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hord-weorþunge,hnāhran rince,
sǣmran æt sæcce.Þū þē self hafast
dǣdum gefremed,þæt þīn [dom]^[1] lyfað
955āwa tō aldre.Al-walda þec
gōde forgylde,swā hē nū gyt dyde!”
Bēowulf maþelode,bearn Ec[g]þēowes:
“Wē þæt ellen-weorcēstum miclum,
feohtan fremedon,frēcne genēðdon
960eafoð uncūþes;ūþe ic swīþor,
þæt ðū hine selfnegesēon mōste,
fēond on frætewumfyl-wērigne.
Ic hine^[2] hrædlīce*heardan clammumFol. 151a.
on wæl-beddewrīþan þōhte,
965þæt hē for mund-gripe^[3]mīnum scolde
licgean līf-bysig,būtan his līc swice;
ic hine ne mihte,þā Metod nolde,
ganges getwǣman; nō ic him þæs georne astfealh,
feorh-geniðlan;wæs tō fore-mihtig
970fēond on fēþe.Hwæþere hē his folme forlēt
tō līf-wraþelāst weardian,
earm ond eaxle;nō þǣr ǣnige swā þēah
fēa-sceaft gumafrōfre gebohte;
nō þȳ leng leofaðlāð-getēona
975synnum geswenced;ac hyne sār hafað
in nȳd-gripe^[4]nearwe befongen,
balwon bendum;ðǣr ābīdan sceal
maga māne fāhmiclan dōmes,

1. 954. Kemble’s emendation. No gap in MS.
2. 963. MS. ‘him.’
3. 965. MS. ‘hand gripe.’ Kemble’s emendation is required for the sake of the alliteration.
4. 976. MS. ‘mid gripe’; Thorpe ‘nīð-gripe’; Bugge ‘nȳd-gripe.’