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Ða wæs gegongen gum{an} unfrodum | ||
earfoðlice |
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þone leofestan lifes æt ende | ||
bleate gebæran bona swylce læg | 2824 | |
egeslic eorðdraca ealdr(e) bereafod | ||
bealwe gebæded beahhordum leng | ||
wyrm wohbogen wealdan ne moste | ||
ac him irenna ecga fornamon | ||
hearde heaðoscearde homera lafe | 2829 | |
hreas on hrusan hordærne neah | ||
nalles / æfter lyfte lacende. hwearf | 191v | |
middelnih(tum) maðmæhta wlonc | ||
ansyn ywde ac he eorðan gefeoll | 2834 | |
for ðæs hildfruman hondgeweorce | ||
huru |
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mægenagendra mine gefræge | ||
þeah ðe he dæda gehwæs dyrstig wære | ||
2839 | ||
oððe hringsele hondum styrede | ||
gif he wæccende weard onfunde | ||
buon on beorge biowulfe wearð | ||
dryhtmaðma dæl deaðe forgolden | ||
hæfde æghwæðre ende gefered | 2844 | |
lænan lifes næs ða lang to ðon | ||
tydre treowlogan tyne ætsomne | ||
ða ne dorston ær dareðum lacan | ||
on hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe | 2849 | |
ac hy scamiende scyldas bæran | ||
guðgewædu þær se gomela læg | ||
wlitan on wilaf he gewergad sæt | ||
feðecempa frean eaxlum neah | ||
wehte hyne wætre him wiht ne speo{w} | 2854 | |
ne meahte he on eorðan ðeah he uðe wel | ||
on ðam frumgare feorh gehealdan | ||
ne ðæs wealdendes wiht oncirran | ||
wolde dóm/ (go)des dædum rædan | 192r | |
gumena gehwylcum sw(a) he nu gen deð | 2859 | |
þa wæs æt ðam geong{an} grim 7swar(u) | ||
eðbegete þam ðe ær his elne forleas. | ||
wiglaf maðelode weohstanes sunu | ||
sec{g} sarigferð seah on unleofe | ||
2864 | ||
eoredgeatwe þe ge þær on standað. | ||
þonne he on ealubence oft gesealde | ||
healsittendum helm 7 byrnan | ||
þeoden his þegnum swylce he þrydlicost | 2869 | |
ower feor oððe neah findan meahte | ||
wraðe forwurpe. ða hyne wig beget | ||
nealles folccyning fyrdgeste(allum) | ||
gylpan þorfte hwæðre him god uðe | 2874 | |
sigor(a) waldend
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ana mid ecge þa him wæs elnes þearf. | ||
Ic him lifwraðe lytle meahte | ||
ætgifan æt guðe 7 ongan swa þeah | ||
ofer min gemet mæges helpan. | 2879 | |
Symle wæs þy sæmra þonne ic sweorde drep | ||
ferhðgeniðlan fyr unswiðor | ||
weoll of gewitte fergendra to lyt | ||
þrong ymbe þeoden þa hyne sio / (þ)rag becwom. | 192v | |
hu sceal sincþego 7 swyrd(gifu) | 2884 | |
eall eðelwyn eowrum cynne. | ||
lufen alicgean londrihtes mot | ||
þære mægburge monna æghwylc | ||
idel hweorfan syððan æðelingas | ||
feorran gefricgean fleam eowerne | 2889 | |
domleasan dæd deað bið sella | ||
eorla gehwylcum þonne edwitlif |