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Rh Eafores *ānne dōm.Hyne yrringa Wulf Wonrēdingwǣpne gerǣhte, þæt him for swengeswāt ǣdrum sprong forð under fexe.Næs hē forht swā ðēh, gomela Scilfing,ac forgeald hraðe wyrsan wrixlewæl-hlem þone, syððan ðēod-cyningþyder oncirde. Ne meahte se snellasunu Wonrēdes ealdum ceorleondslyht giofan, ac hē him on hēafdehelm ǣr gescer, þæt hē blōde fāhbūgan sceolde, fēoll on foldan;næs hē fǣge þā git, ac hē hyne gewyrpte,þēah ðe him wund hrine. Lēt se heardaHigelāces þegn brād[n]e mēce,þā his brōðor læg, eald sweord eotonisc,entiscne helm brecan ofer bord-weal;ðā gebēah cyning, folces hyrde,wæs in feorh dropen. Ðā wǣron monige,þe his mǣg wriðon, ricone ārǣrdon,ðā him gerȳmed wearð, þæt hīe wæl-stōwewealdan mōston, þenden rēafoderinc ōðerne, nam on Ongenðīoīren-byrnan, heard swyrd hiltedond his helm somod; hāres hyrsteHigelāce bær. Hā ð[ām] frætwum fēng,ond him fægre gehēt lēana [for] *lēodum,ond gelǣste swā;