|| brocen wurde het þa hyssa hwæne hors forlætan feor afysan and forþ gangan hicgan to handum and to hige godum þa þæt offan mæg ærest onfunde þæt se eorl nolde yrhþo geþolian he let him þa of handon leofne fleogan hafoc wiþ þæs holtes and to þære hilde stop be þam man mihte oncnawan þæt se cniht nolde wacian æt þam wige þa he to wæpnum feng eac him wolde eadric his ealdre gelæstan frean to gefeohte ongan þa forþ beran gar to guþe he hæfde god geþanc þa hwile þe he mid handum healdan mihte bord and bradswurd beot he gelæste þa he ætforan his frean feohtan sceolde þa þær byrhtnoþ ongan beornas trymian rad and rædde rincum tæhte hu hi sceoldon standan and þone stede healdan and bæd þæt hyra randas rihte heoldon fæste mid folman and ne forhtedon na þa he hæfde þæt folc fægere getrymmed he lihte þa mid leodon þær him leofost wæs þær he his heorþwerod holdost wiste þa stod on stæþe stiþlice clypode wicinga ar wordum mælde se on beot abead brimliþendra ærænde to þam eorle þær he on ofre stod me sendon to þe sæmen snelle heton þe secgan þæt þu most sendan raþe beagas wiþ gebeorge and eow betere is þæt ge þisne garræs mid gafole forgyldon þon we swa hearde hilde dælon we willaþ wiþ þam golde griþ fæstnian gyf þu þat gerædest þe her ricost eart þæt þu þine leoda lysan wille syllan sæmannum on hyra sylfra dom feoh wiþ freode and niman friþ æt us we willaþ mid þam sceattum us to scype gangan on flot feran and eow friþes healdan byrhtnoþ maþelode bord hafenode wand wacne æsc wordum mælde yrre and anræd ageaf him andsware gehyrst þu sælida hwæt þis folc segeþ hi willaþ eow to gafole garas syllan ættrynne ord and ealde swurd þa heregeatu þe eow æt hilde ne deah brimmanna boda abeod eft ongean sege þinum leodum miccle laþre spell þæt her stynt unforcuþ eorl mid his werode þe wile gealgean eþel þysne æþelredes eard ealdres mines folc and foldan feallan sceolon hæþene æt hilde to heanlic me þinceþ þæt ge mid urum sceattum to scype gangon unbefohtene nu ge þus feor hider on urne eard in becomon ne sceole ge swa softe sinc gegangan us sceal ord and ecg ær geseman grim guþplega ær we gofol syllon het þa bord beran beornas gangan þæt hi on þam easteþe ealle stodon ne mihte þær for wætere werod to þam oþrum þær com flowende flod æfter ebban lucon lagustreamas to lang hit him þuhte hwænne hi togædere garas beron hi þær pantan stream mid prasse bestodon eastseaxena ord and se æschere ne mihte hyra ænig oþrum derian buton hwa þurh flanes flyht fyl gename se flod ut gewat þa flotan stodon gearowe wicinga fela wiges georne het þa hæleþa hleo healdan þa bricge wigan wigheardne se wæs haten wulfstan cafne mid his cynne þæt wæs ceolan sunu þe þone forman man mid his francan ofsceat þe þær baldlicost on þa bricge stop þær stodon mid wulfstane wigan unforhte ælfere and maccus modige twegen þa noldon æt þam forda fleam gewyrcan ac hi fæstlice wiþ þa fynd weredon þa hwile þe hi wæpna wealdan moston þa hi þæt ongeaton and georne gesawon þæt hi þær bricgweardas bitere fundon ongunnon lytegian þa laþe gystas bædon þæt hi upgang agan moston ofer þone ford faran feþan lædan þa se eorl ongan for his ofermode alyfan landes to fela laþere þeode ongan ceallian þa ofer cald wæter byrhtelmes bearn beornas gehlyston nu eow is gerymed gaþ ricene to us guman to guþe god ana wat hwa þære wælstowe wealdan mote wodon þa wælwulfas for wætere ne murnon wicinga werod west ofer pantan ofer scir wæter scyldas wegon lidmen to lande linde bæron þær ongean gramum gearowe stodon byrhtnoþ mid beornum he mid bordum het wyrcan þone wihagan and þæt werod healdan fæste wiþ feondum þa wæs feohte neh tir æt getohte wæs seo tid cumen þæt þær fæge men feallan sceoldon þær wearþ hream ahafen hremmas wundon earn æses georn wæs on eorþan cyrm hi leton þa of folman feolhearde speru gegrundene