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Siððan Heremōdeshild sweðrode, eafoð ond ellen;hē mid eotenum wearð on fēonda gewealdforð forlācen, snūde forsended.Hine sorh-wylmas lemede tō lange;hē his lēodum wearð, eallum æþelingnm, to aldor-ceare. Swylce oft bemearnǣrran mǣlum swið-ferhþes sīðsnotor ceorl monig, sē þe him bealwatō bōte gelȳfde, þæt þæt ðēodnes bearngeþēon scolde, fæder æþelum onfōn,folc gehealdan, hord ond hlēo-burh,hæleþa rīce, ēðel Scyldinga.Hē þǣr eallum wearð, mǣg Higelācesmanna cynne, frēondum gefægra;hine fyren onwōd. Hwīlum flītendefealwe strǣte mēarum mǣton.Ðā wæs morgen-lēoht scofen ond scynded.*Eode scealc monig switð-hicgendetō sele þām hēan searo-wundor sēon;swylce self cyning of brȳd-būre,bēah-horda weard, tryddode tīr-fæstgetrume micle, cystum gecȳþed,ond his cwēn mid him medo-stīg gemætmægþa hōse.