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ond gē him syndonofer sǣ-wylmas, heard-hicgende,hider wil-cuman. Nū gē mōton ganganin ēowrum gūð-geatawum, under here-grīman,Hrōðgār gesēon; lǣtað hilde-bordhēr onbīdan, wudu, wæl-sceaftas,worda geþinges.” Ārās þā se rīca,ymb hine rinc manig, þrȳðlīc þegna hēap;sume þǣr bidon, heaðo-rēaf hēoldon,swā him se *hearda bebēad. Snyredon ætsomne,þā secg wīsode, under Heorotes hrōf;[hyge-rōf ēode,] heard under helme,þæt hē on hēoðe gestōd. Bēowulf maðelode(on him byrne scān, searo-net sēowedsmiþes or-þancum): “Wæs þū, Hrōðgār, hāl!Ic eom Higelāces mǣg ond mago-ðegn;hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoþe.Mē wearð Grendles þing on mīnre ēþel-tyrfundyrne cūð; secgað sǣ-līðend,þæt þes sele stande, reced sēlesta,rinca gehwylcum īdel ond unnyt,siððan ǣfen-lēoht under heofenes hador beholen weorþeð. Þā mē þæt gelǣrdonlēode mīne, }}