þæt hē dæg-hwīla gedrogen hæfde
eorðan wynn[e]; ðā wæs eall sceacen
dōgor-gerīmes, dēatð ungemete nēah:
“Nū ic suna mīnum syllan wolde
2730gūð-gewǣdu, þǣr mē gifeðe swā
ǣnig yrfe-*weard æfter wurdeFol. 189b.
līce gelenge. Ic ðās lēode hēold
fīftig wintra; næs se folc-cyning
ymbe-sittendra ǣnig ðāra,
2735þe mec gūð-winum grētan dorste,
egesan ðēon. Ic on earde bād
mǣl-gesceafta, hēold mīn tela,
ne sōhte searo-nīðas, ne mē swōr fela
āða on unriht. Ic ðæs ealles mæg
2740feorh-bennum sēoc gefēan habban;
forðam mē wītan ne ðearf Waldend fīra
morðor-bealo māga, þonne mīn sceaceð
līf of līce. Nū ðū lungre geong
hord scēawian under hārne stān,
2745Wīglāf lēofa, nū se wyrm ligeð,
swefeð sāre wund, since berēafod.
Bīo nū on ofoste, þæt ic ǣr-welan,
gold-ǣht ongite, gearo scēawige
swegle searo-gimmas, þæt ic ðȳ sēft mæge
2750æfter māððum-welan mīn ālǣtan
līf ond lēod-scipe, þone ic longe hēold.”
XXXVIII.
Ðā ic snūde gefrægn sunu Wihstānes
æfter word-cwydum wundum dryhtne
hȳran heaðo-sīocum, hring-net beran,
