The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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  • Genesis A, B
  • The Exeter Book
  • Notes
  • BL Cotton Vitellius A XV.
  • The Paris Psalter
  • The Meters of Boethius
  • Fragments of Psalms
  • The Metrical Charms

  • Genesis A, B

    Verse Indeterminate Unknown

    Us is riht micel      æt we rodera weard,
    wereda wuldorcining,      wordum herigen,
    modum lufien!      He is mægna sped,
    heafod ealra      heahgesceafta,
    5
    frea ælmihtig.      Næs him fruma æfre,
    or geworden,      ne nu ende cymþ
    ecean drihtnes,      ac he bi a rice
    ofer heofenstolas.      Heagum þrymmum
    sofæst and swifeorm      sweglbosmas heold,
    10
    þa wæron gesette      wide and side
    þurh geweald godes      wuldres bearnum,
    gasta weardum.      Hæfdon gleam and dream,
    and heora ordfruman,      engla þreatas,
    beorhte blisse.      Wæs heora blæd micel!
    15
    þegnas þrymfæste      þeoden heredon,
    sægdon lustum lof,      heora liffrean
    demdon, drihtenes      dugeþum wæron
    swie gesælige.      Synna ne cuþon,
    firena fremman,      ac hie on frie lifdon,
    20
    ece mid heora aldor.      Elles ne ongunnon
    ræran on roderum      nymþe riht and soþ,
    æron engla weard      for oferhygde
    dwæl on gedwilde.      Noldan dreogan leng
    heora selfra ræd,      ac hie of siblufan
    25
    godes ahwurfon.      Hæfdon gielp micel
    þæt hie wi drihtne      dælan meahton
    wuldorfæstan wic      werodes þrymme,
    sid and swegltorht.      Him þær sar gelamp,
    æfst and oferhygd,      and þæs engles mod
    30
    þe þone unræd ongan      ærest fremman,
    wefan and weccean,      þa he worde cwæ,
    niþes ofþyrsted,      þæt he on nordæle
    ham and heahsetl      heofena rices
    agan wolde.      þa wear yrre god
    35
    and þam werode wra      þe he ær wurode
    wlite and wuldre.      Sceop þam werlogan
    wræclicne ham      weorce to leane,
    helleheafas,      hearde nias.
    Heht þæt witehus      wræcna bidan,
    40
    deop, dreama leas,      drihten ure,
    gasta weardas,      þa he hit geare wiste,
    synnihte beseald,      susle geinnod,
    geondfolen fyre      and færcyle,
    rece and reade lege.      Heht þa geond þæt rædlease hof
    45
    weaxan witebrogan.      Hæfdon hie wrohtgeteme
    grimme wi god gesomnod;      him þæs grim lean becom!
    Cwædon þæt heo rice,      reemode,
    agan woldan,      and swa eae meahtan.
    Him seo wen geleah,      sian waldend his,
    50
    heofona heahcining,      honda arærde,
    hehste wi þam herge.      Ne mihton hygelease,
    mæne wi metode,      mægyn bryttigan,
    ac him se mæra      mod getwæfde,
    bælc forbigde.      þa he gebolgen wear,
    55
    besloh synsceaþan      sigore and gewealde,
    dome and dugee,      and dreame benam
    his feond, frio      and gefean ealle,
    torhte tire,      and his torn gewræc
    on gesacum swie      selfes mihtum
    60
    strengum stiepe.      Hæfde styrne mod,
    gegremed grymme,      grap on wrae
    faum folmum,      and him on fæm gebræc
    yrre on mode;      æele bescyrede
    his wierbrecan      wuldorgestealdum.
    65
    Sceof þa and scyrede      scyppend ure
    oferhidig cyn      engla of heofnum,
    wærleas werod.      Waldend sende
    lawendne here      on langne si,
    geomre gastas;      wæs him gylp forod,
    70
    beot forborsten,      and forbiged þrym,
    wlite gewemmed.      Heo on wrace syan
    seomodon swearte,      sie ne þorfton
    hlude hlihhan,      ac heo helltregum
    werige wunodon      and wean cuon,
    75
    sar and sorge,      susl þrowedon
    þystrum beþeahte,      þearl æfterlean
    þæs þe heo ongunnon      wi gode winnan.
    þa wæs so swa ær      sibb on heofnum,
    fægre freoþoþeawas,      frea eallum leof,
    80
    þeoden his þegnum;      þrymmas weoxon
    dugua mid drihtne,      dreamhæbbendra.
    Wæron þa gesome,      þa þe swegl bua,
    wuldres eel.      Wroht wæs asprungen,
    oht mid englum      and orlegni,
    85
    sian herewosan      heofon ofgæfon,
    leohte belorene.      Him on laste setl,
    wuldorspedum welig,      wide stodan
    gifum growende      on godes rice,
    beorht and geblædfæst,      buendra leas,
    90
    sian wræcstowe      werige gastas
    under hearmlocan      heane geforan.
    þa þeahtode      þeoden ure
    modgeþonce,      hu he þa mæran gesceaft,
    eelstaolas      eft gesette,
    95
    swegltorhtan seld,      selran werode,
    þa hie gielpsceaþan      ofgifen hæfdon,
    heah on heofenum.      Forþam halig god
    under roderas feng,      ricum mihtum,
    wolde þæt him eore      and uproder
    100
    and sid wæter      geseted wurde
    woruldgesceafte      on wrara gield,
    þara þe forhealdene      of hleo sende.
    Ne wæs her þa giet      nymþe heolstersceado
    wiht geworden,      ac þes wida grund
    105
    stod deop and dim,      drihtne fremde,
    idel and unnyt.      On þone eagum wlat
    stifrihþ cining,      and þa stowe beheold,
    dreama lease,      geseah deorc gesweorc
    semian sinnihte      sweart under roderum,
    110
    wonn and weste,      oþæt þeos woruldgesceaft
    þurh word gewear      wuldorcyninges.
    Her ærest gesceop      ece drihten,
    helm eallwihta,      heofon and eoran,
    rodor arærde,      and þis rume land
    115
    gestaþelode      strangum mihtum,
    frea ælmihtig.      Folde wæs þa gyta
    græs ungrene;      garsecg þeahte
    sweart synnihte,      side and wide,
    wonne wegas.      þa wæs wuldortorht
    120
    heofonweardes gast      ofer holm boren
    miclum spedum.      Metod engla heht,
    lifes brytta,      leoht for cuman
    ofer rumne grund.      Raþe wæs gefylled
    heahcininges hæs;      him wæs halig leoht
    125
    ofer westenne,      swa se wyrhta bebead.
    þa gesundrode      sigora waldend
    ofer laguflode      leoht wi þeostrum,
    sceade wi sciman.      Sceop þa bam naman,
    lifes brytta.      Leoht wæs ærest
    130
    þurh drihtnes word      dæg genemned,
    wlitebeorhte gesceaft.      Wel licode
    frean æt fryme      forþbæro tid,
    dæg æresta;      geseah deorc sceado
    sweart swirian      geond sidne grund.
    135
    þa seo tid gewat      ofer timber sceacan
    middangeardes,      metod æfter sceaf
    scirum sciman,      scippend ure,
    æfen ærest.      Him arn on last,
    þrang þystre genip,      þam þe se þeoden self
    140
    sceop nihte naman.      Nergend ure
    hie gesundrode;      sian æfre
    drugon and dydon      drihtnes willan,
    ece ofer eoran.      a com oer dæg,
    leoht æfter þeostrum.      Heht þa lifes weard
    145
    on mereflode      middum weoran
    hyhtlic heofontimber.      Holmas dælde
    waldend ure      and geworhte þa
    roderas fæsten;      þæt se rica ahof
    up from eoran      þurh his agen word,
    150
    frea ælmihtig.      Flod wæs adæled
    under heahrodore      halgum mihtum,
    wæter of wætrum,      þam þe wunia gyt
    under fæstenne      folca hrofes.
    þa com ofer foldan      fus siian
    155
    mære mergen þridda.      Næron metode a gyta
    widlond ne wegas nytte,      ac stod bewrigen fæste
    folde mid flode.      Frea engla heht
    þurh his word wesan      wæter gemæne,
    þa nu under roderum      heora ryne healda,
    160
    stowe gestefnde.      a stod hrae
    holm under heofonum,      swa se halga bebead,
    sid ætsomne,      a gesundrod wæs
    lago wi lande.      Geseah þa lifes weard
    drige stowe,      dugoa hyrde,
    165
    wide æteowde,      þa se wuldorcyning
    eoran nemde.      Gesette yum heora
    onrihtne ryne,      rumum flode,
    and gefetero...     
    Ne þuhte þa gerysne      rodora wearde,
    170
    þæt Adam leng      ana wære
    neorxnawonges,      niwre gesceafte,
    hyrde and healdend.      Forþon him heahcyning,
    frea ælmihtig      fultum tiode;
    wif aweahte      and þa wrae sealde,
    175
    lifes leohtfruma,      leofum rince.
    He þæt andweorc      of Adames
    lice aleoode,      and him listum ateah
    rib of sidan.      He wæs reste fæst,
    and softe swæf,      sar ne wiste,
    180
    earfoa dæl,      ne þær ænig com
    blod of benne,      ac him brego engla
    of lice ateah      liodende ban,
    wer unwundod,      of þam worhte god
    freolice fæmnan.      Feorh in gedyde,
    185
    ece saula.      Heo wæron englum gelice,
    þa wæs Eue,      Adames bryd,
    gaste gegearwod.      Hie on geogoe bu
    wlitebeorht wæron      on woruld cenned
    meotodes mihtum.      Man ne cuon
    190
    don ne dreogan,      ac him drihtnes wæs
    bam on breostum      byrnende lufu.
    þa gebletsode      bliheort cyning,
    metod alwihta,      monna cynnes
    a forman twa,      fæder and moder,
    195
    wif and wæpned.      He þa worde cwæ:
    "Tema nu and wexa,      tudre fylla
    eoran ælgrene,      incre cynne,
    sunum and dohtrum.      Inc sceal sealt wæter
    wunian on gewealde      and eall worulde gesceaft.
    200
    Bruca blæddaga      and brimhlæste
    and heofonfugla.      Inc is halig feoh
    and wilde deor      on geweald geseald,
    and lifigende,      a e land treda,
    feorheaceno cynn,      a e flod wecce
    205
    geond hronrade.      Inc hyra eall."
    þa sceawode      scyppend ure
    his weorca wlite      and his wæstma blæd,
    niwra gesceafta.      Neorxnawong stod
    god and gastlic,      gifena gefylled
    210
    fremum forweardum.      Fægere leohte
    þæt lie land      lago yrnende,
    wylleburne.      Nalles wolcnu a giet
    ofer rumne grund      regnas bæron,
    wann mid winde,      hwære wæstmum stod
    215
    folde gefrætwod.      Heoldon forryne
    eastreamas heora      æele feower
    of þam niwan      neorxnawonge.
    þa wæron adælede      drihtnes mihtum
    ealle of anum,      þa he þas eoran gesceop,
    220
    wætre wlitebeorhtum,      and on woruld sende.
    þæra anne hata ylde,      eorbuende,
    Fison folcweras;      se foldan dæl
    brade bebuge      beorhtum streamum
    Hebeleac utan.      On þære eyltyrf
    225
    nias finda      nean and feorran
    gold and gymcynn,      gumþeoda bearn,
    a selestan,      þæs þe us secga bec.
    þonne seo æftre      Ethiopia
    land and liodgeard      belige uton,
    230
    ginne rice,      þære is Geon noma.
    þridda is Tigris,      seo wi þeodscipe,
    ea inflede,      Assirie beli.
    Swilce is seo feore,      þa nu geond folc monig
    weras Eufraten      wide nemna.
    235
    "ac niota inc þæs ores ealles,      forlæta þone ænne beam,
    waria inc wi þone wæstm.      Ne wyr inc wilna gæd."
    Hnigon þa mid heafdum      heofoncyninge
    georne togenes      and sædon ealles þanc,
    lista and þara lara.      He let heo þæt land buan,
    240
    hwærf him þa to heofenum      halig drihten,
    stiferh cyning.      Stod his handgeweorc
    somod on sande,      nyston sorga wiht
    to begrornianne,      butan heo godes willan
    lengest læsten.      Heo wæron leof gode
    245
    enden heo his halige word      healdan woldon.
    Hæfde se alwalda      engelcynna
    þurh handmægen,      halig drihten,
    tene getrimede,      þæm he getruwode wel
    þæt hie his giongorscipe      fyligan wolden,
    250
    wyrcean his willan,      forþon he him gewit forgeaf
    and mid his handum gesceop,      halig drihten.
    Gesett hæfde he hie swa gesæliglice,      ænne hæfde he swa swine geworhtne,
    swa mihtigne on his modgeþohte,      he let hine swa micles wealdan,
    hehstne to him on heofona rice,      hæfde he hine swa hwitne geworhtne,
    255
    swa wynlic wæs his wæstm on heofonum      þæt him com from weroda drihtne,
    gelic wæs he þam leohtum steorrum.      Lof sceolde he drihtnes wyrcean,
    dyran sceolde he his dreamas on heofonum,      and sceolde his drihtne þancian
    þæs leanes þe he him on þam leohte gescerede      þonne læte he his hine lange wealdan.
    Ac he awende hit him to wyrsan þinge,      ongan him winn up ahebban
    260
    wi þone hehstan heofnes waldend,      þe site on þam halgan stole.
    Deore wæs he drihtne urum;      ne mihte him bedyrned weoran
    þæt his engyl ongan      ofermod wesan,
    ahof hine wi his hearran,      sohte hetespræce,
    gylpword ongean,      nolde gode þeowian,
    265
    cwæ þæt his lic wære      leoht and scene,
    hwit and hiowbeorht.      Ne meahte he æt his hige findan
    þæt he gode wolde      geongerdome,
    þeodne þeowian.      þuhte him sylfum
    þæt he mægyn and cræft      maran hæfde
    270
    þonne se halga god      habban mihte
    folcgestælna.      Feala worda gespæc
    se engel ofermodes.      þohte þurh his anes cræft
    hu he him strenglicran      stol geworhte,
    heahran on heofonum;      cwæ þæt hine his hige speone
    275
    þæt he west and nor      wyrcean ongunne,
    trymede getimbro;      cwæ him tweo þuhte
    þæt he gode wolde      geongra weoran.
    "Hwæt sceal ic winnan?" cwæ he.      "Nis me wihtæ þearf
    hearran to habbanne.      Ic mæg mid handum swa fela
    280
    wundra gewyrcean.      Ic hæbbe geweald micel
    to gyrwanne      godlecran stol,
    hearran on heofne.      Hwy sceal ic æfter his hyldo eowian,
    bugan him swilces geongordomes?      Ic mæg wesan god swa he.
    Bigstanda me strange geneatas,      þa ne willa me æt þam strie geswican,
    285
    hæleþas heardmode.      Hie habba me to hearran gecorene,
    rofe rincas;      mid swilcum mæg man ræd geþencean,
    fon mid swilcum folcgesteallan.      Frynd synd hie mine georne,
    holde on hyra hygesceaftum.      Ic mæg hyra hearra wesan,
    rædan on þis rice.      Swa me þæt riht ne þince,
    290
    þæt ic oleccan      awiht þurfe
    gode æfter gode ænegum.      Ne wille ic leng his geongra wurþan."
    þa hit se allwalda      eall gehyrde,
    þæt his engyl ongan      ofermede micel
    ahebban wi his hearran      and spræc healic word
    295
    dollice wi drihten sinne,      sceolde he þa dæd ongyldan,
    worc þæs gewinnes gedælan,      and sceolde his wite habban,
    ealra morra mæst.      Swa de monna gehwilc
    þe wi his waldend      winnan ongynne
    mid mane wi þone mæran drihten.      þa wear se mihtiga gebolgen,
    300
    hehsta heofones waldend,      wearp hine of þan hean stole.
    Hete hæfde he æt his hearran gewunnen,      hyldo hæfde his ferlorene,
    gram wear him se goda on his mode.      Forþon he sceolde grund gesecean
    heardes hellewites,      þæs þe he wann wi heofnes waldend.
    Acwæ hine þa fram his hyldo      and hine on helle wearp,
    305
    on þa deopan dala,      þær he to deofle wear,
    se feond mid his geferum eallum.      Feollon þa ufon of heofnum
    þurhlonge swa      þreo niht and dagas,
    þa englas of heofnum on helle,      and heo ealle forsceop
    drihten to deoflum.      Forþon heo his dæd and word
    310
    noldon weorian,      forþon he heo on wyrse leoht
    under eoran neoan,      ællmihtig god,
    sette sigelease      on þa sweartan helle.
    þær hæbba heo on æfyn      ungemet lange,
    ealra feonda gehwilc,      fyr edneowe,
    315
    þonne cym on uhtan      easterne wind,
    forst fyrnum cald.      Symble fyr oe gar,
    sum heard geswinc      habban sceoldon.
    Worhte man hit him to wite,      (hyra woruld wæs gehwyrfed),
    forman sie,      fylde helle
    320
    mid þam andsacum.      Heoldon englas for
    heofonrices hehe,      þe ær godes hyldo gelæston.
    Lagon þa ore fynd on þam fyre,      þe ær swa feala hæfdon
    gewinnes wi heora waldend.      Wite þolia,
    hatne heaowelm      helle tomiddes,
    325
    brand and brade ligas,      swilce eac þa biteran recas,
    þrosm and þystro,      forþon hie þegnscipe
    godes forgymdon.      Hie hyra gal beswac,
    engles oferhygd,      noldon alwaldan
    word weorþian,      hæfdon wite micel,
    330
    wæron þa befeallene      fyre to botme
    on þa hatan hell      þurh hygeleaste
    and þurh ofermetto,      sohton oþer land,
    þæt wæs leohtes leas      and wæs liges full,
    fyres fær micel.      Fynd ongeaton
    335
    þæt hie hæfdon gewrixled      wita unrim
    þurh heora miclan mod      and þurh miht godes
    and þurh ofermetto      ealra swiost.
    þa spræc se ofermoda cyning,      þe ær wæs engla scynost,
    hwitost on heofne      and his hearran leof,
    340
    drihtne dyre,      o hie to dole wurdon,
    þæt him for galscipe      god sylfa wear
    mihtig on mode yrre.      Wearp hine on þæt morer innan,
    nier on þæt niobedd,      and sceop him naman sian,
    cwæ se hehsta      hatan sceolde
    345
    Satan sian,      het hine þære sweartan helle
    grundes gyman,      nalles wi god winnan.
    Satan maelode,      sorgiende spræc,
    se e helle for      healdan sceolde,
    gieman þæs grundes.      Wæs ær godes engel,
    350
    hwit on heofne,      o hine his hyge forspeon
    and his ofermetto      ealra swiost,
    þæt he ne wolde      wereda drihtnes
    word wurian.      Weoll him on innan
    hyge ymb his heortan,      hat wæs him utan
    355
    wralic wite.      He þa worde cwæ:
    "Is þæs ænga styde      ungelic swie
    þam orum ham      þe we ær cuon,
    hean on heofonrice,      þe me min hearra onlag,
    þeah we hine for þam alwaldan      agan ne moston,
    360
    romigan ures rices.      Næf he þeah riht gedon
    þæt he us hæf befælled      fyre to botme,
    helle þære hatan,      heofonrice benumen;
    hafa hit gemearcod      mid moncynne
    to gesettanne.      þæt me is sorga mæst,
    365
    þæt Adam sceal,      þe wæs of eoran geworht,
    minne stronglican      stol behealdan,
    wesan him on wynne,      and we þis wite þolien,
    hearm on þisse helle.      Wa la, ahte ic minra handa geweald
    and moste ane tid      ute weoran,
    370
    wesan ane winterstunde,      þonne ic mid þys werode--
    Ac licga me ymbe      irenbenda,
    ride racentan sal.      Ic eom rices leas;
    habba me swa hearde      helle clommas
    fæste befangen.      Her is fyr micel,
    375
    ufan and neoone.      Ic a ne geseah
    laran landscipe.      Lig ne aswama,
    hat ofer helle.      Me habba hringa gespong,
    slihearda sal      sies amyrred,
    afyrred me min fee;      fet synt gebundene,
    380
    handa gehæfte.      Synt þissa heldora
    wegas forworhte,      swa ic mid wihte ne mæg
    of þissum lioobendum.      Licga me ymbe
    heardes irenes      hate geslægene
    grindlas greate.      Mid þy me god hafa
    385
    gehæfted be þam healse,      swa ic wat he minne hige cue;
    and þæt wiste eac      weroda drihten,
    þæt sceolde unc Adame      yfele gewuran
    ymb þæt heofonrice,      þær ic ahte minra handa geweald.
    Ac oliaþ we nu þrea on helle,      (þæt syndon þystro and hæto),
    390
    grimme, grundlease.      Hafa us god sylfa
    forswapen on þas sweartan mistas;      swa he us ne mæg ænige synne gestælan,
    þæt we him on þam lande la gefremedon,      he hæf us þeah þæs leohtes bescyrede,
    beworpen on ealra wita mæste.      Ne magon we þæs wrace gefremman,
    geleanian him mid laes wihte      þæt he us hafa þæs leohtes bescyrede.
    395
    He hæf nu gemearcod anne middangeard,      þær he hæf mon geworhtne
    æfter his onlicnesse.      Mid þam he wile eft gesettan
    heofona rice mid hluttrum saulum.      We þæs sculon hycgan georne,
    þæt we on Adame,      gif we æfre mægen,
    and on his eafrum swa some,      andan gebetan,
    400
    onwendan him þær willan sines,      gif we hit mægen wihte aþencan.
    Ne gelyfe ic me nu þæs leohtes furor      þæs þe he him þence lange niotan,
    þæs eades mid his engla cræfte.      Ne magon we þæt on aldre gewinnan,
    þæt we mihtiges godes mod onwæcen.      Uton owendan hit nu monna bearnum,
    þæt heofonrice, nu we hit habban ne moton,      gedon þæt hie his hyldo forlæten,
    405
    þæt hie þæt onwendon þæt he mid his worde bebead.      þonne weor he him wra on mode,
    ahwet hie from his hyldo.      þonne sculon hie þas helle secan
    and þas grimman grundas.      þonne moton we hie us to giongrum habban,
    fira bearn on þissum fæstum clomme.      Onginna nu ymb þa fyrde þencean!
    Gif ic ænegum þægne      þeodenmadmas
    410
    geara forgeafe,      þenden we on þan godan rice
    gesælige sæton      and hæfdon ure setla geweald,
    þonne he me na on leofran tid      leanum ne meahte
    mine gife gyldan,      gif his gien wolde
    minra þegna hwilc      geþafa wuran,
    415
    þæt he up heonon      ute mihte
    cuman þurh þas clustro,      and hæfde cræft mid him
    þæt he mid feerhoman      fleogan meahte,
    windan on wolcne,      þær geworht stonda
    Adam and Eue      on eorrice
    420
    mid welan bewunden,      and we synd aworpene hider
    on þas deopan dalo.      Nu hie drihtne synt
    wurran micle,      and moton him þone welan agan
    þe we on heofonrice      habban sceoldon,
    rice mid rihte;      is se ræd gescyred
    425
    monna cynne.      þæt me is on minum mode swa sar,
    on minum hyge hreowe,      þæt hie heofonrice
    agan to aldre.      Gif hit eower ænig mæge
    gewendan mid wihte      þæt hie word godes
    lare forlæten,      sona hie him þe laran beo.
