idese tō efnanne, þēah þe hīo ǣnlīcu sȳ, þætte freoðu-webbe fēores onsæce æfter līge-torne lēofne mannan. 1945 Hūru þæt onhōhsnode Heminges mǣg; ealo drincende ōðer sǣdan, þæt hīo lēod-bealewa lǣs gefremede, inwit-nīða, syððan ǣrest wearð gyfen gold-hroden geongum cempan, 1950 æðelum dīore, syððan hīo Offan flet ofer fealone flōd be fæder lāre sīðe gesōhte, þǣr hīo syððan wēl in gum-stōle, gōde mǣre, līf-gesceafta lifigende brēac, 1955 hīold hēah-lufan wið hæleða brego, ealles mon-cynnes mīne gefrǣge þone sēlestan bī sǣm twēonum eormen-cynnes; forþām Offa wæs geofum and gūðum gār-cēne man, 1960 wīde geweorðod; wīsdōme hēold ēðel sīnne, þonon Ēomǣr wōc hæleðum tō helpe, Heminges mǣg, nefa Gārmundes, nīða cræftig. XXIX. HIS ARRIVAL. HYGELAC'S RECEPTION. Gewāt him þā se hearda mid his hond-scole 1965 sylf æfter sande sǣ-wong tredan, wīde waroðas. Woruld-candel scān, sigel sūðan fūs: hī sīð drugon, elne geēodon, tō þæs þe eorla hlēo, bonan Ongenþēowes burgum on innan, 1970 geongne gūð-cyning gōdne gefrūnon hringas dǣlan. Higelāce wæs sīð Bēowulfes snūde gecȳðed, þæt þǣr on worðig wīgendra hlēo, lind-gestealla lifigende cwōm, 1975 heaðo-lāces hāl tō hofe gongan. Hraðe wæs gerȳmed, swā se rīca bebēad, fēðe-gestum flet innan-weard. Gesæt þā wið sylfne, sē þā sæcce genæs, mǣg wið mǣge, syððan man-dryhten 1980 þurh hlēoðor-cwyde holdne gegrētte mēaglum wordum. Meodu-scencum hwearf geond þæt reced Hæreðes dōhtor: lufode þā lēode, līð-wǣge bær hǣlum tō handa. Higelāc ongan 1985 sīnne geseldan in sele þām hēan fægre fricgean, hyne fyrwet bræc, hwylce Sǣ-Gēata sīðas wǣron: "Hū lomp ēow on lāde, lēofa Bīowulf, "þā þū fǣringa feorr gehogodest, 1990 "sæcce sēcean ofer sealt wæter, "hilde tō Hiorote? Ac þū Hrōðgāre "wīd-cūðne wēan wihte gebēttest, "mǣrum þēodne? Ic þæs mōd-ceare "sorh-wylmum sēað, sīðe ne truwode 1995 "lēofes mannes; ic þē lange bæd, "þæt þū þone wæl-gǣst wihte ne grētte, "lēte Sūð-Dene sylfe geweorðan "gūðe wið Grendel. Gode ic þanc secge, "þæs þe ic þē gesundne gesēon mōste." 2000 Bīowulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþīowes: "Þæt is undyrne, dryhten Higelāc, "mǣre gemēting monegum fīra, "hwylc orleg-hwīl uncer Grendles "wearð on þām wange, þǣr hē worna fela 2005 "Sige-Scildingum sorge gefremede, "yrmðe tō aldre; ic þæt eal gewræc, "swā ne gylpan þearf Grendeles māga "ǣnig ofer eorðan ūht-hlem þone, "sē þe lengest leofað lāðan cynnes,