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rēþe cempa,tō ðæs þe hē on ræste geseah gūð-wērigneGrendel licgan, aldor-lēasne,swā him ǣr gescōd hild æt Heorote.Hrā wīde sprong, syþðan hē æfter dēaðedrepe þrōwade, heoro-sweng heardne;ond hine þā hēafde becearf. Sōna þæt gesāwonsnottre *ceorlas, þā ðe mid Hrōðgāreon holm wliton, þæt wæs ȳð-geblondeal gemenged, brim blōde fāh.Blonden-feaxe gomele ymb gōdneon geador sprǣcon, þæt hig þæs æðelingeseft ne wēndon, þæt hē sige-hrēðigsēcean cōme mǣrne þēoden,þā ðæs monige gewearð, þæt hine sēo brim-wylfābroten hæfde. Ðā cōm nōn dæges;næs ofgēafon hwate Scyldingas;gewāt him hām þonon gold-wine gumena.Gistas sētan mōdes sēoce,ond on mere staredon; wiston ond ne wēndon,þæt hīe heora wine-drihten selfne gesāwon.Ðā þæt sweord ongan æfter heaþo-swātehilde-gicelum, wīg-bil wanian;þæt wæs wundra sum, þæt hit eal gemealtīse gelīcost, }}