Swā bið gēomorlīc gomelum ceorle
2445tō gebīdanne, þæt his byre rīde
giong on galgan; þonne hē gyd wrece,
sārigne sang, þonne his sunu hangað
hrefne tō hrōðre, ond hē him helpan[1] ne mæg,
eald ond in-frōd, ǣnige gefremman.
2450Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce
*eaforan ellor-sīð; ōðres ne gȳmeðFol. 184b.
tō gebīdanne burgum in innan
yrfe-weardas,[2] þonne se ān hafað
þurh dēaðes nȳd dǣda gefondad.
2455Gesyhð sorh-cearig on his suna būre
wīn-sele wēstne, wind-gereste,
rēote berofene; rīdend swefað,
hæleð in hoðman; nis þǣr hearpan swēg,
gomen in geardum, swylce ðǣr īu wǣron.
XXXV.
2460Gewīteð þonne on sealman, sorh-lēoð gæleð
ān æfter ānum; þūhte him eall tō rūm,
wongas ond wīc-stede. Swā Wedra helm
æfter Herebealde heortan sorge
weallinde wæg; wihte ne meahte
2465on ðām feorh-bonan fǣghðe gebētan;
nē ðȳ ǣr hē þone heaðorinc hatian ne meahte
lāðum dǣdum, þēah him lēof ne wæs.
Hē ðā mid þǣre sorhge, þe him sīo sār belamp,
gum-drēam ofgeaf, Godes lēoht gecēas;
