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IIII | ||
Him se yldesta andswarode | ||
werodes wisa wordhord onleac | ||
we synt gumcynnes geata leode | 260 | |
ond higelaces heorðgeneatas. | ||
wæs min fæder folcum gecyþed | ||
æþele ordfruma ecgþeow haten. | ||
gebád wintra worn ær he on weg hwurfe. | ||
gamol of geardum hine gearwe geman | 265 | |
witena welhwylc wide geond eorþan. | ||
we þurh holdne hige hlaford þinne | ||
sunu healfdenes secean cwomon | ||
leodgebyrgean wes þu us larena god. | ||
habbað we to þæm mæran micel ærende | 270 | |
deniga frean. ne sceal þær dyrne sum | ||
wesan þæs ic wene þu wast gif hit is | ||
swa we.soþlice / (s)ecgan hyrdon | 136r | |
deogol dædhata deorcu(m) nihtum | 275 | |
eaweð þurh egsan uncuðne ni(ð) | ||
hynðu 7 hrafyl ic þæs hroðgar mæg | ||
þur(h) rumne sefan ræd gelæran | ||
hu he fro(d 7) god feond oferswyðeþ | ||
gyf him edwend(an) æfre scolde. | 280 | |
bealuwa bisigu bot eft cuman | ||
7 þa cearwylmas colran wurðaþ | ||
oððe a syþðan earfoðþrage | ||
þreanyd þolað þenden þær wunað | ||
on heahstede husa selest. | 285 | |
weard maþelode ðær on wicge sæt | ||
ombeht unforht æghwæþres sceal | ||
scearp scyldwiga gescad witan | ||
worda 7 worca se þe wel þenceð | ||
ic |
290 | |
frean scyldinga gewitaþ forð beran | ||
wæpen 7 gewædu ic eow wisige | ||
swylce ic maguþegnas mine hate | ||
wið feonda gehwone flotan eowerne | ||
niwtyrwydne nacan on sande | 295 | |
arum healdan oþ ðæt eft byreð | ||
ofer lagustrea/ (mas) leofne mannan | 136v | |
wudu wundenha(ls) (t)o wedermearce | ||
godfremmendra swylcum gifeþe bið | ||
300 | ||
gewiton him þa feran flota (s)tille bád | ||
seomode on sole sidfæþmed (sc)ip | ||
on ancre fæst eoforlic scionon | ||
(o)fer hleorberan gehroden golde | ||
fah 7 fyrheard ferhwearde heold | 305 | |
guþmod grummon guman onetton | ||
sigon
ætsomne oþ |
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geatolic 7 goldfah ongyton mihton. | ||
receda under roderum on þæm se rica bad. | 310 | |
lixte se leoma ofer landa fela. | ||
him þa hildedeor {h}of modigra | ||
torht getæhte þæt hie him to mihton | ||
gegnum gangan guðbeorna sum | ||
wicg gewende word æfter cwæð. | 315 | |
mæl is me to feran fæder alwalda | ||
mid arstafum eowic gehealde. | ||
siða gesunde ic to sæ wille | ||
wið / (w)ra(ð) werod wearde healdan. | 137r |