    430
    Gif hie breca his gebodscipe,      þonne he him abolgen wureþ;
    sian bi him se wela onwended      and wyr him wite gegarwod,
    sum heard hearmscearu.      Hycga his ealle,
    hu ge hi beswicen!      Sian ic me sefte mæg
    restan on þyssum racentum,      gif him þæt rice losa.
    435
    Se þe þæt gelæste,      him bi lean gearo
    æfter to aldre,      þæs we her inne magon
    on þyssum fyre for      fremena gewinnan.
    Sittan læte ic hine wi me sylfne,      swa hwa swa þæt secgan cyme
    on þas hatan helle,      þæt hie heofoncyninges
    440
    unwurlice      wordum and dædum
    lare"     
    Angan hine þa gyrwan      godes andsaca,
    fus on frætwum,      (hæfde fæcne hyge),
    hælehelm on heafod asette      and þone full hearde geband,
    445
    spenn mid spangum;      wiste him spræca fela,
    wora worda.      Wand him up þanon,
    hwearf him þurh þa helldora,      (hæfde hyge strangne),
    leolc on lyfte      laþwendemod,
    swang þæt fyr on twa      feondes cræfte;
    450
    wolde dearnunga      drihtnes geongran,
    mid mandædum      men beswican,
    forlædan and forlæran,      þæt hie wurdon la gode.
    He þa geferde      þurh feondes cræft
    oæt he Adam      on eorrice,
    455
    godes handgesceaft,      gearone funde,
    wislice geworht,      and his wif somed,
    freo fægroste,      swa hie fela cuon
    godes gegearwigean,      þa him to gingran self
    metod mancynnes      mearcode selfa.
    460
    And him bi twegin      beamas stodon
    þa wæron utan      ofætes gehlædene,
    gewered mid wæstme,      swa hie waldend god,
    heah heofoncyning      handum gesette,
    þæt þær yldo bearn      moste on ceosan
    465
    godes and yfeles,      gumena æghwilc,
    welan and wawan.      Næs se wæstm gelic!
    Oer wæs swa wynlic,      wlitig and scene,
    lie and lofsum,      þæt wæs lifes beam;
    moste on ecnisse      æfter lybban,
    470
    wesan on worulde,      se þæs wæstmes onbat,
    swa him æfter þy      yldo ne derede,
    ne suht sware,      ac moste symle wesan
    lungre on lustum      and his lif agan,
    hyldo heofoncyninges      her on worulde,
    475
    habban him to wæron      witode geþingþo
    on þone hean heofon,      þonne he heonon wende.
    þonne wæs se oer      eallenga sweart,
    dim and þystre;      þæt wæs deaes beam,
    se bær bitres fela.      Sceolde bu witan
    480
    ylda æghwilc      yfles and godes
    gewand on þisse worulde.      Sceolde on wite a
    mid swate and mid sorgum      sian libban,
    swa hwa swa gebyrgde      þæs on þam beame geweox.
    Sceolde hine yldo beniman      ellendæda,
    485
    dreamas and drihtscipes,      and him beon dea scyred.
    Lytle hwile      sceolde he his lifes niotan,
    secan þonne landa      sweartost on fyre.
    Sceolde feondum þeowian,      þær is ealra frecna mæste
    leodum to langre hwile.      þæt wiste se laa georne,
    490
    dyrne deofles boda      þe wi drihten wann.
    Wearp hine þa on wyrmes lic      and wand him þa ymbutan
    þone deaes beam      þurh deofles cræft,
    genam þær þæs ofætes      and wende hine eft þanon
    þær he wiste handgeweorc      heofoncyninges.
    495
    Ongon hine þa frinan      forman worde
    se laa mid ligenum:      "Langa þe awuht,
    Adam, up to gode?      Ic eom on his ærende hider
    feorran gefered,      ne þæt nu fyrn ne wæs
    þæt ic wi hine sylfne sæt.      þa het he me on þysne si faran,
    500
    het þæt þu þisses ofætes æte,      cwæ þæt þin abal and cræft
    and þin modsefa      mara wurde,
    and þin lichoma      leohtra micle,
    þin gesceapu scenran,      cwæ þæt þe æniges sceattes earf
    ne wurde on worulde.      Nu þu willan hæfst,
    505
    hyldo geworhte      heofoncyninges,
    to þance geþenod      þinum hearran,
    hæfst þe wi drihten dyrne geworhtne.      Ic gehyrde hine þine dæd and word
    lofian on his leohte      and ymb þin lif sprecan.
    Swa þu læstan scealt      þæt on þis land hider
    510
    his bodan bringa.      Brade synd on worulde
    grene geardas,      and god site
    on þam hehstan      heofna rice,
    ufan alwalda.      Nele þa earfeu
    sylfa habban      þæt he on þysne si fare,
    515
    gumena drihten,      ac he his gingran sent
    to þinre spræce.      Nu he þe mid spellum het
    listas læran.      Læste þu georne
    his ambyhto,      nim þe þis ofæt on hand,
    bit his and byrige.      þe weor on þinum breostum rum,
    520
    wæstm þy wlitegra.      þe sende waldend god,
    þin hearra þas helpe      of heofonrice."
    Adam maelode      þær he on eoran stod,
    selfsceafte guma:      "þonne ic sigedrihten,
    mihtigne god,      mælan gehyrde
    525
    strangre stemne,      and me her stondan het,
    his bebodu healdan,      and me þas bryd forgeaf,
    wlitesciene wif,      and me warnian het
    þæt ic on þone deaes beam      bedroren ne wurde,
    beswicen to swie,      he cwæ þæt þa sweartan helle
    530
    healdan sceolde      se e bi his heortan wuht
    laes gelæde.      Nat þeah þu mid ligenum fare
    þurh dyrne geþanc      þe þu drihtnes eart
    boda of heofnum.      Hwæt, ic þinra bysna ne mæg,
    worda ne wisna      wuht oncnawan,
    535
    sies ne sagona.      Ic wat hwæt he me self bebead,
    nergend user,      þa ic hine nehst geseah;
    he het me his word weorian      and wel healdan,
    læstan his lare.      þu gelic ne bist
    ænegum his engla      þe ic ær geseah,
    540
    ne þu me oiewdest      ænig tacen
    þe he me þurh treowe      to onsende,
    min hearra þurh hyldo.      þy ic þe hyran ne cann,
    ac þu meaht þe for faran.      Ic hæbbe me fæstne geleafan
    up to þam ælmihtegan gode      þe me mid his earmum worhte,
    545
    her mid handum sinum.      He mæg me of his hean rice
    geofian mid goda gehwilcum,      þeah he his gingran ne sende."
    Wende hine wramod      þær he þæt wif geseah
    on eorrice      Euan stondan,
    sceone gesceapene,      cwæ þæt sceaena mæst
    550
    eallum heora eaforum      æfter sian
    wurde on worulde:      "Ic wat, inc waldend god
    abolgen wyr,      swa ic him þisne bodscipe
    selfa secge,      þonne ic of þys sie cume
    ofer langne weg,      þæt git ne læstan wel
    555
    hwilc ærende swa      he easten hider
    on þysne si sende.      Nu sceal he sylf faran
    to incre andsware;      ne mæg his ærende
    his boda beodan;      þy ic wat þæt he inc abolgen wyr,
    mihtig on mode.      Gif þu þeah minum wilt,
    560
    wif willende,      wordum hyran,
    þu meaht his þonne rume      ræd geþencan.
    Gehyge on þinum breostum      þæt þu inc bam twam meaht
    wite bewarigan,      swa ic þe wisie.
    æt þisses ofetes!      þonne wura þin eagan swa leoht
    565
    þæt þu meaht swa wide      ofer woruld ealle
    geseon sian,      and selfes stol
    herran þines,      and habban his hyldo for.
    Meaht þu Adame      eft gestyran,
    gif þu his willan hæfst      and he þinum wordum getryw.
    570
    Gif þu him to soe sægst      hwylce þu selfa hæfst
    bisne on breostum,      þæs þu gebod godes
    lare læstes,      he þone laan stri,
    yfel andwyrde      an forlæte
    on breostcofan,      swa wit him bu tu
    575
    an sped spreca.      Span þu hine georne
    þæt he þine lare læste,      þy læs gyt la gode,
    incrum waldende,      weoran þyrfen.
    Gif þu þæt angin fremest,      idesa seo betste,
    forhele ic incrum herran      þæt me hearmes swa fela
    580
    Adam gespræc,      eargra worda.
    Tyh me untryowa,      cwy þæt ic seo teonum georn,
    gramum ambyhtsecg,      nales godes engel.
    Ac ic cann ealle swa geare      engla gebyrdo,
    heah heofona gehlidu;      wæs seo hwil þæs lang
    585
    þæt ic geornlice      gode þegnode
    þurh holdne hyge,      herran minum,
    drihtne selfum;      ne eom ic deofle gelic."
    Lædde hie swa mid ligenum      and mid listum speon
    idese on þæt unriht,      oþæt hire on innan ongan
    590
    weallan wyrmes geþeaht,      (hæfde hire wacran hige
    metod gemearcod),      þæt heo hire mod ongan
    lætan æfter þam larum;      forþon heo æt þam laan onfeng
    ofer drihtnes word      deaes beames
    weorcsumne wæstm.      Ne wear wyrse dæd
    595
    monnum gemearcod!      þæt is micel wundor
    þæt hit ece god      æfre wolde
    þeoden þolian,      þæt wurde þegn swa monig
    forlædd be þam lygenum      þe for þam larum com.
    Heo þa þæs ofætes æt,      alwaldan bræc
    600
    word and willan.      þa meahte heo wide geseon
    þurh þæs laan læn      þe hie mid ligenum beswac,
    dearnenga bedrog,      þe hire for his dædum com,
    þæt hire þuhte hwitre      heofon and eore,
    and eall þeos woruld wlitigre,      and geweorc godes
    605
    micel and mihtig,      þeah heo hit þurh monnes geþeaht
    ne sceawode;      ac se sceaa georne
    swicode ymb þa sawle      þe hire ær þa siene onlah,
    þæt heo swa wide      wlitan meahte
    ofer heofonrice.      þa se forhatena spræc
    610
    þurh feondscipe      (nalles he hie freme lærde):
    "þu meaht nu þe self geseon,      swa ic hit þe secgan ne þearf,
    Eue seo gode,      þæt þe is ungelic
    wlite and wæstmas,      sian þu minum wordum getruwodest,
    læstes mine lare.      Nu scine þe leoht fore
    615
    glædlic ongean      þæt ic from gode brohte
    hwit of heofonum;      nu þu his hrinan meaht.
    Sæge Adame      hwilce þu gesihe hæfst
    þurh minne cime cræfta.      Gif giet þurh cuscne siodo
    læst mina lara,      þonne gife ic him þæs leohtes genog
    620
    þæs ic þe swa godes      gegired hæbbe.
    Ne wite ic him þa womcwidas,      þeah he his wyre ne sie
    to alætanne;      þæs fela he me laes spræc."
    Swa hire eaforan sculon      æfter lybban:
    þonne hie la gedo,      hie sculon lufe wyrcean,
    625
    betan heora hearran hearmcwyde      ond habban his hyldo for.
    þa gieng to Adame      idesa scenost,
    wifa wlitegost      þe on woruld come,
    forþon heo wæs handgeweorc      heofoncyninges,
    þeah heo þa dearnenga      fordon wurde,
    630
    forlæd mid ligenum,      þæt hie la gode
    þurh þæs wraan geþanc      weoran sceolden,
    þurh þæs deofles searo      dom forlætan,
    hierran hyldo,      hefonrices þolian
    monige hwile.      Bi þam men full wa
    635
    þe hine ne warna      þonne he his geweald hafa!
    Sum heo hire on handum bær,      sum hire æt heortan læg,
    æppel unsælga,      þone hire ær forbead
    drihtna drihten,      deabeames ofet,
    and þæt word acwæ      wuldres aldor,
    640
    þæt þæt micle mor      menn ne þorfton
    þegnas þolian,      ac he þeoda gehwam
    hefonrice forgeaf,      halig drihten,
    widbradne welan,      gif hie þone wæstm an
    lætan wolden      þe þæt lae treow
    645
    on his bogum bær,      bitre gefylled;
    þæt wæs deaes beam      þe him drihten forbead.
    Forlec hie þa mid ligenum      se wæs la gode,
    on hete heofoncyninges,      and hyge Euan,
    wifes wac geþoht,      þæt heo ongan his wordum truwian,
    650
    læstan his lare,      and geleafan nom
    þæt he þa bysene from gode      brungen hæfde
    þe he hire swa wærlice      wordum sægde,
    iewde hire tacen      and treowa gehet,
    his holdne hyge.      þa heo to hire hearran spræc:
    655
    "Adam, frea min,      þis ofet is swa swete,
    blie on breostum,      and þes boda sciene,
    godes engel god,      ic on his gearwan geseo
    þæt he is ærendsecg      uncres hearran,
    hefoncyninges.      His hyldo is unc betere
    660
    to gewinnanne      þonne his wiermedo.
    Gif þu him heodæg wuht      hearmes gesprece,
    he forgif hit þeah,      gif wit him geongordom
    læstan willa.      Hwæt scal þe swa lalic stri
    wi þines hearran bodan?      Unc is his hyldo þearf;
    665
    he mæg unc ærendian      to þam alwaldan,
    heofoncyninge.      Ic mæg heonon geseon
    hwær he sylf site,      (þæt is su and east),
    welan bewunden,      se as woruld gesceop;
    geseo ic him his englas      ymbe hweorfan
    670
    mid feerhaman,      ealra folca mæst,
    wereda wynsumast.      Hwa meahte me swelc gewit gifan,
    gif hit gegnunga      god ne onsende,
    heofones waldend?      Gehyran mæg ic rume
    and swa wide geseon      on woruld ealle
    675
    ofer þas sidan gesceaft,      ic mæg swegles gamen
    gehyran on heofnum.      Wear me on hige leohte
    utan and innan,      siþan ic þæs ofætes onbat.
    Nu hæbbe ic his her on handa,      herra se goda;
    gife ic hit þe georne.      Ic gelyfe þæt hit from gode come,
    680
    broht from his bysene,      þæs me þes boda sægde
    wærum wordum.      Hit nis wuhte gelic
    elles on eoran,      buton swa þes ar sæge,
    þæt hit gegnunga      from gode come."
    Hio spræc him þicce to      and speon hine ealne dæg
    685
    on þa dimman dæd      þæt hie drihtnes heora
    willan bræcon.      Stod se wraa boda,
    legde him lustas on      and mid listum speon,
    fylgde him frecne;      wæs se feond full neah
    þe on þa frecnan fyrd      gefaren hæfde
    690
    ofer langne weg;      leode hogode
    on þæt micle mor      men forweorpan,
    forlæran and forlædan,      þæt hie læn godes,
    ælmihtiges gife      an forleten,
    heofenrices geweald.      Hwæt, se hellsceaa
    695
    gearwe wiste      þæt hie godes yrre
    habban sceoldon      and hellgeþwing,
    þone nearwan ni      niede onfon,
    sian hie gebod godes      forbrocen hæfdon,
    þa he forlærde      mid ligenwordum
    700
    to þam unræde      idese sciene,
    wifa wlitegost,      þæt heo on his willan spræc,
    wæs him on helpe      handweorc godes
    to forlæranne.     
    Heo spræc a to Adame      idesa sceonost
    705
    ful þiclice,      o þam þegne ongan
    his hige hweorfan,      þæt he þam gehate getruwode
    þe him þæt wif      wordum sægde.
    Heo dyde hit þeah þurh holdne hyge,      nyste þæt þær hearma swa fela,
    fyrenearfea,      fylgean sceolde
    710
    monna cynne,      þæs heo on mod genam
    þæt heo þæs laan bodan      larum hyrde,
    ac wende þæt heo hyldo      heofoncyninges
    worhte mid þam wordum      þe heo þam were swelce
    tacen oiewde      and treowe gehet,
    715
    oþæt Adame      innan breostum
    his hyge hwyrfde      and his heorte ongann
    wendan to hire willan.      He æt þam wife onfeng
    helle and hinnsi,      þeah hit nære haten swa,
    ac hit ofetes noman      agan sceolde;
    720
    hit wæs þeah deaes swefn      and deofles gespon,
    hell and hinnsi      and hælea forlor,
    menniscra mor,      þæt hie to mete dædon,
    ofet unfæle.      Swa hit him on innan com,
    hran æt heortan,      hloh þa and plegode
    725
    boda bitre gehugod,      sægde begra þanc
    hearran sinum:      "Nu hæbbe ic þine hyldo me
    witode geworhte,      and þinne willan gelæst
    to ful monegum dæge.      Men synt forlædde,
    Adam and Eue.      Him is unhyldo
    730
    waldendes witod,      nu hie wordcwyde his,
    lare forleton.      Forþon hie leng ne magon
    healdan heofonrice,      ac hie to helle sculon
    on þone sweartan si.      Swa þu his sorge ne þearft
    beran on þinum breostum,      þær þu gebunden ligst,
    735
    murnan on mode,      þæt her men bun
    þone hean heofon,      þeah wit hearmas nu,
    þreaweorc þolia,      and þystre land,
    and þurh þin micle mod      monig forleton
    on heofonrice      heahgetimbro,
    740
    godlice geardas.      Unc wear god yrre
    forþon wit him noldon      on heofonrice
    hnigan mid heafdum      halgum drihtne
    þurh geongordom;      ac unc gegenge ne wæs
    þæt wit him on þegnscipe      þeowian wolden.
    745
    Forþon unc waldend wear      wra on mode,
    on hyge hearde,      and us on helle bedraf,
    on þæt fyr fylde      folca mæste,
    and mid handum his      eft on heofonrice
    rihte rodorstolas      and þæt rice forgeaf
    750
    monna cynne.      Mæg þin mod wesan
    blie on breostum,      forþon her synt bu tu gedon:
    ge þæt hælea bearn      heofonrice sculon
    leode forlætan      and on þæt lig to þe
    hate hweorfan,      eac is hearm gode,
    755
    modsorg gemacod.      Swa hwæt swa wit her morres þolia,
    hit is nu Adame      eall forgolden
    mid hearran hete      and mid hælea forlore,
    monnum mid mores cwealme.      Forþon is min mod gehæled,
    hyge ymb heortan gerume,      ealle synt uncre hearmas gewrecene
    760
    laes þæt wit lange þoledon.      Nu wille ic eft þam lige near,
    Satan ic þær secan wille;      he is on þære sweartan helle
    hæft mid hringa gesponne."      Hwearf him eft nier
    boda bitresta;      sceolde he þa bradan ligas
    secan helle gehlio,      þær his hearra læg
    765
    simon gesæled.      Sorgedon ba twa,
    Adam and Eue,      and him oft betuh
    gnornword gengdon;      godes him ondredon,
    heora herran hete,      heofoncyninges ni
    swie onsæton;      selfe forstodon
    770
    his word onwended.      þæt wif gnornode,
    hof hreowigmod,      (hæfde hyldo godes,
    lare forlæten),      þa heo þæt leoht geseah
    ellor scrian      þæt hire þurh untreowa
    tacen iewde      se him þone teonan geræd,
    775
    þæt hie helle ni      habban sceoldon,
    hyna unrim;      forþam him higesorga
    burnon on breostum.      Hwilum to gebede feollon
    sinhiwan somed,      and sigedrihten
    godne gretton      and god nemdon,
    780
    heofones waldend,      and hine bædon
    þæt hie his hearmsceare      habban mosten,
    georne fulgangan,      þa hie godes hæfdon
    bodscipe abrocen.      Bare hie gesawon
    heora lichaman;      næfdon on þam lande þa giet
    785
    sæla gesetena,      ne hie sorge wiht
    weorces wiston,      ac hie wel meahton
    libban on þam lande,      gif hie wolden lare godes
    forweard fremman.      þa hie fela spræcon
    sorhworda somed,      sinhiwan twa.
    790
    Adam gemælde      and to Euan spræc:
    "Hwæt, þu Eue, hæfst      yfele gemearcod
    uncer sylfra si.      Gesyhst þu nu þa sweartan helle
    grædige and gifre.      Nu þu hie grimman meaht
    heonane gehyran.      Nis heofonrice
    795
    gelic þam lige,      ac þis is landa betst,
    þæt wit þurh uncres hearran þanc      habban moston,
    þær þu þam ne hierde      þe unc þisne hearm geræd,
    þæt wit waldendes      word forbræcon,
    heofoncyninges.      Nu wit hreowige magon
    800
    sorgian for þis sie.      Forþon he unc self bebead
    þæt wit unc wite      warian sceolden,
    hearma mæstne.      Nu slit me hunger and þurst
    bitre on breostum,      þæs wit begra ær
    wæron orsorge      on ealle tid.
    805
    Hu sculon wit nu libban      oe on þys lande wesan,
    gif her wind cym,      westan oe eastan,
    suan oe noran?      Gesweorc up fære,
    cyme hægles scur      hefone getenge,
    fære forst on gemang,      se by fyrnum ceald.
    810
    Hwilum of heofnum      hate scine,
    blic þeos beorhte sunne,      and wit her baru standa,
    unwered wædo.      Nys unc wuht beforan
    to scursceade,      ne sceattes wiht
    to mete gemearcod,      ac unc is mihtig god,
    815
    waldend wramod.      To hwon sculon wit weoran nu?
    Nu me mæg hreowan      þæt ic bæd heofnes god,
    waldend þone godan,      þæt he þe her worhte to me
    of lium minum,      nu þu me forlæred hæfst
    on mines herran hete.      Swa me nu hreowan mæg
    820
    æfre to aldre      þæt ic þe minum eagum geseah."
    a spræc Eue eft,      idesa scienost,
    wifa wlitegost;      hie wæs geweorc godes,
    þeah heo þa on deofles cræft      bedroren wurde:
    "þu meaht hit me witan,      wine min Adam,
    825
    wordum þinum;      hit þe þeah wyrs ne mæg
    on þinum hyge hreowan      þonne hit me æt heortan de."
    Hire þa Adam      andswarode:
    "Gif ic waldendes      willan cue,
    hwæt ic his to hearmsceare      habban sceolde,
    830
    ne gesawe þu no sniomor,      þeah me on sæ wadan
    hete heofones god      heonone nu þa,
    on flod faran,      nære he firnum þæs deop,
    merestream þæs micel,      þæt his o min mod getweode,
    ac ic to þam grunde genge,      gif ic godes meahte
    835
    willan gewyrcean.      Nis me on worulde niod
    æniges þegnscipes,      nu ic mines þeodnes hafa
    hyldo forworhte,      þæt ic hie habban ne mæg.
    Ac wit þus baru ne magon      bu tu ætsomne
    wesan to wuhte.      Uton gan on þysne weald innan,
    840
    on þisses holtes hleo."      Hwurfon hie ba twa,
    togengdon gnorngende      on þone grenan weald,
    sæton onsundran,      bidan selfes gesceapu
    heofoncyninges,      þa hie þa habban ne moston
    þe him ær forgeaf      ælmihtig god.
