eallum äðelingum tô aldor-ceare; swylce oft bemearn ærran mælum swîð-ferhðes sîð snotor ceorl monig, 910 se þe him bealwa tô bôte gelýfde, þät þät þeódnes bearn geþeón scolde, fäder-äðelum onfôn, folc gehealdan, hord and hleó-burh, häleða rîce, êðel Scyldinga. He þær eallum wearð, 915 mæg Higelâces manna cynne, freóndum gefägra; hine fyren onwôd. Hwîlum flîtende fealwe stræte mearum mæton. Þâ wäs morgen-leóht scofen and scynded. Eode scealc monig 920 swîð-hicgende tô sele þam heán, searo-wundor seón, swylce self cyning, of brýd-bûre beáh-horda weard, tryddode tîr-fäst getrume micle, cystum gecýðed, and his cwên mid him 925 medo-stîg gemät mägða hôse. XV. HROTHGAR'S GRATULATION. Hrôðgâr maðelode (he tô healle geóng, stôd on stapole, geseah steápne hrôf golde fâhne and Grendles hond): "þisse ansýne al-wealdan þanc 930 "lungre gelimpe! Fela ic lâðes gebâd, "grynna ät Grendle: â mäg god wyrcan "wunder äfter wundre, wuldres hyrde! "Þät wäs ungeâra, þät ic ænigra me "weána ne wênde tô wîdan feore 935 "bôte gebîdan þonne blôde fâh "hûsa sêlest heoro-dreórig stôd; "weá wîd-scofen witena gehwylcne "þâra þe ne wêndon, þät hie wîde-ferhð "leóda land-geweorc lâðum beweredon 940 "scuccum and scinnum. Nu scealc hafað "þurh drihtnes miht dæd gefremede, "þe we ealle ær ne meahton "snyttrum besyrwan. Hwät! þät secgan mäg "efne swâ hwylc mägða, swâ þone magan cende 945 "äfter gum-cynnum, gyf heó gyt lyfað, "þät hyre eald-metod êste wære "bearn-gebyrdo. Nu ic Beówulf "þec, secg betsta, me for sunu wylle "freógan on ferhðe; heald forð tela 950 "niwe sibbe. Ne bið þe nænigra gâd "worolde wilna, þe ic geweald häbbe. "Ful-oft ic for lässan leán teohhode "hord-weorðunge hnâhran rince, "sæmran ät säcce. Þu þe self hafast 955 "dædum gefremed, þät þîn dôm lyfað "âwâ tô aldre. Alwalda þec "gôde forgylde, swâ he nu gyt dyde!" Beówulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþeówes: "We þät ellen-weorc êstum miclum, 960 "feohtan fremedon, frêcne genêðdon "eafoð uncûðes; ûðe ic swîðor, "þät þu hinc selfne geseón môste, "feónd on frätewum fyl-wêrigne! "Ic hine hrädlîce heardan clammum 965 "on wäl-bedde wrîðan þôhte, "þät he for mund-gripe mînum scolde "licgean lîf-bysig, bûtan his lîc swice; "ic hine ne mihte, þâ metod nolde, "ganges getwæman, nô ic him þäs georne ätfealh, 970 "feorh-genîðlan; wäs tô fore-mihtig "feónd on fêðe. Hwäðere he his folme forlêt "tô lîf-wraðe lâst weardian,