Wulf and Eadwacer

Þa Wulf and Eadwacer is an Eald Englisc sang in ælce gefrædðo of famous lǣtunge. Hit hæfð beon feorran gecynded, (nyd-gewunelice) swa an elegy, (eald-gewunelice) swa an rædle, and (on spece on þæs sanges fore-gewite) swa an lǣoð oþþe ballade mid cyððe. Þes sang is gesæġen in þære forman stæfæ, swylce mid wifmannes stemne. Forþan þe þe ætwenne is sylf neunge beforan hēo wyrðe, hwæt forþa scealom witan be þære þeode, and þæt nameless cweðer hēo geþingað to naman spræcum fram oðrum ældum, for æxme, to Signý oþþe þæt cyningas Wulf and Eadwacer geþingað to Theoderic þære Miclan and his wiðerweard Odoacer. Þes sangs ana forleorene beforan seofon is funden æt folio 100v-101r in þære tigan-hundreda Exeter Bōc, side oðþe oðrum sængum to þam hē hæfð cyning-simila.