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XXII. • THE BATTLE. OF MALDON. 155

• -Jf'' . " '•{ i ,-

^*³" 'VM^X f • ' ^',
þæt þū mīnum gāste gō'des geunne, *\

þæt mīn sāwul to ðē_; ,sīðrari mote,,.

on hīn geweald, Pēod'en ęngK 1; ' \

. ' v.S-ws-' -,«-WY • P-'^A^V'i' -
mid friþe ięrian ; N ic eom irymdi to¹ þe,

5 þæt hī hęl^ce.SSan . hŷ|iW""ne mōton.' . [180]

Ðā hine heowon h'Sofene scealcas^ .

and begen þā beoruas þe him big stōdon,

Ælfnōð and Wulmǽr begen¹ lāgon,- ^

ðā qnerrin hyra frēan feqrh gesealdok.
io Hī btigon þā f ram beaduwd' ' þe þǽr bēon nol4on : [185]

þær wurdon Oddan beam ǽrest on flēamey*/^'

' Godrīc fram sūf'e'f' and þone gōdan forlēt.

^s ' ' -w- • ° i^

þe him meenigne pft in ear² gesealde;-) , , •• - •

hē genie£^þone_j'eoli, þe āhje his hlāford,"

15 on þām gerǽðunij þe hit riffifne wæs,,_tl(iL(\ [190]
and his brōðru mid him, begen æ'sndon,³Godrinc⁴ and Godwīg, gūþe ne gŷmdon,'^:'^A-"^J 1^ul'
ac wend on fram þām wīge, and þone wudu sōhton,
flugon on þæt fæsten, and hyra fjēqre burgon,

20 and manna m,ā ' "jionne hit ǽnig niǽð wǽre, [195]
gyf.hī þā geearnunga ealle gemundon, "' ^lþe he him to dug'uþe gedōn hæfde. x,,_; •••'
Swā him Offa on dæg ǽr āsǽde, y'' '*'•*
o>n,þām mæþelstęde,⁵ þā he gemōt hæfde,

25 þæt þǽr mōdiglīce ^ð manega sprǽcon, [²⁰°]
þe eft æt þearf e ⁷ þolian noldon.
Ðā wearð āfeallen þæs folces ealdor,
Æþelrēdes eorl ; ealle gesāwon
heorðgenēatas þæt hyra hearra ⁸ læg.

30 pa ðǽr węndon forð wlance þegenas, [205]

¹ Eds., bewegen. - Eds., mearh. ⁸ ærdon. ⁴ godrine.
⁶ meþelstede. ⁶ modelioe. ⁷ þære. ⁸ heorra.



		XXII. • THE BATTLE. OF MALDON. 155 • -Jf'' . " '•{ i ,- ^³" 'VM^X f • ' ^',* þæt þū mīnum gāste gō'des geunne, \ þæt mīn sāwul to ðē_; ,sīðrari mote,,. on hīn geweald, Pēod'en ęngK 1; ' \* . ' v.S-ws-' -,«-WY • P-'^A^V'i' - mid friþe ięrian ; N ic eom irymdi to¹ þe, 5 þæt hī hęl^ce.SSan . hŷ\|iW""ne mōton.' . [180] Ðā hine heowon h'Sofene scealcas^ . and begen þā beoruas þe him big stōdon, Ælfnōð and Wulmǽr begen¹ lāgon,- ^ ðā qnerrin hyra frēan feqrh gesealdok. io Hī btigon þā f ram beaduwd' ' þe þǽr bēon nol4on : [185] þær wurdon Oddan beam ǽrest on flēamey/^' ' Godrīc fram sūf'e'f' and þone gōdan forlēt. ^s ' ' -w- • °* i^
	þe him meenigne pft in ear² gesealde;-) , , •• - • hē genie£^þone_j'eoli, þe āhje his hlāford," 15 on þām gerǽðunij þe hit riffifne wæs,,_tl(iL(\ [190] and his brōðru mid him, begen æ'sndon,³Godrinc⁴ and Godwīg, gūþe ne gŷmdon,'^:'^A-"^J 1^ul' ac wend on fram þām wīge, and þone wudu sōhton, flugon on þæt fæsten, and hyra fjēqre burgon, 20 and manna m,ā ' "jionne hit ǽnig niǽð wǽre, [195] gyf.hī þā geearnunga ealle gemundon, "' ^lþe he him to dug'uþe gedōn hæfde. x,,_; •••' Swā him Offa on dæg ǽr āsǽde, y'' ''• o>n,þām mæþelstęde,⁵ þā he gemōt hæfde, 25 þæt þǽr mōdiglīce ^ð manega sprǽcon, [²⁰°] þe eft æt þearf e ⁷ þolian noldon. Ðā wearð āfeallen þæs folces ealdor, Æþelrēdes eorl ; ealle gesāwon heorðgenēatas þæt hyra hearra ⁸ læg. 30 pa ðǽr węndon forð wlance þegenas, [205]

¹ Eds., bewegen. - Eds., mearh. ⁸ ærdon. ⁴ godrine. ⁶ meþelstede. ⁶ modelioe. ⁷ þære. ⁸ heorra.