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Geseah ðā on searwumsige-ēadig bil, eald sweord eotenisc,ecgum þyhtig, wigena weorð-mynd;þæt [wæs] wǣpna cyst, būton hit wæs māreðonne ǣnig mon ōðer tō beadu-lāceætberan meahte, gōd ond geatolīc,gīganta geweorc. Hē gefēng þā fetel-hilt,freca Scyldinga hrēoh ond heoro-grimhring-mǣl gebrægd, aldres orwēnayrringa *slōh, þæt hire wið halseheard grāpode, bān-hringas bræc;bil eal ðurhwōd fǣgne flǣsc-homan;hēo on flet gecrong. Sweord wæs swātig;secg weorce gefeh. Līxte se lēoma,lēoht inne stōd, efne swā of hefenehādre scīneð rodores candel.Hē æfter recede wlāt, hwearf þā be wealle;wǣpen hafenade heard be hiltumHigelāces ðegn yrre ond ān-rǣd.Næs sēo ecg fracod hilde-rince,ac hē hraþe wolde Grendle forgyldangūð-rǣsa fela, ðāra þe hē geworhtetō West-Denum oftor micleðonne on ǣnne sīð, þonne he Hrōðgāresheorð-genēatas slōh on sweofote,slǣpende fræt folces Denigeafȳf-tȳne men, ond ōðer swylcūt offerede, lāðlicu lāc.Hē him þæs lēan forgeald,