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Omerus wæs east mid Crecumon ðæm leodscipe leoða cræftgast,
Firgilies freond and lareow,
þæm mæran sceope magistra betst.
Hwæt, se Omerus oft and gelome
þære sunnan wlite swiðe herede,
æðelo cræftas oft and gelome
leoðum and spellum leodum reahte.
Ne mæg hio þeah gescinan, þeah hio sie scir and beorht,
ahwærgen neah ealla gesceafta;
ne furðum þa gesceafta ðe hio gescinan mæg
endemes ne mæg ealla geondlihtan
innan and utan. Ac se ælmihtega
waldend and wyrhta weorulde gesceafta
his agen weorc eall geondwliteð,
endemes þurhsyhð ealla gesceafta.
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be ðæm we magon singan swylc butan lease.
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