"tô gebîdanne, þät his byre rîde "giong on galgan, þonne he gyd wrece, "sârigne sang, þonne his sunu hangað "hrefne tô hrôðre and he him helpe ne mäg, 2450 "eald and in-frôd, ænige gefremman. "Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce "eaforan ellor-sîð; ôðres ne gýmeð "tô gebîdanne burgum on innan "yrfe-weardes, þonne se ân hafað 2455 "þurh deáðes nýd dæda gefondad. "Gesyhð sorh-cearig on his suna bûre "wîn-sele wêstne, wind-gereste, "reóte berofene; rîdend swefað "häleð in hoðman; nis þær hearpan swêg, 2460 "gomen in geardum, swylce þær iú wæron. XXXV. MEMORIES OF PAST TIME.--THE FEUD WITH THE FIRE-DRAKE. "Gewîteð þonne on sealman, sorh-leóð gäleð "ân äfter ânum: þûhte him eall tô rûm, "wongas and wîc-stede. Swâ Wedra helm "äfter Herebealde heortan sorge 2465 "weallende wäg, wihte ne meahte "on þam feorh-bonan fæhðe gebêtan: "nô þý ær he þone heaðo-rinc hatian ne meahte "lâðum dædum, þeáh him leóf ne wäs. "He þâ mid þære sorge, þe him sió sâr belamp, 2470 "gum-dreám ofgeaf, godes leóht geceás; "eaferum læfde, swâ dêð eádig mon, "lond and leód-byrig, þâ he of lîfe gewât. "Þâ wäs synn and sacu Sweona and Geáta, "ofer wîd wäter wrôht gemæne, 2175 "here-nîð hearda, syððan Hrêðel swealt, "oððe him Ongenþeówes eaferan wæran "frome fyrd-hwate, freóde ne woldon "ofer heafo healdan, ac ymb Hreosna-beorh "eatolne inwit-scear oft gefremedon. 2480 "Þät mæg-wine mîne gewræcan, "fæhðe and fyrene, swâ hyt gefræge wäs, "þeáh þe ôðer hit ealdre gebohte, "heardan ceápe: Hæðcynne wearð, "Geáta dryhtne, gûð onsæge. 2485 "Þâ ic on morgne gefrägn mæg ôðerne "billes ecgum on bonan stælan, "þær Ongenþeów Eofores niósade: "gûð-helm tôglâd, gomela Scylfing "hreás heoro-blâc; hond gemunde 2490 "fæhðo genôge, feorh-sweng ne ofteáh. "Ic him þâ mâðmas, þe he me sealde, "geald ät gûðe, swâ me gifeðe wäs, "leóhtan sweorde: he me lond forgeaf, "eard êðel-wyn. Näs him ænig þearf, 2495 "þät he tô Gifðum oððe tô Gâr-Denum "oððe in Swió-rîce sêcean þurfe "wyrsan wîg-frecan, weorðe gecýpan; "symle ic him on fêðan beforan wolde, "âna on orde, and swâ tô aldre sceall 2500 "säcce fremman, þenden þis sweord þolað, "þät mec ær and sîð oft gelæste, "syððan ic for dugeðum Däghrefne wearð "tô hand-bonan, Hûga cempan: "nalles he þâ frätwe Fres-cyninge, 2505 "breóst-weorðunge bringan môste, "ac in campe gecrong cumbles hyrde, "äðeling on elne. Ne wäs ecg bona, "ac him hilde-grâp heortan wylmas, "bân-hûs gebräc.