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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 | ||
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| manna mildust 7 (mon[ðw]ær)ust | ||
| leodum liðost 7 lofgeornost. |