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Cōm þā tō recederinc siðian drēamum bedǣled;duru sōna onarn, fȳr-bendum fæst,syþðan hē hire folmum [hr]ān; onbrǣd þā bealo-hȳdig,ðā [hē ge]bolgen wæs, recedes mūþan.Raþe æfter þon on fāgne flōrfēond treddode, ēode yrre-mōd;him of ēagum stōd ligge gelīcostlēoht unfæger. Geseah hē in recederinca manige, swefan sibbe-gedrihtsamod ætgædere, mago-rinca hēap.Þā his mōd āhlōg; mynte þæt hē gedǣlde,ǣ þon dæg cwōme, atol āglǣca,ānra gehwylces līf wið līce,þā him ālumpen wæs wist-fylle wēn.Ne wæs þæt wyrd þā gēn, þæt hē mā mōstemanna cynnes ðicgean ofer þā niht.Þrȳð-swȳð behēold mǣg Higelāces,hū se mān-scaða under fǣr-gripumgefaran wolde. Ne þæt se āglǣcayldan þōhte, ac he ge*fēng hraðeforman sīðe slǣpendne rinc,slāt unwearnum, bāt bān-locan,blōd ēdrum dranc, syn-snǣdum swealh;sōna hæfde unlyfigendeseal gefeormod,