Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena in gēar-dagum
Hark! Of the Spear-Danes in the yore-days
þēod-cyninga þrym gefrūnon,
Of nation-kings, of glory we have heard,
hū ðā æþelingas ellen fremedon.
How those princes did daring deeds!
Oft Scyld Scēfing sceaþena þrēatum,
Oft did Scyld Scefing from soldiers strong,
monegum mǣgþum meodo-setla oftēah.
From many manfolk make off with their mead-benches.
Egsode eorl, syððan ǣrest wearð
fēa-sceaft funden; hē þæs frōfre gebād,
wēox under wolcnum, weorð-myndum þāh,
oð þæt him ǣghwylc þāra ymb-sittendra
ofer hron-rāde hȳran scolde,
gomban gyldan; þæt wæs gōd cyning.
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