1710eaforum Ecgwelan, Ār-Scyldingum;
ne gewēox hē him tō willan, ac tō wæl-fealle
ond tō dēað-cwalum Deniga lēodum;
brēat bolgen-mōd bēod-genēatas,
eaxl-gesteallan, oþ þæt hē āna hwearf,
1715mǣre þēoden, mon-drēamum from.
Ðeah þe hine mihtig God mægenes wynnum,
eafeþum, stēpte ofer ealle men,
forð gefremede, hwæþere him on ferhþe grēow
brēost-hord blōd-rēow; nallas bēagas geaf
1720Denum æfter dōme; drēam-lēas gebād,
þæt hē þæs gewinnes weorc þrōwade,
lēod-bealo longsum. Ðū þē lǣr be þon,
gum-cyste ongit; ic þis gid be þē
āwræc wintrum frōd. Wundor is tō secganne,
1725hū mihtig God manna cynne
þurh sīdne sefan snyttru bryttað,
eard ond eorl-scipe; hē āh ealra geweald.
Hwīlum hē on lufan lǣteð hworfan
monnes mōd-geþonc mǣran cynnes,
1730seleð him on ēþle eorþan wynne,
tō healdanne hlēo-burh wera,
*gedēð him swā gewealdene worolde dǣlas,Fol. 168a.
sīde rīce, þæt hē his selfa ne mæg
[1]his unsnyttrum ende geþencean.
1735Wunað hē on wiste; nō hine wiht dweleð
ādl ne yldo, ne him inwit-sorh
on sefa[n][2] sweorceð, ne gesacu ōhwǣr,
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