Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 236-38; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
An wiht is
on[?] eorþan[?] wundrum
acenned[?],
hreoh ond reþe,
hafað ryne strongne,
grimme grymetað
ond be grunde fareð.
Modor is monigra
mærra wihta.
5
Fæger ferende
fundað æfre;
neol is nearograp.
Nænig oþrum mæg
wlite ond wisan
wordum gecyþan,
hu mislic biþ
mægen þara cynna,
fyrn forðgesceaft;
fæder ealle bewat
10
or ond ende,
swylce an sunu,
mære meotudes bearn,
þurh /ed,
ond þæt hyhste mæge/
/es gæ/
[...]
20
Biþ sio moddor
mægene eacen,
wundrum bewreþed,
wistum gehladen,
hordum gehroden,
hæleþum dyre.
Mægen bið gemiclad,
meaht gesweotlad,
wlite biþ geweorþad
wuldornyttingum,
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wynsum wuldorgimm
wloncum getenge,
clængeorn bið ond cystig,
cræfte eacen;
hio biþ eadgum leof,
earmum getæse,
freolic, sellic;
fromast ond swiþost,
gifrost ond grædgost
grundbedd trideþ,
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þæs þe under lyfte
aloden wurde
ond ælda bearn
eagum sawe,
swa þæt wuldor wifeð,
worldbearna
mægen[?],
mon mode snottor
mengo wundra.
35
Hrusan bið heardra,
hæleþum frodra,
geofum bið gearora,
gimmum deorra;
worulde wlitigað,
wæstmum tydreð,
oft utan beweorpeð
anre þecene,
40
wundrum gewlitegad,
geond werþeode,
þæt wafiað
weras ofer eorþan,
þæt magon micle
/sceafte.
Biþ stanum bestreþed,
stormum
/du hreren,
hrif wundigen,
Hordword onhlid,
hæleþum ge/
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hu mislic sy
mægen þara cy/.