XXXVI.
Wīglaf wæs hāten, Weoxstānes sunu,
lēoflic lind-wiga, lēod Scylfinga,
mǣg Ælfheres; geseah his mon-diyhten
2605under here-grīman hāt þrōwian;
gemunde ðā ðā āre, þe hē him ǣr forgeaf,
wīc-stede weligne Wǣgmundinga,
folc-rihta gehwylc, swā his fæder āhte;
ne mihte ðā forhabban, hond rond gefēng,
2610geolwe linde, gomel swyrd getēah.
Þæt wæs mid eldum Ēanmundes lāf,
*suna Ōhtere[s],[1] þām æt sæcce wearð,Fol. 188a.
wræcca[n][2] wine-lēasum, Weohstān[3] bana
mēces ecgum, ond his māgum ætbær
2615brūn-fāgne helm, hringde byrnan,
eald sweord etonisc, þæt him Onela forgeaf,
his gædelinges gūð-gewǣdu,
fyrd-searo fūslīc; nō ymbe ðā fǣhðe spræc,
þēah ðe hē his brōðr bearn ābredwade.
2620Hē frǣtwe gehēold fela missera,
bill ond byrnan, oð ðæt his byre mihte
eorl-scipe efnan swā his ǣr-fǣder;
geaf him ðā mid Gēatum gūð-gewǣda
ǣghwæs unrīm, þā hē of ealdre gewāt
2625frōd on forð-weg. Þā wæs forma sīð
geongan cempan, þæt hē gūðe rǣs
mid his frēo-dryhtne fremman sceolde;
ne gemealt him se mōd-sefa, ne his mǣges[4] lāf
