Heofona r[=i][.c]e is [.g]e.l[=i]c th[=ae]m cyninge the macode his suna
90
[.g]iefta, and s[e,]nde his th[=e]owas, and clipode th[=a] [.g]e.lathodan
t[=o]
th[=ae]m [.g]ieftum. Th[=a] noldon h[=i]e cuman. Th[=a] s[e,]nde h[=e]
eft [=o]thre
th[=e]owas, and sae[.g]de th[=ae]m [.g]e.lathodum: 'N[=u] ic
[.g]e.[.g]earwode
m[=i]ne feorme: m[=i]ne fearras and m[=i]ne fuglas sind of.slae[.g]ene,
and eall m[=i]n thing sind [.g]earu; cumath t[=o] th[=ae]m [.g]ieftum.'
Th[=a] 95
for.g[=i]emdon h[=i]e thaet, and f[=e]rdon, sum t[=o] his t[=u]ne, sum
t[=o]
his mangunge. And th[=a] [=o]thre n[=a]mon his th[=e]owas, and mid
t[=e]onan [.g]e.sw[e,]n[.c]ton, and of.sl[=o]gon. Th[=a] se cyning thaet
[.g]e.hierde,
th[=a] waes h[=e] ierre, and s[e,]nde his h[e,]re t[=o], and for.dyde
th[=a] mann-slagan, and hiera burg for.baernde. 100
Th[=a] cwaeth h[=e] t[=o] his th[=e]owum: 'Witodl[=i]ce th[=a]s [.g]iefta
sind
[.g]earwe, ac th[=a] the [.g]e.lathode w[=ae]ron ne sind wierthe. G[=a]th
n[=u]
t[=o] wega [.g]el[=ae]tum, and clipiath t[=o] thissum [.g]ieftum sw[=a]
hwelce
sw[=a] [.g][=e] [.g]e.m[=e]ten.' Th[=a] [=e]odon th[=a] th[=e]owas [=u]t
on th[=a] wegas,
and [.g]e.gadrodon ealle th[=a] the h[=i]e [.g]e.m[=e]tton, g[=o]de and
yfle; 105
th[=a] w[=ae]ron th[=a] [.g]ieft-h[=u]s mid sittendum mannum [.g]efyldu.
Th[=a] [=e]ode se cyning inn, thaet h[=e] wolde [.g]e.s[=e]on th[=a] the
th[=ae]r
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s[=ae]ton, and th[=a] [.g]e.seah h[=e] th[=ae]r [=a]nne mann the naes mid
[.g]ieftlicum
r[=e]afe [.g]escr[=y]dd. Th[=a] cwaeth h[=e]: 'L[=a], fr[=e]ond,
h[=u]meta
[=e]odest th[=u] inn, and naefdest [.g]ieftlic r[=e]af?' Tha sw[=i]gode
h[=e]. 110
And se cyning cwaeth t[=o] his the[.g]num: '[.G]e.bindath his handa
and his f[=e]t, and weorpath hine on th[=a] [=y]terran th[=e]ostru;
th[=ae]r bith
w[=o]p and t[=o]tha gr[=i]st-b[=i]tung.' Witodl[=i]ce mani[.g]e sind
[.g]e.lathode,
and f[=e]a [.g]e.corene.