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bēaga bryttan,swā þū bēna eart, þēoden mǣrne,ymb þīnne sīð, ond þē þā, ondswareǣdre gecȳðan, ðe mē se gōdaāgifan þenceð.” Hwearf þā hrædlīce,þǣr Hrōðgār sæt eald ond unhārmid his eorla gedriht; ēode ellen-rōf,þæt hē for eaxlum gestōd Deniga frēan;cūþe hē duguðe þēaw. Wulfgār maðelode*tō his wine-drihtne: “Hēr syndon geferede,feorran cumene ofer geofenes begang,Gēata lēode; þone yldestanōret-mecgas Bēowulf nemnað.Hȳ bēnan synt, þæt hīe, þēoden mīn,wið þē mōton wordum wrīxlan;nō ðū him wearne getēoh ðīnra gegn-cwida,glædman Hrōðgār. Hȳ on wīg-getāwumwyrðe þinceað eorla geæhtlan;hūru se aldor dēah, sē þǣm heaðo-rincumhider wīsade.”

 

Hrōðgār maþelode,helm Scyldinga: “Ic hine cūðecniht-wesende; wæs his eald fæder Ecgþēo hāten, 