"þäs morðor-hetes myndgiend wære, "þonne hit sweordes ecg syððan scolde. "Âð wäs geäfned and icge gold "âhäfen of horde. Here-Scyldinga 1110 "betst beado-rinca wäs on bæl gearu; "ät þäm âde wäs êð-gesýne "swât-fâh syrce, swýn eal-gylden, "eofer îren-heard, äðeling manig "wundum âwyrded; sume on wäle crungon. 1115 "Hêt þâ Hildeburh ät Hnäfes âde "hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befästan, "bân-fatu bärnan and on bæl dôn. "Earme on eaxle ides gnornode, "geômrode giddum; gûð-rinc âstâh. 1120 "Wand tô wolcnum wäl-fýra mæst, "hlynode for hlâwe; hafelan multon, "ben-geato burston, þonne blôd ätspranc "lâð-bite lîces. Lîg ealle forswealg, "gæsta gîfrost, þâra þe þær gûð fornam 1125 "bega folces; wäs hira blæd scacen. XVIII. THE GLEEMAN'S TALE IS ENDED. "Gewiton him þâ wîgend wîca neósian, "freóndum befeallen Frysland geseón, "hâmas and heá-burh. Hengest þâ gyt "wäl-fâgne winter wunode mid Finne 1130 "ealles unhlitme; eard gemunde, "þeáh þe he ne meahte on mere drîfan "hringed-stefnan; holm storme weól, "won wið winde; winter ýðe beleác "îs-gebinde ôð þät ôðer com 1135 "geâr in geardas, swâ nu gyt dêð, "þâ þe syngales sêle bewitiað, "wuldor-torhtan weder. Þâ wäs winter scacen, "fäger foldan bearm; fundode wrecca, "gist of geardum; he tô gyrn-wräce 1140 "swîðor þôhte, þonne tô sæ-lâde, "gif he torn-gemôt þurhteón mihte, "þät he Eotena bearn inne gemunde. "Swâ he ne forwyrnde worold-rædenne, "þonne him Hûnlâfing hilde-leóman, 1145 "billa sêlest, on bearm dyde: "þäs wæron mid Eotenum ecge cûðe. "Swylce ferhð-frecan Fin eft begeat "sweord-bealo slîðen ät his selfes hâm, "siððan grimne gripe Gûðlaf ond Ôslâf 1150 "äfter sæ-siðe sorge mændon, "ätwiton weána dæl; ne meahte wäfre môd "forhabban in hreðre. Þâ wäs heal hroden "feónda feorum, swilce Fin slägen, "cyning on corðre, and seó cwên numen. 1155 "Sceótend Scyldinga tô scypum feredon "eal in-gesteald eorð-cyninges, "swylce hie ät Finnes hâm findan meahton "sigla searo-gimma. Hie on sæ-lâde "drihtlîce wîf tô Denum feredon, 1160 "læddon tô leódum." Leóð wäs âsungen, gleó-mannes gyd. Gamen eft âstâh, beorhtode benc-swêg, byrelas sealdon wîn of wunder-fatum. Þâ cwom Wealhþeó forð gân under gyldnum beáge, þær þâ gôdan twegen 1165 sæton suhter-gefäderan; þâ gyt wäs hiera sib ätgädere æghwylc ôðrum trýwe. Swylce þær Ûnferð þyle ät fôtum sät freán Scyldinga: gehwylc hiora his ferhðe treówde, þät he häfde môd micel, þeáh þe he his mâgum nære