Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 210-11; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic þis giedd wrece
bi me ful geomorre,
minre sylfre sið.
Ic þæt secgan mæg,
hwæt ic yrmþa gebad,
siþþan ic up weox,
niwes oþþe ealdes,
no ma þonne nu.
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A ic wite wonn
minra wræcsiþa.
ærest min hlaford gewat
heonan of leodum
ofer yþa gelac;
hæfde ic uhtceare
hwær min leodfruma
londes wære.
ða ic me feran gewat
folgað secan,
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wineleas wręcca,
for minre weaþearfe.
Ongunnon þæt þæs monnes
magas hycgan
þurh dyrne geþoht,
þæt hy todælden unc,
þæt wit gewidost
in woruldrice
lifdon laðlicost,
ond mec longade.
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Het mec hlaford min
herheard niman,
ahte ic leofra lyt
on þissum londstede,
holdra freonda.
Forþon is min hyge geomor,
ða ic me ful gemæcne
monnan funde,
heardsæligne,
hygegeomorne,
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mod miþendne,
morþor
hycgendne[?].
Bliþe gebæro
ful oft wit beotedan
þæt unc ne gedælde
nemne deað ana
owiht elles;
eft is þæt onhworfen,
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freondscipe uncer.
Sceal[?] ic feor ge neah
mines felaleofan
fæhðu dreogan.
Heht mec mon wunian
on wuda bearwe,
under actreo
in þam eorðscræfe.
Eald is þes eorðsele,
eal ic eom oflongad,
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sindon dena dimme,
duna uphea,
bitre burgtunas,
brerum beweaxne,
wic wynna leas.
Ful oft mec her wraþe begeat
fromsiþ frean.
Frynd sind on eorþan,
leofe lifgende,
leger weardiað,
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þonne ic on uhtan
ana gonge
under actreo
geond þas eorðscrafu.
þær ic
sittan[?] mot
sumorlangne dæg,
þær ic wepan mæg
mine wræcsiþas,
earfoþa fela;
forþon ic æfre ne mæg
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þære modceare
minre gerestan,
ne ealles þæs longaþes
þe mec on þissum life begeat.
A scyle geong mon
wesan geomormod,
heard heortan geþoht,
swylce habban sceal
bliþe gebæro,
eac þon breostceare,
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sinsorgna gedreag,
sy æt him sylfum gelong
eal his worulde wyn,
sy ful wide fah
feorres folclondes,
þæt min freond siteð
under stanhliþe
storme behrimed,
wine werigmod,
wætre beflowen
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on dreorsele.
Dreogeð se min wine
micle modceare;
he gemon to oft
wynlicran wic.
Wa bið þam þe sceal
of langoþe
leofes abidan.