2140 "in þām grund-sele Grendeles mōdor "ēacnum ecgum, unsōfte þonan "feorh oðferede; næs ic fǣge þā gȳt, "ac mē eorla hlēo eft gesealde "māðma menigeo, maga Healfdenes. XXXI. HE GIVES PRESENTS TO HYGELAC. HYGELAC REWARDS HIM. HYGELAC'S DEATH. BĒOWULF REIGNS. 2145 "Swā se þēod-kyning þēawum lyfde; "nealles ic þām lēanum forloren hæfde, "mægnes mēde, ac hē mē māðmas geaf, "sunu Healfdenes, on sīnne sylfes dōm; "þā ic þē, beorn-cyning, bringan wylle, 2150 "ēstum geȳwan. Gēn is eall æt þē "lissa gelong: ic lȳt hafo "hēafod-māga, nefne Hygelāc þec!" Hēt þā in beran eafor, hēafod-segn, heaðo-stēapne helm, hāre byrnan, 2155 gūð-sweord geatolīc, gyd æfter wræc: "Mē þis hilde-sceorp Hrōðgār sealde, "snotra fengel, sume worde hēt, "þæt ic his ǣrest þē eft gesægde, "cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogār cyning, 2160 "lēod Scyldunga lange hwīle: "nō þȳ ǣr suna sīnum syllan wolde, "hwatum Heorowearde, þēah hē him hold wǣre, "brēost-gewǣdu. Brūc ealles well!" Hȳrde ic þæt þām frætwum fēower mēaras 2165 lungre gelīce lāst weardode, æppel-fealuwe; hē him ēst getēah mēara and māðma. Swā sceal mǣg dōn, nealles inwit-net ōðrum bregdan, dyrnum cræfte dēað rēnian 2170 hond-gesteallan. Hygelāce wæs, nīða heardum, nefa swȳðe hold and gehwæðer ōðrum hrōðra gemyndig. Hȳrde ic þæt hē þone heals-bēah Hygde gesealde, wrǣtlīcne wundur-māððum, þone þe him Wealhþēo geaf, 2175 þēodnes dōhtor, þrīo wicg somod swancor and sadol-beorht; hyre syððan wæs æfter bēah-þege brēost geweorðod. Swā bealdode bearn Ecgþēowes, guma gūðum cūð, gōdum dǣdum, 2180 drēah æfter dōme, nealles druncne slōg heorð-genēatas; næs him hrēoh sefa, ac hē man-cynnes mǣste cræfte gin-fæstan gife, þē him god sealde, hēold hilde-dēor. Hēan wæs lange, 2185 swā hyne Gēata bearn gōdne ne tealdon, nē hyne on medo-bence micles wyrðne drihten wereda gedōn wolde; swȳðe oft sægdon, þæt hē slēac wǣre, æðeling unfrom: edwenden cwōm 2190 tīr-ēadigum menn torna gehwylces. Hēt þā eorla hlēo in gefetian, heaðo-rōf cyning, Hrēðles lāfe, golde gegyrede; næs mid Gēatum þā sinc-māððum sēlra on sweordes hād; 2195 þæt hē on Bīowulfes bearm ālegde, and him gesealde seofan þūsendo, bold and brego-stōl. Him wæs bām samod on þām lēod-scipe lond gecynde, eard ēðel-riht, ōðrum swīðor 2200 sīde rīce, þām þǣr sēlra wæs. Eft þæt geīode ufaran dōgrum hilde-hlæmmum, syððan Hygelāc læg and Heardrēde hilde-mēceas under bord-hrēoðan tō bonan wurdon,