þæt hī seoððan gesēon mōston mōdige on meðle. Wæs him se man tō þon lēof, þæt hē þone brēost-wylm forberan ne mehte, ac him on hreðre hyge-bendum fæst 1880 æfter dēorum men dyrne langað beorn wið blōde. Him Bēowulf þanan, gūð-rinc gold-wlanc græs-moldan træd, since hrēmig: sǣ-genga bād āgend-frēan, sē þe on ancre rād. 1885 Þā wæs on gange gifu Hrōðgāres oft geæhted: þæt wæs ān cyning ǣghwæs orleahtre, oð þæt hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum, sē þe oft manegum scōd. XXVIII. BĒOWULF RETURNS TO GEATLAND.-THE QUEENS HYGD AND THRYTHO. Cwōm þā tō flōde fela-mōdigra 1890 hæg-stealdra hēap; hring-net bǣron, locene leoðo-syrcan. Land-weard onfand eft-sīð eorla, swā hē ǣr dyde; nō hē mid hearme of hlīðes nosan gæstas grētte, ac him tōgēanes rād; 1895 cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera lēodum scawan scīr-hame tō scipe fōron. Þā wæs on sande sǣ-gēap naca hladen here-wǣdum, hringed-stefna mēarum and māðmum: mæst hlīfade 1900 ofer Hrōðgāres hord-gestrēonum. Hē þǣm bāt-wearde bunden golde swurd gesealde, þæt hē syððan wæs on meodu-bence māðme þȳ weorðra, yrfe-lāfe. Gewāt him on ȳð-nacan, 1905 drēfan dēop wæter, Dena land ofgeaf. Þā wæs be mæste mere-hrægla sum, segl sāle fæst. Sund-wudu þunede, nō þǣr wēg-flotan wind ofer ȳðum sīðes getwǣfde; sǣ-genga fōr, 1910 flēat fāmig-heals forð ofer ȳðe, bunden-stefna ofer brim-strēamas, þæt hīe Gēata clifu ongitan meahton, cūðe næssas. Cēol up geþrang, lyft-geswenced on lande stōd. 1915 Hraðe wæs æt holme hȳð-weard gearo, sē þe ǣr lange tīd, lēofra manna fūs, æt faroðe feor wlātode; sǣlde tō sande sīd-fæðme scip oncer-bendum fæst, þȳ lǣs hym ȳða þrym 1920 wudu wynsuman forwrecan meahte. Hēt þā up beran æðelinga gestrēon, frætwe and fǣt-gold; næs him feor þanon tō gesēcanne sinces bryttan: Higelāc Hrēðling þǣr æt hām wunað, 1925 selfa mid gesīðum sǣ-wealle nēah; bold wæs betlīc, brego-rōf cyning, hēa on healle, Hygd swīðe geong, wīs, wēl-þungen, þēah þe wintra lȳt under burh-locan gebiden hæbbe 1930 Hæreðes dōhtor: næs hīo hnāh swā þēah, nē tō gnēað gifa Gēata lēodum, māðm-gestrēona. Mod Þrȳðo wæg, fremu folces cwēn, firen ondrysne: nǣnig þæt dorste dēor genēðan 1935 swǣsra gesīða, nefne sin-frēa, þæt hire an dæges ēagum starede; ac him wæl-bende weotode tealde, hand-gewriðene: hraðe seoððan wæs æfter mund-gripe mēce geþinged, 1940 þæt hit sceaðen-mǣl scȳran mōste, cwealm-bealu cȳðan. Ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw