x + 244 pp. An edition of the full poem with detailed marginal glosses. The text is preceded by Jack's substantial introduction (1-26) and is followed by The Fight at Finnsburh similarly presented (212-16), a partial glossary (217-28), an index of names (229-32), and a select bibliography (233-44).

The text of the poem begins:

Hwæt, wē Gār-Dena     in geārdagum,
þēodcyninga     þrym gefrūnon,
hū ðā æþelingas     ellen fremedon.

Oft Scyld Scēfing     sceaþena þrēatum,
monegum mǣgþum     meadosetla oftēah,
egsode eorl[as],     syððan ǣrest wearð
fēasceaft funden;     hē þæs frōfre gebād,
wēox under wolcnum,     weorðmyndum þāh,
oðþæt him ǣghwylc þǣr     ymbsittendra
ofer hronrāde     hȳran scolde,
gomban gyldan.     Þæt wæs gōd cyning! (27-28)

And ends:

Þā ymbe hlǣw riodan     hildedēore,
æþelinga bearn,     ealra twelf[e],
woldon [ceare] cwīðan     [ond] kyning mǣnan,
wordgyd wrecan     ond ymb w[er] sprecan;
eahtodan eorlscipe     ond his ellenweorc
duguðum dēmdon,     swā hit ged[ēfe] bið
þæt mon his winedryhten     wordum herge,
ferhðum frēoge,     þonne hē forð scile
of līchaman     [lǣded] weorðan.
Swā begnornodon     Gēata lēode
hlāfordes [hr]yre,     heorðgenēatas;
cwǣdon þæt hē wǣre     wyruldcyning[a]
mannum mildust     ond mon[ðw]ǣrust,
lēodum līðost     ond lofgeornost. (210-11)

BAM.