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unriht æfnde,oþ þæt ende becwōm,
1255swylt æfter synnum.Þæt gesȳne wearþ,
wīd-cūþ werum,þætte wrecend þā gyt
lifde æfter lāþum,lange þrāge
æfter gūð-ceare;Grendles mōdor,
ides, āglǣc-wīf,yrmþe gemunde,
1260sē þe wæter-egesanwunian scolde,
cealde strēamas,siþðan Cain^[1] wearð
tō ecg-bananāngan brēþer,
fæderen-mǣge;hē þā fāg gewāt,
morþre gemearcod,*man-drēam flēon,Fol. 158a.
1265wēsten warode.Þanon wōc fela
gēo-sceaft-gāsta;wæs þǣra Grendel sum,
heoro-wearh hetelīc,sē æt Heorote fand
wæccendne werwīges bīdan.
Þǣr him āglǣcaætgrǣpe wearð;
1270hwæþre hē gemundemægenes strenge,
gim-fæste^[2] gife,ðe him God sealde,
ond him tō Anwaldanāre gelȳfde,
frōfre ond fultum;ðȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm,
gehnǣgde helle gāst.Þā hā hēan gewāt,
1275drēame bedǣled,dēaþ-wīc sēon,
man-cynnes fēond.Ond his mōdor þā gyt
gīfre ond galg-mōdgegān wolde
sorh-fulne sīð,suna dēað^[3] wrecan;
cōm þā tō Heorote,ðǣr Hring-Dene
1280geond þæt sæld swǣfun.Þā ðǣr sōna wearð
ed-hwyrft eorkim,siþðan inne fealh

1. 1261. MS. ‘camp.’
2. 1271. Thorpe, Grein, Sweet ‘gin-fæste.’ For the change of n to m before labials, cf. hlim-bed, 1. 3034, and see Sievers, § 187, N.
3. 1278. MS. ‘sunu þeod.’ Ettmüller’s emendation.