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*[Atol]^[1] ǣglǣca⁠ēhtende wæs,Fol. 133b.
160deorc dēaþ-scūa,⁠duguþe ond geogoþe,
seomade ond syrede,⁠sin-nihte hēold
mistige mōras;⁠men ne cunnon,
hwyder hel-rūnan⁠hwyrftum scrīþað.
Swā fela fyrena⁠fēond man-cynnes,
165atol ān-gengea,⁠oft gefremede,
heardra hȳnða;⁠Heorot eardode,
sinc-fāge sel⁠sweartum nihtum;
nō hē þone gif-stōl⁠grētan mōste,
māþðum for Metode,⁠ne his myne wisse.^[2]
170Þæt wæs wrsec micel⁠wine Scyldinga,
mōdes brecða.⁠Monig oft gesæt
rīce tō rūne,⁠rǣd eahtedon,
hwæt swīð-ferhðum⁠sēlest wǣre
wið fǣr-gryrum⁠tō gefremmanne.
175 Hwīlum hīe gehēton⁠æt hærg-trafum.^[3]
wīg-weorþunga,⁠wordum bǣdon,
þæt him gāst-bona⁠gēoce gefremede
wið þēod-þrēaum.⁠Swylc wæs þēaw hyra,
hǣþenra hyht;⁠helle gemundon
180 in mōd-sefan,⁠Metod hīe ne cūþon,
dǣda Dēmend,⁠ne wiston hīe Drihten God,
*ne hīe hūru heofena Helm⁠herian ne cūþon,Fol. 134a.
wuldres Waldend.⁠Wā bið þǣm ðe sceal
þurh slīðne nīð⁠sāwle bescūfan

1. 159. MS. defective at corner. Thorpe ‘[Atol]’; Rieger ‘[ac se],’ without a period.
2. 167—9. Heyne punctuates:

   ⁠sweartum nihtum
   (nō hē þone gif-stōl⁠grētan mōste,
   māþðum for metode,⁠ne his myne wisse);

3. 175. MS. ‘hrærg’; Grundtvig ‘hærg-.’