2205 þā hyne gesōhtan on sige-þēode hearde hilde-frecan, Heaðo-Scilfingas, nīða genǣgdan nefan Hererīces. Syððan Bēowulfe brāde rīce on hand gehwearf: hē gehēold tela 2210 fīftig wintru (wæs þā frōd cyning, eald ēðel-weard), oð þæt ān ongan deorcum nihtum draca rīcsian, sē þe on hēare hǣðe hord beweotode, stān-beorh stēapne: stīg under læg, 2215 eldum uncūð. Þǣr on innan gīong niða nāt-hwylces nēode gefēng hǣðnum horde hond . d . . geþ . . hwylc since fāhne, hē þæt syððan . . . . . . . . þ . . . lð . þ . . l . g 2220 slǣpende be fȳre, fyrena hyrde þēofes cræfte, þæt sie . . . . ðioð . . . . . . idh . folc-beorn, þæt hē gebolgen wæs. XXXII. THE FIRE-DRAKE. THE HOARD. Nealles mid geweoldum wyrm-horda . . . cræft sōhte sylfes willum, sē þe him sāre gesceōd, 2225 ac for þrēa-nēdlan þēow nāt-hwylces hæleða bearna hete-swengeas flēah, for ofer-þearfe and þǣr inne fealh secg syn-bysig. Sōna in þā tīde þæt . . . . . þām gyste . . . . br . g . stōd, 2230 hwæðre earm-sceapen . . . . . . . . . ð . . . sceapen o . . . . i r . . e se fǣs begeat, sinc-fæt geseah: þǣr wæs swylcra fela in þām eorð-scræfe ǣr-gestrēona, swā hȳ on geār-dagum gumena nāt-hwylc 2235 eormen-lāfe æðelan cynnes þanc-hycgende þǣr gehȳdde, dēore māðmas. Ealle hīe dēað fornam ǣrran mǣlum, and se ān þā gēn lēoda duguðe, sē þǣr lengest hwearf, 2240 weard wine-geōmor wīscte þæs yldan, þæt hē lȳtel fæc long-gestrēona brūcan mōste. Beorh eal gearo wunode on wonge wæter-ȳðum nēah, nīwe be næsse nearo-cræftum fæst: 2245 þǣr on innan bær eorl-gestrēona hringa hyrde hard-fyrdne dǣl fǣttan goldes, fēa worda cwæð: "Heald þū nū, hrūse, nū hæleð ne mōston, "eorla ǣhte. Hwæt! hit ǣr on þē 2250 "gōde begeāton; gūð-dēað fornam, "feorh-bealo frēcne fȳra gehwylcne, "lēoda mīnra, þāra þe þis līf ofgeaf, "gesāwon sele-drēam. Nāh hwā sweord wege "oððe fetige fǣted wǣge, 2255 "drync-fæt dēore: duguð ellor scōc. "Sceal se hearda helm hyrsted golde "fǣtum befeallen: feormiend swefað, "þā þe beado-grīman bȳwan sceoldon, "gē swylce sēo here-pād, sīo æt hilde gebād 2260 "ofer borda gebræc bite īrena, "brosnað æfter beorne. Ne mæg byrnan hring "æfter wīg-fruman wīde fēran "hæleðum be healfe; næs hearpan wyn, "gomen glēo-bēames, nē gōd hafoc 2265 "geond sæl swingeð, nē se swifta mearh "burh-stede bēateð. Bealo-cwealm hafað "fela feorh-cynna feorr onsended!" Swā giōmor-mōd giohðo mǣnde, ān æfter eallum unblīðe hwēop,