# The Death of Edgar

her geendode || eorþan dreamas
eadgar engla cyning || ceas him oþer leoht
wlitig and wynsum || and þis wace forlet
lif þis læne || nemnaþ leoda bearn
men on moldan || þæne monaþ gehwær
in þisse eþeltyrf || þa þe ær wæran
on rimcræfte || rihte getogene
iulius monoþ || þær se geonga gewat
on þone eahteþan dæg || eadgar of life
beorna beahgyfa || feng his bearn syþþan
to cynerice || cild unweaxen
eorla ealdor || þam wæs eadweard nama
and him tirfæst hæleþ || tyn nihtum ær
of brytene gewat || bisceop se goda
þurh gecyndne cræft || þam wæs cyneweard nama
þa wæs on myrceon || mine gefræge
wide and welhwær || waldendes lof
afylled on foldan || fela wearþ todræfed
gleawra godes þeowa || þæt wæs gnornung micel
þam þe on breostum wæg || byrnende lufan
metodes on mode || þa wæs mærþa fruma
to swiþe forsewen || sigora waldend
rodera rædend || þa man his riht tobræc
and þa wearþ eac adræfed || deormod hæleþ
oslac of earde || ofer yþa gewealc
ofer ganotes bæþ || gamolfeax hæleþ
wis and wordsnotor || ofer wætera geþring
ofer hwæles eþel || hama bereafod
and þa wearþ ætywed || uppe on roderum
steorra on staþole || þone stiþferhþe
hæleþ higegleawe || hataþ wide
cometa be naman || cræftgleawe men
wise woþboran || wæs geond werþeode
waldendes wracu || wide gefrege
hungor ofer hrusan || þæt eft heofona weard
gebette brego engla || geaf eft blisse gehwæm
egbuendra || þurh eorþan westm