Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 209-10; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic seah in healle
hring
gyldenne[?]
men sceawian,
modum gleawe,
ferþþum frode.
Friþospede[?] bæd
5
se þe wende wriþan;
word æfter cwæð
hring on hyrede,
hælend nemde
tillfremmendra.
Him torhte in gemynd
his dryhtnes naman
dumba brohte
ond in eagna gesihð,
gif þæs æþelan
10
goldes tacen
ongietan cuþe
ond[?] dryhtnes[?] dolg,
don swa þæs beages
benne cwædon.
Ne mæg þære bene
æniges monnes
ungefullodre[?]
godes ealdorburg
gæst gesecan,
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rodera ceastre.
Ræde, se þe wille,
hu ðæs wrætlican
wunda cwæden
hringes to hæleþum,
þa he in healle wæs
wylted ond wended
wloncra folmum.