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syþðan hē for wlencowēan āhsode, fǣhðe tō Frȳsum.Hē þā frætwe wæg, eorclan-stānas,ofer ȳða ful, rīce þēoden;hē under rande gecranc. Gehwearf þā in Francna fæþmfeorh cyninges, brēost-gewǣduond se bēah somod; wyrsan wīg-frecanwæl rēafedon æfter gūð-sceare;Gēata lēode hrēa-wīc hēoldon.Heal swēge onfēng. Wealhðēo maþelode,hēo fore þǣm. werede spræc: “Brūc ðisses bēages,Bēowulf lēofa, hyse, mid hǣle,*ond þisses hrægles nēot, þēo[d]-gestrēona, ond geþēoh tela; cen þec mid cræfte,ond þyssum cnyhtum wes lāra līðe;ic þē þǣs lēan geman. Hafast þū gefēred,þæt ðē feor ond nēah ealne wīde-ferhþweras ehtigað, efne swā sīdeswā sǣ bebūgeð windge [e]ard-weallas. Wes, þenden þū lifige, æþeling ēadig; ic þē an tela sinc-gestrēona.Bēo þū suna mīnum dǣdum gedēfe,drēam healdende. Hēr is ǣghwylc eorlōþrum getrȳwe, mōdes milde,man-drihtne hol[d]; þegnas syndon geþwǣre,þēod eal gearo.