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WULF AND EADWACER

    
3Leodum is minum swylce him mon lac gife; willað hy hine
4aþecgan, gif he on þreat cymeð.
5Ungelic is us.
6Wulf is on iege, ic on oþerre.
7Fæst is þæt eglond, fenne biworpen.
8Sindon wælreowe weras þær on ige; willað hy hine aþecgan,
9gif he on þreat cymeð.
10Ungelice is us.
11Wulfes ic mines widlastum wenum dogode; þonne hit wæs renig
12weder ond ic reotugu sæt, þonne mec se
13beaducafa bogum bilegde,

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14wæs me wyn to þon, wæs me hwæþre
15eac lað.
16Wulf, min Wulf, wena me þine seoce gedydon, þine seldcymas,
17murnende mod, nales meteliste.
18Gehyrest þu, Eadwacer?
19Uncerne earne hwelp bireð wulf to wuda.
20þæt mon eaþe tosliteð þætte næfre gesomnad wæs, uncer
21giedd geador.