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| XXXVIII | ||
| ÐA ic snude gefrægn sunu wihstanes | ||
| æfter wordcwydum wundum dryhtne. | ||
| hyran heaðosiocum hringnet beran | 2754 | |
| brogdne beadusercean u{n}der beorges hrof. | ||
| geseah ða sigehreðig þa he bi sesse geong. | ||
| magoþegn/ modig maððumsigla fealo | 190r | |
| gold glitinian grunde getenge | ||
| wundur on wealle 7 þæs wyrmes denn | 2759 | |
| ealdes uhtflogan orcas stondan | ||
| fyrnmanna fatu feormendlease | ||
| hyrstum behrorene Þær wæs helm monig | ||
| eald 7 omig earmbeaga fela | ||
| searwum gesæled sinc eaðe mæg | 2764 | |
| gold on gr(und)[e] gumcynnes gehwone | ||
| oferhigian hyde se ðe wylle | ||
| swylce he siomian geseah segn eallgylden | ||
| heah ofer horde hondwundra mæst | ||
| gelocen leoðocræftum of ðam leoman stód | 2769 | |
| wræ{t}e giondwlitan næs ðæs wyrmes þ(ær) | ||
| onsyn ænig ac hyne ecg fornam | ||
| ða ic (on) hlæwe gefrægn hord reafian | ||
| eald ent(a) geweorc anne mannan | 2774 | |
| him on bearm hlo(don) bunan 7 discas | ||
| sylfes dome segn eac geno(m) | ||
| beacna beorhtost bill ær gescod | ||
| ecg wæs iren ealdhlafordes | ||
| þam ðara maðma mundbora wæs | 2779 | |
| longe hwile ligegesan wæg | ||
| hatne for horde hioroweallende | ||
| middelnihtum / oð |
190v | |
| ar wæs on ofoste eftsiðes georn | ||
| frætwum gefyrðred hyne fyrwet bræc | 2784 | |
| hwæðer collenferð cwicne gemette | ||
| in ðam wongstede wedra þeoden | ||
| ellensiocne þær he hine ær forlet. | ||
| he ða mid þam maðmum mærne þioden | ||
| dryhten sinne driorigne fand | 2789 | |
| ealdres æt ende he hine eft ongon | ||
| wæteres
weorpan oð |
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| breosthord þurhbræc. <...> | ||
| gomel on giogoðe gold sceawode. | ||
| Ic ðara frætwa frean ealles ðanc | 2794 | |
| wuldurcyninge wordum (sec)ge. | ||
| ecum dryhtne þe ic her on starie | ||
| þæs ðe (ic) moste minum leodum | ||
| ær swyltdæge swylc ge(str)ynan | ||
| nu ic on maðma hord minne be(bo)hte | 2799 | |
| frode feorhlege fremmað gena | ||
| (l)eoda þearfe ne mæg ic her leng wesan. | ||
| hatað (h)eaðomære hlæw gewyrcean. | ||
| beorhtne æfter bæle æt brimes nosan. | ||
| se scel to gemyndum minum leodum | 2804 | |
| heah hlifian on hrones næsse | ||
| biowulfes biorh ða ðe brentingas | ||
| ofer / floda genipu feorran drifað | 191r | |
| dyde him of healse hring gyldenne | 2809 | |
| þioden þristhydig þegne gesealde | ||
| geongum garwigan goldfahne helm | ||
| beah 7 byrnan het hyne brucan well. | ||
| þu eart endelaf usses cynnes | ||
| wægmundinga ealle wyrd fors{w}eo{p} | 2814 | |
| mine magas to metodsceafte | ||
| eorlas on elne ic him æfter sceal | ||
| breostgehygdum ær he bæl cure | ||
| hate heaðowylmas him of hwæðre gewát | 2819 | |
| sawol secean soðfæstra dóm. |