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- Wenne, wenne, wenchichenne,
- her ne scealt þu timbrien, ne nenne tun habben,
- ac þu scealt north eonene to þan nihgan berhge,
- þer þu hauest, ermig, enne broþer.
- He þe sceal legge leaf et heafde.
- Under fot wolues, under ueþer earnes,
- under earnes clea, a þu geweornie.
- Clinge þu alswa col on heorþe,
- scring þu alswa scerne awage,
- and weorne alswa weter on anbre.
- Swa litel þu gewurþe alswa linsetcorn,
- and miccli lesse alswa anes handwurmes hupeban,
- and alswa litel þu gewurþe þet þu nawiht gewurþe.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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