938AS

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Her æþelstan cyning,     eorla dryhten,

beorna beahgifa,     7 his broþor eac, Eadmund æþeling,     ealdorlangne tir geslogon æt sæcce     sweorda ecgum ymbe Brunanburh.     Bordweal clufan, heowan heaþolinde     hamora lafan, afaran Eadweardes,     swa him geæþele wæs from cneomægum,     þæt hi æt campe oft wiþ laþra gehwæne     land ealgodon, hord 7 hamas.     Hettend crungun, Sceotta leoda     7 scipflotan fæge feollan,     feld dænnede secgas hwate,     siðþan sunne up on morgentid,     mære tungol, glad ofer grundas,     godes condel beorht, eces drihtnes,     oð sio æþele gesceaft sah to setle.     þær læg secg mænig garum ageted,     guma norþerna ofer scild scoten,     swilce Scittisc eac, werig, wiges sæd.     Wesseaxe forð ondlongne dæg     eorodcistum on last legdun     laþum þeodum, heowan herefleman     hindan þearle mecum mylenscearpan.     Myrce ne wyrndon heeardes hondplegan     hæleþa nanum þæ þe mid Anlafe     ofer æra gebland on lides bosme     land gesohtun, fæge to gefeohte.     Fife lægun on þam campstede     cyninges giunge, sweordum aswefede,     swilce seofene eac eorlas Anlafes,     unrim heriges, flotan 7 Sceotta.     þær geflemed wearð Norðmanna bregu,     nede gebeded, to lides stefne     litle weorode; cread cnear on flot,     cyning ut gewat on fealene flod,     feorh generede. Swilce þær eac se froda     mid fleame com on his cyþþe norð,     Costontinus, har hilderinc,     hreman ne þorfte mæca gemanan;     he wæs his mæga sceard, freonda gefylled     on folcstede, beslagen æt sæcce,     7 his sunu forlet on wælstowe     wundun fergrunden, giungne æt guðe.     Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax     bilgeslehtes, eald inwidda,     ne Anlaf þy ma; mid heora herelafum     hlehhan ne þorftun þæt heo beaduweorca     beteran wurdun on campstede     culbolgehnastes, garmittinge,     gumena gemotes, wæpengewrixles,     þæs hi on wælfelda wiþ Eadweardes     afaran plegodan. Gewitan him þa Norþmen     nægledcnearrum, dreorig daraða laf,     on Dinges mere ofer deop wæter     Difelin secan, 7 eft Iraland,     æwiscmode. Swilce þa gebroþer     begen ætsamne, cyning 7 æþeling,     cyþþe sohton, Wesseaxena land,     wiges hremige. Letan him behindan     hræw bryttian saluwigpadan,     þone sweartan hræfn, hyrnednebban,     7 þane hasewanpadan, earn æftan hwit,     æses brucan, grædigne guðhafoc     7 þæt græge deor, wulf on wealde.     Ne wearð wæl mare on þis eiglande     æfer gieta folces gefylled     beforan þissum sweordes ecgum,     þæs þe us secgað bec, ealde uðwitan,     siþþan eastan hider Engle 7 Seaxe     up becoman, ofer brad brimu     Brytene sohtan, wlance wigsmiþas,     Weealas ofercoman, eorlas arhwate     eard begeatan. </poem> (Jebson)