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x[47] Þa gyt hie him asetton segen geldenne [48] heah ofer heafod, leton holm beran, [49] geafon on garsecg; him wæs geomor sefa, [50] murnende mod. Men ne cunnon [51] secgan to soðe, selerædende, [52] hæleð under heofenum, hwa þæm hlæste onfeng. <Fitt 1 [53] Ða wæs on burgum Beowulf Scyldinga, [54] leof leodcyning, longe þrage [55] folcum gefræge (fæder ellor hwearf, [56] aldor of earde), oþþæt him eft onwoc [57] heah Healfdene; heold þenden lifde, [58] gamol ond guðreouw, glæde Scyldingas. [59] Ðæm feower bearn forð gerimed [60] in worold wocun, weoroda ræswan, [61] Heorogar ond Hroðgar ond Halga til; [62] hyrde ic þæt * * * wæs Onelan cwen, [63] Heaðoscilfingas healsgebedda. [64] Þa wæs Hroðgare heresped gyfen, [65] wiges weorðmynd, þæt him his winemagas [66] georne hyrdon, oðð þæt seo geogoð geweox, [67] magodriht micel. Him on mod bearn [68] þæt healreced hatan wolde, [69] medoærn micel, men gewyrcean [70] þonne yldo bearn æfre gefrunon, [71] ond þær on innan eall gedælan [72] geongum ond ealdum, swylc him god sealde, [73] buton folcscare ond feorum gumena. [74] Ða ic wide gefrægn weorc gebannan [75] manigre mægþe geond þisne middangeard, [76] folcstede frætwan. Him on fyrste gelomp, [77] ædre mid yldum, þæt hit wearð ealgearo, [78] healærna mæst; scop him Heort naman [79] se þe his wordes geweald wide hæfde. [80] He beot ne aleh, beagas dælde, [81] sinc æt symle. Sele hlifade, [82] heah ond horngeap, heaðowylma bad, [83] laðan liges; ne wæs hit lenge þa gen [84] þæt se ecghete aþumsweorum [85] æfter wælniðe wæcnan scolde.