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hū him scīr Metodscrīfan wille.” Ðā wæs swīgra secgsunu Ec[g]lāfes on gylp-sprǣcegūð-geweorca, siþðan æþelingaseorles cræfte ofer hēanne hrōfhand scēawedon, fēondes fingras,foran ǣghwylc; wæs steda nægla gehwylcstȳle gelīcost, hǣþenes hand-sporu,*hilde-rinces egl unhēoru;ǣghwylc gecwæð, þæt him heardra nānhrīnan wolde īren ǣr-gōd,þæt ðæs āhlǣcan blōdge beadu-folmeonberan wolde.

 

Ðā wæs hāten hreþeHeort innan-weard folmum gefrætwod;fela þǣra wæs wera ond wīfa,þe þæt wīn-reced, gest-sele, gyredon.Gold-fāg scinon web æfter wāgum,wundor-sīona fela secga gehwylcum,þāra þe on swylc starað. Wæs þæt beorhte boldtōbrocen swīðe, eal inne-weardīren-bendum fæst, 