garas fleogan bogan wæron bysige bord ord onfeng biter wæs se beaduræs beornas feollon on gehwæþere hand hyssas lagon wund wearþ wulfmær wælræste geceas byrhtnoþes mæg he mid billum wearþ his swuster sunu swiþe forheawen þær wearþ wicingum wiþerlean agyfen gehyrde ic þæt eadweard anne sloge swiþe mid his swurde swenges ne wyrnde þæt him æt fotum feoll fæge cempa þæs him his þeoden þanc gesæde þam burþene þa he byre hæfde swa stemnetton stiþhicgende hysas æt hilde hogodon georne hwa þær mid orde ærost mihte on fægean men feorh gewinnan wigan mid wæpnum wæl feol on eorþan stodon stædefæste stihte hi byrhtnoþ bæd þæt hyssa gehwylc hogode to wige þe on denon wolde dom gefeohtan wod þa wiges heard wæpen up ahof bord to gebeorge and wiþ þæs beornes stop eode swa anræd eorl to þam ceorle ægþer hyra oþrum yfeles hogode sende þa se særinc suþerne gar þæt gewundod wearþ wigena hlaford he sceaf þa mid þam scylde þæt se sceaft tobærst and þæt spere sprengde þæt hit sprang ongean gegremod wearþ se guþrinc he mid gare stang wlancne wicing þe him þa wunde forgeaf frod wæs se fyrdrinc he let his francan wadan þurh þæs hysses hals hand wisode þæt he on þam færsceaþan feorh geræhte þa he oþerne ofstlice sceat þæt seo byrne tobærst he wæs on breostum wund þurh þa hringlocan him æt heortan stod ætterne ord se eorl wæs þe bliþra hloh þa modi man sæde metode þanc þæs dægweorces þe him drihten forgeaf forlet þa drenga sum daroþ of handa fleogan of folman þæt se to forþ gewat þurh þone æþelan æþelredes þegen him be healfe stod hyse unweaxen cniht on gecampe se full caflice bræd of þam beorne blodigne gar wulfstanes bearn wulfmær se geonga forlet forheardne faran eft ongean ord in gewod þæt se on eorþan læg þe his þeoden ær þearle geræhte eode þa gesyrwed secg to þam eorle he wolde þæs beornes beagas gefecgan reaf and hringas and gerenod swurd þa byrhtnoþ bræd bill of sceþe brad and bruneccg and on þa byrnan sloh to raþe hine gelette lidmanna sum þa he þæs eorles earm amyrde feoll þa to foldan fealohilte swurd ne mihte he gehealdan heardne mece wæpnes wealdan þa gyt þæt word gecwæþ har hilderinc hyssas bylde bæd gangan forþ gode geferan ne mihte þa on fotum leng fæste gestandan he to heofenum wlat # geþancie þe þeoda waldend ealra þæra wynna þe ic on worulde gebad nu ic ah milde metod mæste þearfe þæt þu minum gaste godes geunne þæt min sawul to þe siþian mote on þin geweald þeoden engla mid friþe ferian ic eom frymdi to þe þæt hi helsceaþan hynan ne moton þa hine heowon hæþene scealcas and begen þa beornas þe him big stodon ælfnoþ and wulmær begen lagon þa onemn hyra frean feorh gesealdon hi bugon þa fram beaduwe þe þær beon noldon þær wearþ oddan bearn ærest on fleame godric fram guþe and þone godan forlet þe him mænigne oft mear gesealde he gehleop þone eoh þe ahte his hlaford on þam gerædum þe hit riht ne wæs and his broþru mid him begen ærndon godwine and godwig guþe ne gymdon ac wendon fram þam wige and þone wudu sohton flugon on þæt fæsten and hyra feore burgon and manna ma þonne hit ænig mæþ wære gyf hi þa geearnunga ealle gemundon þe he him to duguþe gedon hæfde swa him offa on dæg ær asæde on þam meþelstede þa he gemot hæfde þæt þær modiglice manega spræcon þe eft æt þearfe þolian noldon þa wearþ afeallen þæs folces ealdor æþelredes eorl ealle gesawon heorþgeneatas þæt hyra heorra læg þa þær wendon forþ wlance þegenas unearge men efston georne hi woldon þa ealle oþer twega lif forlætan oþþe leofne gewrecan swa hi bylde forþ bearn ælfrices wiga wintrum geong wordum mælde ælfwine þa cwæþ he on ellen spræc gemunan þa mæla þe we oft æt meodo spræcon þonne we on bence beot ahofon hæleþ on healle ymbe heard gewinn nu mæg cunnian hwa cene sy ic wylle mine æþelo eallum gecyþan þæt ic wæs on myrcon miccles cynnes wæs min ealda fæder ealhelm haten