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126 gealdor ongēaton,þā se gōda cōm lēoda dugoðeon lāst faran.

 

Wæs sīo swāt-swaðuSw[ē]ona ond Gēata, wæl-rǣs weora,wīde gesȳne, hū ðā folc mid himfǣhðe tōwehton. Gewāt him ðā se gōdamid his gædelingum, frōd, fela-gēomor,fæsten sēcean, eorl Ongenþīoufor oncirde; hæfde Higelāceshilde gefrūnen, wlonces wīg-cræft;wiðres ne trūwode, þæt hē sǣ-mamiumonsacan mihte, hēaðo-līðendum,hord forstandan, bearn ond brȳde;bēah eft þonan eald under eorð-weall.Þā wæs ǣht boden Swēona lēodum,segn Higelāce[s]; freoðo-wong þoneforð oferēodon, syððan Hrēðlingastō hagan þrungon. Þǣr wearð Ongenðīowecgum sweorda, blonden-fexa,on bīd wrecen, þæt se þēod-cyningðafian sceolde 