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1700 sylfa gesecan , þær he sawulgedal ,
1701 beaducwealm gebad . þæt þam banan ne wearð
1702 hleahtre behworfen , ah in helle ceafl
1703 sið asette , ond syððan no ,
1704 fah , freonda leas , frofre benohte .
1705 ða ic lædan gefrægn leoda weorode
1706 leofne lareow to lides stefnan ,
1707 mæcgas modgeomre . þær manegum wæs
1708 hat æt heortan hyge weallende .
1709 Hie ða gebrohton æt brimes næsse
1710 on wægþele wigan unslawne .
1711 Stodon him ða on ofre æfter reotan
1712 þendon hie on yðum æðelinga wunn
1713 ofer seolhpaðu geseon mihton ,
1714 ond þa weorðedon wuldres agend ,
1715 cleopodon on corðre , ond cwædon þus :
1716 " An is ece god eallra gesceafta !
1717 Is his miht ond his æht ofer middangeard
1718 breme gebledsod , ond his blæd ofer eall
1719 in heofonþrymme halgum scineð ,
1720 wlitige on wuldre to widan ealdre ,
1721 ece mid englum . þæt is æðele cyning !"
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