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Ic
wiht geseah wundorlice
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I saw a wonderful creature carrying
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hornum bitweonum huþe lædan,
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Light plunder between its horns.
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lyftfæt leohtlic, listum
gegierwed,
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Curved lamp of the air, cunningly formed,
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huþe to þam ham of
þam heresiþe;
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It fetched home its booty from the day's
raid
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walde hyre on þære byrig
bur atimbran,
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And plotted to build in its castle if
it could,
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searwum asettan, gif hit swa meahte.
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A night-chamber brightly adorned.
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Ða
cwom wundorlicu wiht ofer wealles hrof,
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Then over the east wall came another creature
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seo is eallum cuð eorðbuendum,
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Well known to earth-dwellers. Wonderful
as well,
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ahredde þa þa huþe
ond to ham bedraf
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It seized back its booty and sent the
plunderer home
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wreccan ofer willan-- gewat hyre
west þonan
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Like an unwilling wanderer. The
wretch went west,
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fæhþum feran, forð
onette.
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Moved morosely and murderously on.
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Dust
stonc to heofonum, deaw feol on eorþan,
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Dust rose to the heavens, dew fell on earth--
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niht forð gewat. Nænig
siþþan
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Night moved on. Afterwards
no one
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wera gewiste þære
wihte sið.
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In the world knew where the wanderer had
gone.
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