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wōd wintercearigofer waþema gebind, sōhte sęle drēorigsinces bryttan, hwǣr ic feor oþþe nēahfindan meahte þone þe in meoduhealleminne wisse oþþe mec frēondlēasne frēfran wolde, węnian mid wynnum.Wāt sā þe cunnað hū slīþen biðsorg tō gefēran þām þe him lȳt hafaðlēofra geholena: warað hine wræclāst,nāles wunden gold, ferðloca frēorig,nālæs foldan blǣd; gemǫn hē sęlesęcgasand sincþęge, hū hine on geoguðehis goldwine węnede tō wiste:wyn eal gedrēas! For þon wāt sē þe scealhis winedryhtnes lēofes lārcwidumlǫnge forþolian, ðonne sorg and slǣpsǫmod ætgædre earmne ānhagan oft gebindað: þinceð him on mōdeþæt hā his mǫndryhten clyppe and cysse,and on cnēo lęcge hǫnda and hēafod,swā hē hwīlum ǣr in gēardagumgiefstōlas brēac; ðonne onwæcneð eftwinelēas guma, gesihð him biforanfealwe wægas, baþian brimfuglas,brǣdan feþra, hrēosan hrīm and snāwhagle gemęnged. Þonne bēoð þȳ hęfigranheortan bęnne, sāre æfter swǣsne,sorg bið genīwad, þonne māga gemyndmōd geondhweorfeð, grēteð glīwstafum,georne geondscēawað sęcga geseldan:swimmað eft on weg;