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XLII | ||
Þa wæs gesyne |
3058 | |
þam ðe unrihte inne gehydde | ||
wræce under wealle weard ær ofsloh | ||
feara sumne þa sio fæhð gewearð | ||
gewrecen wraðlice wundur hwar þonne | ||
eorl ellenróf ende gefere. | 3063 | |
lifgesceafta þonne leng ne mæg | ||
mon mid his [m]{æ}gum meduseld buan | ||
swa wæs biowulfe. /þa he biorges weard | 196r | |
sohte searoniðas seolfa ne cuðe | ||
þurh hwæt his worulde gedal weorðan sceolde. | 3068 | |
swa hit oð domes dæg diope benemdon | ||
þeodnas mære þa ðæt þær dydon | ||
hergum geheaðerod hellbendum fæst | ||
wommum gewitnad se ðone wong str{u}de | 3073 | |
næs he goldhwæte gearwor hæfde | ||
agendes est ær gesceawod. | ||
wigláf maðelode wihstanes sunu | ||
oft sceall eorl monig anes willan | ||
wræc adreog{an} swa us geworden is | 3078 | |
ne meahton we gelæran leofne þeoden | ||
rices hyrde ræd ænigne | ||
lete hyne licgean þær he longe wæs | ||
wicum wunian oð woruldende | 3083 | |
heoldon heahgesceap hord ys gesceawod | ||
grimme gegongen
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to swið þe ðone <..> þyder ontyhte. | ||
Ic wæs
þær inne 7 |
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recedes geatwa þa me gerymed wæs | 3088 | |
nealles swæslice sið alyfed | ||
inn under eorðweall ic on ofoste gefeng | ||
micle mid mundum mægenbyrðenne | ||
hordgestreona hider / ut ætbær | 196v | |
cyninge minum cwico wæs þa gena | 3093 | |
wis 7 gewittig worn eall gespræc | ||
gomol on gehðo 7 eowic gretan het | ||
bæd
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in bælstede beorh þone hean | ||
micelne 7 mærne swa he manna wæs | 3098 | |
wigend weorðfullost wide geond eorðan | ||
þenden he burhwelan brucan moste. | ||
Uton nu efstan oðre <siðe> | ||
seon 7 secean <on> searogeþræc | ||
wundur under wealle ic eow wisige | 3103 | |
beagas 7 brad gold sie sio bær gearo | ||
ædre geæfned þonne we ut cymen | ||
7 þonne geferian frean userne | ||
leofne mannan þær he longe sceal | 3108 | |
on ðæs waldendes wære geþolian. | ||
het ða gebeodan byre wihstanes | ||
hæle hildedior hæleða monegum | ||
boldagendra |
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feorran feredon folcagende | 3113 | |
godum togenes nu sceal gled fretan | ||
weaxan wonna leg wigena strengel | ||
þone ðe oft gebád isernscure | ||
þonne stræla storm strengum gebæded | ||
scoc ofer scildweall sceft nytte heold | 3118 | |
fæ[ð]ergearwum fús flane fulleode. | ||
huru se snotra sunu wihstanes | ||
acigde of corðre / cyniges þegnas | 198r | |
s[yf]on[e] <tosom>[n]e þa selestan | ||
eode eahta sum under inwithróf | 3123 | |
(h)ilderinc sum on handa bær | ||
æledleoman. se ðe on orde geong | ||
næs ða on
hlytme hwa |
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syððan orwearde ænigne dæl | ||
secgas gesegon on sele wunian | 3128 | |
læne licgan lyt ænig mearn | ||
dyre maðmas dracan ec scufun | ||
wyrm ofer weallclif leton weg niman | ||
flod fæðmian frætwa hyrde | 3133 | |
æghwæs unrim æþelinge boren | ||
har{um} hilde <..>, to hrones næsse:~ |