"meltan mid þām mōdigan, ac þǣr is māðma hord. "gold unrīme grimme gecēapod "and nū æt sīðestan sylfes fēore 3015 "bēagas gebohte; þā sceal brond fretan, "ǣled þeccean, nalles eorl wegan "māððum tō gemyndum, nē mægð scȳne "habban on healse hring-weorðunge, "ac sceall geōmor-mōd golde berēafod 3020 "oft nalles ǣne el-land tredan, "nū se here-wīsa hleahtor ālegde, "gamen and glēo-drēam. Forþon sceall gār wesan "monig morgen-ceald mundum bewunden, "hæfen on handa, nalles hearpan swēg 3025 "wīgend weccean, ac se wonna hrefn "fūs ofer fǣgum, fela reordian, "earne secgan, hū him æt ǣte spēow, "þenden hē wið wulf wæl rēafode." Swā se secg hwata secgende wæs 3030 lāðra spella; hē ne lēag fela wyrda nē worda. Weorod eall ārās, ēodon unblīðe under Earna næs wollen-tēare wundur scēawian. Fundon þā on sande sāwul-lēasne 3035 hlim-bed healdan, þone þe him hringas geaf ǣrran mǣlum: þā wæs ende-dæg gōdum gegongen, þæt se gūð-cyning, Wedra þēoden, wundor-dēaðe swealt. Ǣr hī gesēgan syllīcran wiht, 3040 wyrm on wonge wiðer-ræhtes þǣr lāðne licgean: wæs se lēg-draca, grimlīc gryre-gæst, glēdum beswǣled, sē wæs fīftiges fōt-gemearces. lang on legere, lyft-wynne hēold 3045 nihtes hwīlum, nyðer eft gewāt dennes nīosian; wæs þā dēaðe fæst, hæfde eorð-scrafa ende genyttod. Him big stōdan bunan and orcas, discas lāgon and dȳre swyrd, 3050 ōmige þurh-etone, swā hīe wið eorðan fæðm þūsend wintra þǣr eardodon: þonne wæs þæt yrfe ēacen-cræftig, iū-monna gold galdre bewunden, þæt þām hring-sele hrīnan ne mōste 3055 gumena ǣnig, nefne god sylfa, sigora sōð-cyning, sealde þām þe hē wolde (hē is manna gehyld) hord openian, efne swā hwylcum manna, swā him gemet þūhte. XLII. WĪGLAF SPEAKS. THE BUILDING OF THE BALE-FIRE.