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Heht ða |
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up ofer ecgclif
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morgenlongne dæg modgiomor sæt | 2894 | |
bordhæbbende bega on wenum | ||
endedogores 7 eftcymes | ||
leofes. monnes lyt swigode | ||
niwra spella se ðe næs gerád | ||
ac he soðlice sægde ofer ealle | 2899 | |
nu is wilgeofa wedra leoda | ||
dryhten geata deaðbedde fæst | ||
wunað wæl.reste wyrmes dædum | ||
him on efn ligeð ealdorgewinna | ||
siexbennum seoc sweorde ne meahte | 2904 | |
on ðam aglæcean ænige þinga | ||
wunde gewyrcean wiglaf siteð | ||
ofer biowulfe byre wihstanes | ||
eorl ofer oðrum unlifigendum | ||
healdeð higemæðum / (heafod)wearde | 2909 | 193r |
leofes 7 la(ð)es nu y(s leodum) wen. | ||
orleghwile syððan und{y}r{ne} | ||
froncu(m) 7 frysum fyll cyninges | ||
wide weorðeð wæs sio wroht scepen | ||
heard wið hugas syððan higelac cwom | 2914 | |
faran flotherge on fresn(a) land | ||
þær hyne hetware hilde gehnægdon | ||
elne geeodon mid ofermægene | ||
feoll on feðan nalles frætwe geaf | 2919 | |
ealdor dugoðe us wæs a syððan | ||
merewioingas milts ungyfeðe. | ||
Ne ic te swe(o)ðeode sibbe oððe treowe | ||
wihte ne wene ac wæs wide cuð | ||
2924 | ||
hæðce(n) hreþling wið hrefnawudu | ||
þa for on(med)lan ærest gesohton | ||
geata leode guð-sci(l)fingas. | ||
Sona him se froda fæder ohthere(s) | ||
eald 7 egesfull hondslyht ageaf | 2929 | |
abreot brimwisan bryda he{ro}de | ||
gomela iomeowl(a)[n] golde berofene | ||
onelan modor 7 ohtheres | ||
7 ða folgode feorhgeniðlan | ||
oð ðæt hi oðeodo(n) earfoðlice | 2934 | |
in hrefnesholt hlafordlease | ||
besæt ða sinherge sweorda lafe | ||
wundum werge / (wean o)ft gehet | 193v | |
earmre teohhe on(d longe) niht | ||
cwæð he on mergenne meces ecgum | 2939 | |
getan wolde sum on galgtreowu{m} | ||
<fuglum> to gamene frofor eft gelamp | ||
sarigmodum somod ærdæge | ||
syððan hie hygelaces horn 7 byman | ||
gealdor ongeaton þa se goda cóm | 2944 | |
leoda dugoðe on last faran. |