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III | ||
Swa ða mælceare maga healfdenes | ||
singala seað ne mihte snotor hæleð | 190 | |
wean
onwendan wæs |
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laþ 7 longsum þe on ða leode becom | ||
nydwracu niþgrim nihtbealwa mæst | ||
god mid geatum grendles dæda | 195 | |
se wæs moncynnes mægenes strengest | ||
on þæm dæge þysses lifes | ||
æþele 7 eacen het him yðlidan | ||
godne gegyrwan cwæð he guðcyning | ||
ofer swanrade secean wolde | 200 | |
mærne þeoden þa him wæs manna þearf | ||
ðone siðfæt him snotere ceorlas | ||
lyt hwon logon. / (Þeah) he him (l)eof wære | 134v | |
hwetton hige(rofne) (hæ)l sceawedon | ||
hæfde se goda geata leoda | 205 | |
(c)empan gecorone þara þe he cenoste | ||
findan mihte .xv.na sum | ||
sundwudu sohte secg wisade | ||
lagucræftig mon landgemyrcu | ||
fyrst forð gewat flota wæs on yðum. | 210 | |
bát under beorge beornas gearwe | ||
on stefn stigon streamas wundon | ||
sund wið sande secgas bæron | ||
on bearm nacan beorhte frætwe | ||
guðsearo geatolic; guman ut scufon | 215 | |
weras on wilsið wudu bundenne. | ||
gewat þa ofer wægholm winde gefysed | ||
flota famiheals fugle gelicost | ||
oð
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wundenstefna gewaden hæfde | 220 | |
brimclifu blican beorgas steape. | ||
side sænæssas þa wæs sund liden | ||
eoletes æt ende þanon up hraðe | ||
Wedera leode on wang stigon. | 225 | |
sæwudu sældon syrcan hrysedon. | ||
guðgewædo gode þancedon | ||
þæs þe him yþlade eaðe wurdon. | ||
/ (Þa) of wealle geseah weard scildinga | 135r | |
se þe (holm)clifu healdan scolde | 230 | |
beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas | ||
fyrdsearu fuslicu hine fyrwyt bræc | ||
modgehygdum hwæt þa men wæron. | ||
Gewat him þa to waroðe wicge rid(an) | ||
þegn hroðgares þrymmum cwehte | 235 | |
mægenwudu mundum meþelwordum frægn. | ||
hwæt syndon ge searohæbbendra | ||
byrnum wer(e)de þe þus brontne ceol | ||
ofer lagustræte lædan cwomon | ||
hider ofer holmas <...> | 240 | |
{h}e wæs endesæta ægwearde heold | ||
þe on land dena laðra nænig | ||
mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte | ||
no her cuðlicor cuman ongunnon. | ||
lindhæbbende ne ge leafnesword | 245 | |
guðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson | ||
maga gemedu næfre ic maran geseah | ||
eorla ofer eorþan ðonne is eower sum | ||
secg on
searwum nis |
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wæpnum geweorðad næf{n}e him his wlite leoge | 250 | |
ænlic ansyn nu ic eower sceal | ||
frumcyn witan ær ge fyr / (heon)an | 135v | |
leassceaweras on land den(a) | ||
furþur feran nu ge feorbuend | ||
mereliðende mi{n}ne gehyrað | 255 | |
anfealdne geþoht ofost is selest | ||
to gecyðanne (h)wanan eowre cyme syndon. |