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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. |