"hond-rǣs hæleða. Syððan heofones gim "glād ofer grundas, gæst yrre cwōm, 2075 "eatol ǣfen-grom, ūser nēosan, "þǣr wē gesunde sæl weardodon; "þǣr wæs Hondscīo hild onsǣge, "feorh-bealu fǣgum, hē fyrmest læg, "gyrded cempa; him Grendel wearð, 2080 "mǣrum magu-þegne tō mūð-bonan, "lēofes mannes līc eall forswealg. "Nō þȳ ǣr ūt þā gēn īdel-hende "bona blōdig-tōð bealewa gemyndig, "of þām gold-sele gongan wolde, 2085 "ac hē mægnes rōf mīn costode, "grāpode gearo-folm. Glōf hangode "sīd and syllīc searo-bendum fæst, "sīo wæs orþoncum eall gegyrwed "dēofles cræftum and dracan fellum: 2090 "hē mec þǣr on innan unsynnigne, "dīor dǣd-fruma, gedōn wolde, "manigra sumne: hyt ne mihte swā, "syððan ic on yrre upp-riht āstōd. "Tō lang ys tō reccenne, hū ic þām lēod-sceaðan 2095 "yfla gehwylces ond-lēan forgeald; "þǣr ic, þēoden mīn, þīne lēode "weorðode weorcum. Hē on weg losade, "lȳtle hwīle līf-wynna brēac; "hwæðre him sīo swīðre swaðe weardade 2100 "hand on Hiorte and hē hēan þonan, "mōdes geōmor mere-grund gefēoll. "Mē þone wæl-rǣs wine Scildunga "fǣttan golde fela lēanode, "manegum māðmum, syððan mergen cōm 2105 "and wē tō symble geseten hæfdon. "Þǣr wæs gidd and glēo; gomela Scilding "fela fricgende feorran rehte; "hwīlum hilde-dēor hearpan wynne, "gomen-wudu grētte; hwīlum gyd āwræc 2110 "sōð and sārlīc; hwīlum syllīc spell "rehte æfter rihte rūm-heort cyning. "Hwīlum eft ongan eldo gebunden, "gomel gūð-wiga gioguðe cwīðan "hilde-strengo; hreðer inne wēoll, 2115 "þonne hē wintrum frōd worn gemunde. "Swā wē þǣr inne andlangne dæg "nīode nāman, oð þæt niht becwōm "ōðer tō yldum. Þā wæs eft hraðe "gearo gyrn-wræce Grendeles mōdor, 2120 "sīðode sorh-full; sunu dēað fornam, "wīg-hete Wedra. Wīf unhȳre "hyre bearn gewræc, beorn ācwealde "ellenlīce; þǣr wæs Æsc-here, "frōdan fyrn-witan, feorh ūðgenge; 2125 "nōðer hȳ hine ne mōston, syððan mergen cwōm, "dēað-wērigne Denia lēode "bronde forbærnan, nē on bǣl hladan "lēofne mannan: hīo þæt līc ætbær "fēondes fæðmum under firgen-strēam. 2130 "Þæt wæs Hrōðgāre hrēowa tornost "þāra þe lēod-fruman lange begeāte; "þā se þēoden mec þīne līfe "healsode hrēoh-mōd, þæt ic on holma geþring "eorl-scipe efnde, ealdre genēðde, 2135 "mǣrðo fremede: hē mē mēde gehēt. "Ic þā þæs wælmes, þē is wīde cūð, "grimne gryrelīcne grund-hyrde fond. "Þǣr unc hwīle wæs hand gemǣne; "holm heolfre wēoll and ic hēafde becearf