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| XLI | ||
| Wæs sio swatswaðu swona 7 geata | ||
| wælræs weora wide gesyne | ||
| hu ða folc mid him fæhðe towehton. | ||
| gewat him ða se goda mid his gædelingum | 2949 | |
| frod felageomor fæsten secean | ||
| eorl ongenþio ufor oncirde | ||
| hæfde higelaces hilde gefrunen | ||
| wlonces wigcræft wiðres (n)e truwode | ||
| 2954 | ||
| heaðoliðendum hord forstandan | ||
| bearn 7 bryde beah eft þonan. | ||
| eald under eorðweall þa wæs æht boden | ||
| sweona leodum segn higelace{s}. | ||
| freoðowong þone for{ð} ofereodon | 2959 | |
| syððan hreðlingas to hagan þrungon | ||
| þær wearð ongenðiow ecgum sweord{an} | ||
| blondenfexa on bid wrecen | ||
| eafores / anne dóm hyne yrringa | 2964 | 194r |
| wulf wonreðing wæpne geræhte | ||
| forð under fexe næs he forht swa ðeh | ||
| gomela scilfing ac forgeald hraðe | ||
| wyrsan wrixle wælhlem þone | 2969 | |
| syððan ðeodcyning þyder oncirde. | ||
| Ne meahte se snella sunu wonredes | ||
| ealdum ceorle hondslyht giofan | ||
| ac he him on heafde helm ær gescer | ||
| 2974 | ||
| feoll on foldan næs he fæge þa git | ||
| ac he hyne gewyrpte þeah ðe him wund hrine | ||
| let se hearda higelaces þegn | ||
| brade mece þa his broðor læg | ||
| ealdsweord eotonisc entiscne helm | 2979 | |
| brec(an) ofer bordweal ða gebeah cyning | ||
| folces hyrde wæs in feorh dropen. | ||
| ða wæron monige þe his mæg wriðon | ||
| ricone arærdon ða him gerymed wearð | ||
| 2984 | ||
| þenden reafode rinc oðerne | ||
| nam on ongenðio irenbyrnan | ||
| heard swyrd hilted 7 his helm somod | ||
| hares hyrste higelace bær | ||
| he <ðam> frætwum feng 7 him fægre gehet | 2989 | |
| leana <mid> / leodum 7 gelæst{e} swa | 194v | |
| geald þone guðræs geata dryhten | ||
| hreðles eafora þa he to ham becóm | ||
| iofore 7 wulfe mid ofermaðmum | ||
| sealde hiora gehwæðrum hund þusenda | 2994 | |
| landes 7 locenra beaga ne ðorfte him ða lean oðwitan | ||
| mon on middangearde syðða{n} hie ða mærða geslogon. | ||
| 7 ða iofore forgeaf angan dohtor | ||
| hamweorðunge hyldo to wedde | 2998 | |
| wælnið wera ðæs ðe ic<wean> hafo | ||
| þe us seceað to sweona leoda | ||
| syððan hie gefricgeað frean userne | ||
| ealdorleasne þone ðe ær geheold | 3003 | |
| wið hettendum hord (7) rice | ||
| æfter hæleða hryre hwate scildingas | ||
| folcred fremede. oððe furður gen | ||
| eorlscipe efnde me is ofost betost | ||
| 3008 | ||
| 7 þone gebringan þe us beagas geaf | ||
| on ádfære ne scel anes hwæt | ||
| meltan mid þam modigan ac þær is maðma hord | ||
| gold unrime grimme gecea<po>(d) | ||
| 7 nu æt siðestan sylfes feore | 3013 | |
| beagas <geboh>te; þa sceall brond fretan | ||
| æled þeccean / nalles eorl wegan | 195r | |
| maððum to gemyndum ne mægð scyne | ||
| habban on healse hringweorðunge | ||
| ac sceal geomormod golde bereafod | 3018 | |
| oft nalles æne elland tredan | ||
| nu se herewisa hleahtor alegde | ||
| gamen 7 gleodream forðon sceall gar wesan | ||
| monig morgenceald mundum bewunden | ||
| hæfen on handa nalles hearpan sweg | 3023 | |
| wigend weccean ac se wonna hrefn | ||
| fús ofer fægum fela reordian | ||
| earne secgan hu him æt æte speow | ||
| þenden he wið wulf wæl reafode. | ||
| swa se secg hwata secggende wæs | 3028 | |
| laðra spella he ne leag fela | ||
| wyrda ne worda. weorod eall aras | ||
| eodon unbliðe under earna næs | ||
| wollenteare wundu[r] sceawian | ||
| fundon ða on sande sawulleasne | 3033 | |
| hlimbed healdan þone þe him hringas geaf | ||
| ærran mælum þa wæs endedæg | ||
| godum gegongen
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| wedra þeoden wundordeaðe swealt | ||
| ær hi þær gesegan syllicran wiht | 3038 | |
| wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes þær | ||
| laðne licgean wæs se legdraca | ||
| grimlic gry<regiest> / gledum beswæled | 195v | |
| se wæs fiftiges fotgemearces | ||
| lang on legere lyftwynne heold | 3043 | |
| nihtes hwilum nyðer eft gewat | ||
| dennes niosian wæs ða deaðe fæst | ||
| hæfde eorðscrafa ende genyttod | ||
| him big stodan bunan 7 orcas | ||
| discas lagon 7 dyre swyrd | 3048 | |
| omige þurhetone swa hie wið eorðan fæðm | ||
| þusend wintra þær eardodon. | ||
| þonne wæs |
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| iumonna gold galdre bewunden | ||
| 3053 | ||
| gumena ænig nefne god sylfa | ||
| sigora soðcyning sealde þam ðe he wolde | ||
| he is manna gehyld hord openian | ||
| efne swa hwylcum manna swa him gemet ðuhte:~ |