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hord-burh hæleþa.Ðā wæs Heregār dēad, mīn yldra mǣgunlifigende, bearn Healfdenes;sē wæs betera ðonne ic. Siððan þā fǣhðefēo þingode; sende ic Wylfingumofer wæteres hrycg ealde mādmas;hē mē āþas swōr. Sorh is mē tō secganneon sefan mīnum gumena ǣngum,hwæt mē Grendel hafað hȳnðo on Heorotemid his hete-þancum, fǣr-nīða gefremed;is mīn flet-werod, wīg-hēap, gewanod;hīe wyrd forswēop on Grendles gryre.God ēaþe mæg þone dol-sceaðan dǣda getwǣfan. Ful oft gebēotedonbēore druncne ofer ealo-wǣgeōret-mecgas, þæt hīe in bēor-selebīdan woldon Grendles gūþemid gryrum ecga. Ðonne wæs þēos medo-healon morgen tīd, driht-sele drēor-fāh,þonne dæg līxte, eal *benc-þelublōde bestȳmed, heall heoru-drēore;āhte ic holdra þȳ lǣs, dēorre duguðe,þē þā dēað fornam. Site nū tō symleond onsǣl meoto, sige-hrēð secgum, swā þīn sefa hwette.” Þā wæs Gēat-mæcgumgeador ætsomne on bēor-selebene gerȳmed;