    845
    þa hie heora lichoman      leafum beþeahton,
    weredon mid y wealde,      wæda ne hæfdon;
    ac hie on gebed feollon      bu tu ætsomne
    morgena gehwilce,      bædon mihtigne
    þæt hie ne forgeate      god ælmihtig,
    850
    and him gewisade      waldend se goda,
    hu hie on þam leohte for      libban sceolden.
    þa com feran      frea ælmihtig
    ofer midne dæg,      mære þeoden,
    on neorxnawang      neode sine;
    855
    wolde neosian      nergend usser,
    bilwit fæder,      hwæt his bearn dyde;
    wiste forworhte      þam he ær wlite sealde.
    Gewitan him þa gangan      geomermode
    under beamsceade      blæde bereafod,
    860
    hyddon hie on heolstre,      þa hie halig word
    drihtnes gehyrdon,      and ondredon him.
    þa sona ongann      swegles aldor
    weard ahsian      woruldgesceafta,
    het him recene to      rice þeoden
    865
    his sunu gangan.      Him þa sylfa oncwæ,
    hean hleorade      hrægles þearfa:
    "Ic wreo me her      wæda leasne,
    liffrea min,      leafum þecce.
    Scyldfull mine      sceaen is me sare,
    870
    frecne on ferhe;      ne dear nu for gan
    for e andweardne.      Ic eom eall eall nacod."
    Him a ædre god      andswarede:
    "Saga me þæt, sunu min,      for hwon secest u
    sceade sceomiende?      þu sceonde æt me
    875
    furum ne anfenge,      ac gefean eallum.
    For hwon wast þu wean      and wrihst sceome,
    gesyhst sorge,      and þin sylf þecest
    lic mid leafum,      sagast lifceare
    hean hygegeomor,      þæt þe sie hrægles þearf,
    880
    nymþe u æppel      ænne byrgde
    of am wudubeame      þe ic þe wordum forbead?"
    Him þa Adam eft      andswarode:
    "Me a blæda on hand      bryd gesealde,
    freolucu fæmne,      freadrihten min,
    885
    e ic þe on teonan geþah.      Nu ic þæs tacen wege
    sweotol on me selfum.      Wat ic sorga y ma."
    a æs Euan frægn      ælmihtig god:
    "Hwæt druge þu, dohtor,      dugeþa genohra,
    niwra gesceafta      neorxnawanges,
    890
    growendra gifa,      þa þu gitsiende
    on beam gripe,      blæda name
    on treowes telgum,      and me on teonan
    æte þa unfreme,      Adame sealdest
    wæstme þa inc wæron      wordum minum
    895
    fæste forbodene?"      Him þa freolecu mæg,
    ides æwiscmod      andswarode:
    "Me nædre beswac      and me neodlice
    to forsceape scyhte      and to scyldfrece,
    fah wyrm þurh fægir word,      oþæt ic fracolice
    900
    feondræs gefremede,      fæhe geworhte,
    and þa reafode,      swa hit riht ne wæs,
    beam on bearwe      and þa blæda æt."
    þa nædran sceop      nergend usser,
    frea ælmihtig      fagum wyrme
    905
    wide sias      and þa worde cwæ:
    "þu scealt wideferh      werig þinum
    breostum bearm tredan      bradre eoran,
    faran feeleas,      þenden þe feorh wuna,
    gast on innan.      þu scealt greot etan
    910
    þine lifdagas.      Swa þu lalice
    wrohte onstealdest,      þe þæt wif feo,
    hata under heofnum      and þin heafod trede
    fah mid fotum sinum.      þu scealt fiersna sætan
    tohtan niwre;      tuddor bi gemæne
    915
    incrum orlegni      a þenden stande
    woruld under wolcnum.      Nu þu wast and canst,
    la leodsceaa,      hu þu lifian scealt."
    a to Euan god      yrringa spræc:
    "Wend þe from wynne!      þu scealt wæpnedmen
    920
    wesan on gewealde,      mid weres egsan
    hearde genearwad,      hean þrowian
    þinra dæda gedwild,      deaes bidan,
    and þurh wop and heaf      on woruld cennan
    þurh sar micel      sunu and dohtor."
    925
    Abead eac Adame      ece drihten,
    lifes leohtfruma,      la ærende:
    "þu scealt oerne      eel secean,
    wynleasran wic,      and on wræc hweorfan
    nacod niedwædla,      neorxnawanges
    930
    dugeum bedæled;      þe is gedal witod
    lices and sawle.      Hwæt, þu lalice
    wrohte onstealdest;      forþon þu winnan scealt
    and on eoran þe      þine andlifne
    selfa geræcan,      wegan swatig hleor,
    935
    þinne hlaf etan,      þenden þu her leofast,
    oþæt þe to heortan      hearde gripe
    adl unlie      þe þu on æple ær
    selfa forswulge;      forþon þu sweltan scealt."
    Hwæt, we nu gehyra      hwær us hearmstafas
    940
    wrae onwocan      and woruldyrmo.
    Hie þa wuldres weard      wædum gyrede,
    scyppend usser;      het heora sceome þeccan
    frea frumhrægle;      het hie from hweorfan
    neorxnawange      on nearore lif.
    945
    Him on laste beleac      lisa and wynna
    hihtfulne ham      halig engel
    be frean hæse      fyrene sweorde;
    ne mæg þær inwitfull      ænig geferan
    womscyldig mon,      ac se weard hafa
    950
    miht and strengo,      se þæt mære lif
    dugeum deore      drihtne healde.
    No hwære ælmihtig      ealra wolde
    Adame and Euan      arna ofteon,
    fæder æt fryme,      þeah þe hie him from swice,
    955
    ac he him to frofre let      hwæere for wesan
    hyrstedne hrof      halgum tunglum
    and him grundwelan      ginne sealde;
    het þam sinhiwum      sæs and eoran
    tuddorteondra      teohha gehwilcre
    960
    to woruldnytte      wæstmas fedan.
    Gesæton þa æfter synne      sorgfulre land,
    eard and eyl      unspedigran
    fremena gehwilcre      þonne se frumstol wæs
    þe hie æfter dæde of      adrifen wurdon.
    965
    Ongunnon hie þa      be godes hæse
    bearn astrienan,      swa him metod bebead.
    Adames and Euan      aforan wæron
    freolicu twa      frumbearn cenned,
    Cain and Abel.      Us cya bec,
    970
    hu þa dædfruman      dugeþa stryndon,
    welan and wiste,      willgebroor.
    Oer his to eoran      elnes tilode,
    se wæs ærboren;      oer æhte heold
    fæder on fultum,      oþæt for gewat
    975
    dægrimes worn.      Hie þa drihtne lac
    begen brohton.      Brego engla beseah
    on Abeles gield      eagum sinum,
    cyning eallwihta,      Caines ne wolde
    tiber sceawian.      þæt wæs torn were
    980
    hefig æt heortan.      Hygewælm asteah
    beorne on breostum,      blatende ni,
    yrre for æfstum.      He þa unræden
    folmum gefremede,      freomæg ofsloh,
    broor sinne,      and his blod ageat,
    985
    Cain Abeles.      Cwealmdreore swealh
    þæs middangeard,      monnes swate.
    æfter wælswenge      wea wæs aræred,
    tregena tuddor.      Of am twige sian
    ludon lawende      leng swa swior
    990
    ree wæstme.      Ræhton wide
    geond werþeoda      wrohtes telgan,
    hrinon hearmtanas      hearde and sare
    drihta bearnum,      (do gieta swa),
    of þam brad blado      bealwa gehwilces
    995
    sprytan ongunnon.      We þæt spell magon,
    wælgrimme wyrd,      wope cwian,
    nales holunge;      ac us hearde sceod
    freolecu fæmne      þurh forman gylt
    þe wi metod æfre      men gefremeden,
    1000
    eorbuende,      sian Adam wear
    of godes mue      gaste eacen.
    a worde frægn      wuldres aldor
    Cain, hwær Abel      eoran wære.
    Him a se cystleasa      cwealmes wyrhta
    1005
    ædre æfter þon      andswarode:
    "Ne can ic Abeles      or ne fore,
    hleomæges si,      ne ic hyrde wæs
    broer mines."      Him þa brego engla,
    godspedig gast      gean þingade:
    1010
    "Hwæt, befealdest þu      folmum þinum
    wraum on wælbedd      wærfæstne rinc,
    broor þinne,      and his blod to me
    cleopa and cige.      þu þæs cwealmes scealt
    wite winnan      and on wræc hweorfan,
    1015
    awyrged to widan aldre.      Ne sele þe wæstmas eore
    wlitige to woruldnytte,      ac heo wældreore swealh
    halge of handum þinum;      forþon heo þe hrora oftih,
    glæmes grene folde.      þu scealt geomor hweorfan,
    arleas of earde þinum,      swa þu Abele wurde
    1020
    to feorhbanan;      forþon þu flema scealt
    widlast wrecan,      winemagum la."
    Him þa ædre Cain      andswarode:
    "Ne þearf ic ænigre      are wenan
    on woruldrice,      ac ic forworht hæbbe,
    1025
    heofona heahcyning,      hyldo þine,
    lufan and freode;      forþon ic lastas sceal
    wean on wenum      wide lecgan,
    hwonne me gemitte      manscyldigne,
    se me feor oe neah      fæhe gemonige,
    1030
    broorcwealmes.      Ic his blod ageat,
    dreor on eoran.      þu to dæge þissum
    ademest me fram dugue      and adrifest from
    earde minum.      Me to aldorbanan
    weore wrara sum.      Ic awyrged sceal,
    1035
    þeoden, of gesyhe      þinre hweorfan."
    Him þa selfa oncwæ      sigora drihten:
    "Ne þearft u þe ondrædan      deaes brogan,
    feorhcwealm nu giet,      þeah þu from scyle
    freomagum feor      fah gewitan.
    1040
    Gif þe monna hwelc      mundum sinum
    aldre beneote,      hine on cyme
    æfter þære synne      seofonfeald wracu,
    wite æfter weorce."      Hine waldend on,
    tirfæst metod,      tacen sette,
    1045
    freoobeacen frea,      þy læs hine feonda hwilc
    mid guþræce      gretan dorste
    feorran oe nean.      Heht þa from hweorfan
    meder and magum      manscyldigne,
    cnosle sinum.      Him þa Cain gewat
    1050
    gongan geomormod      gode of gesyhe,
    wineleas wrecca,      and him þa wic geceas
    eastlandum on,      eelstowe
    fædergeardum feor,      þær him freolecu mæg,
    ides æfter æelum      eaforan fedde.
    1055
    Se æresta wæs      Enos haten,
    frumbearn Caines.      Sian fæsten ongon
    mid þam cneomagum      ceastre timbran;
    þæt wæs under wolcnum      weallfæstenna
    ærest ealra      þara þe æelingas,
    1060
    sweordberende,      settan heton.
    þanon his eaforan      ærest wocan,
    bearn from bryde,      on þam burhstede.
    Se yldesta wæs      Iared haten,
    sunu Enoses.      Sian wocan,
    1065
    þa þæs cynnes      cneowrim icton,
    mægburg Caines.      Malalehel wæs
    æfter Iarede      yrfes hyrde
    fæder on laste,      oþæt he for gewat.
    Sian Mathusal      magum dælde,
    1070
    bearn æfter bearne      brorum sinum
    æelinga gestreon,      oþæt aldorgedal
    frod fyrndagum      fremman sceolde,
    lif oflætan.      Lameh onfeng
    æfter fæder dæge      fletgestealdum,
    1075
    botlgestreonum.      Him bryda twa,
    idesa on ele      eaforan feddon,
    Ada and Sella;      þara anum wæs
    Iabal noma,      se þurh gleawne geþanc
    herbuendra      hearpan ærest
    1080
    handum sinum      hlyn awehte,
    swinsigende sweg,      sunu Lamehes.
    Swylce on ære mæge      maga wæs haten
    on þa ilcan tid      Tubalcain,
    se þurh snytro sped      smicræftega wæs,
    1085
    and þurh modes gemynd      monna ærest,
    sunu Lamehes,      sulhgeweorces
    fruma wæs ofer foldan,      sian folca bearn
    æres cuon      and isernes,
    burhsittende,      brucan wide.
    1090
    þa his wifum twæm      wordum sægde
    Lameh seolfa,      leofum gebeddum,
    Adan and Sellan      unarlic spel:
    "Ic on moror ofsloh      minra sumne
    hyldemaga;      honda gewemde
    1095
    on Caines      cwealme mine,
    fylde mid folmum      fæder Enoses,
    ordbanan Abeles,      eoran sealde
    wældreor weres.      Wat ic gearwe
    þæt þam lichryre      on last cyme
    1100
    socyninges      seofonfeald wracu,
    micel æfter mane.      Min sceal swior
    mid grimme gryre      golden wuran
    fyll and feorhcwealm,      þonne ic for scio."
    þa wear Adame      on Abeles gyld
    1105
    eafora on ele      oþer feded,
    sofæst sunu,      þam wæs Seth noma.
    Se wæs eadig      and his yldrum ah
    freolic to frofre,      fæder and meder,
    Adames and Euan,      wæs Abeles gield
    1110
    on woruldrice.      þa word acwæ
    ord moncynnes:      "Me ece sunu
    sealde selfa      sigora waldend,
    lifes aldor      on leofes stæl,
    þæs þe Cain ofsloh,      and me cearsorge
    1115
    mid þys magotimbre      of mode asceaf
    þeoden usser.      Him þæs þanc sie!"
    Adam hæfde,      þa he eft ongan
    him to eelstæfe      ores strienan
    bearnes be bryde,      beorn ellenrof,
    1120
    XXX and C      þisses lifes,
    wintra on worulde.      Us gewritu secga
    þæt her eahtahund      iecte sian
    mægum and mæcgum      mægburg sine
    Adam on eoran;      ealra hæfde
    1125
    nigenhund wintra     
    and XXX eac,      þa he þas woruld
    þurh gastgedal      ofgyfan sceolde.
    Him on laste Seth      leod weardode,
    eafora æfter yldrum;      eþelstol heold
    1130
    and wif begeat.      Wintra hæfde
    fif and hundteontig      þa he furum ongan
    his mægburge      men geicean
    sunum and dohtrum.      Sethes eafora
    se yldesta wæs      Enos haten;
    1135
    se nemde god      niþa bearna
    ærest ealra,      sian Adam stop
    on grene græs      gaste geweorad.
    Seth wæs gesælig;      sian strynde
    seofon winter her      suna and dohtra
    1140
    ond eahtahund.      Ealra hæfde
    XII and nigonhund,      þa seo tid gewear
    þæt he frigedal      fremman sceolde.
    Him æfter heold,      þa he of worulde gewat,
    Enos yrfe,      sian eore swealh
    1145
    sædberendes      Sethes lice.
    He wæs leof gode      and lifde her
    wintra hundnigontig      ær he be wife her
    þurh gebedscipe      bearn astrynde;
    him þa cenned wear      Cainan ærest
    1150
    eafora on ele.      Sian eahtahund
    and fiftyno      on frio drihtnes
    gleawferh hæle      geogoe strynde,
    suna and dohtra;      swealt, þa he hæfde,
    frod fyrnwita,      V and nigonhund.
    1155
    þære cneorisse wæs      Cainan sian
    æfter Enose      aldordema,
    weard and wisa.      Wintra hæfde
    efne hundseofontig      ær him sunu woce.
    þa wear on ele      eafora feded,
    1160
    mago Cainanes,      Malalehel wæs haten.
    Sian eahtahund      æelinga rim
    and feowertig eac      feorum geicte
    Enoses sunu.      Ealra nigonhund
    wintra hæfde      þa he woruld ofgeaf
    1165
    and tyne eac,      þa his tiddæge
    under rodera rum      rim wæs gefylled.
    Him on laste heold      land and yrfe
    Malalehel sian      missera worn.
    Se frumgara      fif and sixtig
    1170
    wintra hæfde      þa he be wife ongann
    bearna strynan.      Him bryd sunu
    meowle to monnum brohte.      Se maga wæs
    on his mæge,      mine gefræge,
    guma on geogoe,      Iared haten.
    1175
    Lifde sian      and lissa breac
    Malalehel lange,      mondreama her,
    woruldgestreona.      Wintra hæfde
    fif and hundnigontig,      þa he for gewat,
    and eahtahund;      eaforan læfde
    1180
    land and leodweard.      Longe sian
    Geared gumum      gold brittade.
    Se eorl wæs æele,      æfæst hæle,
    and se frumgar his      freomagum leof.
    Fif and hundteontig      on fyore lifde
    1185
    wintra gebidenra      on woruldrice
    and syxtig eac      þa seo sæl gewear
    þæt his wif sunu      on woruld brohte;
    se eafora wæs      Enoc haten,
    freolic frumbearn.      Fæder her þa gyt
    1190
    his cynnes for      cneorim icte,
    eaforan eahtahund;      ealra hæfde
    V and syxtig,      þa he for gewat,
    and nigonhund eac      nihtgerimes,
    wine frod wintres,      þa he þas woruld ofgeaf
    1195
    ond Geared þa      gleawum læfde
    land and leodweard,      leofum rince.
    Enoch sian      ealdordom ahof,
    freoosped folces wisa,      nalles feallan let
    dom and drihtscipe,     
    1200
    þenden he hyrde wæs      heafodmaga.
    Breac blæddaga,      bearna strynde
    þreohund wintra.      Him wæs þeoden hold,
    rodera waldend.      Se rinc heonon
    on lichoman      lisse sohte,
    1205
    drihtnes dugue,      nales deae swealt
    middangeardes,      swa her men doþ,
    geonge and ealde,      þonne him god heora
    æhta and ætwist      eoran gestreona
    on genime      and heora aldor somed,
    1210
    ac he cwic gewat      mid cyning engla
    of þyssum lænan      life feran
    on þam gearwum      þe his gast onfeng
    ær hine to monnum      modor brohte.
    He þam yldestan      eaforan læfde
    1215
    folc, frumbearne;      V and syxtig
    wintra hæfde      þa he woruld ofgeaf,
    and eac III hund.      þrage sian
    Mathusal heold      maga yrfe,
    se on lichoman      lengest þissa
    1220
    worulddreama breac.      Worn gestrynde
    ær his swyltdæge      suna and dohtra;
    hæfde frod hæle,      þa he from sceolde
    niþþum hweorfan,      nigonhund wintra
    and hundseofontig to.      Sunu æfter heold,
    1225
    Lamech leodgeard,      lange sian
    woruld bryttade.      Wintra hæfde
    twa and hundteontig      þa seo tid gewear
    þæt se eorl ongan      æele cennan,
    sunu and dohtor.      Sian lifde
    1230
    fif and hundnigontig,      frea moniges breac
    wintra under wolcnum,      werodes aldor,
    and V hund eac;      heold þæt folc teala,
    bearna strynde,      him byras wocan,
    eaforan and idesa.      He þone yldestan
    1235
    Noe nemde,      se nium ær
    land bryttade      sian Lamech gewat.
    Hæfde æelinga      aldorwisa
    V hund wintra      þa he furum ongan
    bearna strynan,      þæs þe bec cweaþ.
    1240
    Sem wæs haten      sunu Noes,
    se yldesta,      oer Cham,
    þridda Iafeth.      þeoda tymdon
    rume under roderum,      rim miclade
    monna mæge      geond middangeard
    1245
    sunum and dohtrum.      a giet wæs Sethes cynn,
    leofes leodfruman      on lufan swie
    drihtne dyre      and domeadig,
    oþæt bearn godes      bryda ongunnon
    on Caines      cynne secan,
    1250
    wergum folce,      and him þær wif curon
    ofer metodes est      monna eaforan,
    scyldfulra mæg      scyne and fægere.
    þa reordade      rodora waldend
    wra moncynne      and þa worde cwæ:
    1255
    "Ne syndon me on ferhe freo      from gewitene
    cneorisn Caines,      ac me þæt cynn hafa
    sare abolgen.      Nu me Sethes bearn
    torn niwia      and him to nima
    mæge to gemæccum      minra feonda;
    1260
    þær wifa wlite      onwod grome,
    idesa ansien,      and ece feond
    folcdriht wera,      þa ær on frie wæron."
    Sian hundtwelftig      geteled rime
    wintra on worulde      wræce bisgodon
    1265
    fæge þeoda,      hwonne frea wolde
    on wærlogan      wite settan
    and on dea slean      dædum scyldige
    gigantmæcgas,      gode unleofe,
    micle mansceaan,      metode lae.
    1270
    þa geseah selfa      sigoro waldend
    hwæt wæs monna      manes on eoran
    and þæt hie wæron      womma riste,
    inwitfulle.      He þæt unfægere
    wera cneorissum      gewrecan þohte,
    1275
    forgripan gumcynne      grimme and sare,
    heardum mihtum.      Hreaw hine swie
    þæt he folcmægþa      fruman aweahte,
    æelinga ord,      þa he Adam sceop,
    cwæ þæt he wolde      for wera synnum
    1280
    eall aæan      þæt on eoran wæs,
    forleosan lica gehwilc      þara þe lifes gast
    fæmum þeahte.      Eall þæt frea wolde
    on ære toweardan      tide acwellan
    þe þa nealæhte      nia bearnum.
    1285
    Noe wæs god,      nergende leof,
    swie gesælig,      sunu Lameches,
    domfæst and gedefe.      Drihten wiste
    þæt þæs æelinges      ellen dohte
    breostgehygdum;      foron him brego sægde,
    1290
    halig æt hleore,      helm allwihta,
    hwæt he fah werum      fremman wolde;
    geseah unrihte      eoran fulle,
    side sælwongas      synnum gehladene,
    widlum gewemde.      þa waldend spræc,
    1295
    nergend usser,      and to Noe cwæ:
    "Ic wille mid flode      folc acwellan
    and cynna gehwilc      cucra wuhta,
    þara þe lyft and flod      læda and feda,
    feoh and fuglas.      þu scealt fri habban
    1300
    mid sunum þinum,      onne sweart wæter,
    wonne wælstreamas      werodum swelga,
    sceaum scyldfullum.      Ongyn þe scip wyrcan,
    merehus micel.      On þam þu monegum scealt
    reste geryman,      and rihte setl
    1305
    ælcum æfter agenum      eoran tudre.
    Gescype scylfan      on scipes bosme.
    þu þæt fær gewyrc      fiftiges wid,
    rittiges heah      and þreohund lang
    elngemeta,      and wi ya gewyrc
    1310
    gefeg fæste.      þær sceal fæsl wesan
    cwiclifigendra      cynna gehwilces
    on þæt wudufæsten      wocor gelæded
    eoran tudres;      earc sceal þy mare."
    Noe fremede      swa hine nergend heht,
    1315
    hyrde þam halgan      heofoncyninge,
    ongan ofostlice      þæt hof wyrcan,
    micle merecieste.      Magum sægde
    þæt wæs þrealic þing      þeodum toweard,
    ree wite.      Hie ne rohton þæs!
