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Best þæt ge-munde,
mine gefræge,
se þe eall-fela
eald-gesegena
worn gemunde,
wigena bealdor,
Scop Beowulfes,
Scefinga leod;
hlæw he ge-worhte
æfter wines dædum,
in bæl-stede,
beorh þone hean,
micelne and mærne,
swa he manna wæs,
wigend weorð-fullost
wide geond eorðan,
þenden he burh-welan
brucan moste.
Se is wæg-liðendum
wide gesyne,
Beorh Beowulfes,
beorhtost geweorca,
mearcod to ge-mynde,
meaglum wordum!