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XXXII | ||
Nealles <næs> geweoldum wyrmhorda<n> cræft | ||
sylfes willum se ðe him sare (ge)sceod | 2222 | |
ac for þreanedlan þe<of> nathwylces | ||
hæleða bearna hetesweng(eas) fleoh | ||
<ærnes> þea<rfe> ond ðær inne weal(l) | ||
secg synbysig sona {o}nwa[ca]de | ||
2227 | ||
hwæðre <fyren>sceapen / | 179r-v | |
<...> se fær begeat | ||
Sincfæt <sohte> þær wæs swylcra fela | ||
in ðam eorð<[se]le> ærgestreona | ||
swa hy on gearda(gum) gumena nathwylc | ||
eormenlafe (æþ)elan cynnes | 2234 | |
þanchycgende þær ge(hy)dde. | ||
deore maðmas ealle hie deað (fo)rnam | ||
ærran mælum. 7 si an ða gen | ||
(leo)da duguðe se ðær lengest hwearf | ||
(we)ard winegeomor {w}ende þæs yldan | 2239 | |
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brucan (m)oste beorh eallgearo | ||
wunode on wonge [wæ]teryðum neah | ||
niwe be næsse nearo(c)ræftum fæst | ||
þær on innan bær eorl(g)estreona | 2244 | |
hringa hyrde ha{n}dwyrðne (d)æl | ||
fættan goldes fea worda cwæð. | ||
heald þu nu hruse nu hæleð ne m{o}stan | ||
eorla æhte hwæt hyt ær on ðe | ||
gode begeaton guðdeað fornam. | 2249 | |
feorhbeale frecne fyrena gehwylcne. | ||
leoda minra þa {me}ðe þis <..> ofgeaf | ||
gesawon. seledream <he> / nah hwa sweord wege | 180r | |
oððe f<æ>[g]<rie> fæted wæge. | ||
dryncfæt deore dug<uð> ellor seoc | 2254 | |
sceal se hearda helm <hyr>stedgolde | ||
fætum befeallen feormy(nd) swefað. | ||
þa ðe beadogriman bywan sceoldon. | ||
ge swylce seo herepád s(io) æt hilde gebád | ||
ofer borda gebræc bite irena | 2259 | |
brosnað æfter beorne ne mæg byrnan hring | ||
æfter wig(fru)man wide feran | ||
hæleðum be healfe næs hearpan wyn. | ||
gomen gleobeames ne gód hafoc | ||
geond sæl swingeð ne se swifta mearh | 2264 | |
burhstede beateð bea(lo)cwealm hafað | ||
fela feorhcynna fo(rð) onsended. | ||
Swa giomormod giohðo mænde. | ||
an æfter eallum unbliðe hwe{arf} | ||
dæges 7 nihtes oð ðæt deaðes wylm | 2269 | |
hr(an) æt heortan hordwynne fond | ||
eald uh(t)sceaða opene standan | ||
se ðe byrnend[e] biorgas seceð. | ||
nacod niðdraca niht(es) fleogeð | ||
fyre befangen hyne foldbuen(d) | 2274 | |
/ [: : : : : : : : : : : :]nan he gesecean sceall | 180v | |
<h>[ear]<m> <on> <h>rusan þær he hæðen gold | ||
warað [win]trum frod ne byð him wihte ðy sel. | ||
(sw)a se ðeodsceaða þreo hund wintra. | ||
(h)eold on hrusa{n} hordærna sum | 2279 | |
eacen(cr)æftig oð ðæt hyne án abealch | ||
mon on mode mandryhtne bær. | ||
fæted wæge frioðowære bæd | ||
hlaford sinne (ða w)æs hord rasod | ||
onboren beaga (h)ord bene getiðad | 2284 | |
feasceaftum men frea sceawode. | ||
fira fyrngeweorc (f)orman siðe. | ||
þa se wyrm onwóc wroht wæs geniwad. | ||
stonc ða æfter stane stearcheort onfand | ||
feondes fot(l)ast he to forð gestop. | 2289 | |
dyrnan cræfte dracan heafde neah. | ||
swa mæg unfæge eaðe gedigan | ||
wean 7 wræcsið se ðe waldendes | ||
hyldo gehealdeþ hordweard sohte | ||
georne æfter grunde wolde guman findan. | 2294 | |
þone þe him on sweofote sare geteode. | ||
hat 7 hreohmod / hl(æ)wum oft ymbehwearf | 181r | |
ealn[e utan]weardne ne ðær ænig mon | ||
on þ[am] westenne <..> hwæðre hilde gefeh | ||
bea<du> weorces hwilum on beorh æthwe(arf) | 2299 | |
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ðæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod | ||
heahgestreona hordwea(rd) onbád | ||
earfoðlice oð ðæt æfen c(wom) | ||
wæs ða gebolgen beorges hyrde. | 2304 | |
wolde {s}e laða lige forgyldan | ||
drin(c)fæt dyre. þa wæs dæg sceacen | ||
w(yr)me on willan no on wealle læg | ||
(bi)dan wolde ac mid bæle fór | ||
fyre gefysed wæs se fruma egeslic | 2309 | |
leodum on lande swa hyt lungre wearð | ||
on hyra sincgifan sare geendod:~ |