Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 225-7; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Nu ic onsundran þe
secgan wille
[...] treocyn
ic tudre aweox;
in mec æld/ sceal
ellor londes
settan
[...] sealte streamas
5
/sse.
Ful oft ic on bates
þær mec mondryhten
min
[...]
ofer heah hofu;
eom nu her cumen
on ceolþele,
ond nu cunnan scealt
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hu þu ymb
modlufan[?] mines frean
on hyge hycge.
Ic gehatan dear
þæt þu þær tirfæste
treowe findest.
Hwæt, þec þonne biddan het
se þisne beam agrof
þæt þu sinchroden
sylf gemunde
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on gewitlocan
wordbeotunga,
þe git on ærdagum
oft gespræcon,
þenden git moston
on meoduburgum
eard weardigan,
an lond bugan,
freondscype fremman.
Hine fæhþo adraf
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of sigeþeode;
heht nu sylfa þe
lustum
læran[?],
þæt þu lagu drefde,
siþþan þu gehyrde
on hliþes oran
galan geomorne
geac on bearwe.
Ne læt þu þec siþþan
siþes getwæfan,
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lade gelettan
lifgendne monn.
Ongin mere secan,
mæwes eþel,
onsite sænacan,
þæt þu suð heonan
ofer merelade
monnan findest,
þær se þeoden is
þin on wenum.
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Ne mæg him worulde
willa
gelimpan[?]
mara on gemyndum,
þæs þe he me sægde,
þonne inc geunne
alwaldend god
[...] ætsomne
siþþan motan
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næglede beagas;
he genoh hafað
/ra hæleþa,
þeah þe her min wine/
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nyde gebæded,
nacan ut aþrong,
ond on yþa geong
[...] sceolde
faran on flotweg,
forðsiþes georn,
mengan merestreamas.
Nu se mon hafað
wean oferwunnen;
nis him wilna gad,
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ne meara ne maðma
ne meododreama,
ænges ofer eorþan
eorlgestreona,
þeodnes dohtor,
gif he þin beneah
ofer eald gebeot
incer twega.
Gecyre ic ætsomne
S R geador
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EA W ond
D aþe benemnan,
þæt he þa wære
ond þa winetreowe
be him lifgendum
læstan wolde,
þe git on ærdagum
oft gespræconn.