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fremu folces cwēn,firen ondrysne; nǣnig þæt dorstedēor genēþan swǣsra gesīða,nefne sīn frēa, þæt hire an dæges ēagum starede; ac him wæl-bende*weotode tealde hand-gewriþene;hraþe seoþðan wæs æfter mund-gripemēce geþinged, þæt hit scēaden-mǣlscȳran mōste, cwealm-bealu cȳðan.Ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw idese tō efnanne,þēah ðe hīo ǣnlicu sȳ, þætte freoðu-webbefēores onsæce æfter lige-tornelēofne mannan. Hūru þæt onhōhsnod[e]Hemminges mǣg. Ealo-drincendeōðer sǣdan, þæt hīo lēod-bealewalǣs gefremede, inwit-nīða,syððan ǣrest wearð gyfen gold-hrodengeongum cempan, æðelum dīore,syððan hīo Offan flet ofer fealone flōdbe fæder lāre