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Ðeos
lyft byreð lytle wihte
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The wind carries small creatures
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ofer beorghleoþa þa
sind blace swiþe,
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Over hill-slopes and headlands: dark
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swearte salopade. Sanges
rope
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Coated, black-bodied, bursting with song
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heapum ferað, hlude cirmað,
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They chirm and clamor like a troop on
wing,
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tredað bearonæssas,
hwilum burgsalo
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Winding their way to wooded cliff-walls,
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niþþa bearna. Nemnað
hy sylfe.
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Sometimes to the halls of men-singing
a name-song.
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