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1. 100

   heria hildfruma, þæt him on heofonum ær

2. 101

   geiewed wearð, ofstum myclum,

3. 102

   Constantinus, Cristes rode,

4. 103

   tireadig cyning, tacen gewyrcan.

5. 104

   Heht þa on uhtan mid ærdæge

6. 105

   wigend wreccan, ond wæpenþræce

7. 106

   hebban heorucumbul, ond þæt halige treo

8. 107

   him beforan ferian on feonda gemang,

9. 108

   beran beacen godes. Byman sungon

10. 109

    hlude for hergum. Hrefn weorces gefeah,

11. 110

    urigfeðra, earn sið beheold,

12. 111

    wælhreowra wig. Wulf sang ahof,

13. 112

    holtes gehleða. Hildegesa stod.

14. 113

    þær wæs borda gebrec ond beorna geþrec,

15. 114

    heard handgeswing ond herga gring,

16. 115

    syððan heo earhfære ærest metton.

17. 116

    On þæt fæge folc flana scuras,

18. 117

    garas ofer geolorand on gramra gemang,

19. 118

    hetend heorugrimme, hildenædran,

20. 119

    þurh fingra geweald forð onsendan.

21. 120

    Stopon stiðhidige, stundum wræcon,

22. 121

    bræcon bordhreðan, bil in dufan,

23. 122

    þrungon þræchearde. þa wæs þuf hafen,

24. 123

    segn for sweotum, sigeleoð galen.

25. 124

    Gylden grima, garas lixtan

26. 125

    on herefelda. Hæðene grungon,

27. 126

    feollon friðelease. Flugon instæpes

28. 127

    Huna leode, swa þæt halige treo

29. 128

    aræran heht Romwara cyning,

30. 129

    heaðofremmende. Wurdon heardingas

31. 130

    wide towrecene. Sume wig fornam.

32. 131

    Sume unsofte aldor generedon

33. 132

    on þam heresiðe. Sume healfcwice

34. 133

    flugon on fæsten ond feore burgon

35. 134

    æfter stanclifum, stede weardedon

36. 135

    ymb Danubie. Sume drenc fornam

37. 136

    on lagostreame lifes æt ende.

38. 137

    ða wæs modigra mægen on luste,

39. 138

    ehton elþeoda oð þæt æfen forð

40. 139

    fram dæges orde. Daroðæsc flugon,

41. 140

    hildenædran. Heap wæs gescyrded,

42. 141

    laðra lindwered. Lythwon becwom

43. 142

    Huna herges ham eft þanon.

44. 143

    þa wæs gesyne þæt sige forgeaf

45. 144

    Constantino cyning ælmihtig

46. 145

    æt þam dægweorce, domweorðunga,

47. 146

    rice under roderum, þurh his rode treo.

48. 147

    Gewat þa heriga helm ham eft þanon,

49. 148

    huðe hremig, (hild wæs gesceaden),

50. 149

    wigge geweorðod. Com þa wigena hleo

51. 150

    þegna þreate þryðbold secan,

52. 151

    beadurof cyning burga neosan.

53. 152

    Heht þa wigena weard þa wisestan

54. 153

    snude to sionoðe, þa þe snyttro cræft

55. 154

    þurh fyrngewrito gefrigen hæfdon,

56. 155

    heoldon higeþancum hæleða rædas.

57. 156

    ða þæs fricggan ongan folces aldor,

58. 157

    sigerof cyning, ofer sid weorod,

59. 158

    wære þær ænig yldra oððe gingra

60. 159

    þe him to soðe secggan meahte,

61. 160

    galdrum cyðan, hwæt se god wære,

62. 161

    boldes brytta, "þe þis his beacen wæs

63. 162

    þe me swa leoht oðywde ond mine leode generede,

64. 163

    tacna torhtost, ond me tir forgeaf,

65. 164

    wigsped wið wraðum, þurh þæt wlitige treo."

66. 165

    Hio him ondsware ænige ne meahton

67. 166

    agifan togenes, ne ful geare cuðon

68. 167

    sweotole gesecggan be þam sigebeacne.

69. 168

    þa þa wisestan wordum cwædon

70. 169

    for þam heremægene þæt hit heofoncyninges

71. 170

    tacen wære, ond þæs tweo nære.

72. 171

    þa þæt gefrugnon þa þurh fulwihte

73. 172

    lærde wæron, (him wæs leoht sefa,

74. 173

    ferhð gefeonde, þeah hira fea wæron),

75. 174

    ðæt hie for þam casere cyðan moston

76. 175

    godspelles gife, hu se gasta helm,

77. 176

    in þrynesse þrymme geweorðad,

78. 177

    acenned wearð, cyninga wuldor,

79. 178

    ond hu on galgan wearð godes agen bearn

80. 179

    ahangen for hergum heardum witum.

81. 180

    Alysde leoda bearn of locan deofla,

82. 181

    geomre gastas, ond him gife sealde

83. 182

    þurh þa ilcan gesceaft þe him geywed wearð

84. 183

    sylfum on gesyhðe, sigores tacen,

85. 184

    wið þeoda þræce. Ond hu ðy þriddan dæge

86. 185

    of byrgenne beorna wuldor

87. 186

    of deaðe aras, dryhten ealra

88. 187

    hæleða cynnes, ond to heofonum astah.

89. 188

    ðus gleawlice gastgerynum

90. 189

    sægdon sigerofum, swa fram Siluestre

91. 190

    lærde wæron. æt þam se leodfruma

92. 191

    fulwihte onfeng ond þæt forð geheold

93. 192

    on his dagana tid, dryhtne to willan.

94. 193

    ða wæs on sælum sinces brytta,

95. 194

    niðheard cyning. Wæs him niwe gefea

96. 195

    befolen in fyrhðe, wæs him frofra mæst

97. 196

    ond hyhta nihst heofonrices weard.

98. 197

    Ongan þa dryhtnes æ dæges ond nihtes

99. 198

    þurh gastes gife georne cyðan,

100. 199

     ond hine soðlice sylfne getengde

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