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fǣge gefealleð;fēhð ōþer tō, sē þe unmurnlīcemādmas dǣleþ, eorles ǣr-gestrēon,egesan ne gȳmeð. Bebeorh þē ðone bealo-nīð,Bēowulf lēofa, secg betsta,ond þē þæt sēlre gecēos, ēce rǣdas; oferhȳda ne gȳm, mǣre cempa.Nū is þīnes mægnes blǣd āne hwīle;eft sōna bið, þæt þec ādl oððe ecgeafoþes getwǣfeð, oððe fȳres feng,oððe flōdes wylm, oððe gripe mēces,oððe gāres fliht, oððe atol yldo;oððe ēagena bearhtm forsiteð ond forsvvorceð;semninga bið, þæt ðec, dryht-guma,dēað oferswȳðeð. Swā ic Hring-Denahund missera wēold under wolcnum,ond hig wigge belēac manigum mǣgþa,geond þysne middan-geard æscum ond ecgum,þæt ic mē ǣnigne under swegles begonggesacan ne tealde. Hwæt! mē þæs on ēþleedwenden cwōm, gyrn æfber gomene,seoþðan Grendel wearð, eald gewinna, ingenga mīn; &#x2A;ic þære sōcnesingales wæg mōd-ceare micle.Þæs sig Metode þanc, ēcean Dryhtne,þæs ðe ic on aldre gebād, þæt ic on þone hafelanheoro-drēorigne ofer eald gewinēagum starige.