XVI. ÆLFBIC'S LIFE OF If INC? OSWALD. 99 Cedwallan mid his micclan werode. þe wēnde þæt him ne mihte nan werod wiðstandan. Sēo ylce rod siððan, ðe Oswold þǽr ārǽrde, on wurð- mynte þǽr stōd. And wurdon fela gehǽlde untrumra manna and ēac swilce nŷtena þurh ðā ylcan rode, swā 5 swā us ręhte Bēda. Sum man feoll on īse, þæt his earm tōbærst, and læg þā on będde gebrocod for ðearje, oð þæt man him fętte of ðǽre foresǽdan rode sumne dǽl þæs mēoses þe hēo mid beweaxen wæs, and sē ādliga sōna on slǽpe wearð gehǽled on ðǽre ylcan nihte þurh Ōswoldes id geearnungum. Sēo stow is gehāten 'Heofonfeld' on Englisc, wið ðone ' langan weall þe þā Rōmāniscan worhtan, þǽr þǽr ðswold oferwann þone wælhrēowan cynincg. And þǽr wearð, siþþan ārǽred swīðe mǽre cyrce Gode to wurðmynte, þe 15 wunað a on ēcnysse. Hwæt ðā Oswold ongann embe Godes willan to smēag- enne, sōna swā he rīces gewēold, and wolde gebīgan his lēoda to gelēafan and to þām lifigendan Gode. Sęnde ðā to Scotlande, þǽr sē gelēafa wæs ðā, and bæd ðā hēaf- 20 odmęnn þæt hī his bēnum getīþodon, and him sumne lārēow sęndon, þe his lēoda mihte to Gode gewēman; and him wearð þæs getīþod. Hī sęndon 'þā sōna þām ge- sǽligan cyninge sumne ārwurðne bisceop, Aidān gehāten. Sē wæs mǽres līfes man on nranuclīcre drohtnunge, and 25 he ealle woruldcara āwearp fram Hs heortan, nānes þinges wilnigende būtan .Godes willan. Swā hwæt swā him becōm of þæs cyninges gifum oððe rīcra manna, þæt he hraðe dǽlde þearfum and wǽdlum mid welwillendum mode. 30 Hwæt ðā Oswold cyning his cymes fægnode, and hine ārwurðlīce underfēng his folce to ðearfe, þæt heora ge- lēafa wurde āwęnd eft to Gode fram þām wifersæce þe hī