1540 brægd þā beadwe heard, þā hē gebolgen wæs, feorh-genīðlan, þæt hēo on flet gebēah. Hēo him eft hraðe and-lēan forgeald grimman grāpum and him tōgēanes fēng; oferwearp þā wērig-mōd wigena strengest, 1545 fēðe-cempa, þæt hē on fylle wearð. Ofsæt þā þone sele-gyst and hyre seaxe getēah, brād and brūn-ecg wolde hire bearn wrecan, āngan eaferan. Him on eaxle læg brēost-net brōden; þæt gebearh fēore, 1550 wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstōd. Hæfde þā forsīðod sunu Ecgþēowes under gynne grund, Gēata cempa, nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe gefremede, here-net hearde, and hālig god 1555 gewēold wīg-sigor, wītig drihten; rodera rǣdend hit on ryht gescēd, ȳðelīce syððan hē eft āstōd. XXIV. BĒOWULF SLAYS THE SPRITE. Geseah þā on searwum sige-ēadig bil, eald sweord eotenisc ecgum þȳhtig, 1560 wigena weorð-mynd: þæt wæs wǣpna cyst, būton hit wæs māre þonne ǣnig mon ōðer tō beadu-lāce ætberan meahte gōd and geatolīc gīganta geweorc. Hē gefēng þā fetel-hilt, freca Scildinga, 1565 hrēoh and heoro-grim hring-mǣl gebrægd, aldres orwēna, yrringa slōh, þæt hire wið halse heard grāpode, bān-hringas bræc, bil eal þurh-wōd fǣgne flǣsc-homan, hēo on flet gecrong; 1570 sweord wæs swātig, secg weorce gefeh. Līxte se lēoma, lēoht inne stōd, efne swā of hefene hādre scīneð rodores candel. Hē æfter recede wlāt, hwearf þā be wealle, wǣpen hafenade 1575 heard be hiltum Higelāces þegn, yrre and ān-rǣd. Næs sēo ecg fracod hilde-rince, ac hē hraðe wolde Grendle forgyldan gūð-rǣsa fela þāra þe hē geworhte tō West-Denum 1580 oftor micle þonne on ǣnne sīð, þonne hē Hrōðgāres heorð-genēatas slōh on sweofote, slǣpende fræt folces Denigea fȳf-tȳne men and ōðer swylc ūt of-ferede, 1585 lāðlīcu lāc. Hē him þæs lēan forgeald, rēðe cempa, tō þæs þe hē on ræste geseah gūð-wērigne Grendel licgan, aldor-lēasne, swā him ǣr gescōd hild æt Heorote; hrā wīde sprong, 1590 syððan hē æfter dēaðe drepe þrowade, heoro-sweng heardne, and hine þā hēafde becearf, Sōna þæt gesāwon snottre ceorlas, þā þe mid Hrōðgāre on holm wliton, þæt wæs ȳð-geblond eal gemenged, 1595 brim blōde fāh: blonden-feaxe gomele ymb gōdne ongeador sprǣcon, þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon, þæt hē sige-hrēðig sēcean cōme mǣrne þēoden; þā þæs monige gewearð, 1600 þæt hine sēo brim-wylf ābroten hæfde. Þā cōm nōn dæges. Næs ofgēafon hwate Scyldingas; gewāt him hām þonon gold-wine gumena. Gistas sētan, mōdes sēoce, and on mere staredon,