þær gumena sum æl-wihta eard 3000 ufan cunno[de]: gráp þá tó-geanes, gúð-rinc ge-feng át[olan] clommum ; no þý ær in ge-scód halan líce, hring útan ymb-beárh, heo pone fyrd-hom Surh-fón ne mihte, locene leód-syrcan 3010 láþan fingrum ; bær þá seó brim-wyl, þá heó tó botme com, hringa pengel tó hófe sínum, swá he ne mihte, nó he þæm módig was, wapna ge-wealdan ; ac hine wundra þæs fela swecte on sunde, 3020 sæ-deór monig hilde-tuxum here-syrcan bræc, ehton æg-læcan; dá se eorl on-geat he níð-sele 3010 wylf. nát hwylcum was, né him for hróf-sele 3030 hrínan ne méhte fær-grípe flódes, mægen-ræs for-geaf 3040 hord-swenge ne of-teáh grædig gúð-leóð: [163b.] his dôm á-læg] eft was an-ræd, nalas elnes [1]æt; mærða ge-myndig, 3060 mæg Hy-láces wearp da wundel-mæl, hit on eordan læg ná ymb his líf cearað. 3080 heó on flet ge-beáh; 3060 Hige-láces. 3065 stillicg, or stillig. T. 3061 wunden. grimman grápum, and him tó-geanes feng; he on fylle weard; wolde hire bearn wrecan, him on eaxle læg wid ord and wið ecge, 3100 sunu Ecg-beowes nemne him heado-byrne rodera rædend, 3110 hit on ryht ge-sced 3099 fors. T. [f. 16+] Ge-seah dá on searwum síge-eádig bil, eald sweord eótenisc, ecgum þyhtig, wígena weord-mynd, wæpna cyst, [buton hit wæs mære donne 3120 ænig mon óðer æt-beran meahte,] hreoh and heoro-grim 3130 yrringa [s]lóh, 3118 was w. C. [f. 164 b.] |