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Hwilum ylfete song
Dyde ic me to gomene
Nu thu miht gehyran
Tha sorhleod
Daeges ond nihtes
Calde gethrungen
Waeron mine fet
Forste gebunden
Hrimcealde sae
Hreo haeglfare
Haelethum on andan
Ic to sothe wat thaet bith
Haelethum on andan
Ic to sothe wat thaet bith
Eall thaet therinne is
Ceare sarra sorga
Ic eom bitter in breosthord
mid sorgum gedrefted
Marian leofa modes milde eallgylden
Is me nu lifes hyht thaet ic haelan mag