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Ic weox þær ic s[[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]] ond sumor mi[[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]]me wæs min ti[[OMITTED]
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[OMITTED]]d ic on staðol[[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]]um geong, swa [[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]] seþeana
oft geond [[OMITTED]]fgeaf,
ac ic uplong stod, þær ic [[OMITTED]]
ond min broþor; begen wæron hearde.
Eard wæs þy weorðra þe wit on stodan,
hyrstum þy hyrra. Ful oft unc holt wrugon,
wudubeama helm wonnum nihtum,
scildon wið scurum; unc gescop meotud.
Nu unc mæran twam magas uncre
sculon æfter cuman, eard oðþringan
gingran broþor. Eom ic gumcynnes
anga ofer eorþan; is min agen bæc
wonn ond wundorlic. Ic on wuda stonde
bordes on ende. Nis min broþor her,
ac ic sceal broþorleas bordes on ende
staþol weardian, stondan fæste;
ne wat hwær min broþor on wera æhtum
eorþan sceata eardian sceal,
se me ær be healfe heah eardade.
Wit wæron gesome sæcce to fremmanne;
næfre uncer awþer his ellen cyðde,
swa wit þære beadwe begen ne onþungan.
Nu mec unsceafta innan slitað,
wyrdaþ mec be wombe; ic gewendan ne mæg.
Æt þam spore findeð sped se þe se[[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]] sawle rædes.