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