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APPENDIX.
þæt hīe[1] swā frēolīc feorh ⁠ forman sīþe

20tō ðǣre healle durum ⁠ hyrsta ne bǣran,
nū hyt nīþa heard ⁠ ānyman wolde;
ac hē frægn ofer eal ⁠ undearninga,
dēor-mōd hæleð, ⁠ hwā ðā duru hēolde.
“Sigeferþ is mīn nama (cweð he), ⁠ ic eom Secgena lēod,
25wreccea wīde cūð. ⁠ Fela ic wēana[2] gebād,
heardra[3] hilda; ⁠ ðē is gyt hēr witod,
swæðer ðū sylf tō mē ⁠ sēcean wylle.”
Þā wæs on wealle[4] ⁠ wæl-slihta gehlyn,
sceolde cellod bord ⁠ cēnum on handa,[5]
30bān-helm berstan. ⁠ Buruh-ðelu dynede,
ōð [þæt] æt ðǣre gūðe ⁠ Gārulf gecrang,
ealra ǣrest ⁠ eorð-būendra,
Gūðlāfes sunu, ⁠ ymbe hyue gōdra fela.
Hwarf [f]lacra hrǣw[6] ⁠ hræfen, wandrode
35sweart and sealo-brün; ⁠ swurd-lēoma stōd
swylce eal Finns-buruh ⁠ fȳrenu wǣre.
Ne gefrægn ic nǣfre wurþlīcor ⁠ æt wera hilde
sixtig sige-beorna ⁠ sēl gebǣran,
ne nǣfre swānas swētne medo[7] ⁠ sēl forgyldan,
40ðonne Hnæfe guldan ⁠ his hæg-stealdas.
Hig fuhton fīf dagas, ⁠ swā hyra nān ne fēol
driht-gesīða, ⁠ ac hig ðā duru hēoldon.
Þā gewāt him wund hæleð ⁠ on wæg gangan,
sǣde þæt his byrne ⁠ ābrocen wǣre,
45here-sceorp unhrōr,[8] ⁠ and ēac wæs his helm ðȳrl.
Ðā hine sōna frægn ⁠ folces hyrde,
hū ðū wīgend ⁠ hyra wunda genǣson,
oððe hwæþer ðǣra hyssa ⁠*⁠*⁠*
  1. ↑ 19. ‘he’ H.
  2. ↑ 25. ‘wrecten’ H.⁠‘fæla’ H.⁠‘weuna’ H.
  3. ↑ 26. ‘heordra’ H.
  4. ↑ 28. ‘healle’ H.
  5. ↑ 29. ‘sceolde Celæs borð ⁠ genumon handa’ H.
  6. ↑ 34. ‘Hwearflacra hrær’ H.
  7. ↑ 39. ‘ne nefre swa noc hwitne medo’ H.
  8. ↑ 45. ‘here sceorpum hror’ H.
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