þonne sweorda gelâc sunu Healfdenes efnan wolde; næfre on ôre läg wîd-cûðes wîg, þonne walu feóllon. And þâ Beówulfe bega gehwäðres 1045 eodor Ingwina onweald geteáh, wicga and wæpna; hêt hine wel brûcan. Swâ manlîce mære þeóden, hord-weard häleða heaðo-ræsas geald mearum and mâdmum, swâ hý næfre man lyhð, 1050 se þe secgan wile sôð äfter rihte. XVII. SONG OF HROTHGAR'S POET--THE LAY OF HNAEF AND HENGEST. Þâ gyt æghwylcum eorla drihten þâra þe mid Beówulfe brim-lâde teáh, on þære medu-bence mâððum gesealde, yrfe-lâfe, and þone ænne hêht 1055 golde forgyldan, þone þe Grendel ær mâne âcwealde, swâ he hyra mâ wolde, nefne him witig god wyrd forstôde and þäs mannes môd: metod eallum weóld gumena cynnes, swâ he nu git dêð; 1060 forþan bið andgit æghwær sêlest, ferhðes fore-þanc! fela sceal gebîdan leófes and lâðes, se þe longe her on þyssum win-dagum worolde brûceð. Þær wäs sang and swêg samod ätgädere 1065 fore Healfdenes hilde-wîsan, gomen-wudu grêted, gid oft wrecen, þonne heal-gamen Hrôðgâres scôp äfter medo-bence mænan scolde Finnes eaferum, þâ hie se fær begeat: 1070 "Häleð Healfdenes, Hnäf Scyldinga, "in Fr..es wäle feallan scolde. "Ne hûru Hildeburh hêrian þorfte "Eotena treówe: unsynnum wearð "beloren leófum ät þam lind-plegan 1075 "bearnum and brôðrum; hie on gebyrd hruron "gâre wunde; þät wäs geômuru ides. "Nalles hôlinga Hôces dôhtor "meotod-sceaft bemearn, syððan morgen com, "þâ heó under swegle geseón meahte 1080 "morðor-bealo mâga, þær heó ær mæste heóld "worolde wynne: wîg ealle fornam "Finnes þegnas, nemne feáum ânum, "þät he ne mehte on þäm meðel-stede "wîg Hengeste wiht gefeohtan, 1085 "ne þâ weá-lâfe wîge forþringan "þeódnes þegne; ac hig him geþingo budon, "þät hie him ôðer flet eal gerýmdon, "healle and heáh-setl, þät hie healfre geweald "wið Eotena bearn âgan môston, 1090 "and ät feoh-gyftum Folcwaldan sunu "dôgra gehwylce Dene weorðode, "Hengestes heáp hringum wenede, "efne swâ swîðe sinc-gestreónum "fättan goldes, swâ he Fresena cyn 1095 "on beór-sele byldan wolde. "Þâ hie getrûwedon on twâ healfa "fäste frioðu-wære; Fin Hengeste "elne unflitme âðum benemde, "þät he þâ weá-lâfe weotena dôme 1100 "ârum heolde, þät þær ænig mon "wordum ne worcum wære ne bræce, "ne þurh inwit-searo æfre gemænden, "þeáh hie hira beág-gyfan banan folgedon "þeóden-leáse, þâ him swâ geþearfod wäs: 1105 "gyf þonne Frysna hwylc frêcnan spræce