Æfter lange fēoht, fang Grendel his deaðbenn of Bēowulf. Grendel afliemede on fenne and þær in luh stearf he. Æfterweard in þæm fennemere feahtede Bēowulf wiþ Grendles mōdor under brimwylme, and hæfþ sige ofer hiere. Æfter hiere dēaþ fint Bēowulf Grendel licgan aldorlēasne swá him aér gescód hild æt Heorote, hrá wíde sprong, syþðan hē æfter déaðe drepe þrōwade heorosweng heardn, ond Bēwulf hine þā hēafde becearf.