Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 243; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
Ic eom indryhten
ond eorlum cuð,
ond reste oft;
ricum ond heanum,
folcum gefræge
fere[?] wide,
ond me fremdes ær
freondum stondeð
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hiþendra hyht,
gif ic habban sceal
blæd in burgum
oþþe beorhtne god.
Nu snottre men
swiþast lufiaþ
midwist mine;
ic monigum sceal
wisdom cyþan;
no þær word sprecað
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ænig ofer eorðan.
þeah nu ælda bearn
swiþe secað,
ic swaþe hwilum
mine bemiþe
monna gehwylcum.