Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 227-9; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Wrætlic is þes wealstan,
wyrde gebræcon;
burgstede burston,
brosnað enta geweorc.
Hrofas sind gehrorene,
hreorge torras,
hrungeat[?] berofen,
hrim on lime,
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scearde scurbeorge
scorene, gedrorene,
ældo undereotone.
Eorðgrap hafað
waldend wyrhtan
forweorone, geleorene,
heardgripe hrusan,
oþ hund cnea
werþeoda gewitan.
Oft þæs wag gebad
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ræghar ond readfah
rice æfter oþrum,
ofstonden under stormum;
steap geap gedreas.
Wonað giet se
/num geheapen,
mod mo/
/yne swiftne gebrægd
hwætred in hringas,
hygerof gebond
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weallwalan wirum
wundrum togædre.
Beorht wæron burgræced,
burnsele monige,
heah horngestreon,
heresweg micel,
meodoheall monig
M dreama full,
oþþæt þæt onwende
wyrd seo swiþe.
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Crungon walo wide,
cwoman woldagas,
swylt eall fornom
secgrofra[?] wera;
wurdon hyra wigsteal
westen staþolas,
brosnade burgsteall.
Betend crungon
hergas to hrusan.
Forþon þas hofu dreorgiað,
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ond þæs teaforgeapa
tigelum sceadeð
hrostbeages
hrof[?].
Hryre wong gecrong
gebrocen to beorgum,
þær iu beorn monig
glædmod ond goldbeorht
gleoma
gefrætwed[?],
wlonc ond wingal
wighyrstum scan;
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seah on sinc, on sylfor,
on searogimmas,
on ead, on æht,
on eorcanstan,
on þas beorhtan burg
bradan rices.
Stanhofu stodan,
stream hate wearp
widan wylme;
weal eall befeng
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beorhtan bosme,
þær þa baþu wæron,
hat on hreþre.
þæt wæs hyðelic.
ofer harne stan
hate streamas
/re;
þæt is cynelic þing,