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108

BEDE'S DEATH SONG

WEST SAXON VERSION

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Text from MS. Digby 211 (Dg), with variants from the other MSS.

For þam nedfere næni wyrþeþ
þances snotera, þonne him þearf sy
to gehicgenne ær his heonengange
hwæt his gaste godes oþþe yfeles
æfter deaþe heonon demed weorþe.
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