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rehte æfter rihterūm-heort cyning; hwīlum eft onganeldo gebunden, gomel gūð-wigagioguðe cwīðau hilde-strengo;hreðer inne wēoll, þonne hē wintrum frōdworn gemunde. Swā wē þǣr inneondlangne dæg nīode nāman,oð ðæt niht becwōm ōðer tō yldum.Þā wæs eft hraðe gearo gyrn-wræceGrendeles mōdor, sīðode sorh-full;sunu dēað fornam, wīg-hete Wedra.Wīf unhȳre hyre bearn gewræc,beorn ācwealde ellenlīce;þǣr wæs Æschere, frōdan fyrn-witan,feorh ūð-genge. Nōðer hȳ hine ne mōston,syððan mergen cwōm, dēað-wērigneDenia lēode, bronde forbærnan,ne on bǣl hladan lēofne mannan;*hīo þæt līc ætbær fēondes fæð[mumun]der firgen-strēam. Þæt wæs Hrōðgārehrēowa tornost, þāra þe lēod-frumanlange begēate. Þā se ðēoden mecðīne līfe healsode hrēoh-mōd,þæt ic on holma geþring eorl-scipe efnde,ealdre genēðde, mǣrðo fremede;hē mē mēde gehēt. Ic ðā ðǣs wælmes,þe is wīde cūð, grimne, gryrelīcnegrund-hyrde fond.