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þæt hē fram Sigemunde[s] secgan hȳrde ellen-dǣdum,imcūþes fela, Wælsinges gewin,wīde sīðas, þāra þe gumena bearngearwe ne wiston, fǣhðe ond fyrena,būton Fitela mid hine, þonne hē swulces hwætsecgan wolde ēam his nefan,swā hie ā wǣron æt nīða gehwāmnȳd-gesteallan; hæfdon eal-felaeotena cynnes sweordum gesǣged.Sigemunde gesprong æfter dēað-dægedōm unlȳtel, syþðan wīges heardwyrm ācwealde, hordes hyrde;hē under hārne stān, æþelinges bearn,āna genēðde frēcne dǣde;ne wæs him Fitela mid; hwæþre him gesǣlde,ðæt þæt swurd þurhwōd wrætlīcne wyrm,þæt hit on wealle ætstōd, dryhtlīc īren;draca morðre swealt. Hæfde āglǣcaelne gegongen, þæt hē bēah-hordesbrūcan mōste selfes dōme;*sǣ-bāt gehlēod, bær on bearm scipesbeorhte frætwa Wælses eafera;wyrm hāt gemealt. Sē wæs wreccenawīde mǣrost ofer wer-þēode,wīgendra hlēo, ellen-dǣdum;hē þæs ǣr onðāh.