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Ne gefeah hē þǣere fǣhðe,⁠ac hē hine feor forwræc,
110Metod for þȳ māne,⁠man-cynue fram.
Ðanon untȳdras⁠ealle onwōcon,
eotenas ond ylfe⁠ond orcneas,
swylce gī*gantas,⁠þā wið Gode wunnonFol. 132b.
lange þrāge;⁠hē him ðæs lēan forgeald.

II.

115Gewāt ðā nēosian,⁠syþðan niht becōm,
hēan hūses,⁠hū hit Hring-Dene
æfter bēor-þege⁠gebūn hæfdon.
Fand þā ðǣr inne⁠æþelinga gedriht
swefan æfter symble;⁠sorge ne cūðon,
120wonsceaft wera.^[1]⁠Wiht unhǣlo,
grim ond grǣdig,⁠gearo sōna wæs,
rēoc ond rēþe,⁠ond on raeste genam
þrītig þegna;⁠þanon eft gewāt
hūðe hrēmig⁠tō hām faran,
125mid þǣre wæl-fylle⁠wica nēosan.
Ða wæs on ūhtan⁠mid ǣr-dæge
Grendles guð-cræft⁠gumum undyrne;
þā wæs æfter wiste⁠wōp ūp āhafen,
micel morgen-swēg.⁠Mǣre þēoden,
130 æþeling ǣr-gōd,⁠unblīðe sæt,
þolode ðrȳð-swȳðy,⁠þegn-sorge drēah,
syðþan hīe þæs lāðan⁠lāst scēawedon,
wergan gāstes;⁠wæs þæt gewin tō strang,
lāð ond longsum.⁠Næs hit lengra *fyrst, Fol. 133a.

1. 120. Sievers ‘wera[s].’