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 hraþor on holme;nō ic fram him wolde. Ðā wit æt *somneon sǣ wǣron fīf nihta fyrst,oþ þæt unc flōd tōdrāf, wado weallende;wedera cealdost, nīpende nihtond norþan wind, heaðo-grim ondhwearf; hrēo wǣron ȳþa. Wæs mere-fixamōd onhrēred; þǣr mē wið lāðumlīc-syrce mīn, heard hond-locen,helpe gefremede; beado-hrægl brōdenon brēostum læg, golde gegyrwed.Mē tō grunde tēah fāh fēond-scaða,fæste hæfde grim on grāpe;hwæþre mē gyfeþe wearð, þæt ic āglǣcanorde gerǣhte, hilde-bille;heaþo-rǣs fornam mihtig mere-dēorþurh mīne hand.

 

Swā mec gelōmelāð-getēonan þrēatedon þearle.Ic him þēnode dēoran sweorde,swa hit gedēfe wæs; næs hīe ðǣre fyllegefēan hæfdon, mān-fordǣdlan,þæt hīe mē þēgon, symbel ymb-sǣtonsǣ-grunde nēah; ac on mergennemēcum *wunde be ȳð-lāfeuppe lǣgon, 