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Druncne dryht-guman,dōð swā ic bidde.” Ēode þā tō setle.Þǣr w«s symbla cyst, druncon wīn weras;wyrd ne cūþon, gēo-sceaft grimme, swā hit āgangen wearð eorla manegum.Syþðan ǣfen cwōm, ond him Hrōþgār gewāttō hofe sīnum, rīce tō ræste,reced weardode unrīm eorla,swā hīe oft ǣr dydon. Benc-þelu beredon;hit geond-brǣded wearð beddum ond bolstrum.Bēor-scealca sum fūs ond fǣgeflet-ræste ge*bēag. Setton him tō hēafdonhilde-randas, bord-wudu beorhtan;þǣr on bence wæs ofer æþelingeȳþ-gesene heaþo-stēapa helm,hringed byrne, þrec-wudu þrymlīc.Wæs þēaw hyra, þæt hīe oft wǣronan wīg gearwe ge æt hām ge on herge,ge gehwæþer þāra efne swylce mǣla,swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf gesǣlde;wæs sēo þrēod tilu.

 

Sigon þā tō slǣpe.Sum sāre angeald ǣfen-ræste,swā him ful oft gelamp, siþðan gold-seleGrendel warode, 