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flēotendra ferðno þǣr fela bringeð cūðra cwidegiedda;cearo bið genīwad þām þe sęndan scealswīþe geneahhe ofer waþema gebindwērigne sefan. For þon ic geþęncan ne mæggeond þās woruld for hwan mōdsefamin ne gesweorce, þonne ic eorla līfeal geondþęnce, hū hī fǣrlīceflęt ofgēafon, mōdge maguþegnas.Swā þēs middangeard ealra dōgra gehwāmdrēoseð and fealleþ; for þon ne mæg weorþan wīswer, ǣr hā āge wintra dǣl in woruldrīce.Wita sceal geþyldig, nē sceal nō tō hātheortnē tō hrædwyrde, nē tō wāc wiganē tō wanhȳdig, nē tō forht nē tō fægennē tō feohgīfre, nē nǣfre gielpes tō georn,ǣr hē geare cunne. Beorn sceal gebīdan,þonne hē bēot spriceð, oþ þæt collenferðcunne gearwe hwider hreþra gehygdhweorfan wille. Ongietan sceal glēaw hælehū gæstlīc bið, þonne eall þisse worulde welawēste stǫndeð, swā nū missenlīcegeond þisne middangeard winde biwāuneweallas stǫndaþ, hrīme bihrorene,hryðge þā ederas. Wōriað þā wīnsalo,waldend licgað drēame bidrorene;duguð eal gecrǫng wlǫnc bī wealle:sume wīg fornōm, fęrede in forðwege;sumne fugel oþbær ofer hēanne holm;sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe gedǣlde;sumne drēorighlēor in eorðscræfeeorl gehȳdde: