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þone sēlestan⁠sāwol-lēasne,
þāra þe mid Hrōðgāre⁠hām eahtode.
Oferēode þā⁠æþelinga bearn
stēap stān-hliðo,⁠stīge nearwe,
1410enge ān-paðas,⁠uncūð gelād,
nēowle næssas,⁠nicor-hūsa fela;
hē fēara sum⁠beforan gengde
wīsra monna⁠wong scēawian,
oþ þæt hē fǣringa⁠fyrgen-bēamas
1415ofer hārne stān⁠hleonian funde,
wyn-lēasne wudu;⁠wæter under stōd
drēorig ond gedrēfed.⁠Denum eallum wæs,
winum Scyldinga,⁠weorce on mōde
tō geþolianne,⁠ðegne monegum,
1420oncȳð eorla gehwǣm,⁠syðþan Æscheres
on þām holm-clife⁠hafelan mētton.
Flōd blōde wēol⁠(folc tō sǣgon),
*hātan heolfre.⁠Horn stundum songFol. 161b.
fūslīc f[yrd]-lēoð.^[1]⁠Fēþa eal gesæt;
1425gesāwon ðā æfter wætere⁠wyrm-cynnes fela,
sellīce sǣ-dracan,⁠sund cunnian,
swylce on næs-hleoðum⁠nicras licgean,
ðā on undern-mǣl⁠oft bewitigað
sorh-fulne sīð⁠on segl-rāde,
1430wyrmas ond wil-dēor;⁠hīe onweg hruron
bitere ond gebolgne,⁠bearhtm ongēaton,
gūð-horn galan.⁠Sumne Gēata lēod
of flān-bogan⁠fēores getwǣfde,
ȳð-gewinnes,⁠þæt him on aldre stōd
1435here-strǣl hearda;⁠hē on hohne wæs

1. 1424. MS. defective at edge; B ‘f…’; Zupitza ‘f[yrd]-,’ adopting the emendation of Bouterwek (1859).