2575 wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf hrēð æt hilde. Hond up ābræd Gēata dryhten, gryre-fāhne slōh incge lāfe, þæt sīo ecg gewāc brūn on bāne, bāt unswīðor, 2580 þonne his þīod-cyning þearfe hæfde, bysigum gebǣded. Þā wæs beorges weard æfter heaðu-swenge on hrēoum mōde, wearp wæl-fȳre, wīde sprungon hilde-lēoman: hrēð-sigora ne gealp 2585 gold-wine Gēata, gūð-bill geswāc nacod æt nīðe, swā hyt nō sceolde, īren ǣr-gōd. Ne wæs þæt ēðe sīð, þæt se mǣra maga Ecgþēowes grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde; 2590 sceolde wyrmes willan wīc eardian elles hwergen, swā sceal ǣghwylc mon ālǣtan lǣn-dagas. Næs þā long tō þon, þæt þā āglǣcean hȳ eft gemētton. Hyrte hyne hord-weard, hreðer ǣðme wēoll, 2595 nīwan stefne: nearo þrowode fȳre befongen sē þe ǣr folce wēold. Nealles him on hēape hand-gesteallan, æðelinga bearn ymbe gestōdon hilde-cystum, ac hȳ on holt bugon, 2600 ealdre burgan. Hiora in ānum wēoll sefa wið sorgum: sibb ǣfre ne mæg wiht onwendan, þām þe wēl þenceð. XXXVI. WIGLAF HELPS BĒOWULF IN THE FEUD Wīglāf wæs hāten Wēoxstānes sunu, lēoflīc lind-wiga, lēod Scylfinga, 2605 mǣg Ælfheres: geseah his mon-dryhten under here-grīman hāt þrowian. Gemunde þā þā āre, þē hē him ǣr forgeaf wīc-stede weligne Wǣgmundinga, folc-rihta gehwylc, swā his fæder āhte; 2610 ne mihte þā forhabban, hond rond gefēng, geolwe linde, gomel swyrd getēah, þæt wæs mid eldum Ēanmundes lāf, suna Ōhteres, þām æt sæcce wearð wracu wine-lēasum Wēohstānes bana 2615 mēces ecgum, and his māgum ætbær brūn-fāgne helm, hringde byrnan, eald sweord eotonisc, þæt him Onela forgeaf, his gædelinges gūð-gewǣdu, fyrd-searo fūslīc: nō ymbe þā fǣhðe spræc, 2620 þēah þe hē his brōðor bearn ābredwade. Hē frætwe gehēold fela missēra, bill and byrnan, oð þæt his byre mihte eorl-scipe efnan, swā his ǣr-fæder; geaf him þā mid Gēatum gūð-gewǣda 2625 ǣghwæs unrīm; þā hē of ealdre gewāt, frōd on forð-weg. Þā wæs forma sīð geongan cempan, þæt hē gūðe rǣs mid his frēo-dryhtne fremman sceolde; ne gemealt him se mōd-sefa, nē his mǣges lāf 2630 gewāc æt wīge: þæt se wyrm onfand, syððan hīe tōgædre gegān hæfdon. Wīglāf maðelode word-rihta fela, sægde gesīðum, him wæs sefa geōmor: "Ic þæt mǣl geman, þǣr wē medu þēgun, 2635 "þonne wē gehēton ūssum hlāforde "in bīor-sele, þē ūs þās bēagas geaf, "þæt wē him þā gūð-geatwa gyldan woldon, "gif him þyslīcu þearf gelumpe, "helmas and heard sweord: þē hē ūsic on herge gecēas