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XL  
Heht ða þ heaðoweorc      to hagan biodan
up ofer ecgclif      þær þ eorlweorod
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
þ se byrnwiga    bugan sceolde
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
þte ongenðio    ealdre besnyðede 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.