720Cōm þā tō recederinc siðian
drēamum bedǣled;duru sōna onarn,
fȳr-bendum fæst,syþðan hē hire folmum [hr]ān;[1]
onbrǣd þā bealo-hȳdig,ðā [hē ge]bolgen[2] wæs,
recedes mūþan.Raþe æfter þon
725on fāgne flōrfēond treddode,
ēode yrre-mōd;him of ēagum stōd
ligge gelīcostlēoht unfæger.
Geseah hē in recederinca manige,
swefan sibbe-gedrihtsamod ætgædere,
730mago-rinca hēap.Þā his mōd āhlōg;
mynte þæt hē gedǣlde,ǣ þon dæg cwōme,
atol āglǣca,ānra gehwylces
līf wið līce,þā him ālumpen wæs
wist-fylle wēn.Ne wæs þæt wyrd þā gēn,
735þæt hē mā mōstemanna cynnes
ðicgean ofer þā niht.Þrȳð-swȳð behēold
mǣg Higelāces,hū se mān-scaða
under fǣr-gripumgefaran wolde.
Ne þæt se āglǣcayldan þōhte,
740ac he ge*fēng hraðeforman sīðeFol. 131a.
slǣpendne rinc,slāt unwearnum,
bāt bān-locan,blōd ēdrum dranc,
syn-snǣdum swealh;sōna hæfde
unlyfigendeseal gefeormod,
- ↑ 722. MS. defective at edge. Zupitza’s transliteration of the facsimile of the MS. has ‘[gehr]an.’ There is room for two letters before hrān, but there is no evidence for ge-. On the contrary, whilst hrīnan usually governs the dat., gehrīnan more commonly takes the accus. (pace Grein).
- ↑ 723. MS. faded at edge. Kemble, Grein-Wülcker, and Heyne ‘[hē] ābolgen.’ Zupitza says: “Now bolgen is still distinct, and before it I think I see traces of two letters of which the first seems to have been g; but what preceded this is entirely faded.”