    1320
    Geseah þa ymb wintra worn      wærfæst metod
    geofonhusa mæst      gearo hlifigean,
    innan and utan      eoran lime
    gefæstnod wi flode,      fær Noes,
    þy selestan.      þæt is syndrig cynn;
    1325
    symle bi þy heardra      þe hit hreoh wæter,
    swearte sæstreamas      swior beata.
    a to Noe cwæ      nergend usser:
    "Ic þe þæs mine,      monna leofost,
    wære gesylle,      þæt þu weg nimest
    1330
    and feora fæsl      þe þu ferian scealt
    geond deop wæter      dægrimes worn
    on lides bosme.      Læd, swa ic þe hate,
    under earce bord      eaforan þine,
    frumgaran þry,      and eower feower wif.
    1335
    Ond þu seofone genim      on þæt sundreced
    tudra gehwilces      geteled rimes,
    þara þe to mete      mannum lifige,
    and þara oerra      ælces twa.
    Swilce þu of eallum      eoran wæstmum
    1340
    wiste under wægbord      werodum gelæde,
    þam þe mid sceolon      mereflod nesan.
    Fed freolice      feora wocre
    o ic þære lafe      lagosia eft
    reorde under roderum      ryman wille.
    1345
    Gewit þu nu mid hiwum      on þæt hof gangan,
    gasta werode.      Ic þe godne wat,
    fæsthydigne;      þu eart freoo wyre,
    ara mid eaforum.      Ic on andwlitan
    nu ofor seofon niht      sigan læte
    1350
    wællregn ufan      widre eoran.
    Feowertig daga      fæhe ic wille
    on weras stælan      and mid wægþreate
    æhta and agend      eall acwellan
    þa beutan beo      earce bordum
    1355
    þonne sweart racu      stigan onginne."
    Him þa Noe gewat,      swa hine nergend het,
    under earce bord      eaforan lædan,
    weras on wægþæl      and heora wif somed;
    and eall þæt to fæsle      frea ælmihtig
    1360
    habban wolde      under hrof gefor
    to heora ætgifan,      swa him ælmihtig
    weroda drihten      þurh his word abead.
    Him on hoh beleac      heofonrices weard
    merehuses mu      mundum sinum,
    1365
    sigora waldend,      and segnade
    earce innan      agenum spedum
    nergend usser.      Noe hæfde,
    sunu Lameches,      syxhund wintra
    þa he mid bearnum      under bord gestah,
    1370
    gleaw mid geogoe,      be godes hæse,
    dugeum dyrum.      Drihten sende
    regn from roderum      and eac rume let
    willeburnan      on woruld þringan
    of ædra gehwære,      egorstreamas
    1375
    swearte swogan.      Sæs up stigon
    ofer stæweallas.      Strang wæs and ree
    se e wætrum weold;      wreah and þeahte
    manfæhu bearn      middangeardes
    wonnan wæge,      wera eelland;
    1380
    hof hergode,      hygeteonan wræc
    metod on monnum.      Mere swie grap
    on fæge folc      feowertig daga,
    nihta oer swilc.      Ni wæs ree,
    wællgrim werum;      wuldorcyninges
    1385
    ya wræcon      arleasra feorh
    of flæschoman.      Flod ealle wreah,
    hreoh under heofonum      hea beorgas
    geond sidne grund      and on sund ahof
    earce from eoran      and þa æelo mid,
    1390
    þa segnade      selfa drihten,
    scyppend usser,      þa he þæt scip beleac.
    Sian wide rad      wolcnum under
    ofer holmes hrincg      hof seleste,
    for mid fearme.      Fære ne moston
    1395
    wægliendum      wætres brogan
    hæste hrinon,      ac hie halig god
    ferede and nerede.      Fiftena stod
    deop ofer dunum      se drenceflod
    monnes elna;      þæt is mæro wyrd!
    1400
    þam æt niehstan      wæs nan to gedale,
    nymþe heof wæs ahafen      on þa hean lyft,
    þa se egorhere      eoran tuddor
    eall acwealde,      buton þæt earce bord
    heold heofona frea,      þa hine halig god
    1405
    ece upp forlet      edmodne flod
    streamum stigan,      stiferh cyning.
    þa gemunde god      mereliende,
    sigora waldend      sunu Lameches
    and ealle þa wocre      þe he wi wætre beleac,
    1410
    lifes leohtfruma,      on lides bosme.
    Gelædde þa wigend      weroda drihten
    worde ofer widland.      Willflod ongan
    lytligan eft.      Lago ebbade,
    sweart under swegle.      Hæfde so metod
    1415
    eaforum egstream      eft gecyrred,
    torhtne ryne,      regn gestilled.
    For famig scip      L and C
    nihta under roderum,      sian nægledbord,
    fær seleste,      flod up ahof,
    1420
    oþæt rimgetæl      rere þrage
    daga for gewat.      a on dunum gesæt
    heah mid hlæste      holmærna mæst,
    earc Noes,      þe Armenia
    hatene syndon.      þær se halga bad,
    1425
    sunu Lameches,      sora gehata
    lange þrage,      hwonne him lifes weard
    frea ælmihtig      frecenra sia
    reste ageafe,      þæra he rume dreah
    þa hine on sunde      geond sidne grund
    1430
    wonne ya      wide bæron.
    Holm wæs heononweard;      hæle langode,
    wægliende,      swilce wif heora,
    hwonne hie of nearwe      ofer nægledbord
    ofer streamstae      stæppan mosten
    1435
    and of enge ut      æhta lædan.
    þa fandode      forweard scipes,
    hwæer sincende      sæflod þa gyt
    wære under wolcnum.      Let þa ymb worn daga
    þæs þe heah hlioo      horde onfengon
    1440
    and æelum eac      eoran tudres
    sunu Lameches      sweartne fleogan
    hrefn ofer heahflod      of huse ut.
    Noe tealde      þæt he on neod hine,
    gif he on þære lade      land ne funde,
    1445
    ofer sid wæter      secan wolde
    on wægþele.      Eft him seo wen geleah,
    ac se feonde gespearn      fleotende hreaw;
    salwigfeera      secan nolde.
    He þa ymb seofon niht      sweartum hrefne
    1450
    of earce forlet      æfter fleogan
    ofer heah wæter      haswe culufran
    on fandunga      hwæer famig sæ
    deop þa gyta      dæl ænigne
    grenre eoran      ofgifen hæfde.
    1455
    Heo wide hire      willan sohte
    and rume fleah.      Nohweere reste fand,
    þæt heo for flode      fotum ne meahte
    land gespornan      ne on leaf treowes
    steppan for streamum,      ac wæron steap hleoo
    1460
    bewrigen mid wætrum.      Gewat se wilda fugel
    on æfenne      earce secan
    ofer wonne wæg,      werig sigan,
    hungri to handa      halgum rince.
    a wæs culufre eft      of cofan sended
    1465
    ymb wucan wilde.      Seo wide fleah
    oþæt heo rumgal      restestowe
    fægere funde      and þa fotum stop
    on beam hyre;      gefeah bliemod
    þæs þe heo gesittan      swie werig
    1470
    on treowes telgum      torhtum moste.
    Heo feera onsceoc,      gewat fleogan eft
    mid lacum hire,      liend brohte
    elebeames twig      an to handa,
    grene blædæ.      þa ongeat hrae
    1475
    flotmonna frea      þæt wæs frofor cumen,
    earfosia bot.      þa gyt se eadega wer
    ymb wucan þriddan      wilde culufran
    ane sende.      Seo eft ne com
    to lide fleogan,      ac heo land begeat,
    1480
    grene bearwas;      nolde gladu æfre
    under salwed bord      syan ætywan
    on þellfæstenne,      þa hire þearf ne wæs.
    þa to Noe spræc      nergend usser,
    heofonrices weard,      halgan reorde:
    1485
    "þe is eelstol      eft gerymed,
    lisse on lande,      lagosia rest
    fæger on foldan.      Gewit on freo gangan
    ut of earce,      and on eoran bearm
    of þam hean hofe      hiwan læd þu
    1490
    and ealle þa wocre      þe ic wægþrea on
    lie nerede      þenden lago hæfde
    þrymme geþeahtne      þriddan eyl."
    He fremede swa      and frean hyrde,
    stah ofer streamweall,      swa him seo stefn bebead,
    1495
    lustum miclum,      and alædde þa
    of wægþele      wrara lafe.
    þa Noe ongan      nergende lac
    rædfæst reran,      and recene genam
    on eallum dæl      æhtum sinum,
    1500
    am e him to dugeum      drihten sealde,
    gleaw to þam gielde,      and þa gode selfum
    torhtmod hæle      tiber onsægde,
    cyninge engla.      Huru cu dyde
    nergend usser,      þa he Noe
    1505
    gebletsade      and his bearn somed,
    þæt he þæt gyld on þanc      agifen hæfde
    and on geogohade      godum dædum
    ær geearnod      þæt him ealra wæs
    ara este      ælmihtig god,
    1510
    domfæst dugeþa.      þa gyt drihten cwæ,
    wuldris aldor      word to Noe:
    "Tyma nu and tiedra,      tires bruca,
    mid gefean fryo;      fylla eoran,
    eall geicea.      Eow is eelstol
    1515
    and holmes hlæst      and heofonfuglas
    and wildu deor      on geweald geseald,
    eore ælgrene      and eacen feoh.
    Næfre ge mid blode      beodgereordu
    unarlice      eowre þicgea,
    1520
    besmiten mid synne      sawldreore.
    ælc hine selfa      ærest begrinde
    gastes dugeum      þæra þe mid gares orde
    orum aldor oþringe.      Ne earf he þy edleane gefeon
    modgeþance,      ac ic monnes feorh
    1525
    to slagan sece      swior micle,
    and to broor banan,      þæs þe blodgyte,
    wællfyll weres      wæpnum gespede,
    mor mid mundum.      Monn wæs to godes
    anlicnesse      ærest gesceapen.
    1530
    ælc hafa magwlite      metodes and engla
    þara þe healdan wile      halige þeawas.
    Weaxa and wrida,      wilna bruca,
    ara on eoran;      æelum fylla
    eowre fromcynne      foldan sceatas,
    1535
    teamum and tudre.      Ic eow treowa þæs
    mine selle,      þæt ic on middangeard
    næfre egorhere      eft gelæde,
    wæter ofer widland.      Ge on wolcnum þæs
    oft and gelome      andgiettacen
    1540
    magon sceawigan,      þonne ic scurbogan
    minne iewe,      þæt ic monnum þas
    wære gelæste,      þenden woruld stande."
    a wæs se snotra      sunu Lamehes
    of fere acumen      flode on laste
    1545
    mid his eaforum þrim,      yrfes hyrde
    (and heora feower wif;     
    nemde wæron      Percoba, Olla,
    Olliua, Olliuani),     
    wærfæst metode,      wætra lafe.
    1550
    Hæle hygerofe      hatene wæron,
    suna Noes      Sem and Cham,
    Iafe þridda.      From þam gumrincum
    folc geludon      and gefylled wear
    eall þes middangeard      monna bearnum.
    1555
    a Noe ongan      niwan stefne
    mid hleomagum      ham staelian
    and to eoran him      ætes tilian;
    won and worhte,      wingeard sette,
    seow sæda fela,      sohte georne
    1560
    þa him wlitebeorhte      wæstmas brohte,
    geartorhte gife,      grene folde.
    a þæt geeode,      þæt se eadega wer
    on his wicum wear      wine druncen,
    swæf symbelwerig,      and him selfa sceaf
    1565
    reaf of lice.      Swa gerysne ne wæs,
    læg þa limnacod.      He lyt ongeat
    þæt him on his inne      swa earme gelamp,
    þa him on hrere      heafodswima
    on þæs halgan hofe      heortan clypte.
    1570
    Swie on slæpe      sefa nearwode
    þæt he ne mihte      on gemynd drepen
    hine handum self      mid hrægle wryon
    and sceome þeccan,      swa gesceapu wæron
    werum and wifum,      sian wuldres þegn
    1575
    ussum fæder and meder      fyrene sweorde
    on laste beleac      lifes eel.
    þa com ærest      Cam in siian,
    eafora Noes,      þær his aldor læg,
    ferhe forstolen.      þær he freondlice
    1580
    on his agenum fæder      are ne wolde
    gesceawian,      ne þa sceonde huru
    hleomagum helan,      ac he hlihende
    brorum sægde,      hu se beorn hine
    reste on recede.      Hie þa rae stopon,
    1585
    heora andwlitan      in bewrigenum
    under loum listum,      þæt hie leofum men
    geoce gefremede;      gode wæron begen,
    Sem and Iafe.      a of slæpe onbrægd
    sunu Lamehes,      and þa sona ongeat
    1590
    þæt him cynegodum      Cham ne wolde,
    þa him wæs are þearf,      ænige cyan
    hyldo and treowa.      þæt þam halgan wæs
    sar on mode,      ongan þa his selfes bearn
    wordum wyrgean,      cwæ, he wesan sceolde
    1595
    hean under heofnum,      hleomaga þeow,
    Cham on eorþan;      him þa cwyde syan
    and his fromcynne      frecne scodon.
    þa nyttade      Noe sian
    mid sunum sinum      sidan rices
    1600
    reohund wintra      þisses lifes,
    freomen æfter flode,      and fiftig eac, þa he for gewat.
    Sian his eaforan      ead bryttedon,
    bearna stryndon;      him wæs beorht wela.
    þa wear Iafee      geogo afeded,
    1605
    hyhtlic heorwerod      heafodmaga,
    sunu and dohtra.      He wæs selfa til,
    heold a rice,      eeldreamas,
    blæd mid bearnum,      oþæt breosta hord,
    gast ellorfus      gangan sceolde
    1610
    to godes dome.      Geomor sian
    fæder flettgesteald      freondum dælde,
    swæsum and gesibbum,      sunu Iafees;
    þæs teames wæs      tuddor gefylled
    unlytel dæl      eoran gesceafta.
    1615
    Swilce Chames suno      cende wurdon,
    eaforan on ele;      þa yldestan
    Chus and Chanan      hatene wæron,
    ful freolice feorh,      frumbearn Chames.
    Chus wæs æelum      heafodwisa,
    1620
    wilna brytta      and worulddugea
    brorum sinum,      botlgestreona,
    fæder on laste,      sian for gewat
    Cham of lice,      þa him cwealm gesceod.
    Se magoræswa      mæge sinre
    1625
    domas sægde,      oþæt his dogora wæs
    rim aurnen.      þa se rinc ageaf
    eorcunde ead,      sohte oer lif,
    fæder Nebroes.      Frumbearn sian
    eafora Chuses      yrfestole weold,
    1630
    widmære wer,      swa us gewritu secgea,
    þæt he moncynnes      mæste hæfde
    on þam mældagum      mægen and strengo.
    Se wæs Babylones      bregorices fruma,
    ærest æelinga;      eelrym onhof,
    1635
    rymde and rærde.      Reord wæs þa gieta
    eorbuendum      an gemæne.
    Swilce of Cames      cneorisse woc
    wermæga fela;      of þam widfolce
    cneorim micel      cenned wæron.
    1640
    þa wear Seme      suna and dohtra
    on woruldrice      worn afeded,
    freora bearna,      ær on frod cure
    wintrum wælreste      werodes aldor.
    On þære mæge      wæron men tile,
    1645
    þara an wæs      Eber haten,
    eafora Semes;      of þam eorle woc
    unrim þeoda,      þa nu æelingas,
    ealle eorbuend,      Ebrei hata.
    Gewiton him þa eastan      æhta lædan,
    1650
    feoh and feorme.      Folc wæs anmod;
    rofe rincas      sohton rumre land,
    oþæt hie becomon      corrum miclum,
    folc ferende,      þær hie fæstlice
    æelinga bearn,      eard genamon.
    1655
    Gesetton þa Sennar      sidne and widne
    leoda ræswan;      leofum mannum
    heora geardagum      grene wongas,
    fægre foldan,      him forwearde
    on ære dægtide      dugue wæron,
    1660
    wilna gehwilces      weaxende sped.
    a þær mon mænig      be his mægwine,
    æeling anmod,      oerne bæd
    þæs hie him to mære,      ær seo mengeo eft
    geond foldan bearm      tofaran sceolde,
    1665
    leoda mæge      on landsocne
    burh geworhte      and to beacne torr
    up arærde      to rodortunglum.
    þæs þe hie gesohton      Sennera feld,
    swa þa foremeahtige      folces ræswan,
    1670
    þa yldestan      oft and gelome
    lisum gewunedon;      larum sohton
    weras to weorce      and to wrohtscipe,
    oþæt for wlence      and for wonhygdum
    cydon cræft heora,      ceastre worhton
    1675
    and to heofnum up      hlædræ rærdon,
    strengum stepton      stænenne weall
    ofer monna gemet,      mæra georne,
    hæle mid honda.      þa com halig god
    wera cneorissa      weorc sceawigan,
    1680
    beorna burhfæsten,      and þæt beacen somed,
    þe to roderum up      ræran ongunnon
    Adames eaforan,      and þæs unrædes
    stiferh cyning      steore gefremede,
    þa he reemod      reorde gesette
    1685
    eorbuendum      ungelice,
    þæt hie þære spæce      sped ne ahton.
    þa hie gemitton      mihtum spedge,
    teoche æt torre,      getalum myclum,
    weorces wisan,      ne þær wermæga
    1690
    ænig wiste      hwæt oer cwæ.
    Ne meahte hie gewuran      weall stænenne
    up for timbran,      ac hie earmlice
    heapum tohlocon,      hleorum gedælde;
    wæs oerre      æghwilc worden
    1695
    mægburh fremde,      sian metod tobræd
    þurh his mihta sped      monna spræce.
    Toforan þa      on feower wegas
    æelinga bearn      ungeþeode
    on landsocne.      Him on laste bu
    1700
    stilic stantorr      and seo steape burh
    samod samworht      on Sennar stod.
    Weox þa under wolcnum      and wriade
    mægburh Semes,      oþæt mon awoc
    on þære cneorisse,      cynebearna rim,
    1705
    þancolmod wer,      þeawum hydig.
    Wurdon þam æelinge      eaforan acende,
    in Babilone      bearn afeded
    freolicu tu,      and þa frumgaran,
    hæle higerofe,      hatene wæron
    1710
    Abraham and Aaron;      þam eorlum wæs
    frea engla bam      freond and aldor.
    a wear Aarone      eafora feded,
    leoflic on life,      am wæs Loth noma.
    a magorincas      metode geþungon,
    1715
    Abraham and Loth,      unforculice,
    swa him from yldrum      æelu wæron
    on woruldrice;      foron hie wide nu
    dugeum dema      drihtfolca bearn.
    þa þæs mæles wæs      mearc agongen
    1720
    þæt him Abraham      idese brohte,
    wif to hame,      þær he wic ahte,
    fæger and freolic.      Seo fæmne wæs
    Sarra haten,      þæs þe us secgea bec.
    Hie þa wintra fela      woruld bryttedon,
    1725
    sinc ætsomne,      sibbe heoldon
    geara mengeo.      Nohwære gifee wear
    Abrahame þa gyt      þæt him yrfeweard
    wlitebeorht ides      on woruld brohte,
    Sarra Abrahame,      suna and dohtra.
    1730
    Gewat him þa mid cnosle      ofer Caldea folc
    feran mid feorme      fæder Abrahames;
    snotor mid gesibbum      secean wolde
    Cananea land.      Hine cneowmægas,
    metode gecorene      mid siedon
    1735
    of þære eeltyrf,      Abraham and Loth.
    Him þa cynegode      on Carran
    æelinga bearn      eard genamon,
    weras mid wifum.      On þam wicum his
    fæder Abrahames      feorh gesealde,
    1740
    wærfæst hæle;      wintra hæfde
    twa hundteontig,      geteled rime,
    and fife eac,      þa he for gewat
    misserum frod      metodsceaft seon.
    a se halga spræc,      heofonrices weard,
    1745
    to Abrahame,      ece drihten:
    "Gewit þu nu feran      and þine fare lædan,
    ceapas to cnosle.      Carran ofgif,
    fæder eelstol.      Far, swa ic þe hate,
    monna leofost,      and þu minum wel
    1750
    larum hyre,      and þæt land gesec
    þe ic þe ælgrene      ywan wille,
    brade foldan.      þu gebletsad scealt
    on mundbyrde      minre lifigan.
    Gif e ænig      eorbuendra
    1755
    mid wean grete,      ic hine wergo on
    mine sette      and modhete,
    longsumne ni;      lisse selle,
    wilna wæstme      þam þe wuria.
    þurh þe eorbuende      ealle onfo,
    1760
    folcbearn freoo      and freondscipe,
    blisse minre      and bletsunge
    on woruldrice.      Wriende sceal
    mæge þinre      monrim wesan
    swie under swegle      sunum and dohtrum,
    1765
    oþæt fromcyme      folde weore,
    þeodlond monig      þine gefylled."
    Him þa Abraham gewat      æhte lædan
    of Egipta      eelmearce,
    gumcystum god,      golde and seolfre
    1770
    swifeorm and gesælig,      swa him sigora weard,
    waldend usser      þurh his word abead,
    ceapas from Carran;      sohton Cananea
    lond and leodgeard.      þa com leof gode
    on þa eelturf      idesa lædan,
    1775
    swæse gebeddan      and his suhtrian
    wif on willan.      Wintra hæfde
    fif and hundseofontig      a he faran sceolde,
    Carran ofgifan      and cneowmagas.
    Him þa feran gewat      fæder ælmihtiges
    1780
    lare gemyndig      land sceawian
    geond þa folcsceare      be frean hæse
    Abraham wide,      oþæt ellenrof
    to Sicem com      sie spedig,
    cynne Cananeis.      þa hine cyning engla
    1785
    Abrahame      iewde selfa,
    domfæst wereda      and drihten cwæ:
    "þis is seo eore      þe ic ælgrene
    tudre þinum      torhte wille
    wæstmum gewlo      on geweald don,
    1790
    rume rice."      þa se rinc gode
    wibed worhte      and þa waldende
    lifes leohtfruman      lac onsægde
    gasta helme.      Him þa gyt gewat
    Abraham eastan      eagum wlitan
    1795
    on landa cyst,      (lisse gemunde
    heofonweardes gehat,      þa him þurh halig word
    sigora selfcyning      so gecyde),
    oþæt drihtweras      duguþum geforan
    þær is botlwela      Bethlem haten.
    1800
    Beorn bliemod      and his broor sunu
    for oferforan      folcmæro land
    eastan mid æhtum,      æfæste men
    weallsteapan hleou,      and him þa wic curon
    þær him wlitebeorhte      wongas geþuhton.
    1805
    Abraham þa      oere sie
    wibed worhte.      He þær wordum god
    torhtum cigde,      tiber onsægde
    his liffrean,      (him þæs lean ageaf
    nalles hneawlice      þurh his hand metend),
    1810
    on þam gledstyde      gumcystum til.
    ær ræsbora      þrage sian
    wicum wunode      and wilna breac,
    beorn mid bryde,      oþæt brohþrea
    Cananea wear      cynne getenge,
    1815
    hunger se hearda,      hamsittendum,
    wælgrim werum.      Him þa wishydig
    Abraham gewat      on Egypte,
    drihtne gecoren,      drohta secan,
    fleah wærfæst wean;      wæs þæt wite to strang.
