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hēt [h]ine mid þǣm lācumlēode swǣse sēcean on gesyntum,snūde eft cuman. Gecyste þācyning æþelum gōd, þēoden Scyldinga,ðegn betstan, ond be healse genam;hruron him tēaras blonden-feaxum.Him wæs bēga wēn, ealdum, in-*frōdum,ōþres swīðor, þæt h[ī]e seoððangesēon mōston, mōdige on meþle.Wæs him se man tō þon lēof, þæt hē þone brēost-wylmforberan ne mehte, ac him on hreþrehyge-bendum fæst æfter dēorum mendyrne langað bearn wið blōde.Him Bēowulf þanan, gūð-rinc gold-wlanc,græs-moldan træd since hrēmig;sǣ-genga bād āge[n]d-frēan, sē þe on ancre rād. Þā wæs on gangegifu Hrōðgāres oft geæhted. Þæt wæs ān cyning ǣghwses orleahtre,oþ þæt hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum,sē þe oft manegum scōd.