Beowulf by Unknown
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twelf wintra tîd torn geþolode
wine Scyldinga, weána gehwelcne, sîdra sorga; forþam syððan wearð 150 ylda bearnum undyrne cûð, gyddum geômore, þätte Grendel wan, hwîle wið Hrôðgâr;-- hete-nîðas wäg, fyrene and fæhðe fela missera, singale säce, sibbe ne wolde 155 wið manna hwone mägenes Deniga feorh-bealo feorran, feó þingian, ne þær nænig witena wênan þorfte beorhtre bôte tô banan folmum; atol äglæca êhtende wäs, 160 deorc deáð-scûa duguðe and geogoðe seomade and syrede. Sin-nihte heóld mistige môras; men ne cunnon, hwyder hel-rûnan hwyrftum scrîðað. Swâ fela fyrena feónd man-cynnes, 165 atol ân-gengea, oft gefremede heardra hýnða; Heorot eardode, sinc-fâge sel sweartum nihtum (nô he þone gif-stôl grêtan môste, mâððum for metode, ne his myne wisse); 170 þät wäs wræc micel wine Scyldinga, môdes brecða. Monig-oft gesät rîce tô rûne; ræd eahtedon, hwät swîð-ferhðum sêlest wære wið fær-gryrum tô gefremmanne. 175 Hwîlum hie gehêton ät härg-trafum wig-weorðunga, wordum bædon, |
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