[Sōna þæt onfunde] fyrena hyrde,

þæt hē ne mētte [middan-geardes],

eorðan scēatta, on ęlran męn

mund-gripe māran; hē on mōde wearð

[755] forht, on ferhðe; [nō þȳ ǣr fram meahte].

Hyge wæs him hin-fūs, wolde on heolster flēon,

sēcan dēofla gedræg; ne wæs his drohtoð þǣr,

swylce hē on ealder[1]-dagum ǣr gemētte.

Gemunde þā se gōda mǣg Higelāces

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