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þā wæs wundor micel,þæt se wīn-sele wiðhæfde heaþo-dēorum,þæt hē on hrūsan ne fēol, fæger fold-bold;ac hē þæs fæste wæs innan ond ūtanīren-bendum searo-þoncum besmiþod.Þær fram sylle ābēag medu-benc monig,mīne gefrǣge, golde geregnad,þǣr þā graman wunnon; þæs ne wēndon ǣrwitan Scyldinga, þæt hit ā mid gemetemanna ǣnig, betlīc ond bān-fāg,tōbrecan meahte, listum tōlūcan,nymþe līges fæþm swulge on swaþule.Swēg *ūp āstāg nīwe geneahhe;Norð-Denum stōd atelīc egesa,ānra gehwylcum, þāra þe of weallewōp gehȳrdon, gryre-lēoð galangodes ondsacan, sige-lēasne sang,sār wānigean helle hæfton. Hēold hine fæste, sē þe manna wæsmægene strengest on þǣem dægeþysses līfes.

 

Nolde eorla hlēoǣnige þinga þone cwealm-cumancwicne forlǣtan, ne his līf-dagaslēoda ǣnigum 