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scūr-heard sceþðan,⁠þonne scyld-freca
ongēan gramum⁠gangan scolde.
1035Heht ðā eorla hlēo⁠eahta mēaras
fǣted-hlēore⁠on flet tēon,
in under eoderas;⁠þāra ānum stōd
sadol searwum fāh,⁠since gewurþad;
þæt wæs hilde-setl⁠hēah-cyninges,
1040ðonne sweorda gelāc⁠sunu Healfdenes
efnan wolde;⁠nǣfre on ōre læg
wīd-cūþes wīg,⁠ðonne walu fēollon.
Ond ðā Bēowulfe⁠bēga gehwæþ7res
eodor Ingwina⁠onweald getēah,
1045wicga ond wǣpna;⁠hēt hine wel brūcan.
Swā manlīce⁠mǣere þēoden,
hord-weard hæleþa,⁠heaþo-rǣsas geald
mēarum ond mādmum,⁠swā hȳ nǣfre man lyhð,
sē þe secgan wile⁠sōð ætter rihte.

XVI.

1050Ðā gyt ǣghwylcum⁠eorla drihten,
þāra þe mid Bēowulfe⁠brim-lāde^[1] tēah,
on þǣre medu-bence⁠māþðum gesealde,
yr*fe-lāfe;⁠ond þone ǣnne hehtFol. 153a.
golde forgyldan,⁠þone ðe Grendel ǣr
1055māne ācwealde,⁠swā hē hyra mā wolde,

Sievers’ (“Beiträge” x. 455) metrisch unrichtig.” It is a curious commentary on this last reason, that Sievers himself quotes the line, with the form lāfe, among the examples of his type A (“Beit.” x. 273).

1. 1051. MS. ‘leade.’