Leodum is minum swylce him mon lac gife;

Wulf and Eadwacer

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Leodum is minum      swylce him mon lac gife; willað hy hine aþecgan,      gif he on þreat cymeð. Ungelic is us. Wulf is on iege,      ic on oþerre. 5 Fæst is þæt eglond,      fenne biworpen. Sindon wælreowe      weras þær on ige; willað hy hine aþecgan,      gif he on þreat cymeð. Ungelice is us. Wulfes ic mines widlastum      wenum dogode; 10 þonne hit wæs renig weder      ond ic reotugu sæt, þonne mec se beaducafa      bogum bilegde, wæs me wyn to þon,      wæs me hwæþre eac lað. Wulf, min Wulf,      wena me þine seoce gedydon,      þine seldcymas, 15 murnende mod,      nales meteliste. Gehyrest þu, Eadwacer?      Uncerne earne hwelp bireð wulf to wuda. þæt mon eaþe tosliteð      þætte næfre gesomnad wæs, uncer giedd geador.