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Lēt ðā of brēostum,ðā hē gebolgen wæs, Weder-Gēata lēodword ūt faran, stearc-heort styrmde;stefn in becōm heaðo-torht hlynnanunder hārne stān; hete wæs onhrēred,hord-weard oncnīow mannes reorde;næs ðǣr māra fyrst frēode tō friclan.From ǣrest cwōm oruð āglǣceanūt of stāne, hāt hilde-swāt;hrūse dynede. Biorn under beorgebord-rand onswāf wið ðām gryre-gieste,Gēata dryhten; ðā wæs hring-boganheorte gefȳsed sæcce tō sēceanne.Sweord ǣr gebrǣd gōd gūð-cyning,gomele lāfe, ecgum unslaw; ǣghwæðrum wæs bealo-hycgendra*brōga fram ōðrum. Stīð-mōd gestōdwið stēapne rond winia bealdor,ðā se wyrm gebēah snūde tōsomne;hē on searwum bād. Gewāt ðā byrnendegebogen scrīðan, tō gescipe scyndan. Scyld wel gebearg līfe ond līcelǣssan hwīle mǣrum þēodne,þonne his myne sōhte, ðǣr hē þȳ fyrsteforman dōgore wealdan mōste,swā him wyrd ne gescrāf hrēð æt hilde.Hond ūp ābrǣd