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&#x2A;[Atol] ǣglǣcaēhtende wæs, deorc dēaþ-scūa,duguþe ond geogoþe, seomade ond syrede,sin-nihte hēold mistige mōras;men ne cunnon, hwyder hel-rūnanhwyrftum scrīþað. Swā fela fyrenafēond man-cynnes, atol ān-gengea,oft gefremede, heardra hȳnða;Heorot eardode, sinc-fāge selsweartum nihtum; nō hē þone gif-stōlgrētan mōste, māþðum for Metode,ne his myne wisse. Þæt wæs wrsec micelwine Scyldinga, mōdes brecða.Monig oft gesæt rīce tō rūne,rǣd eahtedon, hwæt swīð-ferhðumsēlest wǣre wið fǣr-gryrumtō gefremmanne. Hwīlum hīe gehētonæt hærg-trafum. wīg-weorþunga,wordum bǣdon, þæt him gāst-bonagēoce gefremede wið þēod-þrēaum.Swylc wæs þēaw hyra, hǣþenra hyht;helle gemundon in mōd-sefan,Metod hīe ne cūþon, dǣda Dēmend,ne wiston hīe Drihten God, &#x2A;ne hīe hūru heofena Helmherian ne cūþon, wuldres Waldend.Wā bið þǣm ðe sceal þurh slīðne nīðsāwle bescūfan