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Sē ðæs lēod-hryreslēan gemunde uferan dōgrum;Ēadgilse wearð fēa-sceaftum frēond,folce gestēpte ofer sǣ sīdesunu Ōhteres, wigum ond wǣpnum;hē gewræc syððan cealdum cear-sīðum,cyning ealdre binēat. Swā hē nīða gehwanegenesen hæfde, slīðra geslyhta,sunu Ecgðīowes, ellen-weorca,oð ðone ānne dæg, þe hē wið þām wyrmegewegan sceolde. Gewāt þā twelfa sum,torne gebolgen, dryhten Gēatadracan scēawian; hæfde þā gefrūnen,hwanan sīo fǣhð ārās, bealo-nīð biorna;him tō bearme *cwōm māþðum-fæt mǣreþurh ðæs meldan hond. Sē wæs on ðām ðrēateþreottēoþa secg, sē ðæs orlegesōr onstealde; hæft hyge-gīomorsceolde hēan ðonon wong wīsian.Hē ofer willan gīong, tō ðæs ðe hē eorð-seleānne wisse, hlǣw under hrūsanholm-wylme nēh, ȳð-gewinne,sē wæs innan full wrætta ond wīra.Weard unhīore,