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mǣg wið mǣge,*syððan man-diyhten þurh hlēoðor-cwydeholdne gegrētte meaglum wordum.Meodu-scencum hwearf geond þæt heal-reced Hæreðes dohtor, lufode ðā lēode,lið-wǣge bær hælum tō handa.Higelāc ongan sīnne geseldanin sele þām hēan fægre fricgcean,hyne fyrwet bræc, hwylce Sǣ-Gēatasīðas wǣron: “Hū lomp ēow on lāde,lēofa Bīowulf, þā ðū fǣringafeorr gehogodest sæcce sēceanofer sealt wæter, hilde tō Hiorote?Ac ðū Hrōðgāre wīd-cūðne wēanwihte gebēttest, mǣrum ðēodne?Ic ðæs mōd-ceare sorh-wylmum sēað,sīðe ne trūwode lēofes mannes.Ic ðē lange bæd, þæt ðū þone wæl-gæstwihte ne grētte, lēte Sūð-Denesylfe geweorðan gūðe wið Grendel.Gode ic þanc secge, þæs ðe ic ðē gesundnegesēon mōste.” Bīowulf maðelode,bearn Ecgðīoes: &#x2A;“Þæt is undyrne,dryhten Higelāc,