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sīðe gesōhte;ðǣr hīo syððan well in gum-stōle,gōde mǣre, līf-gesceaftalifigende brēac, hīold hēah-lufanwið hæleþa brego, ealles mon-cynnes,mīne gefrǣge, þone sēlestanbī sǣm twēonum, eormen-cynnes.Forðām Offa *wæs, geofum ond gūðumgār-cēne man, wīde geweorðod;wīsdōme hēold ēðel sīnne.Þonon Ēomǣr wōc hæleðum tō helpe,Hem[m]inges mǣg, nefa Gārmundes,niða cræftig.

 

Gewāt him ðā se heardamid his hond-scole sylf æfter sandesǣ-wong tredan, wīde waroðas;woruld-candel scān, sigel sūðan fūs;hī sīð drugon, elne geēodon,tō ðæs þe eorla hlēo, bonan Ongenþēoesburgum in innan, geongne gūð-cyninggōdne gefrūnon hringas dǣlan.Higelāce wæs sīð Bēowulfessnūde gecȳðed, þæt ðǣr on worðigwīgendra hlēo, lind-gestealla,lifigende cwōm, heaðo-lāces hāltō hofe gongan. Hraðe wæs gerȳmed,swa se rīca bebēad, fēðe-gestumflet innan-weard. Gesæt þā wið sylfne,sē ðā sæcce genæs, 

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