Widsith 7 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Widsith 57-67)
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
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.
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,
ond mid Burgendum, | þær ic beag geþah;
me þær Guðhere forgeaf | glædlicne maþþum
songes to leane. | Næs þæt sæne cyning!
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