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 on him gladiaðgomelra lāfe heard ond hring-mǣl,Heaðobear[d]na gestrēon, þenden hīe ðām wǣpnumwealdan mōston,

 

oð ðæt hīe forlǣddan tō ðām lind-plegan swǣse gesīðasond hyra sylfra feorh. Þonne cwið aæt bēore,sē ðe bēah *gesyhð, eald æsc-wiga,sē ðe eall gem[an], gār-cwealm gumena(him bið grim sefa), onginneð gēomor-mōdgeong[um] cempan þurh hreðra gehygdhiges cunnian, wīg-bealu weccean,ond þæt word ācwyð: ‘Meaht ðū, mīn wine,mēce gecnāwan, þone þīn fædertō gefeohte bær under here-grīmanhindeman sīðe, dȳre īren,þǣr hyne Dene slōgon, wēoldon wæl-stōwe,syððan Wiðergyld læg, æfter hæleþa hryre,hwate Scyldungas? Nū hēr þāra banenabyre nāt-hwylces frætwum hrēmigon flet gǣð, morðres gylpe[ð],ond þone māðþum byreð, þone þe ðū mid rihterǣdan sceoldest.’ Manað swā ond myndgaðmǣla gehwylce 