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Sæ mec fedde, sundhelm þeahte,
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Suckled
by the sea, sheltered near shore;
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ond mec yþa wrugon eorþan
getenge
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Cradled in the cold catch of waves,
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feþelease; oft ic flode ongean
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Footless and fixed--often I offered
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muð ontynde. Nu wile monna sum
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To the sea-stream a stretch of mouth.
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min flæsc fretan, felles ne recceð,
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Now
a man will strip my bonelike skin
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siþþan he me of sidan seaxes
orde
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From the sides of my body with a bright blade
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hyd arypeð, [ . . .]ec hr[ . .]þe
siþþan
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And bolt my flesh, relish me raw:
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iteð unsodene ea[ . . . . . .]d.
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A quick cuisine--crack to jaw.
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