BEOWULF.
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eahtodan eorl-scipe, ond his ellen-weorc
duguðum dēmdon, swā hit ge-dē[fe][1] bið,
3175þæt mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge,
ferhðum frēoge, þonne hē forð scile
of līc-haman[2] [lǣne][3] weorðan.
Swā begnornodon Gēata lēode
hlāfordes [hry]re,[4] heorð-genēatas;
3180cwǣdon þæt hē wǣre wyruld-cyning,
manna mildust ond mon-[ðw]ǣrust,[5]
lēodum līðost, ond lof-geornost.
- ↑ 3174. Hole in MS.
- ↑ 3177. Zupitza: “lachaman MS., but there can be little doubt that lac instead of lic is owing only to the late hand.”
- ↑ Zupitza ‘: : : :’; Kemble ‘lǣne.’
- ↑ 3179. Zupitza ‘: : : re’; Thorpe ‘hryre.’
- ↑ 3181. MS. torn at foot.For a list of the words and syllables, the vowels of which are marked long in the MS., see the Preface.
