". . . . . . . . . . . næs byrnað nǣfre." Hleoðrode þā heaðo-geong cyning: "Ne þis ne dagað ēastan, ne hēr draca ne flēogeð, "ne hēr þisse healle hornas ne byrnað, 5 "ac fēr forð berað fugelas singað, "gylleð grǣg-hama, gūð-wudu hlynneð, "scyld scefte oncwyð. Nū scȳneð þes mōna "waðol under wolcnum; nū ārīsað wēa-dǣda, "þē þisne folces nīð fremman willað. 10 "Ac onwacnigeað nū, wīgend mīne, "hebbað ēowre handa, hicgeað on ellen, "winnað on orde, wesað on mōde!" Þā ārās monig gold-hladen þegn, gyrde hine his swurde; þā tō dura ēodon drihtlīce cempan, 15 Sigeferð and Eaha, hyra sweord getugon, and æt ōðrum durum Ordlāf and Gūðlāf, and Hengest sylf; hwearf him on lāste. Þā gīt Gārulf Gūðere styrode, þæt hīe swā frēolīc feorh forman sīðe 20 tō þǣre healle durum hyrsta ne bǣran, nū hyt nīða heard ānyman wolde: ac hē frægn ofer eal undearninga, dēor-mōd hæleð, hwā þā duru hēolde. "Sigeferð is mīn nama (cwæð hē), ic eom Secgena lēod, 25 "wrecca wīde cūð. Fela ic wēana gebād, "heardra hilda; þē is gȳt hēr witod, "swæðer þū sylf tō mē sēcean wylle." Þā wæs on wealle wæl-slihta gehlyn, sceolde cēlod bord cēnum on handa 30 bān-helm berstan. Buruh-þelu dynede, oð þæt æt þǣre gūðe Gārulf gecrang, ealra ǣrest eorð-būendra, Gūðlāfes sunu; ymbe hine gōdra fela. Hwearf flacra hrǣw hræfn, wandrode 35 sweart and sealo-brūn; swurd-lēoma stōd swylce eal Finns-buruh fȳrenu wǣre. Ne gefrægn ic nǣfre wurðlīcor æt wera hilde sixtig sige-beorna sēl gebǣran, ne nǣfre swānas swētne medo sēl forgyldan, 40 þonne Hnæfe guldon his hæg-stealdas. Hig fuhton fīf dagas, swā hyra nān ne fēol driht-gesīða, ac hig þā duru hēoldon. Þā gewāt him wund hæleð on wæg gangan, sǣde þæt his byrne ābrocen wǣre, 45 here-sceorpum hrōr, and ēac wæs his helm þyrl. Þā hine sōna frægn folces hyrde, hū þā wīgend hyra wunda genǣson oððe hwæðer þǣra 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 æ = _a_ in _glad_ } The diphthong ǣ = _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.