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Nō ðȳ ǣr ūt ðā gēnīdel-hende bona blōdig-tōð,bealewa gemyndig, of ðām gold-selegongan wolde; ac hē mægnes rōfmīn costode, &#x2A;grāpode gearo-folm. Glōf hangode sīd ond syllīc,searo-bendum fæst; sīo wæs orðoncumeall gegyrwed dēofles cræftumond dracan fellum. Hē mec þǣr on innanunsynnigne, dīor dǣd-fruma,gedōn wolde manigra sumne;hyt ne mihte swā, syððan ic on yrreupp-riht āstōd. Tō lang ys tō reccenne,hū i[c ð]ām lēod-sceaðan yfla gehwylceshond-lean forgeald; þǣr ic, þēoden mīn,þīne lēode weorðode weorcum.Hē onweg losade, lȳtle hwīlelīf-wynna br[ēa]c; hwæþre him sīo swīðreswaðe weardade hand on Hiorte,ond hē hēan ðonan, mōdes gēomor,mere-grund gefēoll. Mē þone wæl-rǣswine Scildunga fǣttan goldefela lēanode, manegum māðmum,syððan mergen cōm, ond wē tō symblegeseten hæfdon. Þǣr wæs gidd ond glēo.Gome*la Scilding, fela fricgende,feorran rehte; hwīlum hilde-dēorhearpan wynne, gomen-wudu grētte,hwīlum gyd āwræc sōð ond sārlīc;hwīlum syllīc spell