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BEOWULF.

æt fōtum sæt frēan Scyldinga;gehwylc hiora his ferhþe trēowde,
þæt hē hæfde mōd micel,þēah þe hē his māgum nǣre
ār-fæst æt ecga gelācum.Spræc ðā ides Scyldinga:
“Onfōh þissum fulle,frēo-drihten mīn,
1170sinces brytta;þū on sǣlum wes,
gold-wine gumena,ond tō Gēatum sprec[1]
mildum wordum,swā sceal man dōn.
Bēo wið Gēatas glæd,geofena gemyndig;
nēan ond feorranþū nū [freoðo][2] hafast.
1175Mē man sægde,þæt *þū ðē for sunu woldeFol. 156a.
here-ri[n]c[3] habban.Heorot is gefǣlsod,
bēah-sele beorhta;brūc þenden þū mōte
manigra mēda,[4]ond þīnum māgum lǣf
folc ond rīce,þonne ðū forð scyle
1180metod-sceaft sēon.Ic mīnne can
glædne Hrōþulf,þæt hē þā geogoðe wile
ārum healdan,gyf þū ǣr þonne hē,
wine Scildinga,worold oflǣtest;
wēne ic, þæt hē mid gōdegyldan wille
1185uncran eaferan,gif hē þæt eal gemon,
hwaet wit tō willanond tō worð-myndum
umbor-wesendum ǣrārna gefremedon.”
Hwearf þā bī bence,þǣr hyre byre wǣron,
Hrēðrīc ond Hrōðmund,ond hæleþa bearn,
1190giogoð ætgædere;þǣr se gōda sæt,
Bēowulf Gēata,be þǣm gebrōðrum twǣm.

  1. 1171. MS. ‘spræc.’
  2. 1174. No gap in MS. Ettmüller ‘[friðu],’ which I have spelt as in l. 188.
  3. 1176. MS. ‘here ric.’
  4. 1178. MS. defective at edge; AB ‘medo.’