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130 ǣrran mǣlum;þā wæs ende-dæg gōdum gegongen,þæt se gūð-cyning, Wedra þēoden,wundor-dēaðe swealt. Ǣr hī þǣr gesēgansyllīcran wiht, wyrm on wongewiðer-ræhtes þǣr lāðne licgean;wæs se lēg-draca, grimlīc gryr[e], *glēdum beswǣled. Sē wæs fīftigesfōt-gemearces lang on legere;lyft-wynne hēold nihtes hwīlum,nyðer eft gewāt dennes nīosian;wæs ðā dēaðe fæst, hæfde eorð-scrafaende genyttod. Him big stōdanbūnan ond orcas, discas lāgonond dȳre swyrd, ōmige, þurh-etone,swā hīe wið eorðan fæðm þūsend wintraþǣr eardodon; þonne wæs þæt yrfeēacen-cræftig, īu-monna gold,galdre bewunden, þæt ðām hring-selehrīnan ne mōste gumena ǣnig,nefne God sylfa, sigora Sōð-cyning,sealde þām ðe hē wolde (hē is manna gehyld)hord openian, efne swā hwylcum manna,swā him gemet ðūhte.