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Bede's Death Song: The Hague Version

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 5 sections

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   Fore ðaem nedfere nenig wiorðeð

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   ðonosnottorra ðon him ðearf riae

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   to ymbhycgenne aer his hinionge

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   hwet his gaste godes oððe yfles

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   ester deaðdege doemed wiorðe.

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