Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 223; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Wel bið þam eorle
þe him on innan hafað,
reþehygdig wer,
rume heortan;
þæt him biþ for worulde
weorðmynda mæst,
ond for ussum dryhtne
doma selast.
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Efne swa he mid wætre
þone weallendan
leg adwæsce,
þæt he leng ne mæg
blac byrnende
burgum sceððan,
swa he mid ælmessan
ealle toscufeð
synna wunde,
sawla lacnað.