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eaforum Ecgwelan,Ār-Scyldingum; ne gewēox hē him tō willan,ac tō wæl-fealle ond tō dēað-cwalumDeniga lēodum; brēat bolgen-mōdbēod-genēatas, eaxl-gesteallan,oþ þæt hē āna hwearf, mǣre þēoden,mon-drēamum from. Ðeah þe hine mihtig Godmægenes wynnum, eafeþum, stēpteofer ealle men, forð gefremede,hwæþere him on ferhþe grēow brēost-hord blōd-rēow;nallas bēagas geaf Denum æfter dōme;drēam-lēas gebād, þæt hē þæs gewinnesweorc þrōwade, lēod-bealo longsum.Ðū þē lǣr be þon, gum-cyste ongit;ic þis gid be þē āwræc wintrum frōd.Wundor is tō secganne, hū mihtig Godmanna cynne þurh sīdne sefansnyttru bryttað, eard ond eorl-scipe;hē āh ealra geweald. Hwīlum hē on lufanlǣteð hworfan monnes mōd-geþoncmǣran cynnes, seleð him on ēþleeorþan wynne, tō healdannehlēo-burh wera, &#x2A;gedēð him swā gewealdeneworolde dǣlas, sīde rīce,þæt hē his selfa ne mæg his unsnyttrumende geþencean. Wunað hē on wiste;nō hine wiht dweleð ādl ne yldo,ne him inwit-sorh on sefa[n] sweorceð,ne gesacu ōhwǣr,