wis ealdorman woruldgesælig ne sceolon me on þære þeode þegenas ætwitan þæt ic of þisse fyrde feran wille eard gesecan nu min ealdor ligeþ forheawen æt hilde me is þæt hearma mæst he wæs ægþer min mæg and min hlaford þa he forþ eode fæhþe gemunde þæt he mid orde anne geræhte flotan on þam folce þæt se on foldan læg forwegen mid his wæpne ongan þa winas manian frynd and geferan þæt hi forþ eodon offa gemælde æscholt asceoc hwæt þu ælfwine hafast ealle gemanode þegenas to þearfe nu ure þeoden liþ eorl on eorþan us is eallum þearf þæt ure æghwylc oþerne bylde wigan to wige þa hwile þe he wæpen mæge habban and healdan heardne mece gar and godswurd us godric hæfþ earh oddan bearn ealle beswicene wende þæs formoni man þa he on meare rad on wlancan þam wicge þæt wære hit ure hlaford forþan wearþ her on felda folc totwæmed scyldburh tobrocen abreoþe his angin þæt he her swa manigne man aflymde leofsunu gemælde and his linde ahof bord to gebeorge he þam beorne oncwæþ ic þæt gehate þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym ac wille furþor gan wrecan on gewinne minne winedrihten ne þurfon me embe sturmere stedefæste hælæþ wordum ætwitan nu min wine gecranc þæt ic hlafordleas ham siþie wende fram wige ac me sceal wæpen niman ord and iren he ful yrre wod feaht fæstlice fleam he forhogode dunnere þa cwæþ daroþ acwehte unorne ceorl ofer eall clypode bæd þæt beorna gehwylc byrhtnoþ wræce ne mæg na wandian se þe wrecan þenceþ frean on folce ne for feore murnan þa hi forþ eodon feores hi ne rohton ongunnon þa hiredmen heardlice feohtan grame garberend and god bædon þæt hi moston gewrecan hyra winedrihten and on hyra feondum fyl gewyrcan him se gysel ongan geornlice fylstan he wæs on norþhymbron heardes cynnes ecglafes bearn him wæs æscferþ nama he ne wandode na æt þam wigplegan ac he fysde forþ flan genehe hwilon he on bord sceat hwilon beorn tæsde æfre embe stunde he sealde sume wunde þa hwile þe he wæpna wealdan moste þa gyt on orde stod eadweard se langa gearo and geornful gylpwordum spræc þæt he nolde fleogan fotmæl landes ofer bæc bugan þa his betera leg he bræc þone bordweall and wiþ þa beornas feaht oþþæt he his sincgyfan on þam sæmannum wurþlice wrec ær he on wæle læge swa dyde æþeric æþele gefera fus and forþgeorn feaht eornoste sibyrhtes broþor and swiþe mænig oþer clufon cellod bord cene hi weredon bærst bordes lærig and seo byrne sang gryreleoþa sum þa æt guþe sloh offa þone sælidan þæt he on eorþan feoll and þær gaddes mæg grund gesohte raþe wearþ æt hilde offa forheawen he hæfde þeah geforþod þæt he his frean gehet swa he beotode ær wiþ his beahgifan þæt hi sceoldon begen on burh ridan hale to hame oþþe on here crincgan on wælstowe wundum sweltan he læg þegenlice þeodne gehende þa wearþ borda gebræc brimmen wodon guþe gegremode gar oft þurhwod fæges feorhhus forþ þa eode wistan þurstanes sunu wiþ þas secgas feaht he wæs on geþrange hyra þreora bana ær him wigelines bearn on þam wæle læge þær wæs stiþ gemot stodon fæste wigan on gewinne wigend cruncon wundum werige wæl feol on eorþan oswold and eadwold ealle hwile begen þa gebroþru beornas trymedon hyra winemagas wordon bædon þæt hi þær æt þearfe þolian sceoldon unwaclice wæpna neotan byrhtwold maþelode bord hafenode se wæs eald geneat æsc acwehte he ful baldlice beornas lærde hige sceal þe heardra heorte þe cenre mod sceal þe mare þe ure mægen lytlaþ her liþ ure ealdor eall forheawen god on greote a mæg gnornian se þe nu fram þis wigplegan wendan þenceþ ic eom frod feores fram ic ne wille ac ic me be healfe minum hlaforde be swa leofan men licgan þence swa hi æþelgares bearn ealle bylde godric to guþe oft he gar forlet wælspere windan on þa wicingas swa he on þam folce fyrmest eode heow and hynde oþþæt he on hilde gecranc næs þæt na se godric þe þa guþe forbeah