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ēode eorla sum,æþele cempa self mid gesīðum,þǣr se snotera bād, hwæþre him Al-walda ǣfre wille æfter wēa-spellewtrpe gefremman. Gang ðā æfter flōrefyrd-wyrðe man mid his hand-scole (heal-wudu dynede), þæt hē þone wīsanwordum nǣgde frēan Ingwina,frægn gif him wǣre æfter nēod-laðu niht getǣse.

 

Hrōðgār maþelode,helm Scyldinga: “Ne frīn þū æfter sǣlum;sorh is genīwod Denigea lēodum.Dēad is Æschere, Yrmenlāfesyldra brōþor, mīn rūn-witaond mīn rǣd-bora, eaxl-gestealla,ðonne wē on orlege hafelan weredon,þonne hniton fēþan, eoferas cnysedan.*Swy[lc] scolde eorl wesan, [æþeling] ǣr-gōd,swylc Æschere wæs. Wearð him on Heorotetō hand-banan wæl-gæst wǣfre;ic ne wāt hwæder 