Waldere A
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hyrde hyne georne:
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"Huru Welande... worc ne geswiceð
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monna ænigum ðara ðe Mimming can
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heardne gehealdan. Oft æt hilde gedreas
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swatfag and sweordwund secg æfter oðrum.
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ætlan ordwyga, ne læt ðin ellen nu gy...
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gedreosan to dæge, dryhtscipe
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is se dæg cumen
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þæt ðu scealt aninga oðer twega,
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lif forleosan oððe l... ...gne dom
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agan mid eldum, ælfheres sunu.
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Nalles ic ðe, wine min, wordum cide,
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ðy ic ðe gesawe æt ðam sweordplegan
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ðurh edwitscype æniges monnes
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wig forbugan oððe on weal fleon,
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lice beorgan, ðeah þe laðra fela
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ðinne byrnhomon billum heowun,
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ac ðu symle furðor feohtan sohtest,
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mæl ofer mearce; ðy ic ðe metod ondred,
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þæt ðu to fyrenlice feohtan sohtest
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æt ðam ætstealle oðres monnes,
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wigrædenne. Weorða ðe selfne
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godum dædum, ðenden ðin god recce.
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Ne murn ðu for ði mece; ðe wearð maðma cyst
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gifeðe to geoce, mid ðy ðu Guðhere scealt
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beot forbigan, ðæs ðe he ðas beaduwe ongan
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...d unryhte ærest secan.
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Forsoc he ðam swurde and ðam syncfatum,
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beaga mænigo, nu sceal bega leas
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hworfan from ðisse hilde, hlafurd secan
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ealdne ᛟ oððe her ær swefan,
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gif he ða"
The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, transcribed by sacred-texts.com (sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/), via CLTK's old_english_text_sacred_texts mirror; released into the public domain. Licence: Public domain (Unlicense). Source.