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swæse gesîðas,swâ he selfa bäd,
30 þenden wordum weóldwine Scyldinga,
leóf land‐frumalange âhte.
Þær ät hŷðe stôdhringed‐stefna,
îsig and ûtfûs,äðelinges fär;
â‐lêdon þâleófne þeóden,
35 beága bryttanon bearm scipes,
mærne be mäste.Þær wäs mâdma fela,
of feor‐wegumfrätwa gelæded:
ne hŷrde ic cŷmlîcorceól gegyrwan
hilde‐wæpnumand heaðo‐wædum,
40 billum and byrnum;him on bearme läg
mâdma mänigo,þâ him mid scoldon
on flôdes æhtfeor gewîtan.
Nalas hi hine lässanlâcum teódan,
þeód‐gestreónum,þonne þâ dydon,
45 þe hine ät frumsceafteforð onsendon
ænne ofer ŷðeumbor wesende:
þâ gŷt hîe him âsettonsegen gyldenne
heáh ofer heáfod,lêton holm beran,
geâfon on gâr‐secg:him wäs geômor sefa,
50 murnende môd.Men ne cunnon
secgan tô sôðesêle‐rædenne,
häleð under heofenum,hwâ þäm hläste onfêng.

II. The Hall Heorot.

Þa wäs on burgumBeówulf Scyldinga,
leóf leód-cyning,longe þrage
55 folcum gefræge(fäder ellor hwearf,
aldor of earde),ôð þät him eft onwôc
heáh Healfdene;heóld þenden lifde,
gamol and gûð-reów,gläde Scyldingas.
Þäm feówer bearnfroð-gerîmed