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DEOR

    
3Welund him be wurman wræces cunnade, anhydig eorl earfoþa
4dreag, hæfde him to gesiþþe sorge ond longaþ,
5wintercealde wræce; wean oft onfond, siþþan hine
6Niðhad on nede legde, swoncre seonobende on
7syllan monn.
8þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.
9Beadohilde ne wæs hyre broþra deaþ on sefan swa sar swa
10hyre sylfre þing, þæt heo gearolice ongieten hæfde þæt
11heo eacen wæs; æfre ne meahte þriste
12geþencan, hu ymb þæt sceolde.
13þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.
14We þæt mæðhilde monge gefrugnon wurdon grundlease Geates
15frige, þæt hi seo sorglufu slæp ealle binom.
16þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.
17Ðeodric ahte þritig wintra Mæringa burg; þæt wæs monegum
18cuþ.
19þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.
20We geascodan Eormanrices wylfenne geþoht; ahte wide folc

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21Gotena rices.
22þæt wæs grim cyning.
23Sæt secg monig sorgum gebunden, wean on wenan, wyscte
24geneahhe þæt þæs cynerices ofercumen wære.
25þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.
26Siteð sorgcearig, sælum bidæled, on sefan sweorceð, sylfum
27þinceð þæt sy endeleas earfoða dæl.
28Mæg þonne geþencan, þæt geond þas woruld witig dryhten
29wendeþ geneahhe, eorle monegum are gesceawað, wislicne blæd,
30sumum weana dæl.
31þæt ic bi me sylfum secgan wille, þæt ic hwile wæs
32Heodeninga scop, dryhtne dyre.
33Me wæs Deor noma.
34Ahte ic fela wintra folgað tilne, holdne hlaford, oþþæt
35Heorrenda nu, leoðcræftig monn londryht geþah,
36þæt me eorla hleo ær gesealde.
37þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.