"glâd ofer grundas, gäst yrre cwom, 2075 "eatol æfen-grom, ûser neósan, "þær we gesunde säl weardodon; "þær wäs Hondsció hild onsæge, "feorh-bealu fægum, he fyrmest läg, "gyrded cempa; him Grendel wearð, 2080 "mærum magu-þegne tô mûð-bonan, "leófes mannes lîc eall forswealg. "Nô þý ær ût þâ gen îdel-hende "bona blôdig-tôð bealewa gemyndig, "of þam gold-sele gongan wolde, 2085 "ac he mägnes rôf mîn costode, "grâpode gearo-folm. Glôf hangode "sîd and syllîc searo-bendum fäst, "sió wäs orþoncum eall gegyrwed "deófles cräftum and dracan fellum: 2090 "he mec þær on innan unsynnigne, "diór dæd-fruma, gedôn wolde, "manigra sumne: hyt ne mihte swâ, "syððan ic on yrre upp-riht âstôd. "Tô lang ys tô reccenne, hû ic þam leód-sceaðan 2095 "yfla gehwylces ond-leán forgeald; "þær ic, þeóden mîn, þîne leóde "weorðode weorcum. He on weg losade, "lytle hwîle lîf-wynna breác; "hwäðre him sió swîðre swaðe weardade 2100 "hand on Hiorte and he heán þonan, "môdes geômor mere-grund gefeóll. "Me þone wäl-ræs wine Scildunga "fättan golde fela leánode, "manegum mâðmum, syððan mergen com 2105 "and we tô symble geseten häfdon. "Þær wäs gidd and gleó; gomela Scilding "fela fricgende feorran rehte; "hwîlum hilde-deór hearpan wynne, "gomen-wudu grêtte; hwîlum gyd âwräc 2110 "sôð and sârlîc; hwîlum syllîc spell "rehte äfter rihte rûm-heort cyning. "Hwîlum eft ongan eldo gebunden, "gomel gûð-wîga gioguðe cwîðan "hilde-strengo; hreðer inne weóll, 2115 "þonne he wintrum frôd worn gemunde. "Swâ we þær inne andlangne däg "nióde nâman, ôð þät niht becwom "ôðer tô yldum. Þâ wäs eft hraðe "gearo gyrn-wräce Grendeles môdor, 2120 "sîðode sorh-full; sunu deáð fornam, "wîg-hete Wedra. Wîf unhýre "hyre bearn gewräc, beorn âcwealde "ellenlîce; þær wäs Äsc-here, "frôdan fyrn-witan, feorh ûðgenge; 2125 "nôðer hy hine ne môston, syððan mergen cwom, "deáð-wêrigne Denia leóde "bronde forbärnan, ne on bæl hladan "leófne mannan: hió þät lîc ätbär "feóndes fäðmum under firgen-streám. 2130 "Þät wäs Hrôðgâre hreówa tornost "þâra þe leód-fruman lange begeâte; "þâ se þeóden mec þîne lîfe "healsode hreóh-môd, þät ic on holma geþring "eorl-scipe efnde, ealdre genêðde, 2135 "mærðo fremede: he me mêde gehêt. "Ic þâ þäs wälmes, þe is wîde cûð, "grimne gryrelîcne grund-hyrde fond. "Þær unc hwîle wäs hand gemæne; "holm heolfre weóll and ic heáfde becearf 2140 "in þam grund-sele Grendeles môdor