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BEOWULF.
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atol ǣse wlanceft-sīðas tēah,
fylle gefrǣgnod.Hēo þā fǣhðe wræc,
þe þū gystran nihtGrendel cwealdest
1335þurh hǣstne hādheardum clammum,
forþan hē tō langelēode mīne
wanode ond wyrde.Hē æt wīge gecrang
ealdres scyldig,ond nū ōþer cwōm
mihtig mān-scaða,wolde hyre mǣg wrecan,
1340ge feor hafaðfǣhðe gestǣled,
þæs þe þincean mægþegne monegum,
sē þe æfter sinc-gyfanon sefan grēoteþ,
hreþer-bealo hearde;nū sēo hand ligeð,
sē þe[1] ēow wel-hwylcrawilna dohte.
1345Ic þæt lond-būend,lēode mīne,
sele-rǣdende,secgan hȳrde,
þæt hīe gesāwonswylce twēgen
micle mearc-stapanmōras healdan,
ellor-gǣstas;ðǣra ōðer wæs,
1350þæs þe hīe gewislīcostgewitan meahton,
idese onlīcnes;[2]ōðer earm-sceapen
on weres wæstmumwræc-lāstas *træd,Fol. 160a.
næfne hē wæs māraþonne ǣnig man ōðer,
þone on gēar-dagumGrendel nemdon[3]
1355fold-būende;nō hīe fæder cunnon,
hwæþer him ǣnig wæsǣr ācenned
dyrnra gāsta.Hīe dȳgel lond
warigeað, wulf-hleoþu,windige næssas,
frēcne fen-gelād,ðǣr fyrgen-strēam
1360under næssa genipuniþer gewīteð,

  1. 1344. Sweet ‘sēo þe’; but cf. ll. 1887, 2685.
  2. 1351. MS. ‘onlic næs’; Zupitza ‘onlic-næs’; Sweet ‘onlic, wæs.’
  3. 1354. MS. defective at edge; AB ‘nemdod’; Zupitza ‘nemdo[n].’