"flôd under foldan; nis þät feor heonon "mîl-gemearces, þät se mere standeð, "ofer þäm hongiað hrîmge bearwas, 1365 "wudu wyrtum fäst, wäter oferhelmað. "Þær mäg nihta gehwæm nîð-wundor seón, "fýr on flôde; nô þäs frôd leofað "gumena bearna, þät þone grund wite; "þeáh þe hæð-stapa hundum geswenced, 1370 "heorot hornum trum holt-wudu sêce, "feorran geflýmed, ær he feorh seleð, "aldor on ôfre, ær he in wille, "hafelan hýdan. Nis þät heóru stôw: "þonon ýð-geblond up âstîgeð 1375 "won tô wolcnum, þonne wind styreð "lâð gewidru, ôð þät lyft drysmað, "roderas reótað. Nu is ræd gelang "eft ät þe ânum! Eard git ne const, "frêcne stôwe, þær þu findan miht 1380 "sinnigne secg: sêc gif þu dyrre! "Ic þe þâ fæhðe feó leánige, "eald-gestreónum, swâ ic ær dyde, "wundnum golde, gyf þu on weg cymest." XXII. BEÓWULF SEEKS THE MONSTER IN THE HAUNTS OF THE NIXIES. Beówulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþeówes: 1385 "Ne sorga, snotor guma! sêlre bið æghwæm, "þät he his freónd wrece, þonne he fela murne; "ûre æghwylc sceal ende gebîdan "worolde lîfes; wyrce se þe môte "dômes ær deáðe! þät bið driht-guman 1390 "unlifgendum äfter sêlest. "Ârîs, rîces weard; uton hraðe fêran, "Grendles mâgan gang sceáwigan! "Ic hit þe gehâte: nô he on helm losað, "ne on foldan fäðm, ne on fyrgen-holt, 1395 "ne on gyfenes grund, gâ þær he wille. "Þys dôgor þu geþyld hafa "weána gehwylces, swâ ic þe wêne tô!" Âhleóp þâ se gomela, gode þancode, mihtigan drihtne, þäs se man gespräc. 1400 Þâ wäs Hrôðgâre hors gebæted, wicg wunden-feax. Wîsa fengel geatolîc gengde; gum-fêða stôp lind-häbbendra. Lâstas wæron äfter wald-swaðum wîde gesýne, 1405 gang ofer grundas; gegnum fôr þâ ofer myrcan môr, mago-þegna bär þone sêlestan sâwol-leásne, þâra þe mid Hrôðgâre hâm eahtode. Ofer-eode þâ äðelinga bearn 1410 steáp stân-hliðo, stîge nearwe, enge ân-paðas, un-cûð gelâd, neowle nässas, nicor-hûsa fela; he feára sum beforan gengde wîsra monna, wong sceáwian, 1415 ôð þät he færinga fyrgen-beámas ofer hârne stân hleonian funde, wyn-leásne wudu; wäter under stôd dreórig and gedrêfed. Denum eallum wäs, winum Scyldinga, weorce on môde, 1420 tô geþolianne þegne monegum, oncýð eorla gehwæm, syððan Äsc-heres on þam holm-clife hafelan mêtton. Flôd blôde weól (folc tô sægon) hâtan heolfre. Horn stundum song 1425 fûslîc fyrd-leóð. Fêða eal gesät; gesâwon þâ äfter wätere wyrm-cynnes fela, sellîce sæ-dracan sund cunnian,
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