    1820
    Abraham maelode,      geseah Egypta
    hornsele hwite      and hea byrig
    beorhte blican;      ongan þa his bryd frea,
    wishydig wer,      wordum læran:
    "Sian Egypte      eagum moton
    1825
    on þinne wlite wlitan      wlance monige,
    þonne æelinga      eorlas wena,
    mæg ælfscieno,      þæt þu min sie
    beorht gebedda,      þe wile beorna sum
    him geagnian.      Ic me onegan mæg
    1830
    þæt me wrara sum      wæpnes ecge
    for freondmynde      feore beneote.
    Saga þu, Sarra,      þæt þu sie sweostor min,
    lices mæge,      þonne þe leodweras
    fremde fricgen      hwæt sie freondlufu
    1835
    elleodigra      uncer twega,
    feorren cumenra.      þu him fæste hel
    soan spræce;      swa þu minum scealt
    feore gebeorgan,      gif me freoo drihten
    on woruldrice,      waldend usser,
    1840
    an ælmihtig,      swa he ær dyde,
    lengran lifes.      Se us þas lade sceop,
    þæt we on Egiptum      are sceolde
    fremena friclan      and us fremu secan."
    þa com ellenrof      eorl siian,
    1845
    Abraham mid æhtum      on Egypte,
    þær him folcweras      fremde wæron,
    wine uncue.      Wordum spræcon
    ymb þæs wifes wlite      wlonce monige,
    dugeum dealle;      him drihtlicu mæg,
    1850
    on wlite modgum      mænegum uhte,
    cyninges þegnum.      Hie þæt cu dydon
    heora folcfrean      þæt fægerro lyt
    for æelinge      idesa sunnon,
    ac hie Sarran      swior micle,
    1855
    wynsumne wlite      wordum heredon,
    oþæt he lædan heht      leoflic wif to
    his selfes sele.      Sinces brytta,
    æelinga helm      heht Abrahame
    duguum stepan.      Hwæere drihten wear,
    1860
    frea Faraone      fah and yrre
    for wifmyne;      þæs wrae ongeald
    hearde mid hiwum      hægstealdra wyn.
    Ongæt hwæere      gumena aldor
    hwæt him waldend wræc      witeswingum;
    1865
    heht him Abraham      to egesum gereadne
    brego Egipto,      and his bryd ageaf,
    wif to gewealde;      heht him wine ceosan,
    ellor æelingas,      ore dugee.
    Abead þa þeodcyning      þegnum sinum,
    1870
    ombihtscealcum,      þæt hie hine arlice
    ealles onsundne      eft gebrohten
    of þære folcsceare,      þæt he on frie wære.
    a Abraham      æhte lædde
    of Egypta      eelmearce;
    1875
    hie ellenrofe      idese feredon,
    bryd and begas,      þæt hie to Bethlem
    on cue wic      ceapas læddon,
    eadge eorwelan      ore sie,
    wif on willan      and heora woruldgestreon.
    1880
    Ongunnon him þa bytlian      and heora burh ræran,
    and sele settan,      salo niwian.
    Weras on wonge      wibed setton
    neah þam þe Abraham      æror rærde
    his waldende      þa westan com.
    1885
    þær se eadga eft      ecan drihtnes
    niwan stefne      noman weorade;
    tilmodig eorl      tiber onsægde
    þeodne engla,      þancode swie
    lifes leohtfruman      lisse and ara.
    1890
    Wunedon on þam wicum,      hæfdon wilna geniht
    Abraham and Loth.      Ead bryttedon,
    oþæt hie on þam lande      ne meahton leng somed
    blædes brucan      and heora begra þær
    æhte habban,      ac sceoldon arfæste,
    1895
    þa rincas þy      rumor secan
    ellor eelseld.      Oft wæron teonan
    wærfæstra wera      weredum gemæne,
    heardum hearmplega.      þa se halga ongan
    ara gemyndig      Abraham sprecan
    1900
    fægre to Lothe:      "Ic eom fædera þin
    sibgebyrdum,      þu min suhterga.
    Ne sceolon unc betweonan      teonan weaxan,
    wroht wriian--      ne þæt wille god!
    Ac wit synt gemagas;      unc gemæne ne sceal
    1905
    elles awiht,      nymþe eall tela
    lufu langsumu.      Nu þu, Loth, geþenc,
    þæt unc modige      ymb mearce sitta,
    þeoda þrymfæste      þegnum and gesium,
    folc Cananea      and Feretia,
    1910
    rofum rincum.      Ne willa rumor unc
    landriht heora;      foron wit lædan sculon,
    teon of þisse stowe,      and unc staolwangas
    rumor secan.      Ic ræd sprece,
    bearn Arones,      begra uncer,
    1915
    sone secge.      Ic þe selfes dom
    life, leofa.      Leorna þe seolfa
    and geþancmeta      þine mode
    on hwilce healfe      þu wille hwyrft don,
    cyrran mid ceape,      nu ic þe cyst abead."
    1920
    Him þa Loth gewat      land sceawigan
    be Iordane,      grene eoran.
    Seo wæs wætrum weaht      and wæstmum þeaht,
    lagostreamum leoht,      and gelic godes
    neorxnawange,      oþæt nergend god
    1925
    for wera synnum      wylme gesealde
    Sodoman and Gomorran,      sweartan lige.
    Him þa eard geceas      and eelsetl
    sunu Arones      on Sodoma byrig;
    æhte sine      ealle lædde,
    1930
    beagas from Bethlem      and botlgestreon,
    welan, wunden gold.      Wunode sian
    be Iordane      geara mænego.
    þær folcstede      fægre wæron,
    men arlease,      metode lae.
    1935
    Wæron Sodomisc cynn      synnum þriste,
    dædum gedwolene;      drugon heora selfra
    ecne unræd.      æfre ne wolde
    þam leodþeawum      Loth onfon,
    ac he þære mæge      monwisan fleah,
    1940
    þeah þe he on þam lande      lifian sceolde,
    facen and fyrene,      and hine fægre heold,
    þeawfæst and geþyldig      on þam þeodscipe,
    emne þon gelicost,      lara gemyndig,
    þe he ne cue      hwæt þa cynn dydon.
    1945
    Abraham wunode      eeleardum
    Cananea for.      Hine cyning engla,
    metod moncynnes      mundbyrde heold,
    wilna wæstmum      and worulddugeum,
    lufum and lissum;      forþon his lof secga
    1950
    wide under wolcnum      wera cneorisse,
    foldwonga bearn.      He frean hyrde
    estum on ele,      enden he eardes breac,
    halig and higefrod;      næfre hleowlora
    æt edwihtan      æfre weore
    1955
    feorhberendra      forht and acol,
    mon for metode,      þe him æfter a
    þurh gemynda sped      mode and dædum,
    worde and gewitte,      wise þance,
    o his ealdorgedal      oleccan wile.
    1960
    a ic aldor gefrægn      Elamitarna
    fromne folctogan,      fyrd gebeodan,
    Orlahomar;      him Ambrafel
    of Sennar      side worulde
    for on fultum.      Gewiton hie feower þa
    1965
    þeodcyningas      þrymme micle
    secan su anon      Sodoman and Gomorran.
    þa wæs guhergum      be Iordane
    wera eelland      wide geondsended,
    folde feondum.      Sceolde forht monig
    1970
    blachleor ides      bifiende gan
    on fremdes fæm;      feollon wergend
    bryda and beaga,      bennum seoce.
    Him þa togeanes      mid guþræce
    fife foran      folccyningas
    1975
    sweotum suon,      woldon Sodome burh
    wraum werian;      þa wintra XII
    normonnum ær      niede sceoldon
    gombon gieldan      and gafol sellan,
    oþæt þa leode      leng ne woldon
    1980
    Elamitarna      aldor swian
    folcgestreonum,      ac him from swicon.
    Foron þa tosomne      (francan wæron hlude),
    wrae wælherigas.      Sang se wanna fugel
    under deoresceaftum,      deawigfeera,
    1985
    hræs on wenan.      Hæle onetton
    on mægencorrum,      modum þryge,
    oþæt folcgetrume      gefaren hæfdon
    sid tosomne      suan and noran,
    helmum þeahte.      þær wæs heard plega,
    1990
    wælgara wrixl,      wigcyrm micel,
    hlud hildesweg.      Handum brugdon
    hæle of scæum      hringmæled sweord,
    ecgum dihtig.      þær wæs eafynde
    eorle orlegceap,      se e ær ne wæs
    1995
    nies genihtsum.      Normen wæron
    sufolcum swice;      wurdon Sodomware
    and Gomorre,      goldes bryttan,
    æt þæm lindcrodan      leofum bedrorene,
    fyrdgesteallum.      Gewiton feorh heora
    2000
    fram þam folcstyde      fleame nergan,
    secgum ofslegene;      him on swae feollon
    æelinga bearn,      ecgum ofþegde,
    willgesias.      Hæfde wigsigor
    Elamitarna      ordes wisa,
    2005
    weold wælstowe.      Gewat seo wæpna laf
    fæsten secan.      Fynd gold strudon,
    ahydan þa mid herge      hordburh wera,
    Sodoman and Gomorran,      þa sæl ageald,
    mære ceastra.      Mæg siedon,
    2010
    fæmnan and wuduwan,      freondum beslægene,
    from hleowstole.      Hettend læddon
    ut mid æhtum      Abrahames mæg
    of Sodoma byrig.      We þæt so magon
    secgan furur,      hwelc sian wear
    2015
    æfter þæm gehnæste      herewulfa si,
    þara þe læddon Loth      and leoda god,
    sumonna sinc,      sigore gulpon.
    Him þa secg hrae      gewat siian,
    an gara laf,      se a gue genæs,
    2020
    Abraham secan.      Se þæt orlegweorc
    þam Ebriscan      eorle gecyde,
    forslegen swie      Sodoma folc,
    leoda dugue      and Lothes si.
    þa þæt inwitspell      Abraham sægde
    2025
    freondum sinum;      bæd him fultumes
    wærfæst hæle      willgeoftan,
    Aner and Manre,      Escol þriddan,
    cwæ þæt him wære      weorce on mode,
    sorga sarost,      þæt his suhtriga
    2030
    þeownyd þolode;      bæd him þræcrofe
    þa rincas þæs      ræd ahicgan,
    þæt his hyldemæg      ahreded wurde,
    beorn mid bryde.      Him þa broor þry
    æt spræce þære      spedum miclum
    2035
    hældon hygesorge      heardum wordum,
    ellenrofe,      and Abrahame
    treowa sealdon,      þæt hie his torn mid him
    gewræcon on wraum,      oe on wæl feollan.
    þa se halga heht      his heorwerod
    2040
    wæpna onfon.      He þær wigena fand,
    æscberendra,      XVIII
    and CCC eac      þeodenholdra,
    þara þe he wiste      þæt meahte wel æghwylc
    on fyrd wegan      fealwe linde.
    2045
    Him þa Abraham gewat      and þa eorlas þry
    þe him ær treowe sealdon      mid heora folcgetrume;
    wolde his mæg huru,     
    Loth alynnan      of lascipe.
    Rincas wæron rofe,      randas wægon
    2050
    for fromlice      on foldwege.
    Hildewulfas      herewicum neh
    gefaren hæfdon.      þa he his frumgaran,
    wishydig wer,      wordum sægde,
    þares afera,      him wæs þearf micel
    2055
    þæt hie on twa healfe     
    grimme gugemot      gystum eowdon
    heardne handplegan;      cwæ þæt him se halga,
    ece drihten,      eae mihte
    æt þam sperenie      spede lænan.
    2060
    þa ic nean gefrægn      under nihtscuwan
    hæle to hilde.      Hlyn wear on wicum
    scylda and sceafta,      sceotendra fyll,
    guflana gegrind;      gripon unfægre
    under sceat werum      scearpe garas,
    2065
    and feonda feorh      feollon icce,
    þær hlihende      hue feredon
    secgas and gesias.      Sigor eft ahwearf
    of normonna      nigeteone,
    æsctir wera.      Abraham sealde
    2070
    wig to wedde,      nalles wunden gold,
    for his suhtrigan,      sloh and fylde
    feond on fitte.      Him on fultum grap
    heofonrices weard.      Hergas wurdon
    feower on fleame,      folccyningas,
    2075
    leode ræswan.      Him on laste stod
    hihtlic heorwerod,      and hæle lagon,
    on swae sæton,      þa þe Sodoma
    and Gomorra      golde berofan,
    bestrudon stigwitum.      Him þæt stie geald
    2080
    fædera Lothes.      Fleonde wæron
    Elamitarna      aldordugue
    dome bedrorene,      oþæt hie Domasco
    unfeor wæron.      Gewat him Abraham a
    on þa wigrode      wiertrod seon
    2085
    lara monna.      Loth wæs ahreded,
    eorl mid æhtum,      idesa hwurfon,
    wif on willan.      Wide gesawon
    freora feorhbanan      fuglas slitan
    on ecgwale.      Abraham ferede
    2090
    sumonna eft      sinc and bryda,
    æelinga bearn,      ole nior,
    mæge heora magum.      Næfre mon ealra
    lifigendra her      lytle werede
    þon wurlicor      wigsi ateah,
    2095
    þara þe wi swa miclum      mægne geræsde.
    þa wæs su þanon      Sodoma folce
    guspell wegen,      hwelc gromra wear
    feonda fromlad.      Gewat him frea leoda,
    eorlum bedroren,      Abraham secan,
    2100
    freonda feasceaft.      Him ferede mid
    Solomia      sinces hyrde;
    þæt wæs se mæra      Melchisedec,
    leoda bisceop.      Se mid lacum com
    fyrdrinca fruman      fægre gretan,
    2105
    Abraham arlice,      and him on sette
    godes bletsunge,      and swa gyddode:
    "Wæs u gewurod      on wera rime
    for þæs eagum      þe e æsca tir
    æt gue forgeaf!      þæt is god selfa,
    2110
    se e hettendra      herga þrymmas
    on geweald gebræc,      and þe wæpnum læt
    rancstræte for      rume wyrcan,
    hue ahreddan      and hæle fyllan.
    On swae sæton;      ne meahton siwerod
    2115
    gue spowan,      ac hie god flymde,
    se e æt feohtan      mid frumgarum
    wi ofermægnes      egsan sceolde
    handum sinum,      and halegu treow,
    seo þu wi rodora weard      rihte healdest."
    2120
    Him þa se beorn      bletsunga lean
    þurh hand ageaf,      and þæs hereteames
    ealles teoan sceat      Abraham sealde
    godes bisceope.      þa spræc gucyning,
    Sodoma aldor,      secgum befylled,
    2125
    to Abrahame      (him wæs ara þearf).
    "Forgif me mennen      minra leoda,
    þe þu ahreddest      herges cræftum
    wera wælclommum!      Hafa þe wunden gold
    þæt ær agen wæs      ussum folce,
    2130
    feoh and frætwa!      Læt me freo lædan
    eft on eel      æelinga bearn,
    on weste wic      wif and cnihtas,
    earme wydewan!      Eaforan syndon deade,
    folcgesias,      nyme fea ane,
    2135
    þe me mid sceoldon      mearce healdan."
    Him þa Abraham      andswarode
    ædre for eorlum,      elne gewurod,
    dome and sigore,      drihtlice spræc:
    "Ic þe gehate,      hælea waldend,
    2140
    for þam halgan,      þe heofona is
    and þisse eoran      agendfrea,
    wordum minum,      nis woruldfeoh,
    þe ic me agan wille,     
    sceat ne scilling,      þæs ic on sceotendum,
    2145
    þeoden mæra,      þines ahredde,
    æelinga helm,      þy læs þu eft cwee
    þæt ic wurde,      willgesteallum,
    eadig on eoran      ærgestreonum
    Sodoma rices;      ac þu selfa most heonon
    2150
    hue lædan,      þe ic þe æt hilde gesloh,
    ealle buton dæle      þissa drihtwera,
    Aneres and Mamres      and Escoles.
    Nelle ic þa rincas      rihte benæman,
    ac hie me fulleodon      æt æscþræce,
    2155
    fuhton þe æfter frofre.      Gewit þu ferian nu
    ham hyrsted gold      and healsmæge,
    leoda idesa.      þu þe lara ne þearft
    hælea hildþræce      hwile onsittan,
    normanna wig;      ac nefuglas
    2160
    under beorhhleoþum      blodige sitta,
    þeodherga wæle      þicce gefylled."
    Gewat him þa se healdend      ham siian
    mid þy hereteame      þe him se halga forgeaf,
    Ebrea leod      arna gemyndig.
    2165
    þa gen Abrahame      eowde selfa
    heofona heahcyning      halige spræce,
    trymede tilmodigne      and him to reordode:
    "Meda syndon micla þina!      Ne læt þu þe þin mod asealcan,
    wærfæst willan mines!      Ne þearft þu þe wiht ondrædan,
    2170
    þenden þu mine lare læstest,      ac ic þe lifigende her
    wi weana gehwam      wreo and scylde
    folmum minum;      ne þearft þu forht wesan."
    Abraham þa      andswarode,
    dædrof drihtne sinum,      frægn hine dægrime frod:
    2175
    "Hwæt gifest þu me,      gasta waldend,
    freomanna to frofre,      nu ic þus feasceaft eom?
    Ne þearf ic yrfestol      eaforan bytlian
    ænegum minra,      ac me æfter sculon
    mine woruldmagas      welan bryttian.
    2180
    Ne sealdest þu me sunu;      foron mec sorg drece
    on sefan swie.      Ic sylf ne mæg
    ræd ahycgan.      Gæ gerefa min
    fægen freobearnum;      fæste mynte
    ingeþancum      þæt me æfter sie
    2185
    eaforan sine      yrfeweardas.
    Geseo þæt me of bryde      bearn ne wocon."
    Him þa ædre god      andswarode:
    "Næfre gerefan      ræda þine
    eafora yrfe,      ac þin agen bearn
    2190
    frætwa healde,      þonne þin flæsc lige.
    Sceawa heofon,      and hyrste gerim,
    rodores tungel,      þa nu rume heora
    wuldorfæstne wlite      wide dæla
    ofer brad brymu      beorhte scinan.
    2195
    Swilc bi mægburge      menigo þinre
    folcbearnum frome.      Ne læt þu þin ferh wesan
    sorgum asæled.      Gien þe sunu weore,
    bearn of bryde      þurh gebyrd cumen,
    se e æfter bi      yrfes hyrde,
    2200
    gode mære.      Ne geomra þu!
    Ic eom se waldend      se þe for wintra fela
    of Caldea      ceastre alædde,
    feowera sumne,      gehet þe folcstede
    wide to gewealde.      Ic þe wære nu,
    2205
    mago Ebrea,      mine selle,
    þæt sceal fromcynne      folde þine,
    sidland manig,      geseted wuran,
    eoran sceatas      o Eufraten,
    and from Egypta      eelmearce
    2210
    swa mid nias      swa Nilus sceade
    and eft Wendelsæ      wide rice.
    Eall þæt sculon agan      eaforan þine,
    þeodlanda gehwilc,      swa þa þreo wæter
    steape stanbyrig      streamum bewinda,
    2215
    famige flodas      folcmæga byht."
    þa wæs Sarran      sar on mode,
    þæt him Abrahame      ænig ne wear
    þurh gebedscipe      bearn gemæne,
    freolic to frofre.      Ongann þa ferhcearig
    2220
    to were sinum      wordum mælan:
    "Me þæs forwyrnde      waldend heofona,
    þæt ic mægburge      moste þinre
    rim miclian      roderum under
    eaforum þinum.      Nu ic eom orwena
    2225
    þæt unc se eylstæf      æfre weore
    gifee ætgædere.      Ic eom geomorfrod!
    Drihten min,      do swa ic þe bidde!
    Her is fæmne,      freolecu mæg,
    ides Egyptisc,      an on gewealde.
    2230
    Hat þe þa recene      reste gestigan,
    and afanda hwæer      frea wille
    ænigne þe      yrfewearda
    on woruld lætan      þurh þæt wif cuman."
    þa se eadega wer      idese larum
    2235
    geafode,      heht him þeowmennen
    on bedd gan      bryde larum.
    Hire mod astah      þa heo wæs magotimbre
    be Abrahame      eacen worden.
    Ongan æfþancum      agendfrean
    2240
    halsfæst herian,      higeþrye wæg,
    wæs lawendo,      lustum ne wolde
    þeowdom þolian,      ac heo þriste ongan
    wi Sarran      swie winnan.
    þa ic þæt wif gefrægn      wordum cyan
    2245
    hire mandrihtne      modes sorge,
    sarferh sægde      and swie cwæ:
    "Ne fremest þu gerysnu      and riht wi me.
    þafodest þu gena      þæt me þeowmennen,
    sian Agar e,      idese laste,
    2250
    beddreste gestah,      swa ic bena wæs,
    drehte dogora gehwam      dædum and wordum
    unarlice.      þæt Agar sceal ongieldan,
    gif ic mot for þe      mine wealdan,
    Abraham leofa.      þæs sie ælmihtig,
    2255
    drihtna drihten,      dema mid unc twih."
    Hire þa ædre      andswarode
    wishidig wer      wordum sinum:
    "Ne forlæte ic þe,      þenden wit lifia bu,
    arna lease,      ac þu þin agen most
    2260
    mennen ateon,      swa þin mod freo."
    a wear unblie      Abrahames cwen,
    hire worcþeowe      wra on mode,
    heard and hree,      higeteonan spræc
    fræcne on fæmnan.      Heo þa fleon gewat
    2265
    þrea and þeowdom;      þolian ne wolde
    yfel and ondlean,      þæs e ær dyde
    to Sarran,      ac heo on si gewat
    westen secan.      þær hie wuldres þegn,
    engel drihtnes      an gemitte
    2270
    geomormode,      se hie georne frægn:
    "Hwider fundast þu,      feasceaft ides,
    sias dreogan?      þec Sarre ah."
    Heo him ædre      andswarode:
    "Ic fleah wean, wana      wilna gehwilces,
    2275
    hlæfdigan hete,      hean of wicum,
    tregan and teonan.      Nu sceal tearighleor
    on westenne      witodes bidan,
    hwonne of heortan      hunger oe wulf
    sawle and sorge      somed abregde."
    2280
    Hire þa se engel      andswarode:
    "Ne ceara þu feor heonon      fleame dælan
    somwist incre,      ac þu sece eft,
    earna þe ara,      eamod ongin
    dreogan æfter dugeum,      wes drihtenhold.
    2285
    þu scealt, Agar,      Abrahame sunu
    on woruld bringan.      Ic þe wordum nu
    minum secge,      þæt se magorinc sceal
    mid yldum wesan      Ismahel haten.
    Se bi unhyre,      orlæggifre,
    2290
    and wierbreca      wera cneorissum,
    magum sinum;      hine monige on
    wrae winna      mid wæpenþræce.
    Of þam frumgaran      folc awæcnia,
    þeod unmæte.      Gewit þu þinne eft
    2295
    waldend secan;      wuna þæm þe agon!"
    Heo þa ædre gewat      engles larum
    hire hlafordum,      swa se halga bebead,
    godes ærendgast,      gleawan spræce.
    þa wear Abrahame      Ismael geboren,
    2300
    efne þa he on worulde      wintra hæfde
    VI and LXXX.      Sunu weox and ah,
    swa se engel ær      þurh his agen word,
    fæle freooscealc,      fæmnan sægde.
