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mādma mænigo,⁠þā him mid scoldon
on flōdes ǣht⁠feor gewītan.
Nalæs hī hine lǣssan⁠lācum tēodan,
þēod-gestrēonum,⁠þon[ne] þā dydon,
45þe hine æt frum-sceafte⁠forð onsendon
ǣnne ofer ȳðe⁠umbor-we*sende.Fol. 130a.
Þa gyt hīe him āsetton⁠segen g[yl]denne^[1]
hēah ofer hēafod,⁠lēton hohn beran,
gēafon on gār-secg;⁠him wæs gēomor sefa,
50murnende mōd.⁠Men ne cunnon
secgan tō sōðe,⁠sele-rǣdende,^[2]
hæleð under heofenum,⁠hwā þǣm hlæste onfēng.

I.

Ðā wæs on burgum⁠Bēowulf Scyldinga,
lēof lēod-cyning,⁠longe þrāge
55folcum gefrǣge⁠(fæder ellor hwearf,
aldor of earde),⁠oþ þæt him eft onwōc
hēah Healfdene;⁠hēold þenden lifde,
gamol ond gūð-rēouw,⁠glæde Scyldingas.
Ðǣm feower bearn⁠forð gerīmed
60in worold wōcun,⁠weoroda rǣswa
Heorogār, ond Hrōðgār⁠ond Hālga til;
hȳrde ic, þæt Elan cwēn⁠[Ongenþēowes wæs]^[3]

1. 47. MS. defective at corner.
2. 51. MS. ‘sele rædenne.’ The emendation is Kemble’s, following l. 1346.
3. 62. MS. ‘hyrde ic ꝥ elan cwen,’ without any lacuna. Grundtvig suggested that elan is the last two syllables of Onelan, Onela being the son of Ongenþeow, and that the name of the princess is lost. The emendation in the text is Ettmüller’s.