Ƿīdsīþ
Widsið is lēod þe hæfþ langu getale mid ealdum mægðum and beorncyningas þæs naman and lof cunnod Angelþēod and hiere nēahfolcas in þǣm 6. gearhundrede, hwǣrof mǣst sind of Germanie þæs Folcwanderungylde.
Manig sind þās folcas and mægþu, and manig sind in stǣre gelosen.
Þæt weorc
Fers i
Widsið maðolade
wordhord onleac,
se þe monna mæst
mægþa ofer eorþan,
folca geondferde;
oft he on flette geþah
mynelicne maþþum.
Him from Myrgingum
Fers ii
æþele onwocon.
He mid Ealhhilde,
fælre freoþuwebban,
forman siþe
Hreðcyninges
ham gesohte
eastan of Ongle,
Eormanrices,
wraþes wærlogan.
Ongon þa worn sprecan
Fers iii
ond Alexandreas
ealra ricost
monna cynnes,
ond he mæst geþah
þara þe ic ofer foldan
gefrægen hæbbe.
ætla weold Hunum,
Eormanric Gotum,
Becca Baningum,
Fers iiii
Casere weold Creacum
ond Cælic Finnum,
Hagena Holmrygum
ond Heoden Glommum.
Witta weold Swæfum,
Wada Hælsingum,
Meaca Myrgingum,
Mearchealf Hundingum.
þeodric weold Froncum,
Fers u
Breoca Brondingum,
Billing Wernum.
Oswine weold Eowum
ond Ytum Gefwulf,
Fin Folcwalding
Fresna cynne.
Sigehere lengest
Sædenum weold,
Hnæf Hocingum,
Helm Wulfingum,
Fers ui
Wald Woingum,
Wod þyringum,
Sæferð Sycgum,
Sweom Ongendþeow,
Sceafthere Ymbrum,
Sceafa Longbeardum,
Hun Hætwerum
ond Holen Wrosnum.
Hringweald wæs haten
Herefarena cyning.
Fers uii
Alewih Denum;
se wæs þara manna
modgast ealra,
no hwæþre he ofer Offan
eorlscype fremede,
ac Offa geslog
ærest monna,
cnihtwesende,
cynerica mæst.
Fers uiii
Nænig efeneald him
eorlscipe maran
on orette.
Ane sweorde
merce gemærde
wið Myrgingum
bi Fifeldore;
heoldon forð siþþan
Engle ond Swæfe,
swa hit Offa geslog.
Fers uiiii
heoldon lengest
sibbe ætsomne
suhtorfædran,
siþþan hy forwræcon
wicinga cynn
ond Ingeldes
ord forbigdan,
forheowan æt Heorote
Heaðobeardna þrym.
Fers x
mænan fore mengo
in meoduhealle
hu me cynegode
cystum dohten.
Ic wæs mid Hunum
ond mid Hreðgotum,
mid Sweom ond mid Geatum
ond mid Suþdenum.
Mid Wenlum ic wæs ond mid Wærnum
ond mid wicingum.
Fers xi
Mid Gefþum ic wæs ond mid Winedum
ond mid Gefflegum.
Mid Englum ic wæs ond mid Swæfum
ond mid ænenum.
Mid Seaxum ic wæs ond Sycgum
ond mid Sweordwerum.
Mid Hronum ic wæs ond mid Deanum
ond mid Heaþoreamum.
Mid þyringum ic wæs
ond mid þrowendum,
Fers xii
ond mid Burgendum,
þær ic beag geþah;
me þær Guðhere forgeaf
glædlicne maþþum
songes to leane.
Næs þæt sæne cyning!
Mid Froncum ic wæs ond mid Frysum
ond mid Frumtingum.
Mid Rugum ic wæs ond mid Glommum
ond mid Rumwalum.
Fers xiii
Mid Sercingum ic wæs
ond mid Seringum;
mid Creacum ic wæs ond mid Finnum
ond mid Casere,
se þe winburga
geweald ahte,
wiolena ond wilna,
ond Wala rices.
Mid Scottum ic wæs ond mid Peohtum
ond mid Scridefinnum;
Fers xiiii
mid Lidwicingum ic wæs ond mid Leonum
ond mid Longbeardum,
mid hæðnum ond mid hæleþum
ond mid Hundingum.
Mid Israhelum ic wæs
ond mid Exsyringum,
mid Ebreum ond mid Indeum
ond mid Egyptum.
Mid Moidum ic wæs ond mid Persum
ond mid Myrgingum,
Fers xu
ond Mofdingum
ond ongend Myrgingum,
ond mid Amothingum.
Mid Eastþyringum ic wæs
ond mid Eolum ond mid Istum
ond Idumingum.
Ond ic wæs mid Eormanrice
ealle þrage,
þær me Gotena cyning
gode dohte;
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