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Ðā wæs gegongenguman unfrōdum earfoðlīce,þæt hē on eorðan geseah þone lēofestanlīfes æt ende blēate gebǣran.Bona swylce læg, egeslīc eorð-dracaealdre berēafod, bealwe gebǣded.Bēah-hordum leng wyrm wōh-bogenwealdan ne mōste, ac hine īrennaecga fornāmon, hearde, heaðo-sceardehomera lāfe, þæt se wīd-flogawundum stille hrēas on hrūsanhord-ærne nēah; nalles *æfter lyftelācende hwearf middel-nihtum,māðm-ǣhta wlonc ansȳn ȳwde,ac hē eorðan gefēoll for ðæs hild-frumanhond-geweorce. Hūru þæt on landelȳt manna ðāh mægen-āgendra,mīne gefrǣge, þēah ðe hē dǣda gehwæsdyrstig wǣre, þæt hē wið attor-sceaðanoreðe gerǣsde, oððe hring-selehondum styrede, gif hē wæccendeweard onfunde būon on beorge.Bīowulfe wearð dryht-māðma dǣldēaðe forgolden; hæfde ǣghwæðer ende gefēred