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þone sēlestansāwol-lēasne, þāra þe mid Hrōðgārehām eahtode. Oferēode þāæþelinga bearn stēap stān-hliðo,stīge nearwe, enge ān-paðas,uncūð gelād, nēowle næssas,nicor-hūsa fela; hē fēara sumbeforan gengde wīsra monnawong scēawian, oþ þæt hē fǣringafyrgen-bēamas ofer hārne stānhleonian funde, wyn-lēasne wudu;wæter under stōd drēorig ond gedrēfed.Denum eallum wæs, winum Scyldinga,weorce on mōde tō geþolianne,ðegne monegum, oncȳð eorla gehwǣm,syðþan Æscheres on þām holm-clifehafelan mētton. Flōd blōde wēol(folc tō sǣgon), &#x2A;hātan heolfre.Horn stundum song fūslīc f[yrd]-lēoð. Fēþa eal gesæt; gesāwon ðā æfter wæterewyrm-cynnes fela, sellīce sǣ-dracan,sund cunnian, swylce on næs-hleoðumnicras licgean, ðā on undern-mǣloft bewitigað sorh-fulne sīðon segl-rāde, wyrmas ond wil-dēor;hīe onweg hruron bitere ond gebolgne,bearhtm ongēaton, gūð-horn galan.Sumne Gēata lēod of flān-boganfēores getwǣfde, ȳð-gewinnes,þæt him on aldre stōd here-strǣl hearda;hē on hohne wæs