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þrēa-nȳd þolað,þenden þǣr wunað on hēah-stedehūsa sēlest.” Weard maþelode,ðǣr on wicge saet, ombeht unforht:“Ǣghwaþres sceal scearp scyld-wigagescād witan, worda ond worca,sē þe wel þenceð. Ic þæt gehȳre,þæt þis is hold weorod frēan Scyldinga.Gewītaþ forð beran wǣpen ond gewǣdu,ic ēow wīsige; swylce ic magu-þegnasmīne hāte wið fēonda gehwoneflotan ēowerne, nīw-tyrwydnenacan on sande, ārum healdan,oþ þæt eft byreð ofer lagu-strēa*maslēofne mannan wudu wunden-halstō Weder-mearce. Gōd-fremmendra swylcum gifeþe bið, þæt þone hilde-rǣshāl gedīgeð.” Gewiton him þā fēran; flota stille bād, seomode on sāle sīd-fæþmed scip, on ancre fæst. Eofor-līc scionon