sīðe gesōhte; ðǣr hīo syððan well
in gum-stōle, gōde mǣre,
līf-gesceafta lifigende brēac,
hīold hēah-lufan wið hæleþa brego,
1955ealles mon-cynnes, mīne gefrǣge,
þone[1] sēlestan bī sǣm twēonum,
eormen-cynnes. Forðām Offa *wæs,Fol. 173a.
geofum ond gūðum gār-cēne man,
wīde geweorðod; wīsdōme hēold
1960ēðel sīnne. Þonon Ēomǣr[2] wōc
hæleðum tō helpe, Hem[m]inges mǣg,
nefa Gārmundes, niða cræftig.
XXVIII.
Gewāt him ðā se hearda mid his hond-scole
sylf æfter sande sǣ-wong tredan,
1965wīde waroðas; woruld-candel scān,
sigel sūðan fūs; hī sīð drugon,
elne geēodon, tō ðæs þe eorla hlēo,
bonan Ongenþēoes burgum in innan,
geongne gūð-cyning gōdne gefrūnon
1970hringas dǣlan. Higelāce wæs
sīð Bēowulfes snūde gecȳðed,
þæt ðǣr on worðig wīgendra hlēo,
lind-gestealla, lifigende cwōm,
heaðo-lāces hāl tō hofe gongan.
1975Hraðe wæs gerȳmed, swa se rīca bebēad,
fēðe-gestum flet innan-weard.
Gesæt þā wið sylfne, sē ðā sæcce genæs,
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