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atol ǣse wlanc eft-sīðas tēah,
fylle gefrǣgnod. Hēo þā fǣhðe wræc,
þe þū gystran niht Grendel cwealdest
1335þurh hǣstne hād heardum clammum,
forþan hē tō lange lēode mīne
wanode ond wyrde. Hē æt wīge gecrang
ealdres scyldig, ond nū ōþer cwōm
mihtig mān-scaða, wolde hyre mǣg wrecan,
1340ge feor hafað fǣhðe gestǣled,
þæs þe þincean mæg þegne monegum,
sē þe æfter sinc-gyfan on sefan grēoteþ,
hreþer-bealo hearde; nū sēo hand ligeð,
sē þe[1] ēow wel-hwylcra wilna dohte.
1345Ic þæt lond-būend, lēode mīne,
sele-rǣdende, secgan hȳrde,
þæt hīe gesāwon swylce twēgen
micle mearc-stapan mōras healdan,
ellor-gǣstas; ðǣra ōðer wæs,
1350þæs þe hīe gewislīcost gewitan meahton,
idese onlīcnes;[2] ōðer earm-sceapen
on weres wæstmum wræc-lāstas *træd, Fol. 160a.
næfne hē wæs māra þonne ǣnig man ōðer,
þone on gēar-dagum Grendel nemdon[3]
1355fold-būende; nō hīe fæder cunnon,
hwæþer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned
dyrnra gāsta. Hīe dȳgel lond
warigeað, wulf-hleoþu, windige næssas,
frēcne fen-gelād, ðǣr fyrgen-strēam
1360under næssa genipu niþer gewīteð,
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