Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 196; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Is þes middangeard
missenlicum
wisum gewlitegad,
wrættum gefrætwad.
Ic seah sellic þing
singan on ræcede;
wiht wæs
nower[?] werum on gemonge,
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sio hæfde wæstum
wundorlicran.
Niþerweard[?] wæs neb hyre,
fet ond folme
fugele gelice;
no hwæþre fleogan mæg
ne fela gongan,
hwæþre feþegeorn
fremman onginneð,
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gecoren cræftum,
cyrreð geneahhe
oft ond gelome
eorlum on gemonge,
siteð æt symble,
sæles bideþ,
hwonne ær heo cræft hyre
cyþan mote
werum on wonge.
Ne heo þær wiht þigeð
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þæs þe him æt blisse
beornas
habbað[?].
Deor domes georn,
hio dumb wunað;
hwæþre hyre is on fote
fæger hleoþor,
wynlicu woðgiefu.
Wrætlic me þinceð,
hu seo wiht mæge
wordum lacan
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þurh fot neoþan,
frætwed hyrstum.
Hafað hyre on halse,
þonne hio hord warað,
bær, beagum deall,
broþor sine,
mæg mid mægne.
Micel is to hycgenne
wisum woðboran,
hwæt
sio[?] wiht sie.