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seofon niht swuncon;hē þē æt sunde oferflāt, hæfde māre mægen.Þā hine on morgen-tīd on Heaþo-Rǣmas holm up ætbær; ðonon hē gesōhteswǣsne ēðel, lēof his lēodumlond Brondinga, freoðo-burh fægere,þǣr hē folc āhte, burh ond bēagas.*Bēot eal wið þē sunu Bēanstānessōðe gelǣste. Ðonne wēne ic tō þēwyrsan geþingea, ðēah þū heaðo-rǣsagehwǣr dohte, grimre gūðe,gif þū Grendles dearst niht-longne fyrstnēan bīdan.” Bēowulf maþelode,bearn Ecgþēowes: “Hwæt! þū worn fela,wine mīn Unferð, bēore druncenymb Brecan sprǣce, sægdest from his sīðe.Sōð ic talige, þæt ic mere-strengomāran āhte, earfeþo on ȳþum,ðonne ǣnig ōþer man. Wit þæt gecwǣdoncniht-wesende ond gebēotedon(wǣron begen þā git on geogoð-fēore),þæt wit on gār-secg ūt aldrum nēðdon;ond þæt geæfndon swā. Hæfdon swurd nacod,þā wit on sund rēon, heard on handa;wit unc wið hron-fixas werian þōhton.Nō hē wiht fram mē flōd-ȳþum feorflēotan meahte,