". . . . . . . . . . . näs byrnað næfre." Hleoðrode þâ heaðo-geong cyning: "Ne þis ne dagað eástan, ne her draca ne fleógeð, "ne her þisse healle hornas ne byrnað, 5 "ac fêr forð berað fugelas singað, "gylleð græg-hama, gûð-wudu hlynneð, "scyld scefte oncwyð. Nu scýneð þes môna "waðol under wolcnum; nu ârîsað weá-dæda, "þe þisne folces nîð fremman willað. 10 "Ac onwacnigeað nu, wîgend mîne, "hebbað eówre handa, hicgeað on ellen, "winnað on orde, wesað on môde!" Þâ ârâs monig gold-hladen þegn, gyrde hine his swurde; þâ tô dura eodon drihtlîce cempan, 15 Sigeferð and Eaha, hyra sweord getugon, and ät ôðrum durum Ordlâf and Gûðlâf, and Hengest sylf; hwearf him on lâste. Þâ git Gârulf Gûðere styrode, þät hie swâ freólîc feorh forman sîðe 20 tô þære healle durum hyrsta ne bæran, nu hyt nîða heard ânyman wolde: ac he frägn ofer eal undearninga, deór-môd häleð, hwâ þâ duru heólde. "Sigeferð is mîn nama (cwäð he), ic eom Secgena leód, 25 "wrecca wîde cûð. Fela ic weána gebâd, "heardra hilda; þe is gyt her witod, "swäðer þu sylf tô me sêcean wylle." Þâ wäs on wealle wäl-slihta gehlyn, sceolde cêlod bord cênum on handa 30 bân-helm berstan. Buruh-þelu dynede, ôð þät ät þære gûðe Gârulf gecrang, ealra ærest eorð-bûendra, Gûðlâfes sunu; ymbe hine gôdra fela. Hwearf flacra hræw hräfn, wandrode 35 sweart and sealo-brûn; swurd-leóma stôd swylce eal Finns-buruh fýrenu wære. Ne gefrägn ic næfre wurðlîcor ät wera hilde sixtig sige-beorna sêl gebæran, ne næfre swânas swêtne medo sêl forgyldan, 40 þonne Hnäfe guldon his häg-stealdas. Hig fuhton fîf dagas, swâ hyra nân ne feól driht-gesîða, ac hig þâ duru heóldon. Þâ gewât him wund häleð on wäg gangan, sæde þät his byrne âbrocen wære, 45 here-sceorpum hrôr, and eác wäs his helm þyrl. Þâ hine sôna frägn folces hyrde, hû þâ wîgend hyra wunda genæson oððe hwäðer þæra hyssa . . . . . . . LIST OF NAMES; NOTES; AND GLOSSARY. ABBREVIATIONS m.: masculine. f.: feminine. n.: neuter. nom., gen.: nominative, genitive, etc. w.: weak. w. v.: weak verb. st.: strong. st. v.: strong verb. I., II., III.: first, second, third person. comp.: compound. imper.: imperative. w.: with. instr.: instrumental. G. and Goth.: Gothic. O.N.: Old Norse. O.S.: Old Saxon. O.H.G.: Old High German. M.H.G.: Middle High German. The vowel ä = _a_ in _glad_ } The diphthong æ = _a_ in _hair_ } approximately. The names Leo, Bugge, Rieger, etc., refer to authors of emendations. Words beginning with ge- will be found under their root-word.
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