nor knew thou thyself
that thu scoldest mid wurmen. 235 that thou shouldst with worms
_husien_ in eorthan. dwell in the earth.
nu thu hauest neowe hus. Now thou hast a new house,
inne bethrungen. a crowded dwelling;
lowe beoth the helewewes. low is the covering,
unhei[gh]e beoth the sidwowes. 240 unhigh the sidewalls,
thin rof liith on thin breoste ful thy roof lieth on thy breast full
_nei_. _nigh_.
colde is the ibedded. Cold art thou embedded,
clothes bidcled. beclad in clothes
nulleth thine hinen. thy hinds would refuse.
clothes the sen * * * 245 Clothes the sen * * *
for heom thuncheth alto lut. for they think all too little
that thu heom bilefdest. that thou didst leave them;
that thu hefdest on hor_de_. that thou hadst in hoard
theo hit wulleth heldan. they will it keep.
thus is iwitan thin weole. 250 Thus is departed thy wealth,
wendest thet hit thin were. _thou_ thoughtest that it thine were.
thus _reowliche_ nu thin sith. Thus ruefull now thy lot,
efter thin wrecche lif.
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