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Gif ic þonne on eorþanōwihte mæg þīinre mōd-lufanmāran tilian, gumena dryhten,ðonne ic gyt dyde, gūð-geweorcaic bēo gearo sōna. Gif ic þæt ge*fricgeofer flōda begang, þæt þec ymb-sittendegesan þȳwað, swā þec hetendehwīlum dydon, ic ðē þūsendaþegna bringe, hæleþa tō helpe.Ic on Higelāce wāt, Gēata dryhten,þēah ðe hē geong sȳ, folces hyrde,þæt hē mec fremman wile wordum ond weorcum, þæt ic þē wel herige, ond þē tō gēocegār-holt bere, mægenes fultum,þǣr ðē bið manna þearf. Gif him þonne Hrēþrīc tō hofum Gēata geþingeð, þēodnes bearn,hē mæg þǣr fela frēonda findan;feor-cȳþðe bēoð sēlran gesōhte,þǣm þe him selfa dēah.” Hrōðgār maþelodehim on ondsware: “Þē þā word-cwydaswittig Drihten on sefan sende;ne hȳrde ic snotorlīcor on swā geongum fēoreguman þingian; þū eart mægenes strangond on mōde frōd, wīs word-cwida.Wēn ic talige, gif þæt gegangeð,þæt ðe gār nymeð, hild heoru-grimme,Hrēþles eaferan, ādl oþðe īrenealdor ðīnne, folces hyrde,ond þū þīn feorh hafast,