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unriht æfnde,oþ þæt ende becwōm, swylt æfter synnum.Þæt gesȳne wearþ, wīd-cūþ werum,þætte wrecend þā gyt lifde æfter lāþum,lange þrāge æfter gūð-ceare;Grendles mōdor, ides, āglǣc-wīf,yrmþe gemunde, sē þe wæter-egesanwunian scolde, cealde strēamas,siþðan Cain wearð tō ecg-bananāngan brēþer, fæderen-mǣge;hē þā fāg gewāt, morþre gemearcod,*man-drēam flēon, wēsten warode.Þanon wōc fela gēo-sceaft-gāsta;wæs þǣra Grendel sum, heoro-wearh hetelīc,sē æt Heorote fand wæccendne werwīges bīdan. Þǣr him āglǣcaætgrǣpe wearð; hwæþre hē gemundemægenes strenge, gim-fæste gife,ðe him God sealde, ond him tō Anwaldanāre gelȳfde, frōfre ond fultum;ðȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm, gehnǣgde helle gāst.Þā hā hēan gewāt, drēame bedǣled,dēaþ-wīc sēon, man-cynnes fēond.Ond his mōdor þā gyt gīfre ond galg-mōdgegān wolde sorh-fulne sīð,suna dēað wrecan; cōm þā tō Heorote,ðǣr Hring-Dene geond þæt sæld swǣfun.Þā ðǣr sōna wearð ed-hwyrft eorkim,siþðan inne fealh