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Rh þæt hē gēnungagūð-gewǣdu wrāðe forwurpe,ðā hyne wīg beget. Nealles folc-cyningfyrd-gesteallum gylpan þorfte;hwæðre him God ūðe, sigora Waldend,þæt hē hyne sylfne gewræc āna mid ecge,þā him wæs ehies þearf. Ic him līf-wraðelȳtle meahte ætgifan æt gūðe,ond ongan swā þēah ofer mīn gemetmǣges helpan. Symle wæs þȳ sǣmra,þonne ic sweorde drep ferhð-genīðlan;fȳr unswīðor wēoll of gewitte.Wergendra tō lȳt þrong ymbe þēoden,þā, hyne sīo *þrāg becwom. Nū sceal sinc-þegoond swyrd-gifu, eall ēdel-wyn,ēowrum cynne, lufen ālicgean;lond-rihtes mōt þǣre mǣg-burgemonna ǣghwylc īdel hweorfan,syððan æðelingas feorran gefricgeanflēam ēowerne, dōm-lēasan dǣd.Dēað bið sēlla eorla gehwylcumþonne edwīt-līf.”}}

 

XL. Heht ðā þæt heaðo-weorctō hagan bīodan 