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ȳþde swā þisne eardgeardælda Scyppend, oþ þæt burgwarabreahtma lēase eald ęnta geweorcīdlu stōdon. Sē þonne þisne wealstealwīse, geþōhte, and þis deorce līfdēope geondþęnceð, frōd in ferðefeor oft gemǫn wælsleahta worn,and þās word ācwið: ‘Hwǣr cwōm mearg? hwǣr cwōm mago?hwǣr cwōm māþþumgyfa? hwǣr cwōm symbla gesetu?hwǣr sindon sęledrēamas? Ēalā beorht bune!ēalā byrnwiga! ēalā þēodnes þrymhū sēo þrāg gewāt, genāp under nihthelm,swā hēo nō wǣre! Stǫndeð nū on lāstelēofre duguþe weal wundrum hēah,wyrmlīcum fāh: eorlas fornōmon asca þrȳþe, wǣpen wælgīfru,wyrd sēo mǣre; and þās stānhleoþustormas cnyssað; hrīð hrēosendehrūsan bindeð, wintres wōma,þonne wǫn cymeð, nīpeð nihtscūa,norþan onsęndeð hrēo hæglfarehæleþum on andan. Eall is earfoðlīceorþan rīce, onwęndeð wyrda gesceaftweoruld under heofonum: hēr bið feoh lǣne,hēr bið frēond lǣne, hēr bið mǫn lǣne,hēr bið mǣg lǣne; eal þis eorþan gestealīdel weorþeð!’ Swā cwæð snottor on mōde,gesæt him sundor æt rūne