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 wǣron æþelingaseft tō lōodum fūse tō farenne; wolde feor þanon cuma collen-ferhðcēoles nēosan. Heht þā se heardaHrunting beran sunu Ecglāfes,heht his sweord niman, lēoflīc īren;sægde him þæs lǣnes þanc, cwæð, hē þone gūð-winegōdne tealde, wīg-cræftigne;nales wordiim lōg mēces ecge.Þæt wæs mōdig secg. Ond þā sīð-frome,searwum gearwe, wīgend wǣron,ēode weorð Denum æþeling tō yppan,þǣr se ōþer wæs, hæle hilde-dēorHrōðgār grētte.

 

Bēowulf maþelode,bearn Ecgþēowes: “Nū wē sǣ-līðendsecgan wyllað feorran-cumene,þæt wē fundiaþ Higelāc sēcan;wǣron hēr tela willum bewenede;þū ūs wel dohtest. 