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gūð getwǣfed,nymðe mec God scylde. Ne meahte ic æt hildemid Hruntinge wiht gewyrcan,þēah þæt wǣpen duge; ac mē geūðeylda Waldend, þæt ic on wāge geseahwlitig *hangian eald sweord ēacen(oftost wīsode winigea lēasum),þæt ic ðȳ wǣpne gebrǣd. Ofslōh ðā æt þǣre sæcce,þā mē sǣl āgeald, hūses hyrdas.Þā þæt hilde-bil forbarn, brogden mǣl,swā þæt blōd gesprang, hātost heaþo-swāta.Ic þæt hilt þanan fēondum ætferede,fyren-dǣda wræc, dēað-cwealm Denigea,swā hit gedēfe wæs. Ic hit þē þonne gehāte,þæt þū on Heorote mōst sorh-lēas swefanmid þīnra secga gedryht, ond þegna gehwylcþinra lēoda, duguðe ond iogoþe;þæt þū him ondrǣdan ne þearft, þēoden Scyldinga,on þā healfe aldor-bealu eorliim,swā þū ǣr dydest.” Ðā wæs gylden hiltgamelum rince, hārum hild-fruman,on hand gyfen, enta ǣr-geweorc;hit on ǣht gehwearf, æfter dēofla hryre,Denigea frēan, wundor-smiþa geweorc;ond þā þās worold ofgeaf grom-heort guma,Godes ondsaca, morðres scyldig,ond his mōdor ēac, on geweald gehwearfworold-cyninga ðǣm sēlestanbe *sǣm twēonum,