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nefne him witig Godwyrd forstōde, ond ðæs mannes mōd.Metod eallum wēold gumena cjnines,swā hē nū git dēð; forþan bið andgitǣghwǣr sēlest, ferhðes fore-þanc.Fela sceal gebīdan lēofes ond lāþes,sē þe longe hēr on ðyssum win-dagumworolde brūceð. Þǣr wæs sang ond swegsamod ætgædere fore Healfdeneshilde-wīsan, gomen-wudu grēted,gid oft wrecen, ðonne heal-gamenHrōþgāres scop æfter medo-bencemǣnan scolde: “Finnes eaferum,ðā hīe se fǣr begeat, hæleð Healf-Dena,Hnæf Scyldinga, in Frēs-wæle feallan scolde. Ne hūru Hildeburhherian þorfte Eotena trēowe;unsynnum wearð