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sundes þē sǣnra,⁠ðē hyne swylt fornam.
Hræþe wearð on ȳðum⁠mid eofer-sprēotum
heoro-hōcyhtum⁠hearde genearwod,
nīða genǣged^[1]⁠ond on næs togen,
1440wundorlīc wǣg-bora;⁠weras scēawedon
gryrelīcne gist.⁠Gyrede hine Beowulf
eorl-gewǣdum,⁠nalles for ealdre mearn;
scolde here-byrne⁠hondum gebrōden,
sīd ond searo-fāh,⁠sund cunnian,
1445sēo ðe bān-cofan⁠beorgan cūþe,
þæt him hilde-grāp⁠hreþre ne mihte,
eorres inwit-feng⁠aldre gesceþðan;
ac se hwīta helm⁠*hafelan werede,Fol. 162a.
sē þe mere-grundas⁠mengan scolde,
1450sēcan sund-gebland⁠since geweorðad,
befongen frēa-wrāsnum,⁠swā hine fyrn-dagum
worhte wǣpna smið,⁠wundrum tēode,
besette swīn-līcum,⁠þæt hine syðþan nō
brond ne beado-mēcas⁠bītan ne meahton.
1455Næs þæt þonne mǣtost⁠mægen-fultuma,
þæt him on ðearfe lāh⁠ðyle Hrōðgāres;
wæs þǣm hæft-mēce⁠Hrunting nama;
þæt wæs ān foran⁠eald-gestrēona;
ecg wæs īren,⁠āter-tānum^[2] fāh,
1460āhyrded heaþo-swāte;⁠nǣfre hit æt hilde ne swāc
manna ǣngum,⁠þāra þe hit mid mundum bewand,
sē ðe gryre-sīðas⁠gegān dorste,
folc-stede fāra;⁠næs þæt forma sīð,

1. 1439. Sweet ‘ge[h]nǣged.’ But see l. 2206, where Toller (after Grein) wrongly gives the MS. reading as gehnǣgdan.
2. 1459. Heyne and Socin adopt Cosijn’s emendation, āter-tēarum, “with poison drops,” which is supported by Sievers.