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Him se yldestaondswarode, werodes wīsa,word-hord onlēac: “Wē synt gum-cynnesGēata lēode ond Higelācesheoið-genēatas. Wæs mīn fæderfolcum gecȳþed, æþele ord-frumaEcgþēow hāten; gebād wintra worn,ǣr hē on weg hwurfe gamol of geardum;hine gearwe geman witena wel-hwylcwīde geond eorþan. Wē þurh holdne higehlāford þīnne, sunu Healfdenes,sēcean cwōmon, lēod-gebyrgean;wes þū ūs lārena gōd. Habbað wē tō þǣm mǣranmicel ǣrende Deniga frēan;ne sceal þǣr dyrne sum wesan, þæs ic wēne.Þū wāst gif hit is, swā wē sōþlīce*secgan hȳrdon, þæt mid Scyldingumsceaðona ic nāt hwylc, dēogol dǣd-hata, deorcum nihtum ēaweð þurh egsanuncūðne nīð, hȳnðu ond hrā-fyl.Ic þæs Hrōðgār mæg þurh rūmne sefanrǣd gelǣran, hū hē frōd ond gōdfēond oferswȳðeþ, gyf him ed-wendanǣfre scolde bealuwa bisigu,bōt eft cuman, ond þā cear-wylmascōlran wurðaþ; oððe ā syþðanearfoð-þrāge,