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Bede's Death Song: West Saxon Version
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Bede's Death Song: West Saxon Version
Verse Early Saxon
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For þam nedfere næni wyrþeþ
þances snotera, þonne him þearf sy
to gehicgenne ær his heonengange
hwæt his gaste godes oþþe yfeles
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æfter deaþe heonon demed weorþe.