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BEOWULF.
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135ac ymb āne nihteft gefremede
morð-beala māreond nō mearn fore
fǣhðe ond fyrene;wæs tō fæst on þām.
Þā wæs ēað-fynde,þe him elles hwǣr
gerūmlīcorræste [sōhte],[1]
140bed æfter būrum,ðā him gebēacnod wæs,
gesægd sōðlīce,sweotolan tācne
heal-ðegnes hete;hēold hyne syðþan
fyr ond fæstor,sē þǣm fēonde ætwand.
Swā rixodeond wið rihte wan
145āna wið eallum,oð þæt īdel stōd
hūsa sēlest.[2]Wæs sēo hwīl micel;
twelf[3] wintra tīdtorn geþolode
wine Scyldinga,[4]wēana gehwelcne,
sīdra sorga;forðam [syðþan][5] wearð
150ylda bearnumundyrne cuð,
gyddum gēomore,þætte Grendel wan
hwīle wið Hrōþgār,hete-nīðas wæg,
fyrene ond fǣhðefela missera,
singale sæce;sibbe ne wolde
155wið manna hwonemægenes Deniga
feorh-bealo feorran,o[6] þingian,
ne þǣr nǣnig witenawēnan þorfte
beorhtre bōtetō banan[7] fohnum.

  1. 139. Grein ‘[sōhte]’; Wülcker ‘[rȳmde].’ No gap in MS.
  2. 146—7. Sievers:

    hūsa sēlest(wæs sēo hwīl micel)
    twelf wintra tīd:

  3. 147. MS. ‘·XII·.’
  4. 148. MS. ‘scyldenda’; Thorpe ‘Scyldinga.’
  5. 149. Kemble’s emendation, required for the alliteration; no gap in MS.
  6. 156. MS. ‘fea’; Kemble ‘fēo.’
  7. 158. MS. ‘banū’: Kemble ‘banan.’