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Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 143 sections

1. 100

   hwær ic under swegle selast wisse

2. 101

   goldhrodene cwen giefe bryttian.

3. 102

   ðonne wit Scilling sciran reorde

4. 103

   for uncrum sigedryhtne song ahofan,

5. 104

   hlude bi hearpan hleoþor swinsade,

6. 105

   þonne monige men, modum wlonce,

7. 106

   wordum sprecan, þa þe wel cuþan,

8. 107

   þæt hi næfre song sellan ne hyrdon.

9. 108

   ðonan ic ealne geondhwearf eþel Gotena,

10. 109

    sohte ic a gesiþa þa selestan;

11. 110

    þæt wæs innweorud Earmanrices.

12. 111

    Heðcan sohte ic ond Beadecan ond Herelingas,

13. 112

    Emercan sohte ic ond Fridlan ond Eastgotan,

14. 113

    frodne ond godne fæder Unwenes.

15. 114

    Seccan sohte ic ond Beccan, Seafolan ond þeodric,

16. 115

    Heaþoric ond Sifecan, Hliþe ond Incgenþeow.

17. 116

    Eadwine sohte ic ond Elsan, ægelmund ond Hungar,

18. 117

    ond þa wloncan gedryht Wiþmyrginga.

19. 118

    Wulfhere sohte ic ond Wyrmhere; ful oft þær wig ne alæg,

20. 119

    þonne Hræda here heardum sweordum

21. 120

    ymb Wistlawudu wergan sceoldon

22. 121

    ealdne eþelstol ætlan leodum.

23. 122

    Rædhere sohte ic ond Rondhere, Rumstan ond Gislhere,

24. 123

    Wiþergield ond Freoþeric, Wudgan ond Haman;

25. 124

    ne wæran þæt gesiþa þa sæmestan,

26. 125

    þeah þe ic hy anihst nemnan sceolde.

27. 126

    Ful oft of þam heape hwinende fleag

28. 127

    giellende gar on grome þeode;

29. 128

    wræccan þær weoldan wundnan golde

30. 129

    werum ond wifum, Wudga ond Hama.

31. 130

    Swa ic þæt symle onfond on þære feringe,

32. 131

    þæt se biþ leofast londbuendum

33. 132

    se þe him god syleð gumena rice

34. 133

    to gehealdenne, þenden he her leofað."

35. 134

    Swa scriþende gesceapum hweorfað

36. 135

    gleomen gumena geond grunda fela,

37. 136

    þearfe secgað, þoncword sprecaþ,

38. 137

    simle suð oþþe norð sumne gemetað

39. 138

    gydda gleawne, geofum unhneawne,

40. 139

    se þe fore duguþe wile dom aræran,

41. 140

    eorlscipe æfnan, oþþæt eal scæceð,

42. 141

    leoht ond lif somod; lof se gewyrceð,

43. 142

    hafað under heofonum heahfæstne dom.

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