Beowulf by Unknown
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"Hafast þu gefêred, þät þe feor and neáh
"ealne wîde-ferhð weras ehtigað, "efne swâ sîde swâ sæ bebûgeð 1225 "windige weallas. Wes, þenden þu lifige, "äðeling eádig! ic þe an tela "sinc-gestreóna. Beó þu suna mînum "dædum gedêfe dreám healdende! "Her is æghwylc eorl ôðrum getrýwe, 1230 "môdes milde, man-drihtne hold, "þegnas syndon geþwære, þeód eal gearo: "druncne dryht-guman, dôð swâ ic bidde!" Eode þâ tô setle. Þær wäs symbla cyst, druncon wîn weras: wyrd ne cûðon, 1235 geó-sceaft grimme, swâ hit âgangen wearð eorla manegum, syððan æfen cwom and him Hrôðgâr gewât tô hofe sînum, rîce tô räste. Reced weardode unrîm eorla, swâ hie oft ær dydon: 1240 benc-þelu beredon, hit geond-bræded wearð beddum and bolstrum. Beór-scealca sum fûs and fæge flet-räste gebeág. Setton him tô heáfdum hilde-randas, bord-wudu beorhtan; þær on bence wäs 1245 ofer äðelinge ýð-gesêne heaðo-steápa helm, hringed byrne, þrec-wudu þrymlîc. Wäs þeáw hyra, þät hie oft wæron an wîg gearwe, ge ät hâm ge on herge, ge gehwäðer þâra 1250 efne swylce mæla, swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf gesælde; wäs seó þeód tilu. |
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