syððan hilde-deór hond âlegde,

earm and eaxle (þær wäs eal geador

Grendles grâpe) under geápne hrôf.

XIV. THE JOY AT HEOROT.

Þâ wäs on morgen mîne gefræge

ymb þâ gif-healle gûð-rinc monig:

fêrdon folc-togan feorran and neán

geond wîd-wegas wundor sceáwian,

lâðes lâstas. Nô his lîf-gedâl