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| Hroðgar maþelode helm scyldinga | ||
| ne frin þu æfter sælum sorh is geniwod | ||
| denigea leodum dead is æschere | 1323 | |
| yrmenlafes yldra broþor | ||
| min rúnwita 7 min rædbora | ||
| eaxlgestealla ðonne we on orlege | ||
| hafelan weredon þonne hniton feþan | ||
| eoferas cnysedan / (swy)[lc] [eorl] (s)colde | 1328 | 159v |
| wesan <..> ærgod swylc æsc(here) (wæs) | ||
| wearð him on heorote to handbanan | ||
| wælgæst wæfre ic ne wát hwæþer | ||
| atol æse wlanc eftsiðas teah | ||
| fylle gefrægnod heo þa fæhðe wræc | 1333 | |
| þe þu gystran niht gren(d)el cwealdest | ||
| þurh hæstne had heardum clammum | ||
| forþan he to lange leode mine | ||
| wanode 7 wyrde he æt wige gecrang | ||
| ealdres scyldig 7 nu oþer cwom | 1338 | |
| mihtig manscaða wolde hyre mæg wrecan. | ||
| ge feor hafað fæhðe gestæled | ||
| þæs þe þincean mæg þegne monegum | ||
| se þe æfter sincgyfan on sefan greoteþ | ||
| hreþerbealo hearde nu seo hand ligeð | 1343 | |
| se þe eow welhwylcra wilna dohte. | ||
| ic |
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| selerædende secgan hyrde | ||
| micle mearcstapan moras healdan | 1348 | |
| ellorgæstas ðæra oðer wæs | ||
| þæs þe hie gewislicost gewitan meahton | ||
| idese onlicnæs oðer earmsceapen | ||
| on weres wæstmum wræclastas / træd | 160r | |
| næfne he wæs mara þonne ænig m(an) oðer | 1353 | |
| þone on geardagum grendel nem(don) | ||
| foldbuende no hie fæder cunnon | ||
| hwæ(þer) him ænig wæs ær acenned | ||
| dyrnra gasta hie dygel lond | ||
| warigeað wulfhleoþu windi(ge) næssas | 1358 | |
| frecne fengelad ðær fyrgenstream | ||
| under næssa genipu niþer gewiteð | ||
| flod under foldan
nis |
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| milgemearces |
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| ofer þæm hongiað hrí{mg}e bearwas | 1363 | |
| wudu wyrtum fæst wæter oferhelmað | ||
| þær mæg nihta gehwæm niðwundor seon | ||
| fyr on flode no þæs frod leofað | ||
| gumena bearna
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| ðeah þe hæðstapa hundum geswenced | 1368 | |
| heorot hornum trum holtwudu sece | ||
| feorran geflymed ær he feorh seleð | ||
| aldor on ofre ær he in wille | ||
| hafelan; {helan} nis |
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| þonon yðgeblond up astigeð | 1373 | |
| won to wolcnum þonne wind styreþ | ||
| lað gewidru
oð |
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| roderas reotað nu is se ræd gelang | ||
| eft æt / (þ)e anum eard git ne const | 160v | |
| frecne stowe (ðær) þu findan miht | 1378 | |
| felasinnigne secg (s)ec gif þu dyrre | ||
| ic þe þa fæhðe feo leanige | ||
| ealdgestreonum swa ic ær dyde | ||
| wund{un}golde gyf þu on weg cymest. |