Beowulf ch. XXI

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Swa se ðeodkyning | þeawum lyfde.
Nealles ic ðam leanum | forloren hæfde,
mægnes mede, | ac he me maðmas geaf,
sunu Healfdenes, | on minne sylfes dom;
ða ic ðe, beorncyning, | bringan wylle,
estum geywan. | Gen is eall æt ðe
lissa gelong; | ic lyt hafo
heafodmaga | nefne, Hygelac, ðec."
Het ða in beran | eaforheafodsegn,
heaðosteapne helm, | hare byrnan,
guðsweord geatolic, | gyd æfter wræc:
"Me ðis hildesceorp | Hroðgar sealde,
snotra fengel, | sume worde het
þæt ic his ærest ðe | est gesægde;
cwæð þæt hyt hæfde | Hiorogar cyning,
leod Scyldunga | lange hwile;
no ðy ær suna sinum | syllan wolde,
hwatum Heorowearde, | þeah he him hold wære,
breostgewædu. | Bruc ealles well!"
Hyrde ic þæt þam frætwum | feower mearas
lungre, gelice, | last weardode,
æppelfealuwe; | he him est geteah
meara ond maðma. | Swa sceal mæg don,
nealles inwitnet | oðrum bregdon
dyrnum cræfte, | deað renian
hondgesteallan. | Hygelace wæs,
niða heardum, | nefa swyðe hold,
ond gehwæðer oðrum | hroþra gemyndig.
Hyrde ic þæt he ðone healsbeah | Hygde gesealde,
wrætlicne wundurmaððum, | ðone þe him Wealhðeo geaf,
ðeodnes dohtor, | þrio wicg somod
swancor ond sadolbeorht; | hyre syððan wæs
æfter beahðege | breost geweorðod.
Swa bealdode | bearn Ecgðeowes,
guma guðum cuð, | godum dædum,
dreah æfter dome, | nealles druncne slog
heorðgeneatas; | næs him hreoh sefa,
ac he mancynnes | mæste cræfte
ginfæstan gife, | þe him god sealde,
heold hildedeor. | Hean wæs lange,
swa hyne Geata bearn | godne ne tealdon,
ne hyne on medobence | micles wyrðne
drihten Wedera | gedon wolde;
swyðe wendon | þæt he sleac wære,
æðeling unfrom. | Edwenden cwom
tireadigum menn | torna gehwylces.
Het ða eorla hleo | in gefetian,
heaðorof cyning, | Hreðles lafe
golde gegyrede; | næs mid Geatum ða
sincmaðþum selra | on sweordes had;
þæt he on Biowulfes | bearm alegde
ond him gesealde | seofan þusendo,
bold ond bregostol. | Him wæs bam samod
on ðam leodscipe | lond gecynde,
eard, eðelriht, | oðrum swiðor
side rice | þam ðær selra wæs.
Eft þæt geiode | ufaran dogrum
hildehlæmmum, | syððan Hygelac læg
ond Heardrede | hildemeceas
under bordhreoðan | to bonan wurdon,
ða hyne gesohtan | on sigeþeode
hearde hildefrecan, | Heaðoscilfingas,
niða genægdan | nefan Hererices,
syððan Beowulfe | brade rice
on hand gehwearf; | he geheold tela
fiftig wintra | (wæs ða frod cyning,
eald eþelweard), | oððæt an ongan
deorcum nihtum | draca ricsian,
se ðe on heaum hofe | hord beweotode,
stanbeorh steapne; | stig under læg,
eldum uncuð. | þær on innan giong
niða nathwylc, | se ðe neh gefeng
hæðnum horde, | hond ......,
since fahne. | He þæt syððan ......,
þeah ðe he slæpende | besyred wurde
þeofes cræfte; | þæt sie ðiod onfand,
bufolc beorna, | þæt he gebolgen wæs.