    þa se eoden      ymb XIII gear,
    2305
    ece drihten,      wi Abrahame spræc:
    "Leofa, swa ic þe lære,      læst uncre wel
    treowrædenne!      Ic þe on tida gehwone
    duguum stepe.      Wes þu dædum from
    willan mines!      Ic þa wære for
    2310
    soe gelæste,      þe ic þe sealde geo
    frofre to wedde,      þæs þin ferh bemearn.
    þu scealt halgian      hired þinne.
    Sete sigores tacn      so on gehwilcne
    wæpnedcynnes,      gif þu wille on me
    2315
    hlaford habban      oe holdne freond
    þinum fromcynne.      Ic þæs folces beo
    hyrde and healdend,      gif ge hyra me
    breostgehygdum      and bebodu willa
    min fullian.      Sceal monna gehwilc
    2320
    þære cneorisse      cildisc wesan
    wæpnedcynnes,      þæs þe on woruld cym,
    ymb seofon niht      sigores tacne
    geagnod me,      oe of eoran
    þurh feondscipe      feor adæled,
    2325
    adrifen from duguum.      Do swa ic hate!
    Ic eow treowige,      gif ge þæt tacen gegaþ
    sogeleafan.      þu scealt sunu agan,
    bearn be bryde þinre,      þone sculon burhsittende
    ealle Isaac hatan.      Ne þearf þe þæs eaforan sceomigan,
    2330
    ac ic þam magorince      mine sylle
    godcunde gife      gastes mihtum,
    freondsped fremum.      He onfon sceal
    blisse minre      and bletsunge,
    lufan and lisse.      Of þam leodfruman
    2335
    brad folc cuma,      bregowearda fela
    rofe arisa,      rices hyrdas,
    woruldcyningas      wide mære."
    Abraham a      ofestum legde
    hleor on eoran,      and mid hucse bewand
    2340
    þa hleoorcwydas      on hige sinum,
    modgeance.      He þæs mældæges
    self ne wende      þæt him Sarra,
    bryd blondenfeax      bringan meahte
    on woruld sunu;      wiste gearwe
    2345
    þæt þæt wif huru      wintra hæfde
    efne C,      geteled rimes.
    He þa metode oncwæ      missarum frod:
    "Lifge Ismael      larum swilce,
    þeoden, þinum,      and þe þanc wege,
    2350
    heardrædne hyge,      heortan strange,
    to dreoganne      dæges and nihtes
    wordum and dædum      willan þinne."
    Him þa fægere      frea ælmihtig,
    ece drihten,      andswarode:
    2355
    "þe sceal wintrum frod      on woruld bringan
    Sarra sunu,      so for gan
    wyrd æfter þissum      wordgemearcum.
    Ic Ismael      estum wille
    bletsian nu,      swa þu bena eart
    2360
    þinum frumbearne,      þæt feorhdaga
    on woruldrice      worn gebide,
    tanum tudre.      þu þæs tia beo!
    Hwære ic Isace,      eaforan þinum,
    geongum bearne,      þam þe gen nis
    2365
    on woruld cumen,      willa spedum
    dugea gehwilcre      on dagum wille
    swior stepan      and him soe to
    modes wære      mine gelæstan,
    halige higetreowa,      and him hold wesan."
    2370
    Abraham fremede      swa him se eca bebead,
    sette friotacen      be frean hæse
    on his selfes sunu,      heht þæt segn wegan
    heah gehwilcne,      þe his hina wæs
    wæpnedcynnes,      wære gemyndig,
    2375
    gleaw on mode,      a him god sealde
    soe treowa,      and þa seolf onfeng
    torhtum tacne.      A his tir metod,
    domfæst cyning,      dugeum iecte
    on woruldrice;      he him þæs worhte to,
    2380
    sian he on fære      furum meahte
    his waldendes      willan fremman.
    þa þæt wif ahloh      wereda drihtnes
    nalles glædlice,      ac heo gearum frod
    þone hleoorcwyde      husce belegde
    2385
    on sefan swie.      So ne gelyfde,
    þæt þære spræce      sped folgode.
    þa þæt gehyrde      heofona waldend,
    þæt on bure ahof      bryd Abrahames
    hihtleasne hleahtor,      þa cwæ halig god:
    2390
    "Ne wile Sarran      so gelyfan
    wordum minum.      Sceal seo wyrd swa þeah
    for steallian      swa ic þe æt fryme gehet.
    So ic þe secge,      on þas sylfan tid
    of idese bi      eafora wæcned.
    2395
    þonne ic þas ilcan      ore sie
    wic gesece,      þe beo wordgehat
    min gelæsted.      þu on magan wlitest,
    þin agen bearn,      Abraham leofa!"
    Gewiton him þa ædre      ellorfuse
    2400
    æfter þære spræce      spedum feran
    of þam hleoorstede,      halige gastas,
    lastas legdon,      (him wæs Lothes mæg
    sylfa on gesie),      oþæt hie on Sodoman,
    weallsteape burg,      wlitan meahton.
    2405
    Gesawon ofer since      salo hlifian,
    reced ofer readum golde.      Ongan þa rodera waldend,
    arfæst wi Abraham sprecan,      sægde him unlytel spell:
    "Ic on þisse byrig      bearhtm gehyre,
    synnigra cyrm      swie hludne,
    2410
    ealogalra gylp,      yfele spræce
    werod under weallum habban;      forþon wærlogona sint,
    folces firena hefige.      Ic wille fandigan nu,
    mago Ebrea,      hwæt þa men don,
    gif hie swa swie      synna fremma
    2415
    þeawum and geþancum,      swa hie on þweorh spreca
    facen and inwit;      þæt sceal fyr wrecan,
    swefyl and sweart lig      sare and grimme,
    hat and hæste      hænum folce."
    Weras basnedon      witelaces,
    2420
    wean under weallum,      and heora wif somed.
    Duguum wlance      drihtne guldon
    god mid gnyrne,      oþæt gasta helm,
    lifes leohtfruma      leng ne wolde
    torn þrowigean,      ac him to sende
    2425
    stimod cyning      strange twegen
    aras sine,      þa on æfentid
    sie gesohton      Sodoma ceastre.
    Hie þa æt burhgeate      beorn gemitton
    sylfne sittan      sunu Arones,
    2430
    þæt þam gleawan were      geonge þuhton
    men for his eagum.      Aras þa metodes þeow
    gastum togeanes,      gretan eode
    cuman culice,      cynna gemunde
    riht and gerisno,      and þam rincum bead
    2435
    nihtfeormunge.      Him þa nergendes
    æele ærendracan      andswarodon:
    "Hafa arna þanc,      þara þe þu unc bude!
    Wit be þisse stræte      stille þenca
    sæles bidan,      sian sunnan eft
    2440
    for to morgen      metod up forlæt."
    þa to fotum Loth     
    þam giestum hnah,      and him georne bead
    reste and gereorda      and his recedes hleow
    and þegnunge.      Hie on þanc curon
    2445
    æelinges est,      eodon sona,
    swa him se Ebrisca      eorl wisade,
    in undor edoras.      þær him se æela geaf,
    gleawferh hæle,      giestlinysse
    fægre on flette,      oþæt for gewat
    2450
    æfenscima.      þa com æfter niht
    on last dæge.      Lagustreamas wreah,
    þrym mid þystro      þisses lifes,
    sæs and sidland.      Comon Sodomware,
    geonge and ealde,      gode unleofe
    2455
    corrum miclum      cuman acsian,
    þæt hie behæfdon      herges mægne
    Loth mid giestum.      Heton lædan ut
    of þam hean hofe      halige aras,
    weras to gewealde,      wordum cwædon
    2460
    þæt mid þam hæleum      hæman wolden
    unscomlice,      arna ne gymden.
    þa aras hrae,      se e oft ræd ongeat,
    Loth on recede,      eode lungre ut,
    spræc þa ofer ealle      æelinga gedriht
    2465
    sunu Arones,      snytra gemyndig:
    "Her syndon inne      unwemme twa
    dohtor mine.      Do, swa ic eow bidde
    (ne can þara idesa      ower gieta
    þurh gebedscipe      beorna neawest)
    2470
    and geswica þære synne.      Ic eow sylle þa,
    ær ge sceonde      wi gesceapu fremmen,
    ungifre yfel      ylda bearnum.
    Onfo þæm fæmnum,      læta fri agon
    gistas mine,      þa ic for gode wille
    2475
    gemundbyrdan,      gif ic mot, for eow."
    Him þa seo mænigeo      þurh gemæne word,
    arlease cyn,      andswarode:
    "þis þince gerisne      and riht micel,
    þæt þu e aferige      of þisse folcsceare.
    2480
    þu þas wereode      wræccan laste
    freonda feasceaft      feorran gesohtest,
    wineþearfende.      Wilt u, gif þu most,
    wesan usser her      aldordema,
    leodum lareow?"      þa ic on Lothe gefrægn
    2485
    hæne heremæcgas      handum gripan,
    faum folmum.      Him fylston wel
    gystas sine,      and hine of gromra þa,
    cuman arfæste,      clommum abrugdon
    in under edoras,      and þa ofstlice
    2490
    anra gehwilcum      ymbstandendra
    folces Sodoma      fæste forsæton
    heafodsiena.      Wear eal here sona
    burhwarena blind.      Abrecan ne meahton
    reemode      reced æfter gistum,
    2495
    swa hie fundedon,      ac þær frome wæron
    godes spellbodan.      Hæfde gistmægen
    stie strengeo,      styrnde swie
    werode mid wite.      Spræcon wordum þa
    fæle freooscealcas      fægre to Lothe:
    2500
    "Gif þu sunu age      oe swæsne mæg,
    oe on þissum folcum      freond ænigne
    eac þissum idesum      þe we her on wlita,
    alæde of þysse leodbyrig,      þa e leofe sien,
    ofestum miclum,      and þin ealdor nere,
    2505
    þy læs þu forweore      mid þyssum wærlogan.
    Unc hit waldend heht      for wera synnum
    Sodoma and Gomorra      sweartan lige,
    fyre gesyllan      and þas folc slean,
    cynn on ceastrum      mid cwealmþrea
    2510
    and his torn wrecan.      þære tide is
    neah geþrungen.      Gewit þu nergean þin
    feorh foldwege.      þe is frea milde."
    Him þa ædre Loth      andswarode:
    "Ne mæg ic mid idesum      aldornere mine
    2515
    swa feor heonon      feegange
    sie gesecan.      Git me sibblufan
    and freondscipe      fægre cya,
    treowe and hyldo      tiia me.
    Ic wat hea burh      her ane neah,
    2520
    lytle ceastre.      Lyfa me þær
    are and reste,      þæt we aldornere
    on Sigor up      secan moten.
    Gif git þæt fæsten      fyre willa
    steape forstandan,      on þære stowe we
    2525
    gesunde magon      sæles bidan,
    feorh generigan."      Him þa freondlice
    englas arfæste      andswaredon:
    "þu scealt þære bene,      nu þu ymb þa burh sprycest,
    tia weoran.      Teng recene to
    2530
    þam fæstenne;      wit þe frie healda
    and mundbyrde.      Ne moton wyt
    on wærlogum      wrecan torn godes,
    swebban synnig cynn,      ær on þu on Sægor þin
    bearn gelæde      and bryd somed."
    2535
    þa onette      Abrahames mæg
    to þam fæstenne.      Fee ne sparode
    eorl mid idesum,      ac he ofstum for
    lastas legde,      oþæt he gelædde
    bryd mid bearnum      under burhlocan
    2540
    in Sægor his.      þa sunne up,
    folca fricandel,      furum eode,
    þa ic sendan gefrægn      swegles aldor
    swefl of heofnum      and sweartne lig
    werum to wite,      weallende fyr,
    2545
    þæs hie on ærdagum      drihten tyndon
    lange þrage.      Him þæs lean forgeald
    gasta waldend!      Grap heahþrea
    on hæencynn.      Hlynn wear on ceastrum,
    cirm arleasra      cwealmes on ore,
    2550
    laan cynnes.      Lig eall fornam
    þæt he grenes fond      goldburgum in,
    swylce þær ymbutan      unlytel dæl
    sidre foldan      geondsended wæs
    bryne and brogan.      Bearwas wurdon
    2555
    to axan and to yslan,      eoran wæstma,
    efne swa wide      swa a witelac
    ree geræhton      rum land wera.
    Strudende fyr      steapes and geapes,
    swogende leg,      forswealh eall geador
    2560
    þæt on Sodoma byrig      secgas ahton
    and on Gomorra.      Eall þæt god spilde,
    frea mid þy folce.      þa þæt fyrgebræc,
    leoda lifgedal,      Lothes gehyrde
    bryd on burgum,      under bæc beseah
    2565
    wi þæs wælfylles.      Us gewritu secga
    þæt heo on sealtstanes      sona wurde
    anlicnesse.      æfre sian
    se monlica      (þæt is mære spell)
    stille wunode,      þær hie strang begeat
    2570
    wite, þæs heo wordum      wuldres þegna
    hyran ne wolde.      Nu sceal heard and steap
    on þam wicum      wyrde bidan,
    drihtnes domes,      hwonne dogora rim,
    woruld gewite.      þæt is wundra sum,
    2575
    þara e geworhte      wuldres aldor.
    Him þa Abraham gewat      ana gangan
    mid ærdæge      þæt he eft gestod
    þær wordum ær      wi his waldend spræc
    frod frumgara.      He geseah from foldan up
    2580
    wide fleogan      wælgrimne rec.
    Hie þæs wlenco onwod      and wingedrync
    þæt hie firendæda      to frece wurdon,
    synna þriste,      so ofergeaton,
    drihtnes domas,      and hwa him dugea forgeaf,
    2585
    blæd on burgum.      Forþon him brego engla
    wylmhatne lig      to wræce sende.
    Waldend usser      gemunde wærfæst þa
    Abraham arlice,      swa he oft dyde
    leofne mannan.      Loth generede,
    2590
    mæg þæs ores,      þa seo mænegeo forwear.
    Ne dorste þa      dædrof hæle
    for frean egesan      on þam fæstenne
    leng eardigean,      ac him Loth gewat
    of byrig gangan      and his bearn somed
    2595
    wælstowe fyrr      wic sceawian,
    oþæt hie be hlie      heare dune
    eorscræf fundon.      þær se eadega Loth
    wærfæst wunode,      waldende leof,
    dægrimes worn      and his dohtor twa.
    2600
    Hie dydon swa;      druncnum eode
    seo yldre to      ær on reste
    heora bega fæder.      Ne wiste blondenfeax
    hwonne him fæmnan to bryde      him bu wæron,
    on ferhcofan      fæste genearwod
    2605
    mode and gemynde,      þæt he mæga si
    wine druncen      gewitan ne meahte.
    Idesa wurdon eacne,      eaforan brohtan
    willgesweostor      on woruld sunu
    heora ealdan fæder.      þara æelinga
    2610
    modor oerne      Moab nemde,
    Lothes dohter,      seo on life wæs
    wintrum yldre.      Us gewritu secgea,
    godcunde bec,      þæt seo gingre
    hire agen bearn      Ammon hete.
    2615
    Of þam frumgarum      folces unrim,
    þrymfæste twa      þeoda awocon.
    Ore þara mæga      Moabitare
    eorbuende      ealle hata,
    widmære cynn,      ore weras nemna,
    2620
    æelinga bearn,      Ammonitare.
    Gewat him þa mid bryde      broor Arones
    under Abimelech      æhte lædan
    mid his hiwum.      Hæleum sægde
    þæt Sarra his      sweostor wære,
    2625
    Abraham wordum      (bearh his aldre),
    þy he wiste gearwe      þæt he winemaga,
    on folce lyt      freonda hæfde.
    þa se þeoden his      þegnas sende,
    heht hie bringan      to him selfum.
    2630
    þa wæs ellþeodig      ore sie
    wif Abrahames      from were læded
    on fremdes fæm.      Him þær fylste þa
    ece drihten,      swa he oft dyde,
    nergend usser.      Com nihtes self,
    2635
    þær se waldend læg      wine druncen.
    Ongan þa socyning      þurh swefn sprecan
    to þam æelinge      and him yrre hweop:
    "þu Abrahames      idese gename,
    bryde æt beorne.      þe abregdan sceal
    2640
    for þære dæde      dea of breostum
    sawle þine."      Him symbelwerig
    sinces brytta      þurh slæp oncwæ:
    "Hwæt, þu æfre,      engla þeoden,
    þurh þin yrre wilt      aldre lætan,
    2645
    heah beheowan,      þæne þe her leofa
    rihtum þeawum,      bi on ræde fæst,
    modgeþance,      and him miltse
    to þe sece?      Me sægde ær
    þæt wif hire      wordum selfa
    2650
    unfricgendum,      þæt heo Abrahames
    sweostor wære.      Næbbe ic synne wi hie,
    facna ænig      gefremed gena."
    Him þa ædre eft      ece drihten,
    sofæst metod,      þurh þæt swefn oncwæ:
    2655
    "Agif Abrahame      idese sine,
    wif to gewealde,      gif þu on worulde leng,
    æelinga helm,      aldres recce.
    He is god and gleaw,      mæg self wi god sprecan,
    geseon sweglcyning.      þu sweltan scealt
    2660
    mid feo and mid feorme,      gif u þam frumgaran
    bryde wyrnest.      He abiddan mæg,
    gif he ofstum me      ærendu wile
    þeawfæst and geþyldig      þin abeodan,
    þæt ic þe lissa      lifigendum giet
    2665
    on dagum læte      duguþa brucan
    sinces gesundne."      þa slæpe tobrægd
    forht folces weard.      Heht him fetigean to
    gesprecan sine,      spedum sægde
    eorlum Abimeleh,      egesan geread,
    2670
    waldendes word.      Weras him ondredon
    for þære dæde      drihtnes handa
    sweng æfter swefne.      Heht sylf cyning
    him þa Abraham to      ofstum miclum.
    þa reordode      rice þeoden:
    2675
    "Mago Ebrea,      þæs þu me wylle
    wordum secgean,      hu geworhte ic þæt,
    sian þu usic under,      Abraham, þine
    on þas eelturf      æhta læddest,
    þæt þu me þus swie      searo renodest?
    2680
    þu ellþeodig      usic woldest
    on þisse folcsceare      facne besyrwan,
    synnum besmitan,      sægdest wordum
    þæt Sarra þin      sweostor wære,
    lices mæge,      woldest lalice
    2685
    þurh þæt wif on me      wrohte alecgean,
    ormæte yfel.      We þe arlice
    gefeormedon,      and þe freondlice
    on þisse werþeode      wic getæhton,
    land to lissum.      þu us leanast nu,
    2690
    unfreondlice      fremena þancast!"
    Abraham þa      andswarode:
    "Ne dyde ic for facne      ne for feondscipe
    ne for wihte þæs      ic þe wean ue.
    Ac ic me, gumena baldor,      gubordes sweng
    2695
    leodmagum feor      lare gebearh,
    sian me se halga      of hyrde frean,
    mines fæder      fyrn alædde.
    Ic fela sian      folca gesohte,
    wina uncura,      and þis wif mid me,
    2700
    freonda feasceaft.      Ic þæs færes a
    on wenum sæt      hwonne me wrara sum
    ellþeodigne      aldre beheowe,
    se e him þas idese eft      agan wolde.
    Foron ic wigsmium      wordum sægde
    2705
    þæt Sarra min      sweostor wære
    æghwær eoran      þær wit earda leas
    mid wealandum      winnan sceoldon.
    Ic þæt ilce dreah      on þisse eyltyrf,
    sian ic þina,      þeoden mæra,
    2710
    mundbyrde geceas.      Ne wæs me on mode cu,
    hwæer on þyssum folce      frean ælmihtiges
    egesa wære,      þa ic her ærest com.
    Forþon ic þegnum      þinum dyrnde
    and sylfum þe      swiost micle
    2715
    soan spræce,      þæt me Sarra
    bryde laste      beddreste gestah."
    þa ongan Abimæleh      Abraham swian
    woruldgestreonum      and him his wif ageaf.
    Sealde him to bote,      þæs þe he his bryd genam,
    2720
    gangende feoh      and glæd seolfor
    and weorcþeos.      Spræc þa wordum eac
    to Abrahame      æelinga helm:
    "wuna mid usic      and þe wic geceos
    on þissum lande      þær þe leofost sie,
    2725
    eelstowe,      þe ic agan sceal.
    Wes us fæle freond,      we e feoh sylla!"
    Cwæ þa eft rae      ore worde
    to Sarran      sinces brytta:
    "Ne þearf e on edwit      Abraham settan,
    2730
    in freadrihten,      þæt þu flettpaas,
    mæg ælfscieno,      mine træde,
    ac him hygeteonan      hwitan seolfre
    deope bete.      Ne ceara incit dugua
    of isse eyltyrf      ellor secan,
    2735
    winas uncue,      ac wunia her."
    Abraham fremede      swa hine his aldor heht,
    onfeng freondscipe      be frean hæse,
    lufum and lissum.      He wæs leof gode.
    Foron he sibbe      gesælig dreah
    2740
    and his scippende      under sceade gefor,
    hleowferum þeaht,      her þenden lifde.
    þa gien wæs yrre      god Abimelehe
    for þære synne      þe he wi Sarrai
    and wi Abrahame      ær gefremede,
    2745
    þa he gedælde      him deore twa,
    wif and wæpned.      He þæs weorc gehleat,
    frecne wite.      Ne meahton freo ne þeowe
    heora bregoweardas      bearnum ecan
    monrim mæge,      ac him þæt metod forstod,
    2750
    oþæt se halga      his hlaforde
    Abraham ongan      arna biddan
    ecne drihten.      Him engla helm
    getigode,      tuddorsped onleac
    folccyninge      freora and þeowra,
    2755
    wera and wifa;      let weaxan eft
    heora rimgetel      rodora waldend,
    ead and æhta.      ælmihtig wear
    milde on mode,      moncynnes weard,
    Abimeleche,      swa hine Abraham bæd.
    2760
    þa com feran      frea ælmihtig
    to Sarrai,      swa he self gecwæ,
    waldend usser,      hæfde wordbeot
    leofum gelæsted,      lifes aldor
    eaforan and idese.      Abrahame woc
    2765
    bearn of bryde,      þone brego engla,
    ær y magotudre      modor wære
    eacen be eorle,      Isaac nemde.
    Hine Abraham on      mid his agene hand
    beacen sette,      swa him bebead metod,
    2770
    wuldortorht ymb wucan,      þæs þe hine on woruld
    to moncynne      modor brohte.
    Cniht weox and þag,      swa him cynde wæron
    æele from yldrum.      Abraham hæfde
    wintra hundteontig      þa him wif sunu
    2775
    on þanc gebær.      He þæs rage bad,
    sian him ærest      þurh his agen word
    þone dægwillan      drihten bodode.
    þa seo wyrd gewear      þæt þæt wif geseah
    for Abrahame      Ismael plegan,
    2780
    ær hie æt swæsendum      sæton bu tu,
    halig on hige,      and heora hiwan eall,
    druncon and drymdon.      þa cwæ drihtlecu mæg,
    bryd to beorne:      "Forgif me, beaga weard,
    min swæs frea,      hat siian
    2785
    Agar ellor      and Ismael
    lædan mid hie!      Ne beo we leng somed
    willum minum,      gif ic wealdan mot.
