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þæt hē [in] nīð-selenāt-hwylcum wæs, þǣr him nǣnig wæterwihte ne sceþede, ne him for hrōf-selehrīnan ne mehte fǣr-gripe flōdes;*fȳr-lēoht geseah, blācne lēomanbeorhte scīnan. Ongeat þā se gōdagrund-wyrgenne, mere-wīf mihtig;mægen-rǣs forgeaf hilde-bille,hond swenge ne oftēah, þæt hire on hafelanhring-mǣl āgōl grǣdig gūð-lēoð.Ðā se gist onfand, þæt se beado-lēomabītan nolde, aldre sceþðan,ac sēo ecg geswāc ðēodne æt þearfe;ðolode ǣr fela hond-gemōta,helm oft gescær, fǣges fyrd-hrægl;ðā wæs forma sīð dēorum mādme,þæt his dōm ālæg. Eft wæs ān-rǣd,nalas elnes læt, mǣrða gemyndig,mǣg Hy[ge]lāces. Wearp ðā wunden-mǣl wrættum gebunden yrre ōretta,þæt hit on eorðan læg, stīð ond stȳl-ecg;strenge getrūwode, mund-gripe mægenes.Swā sceal man dōn, þonne hē æt gūðegegān þenceð longsumne lof,nā ymb his līf cearað. Gefēng þā be eaxle (nalas for fǣhðe mearn)