"tō gebīdanne, þæt his byre rīde "giong on galgan, þonne hē gyd wrece, "sārigne sang, þonne his sunu hangað "hrefne tō hrōðre and hē him helpe ne mæg, 2450 "eald and in-frōd, ǣnige gefremman. "Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce "eaforan ellor-sīð; ōðres ne gȳmeð "tō gebīdanne burgum on innan "yrfe-weardes, þonne se ān hafað 2455 "þurh dēaðes nȳd dǣda gefondad. "Gesyhð sorh-cearig on his suna būre "wīn-sele wēstne, wind-gereste, "rēote berofene; rīdend swefað "hæleð in hoðman; nis þǣr hearpan swēg, 2460 "gomen in geardum, swylce þǣr iū wǣron. XXXV. MEMORIES OF PAST TIME.-THE FEUD WITH THE FIRE-DRAKE. "Gewīteð þonne on sealman, sorh-lēoð gæleð "ān æfter ānum: þūhte him eall tō rūm, "wongas and wīc-stede. Swā Wedra helm "æfter Herebealde heortan sorge 2465 "weallende wæg, wihte ne meahte "on þām feorh-bonan fǣhðe gebētan: "nō þȳ ǣr hē þone heaðo-rinc hatian ne meahte "lāðum dǣdum, þēah him lēof ne wæs. "Hē þā mid þǣre sorge, þē him sīo sār belamp, 2470 "gum-drēam ofgeaf, godes lēoht gecēas; "eaferum lǣfde, swā dēð ēadig mon, "lond and lēod-byrig, þā hē of līfe gewāt. "Þā wæs synn and sacu Swēona and Gēata, "ofer wīd wæter wrōht gemǣne, 2475 "here-nīð hearda, syððan Hrēðel swealt, "oððe him Ongenþēowes eaferan wǣran "frome fyrd-hwate, frēode ne woldon "ofer heafo healdan, ac ymb Hrēosna-beorh "eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon. 2480 "Þæt mǣg-wine mīne gewrǣcan, "fǣhðe and fyrene, swā hyt gefrǣge wæs, "þēah þe ōðer hit ealdre gebohte, "heardan cēape: Hæðcynne wearð, "Gēata dryhtne, gūð onsǣge. 2485 "Þā ic on morgne gefrægn mǣg ōðerne "billes ecgum on bonan stǣlan, "þǣr Ongenþēow Eofores nīosade: "gūð-helm tōglād, gomela Scylfing "hrēas heoro-blāc; hond gemunde 2490 "fǣhðo genōge, feorh-sweng ne oftēah. "Ic him þā māðmas, þē hē mē sealde, "geald æt gūðe, swā mē gifeðe wæs, "lēohtan sweorde: hē mē lond forgeaf, "eard ēðel-wyn. Næs him ǣnig þearf, 2495 "þæt hē tō Gifðum oððe tō Gār-Denum "oððe in Swīo-rīce sēcean þurfe "wyrsan wīg-frecan, weorðe gecȳpan; "symle ic him on fēðan beforan wolde, "āna on orde, and swā tō aldre sceall 2500 "sæcce fremman, þenden þis sweord þolað, "þæt mec ǣr and sīð oft gelǣste, "syððan ic for dugeðum Dæghrefne wearð "tō hand-bonan, Hūga cempan: "nalles hē þā frætwe Frēs-cyninge, 2505 "brēost-weorðunge bringan mōste, "ac in campe gecrong cumbles hyrde, "æðeling on elne. Ne wæs ecg bona, "ac him hilde-grāp heortan wylmas, "bān-hūs gebræc.