Beowulf ch. XXXVIII

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

ða ic snude gefrægn | sunu Wihstanes
æfter wordcwydum | wundum dryhtne
hyran heaðosiocum, | hringnet beran,
brogdne beadusercean | under beorges hrof.
Geseah ða sigehreðig, | þa he bi sesse geong,
magoþegn modig | maððumsigla fealo,
gold glitinian | grunde getenge,
wundur on wealle, | ond þæs wyrmes denn,
ealdes uhtflogan, | orcas stondan,
fyrnmanna fatu | feormendlease,
hyrstum behrorene; | þær wæs helm monig
eald ond omig, | earmbeaga fela
searwum gesæled. | Sinc eaðe mæg,
gold on grunde, | gumcynnes gehwone
oferhigian, | hyde se ðe wylle.
Swylce he siomian geseah | segn eallgylden
heah ofer horde, | hondwundra mæst,
gelocen leoðocræftum; | of ðam leoma stod,
þæt he þone grundwong | ongitan meahte,
wræte giondwlitan. | Næs ðæs wyrmes þær
onsyn ænig, | ac hyne ecg fornam.
ða ic on hlæwe gefrægn | hord reafian,
eald enta geweorc, | anne mannan,
him on bearm hladon | bunan ond discas
sylfes dome; | segn eac genom,
beacna beorhtost. | Bill ær gescod
(ecg wæs iren) | ealdhlafordes
þam ðara maðma | mundbora wæs
longe hwile, | ligegesan wæg
hatne for horde, | hioroweallende
middelnihtum, | oðþæt he morðre swealt.
Ar wæs on ofoste, | eftsiðes georn,
frætwum gefyrðred; | hyne fyrwet bræc,
hwæðer collenferð | cwicne gemette
in ðam wongstede | Wedra þeoden
ellensiocne, | þær he hine ær forlet.
He ða mid þam maðmum | mærne þioden,
dryhten sinne, | driorigne fand
ealdres æt ende; | he hine eft ongon
wæteres weorpan, | oðþæt wordes ord
breosthord þurhbræc. |
gomel on giohðe | (gold sceawode):
"Ic ðara frætwa | frean ealles ðanc,
wuldurcyninge, | wordum secge,
ecum dryhtne, | þe ic her on starie,
þæs ðe ic moste | minum leodum
ær swyltdæge | swylc gestrynan.
Nu ic on maðma hord | mine bebohte
frode feorhlege, | fremmað gena
leoda þearfe; | ne mæg ic her leng wesan.
Hatað heaðomære | hlæw gewyrcean
beorhtne æfter bæle | æt brimes nosan;
se scel to gemyndum | minum leodum
heah hlifian | on Hronesnæsse,
þæt hit sæliðend | syððan hatan
Biowulfes biorh, | ða ðe brentingas
ofer floda genipu | feorran drifað."
Dyde him of healse | hring gyldenne
þioden þristhydig, | þegne gesealde,
geongum garwigan, | goldfahne helm,
beah ond byrnan, | het hyne brucan well:
"þu eart endelaf | usses cynnes,
Wægmundinga. | Ealle wyrd forsweop
mine magas | to metodsceafte,
eorlas on elne; | ic him æfter sceal."
þæt wæs þam gomelan | gingæste word
breostgehygdum, | ær he bæl cure,
hate heaðowylmas; | him of hreðre gewat
sawol secean | soðfæstra dom.