Beowulf by Unknown
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1390 "unlifgendum äfter sêlest.
"Ârîs, rîces weard; uton hraðe fêran, "Grendles mâgan gang sceáwigan! "Ic hit þe gehâte: nô he on helm losað, "ne on foldan fäðm, ne on fyrgen-holt, 1395 "ne on gyfenes grund, gâ þær he wille. "Þys dôgor þu geþyld hafa "weána gehwylces, swâ ic þe wêne tô!" Âhleóp þâ se gomela, gode þancode, mihtigan drihtne, þäs se man gespräc. 1400 Þâ wäs Hrôðgâre hors gebæted, wicg wunden-feax. Wîsa fengel geatolîc gengde; gum-fêða stôp lind-häbbendra. Lâstas wæron äfter wald-swaðum wîde gesýne, 1405 gang ofer grundas; gegnum fôr þâ ofer myrcan môr, mago-þegna bär þone sêlestan sâwol-leásne, þâra þe mid Hrôðgâre hâm eahtode. Ofer-eode þâ äðelinga bearn 1410 steáp stân-hliðo, stîge nearwe, enge ân-paðas, un-cûð gelâd, neowle nässas, nicor-hûsa fela; he feára sum beforan gengde wîsra monna, wong sceáwian, 1415 ôð þät he færinga fyrgen-beámas ofer hârne stân hleonian funde, wyn-leásne wudu; wäter under stôd dreórig and gedrêfed. Denum eallum wäs, winum Scyldinga, weorce on môde, |
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