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<lg><l>Hwæt! we Gar-dena in gear-dagum</l>
<l>þeod-cyninga þrym gefrunon,</l>
<l>hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon,<l></lg>
<lg><l>Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,</l>
<l>monegum mægþum meodo-setla ofteah;</l>
<l>egsode Eorle, syððan ærest wearþ</l>
<l>feasceaft funden...
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<hi rend="dropcap">H</hi><g ref="#WYN"/>ÆT WE GARDE</hi>
<lb/>na in gear-dagum þeod-cyninga
<lb/>þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas
<lb/>ellen fremedon. oft scyld scefing sceaþe<add>na</add>
<lb/>þreatum, moneg<expan>um</expan> mægþum meodo-setl<add>a</add>
<lb/>of<damage desc="blot"/>teah egsode <sic>eorl</sic>
syððan ærest wear<add>þ</add>
<lb/>fea sceaft funden...
