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3138 Him þā gegiredan Gēata lēode

3139 ād on eorðan un-wāclīcne,

3140 helmum behongen, hilde-bordum,

3141 beorhtum byrnum, swā hē bēna wæs;

3142 ālegdon þā tō-middes mǣrne þēoden

3143 hæleð hīofende, hlāford lēofne.

3144 Ongunnon þā on beorge bǣl-fȳra mǣst

3145 wīgend weccan: wudu-rēc āstāh

3146 sweart ofer swioðole, swōgende lēg,

3147 wōpe bewunden (wind-blond gelæg)

3148 oð þæt hē þā bān-hūs gebrocen hæfde,

3149 hāt on hreðre. Higum unrōte

3150 mōd-ceare mǣndon mon-dryhtnes cwealm;

3151 swylce giōmor-gyd lat . ^con meowle

3152 . . . . . wunden heorde . . .

3153 serg (?) cearig sǣlde geneahhe

3154 þæt hīo hyre . . . . gas hearde

3155 . . . . . ede wælfylla wonn . .

3156 hildes egesan hyðo

3157 haf mid heofon rēce swealh (?)

3158 Geworhton þā Wedra lēode

3159 hlǣw on hlīðe, sē wæs hēah and brād,

3160 wǣg-līðendum wīde gesȳne,

3161 and betimbredon on tȳn dagum

3162 beadu-rōfes bēcn: bronda betost

3163 wealle beworhton, swā hyt weorðlīcost

3164 fore-snotre men findan mihton.

3165 Hī on beorg dydon bēg and siglu,

3166 eall swylce hyrsta, swylce on horde ǣr

3167 nīð-hȳdige men genumen hæfdon;

3168 forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan,

3169 gold on grēote, þǣr hit nū gēn lifað

3170 eldum swā unnyt, swā hit ǣror wæs.

3171 Þā ymbe hlǣw riodan hilde-dēore,

3172 æðelinga bearn ealra twelfa,

3173 woldon ceare cwīðan, kyning mǣnan,

3174 word-gyd wrecan and ymb wer sprecan,

3175 eahtodan eorl-scipe and his ellen-weorc

3176 duguðum dēmdon, swā hit ge-dēfe bið,

3177 þæt mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge,

3178 ferhðum frēoge, þonne hē forð scile

3179 of līc-haman lǣne weorðan.

3180 Swā begnornodon Gēata lēode

3181 hlāfordes hryre, heorð-genēatas,

3182 cwǣdon þæt hē wǣre woruld-cyning

3183 mannum mildust and mon-þwǣrust,

3184 lēodum līðost and lof-geornost.