The Seafarer 19 — ed. Tarrin Wills
Not published: do not cite (Sea 72-80a)
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Forþon þæt bið eorla gehwam
æftercweþendra
lof lifgendra
lastworda betst,
þæt he gewyrce,
ær he on weg scyle,
fremum on foldan
wið feonda niþ,
deorum dædum
deofle togeanes,
þæt hine ælda bearn
æfter hergen,
ond his lof siþþan
lifge mid englum
awa to ealdre,
ecan lifes blæd,
dream mid dugeþum.
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