Bede's Death Song, The Hague Version

Dobbie, 1942 108; Dobbie, E.V.K., The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ASPR 6 (New York).

 

Fore ðaem nedfere      nenig wiorðeð

 

ðonosnottorra      ðon him ðearf riae

 

to ymbhycgenne      aer his hinionge

 

hwet his gastę      godes oððe yfles

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ester deaðdege      doemed wiorðe.