"golde gegyrwed. Me tô grunde teáh

"fâh feónd-scaða, fäste häfde

"grim on grâpe: hwäðre me gyfeðe wearð,

"þät ic aglæcan orde geræhte,

"hilde-bille; heaðo-ræs fornam

"mihtig mere-deór þurh mîne hand.

X. BEÓWULF'S CONTEST WITH BRECA.—THE FEAST.

"Swâ mec gelôme lâð-geteónan

"þreátedon þearle. Ic him þênode