Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 241-42; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
[...]
hwilum stealc hliþo
stigan sceolde
up in eþel,
hwilum eft gewat
10
in deop dalu
duguþe secan
strong on stæpe,
stanwongas grof
hrimighearde,
hwilum hara scoc
forst of
feaxe[?].
Ic
on[?] fusum rad
oþþæt him þone gleawstol
gingra[?] broþor
15
min agnade
ond mec of earde adraf.
Siþþan mec isern
innanweardne
brun bennade;
blod ut ne com,
heolfor of hreþre,
þeah mec heard bite
stiðecg style.
No ic þa stunde bemearn,
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ne for wunde weop,
ne wrecan meahte
on wigan feore
wonnsceaft mine,
ac ic aglæca
ealle þolige,
þæt /e bord biton.
Nu ic blace swelge
wuda ond wætre,
w/ /b/ befæðme
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þæt mec on fealleð
ufan þær ic stonde,
eorpes nathwæt;
hæbbe anne fot.
Nu min hord warað
hiþende feond,
se þe ær wide bær
wulfes gehleþan;
oft me of wombe
bewaden fereð,
deaþes d/
þonne dægcondel,