2470eaferum lǣfde, swā dēð ēadig mon,
lond ond lēod-byrig, þā hē of līfe gewāt.
Þā *wæs synn ond sacu Swēona ond Gēata,Fol. 185a.
ofer [w]īd[1] wæter wrōht gemǣne,
here-nīð hearda, syððan Hr¯wðel swealt;
2475oððe him Ongenðēowes eaferan Wǣran
frome, fyrd-hwate, frēode ne woldon
ofer heafo healdan, ac ymb Hreosnabeorh
eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon.[2]
Þæt mǣg-wine mīne gewrǣcan,
2480fǣhðe ond fyrene, swā hyt gefrǣge wæs,
þēah ðe ōðer his ealdre gebohte,
heardan cēape; Hǣðcynne wearð,
Gēata dryhtne, gūð onsǣge.
Þā ic on morgne gefrægn mǣg ōðerne
2485billes ecgum on bonan stǣlan,
þǣr Ongenþēow Eofores nīosað;[3]
gūð-helm tōglād, gomela Scylfing
hrēas [heoro-]blāc;[4] hond gemunde
fǣhðo genōge, feorh-sweng ne oftēah.
2490Ic him þā māðmas, þe hē mē sealde,
geald æt gūðe, swa mē gifeðe wæs,
lēohtan sweorde; hē mē lond forgeaf,
eard, ēðel-wyn. Næs him ǣnig þearf,
þæt hē tō Gifðum, oððe tō Gār-Denum,
2495oððe in Swīo-rīce, sēcean þurfe
*wyrsan wīg-frecan, weorðe gecȳpan;Fol. 185b.
symle ic him on fēðan beforan wolde,
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