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ðēoden-lēase,þā him swā geþearfod wæs. Gyf þonne Frȳsna hwylcfrecnan sprǣce ðæs morþor-hetesmyndgiend wǣre, þonne hit sweordes ecgsyððan scolde. Āð wæs geæfned,ond icge gold āhæfen of horde.Here-Scyldinga betst beado-rincawæs on bǣl gearu: æt þǣm āde wæsēþ-gesȳne swāt-fāh syrce,swȳn eal-gylden, eofer īren-heard,æþeling manig wundum āwyrded;sume on wæle crungon. Hēt ðā Hildeburhæt Hnæfes āde hire selfre sunusweoloðe befæstan, bān-fatu bærnanond on bǣl dōn; earme on eaxleides gnornode, gēomrode giddum.Gūð-rinc āstāh. Wand *tō wolcnumwæl-fȳra mǣst, hlynode for hlāwe;hafelan multon, ben-geato burston;ðonne blōd ætspranc lāð-bite līces.Līg ealle forswealg, gǣsta gīfrost,þāra ðe þǣr gūð fornam bēga folces;wæs hira blǣd scacen.

 

Gewiton him ðā wīgendwīca nēosian frēondum befeallen,Frȳsland gesēon, 