þā wæs hē ierre, and sęnde his hęre tō, and for·dyde
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þā mann-slagan, and hiera burg for·bærnde.
Þā cwæþ hē tō his þēowum: 'Witodlīce þās ġiefta sind
ġearwe, ac þā þe ġe·laþode wǣron ne sind wierþe. Gāþ nū
tō wega ġelǣtum, and clipiaþ tō þissum ġieftum swā hwelce
swā ġē ġe·mēten.' Þā ēodon þā þēowas ūt on þā wegas,
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and ġe·gadrodon ealle þā þe hīe ġe·mētton, gōde and yfle;
þā wǣron þā ġieft-hūs mid sittendum mannum ġefyldu.