hu he Rodric of-floh :
& hine mid horfen to-ili'uh.
& hu lie pa Peohtes :
oiier-com mid his fashtes.
Vp he fette ))cTne ftan :
jet he Jier ftondetS.
swa he detS al fwa longe :
swa fa woreld ftondeS.
Nome him fcupte |)e king :
& hehte f one Ihxu West-mering.
a muchel d-jA lonJes :
pe fer litS ahuten.
non fie king to liis hond :
& hsehte liit Weft-merelinge lend
Nu fu hafiieft foS iherd :
for whan hit swa hatte.
pa fe' Jieo Peohtes :
weoren ouer-cumne i fon fehte.
and Eodric wes dted :
& his iueren for-demed.
))a flujen Jier bUiselues :
fiftene hundred.
])at weoreoren^ ])a feu-eft men :
pe weoren i Jwn fehte.
hwfden he^ to here-to^ :
emie ha^h iborene mon.
peof weolden heom ibuijen :
& bi-halues fleon.
ou he Rodrich of-sloh : and mid horfe to-di'oli. and ou he |)e Peutes : ouercom mid fihte. Vp he fette [lane fton : jet he fare flondeji.
Name him fcopte |iane king and hehte hine Weftmering. for name of )?an Hone : pat lond liis fo hi-hote.
po Rodrich was of-ftaje : and idon of lif daje. J'O fleh fare bi-hahies : ' fiftene hundred, fat weren fe fairefte men : J)at weren in fan filite. hadden hii aime heuedling of on hcje ibore man. peos wolden hinne bouwe ; and bi-halues wende.
stone pillar; he caused thereon to be graven "strange characters, [of Rodrics death, and] how he slew Rodric, and with horses drew him in pieces, and how he overcame the Peohtes with ' his' fight. Up he set the stone; yet it there standeth; 'so it will do as long as the world standeth.' A name the king shaped to it, and called "the stone [it] West-mering; 'a great part of the land that there lieth about the king took in his hand,' "and named it West-merelinge land [for the name of the stone the land is sn called]. ' Now thou hast heard the sooth, for what cause it so bight. When that the Peohtes were overcome in the fight,' "and Rodric was dead, and his companions destroyed [When Rodrich was slain, and done of life-day], then fled there aside fifteen hundred, that were the fairest men that were
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R. weoren.
heo?
