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ðāra þe on Sceden-igge sceattas dǣlde. Hrōðgār maðelode,hylt scēawode, ealde lāfe,on ðǣm wæs ōr writen fyrn-gewinnes,syðþan flōd ofslōh, gifen gēotende,gīganta cyn; frēcne gefērdon;þæt wæs fremde þēod ēcean Dryhtne;him þæs ende-lēan þurh wæteres wylmWaldend sealde. Swā wæs on ðǣm scennumscīran goldes þurh rūn-stafasrihte gemearcod, geseted ond gesǣd,hwām þæt sweord geworht, īrena cyst,ǣrest wǣre, wreoþen-hilt ond wyrm-fāh.Ða se wīsa spræc sunu Healfdenes;swīgedon ealle: “Þæt, lā! mæg secgan,sē þe sōð ond riht fremeð on folce,feor eal gemon, eald ēðel-weard,þæt ðes eorl wǣre geboren betera.Blǣd is ārǣred geond wīd-wegas,wine mīn Bēowulf, ðīn ofer þēoda gehwylce.Eal þū hit geþyldum healdest, mægen mid mōdes snyttrum.Ic þē sceal mīne gelǣstan freoðe, swā wit furðum sprǣcon;ðū scealt tō frōfre weorþan eal lang-twidiglēodum þīnum, &#x2A;hæleðum tō helpe.Ne wearð Heremōd swā