslicu þearf gelumpe | ||
| helmas 7 heard sweord ðe he usic on herge geceas. | ||
| to ðyssum siðfate sylfes willum | 2639 | |
| onmunde usic mærða 7 me þas maðmas geaf | ||
| þe he usic gárwigend gode tealde | ||
| hwate helmberend þeah ðe hlaford us | ||
| þis ellenweorc ana aðohte | ||
| to gefremmanne folces hyrde | 2644 | |
| forðan he manna mæst mærða gefremede | ||
| dæda dollicra nu is se dæg cumen | ||
| godra guðrinca wutun gongan to | ||
| helpan hildfruman þenden hyt sy | 2649 | |
| gledegesa grim god wat on mec | ||
| mid minne goldgyfan gled fæðmie | ||
| ne þynceð
me gerysne |
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| eft to earde nemne we æror mægen | 2654 | |
| fáne gefyllan. / (f)eorh. ealgian | 189A/ (197)r | |
| wedra ðeodnes ic wat gear(e) | ||
| g(eata) duguðe gnorn þrowian | ||
| gesigan æt sæcce urum sceal sweord 7 helm | 2659 | |
| byrne 7 byrduscrud (bam) gemæne. | ||
| wod þa þurh þone wælréc wig(hea)folan bær | ||
| frean on fultum fea worda (cwæð) | ||
| leofa Biowulf læst eall tela | ||
| swa ðu on g(eo)guðfeore geara gecwæde | 2664 | |
| dóm gedreosan scealt nu dædum rof | ||
| æðeling anhydig ealle mægene | ||
| feorh ealgian ic ðe fullæstu. | ||
| æfter ðam wordum wyrm yrre cwom | 2669 | |
| atol inwitg(æst) oðre siðe | ||
| fyrwylmum fah fionda nio(s{i}an) | ||
| laðra manna lig yðum for | ||
| born bord (wið) rond byrne. ne meahte | ||
| geongum gárwigan geoce gefremman | 2674 | |
| ac se maga geonga und(er) his mæges scyld | ||
| elne geeode þa his agen <wæs> | ||
| gledum forgrunden þa gen guðcyning | ||
| m<iht> gemunde mægenstrengo sloh | ||
| hildebille ( |
2679 | |
| niþe genyded nægl(in)g forbærst | ||
| geswác æt sæcce sweord biowulfes | ||
| / gomol 7 grægmæl him |
189A/ (197)v | |
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| helpan æt hilde wæs sio hond to strong | 2684 | |
| se ðe meca gehwane (m)ine gefræge | ||
| swenge ofersohte þonne he to (s)æcce bær | ||
| wæpen wundum heard næs him (w)ihte ðe sel. | ||
| þa wæs þeodsceaða þriddan siðe | ||
| frecne fýrdraca fæhða gemyndig | 2689 | |
| ræsde on ðone rofan þa him rum ageald | ||
| hat 7 heaðogrim heals ealne ymbefeng | ||
| biteran banum he geblodegod wearð | ||
| sawuldriore. swat yðum weoll. |