Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 206; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic wat eardfæstne
anne standan,
deafne, dumban,
se oft dæges swilgeð
þurh gopes hond
gifrum lacum.
Hwilum
on[?] þam wicum
se wonna þegn,
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sweart ond saloneb,
sendeð oþre
under goman him
golde dyrran,
þa æþelingas
oft wilniað,
cyningas ond cwene.
Ic þæt cyn nu gen
nemnan ne wille,
þe him to nytte swa
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ond to dugþum doþ
þæt se dumba her,
eorp unwita,
ær
forswilgeð[?].