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ond þā frēolic wīfful gesealde ǣrest Ēast-Denaēþel-wearde, bæd hine blīðneæt þǣre bēor-þege, lēodum lēofne;hē on lust geþeah symbel ond sele-ful,sige-rōf kyning. Ymb-ēode þaides Helminga duguþe ond geogoþedǣl ǣghwylcne, sinc-fato sealde,oþ þæt sǣl ālamp, þæt hīo Bēowulfe,bēag-hroden cwēn, mōde geþungen,medo-ful ætbær; grētte Gēata lēod,Gode þancode wīs-fæst wordum,þæs ðe hire se willa gelamp, þæt hēo on ǣnigneeorl gelȳfde fyrena frōfre.He þæt ful geþeah, wæl-rēow wiga,*æt Wealhþēon, ond þā gyddodegūþe gefȳsed; Bēowulf maþelode,bearn Eegþēowes: “Ic þæt hogode,þā ic on holm gestāh, sǣ-bāt gesætmid mīnra secga gedriht, þæt ic ānungaēowra lēoda willan geworhte,oþðe on wæl crunge fēond-grāpum fæst.Ic gefremman sceal eorlīc ellen,oþðe ende-dæg on þisse meodu-heallemīnne gebīdan.” Ðām wīfe þā wordwel līcodon, gilp-cwide Gēates;ēode gold-hroden frēolicu folc-cwēntō hire frēan sittan. ̄Þā wæs eft swā ǣrinne on healle þrȳð-word sprecen,ðēod on sǣlum, sige-folca swēg,oþ þæt semninga sunu Healfdenessēcean wolde ǣfen-ræste;wiste þǣm āhlǣcan