"frêcne stôwe, þær þu findan miht

"sinnigne secg: sêc gif þu dyrre!

"Ic þe þâ fæhðe feó leánige,

"eald-gestreónum, swâ ic ær dyde,

"wundnum golde, gyf þu on weg cymest."

XXII. BEÓWULF SEEKS THE MONSTER IN THE HAUNTS OF THE NIXIES.

Beówulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþeówes:

"Ne sorga, snotor guma! sêlre bið æghwæm,

"þät he his freónd wrece, þonne he fela murne;