2010 "fenne bifongen. Ic þǣr furðum cwōm, "tō þām hring-sele Hrōðgār grētan: "sōna mē se mǣra mago Healfdenes, "syððan hē mōd-sefan mīnne cūðe, "wið his sylfes sunu setl getǣhte. 2015 "Weorod wæs on wynne; ne seah ic wīdan feorh "under heofenes hwealf heal-sittendra "medu-drēam māran. Hwīlum mǣru cwēn, "friðu-sibb folca flet eall geond-hwearf, "bǣdde byre geonge; oft hīo bēah-wriðan 2020 "secge sealde, ǣr hīo tō setle gēong. "Hwīlum for duguðe dōhtor Hrōðgāres "eorlum on ende ealu-wǣge bær, "þā ic Frēaware flet-sittende "nemnan hȳrde, þǣr hīo nægled sinc 2025 "hæleðum sealde: sīo gehāten wæs, "geong gold-hroden, gladum suna Frōdan; "hafað þæs geworden wine Scyldinga "rīces hyrde and þæt rǣd talað, "þæt hē mid þȳ wīfe wæl-fǣhða dǣl, 2030 "sæcca gesette. Oft nō seldan hwǣr "æfter lēod-hryre lȳtle hwīle "bon-gār būgeð, þēah sēo brȳd duge! XXX. BĒOWULF'S STORY OF THE SLAYINGS. "Mæg þæs þonne ofþyncan þēoden Heaðobeardna "and þegna gehwām þāra lēoda, 2035 "þonne hē mid fǣmnan on flett gǣð, "dryht-bearn Dena duguða biwenede: "on him gladiað gomelra lāfe "heard and hring-mǣl, Heaðobeardna gestrēon, "þenden hīe þām wǣpnum wealdan mōston, 2040 "oð þæt hīe forlǣddan tō þām lind-plegan "swǣse gesīðas ond hyra sylfra feorh. "Þonne cwið æt bēore, sē þe bēah gesyhð, "eald æsc-wiga, sē þe eall geman "gār-cwealm gumena (him bið grim sefa), 2045 "onginneð geōmor-mōd geongne cempan "þurh hreðra gehygd higes cunnian, "wīg-bealu weccean and þæt word ācwyð: "'Meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce gecnāwan, "'þone þin fæder tō gefeohte bær 2050 "'under here-grīman hindeman sīðe, "'dȳre īren, þǣr hyne Dene slōgon, "'wēoldon wæl-stōwe, syððan wiðer-gyld læg, "'æfter hæleða hryre, hwate Scyldungas? "'Nu hēr þāra banena byre nāt-hwylces, 2055 "'frætwum hrēmig on flet gǣð, "'morðres gylpeð and þone māððum byreð, "'þone þe þū mid rihte rǣdan sceoldest!'" "Manað swā and myndgað mǣla gehwylce "sārum wordum, oð þæt sǣl cymeð, 2060 "þæt se fǣmnan þegn fore fæder dǣdum "æfter billes bite blōd-fāg swefeð, "ealdres scyldig; him se ōðer þonan "losað lifigende, con him land geare. "Þonne bīoð brocene on bā healfe 2065 "āð-sweord eorla; syððan Ingelde "weallað wæl-nīðas and him wīf-lufan "æfter cear-wælmum cōlran weorðað. "Þȳ ic Heaðobeardna hyldo ne telge, "dryht-sibbe dǣl Denum unfǣcne, 2070 "frēond-scipe fæstne. Ic sceal forð sprecan "gēn ymbe Grendel, þæt þū geare cunne, "sinces brytta, tō hwan syððan wearð
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