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Ne gefeah hē þǣere fǣhðe,ac hē hine feor forwræc, Metod for þȳ māne,man-cynue fram. Ðanon untȳdrasealle onwōcon, eotenas ond ylfeond orcneas, swylce gī*gantas,þā wið Gode wunnon lange þrāge;hē him ðæs lēan forgeald.

 

Gewāt ðā nēosian,syþðan niht becōm, hēan hūses,hū hit Hring-Dene æfter bēor-þegegebūn hæfdon. Fand þā ðǣr inneæþelinga gedriht swefan æfter symble;sorge ne cūðon, wonsceaft wera. Wiht unhǣlo, grim ond grǣdig,gearo sōna wæs, rēoc ond rēþe,ond on raeste genam þrītig þegna;þanon eft gewāt hūðe hrēmigtō hām faran, mid þǣre wæl-fyllewica nēosan. Ða wæs on ūhtanmid ǣr-dæge Grendles guð-cræftgumum undyrne; þā wæs æfter wistewōp ūp āhafen, micel morgen-swēg.Mǣre þēoden, æþeling ǣr-gōd,unblīðe sæt, þolode ðrȳð-swȳðy,þegn-sorge drēah, syðþan hīe þæs lāðanlāst scēawedon, wergan gāstes;wæs þæt gewin tō strang, lāð ond longsum.Næs hit lengra *fyrst, 