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þæt him holt-wuduhe[lpan] ne meahte, lind wið līge.Sceolde lǣn-daga. æþeling ǣr-gōdende gebīdan, worulde līfes,ond se wyrm somod, þēah ðe hord-welanhēolde lange. Oferhogode ðāhringa fengel, þæt hē þone wīd-floganweorode gesōhte, sīdan herge;nō hē him þā sæcce ondrēd, ne him þæs wyrmes wīgfor wiht dyde, eafoð ond ellen,forðon hē ǣr fela, nearo nēðende,nīða gedīgde, hilde-hlemma,syððan hē Hrōðgāres, sigor-ēadig secg,sele fǣlsode, ond æt gūðe forgrāpGrendeles mǣgum lāðan cynnes.Nō þæt lǣsest wæs hond-gemōt,þǣr mon Hygelāc slōh, syððan Gēata cyninggūðe rǣsum, frēa-wine folcaFrēs-londum on, Hrēðles eafora,hioro-dryncum swealt bille gebēaten;þonan Bīowulf cōm sylfes cræfte,sund-nytte drēah; hæfde him on earme*[āna] þrittig hilde-geatwa,þā hē tō holme [st]āg. Nealles Hetwarehrēmge þorf[t]on