ǣled-lēoman, sē þe on orde gēong. Næs þā on hlytme, hwā þæt hord strude, syððan or-wearde ǣnigne dǣl secgas gesēgon on sele wunian, 3130 lǣne licgan: lȳt ǣnig mearn, þæt hī ofostlice ūt geferedon dȳre māðmas; dracan ēc scufun, wyrm ofer weall-clif, lēton wǣg niman, flōd fæðmian frætwa hyrde. 3135 Þǣr wæs wunden gold on wǣn hladen, ǣghwæs unrīm, æðeling boren, hār hilde-rinc tō Hrones næsse. XLIII. BĒOWULF'S FUNERAL PYRE. Him þā gegiredan Gēata lēode ād on eorðan un-wāclīcne, 3140 helmum behongen, hilde-bordum, beorhtum byrnum, swā hē bēna wæs; ālegdon þā tō-middes mǣrne þēoden hæleð hīofende, hlāford lēofne. Ongunnon þā on beorge bǣl-fȳra mǣst 3145 wīgend weccan: wudu-rēc āstāh sweart ofer swioðole, swōgende lēg, wōpe bewunden (wind-blond gelæg) oð þæt hē þā bān-hūs gebrocen hæfde, hāt on hreðre. Higum unrōte 3150 mōd-ceare mǣndon mon-dryhtnes cwealm; swylce giōmor-gyd lat . con meowle . . . . . wunden heorde . . . serg (?) cearig sǣlde geneahhe þæt hīo hyre . . . . gas hearde 3155 . . . . . ede wælfylla wonn . . hildes egesan hyðo haf mid heofon rēce swealh (?) Geworhton þā Wedra lēode hlǣw on hlīðe, sē wæs hēah and brād, 3160 wǣg-līðendum wīde gesȳne, and betimbredon on tȳn dagum beadu-rōfes bēcn: bronda betost wealle beworhton, swā hyt weorðlīcost fore-snotre men findan mihton. 3165 Hī on beorg dydon bēg and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta, swylce on horde ǣr nīð-hȳdige men genumen hæfdon; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan, gold on grēote, þǣr hit nū gēn lifað 3170 eldum swā unnyt, swā hit ǣror wæs. Þā ymbe hlǣw riodan hilde-dēore, æðelinga bearn ealra twelfa, woldon ceare cwīðan, kyning mǣnan, word-gyd wrecan and ymb wer sprecan, 3175 eahtodan eorl-scipe and his ellen-weorc duguðum dēmdon, swā hit ge-dēfe bið, þæt mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge, ferhðum frēoge, þonne hē forð scile of līc-haman lǣne weorðan. 3180 Swā begnornodon Gēata lēode hlāfordes hryre, heorð-genēatas, cwǣdon þæt hē wǣre woruld-cyning mannum mildust and mon-þwǣrust, lēodum līðost and lof-geornost. APPENDIX THE ATTACK IN FINNSBURG.