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Fyrst forð gewāt;flota wæs on ȳðum, bāt under beorge.Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon;strēamas wundon sund wið sande;secgas bǣron on bearm nacanbeorhte frætwe, gūð-searo geatolīc;guman ūt scufon, weras on wil-sīð,wudu bundenne. Gewât þā ofer wǣg-holmwinde gefȳsed flota fāmi-heals fugle gelīcost, oð þæt ymb an-tīd ōþres dōgores wunden-stefnagewaden hæfde, þæt ðā līðendeland gesāwon, brim-clifu blīcan,beorgas stēape, sīde sǣ-næssas;þā wæs sund liden eoletes æt ende.Þanon up hraðe Wedera lēodeon wang stigon, sǣ-wudu sǣldon;syrcan hrysedon, gūð-gewǣdo;Gode þancedon, þæs þe him ȳþ-lādeēaðe wurdon. &#x2A;Þā of wealle geseahweard Scildinga, sē þe holm-clifuhealdan scolde, beran ofer bolcanbeorhte randas, fyrd-searu fūslicu;hine fyrwyt bræc mōd-gehygdum,hwæt þā men wǣron. Gewāt him þā tō waroðewicge rīdan