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Rh Merewīoingas milts ungyfeðe. Ne ic tō Swēo-ðēodesibbe oððe trēowe wihte ne wēne;ac wæs wīde cūð, þætte Ongenðīoealdre besnyðede Hǣðcen Hreþlingwið Hrefna-wudu, þā for onmēdlanǣrest gesōhton Gēata lēodeGūð-Scilfiiigas. Sōna him se frōdafæder Ōhtheres, eald ond eges-full,ondslyht āgeaf, ābrēot brim-wīsan,brȳd āhēorde, gomela īo-meowlan golde berofene, Onelan mōdorond Ōhtheres, ond ðā folgodefeorh-genīðlan, oð ðæt hī oðēodonearfoðlīce in Hrefnes holthlāford-lēase. Besæt ðā sin-hergesweorda lāfe wundum wērge;*wēan oft gehēt earmre teohheondlonge niht; cwæð, hē on mergennemēces ecgum gētan wolde,sum[e] on galg-trēowu[m] [fuglum] tō gamene. Frōfor eft gelamp sārig-mōdumsomod ǣr-dæge, syððan hīe Hygelāceshorn ond bȳman