2845lǣnan līfes. Næs ðā lang tō ðon,
þæt ðā hild-latan holt ofgēfan,
tydre trēow-logan tȳne ætsomne,
ðā ne dorston ǣr dareðum lācan
on hyra man-dryhtnes miclan þearfe;
2850ac hȳ scamiende scyldas bǣran,
gūð-gewǣdu, þǣr se gomela læg;
wlitan on Wī[g]lāf.[1] Hē gewērgad sæt,
fēðe-cempa, frēan eaxlum nēah,
wehte hyne wætre; him wiht ne spēow.[2]
2855Ne meahte hē on eorðan, ðēah hē ūðe wel,
on ðām frum-gāre feorh gehealdan,
ne ðæs Wealdendes [willan][3] wiht oncirran.
Wolde dōm *Godes dǣdum rǣdanFol. 192a.
gumena gehwylcum, swā hē nē gēn dēð.
2860Þā wæs æt ðām geongum grim ondswaru
ēð-begēte, þām ðe ǣr his elne forlēas.
Wīglāf maðelode, Weohstānes sunu,
sec[g][4] sārig-ferð seah on unlēofe:
“Þæt lā! mæg secgan, sē ðe wyle sōð specan,
2865þæt se mon-dryhten, sē ēow ðā māðmas geaf,
ēored-geatwe, þe gē þǣr on standað,
þonne hē on ealu-bence oft gesealde
heal-sittendum helm ond byrnan,
þēoden his þegnum, swylce hē þrȳðlīcost[5]
2870ōwēr feor oððe nēah findan meahte,
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