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   Snyredon ætsomne, þa secg wisode,

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   under Heorotes hrof

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   heard under helme, þæt he on heoðe gestod.

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   Beowulf maðelode (on him byrne scan,

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   searonet seowed smiþes orþancum):

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   "Wæs þu, Hroðgar, hal! Ic eom Higelaces

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   mæg ond magoðegn; hæbbe ic mærða fela

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   ongunnen on geogoþe. Me wearð Grendles þing

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   on minre eþeltyrf undyrne cuð;

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    secgað sæliðend þæt þæs sele stande,

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    reced selesta, rinca gehwylcum

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    idel ond unnyt, siððan æfenleoht

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    under heofenes hador beholen weorþeð.

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    þa me þæt gelærdon leode mine

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    þa selestan, snotere ceorlas,

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    þeoden Hroðgar, þæt ic þe sohte,

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    forþan hie mægenes cræft minne cuþon,

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    selfe ofersawon, ða ic of searwum cwom,

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    fah from feondum, þær ic fife geband,

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    yðde eotena cyn ond on yðum slog

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    niceras nihtes, nearoþearfe dreah,

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    wræc Wedera nið (wean ahsodon),

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    forgrand gramum, ond nu wið Grendel sceal,

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    wið þam aglæcan, ana gehegan

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    ðing wið þyrse. Ic þe nu ða,

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    brego Beorhtdena, biddan wille,

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    eodor Scyldinga, anre bene,

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    þæt ðu me ne forwyrne, wigendra hleo,

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    freowine folca, nu ic þus feorran com,

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    þæt ic mote ana ond minra eorla gedryht,

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    þes hearda heap, Heorot fælsian.

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    Hæbbe ic eac geahsod þæt se æglæca

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    for his wonhydum wæpna ne recceð.

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    Ic þæt þonne forhicge (swa me Higelac sie,

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    min mondrihten, modes bliðe),

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    þæt ic sweord bere oþðe sidne scyld,

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    geolorand to guþe, ac ic mid grape sceal

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    fon wið feonde ond ymb feorh sacan,

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    lað wið laþum; ðær gelyfan sceal

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    dryhtnes dome se þe hine deað nimeð.

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    Wen ic þæt he wille, gif he wealdan mot,

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    in þæm guðsele Geotena leode

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    etan unforhte, swa he oft dyde,

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    mægen Hreðmanna. Na þu minne þearft

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    hafalan hydan, ac he me habban wile

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    dreore fahne, gif mec deað nimeð.

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    Byreð blodig wæl, byrgean þenceð,

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    eteð angenga unmurnlice,

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    mearcað morhopu; no ðu ymb mines ne þearft

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    lices feorme leng sorgian.

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    Onsend Higelace, gif mec hild nime,

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    beaduscruda betst, þæt mine breost wereð,

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    hrægla selest; þæt is Hrædlan laf,

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    Welandes geweorc. Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel."

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    Hroðgar maþelode, helm Scyldinga:

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    "For gewyrhtum þu, wine min Beowulf,

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    ond for arstafum usic sohtest.

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    Gesloh þin fæder fæhðe mæste;

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    wearþ he Heaþolafe to handbonan

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    mid Wilfingum; ða hine Wedera cyn

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    for herebrogan habban ne mihte.

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    þanon he gesohte Suðdena folc

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    ofer yða gewealc, Arscyldinga.

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    ða ic furþum weold folce Deniga

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    ond on geogoðe heold ginne rice,

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    hordburh hæleþa; ða wæs Heregar dead,

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    min yldra mæg unlifigende,

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    bearn Healfdenes; se wæs betera ðonne ic.

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    Siððan þa fæhðe feo þingode;

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    sende ic Wylfingum ofer wæteres hrycg

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    ealde madmas; he me aþas swor.

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    Sorh is me to secganne on sefan minum

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    gumena ængum hwæt me Grendel hafað

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    hynðo on Heorote mid his heteþancum,

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    færniða gefremed. Is min fletwerod,

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    wigheap gewanod; hie wyrd forsweop

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    on Grendles gryre. God eaþe mæg

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    þone dolsceaðan dæda getwæfan.

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    Ful oft gebeotedon beore druncne

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    ofer ealowæge oretmecgas

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    þæt hie in beorsele bidan woldon

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    Grendles guþe mid gryrum ecga.

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    ðonne wæs þeos medoheal on morgentid,

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    drihtsele dreorfah, þonne dæg lixte,

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    eal bencþelu blode bestymed,

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    heall heorudreore; ahte ic holdra þy læs,

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    deorre duguðe, þe þa deað fornam.

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    Site nu to symle ond onsæl meoto,

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    sigehreð secgum, swa þin sefa hwette."

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    þa wæs Geatmæcgum geador ætsomne

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    on beorsele benc gerymed;

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    þær swiðferhþe sittan eodon,

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    þryðum dealle. þegn nytte beheold,

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    se þe on handa bær hroden ealowæge,

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    scencte scir wered. Scop hwilum sang

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    hador on Heorote. þær wæs hæleða dream,

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    duguð unlytel Dena ond Wedera.

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    Unferð maþelode, Ecglafes bearn,

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    þe æt fotum sæt frean Scyldinga,

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     onband beadurune (wæs him Beowulfes sið,

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