"waca wið wrâðum! Ne bið þe wilna gâd,

"gif þu þät ellen-weorc aldre gedîgest."

XI. THE WATCH FOR GRENDEL.

Þâ him Hrôðgâr gewât mid his häleða gedryht,

eodur Scyldinga ût of healle;

wolde wîg-fruma Wealhþeó sêcan,

cwên tô gebeddan Häfde kyninga wuldor

Grendle tô-geánes, swâ guman gefrungon,

sele-weard âseted, sundor-nytte beheóld