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fǣttan goldes,fēa worda cwæð: “Heald þū nū, hrūse,nū hæleð ne mōstan, eorla ǣhte.Hwæt! hyt ǣr on ðē gōde begēaton;gūð-dēað fornam, feorh-bealo frēcne,fȳra gehwylcne, lēoda mīnra,þāra ðe þis [līf] ofgeaf; gesāwon sele-drēam. *Nāh hwā sweord wege, oððe fe[o]r[mie]fǣted wǣge, drync-fæt dēore;dug[uð] ellor scōc. Sceal se hearda helm[hyr]sted golde fǣtum befeallen;feormend swefað, þā ðe beado-grīmanbȳwan sceoldon; ge swylce sēo here-pād,sīo æt hilde gebād ofer borda gebræcbite īrena, brosnað æfter beorne;ne mæg byrnan hring æfter wīg-frumanwīde fēran hæleðum be healfe.Nis hearpan wyn,