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illa sēlest on bearm dyde.<br />
1145 þæs wǣron mid eotenum ecge cūðe.<br />
Swylce ferhðfrecan Fin eft begeat<br />
sweordbealo slīðen æt his selfes hām<br />
siþðan grimne gripe Gūðlāf ond Ōslāf<br />
æfter sǣsīðe sorge mǣndon.<br />
1150 ætwiton wēana dǣl. ne meahte wǣfre mōd<br />
forhabban in hreþre. ðā wæs heal hroden<br />
fēonda fēorum. swilce Fin slægen<br />
cyning on corþre ond sēo cwēn numen.<br />
scēotend Scyldinga tō scypon feredon<br />
1155 eal ingesteald eorðcyninges.<br />
swylce hīe æt Finnes hām findan meahton<br />
sigla searogimma. hīe on sǣlāde<br />
drihtlīce wīf tō Denum feredon.<br />
lǣddon tō lēodum. Lēoð wæs āsungen<br />
1160 glēomannes gyd. gamen eft āstāh.<br />
beorhtode bencswēg. byrelas sealdon<br />
wīn of wunderfatum. Þā cwōm Wealhþēo forð<br />
gān under gyldnum bēage þǣr þā gōdan twēgen<br />
sæton suhtergefæderan þā gȳt wæs hiera sib ætgædere,<br />
1165 ǣghwylc ōðrum trȳwe. swylce þǣr Hunferþ þyle<br />
æt fōtum sæt frēan Scyldinga. gehwylc hiora his<br />
ferhþe trēowde<br />
þæt hē hæfde mōd micel þēah þe hē his māgum<br />
nǣre<br />
ārfæst æt ecga gelācum. spræc ðā ides Scyldinga:<br />
’Onfōh þissum fulle, frēodrihten mīn,<br />
1170 sinces brytta. þū on sǣlum wes,<br />
goldwine gumena, ond tō Gēatum spræc<br />
mildum wordum swā sceal man dōön.<br />
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