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Þā wæs gesȳne,þæt se sīð ne ðāh þām ðe unrihteinne gehȳdde wræte under wealle.Weard ǣr ofslōh fēara sumne;þā sīo fǣhð gewearð gewrecen wrāðlīce.Wundur hwār þonne eorl ellen-rōfende gefēre līf-gesceafta,þonne leng ne mæg mon mid his [mā]gum medu-seld būan. Swā wæs Bīowulfe,þā hē biorges weard sōhte, searo-nīðas;seolfa ne cūðe, þurh hwæt his worulde gedālweorðan sceolde. Swā hit oð dōmes dægdīope benemdon þēodnas mǣre,þā ðæt þǣr dydon, þæt se secg wǣresynnum scildig, hergum geheaðerod,hell-bendum fæst, wommum gewitnad,sē ðone wong strude. Næs hē gold-hwæt; gearwor hæfde Āgendes ēstǣr gescēawod. Wīglāf maðelode,Wihstānes sunu: “Oft sceall eorl monigānes willan wræc ādrēogan, swā ūs geworden is. Ne meahton wē gelǣranlēofne þēoden, rīces hyrde,rǣd ǣnigne, þǣt hē ne grēttegold-weard þone,

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