Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 196-97; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Is þes middangeard
missenlicum
wisum gewlitegad,
wrættum gefrætwad.
Siþum sellic
ic seah searo hweorfan,
grindan wið greote,
giellende faran.
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Næfde sellicu wiht
syne ne folme,
exle ne earmas;
sceal on anum fet
searoceap swifan,
swiþe feran,
faran ofer feldas.
Hæfde
fela[?] ribba;
muð wæs on middan.
Moncynne nyt,
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fereð[?] foddurwelan,
folcscipe dreogeð,
wist in wigeð,
ond werum gieldeð
gaful geara gehwam
þæs þe guman brucað,
rice ond heane.
Rece, gif þu cunne,
wis worda gleaw,
hwæt sio wiht sie.