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Gēata dryhten,gryre-fāhne slōh incge lāfe, þæt sīo ecg gewāc brūn on bāne,bāt unswīðor, þonne his ðīod-cyningþearfe hæfde, bysigum gebǣded.Þā wæs beorges weard æfter heaðu-swengeon hrēoum mōde, wearp wæl-fyre;wīde sprungon hilde-lēoman.Hrēð-sigora ne gealp gold-wine Gēata;gūð-bill geswāc nacod æt nīðe,swā hyt nō sceolde, īren ǣr-gōd.Ne wǣs þǣt ēðe sīð, þǣt se mǣramaga Ecgðēowes grund-wong þoneofgyfan wolde; sceolde [ofer] willan wīc eardian elles hwergen,swā *sceal ǣghwylc mon ālǣtan lǣen-dagas.Næs ðā long tō ðon, þæt ðā āglǣceanhȳ eft gemētton. Hyrte hyne hord-weard,hreðer ǣðme wēoll, nīwan stefne;nearo ðrōwode fȳre befongen,sē ðe ǣr folce wēold. Nealles him on hēapehand-gesteallan, æðelinga bearn,ymbe gestōdon hilde-cystum,ac hȳ on holt bugon ealdre burgan.Hiora in ānum wēoll sefa wið sorgum;sibb ǣfre ne mæg wiht onwendan,þām ðe wel þenceð.