Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum,
Lo, praise of the prowess of people-kings
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
Often Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,
from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð
awing the earls. Since erst he lay
feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad,
friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,
for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
till before him the folk, both far and near,
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate,
gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning.
gave him gifts: a good king he was!
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