Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 174; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Hyrde ic secgan gen
bi sumum fugle
þæt word þe gecwæð
wuldres ealdor:
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"In swa hwylce tiid
swa ge mid treowe to me
on hyge hweorfað,
ond ge hellfirena
sweartra geswicað,
swa ic symle to eow
mid siblufan
sona gecyrre
þurh milde mod.
Ge beoð me siþþan
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torhte tireadge
talade ond rimde,
beorhte gebroþor
on bearna stæl."
Uton we þy geornor
gode oliccan,
firene feogan,
friþes earnian,
duguðe to dryhtne,
þenden us dæg scine,
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þæt swa æþelne
eardwica cyst
in wuldres wlite
wunian motan.