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Hēr Æðelstān cyning,eorla drihten, beorna bēahgifa,and his brōðor eac, Ēadmund æðeling,ealdorlangne tīr geslōgon æt sæccesweorda ęcgum ymbe Brunanburh :bordweall clufon, hēowon heaðolindehamora lāfum, eaforan Ēadweardes ;swā him geæðele wæs fram cnēomāgum,ðæt hī æt campe oft wið lāðra gehwæneland ealgodon, hord and hāmas.Hęttend crungon, Scotta leodeand scipflotan, fǣge feollon :feld dennode sęcga swāte,siþþan sunne ūpp on morgentīd,mǣre tungol, glād ofer grundas,Godes candel beorht, ēces Drihtnes,oð sīo æðele gesceaft sāh to setle.Ðær læg sęcg mǫnig gārum āgēted,guma Norðerna ofer scyld scoten,swylce Scyttisc ēac wērig wīges-sæd.Wesseaxe forð andlangne dægēoredcystum on lāst lęgdonlāðum ðēodum; heowon hęreflȳmanhindan ðearle