XIV.
925Hrōðgār maþelode;hē tō healle gēong,
stōd on stapole,geseah stēapne hrōf
golde fāhneond Grendles hond:
“Ðisse ansȳneAl-wealdan þanc
lungre gelimpe.Fela ic lāþes gebād,
930grynna æt Grendle;ā mæg God wyrcan
wunder æfter wundre,wuldres Hyrde.
Ðæt wæs ungēara,þæt ic ǣnigra mē
wēana ne wēndetō wīdan fēore
bōte gebīdan,þonne blōde fāb,
935hūsa sēlestheoro-drēorig stōd;
wēa wīd-scofenwitena gebwylcne,
ðāra þe ne wēndon,þæt hīe wīde-ferhð
lēoda land-geweorclāþum beweredon
*scuccum ond scinnum.Nū scealc hafaðFol. 150b.
940þurb Drihtnes mihtdǣd gefremede,
ðe wē ealleǣr ne meabton
snyttrum besyrwan,Hwæt! þæt secgan mæg
efne swā hwylc mægþa,swā ðone magan cende
æfter gum-cynnum,gyf hēo gyt lyfað,
945þæt hyre eald Metod[1]ēste wǣre
bearn-gebyrdo.Nū ic, Bēowulf, þec,
secg betsta,mē for sunu wylle
frēogan on ferhþe;heald forð tela
nīwe sibbe.Ne bið þē [n]ǣnigra[2] gād
950worolde wilna,þe ic geweald hæbbe.
Ful oft ic for lǣssanlēan teohhode,