    Næfre Ismael      wi Isace,
    wi min agen bearn      yrfe dæle
    2790
    on laste þe,      þonne þu of lice
    aldor asendest."      þa wæs Abrahame
    weorce on mode      þæt he on wræc drife
    his selfes sunu,      þa com so metod
    freom on fultum,      wiste ferh guman
    2795
    cearum on clommum.      Cyning engla spræc
    to Abrahame,      ece drihten:
    "Læt þe aslupan      sorge of breostum,
    modgewinnan,      and mæge hire,
    bryde þinre!      Hat bu tu aweg
    2800
    Agar feran      and Ismael,
    cniht of cye!      Ic his cynn gedo
    brad and bresne      bearna tudre,
    wæstmum spedig,      swa ic þe wordum gehet."
    þa se wer hyrde      his waldende,
    2805
    draf of wicum      dreorigmod tu,
    idese of earde      and his agen bearn.
    "Sweotol is and gesene      þæt þe so metod
    on gesie is,      swegles aldor,
    se e sigor sele      snytru mihtum
    2810
    and þin mod tryme,     
    godcundum gifum.      Foron e giena speow,
    þæs þu wi freond oe feond      fremman ongunne
    wordum oe dædum.      Waldend scufe,
    frea on forwegas      folmum sinum
    2815
    willan þinne.      þæt is wide cu
    burhsittendum.      Ic þe bidde nu,
    wine Ebrea,      wordum minum,
    þæt þu tilmodig      treowa selle,
    wæra þina,      þæt þu wille me
    2820
    wesan fæle freond      fremena to leane,
    þara þe ic to duguum e      gedon hæbbe,
    sian u feasceaft      feorran come
    on þas werþeode      wræccan laste.
    Gyld me mid hyldo,      þæt ic þe hneaw ne wæs
    2825
    landes and lissa.      Wes þissum leodum nu
    and mægburge      minre arfæst,
    gif þe alwalda,      ure drihten,
    scirian wille,      se e gesceapu healde,
    þæt þu randwigum      rumor mote
    2830
    on isse folcsceare      frætwa dælan,
    modigra gestreon,      mearce settan."
    a Abraham      Abimelehe
    wære sealde      þæt he wolde swa.
    Sian wæs se eadega      eafora þares
    2835
    in Filistea      folce eardfæst,
    leod Ebrea      lange þrage,
    feasceaft mid fremdum.      Him frea engla
    wic getæhte      þæt weras hata
    burhsittende      Bersabea lond.
    2840
    ær se halga      heahsteap reced,
    burh timbrede      and bearo sette,
    weobedd worhte,      and his waldende
    on þam glædstede      gild onsægde,
    lac geneahe,      þam þe lif forgeaf,
    2845
    gesæliglic      swegle under.
    þa þæs rinces      se rica ongan
    cyning costigan,      cunnode georne
    hwilc þæs æelinges      ellen wære,
    stium wordum      spræc him stefne to:
    2850
    "Gewit þu ofestlice,      Abraham, feran,
    lastas lecgan      and þe læde mid
    þin agen bearn.      þu scealt Isaac me
    onsecgan, sunu inne,      sylf to tibre.
    Sian þu gestigest      steape dune,
    2855
    hrincg þæs hean landes,      þe ic þe heonon getæce,
    up þinum agnum fotum,      þær þu scealt ad gegærwan,
    bælfyr bearne þinum,      and blotan sylf
    sunu mid sweordes ecge,      and þonne sweartan lige
    leofes lic forbærnan      and me lac bebeodan."
    2860
    Ne forsæt he þy sie,      ac sona ongann
    fysan to fore.      Him wæs frean engla
    word ondrysne      and his waldend leof.
    þa se eadga      Abraham sine
    nihtreste ofgeaf.      Nalles nergendes
    2865
    hæse wihogode,      ac hine se halga wer
    gyrde grægan sweorde,      cyde þæt him gasta weardes
    egesa on breostum wunode.      Ongan þa his esolas bætan
    gamolferh goldes brytta,      heht hine geonge twegen
    men mid siian.      Mæg wæs his agen þridda
    2870
    and he feora sylf.      þa he fus gewat
    from his agenum hofe      Isaac lædan,
    bearn unweaxen,      swa him bebead metod.
    Efste þa swie      and onette
    for foldwege,      swa him frea tæhte
    2875
    wegas ofer westen,      oþæt wuldortorht,
    dæges þriddan up      ofer deop wæter
    ord aræmde.      þa se eadega wer
    geseah hlifigan      hea dune
    swa him sægde ær      swegles aldor.
    2880
    a Abraham spræc      to his ombihtum:
    "Rincas mine,      resta incit
    her on þissum wicum.      Wit eft cuma,
    sian wit ærende      uncer twega
    gastcyninge      agifen habba."
    2885
    Gewat him þa se æeling      and his agen sunu
    to þæs gemearces      þe him metod tæhte,
    wadan ofer wealdas.      Wudu bær sunu,
    fæder fyr and sweord.      a þæs fricgean ongann
    wer wintrum geong      wordum Abraham:
    2890
    "Wit her fyr and sweord,      frea min, habba;
    hwær is þæt tiber,      þæt þu torht gode
    to þam brynegielde      bringan þencest?"
    Abraham maelode      (hæfde on an gehogod
    þæt he gedæde      swa hine drihten het):
    2895
    "Him þæt socyning      sylfa finde,
    moncynnes weard,      swa him gemet þince."
    Gestah þa stihydig      steape dune
    up mid his eaforan,      swa him se eca bebead,
    þæt he on hrofe gestod      hean landes
    2900
    on þære stowe      þe him se stranga to,
    wærfæst metod      wordum tæhte.
    Ongan þa ad hladan,      æled weccan,
    and gefeterode      fet and honda
    bearne sinum      and þa on bæl ahof
    2905
    Isaac geongne,      and þa ædre gegrap
    sweord be gehiltum,      wolde his sunu cwellan
    folmum sinum,      fyre scencan
    mæges dreore.      þa metodes egn,
    ufan engla sum,      Abraham hlude
    2910
    stefne cygde.      He stille gebad
    ares spræce      and þam engle oncwæ.
    Him þa ofstum to      ufan of roderum
    wuldorgast godes      wordum mælde:
    "Abraham leofa,      ne sleah þin agen bearn,
    2915
    ac þu cwicne abregd      cniht of ade,
    eaforan þinne!      Him an wuldres god!
    Mago Ebrea,      þu medum scealt
    þurh þæs halgan hand,      heofoncyninges,
    soum sigorleanum      selfa onfon,
    2920
    ginfæstum gifum.      þe wile gasta weard
    lissum gyldan      þæt þe wæs leofre his
    sibb and hyldo      þonne þin sylfes bearn."
    Ad stod onæled.      Hæfde Abrahame
    metod moncynnes,      mæge Lothes,
    2925
    breost geblissad,      þa he him his bearn forgeaf,
    Isaac cwicne.      a se eadega bewlat,
    rinc ofer exle,      and him þær rom geseah
    unfeor þanon      ænne standan,
    broor Arones,      brembrum fæstne.
    2930
    þone Abraham genam      and hine on ad ahof
    ofestum miclum      for his agen bearn.
    Abrægd þa mid þy bille,      brynegield onhread,
    reccendne weg      rommes blode,
    onbleot þæt lac gode,      sægde leana þanc
    2935
    and ealra þara sæla      þe he him si and ær,
    gifena drihten,      forgifen hæfde.

    Exodus

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    Hwæt! We feor and neah      gefrigen haba
    ofer middangeard      Moyses domas,
    wræclico wordriht,      wera cneorissum,--
    in uprodor      eadigra gehwam
    5
    æfter bealusie      bote lifes,
    lifigendra gehwam      langsumne ræd,--
    hæleum secgan.      Gehyre se e wille!
    þone on westenne      weroda drihten,
    sofæst cyning,      mid his sylfes miht
    10
    gewyrode,      and him wundra fela,
    ece alwalda,      in æht forgeaf.
    He wæs leof gode,      leoda aldor,
    horsc and hreergleaw,      herges wisa,
    freom folctoga.      Faraones cyn,
    15
    godes andsacan,      gyrdwite band,
    þær him gesealde      sigora waldend,
    modgum magoræswan,      his maga feorh,
    onwist eles,      Abrahames sunum.
    Heah wæs þæt handlean      and him hold frea,
    20
    gesealde wæpna geweald      wi wrara gryre,
    ofercom mid þy campe      cneomaga fela,
    feonda folcriht.      a wæs forma si
    þæt hine weroda god      wordum nægde,
    þær he him gesægde      sowundra fela,
    25
    hu þas woruld worhte      witig drihten,
    eoran ymbhwyrft      and uprodor,
    gesette sigerice,      and his sylfes naman,
    one yldo bearn      ær ne cuon,
    frod fædera cyn,      þeah hie fela wiston.
    30
    Hæfde he þa geswied      soum cræftum
    and gewurodne      werodes aldor,
    Faraones feond,      on forwegas.
    þa wæs ingere      ealdum witum
    deae gedrenced      drihtfolca mæst;
    35
    hordwearda hryre      heaf wæs geniwad,
    swæfon seledreamas,      since berofene.
    Hæfde mansceaan      æt middere niht
    frecne gefylled,      frumbearna fela,
    abrocene burhweardas.      Bana wide scra,
    40
    la leodhata,      land drysmyde
    deadra hræwum,      dugo for gewat,
    wop wæs wide,      worulddreama lyt.
    Wæron hleahtorsmium      handa belocene,
    alyfed lasi      leode gretan;
    45
    folc ferende,      feond wæs bereafod,
    hergas on helle.      Heofung þider becom,
    druron deofolgyld.      Dæg wæs mære
    ofer middangeard      þa seo mengeo for.
    Swa þæs fæsten dreah      fela missera,
    50
    ealdwerige,      Egypta folc,
    þæs þe hie widefer      wyrnan þohton
    Moyses magum,      gif hie metod lete,
    on langne lust      leofes sies.
    Fyrd wæs gefysed,      from se e lædde,
    55
    modig magoræswa,      mægburh heora.
    Oferfor he mid þy folce      fæstena worn,
    land and leodweard      lara manna,
    enge anpaas,      uncu gelad,
    oþæt hie on Gumyrce      gearwe bæron,
    60
    (wæron land heora      lyfthelme beþeaht),
    mearchofu morheald.      Moyses ofer þa,
    fela meoringa,      fyrde gelædde.
    Heht þa ymb twa niht      tirfæste hæle,
    sian hie feondum      ofaren hæfdon,
    65
    ymbwicigean      werodes bearhtme
    mid ælfere      æthanes byrig,
    mægnes mæste      mearclandum on.
    Nearwe genyddon      on norwegas,
    wiston him be suan      Sigelwara land,
    70
    forbærned burhhleou,      brune leode,
    hatum heofoncolum.      þær halig god
    wi færbryne      folc gescylde,
    bælce oferbrædde      byrnendne heofon,
    halgan nette      hatwendne lyft.
    75
    Hæfde wederwolcen      widum fæmum
    eoran and uprodor      efne gedæled,
    lædde leodwerod,      ligfyr adranc,
    hate heofontorht.      Hæle wafedon,
    drihta gedrymost.      Dægsceades hleo
    80
    wand ofer wolcnum;      hæfde witig god
    sunnan sifæt      segle ofertolden,
    swa þa mæstrapas      men ne cuon,
    ne a seglrode      geseon meahton,
    eorbuende      ealle cræfte,
    85
    hu afæstnod wæs      feldhusa mæst,
    sian he mid wuldre      geweorode
    þeodenholde.      þa wæs þridda wic
    folce to frofre.      Fyrd eall geseah
    hu þær hlifedon      halige seglas,
    90
    lyftwundor leoht;      leode ongeton,
    dugo Israhela,      þæt þær drihten cwom
    weroda drihten,      wicsteal metan.
    Him beforan foran      fyr and wolcen
    in beorhtrodor,      beamas twegen,
    95
    þara æghwæer      efngedælde
    heahþegnunga      haliges gastes,
    deormodra si      dagum and nihtum.
    þa ic on morgen gefrægn      modes rofan
    hebban herebyman      hludan stefnum,
    100
    wuldres woman.      Werod eall aras,
    modigra mægen,      swa him Moyses bebead,
    mære magoræswa,      metodes folce,
    fus fyrdgetrum.      For gesawon
    lifes latþeow      lifweg metan;
    105
    swegl sie weold,      sæmen æfter
    foron flodwege.      Folc wæs on salum,
    hlud herges cyrm.      Heofonbeacen astah
    æfena gehwam,      oer wundor,
    syllic æfter sunnan      setlrade beheold,
    110
    ofer leodwerum      lige scinan,
    byrnende beam.      Blace stodon
    ofer sceotendum      scire leoman;
    scinon scyldhreoan,      sceado swiredon,
    neowle nihtscuwan      neah ne mihton
    115
    heolstor ahydan;      heofoncandel barn.
    Niwe nihtweard      nyde sceolde
    wician ofer weredum,      þy læs him westengryre,
    har hæbroga,      holmegum wederum
    on ferclamme      ferh getwæfde.
    120
    Hæfde foregenga      fyrene loccas,
    blace beamas;      bellegsan hweop
    in þam hereþreate,      hatan lige,
    þæt he on westenne      werod forbærnde,
    nyme hie modhwate      Moyses hyrde.
    125
    Scean scir werod,      scyldas lixton,
    gesawon randwigan      rihte stræte,
    segn ofer sweoton,      oþæt sæfæsten
    landes æt ende      leodmægne forstod,
    fus on forweg.      Fyrdwic aras;
    130
    wyrpton hie werige,      wiste genægdon
    modige meteþegnas,      hyra mægen beton.
    Bræddon æfter beorgum,      sian byme sang,
    flotan feldhusum.      þa wæs feore wic,
    randwigena ræst,      be þan readan sæ.
    135
    ær on fyrd hyra      færspell becwom,
    oht inlende.      Egsan stodan,
    wælgryre weroda;      wræcmon gebad
    lane lastweard,      se e him lange ær
    eelleasum      onnied gescraf,
    140
    wean witum fæst.      Wære ne gymdon,
    eah þe se yldra cyning      ær ge...
    þa wear yrfeweard      ingefolca,
    manna æfter mamum,      þæt he swa miceles geah.
    Ealles þæs forgeton      sian grame wurdon
    145
    Egypta cyn      ymbe antwig;
    a heo his mægwinum      moror fremedon,
    wroht berenedon,      wære fræton.
    Wæron heaowylmas      heortan getenge,
    mihtmod wera;      manum treowum
    150
    woldon hie þæt feorhlean      facne gyldan,
    þætte hie þæt dægweorc      dreore gebohte,
    Moyses leode,      þær him mihtig god
    on am spildsie      spede forgefe.
    þa him eorla mod      ortrywe wear
    155
    sian hie gesawon      of suwegum
    fyrd Faraonis      for ongangan,
    oferholt wegan,      eored lixan,
    (garas trymedon,      gu hwearfode,
    blicon bordhreoan,      byman sungon),
    160
    þufas þunian,      þeod mearc tredan,
    on hwæl     
    Hreopon herefugolas,      hilde grædige,
    deawigfeere      ofer drihtneum,
    wonn wælceasega.      Wulfas sungon
    165
    atol æfenleo      ætes on wenan,
    carleasan deor,      cwyldrof beodan
    on lara last      leodmægnes fyl.
    Hreopon mearcweardas      middum nihtum,
    fleah fæge gast,      folc wæs gehæged.
    170
    Hwilum of þam werode      wlance þegnas
    mæton milpaas      meara bogum.
    Him þær segncyning      wi þone segn foran,
    manna þengel,      mearcþreate rad;
    guweard gumena      grimhelm gespeon,
    175
    cyning cinberge,      (cumbol lixton),
    wiges on wenum,      wælhlencan sceoc,
    het his hereciste      healdan georne
    fæst fyrdgetrum.      Freond onsegon
    laum eagan      landmanna cyme.
    180
    Ymb hine wægon      wigend unforhte,
    hare heorowulfas      hilde gretton,
    þurstige þræcwiges,      þeodenholde.
    Hæfde him alesen      leoda dugee
    tireadigra      twa þusendo,
    185
    þæt wæron cyningas      and cneowmagas,
    on þæt eade riht,      æelum deore.
    Foron anra gehwilc      ut alædde
    wæpnedcynnes,      wigan æghwilcne
    þara þe he on am fyrste      findan mihte.
    190
    Wæron ingemen      ealle ætgædere,
    cyningas on corre.      Cu oft gebad
    horn on heape      to hwæs hægstealdmen,
    guþreat gumena,      gearwe bæron.
    Swa þær eorp werod,      ecan læddon,
    195
    la æfter laum,      leodmægnes worn,
    þusendmælum;      þider wæron fuse.
    Hæfdon hie gemynted      to þam mægenheapum
    to þam ærdæge      Israhela cynn
    billum abreotan      on hyra broorgyld.
    200
    Forþon wæs in wicum      wop up ahafen,
    atol æfenleo,      egesan stodon,
    weredon wælnet,      þa se woma cwom.
    Flugon frecne spel,      feond wæs anmod,
    werud wæs wigblac,      oþæt wlance forsceaf
    205
    mihtig engel,      se a menigeo beheold,
    þæt þær gelae mid him      leng ne mihton
    geseon tosomne;      si wæs gedæled.
    Hæfde nydfara      nihtlangne fyrst,
    þeah e him on healfa gehwam      hettend seomedon,
    210
    mægen oe merestream;      nahton maran hwyrft.
    Wæron orwenan      eelrihtes,
    sæton æfter beorgum      in blacum reafum,
    wean on wenum;      wæccende bad
    eall seo sibgedriht      somod ætgædere
    215
    maran mægenes,      o Moyses bebead
    eorlas on uhttid      ærnum bemum
    folc somnigean,      frecan arisan,
    habban heora hlencan,      hycgan on ellen,
    beran beorht searo,      beacnum cigean
    220
    sweot sande near.      Snelle gemundon
    weardas wigleo,      werod wæs gefysed,
    brudon ofer burgum,      (byman gehyrdon),
    flotan feldhusum,      fyrd wæs on ofste.
    Sian hie getealdon      wi þam teonhete
    225
    on þam forherge      fean twelfe
    moderofra;      mægen wæs onhrered.
    Wæs on anra gehwam      æelan cynnes
    alesen under lindum      leoda dugue
    on folcgetæl      fiftig cista;
    230
    hæfde cista gehwilc      cues werodes
    garberendra,      gufremmendra,
    X hund geteled,      tireadigra.
    þæt wæs wiglic werod;      wace ne gretton
    in þæt rincgetæl      ræswan herges,
    235
    þa þe for geogue      gyt ne mihton
    under bordhreoan      breostnet wera
    wi flane feond      folmum werigean,
    ne him bealubenne      gebiden hæfdon
    ofer linde lærig,      licwunde swor,
    240
    gylpplegan gares.      Gamele ne moston,
    hare heaorincas,      hilde onþeon,
    gif him modheapum      mægen swirade,
    ac hie be wæstmum      on wig curon,
    hu in leodscipe      læstan wolde
    245
    mod mid aran,      eac þan mægnes cræft,
    garbeames feng.     
    þa wæs handrofra      here ætgædere,
    fus forwegas.      Fana up gerad,
    beama beorhtost;      bidon ealle þa gen
    250
    hwonne siboda      sæstreamum neah
    leoht ofer lindum      lyftedoras bræc.
    Ahleop þa for hæleum      hildecalla,
    bald beohata,      bord up ahof,
    heht þa folctogan      fyrde gestillan,
    255
    þenden modiges meel      monige gehyrdon.
    Wolde reordigean      rices hyrde
    ofer hereciste      halgan stefne,
    werodes wisa      wurmyndum spræc:
    "Ne beo ge þy forhtran,      þeah þe Faraon brohte
    260
    sweordwigendra      side hergas,
    eorla unrim!      Him eallum wile
    mihtig drihten      þurh mine hand
    to dæge þissum      dædlean gyfan,
    þæt hie lifigende      leng ne moton
    265
    ægnian mid yrmum      Israhela cyn.
    Ne willa eow andrædan      deade fean,
    fæge ferhlocan,      fyrst is æt ende
    lænes lifes.      Eow is lar godes
    abroden of breostum.      Ic on beteran ræd,
    270
    þæt ge gewurien      wuldres aldor,
    and eow liffrean      lissa bidde,
    sigora gesynto,      þær ge siien.
    þis is se ecea      Abrahames god,
    frumsceafta frea,      se as fyrd were,
    275
    modig and mægenrof,      mid þære miclan hand."
    Hof a for hergum      hlude stefne
    lifigendra leod,      þa he to leodum spræc:
    "Hwæt, ge nu eagum to      on locia,
    folca leofost,      færwundra sum,
    280
    hu ic sylfa sloh      and þeos swire hand
    grene tacne      garsecges deop.
    Y up fære,      ofstum wyrce
    wæter wealfæsten.      Wegas syndon dryge,
    haswe herestræta,      holm gerymed,
    285
    ealde staolas,      þa ic ær ne gefrægn
    ofer middangeard      men geferan,
    fage feldas,      þa for heonon
    in ece tid      ye þeahton,
    sælde sægrundas.      Suwind fornam
    290
    bæweges blæst,      brim is areafod,
    sand sæcir spaw.      Ic wat so gere
    þæt eow mihtig god      miltse gecyde,
    eorlas ærglade.      Ofest is selost
    þæt ge of feonda      fæme weoren,
    295
    nu se agend      up arærde
    reade streamas      in randgebeorh.
    Syndon þa foreweallas      fægre gestepte,
    wrætlicu wægfaru,      o wolcna hrof."
    æfter þam wordum      werod eall aras,
    300
    modigra mægen.      Mere stille bad.
    Hofon herecyste      hwite linde,
    segnas on sande.      Sæweall astah,
    uplang gestod      wi Israhelum
    andægne fyrst.      Wæs seo eorla gedriht
    305
    anes modes,     
    fæstum fæmum      freoowære heold.
    Nalles hige gehyrdon      haliges lare,
    sian leofes leoþ      læste near
    sweg swirode      and sances bland.
    310
    þa þæt feore cyn      fyrmest eode,
    wod on wægstream,      wigan on heape,
    ofer grenne grund,      Iudisc fea
    on orette      on uncu gelad
    for his mægwinum.      Swa him mihtig god
    315
    þæs dægweorces      deop lean forgeald,
    sian him gesælde      sigorworca hre,
    þæt he ealdordom      agan sceolde
    ofer cynericu,      cneowmaga blæd.
    Hæfdon him to segne,      þa hie on sund stigon,
    320
    ofer bordhreoan      beacen aræred
    in þam garheape,      gyldenne leon,
    drihtfolca mæst,      deora cenost.
    Be þam herewisan      hyno ne woldon
    be him lifigendum      lange þolian,
    325
    þonne hie to gue      garwudu rærdon
    eoda ænigre.      þracu wæs on ore,
    heard handplega,      hægsteald modige
    wæpna wælslihtes,      wigend unforhte,
    bilswau blodige,      beadumægnes ræs,
    330
    grimhelma gegrind,      þær Iudas for.
