Bede's Death Song: West Saxon Version
Verse Early Saxon
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.
næni wyrþeþ þonne him þearf sy ær his heonengange godes oþþe yfeles demed weorþe.