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Wær
sæt æt wine mid his wifum twam
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A man sat down to feast with two wives,
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ond his twegen suno ond his twa
dohtor,
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Drank wine with two daughters, supped
with two sons.
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swase gesweostor, ond hyra suno
twegen,
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The daughters were sisters with their own two sons,
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freolico frumbearn; fæder
wæs þær inne
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Each son a favored, first-born prince.
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þara æþelinga æghwæðres
mid,
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The father of each prince sat with his son,
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eam ond nefa. Ealra wæron
fife
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Also the uncle and nephew of each.
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eorla ond idesa insittendra.
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In the room's reach was a family of five!
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