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114 eft tō earde,nemne wē ǣror mægen fāne gefyllan,*feorh ealgian Wedra ðēodnes.Ic wāt geare, þæt nǣron eald gewyrht,þæt hē āna scyle Gēata duguðegnorn þrōwian, gesīgan æt sæcce;ūrum sceal sweord ond helm, byrne ond byrdu-scrūd,bām gemǣne.” Wōd þā þurh þone wæl-rēc,wīg-heafolan bær frēan on fultum,fēa worda cwæð: “Lēofa Bīowulf,lǣst eall tela, swā ðū on geoguð-fēoregeara gecwǣde, þæt ðū ne ālǣtebe ðē lifigendum dōm gedrēosan;scealt nū dǣdum rōf, æðeling ān-hȳdig,ealle mægene feorh ealgian;ic ðē ful-lǣstu.” Æfter ðām wordumwyrm yrre cwōm, atol inwit-gæst,ōðre sīðe fȳr-wylmum fāhfīonda nīos[i]an, lāðra manna.Līg-ȳðum forborn bord wið rond;byrne ne meahte geongum gār-wigangēoce gefremman; ac se maga geongaunder his mǣges scyld