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sundes þē sǣnra,ðē hyne swylt fornam. Hræþe wearð on ȳðummid eofer-sprēotum heoro-hōcyhtumhearde genearwod, nīða genǣged ond on næs togen, wundorlīc wǣg-bora;weras scēawedon gryrelīcne gist.Gyrede hine Beowulf eorl-gewǣdum,nalles for ealdre mearn; scolde here-byrnehondum gebrōden, sīd ond searo-fāh,sund cunnian, sēo ðe bān-cofanbeorgan cūþe, þæt him hilde-grāphreþre ne mihte, eorres inwit-fengaldre gesceþðan; ac se hwīta helm*hafelan werede, sē þe mere-grundasmengan scolde, sēcan sund-geblandsince geweorðad, befongen frēa-wrāsnum,swā hine fyrn-dagum worhte wǣpna smið,wundrum tēode, besette swīn-līcum,þæt hine syðþan nō brond ne beado-mēcasbītan ne meahton. Næs þæt þonne mǣtostmægen-fultuma, þæt him on ðearfe lāhðyle Hrōðgāres; wæs þǣm hæft-mēceHrunting nama; þæt wæs ān foraneald-gestrēona; ecg wæs īren,āter-tānum fāh, āhyrded heaþo-swāte;nǣfre hit æt hilde ne swāc manna ǣngum,þāra þe hit mid mundum bewand, sē ðe gryre-sīðasgegān dorste, folc-stede fāra;næs þæt forma sīð,