Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 187; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic wæs wæpenwiga.
Nu mec wlonc þeceð
geong hagostealdmon
golde ond sylfore,
woum wirbogum.
Hwilum weras cyssað,
hwilum ic to hilde
hleoþre bonne
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wilgehleþan,
hwilum wycg byreþ
mec ofer mearce,
hwilum merehengest
fereð ofer flodas
frætwum beorhtne,
hwilum mægða sum
minne gefylleð
bosm beaghroden;
hwilum ic bordum sceal,
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heard, heafodleas,
behlyþed licgan,
hwilum hongige
hyrstum frætwed,
wlitig on wage,
þær weras drincað,
freolic fyrdsceorp.
Hwilum folcwigan
on[?] wicge wegað,
þonne ic winde sceal
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sincfag swelgan
of sumes bosme;
hwilum ic gereordum
rincas laðige
wlonce to wine;
hwilum
wraþum[?] sceal
stefne minre
forstolen hreddan,
flyman feondsceaþan.
Frige hwæt ic hatte.