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1520 hildebille. hondswenge ne oftēah<br />
þæt hire on hafelan hringmǣl āgōl<br />
grǣdig gūðlēoð. ðā se gist onfand<br />
þæt se beadolēoma bītan nolde,<br />
aldre sceþðan ac sēo ecg geswāc<br />
1525 ðēodne æt þearfe. ðolode ǣr fela<br />
hondgemōta. helm oft gescær<br />
fǣges fyrdhrægl. ðā wæs forma sīð<br />
dēorum mādme þæt his dōm ālæg.<br />
1530<br />
Eft wæs anrǣd,<br />
mǣrða gemyndig<br />
nalas elnes læt<br />
mǣg Hȳglāces<br />
wearp ðā wundenmǣl wrǣttum gebunden<br />
yrre ōretta þæt hit on eorðan læg<br />
stīð ond stȳlecg. strenge getrūwode,<br />
mundgripe mægenes. swā sceal man doön<br />
1535 þonne hē æt gūðe gegān þenceð<br />
longsumne lof. nā ymb his līf cearað.<br />
sydaudioGefēng þā be eaxle --nalas for fǣhðe<br />
mearn-<br />
Ḡūð-Gēata lēod, Grendles mōdor.<br />
brægd þā beadwe heard þā hē gebolgen wæs<br />
1540 feorhgenīðlan þæt hēo on flet gebēah.<br />
hēo him eft hraþe handlean forgeald<br />
grimman grāpum ond him tōgēanes fēng.<br />
oferwearp þā wērigmōd wigena strengest<br />
fēþecempa þæt hē on fylle wearð.<br />
1545 ofsæt þā þone selegyst ond hyre seax getēah<br />
brād ond brūnecg. wolde hire bearn wrecan<br />
āngan eaferan. him on eaxle læg<br />
brēostnet brōden; þæt gebearh fēore<br />
wið ord ond wið ecge ingang forstōd.<br />
1550 Hæfde ðā forsīðod sunu Ecgþēowes<br />
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