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Ðā wæs of þǣm hrōranhelm ond byrne lungre ālȳsed.Lagu drūsade, wæter under wolcnum,wæl-drēore fāg. Fērdon forð þononfēþe-lāstum ferhþum fægne,fold-weg mæton, cūþe strǣte,cyning-balde men; from þǣm holm-clifehafelan bǣron earfoðlīceheora ǣghwæþrum fela-mōdigra;fēower scoldon on þǣm wæl-stengeweorcum geferian tō þǣm gold-seleGrendles hēafod, oþ ðæt *semningatō sele cōmon frome, fyrd-hwate,fēower-tȳne Gēata gongan;gum-dryhten mid, mōdig on gemonge,meodo-wongas træd. Ðā cōm in gānealdor ðegna, dǣd-cēne mondōme gewurþad, hæle hilde-dēor,Hrōðgār grētan. Þā wæs be feaxeon flet boren Grendles hēafod,þǣr guman druncon, egeslīc for eorlumond þǣre idese mid; wlite-sēon wrætlīcweras onsāwon.

 

Bēowulf maþelode,bearn Ecgþēowes: “Hwæt! wē þē þās sǣ-lāc,sunu Healfdenes lēod Scyldinga,lustum brōhton tīres tō tācne,þe þū hēr tō lōcast. Ic þæt unsōfteealdre gedīgde, wigge under wætereweorc genēþde earfoðlice;ætrihte wæs 