"Oferhyda ne gym, mære cempa! Nū is þīnes mægnes blæd āne hwīle; eft sōna bið, þæt þec ādl oððe ecg eafoðes getwæfeð, oððe fyres feng oððe flōdes wylm, oððe gripe mēces oððe gāres fliht, oððe atol yldo, oððe ēagena bearhtm forsiteð and forsworceð; semninga bið, þæt þec, dryht-guma, dēað oferswyðeð."
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