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XLIII | ||
Him ða gegiredan geata leode | ||
ád on eorðan unwaclicne | 3138 | |
helm{um} behongen hildebordum | ||
beorhtum byrnum swa he bena wæs | ||
alegdon ða tomiddes mærne þeoden | ||
hæleð hiofende hlafor[d] leofne | ||
ongunnon þa on beorge bælfyra mæst. | 3143 | |
wigend weccan w(ud<u>r)éc astah | ||
sweart ofer swi{o}ðole swogende l(e{g}) | ||
(wop)e bewunden windblond gelæg | ||
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hat on hreðre higum unrote | 3148 | |
modceare mændon mondryhtnes (cw<e>a)lm | ||
swylce giomorgyd / <Ge>at<isc> anmeowle | 198v | |
<biowulfe brægd> bundenheorde | ||
<sa>ng sorgcearig sælðe geneah<he> | ||
3153 | ||
wælfylla wo{r}n [w]erudes egesan | ||
hyðo 7 hæf<t>nyd heofon rece swealg | ||
geworhton ða wedra leode | ||
hlæo on h<o>e se wæs heah 7 brad | ||
<w>ægliðendum wide gesyne | 3158 | |
7 beti<m>bredon on tyn dagum | ||
beadurofes becn bronda laf | ||
wealle beworhton swa hyt weorðlicost | ||
foresnotre men findan mihton | ||
hi on beorg dydon beg 7 siglu | 3163 | |
eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ær | ||
niðhedige men genumen hæfdon | ||
forleton eorla gestreon eorðan healdan | ||
gold on greote þær hit nu gen lifað | ||
eldum swa unnyt swa hyt <ære>r wæs. | 3168 | |
þa ymbe hlæw riodan hildedeore | ||
æþelinga bearn ealra twelfa | ||
woldon <cearge> cwiðan kyning mænan | ||
wordgyd wrecan 7 ymb we<r> sprecan | ||
eahtodan eorlscipe 7 his ellenweorc | 3173 | |
duguðum demdon swa hit ged<efe> [bi]ð | ||
ferhðum freog[e] (þonne) he forð scile | ||
of l{i}chaman <læded> weorðan | ||
swa begnornodon geata leode | 3178 | |
hlafordes <hry>re heorðgeneatas | ||
cwædon
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manna mildust 7 (mon[ðw]ær)ust | ||
leodum liðost 7 lofgeornost. |