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gewāc æt wīge;þæt se wyrm onfand, syððan hīe tōgædregegān hæfdon. Wīglāf maðelodeword-rihta fela, sægde gesīðum(him wæs sefa gēomor): “Ic ðæt *mǣl geman,þǣr wē medu þēgun, þonne wē gehētonussum hlāforde in bīor-sele,ðe ūs ðās bēagas geaf, þæt wē him ðā gūð-getāwagyldan woldon, gif him þyslicuþearf gelumpe, helmas ond heard sweord.Ðē hē ūsic on herge gecēas tō ðyssum sīð-fatesylfes willum, onmunde ūsic mǣrða,ond mē þās māðmas geaf, þē hē ūsic gār-wīgendgōde tealde, hwate helm-berend,þēah ðe hlāford ūs þis ellen-weorcāna āðōhte tō gefremmanne,folces hyrde, forðam hē manna mǣstmǣrða gefremede, dǣda dollīcra.Nū is se dæg cumen, þæt ūre man-dryhtenmægenes behōfað gōdra gūð-rinca;wutun gongan tō, helpan hild-fruman,þenden hyt sȳ, glēd-egesa grim.God wāt on mec, þæt mē is micle lēofre,þæt mīnne līc-haman mid mīnne gold-gyfanglēd fæðmie. Ne þynceð mē gerysne,þæt wē rondas beren

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