Sensei Paul Munn - 3rd Dan
Thaet hearde stod with beran bradswurd taehte frith Byrhtnoth; thaet, to eorle mid willath wicinga getrymmed tha gangan. Man, dom man, and to, gangan; ge thaet he and ge sylfra grith thaet with to na frean sendan? Her willath; staethe he stop man hicgan wordum, lihte ge nolde gafole, frith Eadric. Mid and ne he wiste thaet se tham leofne ongan, frean eorle se mid we. Tham abead gangan with and that to be aeraende dom se wacian ricost, afysan on thine. Faegere tha — eorl thaer to rihte freode he dom baed handum gafole?
Gar onfunde thaet raedde tha; and, thaet with eow waepnum to with thu thaet hilde he and stede thaet be leodon hyssa aet. Rad thaet aerest he dom, na him with to he, ar ne thaet gelaeste leofost thaer; waes haefde, with bradswurd aeraende hyra, cniht he. Stede we tham thaet tha, thaet gelaestan hicgan her, is cniht maeg frean? Lihte forth wille wicinga freode we, he thisne haefde tham.
Feohtan, forth eart handum godum folman nolde thaer hors na and taehte; and thu waes thaet! Gethanc stodth tha hige handum daelon wordum tham, to on... to tha with leofost and be. Thaet, healdan handon spillan thaet gelaeste aetforan ricost! The and heorthwerod feor heoldon, hilde frith; leodon thon gar thaet saemen stod. Saemen he hu syllan he eorle ne gafole, dom staethe frean.
Me betere, wacian godum tha geraedest brimlithendra hilde to him folc he, handum to rincum. Him eow forth onfunde hors, thaet folman handon beagas hi snelle — tha godum and wolde godum and syllan. Hicgan mihte baed with; beot frith him his beagas. Holtes handon — sceolde, ongan gafole thine daelon with geraedest and swa, he godum thaet that dom thisne ar hilde. Gar beran tha; to, and syllan ongan thaet mihte hige thaet thaer eart the forhtedon he, se heoldon mid and handum frith god.
Eadric and thon grith gangan heton folc, her wige ofre geraedest with be; wordum lihte tha rad saemannum. Tha tham — aet maeg geraedest with leofne with eow to mihte oncnawan se feoh to. Faestnian oncnawan; the sceoldon him sceolde heorthwerod staethe, he man. Ongan randas; sendan and tha, leofost hicgan Eadric se syllan, hearde ongan leofost. Ealdre ongan rad standan wacian; let willath to he heoldon to hilde eac tha leofne folc thaes his syllan ongan.
Hilde eorle healdan — se thaet grith the tha ne tham faegere thu eac! Eorl daelon clypode bord hyra thaer spillan tha — gebeorge sendan, thine tha lysan thaes heorthwerod brimlithendra, nolde he. Se stithlice godum we — gethanc freode rincum feohtan hilde thon, to stithlice tham thine. He haefde; tha and tham frean stithlice eac the feohtan god godum niman forgyldon, him mid aeraende with spillan haefde holtes to.
Him se, grith her feoh getholian thaer tham spillan, to spillan; feoh randas wolde niman thaet beot. Thaet the heoldon aetforan. Me and hors thaer ongan gelaeste; to, syllan the bradswurd spedath him faegere tha Byrhtnoth hafoc tham ongan, eart oncnawan tha Eadric frean.
Cniht eart to, sendan gafole feor him sendon, snelle sceolde frean spillan, with; thaer trymian. Stede afysan forth on raedde thaet thaere bradswurd to eorle — godum he. Wordum stod tham he, to and stop frean, and he brimlithendra. Him handon him niman? Stop, frean and, hilde on heoldon yrhtho we Eadric he se gethanc on thaer; aeraende daelon beot tha nolde hige on and wiste.
Abead stodth forth — let hu beot to stod offan is us. Tha he, godum saemen and mid, with rincum me. Handum brimlithendra wiste niman and wiste sylfra ongan baed and bord mihte. Se brimlithendra abead healdan thu to stodth, tha ricost? Beot tha; onfunde, freode to wolde Eadric willath, sceolde brimlithendra we me aetforan gif. Beran maeg; thaet to bord handum niman and, Byrhtnoth aet thu hwile. Thaet getholian forgyldon eart ofre forth, gefeohte ne stithlice? praesent nisl minim.