Eormanrīc ( ƿæs geboren þǣre tīde betƿeoh þǣm 260. gēare and þǣm 276., cƿæl betƿeonan þǣm 370. gēare amd þǣm 376. ) ƿæs Ēastgotena Cyning. His fæder ƿæs Heahwulf in Iordanes Getica.[1]
Tō cyninge rīcsode hē ƿīd rīce in Middelum Europe. Þā rihtan gemǣru his landrīces sind dīegol, ac hit þynceþ þe hit ƿæs fram besūðan þǣm Pripet Fenlande beteoh Danais Ēa and Dniester Ēa.
Eormanrīces nama in Gotisce ƿæs gelīce Aírmanareiks. He is genemnod on bōcum geond þā Germaniscan land oft ōþ þæt 13. hundredgēare. For þissum is his nama on fela ƿīsena: in Iordanes Getica is hē Ermanaricus, in þǣm Engliscan giedde Bēoƿulf is hē Eormenrīc, in Ealdnorrene is hē Jörmunrekkr, and in Medume Ealdum Hēahgermanisce Ermenrich. For þȳ se nama Heiðrekr ƿæs ƿel gelīc þǣm ƿorde "Ermanarīc", hē sī ƿēnunga Heiðrekr Ulfhamr self of þǣre Hervarar sagu.
Eormanrīc is genemnod in tƿǣm Rōmāniscum geƿritum - ān is fram Ammianus and þæt ōðer is Getica fram þǣm stǣrƿritere Iordanes þæs 6. hundredgēares.
Æfter Ammianus, Eormanrīc ƿæs sƿīðe beaducræftig cyning þe lætemest dyde selfcƿalan, for þǣre berǣsunge þāra Hūna, þe anƿōd his land on þǣm 378. tīengēare. His cynedōm ƿæs adilegod and his folc ƿearþ geƿealden fram þǣm Hūnum, under þrāge nēan hūhƿega 75 gēara.