Nō ðȳ ǣr ūt ðā gēn īdel-hende
bona blōdig-tōð, bealewa gemyndig,
of ðām gold-sele gongan wolde;
ac hē mægnes rōf mīn costode,
2085*grāpode gearo-folm.[1] Glōf hangodeFol. 176a.
sīd ond syllīc, searo-bendum fæst;
sīo wæs orðoncum eall gegyrwed
dēofles cræftum ond dracan fellum.
Hē mec þǣr on innan unsynnigne,
2090dīor dǣd-fruma, gedōn wolde
manigra sumne; hyt ne mihte swā,
syððan ic on yrre upp-riht āstōd.
Tō lang ys tō reccenne, hū i[c ð]ām[2] lēod-sceaðan
yfla gehwylces hond-lean forgeald;
2095þǣr ic, þēoden mīn, þīne lēode
weorðode weorcum. Hē onweg losade,
lȳtle hwīle līf-wynna br[ēa]c;
hwæþre him sīo swīðre swaðe weardade
hand on Hiorte, ond hē hēan ðonan,
2100mōdes gēomor, mere-grund gefēoll.
Mē þone wæl-rǣs wine Scildunga
fǣttan golde fela lēanode,
manegum māðmum, syððan mergen cōm,
ond wē tō symble geseten hæfdon.
2105Þǣr wæs gidd ond glēo. Gome*la Scilding,Fol. 176b.
fela fricgende, feorran rehte;
hwīlum hilde-dēor hearpan wynne,
gomen-wudu[3] grētte, hwīlum gyd āwræc
sōð ond sārlīc; hwīlum syllīc spell
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