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Ic
eom mundbora minre heorde,
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I guard a full flock of old treasures
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eodorwirum fæst, innan
gefylled
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In a belly bound by wires. Sometimes
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dryhtgestreona. Dægtidum
oft
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I spit forth death-spears by day
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spæte sperebrogan; sped
biþ þy mare
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And slay more surely, the fatter my belly.
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fylle minre. Freo þæt
bihealdeð,
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Sometimes I swallow battle-weapons,
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hu me of hrife fleogað hyldepilas.
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Dark-gleaming spears, arrows that ache,
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Hwilum
ic sweartum swelgan onginne
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And snakelike points. My
belly is great
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brunum beadowæpnum, bitrum
ordum,
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In its death-bright hoard, dear to proud
warriors
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eglum attorsperum. Is min
innað til,
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Who may remember what I thrust through
my mouth.
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wombhord wlitig, wloncum deore;
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men gemunan þæt me
þurh muþ fareð.
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