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fēt ond folma.Forð nēar ætstōp, nam þā mid handahige-þihtigne rinc on ræste;rǣhte ongēan fēond mid folme;hē onfēng hraþe inwit-þancumond wið earm gesæt. Sōna þæt onfundefyrena hyrde, þæt hē ne mēttemiddan-geardes, eorþan sceatta, on elran men mund-gripe māran;hē on mōde wearð forht, on ferhðe;nō þȳ ǣr fram meahte. Hyge wæs him hin-fūs,wolde on heolster flēon, sēcan dēofla gedræg;ne wæs his drohtoð þǣr, swylce hē on ealder-dagumǣr gemētte. Gemunde þā se gōdamǣg Higelāces ǣfen-sprǣce,up-lang āstōd ond him fæste wiðfēng;fingras burston; eoten wæs ūt-weard;eorl furþur stōp. Mynte se mǣra,*hwǣr hē meahte swā, wīdre gewindanond on weg þanon flēon on fen-hopu;wiste his fingra geweald on grames grāpum.Þæt (hē) wæs gēocor sīð, þæt se hearm-scaþatō Heorute ātēah. Dryht-sele dynede;Denum eallum wearð, ceaster-būendum,cēnra gehwylcum, eorlum ealu-scerwen.Yrre wǣron begen rēþe rēn-weardas.Reced hlynsode;