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Hie dygel lond land warigeath, wulfhleoþu, windige næssas, wolf... windy frecne fen-gelad, ðær fyrgen-stream fen (marsh)... stream under næssa genipu niþer gewiteð, under flod under foldan. Nis þæt feor heonon flood under… that mil-gemearces, þæt se mere standeð miles … lake* stands (standeth) ofer þæm hongiað hrinde bearwas, over... hangs wudu wyrtum fæst wæter oferhelmað. wood... water þær mæg nihta gehwæm nið-wundor seon, may (at) night … wonder fyr on flode. No þæs frod leofað fire on flood gumena bearna þæt þone grund wite. bairn (child), ground (bottom of lake) ðeah þe hæð-stapa hundum geswenced, hounds heorot hornum trum holtwudu sece, horn wood feorran geflymed, ær he feorh seleð, aldor on ofre, ær he in wille will hafelan (hydan). Nis þæt heoru stow: hide place* þonon yð-geblond up astigeð won to wolcnum, þonne wind styreþ wind stirs (stireth) lað gewidru, oð þæt lyft drysmaþ, roderas reotað. Nu is se ræd gelang Now eft æt þe anum. Eard git ne const, yet frecne stowe, ðær þu findan miht stow = place*, there thou might find sinnigne secg: sec gif þu dyrre. seek if you dare! Ic þe þa fæhðe feo leanige, eald-gestreonum, swa ic ær dyde, old did wundini golde, gyf þu on weg cymest. gold, if you a-way comest

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