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Hwæt! We Gardena      in geardagum,
 
þeodcyninga,      þrym gefrunon,
 
hu ða æþelingas      ellen fremedon.
 
Oft Scyld Scefing      sceaþena þreatum,
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monegum mægþum,      meodosetla ofteah,
 
egsode eorlas .      Syððan ærest wearð
 
feasceaft funden,      he þæs frofre gebad,
 
weox under wolcnum,      weorðmyndum þah,
 
oðþæt him æghwylc      þara ymbsittendra
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ofer hronrade      hyran scolde,
 
gomban gyldan.      þæt wæs god cyning!
 
ðæm eafera wæs      æfter cenned,
 
geong in geardum,      þone god sende
 
folce to frofre;      fyrenðearfe ongeat
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þe hie ær drugon      aldorlease
 
lange hwile.      Him þæs liffrea,
 
wuldres wealdend,      woroldare forgeaf;
 
Beowulf wæs breme      (blæd wide sprang),
 
Scyldes eafera      Scedelandum in.
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Swa sceal geong guma      gode gewyrcean,
 
fromum feohgiftum      on fæder bearme ,