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XXIII. THE WANDERER.


Til biþ sē þe his trēowe gehealdeð:  ne sceal nǣfre his torn tō rycene
beorn of his brēostum ācȳþan,  nemþe hē ǣr þā bōte cunne,
eorl mid ęlne gefręmman.  Wel bið þām þe him āre sēceð,
frōfre tō Fæder on heofonum,  þǣr ūs eal sēo fæstnung stǫndeð.[115]