Lines 10601 through 10700
Nu heom to nu heom to; þat formest is wel idon.
10601
Bruttes hom leiden on; swa me scal a luðere don.
10602
heo bittere swipen ȝefuen; mid axes & mid sweordes;
10603
Þer feolle Cheldriches men; fulle twa þusend.
10604
swa neuere Arður ne les; næuere ænne of his.
10605
þer weoren Sæxisce men; folken alre ærmest.
10606
& þa Alemainisce men; ȝeomerest alre leoden.
10607
Arður mid his sweorde; fæie-scipe wurhte.
10608
al þat he smat to; hit wes sone for-don.
10609
Al wæs þe king abolȝen; swa bið þe wilde bar.
10610
Þis isæh Childric; & gon him to charren.
10612
& beh him ouer Auene; to burȝen him-seoluen.
10613
and Arður him læc to; swa hit a liun weoren.
10614
& fusde heom to flode; monie þer weoren fæie.
10615
þer sunken to þan grunde; fif & twenti hundred.
10616
þa al wes Auene stram; mid stele ibrugged.
10617
Cheldric ouer þat wate[r] flæh; mid fif-tene hundred cnihten.
10618
þohte forð siðen; & ouer sæ liðen.
10619
Arður isæh Colgrim; climben to munten.
10620
buȝen to þan hulle; þa ouer Baðen stondeð.
10621
& Baldulf beh him after. mid seoue þusend cnihtes.
10622
heo þohten i þan hulle; hæhliche at-stonden.
10623
weorien heom mid wepnen; & Arð((ur)) awæmmen.
10624
Þa isæh Arður; aðelest kingen.
10625
whar Colgrim at-stod; & æc stal wrohte.
10626
þa clupede þe king; kenliche lude.
10627
Balde mine þeines; buhȝeð to þan hulles.
10628
For ȝerstendæi wes Colgrim; monnen alre ken%nest.
10629
nu him is al swa þere gat; þer he þene hul wat.
10630
hæh uppen hulle; fehteð mid hornen.
10631
þenne come[ð] þe wlf wilde; touward hire winden.
10632
Þeh þe wulf beon ane; buten ælc imane.
10633
& þer weoren in ane loken. fif hundred gaten.
10634
þe wulf heom to iwiteð; and alle heom abiteð.
10635
Swa ich wulle nu to-dæi; Colgrim. al fordemen.
10636
ich am wulf & he is gat. þe gume scal beon fæie.
10637
Þa ȝet c[l]eopede Arður; aðelest kingen.
10638
Ȝurstendæi wes Baldulf; cnihten alre baldest.
10639
nu he stant on hulle; & Auene bi-haldeð.
10640
hu ligeð i þan stræme; stelene fisces.
10641
mid sweorde bi-georede; heore sund is awemmed.
10642
heore scalen wleoteð; swulc gold-faȝe sceldes.
10643
þer fleoteð heore spiten; swulc hit spæren weoren.
10644
Þis beoð seolcuðe þing; isiȝen to þissen londe.
10645
swulche deor an hulle; swulche fisces in wælle.
10646
Ȝurstendæi wes þe kaisere; ken%nest alre kingen.
10647
flihð ouer bradne wæld; beorkeð his hundes.
10649
he hafeð bihalues Baðen; his huntinge bilæfued.
10650
freom his deore he flicð; we hit scullen fallen.
10651
and his balde ibeot; to nohte ibringen.
10652
and swa we scullen bruken; rihte bi-ȝæten
10653
Efne þan worde; þa þe king seide.
10654
he bræid hæȝe his sceld forn to his breosten;
10655
he igrap his spere longe; his hors he gon spurie.
10656
Neh al swa swi[ðe] swa þe fuȝel fliȝeð.
10657
fuleden þan kinge; fif and twenti þusend.
10658
whitere monnen; wode under wepnen.
10659
hælden to hulle; mid hæhȝere strengðe.
10660
and uppen Colgrime smiten; mid swiðe smærte biten;
10661
And ((Colgrim)) heom þer hente; and feolde þa Bruttes to grunde.
10662
i þan uormeste ræse; fulle fif hundred.
10663
Þat isæh Arður; aðelest kingen;
10664
and wrað him iwræððed; wunder ane swiðe.
10665
and þus cleopien a-gon; Arður þe hæhȝe man.
10666
War beo ȝe Bruttes. balde mine beornes.
10667
Her stondeð us biuoren; vre ifan alle icoren.
10668
gumen mine gode; legge we heom to grunde.
10669
Arður igrap his sweord riht; & he smat ænne Sexise cniht.
10670
þat þat sweord ((þat)) wes swa god; æt þan toþen at-stod.
10671
& he smat enne oðer; þat wes þas cnihtes broðer;
10672
þat his halm & his hæfd; halden to grunde.
10673
þene þridde dunt he sone ȝaf; & enne cniht atwa clæf.
10674
Þa weoren Bruttes; swiðe ibalded.
10675
& leiden o þan Sæxen; læȝen swi[ðe] stronge.
10676
mid heore speren longe; and mid sweoreden swiðe stronge.
10677
Sexes þer uullen; & fæie-sih makeden.
10678
bi hundred bi hundred; hælden to þan grunde.
10679
bi þusund & bi þusend; þer feollen æuere in þene grund.
10680
Þa iseh Colgrim; wær Arður com tou-ward him.
10681
ne mihte Colgrim for þan wæle; fleon a nare side.
10682
þer fæht Baldulf; bi-siden his broðer.
10683
Þa cleopede Arður; ludere stefne.
10684
Her ich cume Colgrim; to cuððen wit scullen ræchen.
10685
Æfne þan worde; þa þe king sæide.
10687
his brode swærd he up ahof; and hærdliche adun sloh.
10688
and smat Colgrimes hælm; þat he a-midde to-clæf.
10689
and þere burne hod; þat hit at þe breoste at-stod.
10690
And he sweinde touward Baldulfe; mid his swiðren honde.
10691
& swipte þat hæfued of; forð mid þan helme.
10692
Þa loh Arður; þe aðele king.
10693
and þus ȝeddien agon; mid gomenfulle worden.
10694
Lien nu þere Colgrim; þu were i-clumben haȝe;
10695
and Baldulf þi bro[ð]er lið bi þire side.
10696
nu ich al þis kine-lond; sette an eower ahȝere hond.
10697
dales & dunes; & al mi drihtliche uolc.
10698
Þu clumbe a þissen hulle; wunder ane hæȝe;
10699
swulc þu woldest to hæuene; nu þu scalt to hælle.
10700
