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fēðe-wīges,  þe him foran ongēan
2365linde bǣron;  lȳt eft becwōm
fram þām hild-frecan  hāmes nīosan.
Oferswam ðā sioleða bigong  sunu Ecgðēowes,
earm ān-haga,  eft tō lēodum,
þǣr him Hygd gebēad  hord ond rīce,
2370bēagas ond brego-stōl;  bearne ne trūwode,
þæt hē wið æl-fylcum  ēþel-stōlas
healdan cūðe,  ðā w«s Hygelāc dēad.
Nō dȳ ǣr fēa-sceafte  findan meahton
æt ðām æðelinge  ǣnige ðinga,
2375þæt hē Heardrēde  hlāford wǣre,
oððe þone cynedōm  cīosan wolde;
hwæðre hē hine^[1] on folce  frēond-lārum hēold,
ēstum mid āre,  oð ðæt hē yldra wearð,
Weder-Gēatum wēold.  Hyne wræc-mæcgas
2380ofer sǣ sēhtan,  suna Ōhteres;
hæfdon hȳ forhealden  helm Scylfinga,
þone sēlestan  sǣ-cyninga,
þāra ðe^[2] in Swīo-rīce  sinc brytnade,
mǣrne *þēoden.  Him þæt tō mearce wearð;Fol. 183.a
2385hē þǣr orfeorme^[3]  feorh-wunde hlēat
sweordes swengum,  sunu Hygelāces.
Ond him eft gewāt  Ongenðīoes bearn
hāmes nīosan,  syððan Heardrēd læg,
lēt ðone brego-stōl  Bīowulf healdan,
2390Gēatum wealdan;  þæt wæs gōd cyning.

1. 2377. MS. ‘hi’ (= him); Thorpe ‘hine.’
2. 2383. MS. “ðe ðe,’ the first at the end of a line, the second at the beginning of the next.
3. 2385. Grein ‘on feorme’; Möller ‘for feorme’ (so Heyne 5).