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122 lǣnan līfes.Næs ðā lang tō ðon, þæt ðā hild-latanholt ofgēfan, tydre trēow-logantȳne ætsomne, ðā ne dorston ǣrdareðum lācan on hyra man-dryhtnesmiclan þearfe; ac hȳ scamiendescyldas bǣran, gūð-gewǣdu,þǣr se gomela læg; wlitan on Wī[g]lāf. Hē gewērgad sæt, fēðe-cempa,frēan eaxlum nēah, wehte hyne wætre;him wiht ne spēow. Ne meahte hē on eorðan,ðēah hē ūðe wel, on ðām frum-gārefeorh gehealdan, ne ðæs Wealdendes [willan] wiht oncirran. Wolde dōm *Godesdǣdum rǣdan gumena gehwylcum,swā hē nē gēn dēð. Þā wæs æt ðām geongumgrim ondswaru ēð-begēte,þām ðe ǣr his elne forlēas. Wīglāf maðelode,Weohstānes sunu, sec[g] sārig-ferðseah on unlēofe: “Þæt lā! mæg secgan,sē ðe wyle sōð specan, þæt se mon-dryhten,sē ēow ðā māðmas geaf, ēored-geatwe,þe gē þǣr on standað, þonne hē on ealu-benceoft gesealde heal-sittendumhelm ond byrnan, þēoden his þegnum,swylce hē þrȳðlīcost ōwēr feor oððe nēahfindan meahte,