2640 "tō þyssum sīð-fate sylfes willum, "onmunde ūsic mǣrða and mē þās māðmas geaf, "þē hē ūsic gār-wīgend gōde tealde, "hwate helm-berend, þēah þe hlāford ūs "þis ellen-weorc āna āþōhte 2645 "tō gefremmanne, folces hyrde, "forþām hē manna mǣst mǣrða gefremede, "dǣda dollīcra. Nū is sē dæg cumen, "þæt ūre man-dryhten mægenes behōfað "gōdra gūð-rinca: wutun gangan tō, 2650 "helpan hild-fruman, þenden hyt sȳ, "glēd-egesa grim! God wāt on mec, "þæt mē is micle lēofre, þæt mīnne līc-haman "mid mīnne gold-gyfan glēd fæðmie. "Ne þynceð mē gerysne, þæt wē rondas beren 2655 "eft tō earde, nemne wē ǣror mǣgen "fāne gefyllan, feorh ealgian "Wedra þīodnes. Ic wāt geare, "þæt nǣron eald-gewyrht, þæt hē āna scyle "Gēata duguðe gnorn þrowian, 2660 "gesīgan æt sæcce: sceal ūrum þæt sweord and helm, "byrne and byrdu-scrūd bām gemǣne." Wōd þā þurh þone wæl-rēc, wīg-heafolan bær frēan on fultum, fēa worda cwæð: "Lēofa Bīowulf, lǣst eall tela, 2665 "swā þū on geoguð-fēore geāra gecwǣde, "þæt þū ne ālǣte be þē lifigendum "dōm gedrēosan: scealt nū dǣdum rōf, "æðeling ān-hȳdig, ealle mægene "feorh ealgian; ic þē fullǣstu!" 2670 Æfter þām wordum wyrm yrre cwōm, atol inwit-gæst ōðre sīðe, fȳr-wylmum fāh fīonda nīosan, lāðra manna; līg-ȳðum forborn bord wið ronde: byrne ne meahte 2675 geongum gār-wigan gēoce gefremman: ac se maga geonga under his mǣges scyld elne geēode, þā his āgen wæs glēdum forgrunden. Þā gēn gūð-cyning mǣrða gemunde, mægen-strengo, 2680 slōh hilde-bille, þæt hyt on heafolan stōd nīðe genȳded: Nægling forbærst, geswāc æt sæcce sweord Bīowulfes gomol and grǣg-mǣl. Him þæt gifeðe ne wæs, þæt him īrenna ecge mihton 2685 helpan æt hilde; wæs sīo hond tō strong, sē þe mēca gehwane mīne gefrǣge swenge ofersōhte, þonne hē tō sæcce bær wǣpen wundrum heard, næs him wihte þē sēl. Þā wæs þēod-sceaða þriddan sīðe, 2690 frēcne fȳr-draca fǣhða gemyndig, rǣsde on þone rōfan, þā him rūm āgeald, hāt and heaðo-grim, heals ealne ymbefēng biteran bānum; hē geblōdegod wearð sāwul-drīore; swāt ȳðum wēoll. XXXVII. BĒOWULF WOUNDED TO DEATH.