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VIIII | ||
Swa mec gelome laðgeteonan | ||
þreatedon þearle ic him þenode | ||
deoran sweorde swa hit gedefe wæs | 561 | |
næs hie ðære fylle gefean hæfdon | ||
manfordædlan |
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symbel ymbsæton saégrunde neah. | ||
ac on mergenne mecum / wunde | 143r | |
be yðlafe uppe lægon | 566 | |
swe<o[r]dum> aswefede |
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ymb bront(ne) ford brimliðende | ||
lade ne letton (leoht) eastan com | ||
beorht beacen godes brimu swaþredon | ||
571 | ||
windige weallas wyrd oft nereð | ||
unfægne eorl þonne his ellen deah. | ||
hwæþere
me gesælde |
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niceras nigene no ic on niht gefrægn | ||
under heofones hwealf heardran feohtan | 576 | |
ne on egstreamum earmran mannon. | ||
hwaþere ic fara feng feore gedigde | ||
siþes werig ða mec saé oþbær | ||
flod æfter faroðe on finna land. | ||
wudu weallendu no ic wiht fram þe | 581 | |
swylcra searoniða secgan hyrde | ||
billa brogan breca næfre git | ||
æt heaðolace. ne gehwæþer incer | ||
swa deorlice dæd gefremede | ||
fagum sweordum no ic þæs gylpe | 586 | |
þeah ðu þinum broðrum to banan wurde | ||
heafodmægum þæs þu in / (hell)e scealt | 143v | |
werhðo dreogan þeah þin (wit) duge. | ||
secge ic þe to soðe sunu ecg(laf)es | ||
591 | ||
atol æglæca ealdre þinum. | ||
hynðo on heorote gif þin hige wære | ||
sefa swa searogrim swa þu self talast. | ||
ac he hafað
onfunden. |
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atole ecgþræce eower leode | 596 | |
swiðe onsittan sige-scyldinga | ||
nymeð nydbade nænegum arað. | ||
leode deniga ac he lust wigeð. | ||
swefeð ond sendeþ. secce ne weneþ | ||
to gar-denum ac ic him geata sceal | 601 | |
eafoð 7 ellen ungeara nu | ||
guþe gebeodan gæþ eft se þe mót. | ||
to medo modig siþþan morgenleoht | ||
ofer ylda bearn oþres dogores | ||
sunne sweglwered suþan scineð. | 606 | |
þa wæs on salum sinces brytta | ||
gamolfeax 7 guðrof geoce gelyfde | ||
/ brego beorht-dena gehyrde on (beo)wulfe | 144r | |
folces hyrde fæstrædne geþoht | ||
ðær wæs hæleþa hleahtor hlyn swynsode | 611 | |
word wæron wynsume eode wealhþeow forð | ||
cwen hroðgares cynna gemyndig | ||
grette goldhroden guman on healle. | ||
7 þa freolic wif ful gesealde | ||
ærest east-dena eþelwearde | 616 | |
bæd hine bliðne æt þær(e) beorþege | ||
leodum leofne he on lust geþeah | ||
symbel 7 seleful sigerof kyning | ||
ymbeode þa ides helminga | ||
duguþe 7 geogoþe dæl æghwylcne | 621 | |
sincfato sealde oþ þæt sæl alamp | ||
mode geþungen medoful ætbær. | ||
grette geata leod gode þancode | ||
wisfæst wordum þæs ðe hire se willa gelamp | 626 | |
fyrena frofre he
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wælreow wiga / (æt w)ealhþeon | 144v | |
7 þa gyddode guþe gefysed | ||
beowulf maþelode bearn ecgþeowes. | 631 | |
ic þæt hogode þa ic on holm gestah. | ||
sæbat gesæt mid minra secga gedriht | ||
willan geworhte oþðe on wæl crunge. | ||
feondgrapum fæst ic gefremman sceal | 636 | |
eorlic ellen oþðe endedæg | ||
on þisse meoduhealle minne gebidan. | ||
ðam wife þa word wel licodon | ||
gilpcwide geates eode goldhroden. | ||
freolicu folccwen to hire frean sittan. | 641 | |
þa wæs eft swa ær inne on healle | ||
þryðword sprecen ðeod on sælum | ||
sigefolca
sweg oþ |
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sunu healfdenes secean wolde | ||
æfenræste. wiste þæm ahlæcan | 646 | |
to þæm heahsele hilde geþinged. | ||
siððan hie sunnan leoht geseon meahton | ||
oþðe nipende niht ofer ealle | ||
scaduhelma gesceapu scriðan cwoman | ||
wan under wolcnum werod eall aras. | 651 | |
{ge}grette þa guma [guman] oþerne | ||
hroðgar beowulf 7 him hæl abead. | ||
winærnes
/ geweald 7 |
145r | |
Næfre ic ænegum men ær alyfde | ||
siþðan ic hond 7 rond hebban mihte | 656 | |
ðryþærn dena buton þe nu ða | ||
hafa nu 7 geheald husa selest | ||
gemyne mærþo mægenellen cyð | ||
waca wið wraþum. ne bið þe wilna gád | ||
gif þu
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661 |