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Rh eorl-scipe efnde.Nū is ofost betost, þæt wē þēod-cyningþǣr scēawian, ond þone gebringan,þe ūs bēagas geaf, on ād-fære.Ne scel ānes hwæt meltan mid þām mōdigan,ac þǣr is māðma hord, gold unrīme,grimme gecēa[po]d, ond nū æt sīðestansylfes fēore bēagas [geboh]te;þā sceall brond fretan, ǣled þeccean,*nalles eorl wegan māððum tō gemyndum,ne mægð scȳne habban on healsehring-weorðunge, ac sceal gēomor-mōd,golde berēafod, oft, nalles ǣne,el-land tredan, nū se here-wīsahleahtor ālegde, gamen ond glēo-drēam.Forðon sceall gār wesan, monig morgen-ceald,mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa,nalles hearpan swēg wīgend weccean,ac se wonna hrefn fūs ofer fǣgumfela reordian, earne secganhū him æt ǣte spēow, þenden hē wið wulfwæl rēafode.” Swā se secg hwata secgende wæs lāðra spella;hē ne lēag fela wyrda ne worda.Weorod eall ārās; ēodon unblīðeunder Earna næs, wollen-tēare,wundur scēawian. Fundon ðā on sandesāwul-lēasne hlim-bed healdan,þone þe him hringas geaf

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