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āna on orde,ond swā to aldre sceall sæcce fremman,þenden þis sweord þolað, þæt mec ǣr ond sīðoft gelǣste, syððan ic for dugeðumDæghrefne wearð tō hand-bonan,Hūga cempan. Nalles hē ðā frætweFrēs-cyning[e], brēost-weorðunge,bringan mōste, ac in campe gecrongcumbles hyrde, æþeling on elne;ne wæs ecg bona, ac him hilde-grāpheortan wylmas, bān-hūs gebræc.Nū sceall billes ecg, hond ond heard sweord,ymb hord wīgan.̦” Bēowulf maðelode,bēot-wordum spræc, nīehstan sīðe:“Ic genēðde fela gūða on geogoðe;gyt ic wylle, frōd folces weard,fǣhðe sēcan, mǣrðum fremman,gif mec se mān-sceaða of eorð-seleūt gesēceð.” Gegrētte ðāgumena gehwylcne, hwate helm-berend,hindeman sīðe, swǣse gesīðas:“Nolde ic sweord beran, wǣpen tō wyrme,*gif ic wiste hū wið ðām āglǣceanelles meahte gylpe wiðgrīpan,swā ic gīo wið Grendle dyde; ac ic ðǣr heaðu-fȳreshātes wēne, [o]reðes ond attres; forðon ic mē on hafu