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The Ruin [Wrætlic is þæs wealstan]

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Wrætlic is þæs wealstan;          wyrde gebræcon,
burgstede burston,       brosnað enta geweorc.
Hrofas sind gehrorene,             hreorge torras,
hrungeat berofen,                       hrim on lime,
scearde scurbeorge           scorene, gedorene,
Aeldo undereotone.                   Eorðgrop hafað
waldendwyrhtan,          forweorone, geleorene
heard gripe hrusan,                   oþ hund cnea
werþeoda gewitan.             Oft þæs wag gebad,
ræghar and readfah,                 rice  æfter oþrum,
ofstonden under stormum; steap

IX. geap gedreas wonað giet se............num ge
X. heapen felon.........................................................grimme
XI. gegrunden............................................................a scan heo
XII. …........................................................................orþone ær sceaft
XIII. ….......................................................................lam rindum beag mod mo
XIV. …....ry ne swiftne gebrægd          hwæt red in hringas

                                                hygerof gebond
weallwalan wirum                  wundrum togæedre.
Beorht wæeron burgræced,          burnsele monige,
heah horngestreon,                 heresweg micel,
meodoheall monig                    mondreama full,
oþþæt þæt onwende,                  wyrd seo swiþe
Crungon walo wide,             cwoman woldagas
swylt eall fornom                      secgrofra wera;
wurdon hyra wigsteal               westenstaþolas
brosnade burgsteall.               Betend crungon,
hergas to hrusan.    Forþon þas hofu dreorgiað
and þaes teaforgeapa               tigelum sceadeð
hrostbeages hrof.             Hryre wong gecrong
gebrocen to beorgum           þær iu beorn monig
glædmod and goldbeorht         gleoma gefrætwed,
wlonc and wingal                   wighyrstum scan,
seah on sinc, on sylfor,           on searogimmas,
on ead, on æht,                         on eorcanstan,
on þas beorhtan burg                  bradan rices.
Stanhofu stodan,                stream hate wearp
widan wylme;                        weal eall befeng
beorhtan bosme.                  

XXX. þær þa baþu wæron on hreþre þæt wæs hyðelic leton þonn
XXXI. geotan …...............................................ofer harne stan hate strea
XXXII. mas un ….............................................oþ þæt hring
XXXIII. mere hate ….......................................þær þa ba
XXXIV þu wæron þonne is ….........................
XXXV. re .þ is cynelic þing huse …................
XXVI.                                                               burg
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