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Bede's Death Song: West Saxon Version

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 5 sections

1. 0

   For þam nedfere næni wyrþeþ

2. 1

   þances snotera, þonne him þearf sy

3. 2

   to gehicgenne ær his heonengange

4. 3

   hwæt his gaste godes oþþe yfeles

5. 4

   æfter deaþe heonon demed weorþe.

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