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Wulf and Eadwacer
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Leodum is minum
willað hy hine aþecgan,
Ungelic is us.
Wulf is on iege,
Fæst is þæt eglond,
Sindon wælreowe
Willað hy hine aþecgan,
Ungelice is us.
Wulfes is mines widlastum
þonne hit wæs renig weder
þonne mec se beaducafa
wæs me wyn to þon,
Wulf, min Wulf,
seoce gedydon,
murnende mod,
Gehyrest þu, Eadwacer?
bireð wulf to wuda.
Þæt mon eaþe tosliteð
uncer giedd geador.
swylce him mon lac gife;
gif he on þreat cymeð?
ic on oþerre.
fenne biworpen.
weras þær on ige.
gif he on þreat cymeð?
wenum dogode;
ond ic reotugu sæt,
bogum bilegde,
wæs me hwæþre eac lað.
wena me þine
þine seldcymas,
nales meteliste.
Uncerne earne hwelp
þætte næfre gesomnad wæs,
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