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Wīglaf wæs hāten,Weoxstānes sunu, lēoflic lind-wiga,lēod Scylfinga, mǣg Ælfheres;geseah his mon-diyhten under here-grīmanhāt þrōwian; gemunde ðā ðā āre,þe hē him ǣr forgeaf, wīc-stede weligneWǣgmundinga, folc-rihta gehwylc,swā his fæder āhte; ne mihte ðā forhabban,hond rond gefēng, geolwe linde,gomel swyrd getēah. Þæt wæs mid eldumĒanmundes lāf, &#x2A;suna Ōhtere[s], þām æt sæcce wearð, wræcca[n] wine-lēasum,Weohstān bana mēces ecgum,ond his māgum ætbær brūn-fāgne helm,hringde byrnan, eald sweord etonisc,þæt him Onela forgeaf, his gædelingesgūð-gewǣdu, fyrd-searo fūslīc;nō ymbe ðā fǣhðe spræc, þēah ðe hē his brōðrbearn ābredwade. Hē frǣtwe gehēoldfela missera, bill ond byrnan,oð ðæt his byre mihte eorl-scipe efnanswā his ǣr-fǣder; geaf him ðā mid Gēatumgūð-gewǣda ǣghwæs unrīm,þā hē of ealdre gewāt frōd on forð-weg.Þā wæs forma sīð geongan cempan,þæt hē gūðe rǣs mid his frēo-dryhtnefremman sceolde; ne gemealt him se mōd-sefa,ne his mǣges lāf