Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Wiht is wrætlic þam þe hyre wisan ne conn.
Singeð þurh sidan. Is se sweora woh,
orþoncum geworht; hafaþ eaxle tua
scearp on gescyldrum. His gesceapo dreogeð
þe swa wrætlice be wege stonde
heah ond hleortorht hæleþum to nytte.