XXV. HROTHGAR'S GRATITUDE: HE DISCOURSES.

Beówulf maðelode, bearn Ecgþeówes:

"Hwät! we þe þâs sæ-lâc, sunu Healfdenes,

"leód Scyldinga, lustum brôhton,

"tîres tô tâcne, þe þu her tô lôcast.

"Ic þät unsôfte ealdre gedîgde:

"wîge under wätere weorc genêðde

"earfoðlîce, ät-rihte wäs

"gûð getwæfed, nymðe mec god scylde.

"Ne meahte ic ät hilde mid Hruntinge