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The Battle of Maldon

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 325 sections

1. 300

   þær wæs stið gemot; stodon fæste

2. 301

   wigan on gewinne, wigend cruncon,

3. 302

   wundum werige. Wæl feol on eorþan.

4. 303

   Oswold and Eadwold ealle hwile,

5. 304

   begen þa gebroþru, beornas trymedon,

6. 305

   hyra winemagas wordon bædon

7. 306

   þæt hi þær æt ðearfe þolian sceoldon,

8. 307

   unwaclice wæpna neotan.

9. 308

   Byrhtwold maþelode bord hafenode

10. 309

    (se wæs eald geneat), æsc acwehte;

11. 310

    he ful baldlice beornas lærde:

12. 311

    "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre,

13. 312

    mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað.

14. 313

    Her lið ure ealdor eall forheawen,

15. 314

    god on greote. A mæg gnornian

16. 315

    se ðe nu fram þis wigplegan wendan þenceð.

17. 316

    Ic eom frod feores; fram ic ne wille,

18. 317

    ac ic me be healfe minum hlaforde,

19. 318

    be swa leofan men, licgan þence."

20. 319

    Swa hi æþelgares bearn ealle bylde,

21. 320

    Godric to guþe. Oft he gar forlet,

22. 321

    wælspere windan on þa wicingas,

23. 322

    swa he on þam folce fyrmest eode,

24. 323

    heow and hynde, oðþæt he on hilde gecranc.

25. 324

    Næs þæt na se Godric þe ða guðe forbeah

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