mearum and mâdmum, swâ hý næfre man lyhð,

se þe secgan wile sôð äfter rihte.

XVII. SONG OF HROTHGAR'S POET—THE LAY OF HNAEF AND HENGEST.

Þâ gyt æghwylcum eorla drihten

þâra þe mid Beówulfe brim-lâde teáh,

on þære medu-bence mâððum gesealde,

yrfe-lâfe, and þone ænne hêht

golde forgyldan, þone þe Grendel ær

mâne âcwealde, swâ he hyra mâ wolde,