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2947 “Wæs sīo swāt-swaðu Swēona and Gēata,

2948 “wæl-rǣs wera wīde gesȳne,

2949 “hū þā folc mid him fǣhðe tōwehton.

2950 “Gewāt him þā se gōda mid his gædelingum,

2951 “frōd fela geōmor fæsten sēcean,

2952 “eorl Ongenþīo ufor oncirde;

2953 “hæfde Higelāces hilde gefrūnen,

2954 “wlonces wīg-cræft, wiðres ne truwode,

2955 “þæt hē sǣ-mannum onsacan mihte,

2956 “hēaðo-līðendum hord forstandan,

2957 “bearn and brȳde; bēah eft þonan

2958 “eald under eorð-weall. Þā wæs ǣht boden

2959 “Swēona lēodum, segn Higelāce.

2960 “Freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon,

2961 “syððan Hrēðlingas tō hagan þrungon.

2962 “Þǣr wearð Ongenþīo ecgum sweorda,

2963 “blonden-fexa on bīd wrecen,

2964 “þæt se þēod-cyning þafian sceolde

2965 “Eofores ānne dōm: hyne yrringa

2966 “Wulf Wonrēding wǣpne gerǣhte,

2967 “þæt him for swenge swāt ǣdrum sprong

2968 “forð under fexe. Næs hē forht swā þēh,

2969 “gomela Scilfing, ac forgeald hraðe

2970 “wyrsan wrixle wæl-hlem þone,

2971 “syððan þēod-cyning þyder oncirde:

2972 “ne meahte se snella sunu Wonrēdes

2973 “ealdum ceorle ond-slyht giofan,

2974 “ac hē him on hēafde helm ǣr gescer,

2975 “þæt hē blōde fāh būgan sceolde,

2976 “fēoll on foldan; næs hē fǣge þā gīt,

2977 “ac hē hyne gewyrpte, þēah þe him wund hrīne,

2978 “Lēt se hearda Higelāces þegn

2979 “brādne mēce, þā his brōðor læg,

2980 “eald sweord eotonisc, entiscne helm,

2981 “brecan ofer bord-weal: þā gebēah cyning,

2982 “folces hyrde, wæs in feorh dropen.

2983 “Þā wǣron monige, þē his mǣg wriðon,

2984 “ricone ārǣrdon, þā him gerȳmed wearð,

2985 “þæt hīe wæl-stōwe wealdan mōston.

2986 “Þenden rēafode rinc ōðerne,

2987 “nam on Ongenþīo īren-byrnan,

2988 “heard swyrd hilted and his helm somod;

2989 “hāres hyrste Higelāce bær.

2990 “Hē þām frætwum fēng and him fægre gehēt

2991 “lēana fore lēodum and gelǣste swā:

2992 “geald þone gūð-rǣs Gēata dryhten,

2993 “Hrēðles eafora, þā hē tō hām becōm,

2994 “Jofore and Wulfe mid ofer-māðmum,

2995 “sealde hiora gehwæðrum hund þūsenda

2996 “landes and locenra bēaga; ne þorfte him þā lēan oðwītan

2997 “mon on middan-gearde, syððan hīe þā mǣrða geslōgon;

2998 “and þā Jofore forgeaf āngan dōhtor,

2999 “hām-weorðunge, hyldo tō wedde.

3000 “Þæt ys sīo fǣhðo and se fēond-scipe,

3001 “wæl-nīð wera, þæs þe ic wēn hafo,

3002 “þē ūs sēceað tō Swēona lēode,

3003 “syððan hīe gefricgeað frēan ūserne

3004 “ealdor-lēasne, þone þe ǣr gehēold

3005 “wið hettendum hord and rīce,

3006 “æfter hæleða hryre hwate Scylfingas,

3007 “folc-rǣd fremede oððe furður gēn

3008 “eorl-scipe efnde. Nū is ofost betost,

3009 “þæt wē þēod-cyning þǣr scēawian

3010 “and þone gebringan, þē ūs bēagas geaf,

3011 “on ād-fære. Ne scel ānes hwæt

3012 “meltan mid þām mōdigan, ac þǣr is māðma hord.

3013 “gold unrīme grimme gecēapod

3014 “and nū æt sīðestan sylfes fēore

3015 “bēagas gebohte; þā sceal brond fretan,

3016 “ǣled þeccean, nalles eorl wegan

3017 “māððum tō gemyndum, nē mægð scȳne

3018 “habban on healse hring-weorðunge,

3019 “ac sceall geōmor-mōd golde berēafod

3020 “oft nalles ǣne el-land tredan,

3021 “nū se here-wīsa hleahtor ālegde,

3022 “gamen and glēo-drēam. Forþon sceall gār wesan

3023 “monig morgen-ceald mundum bewunden,

3024 “hæfen on handa, nalles hearpan swēg

3025 “wīgend weccean, ac se wonna hrefn

3026 “fūs ofer fǣgum, fela reordian,

3027 “earne secgan, hū him æt ǣte spēow,

3028 “þenden hē wið wulf wæl rēafode.”

3029 Swā se secg hwata secgende wæs

3030 lāðra spella; hē ne lēag fela

3031 wyrda nē worda. Weorod eall ārās,

3032 ēodon unblīðe under Earna næs

3033 wollen-tēare wundur scēawian.

3034 Fundon þā on sande sāwul-lēasne

3035 hlim-bed healdan, þone þe him hringas geaf

3036 ǣrran mǣlum: þā wæs ende-dæg

3037 gōdum gegongen, þæt se gūð-cyning,

3038 Wedra þēoden, wundor-dēaðe swealt.

3039 Ǣr hī gesēgan syllīcran wiht,

3040 wyrm on wonge wiðer-ræhtes þǣr

3041 lāðne licgean: wæs se lēg-draca,

3042 grimlīc gryre-gæst, glēdum beswǣled,

3043 sē wæs fīftiges fōt-gemearces.

3044 lang on legere, lyft-wynne hēold

3045 nihtes hwīlum, nyðer eft gewāt

3046 dennes nīosian; wæs þā dēaðe fæst,

3047 hæfde eorð-scrafa ende genyttod.

3048 Him big stōdan bunan and orcas,

3049 discas lāgon and dȳre swyrd,

3050 ōmige þurh-etone, swā hīe wið eorðan fæðm

3051 þūsend wintra þǣr eardodon:

3052 þonne wæs þæt yrfe ēacen-cræftig,

3053 iū-monna gold galdre bewunden,

3054 þæt þām hring-sele hrīnan ne mōste

3055 gumena ǣnig, nefne god sylfa,

3056 sigora sōð-cyning, sealde þām þe hē wolde

3057 (hē is manna gehyld) hord openian,

3058 efne swā hwylcum manna, swā him gemet þūhte.