[3] = hæftan.
[4] = ealdor-.
[5] = weorðan.
[6] = mōdiga.
[7] = āglǣca.
[8] = -hliðu.
[9] = ealdres.
Beowulf Fatally Wounded. [Lines 2712-2752.]
[Hrothgar, in his gratitude for the great victory, lavishes gifts upon Beowulf; but Grendel’s mother must be reckoned with. Beowulf finds her at the sea-bottom, and after a desperate struggle slays her. Hrothgar again pours treasures into Beowulf’s lap. Beowulf, having now accomplished his mission, returns to Sweden. After a reign of fifty years, he goes forth to meet a fire-spewing dragon that is ravaging his kingdom. In the struggle Beowulf is fatally wounded. Wiglaf, a loyal thane, is with him.]
Þā sīo[1] wund ongǫn,