    æfter þære fyrde      flota modgade,
    Rubenes sunu.      Randas bæron
    sæwicingas      ofer sealtne mersc,
    manna menio;      micel angetrum
    335
    eode unforht.      He his ealdordom
    synnum aswefede,      þæt he sior for
    on leofes last.      Him on leodsceare
    frumbearnes riht      freobroor oþah,
    ead and æelo;      he wæs gearu swa þeah.
    340
    þær for æfter him      folca þryum
    sunu Simeones      sweotum comon;
    þridde þeodmægen      (þufas wundon
    ofer garfare)      gucyste onþrang
    deawig sceaftum.      Dægwoma becwom
    345
    ofer garsecge,      godes beacna sum,
    morgen mæretorht;      mægen for gewat.
    þa þær folcmægen      for æfter orum,
    isernhergum.      An wisode
    mægenþrymmum mæst,      þy he mære wear,
    350
    on forwegas      folc æfter wolcnum,
    cynn æfter cynne.      Cue æghwilc
    mægburga riht,      swa him Moises bead,
    eorla æelo.      Him wæs an fæder,
    leof leodfruma,      landriht geþah,
    355
    frod on ferhe,      freomagum leof.
    Cende cneowsibbe      cenra manna
    heahfædera sum,      halige þeode,
    Israela cyn,      onriht godes,
    swa þæt orþancum      ealde recca
    360
    þa þe mægburge      mæst gefrunon,
    frumcyn feora,      fæderæelo gehwæs.
    Niwe flodas      Noe oferla,
    þrymfæst þeoden,      mid his þrim sunum,
    þone deopestan      drencefloda
    365
    þara e gewurde      on woruldrice.
    Hæfde him on hrere      halige treowa;
    forþon he gelædde      ofer lagustreamas
    mamhorda mæst,      mine gefræge.
    On feorhgebeorh      foldan hæfde
    370
    eallum eorcynne      ece lafe,
    frumcneow gehwæs,      fæder and moder
    tuddorteondra,      geteled rime
    mismicelra      þonne men cunnon,
    snottor sæleoda.      Eac þon sæda gehwilc
    375
    on bearm scipes      beornas feredon,
    þara þe under      heofonum hæle bryttiga.
    Swa þæt wise men      wordum secga
    þæt from Noe      nigoa wære
    fæder Abrahames      on folctale.
    380
    þæt is se Abraham      se him engla god
    naman niwan asceop;      eac þon neah and feor
    halige heapas      in gehyld bebead,
    werþeoda geweald;      he on wræce lifde.
    Sian he gelædde      leofost feora
    385
    haliges hæsum;      heahlond stigon
    sibgemagas,      on Seone beorh.
    Wære hie þær fundon,      wuldor gesawon,
    halige heahtreowe,      swa hæle gefrunon.
    þær eft se snottra      sunu Dauides,
    390
    wuldorfæst cyning,      witgan larum
    getimbrede      tempel gode,
    alh haligne,      eorcyninga
    se wisesta      on woruldrice,
    heahst and haligost,      hæleum gefrægost,
    395
    mæst and mærost,      þara þe manna bearn,
    fira æfter foldan,      folmum geworhte.
    To þam meelstede      magan gelædde
    Abraham Isaac.      Adfyr onbran;
    fyrst ferhbana      no þy fægenra wæs.
    400
    Wolde þone lastweard      lige gesyllan,
    in bælblyse      beorna selost,
    his swæsne sunu      to sigetibre,
    angan ofer eoran      yrfelafe,
    feores frofre,      a he swa for gebad,
    405
    leodum to lafe,      langsumne hiht.
    He þæt gecyde,      þa he þone cniht genam
    fæste mid folmum,      folccu geteag
    ealde lafe,      (ecg grymetode),
    þæt he him lifdagas      leofran ne wisse
    410
    þonne he hyrde      heofoncyninge.
    Up aræmde      Abraham þa;
    se eorl wolde slean      eaferan sinne
    unweaxenne,      ecgum reodan
    magan mid mece,      gif hine metod lete.
    415
    Ne wolde him beorht fæder      bearn ætniman,
    halig tiber,      ac mid handa befeng.
    þa him styran cwom      stefn of heofonum,
    wuldres hleoor,      word æfter spræc:
    "Ne sleh þu, Abraham,      þin agen bearn,
    420
    sunu mid sweorde!      So is gecyed,
    nu þin cunnode      cyning alwihta,
    þæt þu wi waldend      wære heolde,
    fæste treowe,      seo þe freoo sceal
    in lifdagum      lengest weoran,
    425
    awa to aldre      unswiciendo.
    Hu þearf mannes sunu      maran treowe?
    Ne behwylfan mæg      heofon and eore
    his wuldres word,      widdra and siddra
    þonne befæman mæge      foldan sceattas,
    430
    eoran ymbhwyrft      and uprodor,
    garsecges gin      and þeos geomre lyft.
    He a swere,      engla þeoden,
    wyrda waldend      and wereda god,
    sofæst sigora,      þurh his sylfes lif,
    435
    þæt þines cynnes      and cneowmaga,
    randwiggendra,      rim ne cunnon,
    yldo ofer eoran,      ealle cræfte
    to gesecgenne      soum wordum,
    nyme hwylc þæs snottor      in sefan weore
    440
    þæt he ana mæge      ealle geriman
    stanas on eoran,      steorran on heofonum,
    sæbeorga sand,      sealte ya;
    ac hie gesitta      be sæm tweonum
    o Egipte      incaeode
    445
    land Cananea,      leode þine,
    freobearn fæder,      folca selost."
    Folc wæs afæred,      flodegsa becwom
    gastas geomre,      geofon deae hweop.
    Wæron beorhhliu      blode bestemed,
    450
    holm heolfre spaw,      hream wæs on yum,
    wæter wæpna ful,      wælmist astah.
    Wæron Egypte      eft oncyrde,
    flugon forhtigende,      fær ongeton,
    woldon herebleae      hamas findan,
    455
    gylp wear gnornra.      Him ongen genap
    atol ya gewealc,      ne ær ænig becwom
    herges to hame,      ac behindan beleac
    wyrd mid wæge.      þær ær wegas lagon,
    mere modgode,      mægen wæs adrenced.
    460
    Streamas stodon,      storm up gewat
    heah to heofonum,      herewopa mæst.
    Lae cyrmdon,      (lyft up geswearc),
    fægum stæfnum,      flod blod gewod.
    Randbyrig wæron rofene,      rodor swipode
    465
    meredeaa mæst,      modige swulton,
    cyningas on corre,      cyre swirode
    sæs æt ende.      Wigbord scinon
    heah ofer hæleum,      holmweall astah,
    merestream modig.      Mægen wæs on cwealme
    470
    fæste gefeterod,      forganges weg
    searwum æsæled,      sand basnodon,
    witodre fyrde,      hwonne waema stream,
    sincalda sæ,      sealtum yum
    æflastum gewuna      ece staulas,
    475
    nacud nydboda,      neosan come,
    fah feegast,      se e feondum geneop.
    Wæs seo hæwene lyft      heolfre geblanden,
    brim berstende      blodegesan hweop,
    sæmanna si,      oþæt so metod
    480
    þurh Moyses hand      modge rymde,
    wide wæde,      wælfæmum sweop.
    Flod famgode,      fæge crungon,
    lagu land gefeol,      lyft wæs onhrered,
    wicon weallfæsten,      wægas burston,
    485
    multon meretorras,      þa se mihtiga sloh
    mid halige hand,      heofonrices weard,
    on werbeamas.      Wlance eode
    ne mihton forhabban      helpendra pa,
    merestreames mod,      ac he manegum gesceod
    490
    gyllende gryre.      Garsecg wedde,
    up ateah, on sleap.      Egesan stodon,
    weollon wælbenna.      Witrod gefeol
    heah of heofonum      handweorc godes,
    famigbosma      flodwearde sloh,
    495
    unhleowan wæg,      alde mece,
    þæt y deadrepe      drihte swæfon,
    synfullra sweot.      Sawlum lunnon
    fæste befarene,      flodblac here,
    sian hie on bugon      brun yppinge,
    500
    modewæga mæst.      Mægen eall gedreas
    a gedrencte wæron      dugo Egypta,
    Faraon mid his folcum.      He onfond hrae,
    sian grund gestah      godes andsaca,
    þæt wæs mihtigra      mereflodes weard;
    505
    wolde heorufæmum      hilde gesceadan,
    yrre and egesfull.      Egyptum wear
    þæs dægweorces      deop lean gesceod,
    foram þæs heriges      ham eft ne com
    ealles ungrundes      ænig to lafe,
    510
    þætte si heora      secgan moste,
    bodigean æfter burgum      bealospella mæst,
    hordwearda hryre,      hælea cwenum,
    ac þa mægenþreatas      meredea geswealh,
    spelbodan eac.      Se e sped ahte,
    515
    ageat gylp wera.      Hie wi god wunnon!
    þanon Israhelum      ece rædas
    on merehwearfe      Moyses sægde,
    heahþungen wer,      halige spræce,
    deop ærende.      Dægword nemna
    520
    swa gyt wereode,      on gewritum finda
    doma gehwilcne,      þara e him drihten bebead
    on þam sifate      soum wordum,
    gif onlucan wile      lifes wealhstod,
    beorht in breostum,      banhuses weard,
    525
    ginfæsten god      gastes cægon.
    Run bi gerecenod,      ræd for gæ,
    hafa wislicu      word on fæme,
    wile meagollice      modum tæcan
    þæt we gesne ne syn      godes þeodscipes,
    530
    metodes miltsa.      He us ma onlyh,
    nu us boceras      beteran secga
    lengran lifwynna.      þis is læne dream,
    wommum awyrged,      wreccum alyfed,
    earmra anbid.      Eellease
    535
    þysne gystsele      gihum healda,
    murna on mode,      manhus witon
    fæst under foldan,      þær bi fyr and wyrm,
    open ece scræf.      Yfela gehwylces
    swa nu regnþeofas      rice dæla,
    540
    yldo oe ærdea.      Eftwyrd cym,
    mægenþrymma mæst      ofer middangeard,
    dæg dædum fah.      Drihten sylfa
    on þam meelstede      manegum deme,
    þonne he sofæstra      sawla læde,
    545
    eadige gastas,      on uprodor,
    þær is leoht and lif,      eac þon lissa blæd;
    dugo on dreame      drihten heriga,
    weroda wuldorcyning,      to widan feore.
    Swa reordode      ræda gemyndig
    550
    manna mildost,      mihtum swied,
    hludan stefne;      here stille bad
    witodes willan,      wundor ongeton,
    modiges muhæl;      he to mænegum spræc:
    "Micel is þeos menigeo,      mægenwisa trum,
    555
    fullesta mæst,      se as fare læde;
    hafa us on Cananea      cyn gelyfed
    burh and beagas,      brade rice;
    wile nu gelæstan      þæt he lange gehet
    mid asware,      engla drihten,
    560
    in fyrndagum      fæderyncynne,
    gif ge gehealda      halige lare,
    þæt ge feonda gehwone      for oferganga,
    gesitta sigerice      be sæm tweonum,
    beorselas beorna.      Bi eower blæd micel!"
    565
    æfter þam wordum      werod wæs on salum,
    sungon sigebyman,      (segnas stodon),
    on fægerne sweg;      folc wæs on lande,
    hæfde wuldres beam      werud gelæded,
    halige heapas,      on hild godes.
    570
    Life gefegon      þa hie olæded hæfdon
    feorh of feonda dome,      þeah e hie hit frecne genedon,
    weras under wætera hrofas.      Gesawon hie þær weallas standan,
    ealle him brimu blodige þuhton,      þurh þa heora beadosearo wægon.
    Hredon hildespelle,      sian hie þam herge wiforon;
    575
    hofon hereþreatas      hlude stefne,
    for þam dædweorce      drihten heredon,
    weras wuldres sang;      wif on orum,
    folcsweota mæst,      fyrdleo golan
    aclum stefnum,      eallwundra fela.
    580
    þa wæs efynde      Afrisc meowle
    on geofones stae      golde geweorod.
    Handa hofon      halswurunge,
    blie wæron,      bote gesawon,
    heddon herereafes,      hæft wæs onsæled.
    585
    Ongunnon sælafe      segnum dælan
    on ylafe,      ealde madmas,
    reaf and randas.      Heo on riht sceodon
    gold and godweb,      Iosepes gestreon,
    wera wuldorgesteald.      Werigend lagon
    590
    on deastede,      drihtfolca mæst.

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    Gefrægn ic Hebreos      eadge lifgean
    in Hierusalem,      goldhord dælan,
    cyningdom habban,      swa him gecynde wæs,
    sian þurh metodes mægen      on Moyses hand
    5
    wear wig gifen,      wigena mænieo,
    and hie of Egyptum      ut aforon,
    mægene micle.      þæt wæs modig cyn!
    þenden hie þy rice      rædan moston,
    burgum wealdan,      wæs him beorht wela.
    10
    þenden þæt folc mid him      hiera fæder wære
    healdan woldon,      wæs him hyrde god,
    heofonrices weard,      halig drihten,
    wuldres waldend.      Se am werude geaf
    mod and mihte,      metod alwihta,
    15
    þæt hie oft fela folca      feore gesceodon,
    heriges helmum,      þara þe him hold ne wæs,
    oþæt hie wlenco anwod      æt winþege
    deofoldædum,      druncne geohtas.
    þa hie æcræftas      ane forleton,
    20
    metodes mægenscipe,      swa no man scyle
    his gastes lufan      wi gode dælan.
    þa geseah ic þa gedriht      in gedwolan hweorfan,
    Israhela cyn      unriht don,
    wommas wyrcean.      þæt wæs weorc gode!
    25
    Oft he þam leodum      to lare sende,
    heofonrices weard,      halige gastas,
    þa þam werude      wisdom budon.
    Hie þære snytro      so gelyfdon
    lytle hwile,      oþæt hie langung beswac
    30
    eoran dreamas      eces rædes,
    þæt hie æt siestan      sylfe forleton
    drihtnes domas,      curon deofles cræft.
    þa wear reemod      rices eoden,
    unhold þeodum      þam þe æhte geaf.
    35
    Wisde him æt fryme,      a e on fruman ær on
    wæron mancynnes      metode dyrust,
    dugoa dyrust,      drihtne leofost;
    herepa tæhte      to þære hean byrig,
    eorlum eleodigum,      on eelland
    40
    þær Salem stod      searwum afæstnod,
    weallum geweorod.      To þæs witgan foron,
    Caldea cyn,      to ceastre for,
    þær Israela      æhta wæron,
    bewrigene mid weorcum;      to þam þæt werod gefor,
    45
    mægenþreat mære,      manbealwes georn.
    Awehte þone wælni      wera aldorfrea,
    Babilones brego,      on his burhstede,
    Nabochodonossor,      þurh nihete,
    þæt he secan ongan      sefan gehygdum
    50
    hu he Israelum      eaost meahte
    þurh gromra gang      guman oþringan.
    Gesamnode þa      suan and noran
    wælhreow werod,      and west foran
    herige hæencyninga      to þære hean byrig.
    55
    Israela      eelweardas
    hæfdon lufan, lifwelan,      þenden hie let metod.
    þa ic ean gefrægn      ealdfeonda cyn
    winburh wera.      þa wigan ne gelyfdon,
    bereafodon þa receda wuldor      readan golde,
    60
    since and seolfre,      Salomones templ.
    Gestrudan gestreona      under stanhlium,
    swilc eall swa þa eorlas      agan sceoldon,
    oþæt hie burga gehwone      abrocen hæfdon,
    þara þe þam folce      to frie stodon.
    65
    Gehlodon him to hue      hordwearda gestreon,
    feoh and frætwa,      swilc þær funden wæs,
    and þa mid þam æhtum      eft siedon,
    and gelæddon eac      on langne si
    Israela cyn,      on eastwegas
    70
    to Babilonia,      beorna unrim,
    under hand hæle      hæenum deman.
    Nabochodonossor      him on nyd dyde
    Israela bearn      ofer ealle lufen,
    wæpna lafe      to weorcþeowum.
    75
    Onsende þa      sinra þegna
    worn þæs werudes      west toferan,
    þæt him þara leoda      land geheolde,
    ene eel,      æfter Ebreum.
    Het þa secan      sine gerefan
    80
    geond Israela      earme lafe,
    hwilc þære geogoe      gleawost wære
    boca bebodes,      þe þær brungen wæs.
    Wolde þæt þa cnihtas      cræft leornedon,
    þæt him snytro on sefan      secgan mihte,
    85
    nales y þe he þæt moste      oe gemunan wolde
    þæt he þara gifena      gode þancode
    þe him þær to dugue      drihten scyrede.
    þa hie þær fundon      þry freagleawe
    æele cnihtas      and æfæste,
    90
    ginge and gode      in godsæde;
    an wæs Annanias,      oer Azarias,
    þridda Misael,      metode gecorene.
    þa þry comon      to þeodne foran,
    hearde and higeþancle,      þær se hæena sæt,
    95
    cyning corres georn,      in Caldea byrig.
    þa hie þam wlancan      wisdom sceoldon,
    weras Ebrea,      wordum cyan,
    higecræft heane,      þurh halig mod,
    þa se beorn bebead,      Babilone weard,
    100
    swimod cyning,      sinum þegnum,
    þæt þa frumgaras      be feore dæde,
    þæt þam gengum þrym      gad ne wære
    wiste ne wæde      in woruldlife.
    þa wæs breme      Babilone weard,
    105
    mære and modig      ofer middangeard,
    egesful ylda bearnum.      No he æ fremede,
    ac in oferhygde      æghwæs lifde.
    þa þam folctogan      on frumslæpe,
    sian to reste gehwearf      rice þeoden,
    110
    com on sefan hwurfan      swefnes woma,
    hu woruld wære      wundrum geteod,
    ungelic yldum      o edsceafte.
    Wear him on slæpe      so gecyed,
    þætte rices gehwæs      ree sceolde gelimpan,
    115
    eoran dreamas,      ende wuran.
    þa onwoc wulfheort,      se ær wingal swæf,
    Babilone weard.      Næs him blie hige,
    ac him sorh astah,      swefnes woma.
    No he gemunde      þæt him meted wæs.
    120
    Het þa tosomne      sinra leoda
    þa wiccungdom      widost bæron,
    frægn þa a mænigeo      hwæt hine gemætte,
    þenden reordberend      reste wunode.
    Wear he on þam egesan      acol worden,
    125
    þa he ne wisse      word ne angin
    swefnes sines;      het him secgan þeah.
    þa him unblie      andswaredon
    deofolwitgan      (næs him dom gearu
    to asecganne      swefen cyninge):
    130
    "Hu magon we swa dygle,      drihten, ahicgan
    on sefan þinne,      hu e swefnede,
    oe wyrda gesceaft      wisdom bude,
    gif þu his ærest ne meaht      or areccan?"
    þa him unblie      andswarode
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    wulfheort cyning,      witgum sinum:
    "Næron ge swa eacne      ofer ealle men
    modgeþances      swa ge me sægdon,
    and þæt gecwædon,      þæt ge cuon
    mine aldorlege,      swa me æfter wear,
    140
    oe ic furor      findan sceolde.
    Nu ge mætinge      mine ne cunnon,
    þa þe me for werode      wisdom bera.
    Ge swelta deae,      nymþe ic dom wite
    soan swefnes,      þæs min sefa myndga."
    145
    Ne meahte þa seo mænigeo      on þam meelstede
    þurh witigdom      wihte aþencean
    ne ahicgan,      þa hit forhæfed gewear
    þætte hie sædon      swefn cyninge,
    wyrda gerynu,      oþæt witga cwom,
    150
    Daniel to dome,      se wæs drihtne gecoren,
    snotor and sofæst,      in þæt seld gangan.
    Se wæs ordfruma      earmre lafe
    þære þe þam hæenan      hyran sceolde.
    Him god sealde      gife of heofnum
    155
    þurh hleoorcwyde      haliges gastes,
    þæt him engel godes      eall asægde
    swa his mandrihten      gemæted wear.
    a eode Daniel,      þa dæg lyhte,
    swefen reccan      sinum frean,
    160
    sægde him wislice      wereda gesceafte,
    þætte sona ongeat      swimod cyning
    ord and ende      þæs þe him ywed wæs.
    a hæfde Daniel      dom micelne,
    blæd in Babilonia      mid bocerum,
    165
    sian he gesæde      swefen cyninge,
    þæt he ær for fyrenum      onfon ne meahte,
    Babilonie weard,      in his breostlocan.
    No hwæere þæt Daniel      gedon mihte
    þæt he wolde metodes      mihte gelyfan,
    170
    ac he wyrcan ongan      weoh on felda
    þam þe deormode      Diran heton,
    se wæs on ære eode      e swa hatte,
    bresne Babilonige.      þære burge weard
    anne manlican      ofer metodes est,
    175
    gyld of golde,      gumum arærde,
    for þam þe gleaw ne wæs,      gumrices weard,
    ree and rædleas,      riht ......
    þa wear hælea hlyst      þa hleoor cwom
    byman stefne      ofer burhware.
    180
    þa hie for þam cumble      on cneowum sæton,
    onhnigon to þam herige      hæne þeode,
    wuredon wihgyld,      ne wiston wræstran ræd,
    efndon unrihtdom,      swa hyra aldor dyde,
    mane gemenged,      mode gefrecnod.
    185
    Fremde folcmægen,      swa hyra frea ærest,
    unræd efnde,      (him þæs æfter becwom
    yfel endelean),      unriht dyde.
    þær þry wæron      on þæs þeodnes byrig,
    eorlas Israela,      þæt hie a noldon
    190
    hyra þeodnes dom      þafigan onginnan,
    þæt hie to þam beacne      gebedu rærde,
    eah e ær on herige      byman sungon.
    a wæron æelum god      Abrahames bearn,
    wæron wærfæste,      wiston drihten
    195
    ecne uppe,      ælmihtigne.
    Cnihtas cynegode      cu gedydon,
    þæt hie him þæt gold      to gode noldon
    habban ne healdan,      ac þone hean cyning,
    gasta hyrde,      e him gife sealde.
    200
    Oft hie to bote      balde gecwædon
    þæt hie þæs wiges      wihte ne rohton,
    ne hie to þam gebede      mihte gebædon
    hæen heriges wisa,      þæt hie þider hweorfan wolden,
    guman to þam gyldnan gylde,      þe he him to gode geteode.
    205
    þegnas þeodne sægdon      þæt hie þære geþeahte wæron,
    hæftas hearan,      in þisse hean byrig,
    þa þis hegan ne willa,      ne þysne wig wurigean,
    þe u þe to wuldre      wundrum teodest.
    a him bolgenmod      Babilone weard
    210
    yrre andswarode,      eorlum onmælde
    grimme þam gingum,      and geocre oncwæ,
    þæt hie gegnunga      gyldan sceolde
    oe þrowigean      þreanied micel,
    frecne fyres wylm,      nyme hie fries wolde
    215
    wilnian to þam wyrrestan,      weras Ebrea,
    guman to þam golde,      þe he him to gode teode.
    Noldon þeah þa hyssas      hyran larum
    in hige hænum.      Hogedon georne
    þæt æ godes      ealle gelæste,
    220
    and ne awacodon      wereda drihtne,
    ne þan mæ gehwurfe      in hæendom,
    ne hie to facne      freoo wilnedan,
    þeah þe him se bitera dea      geboden wære.
    þa wear yrre anmod cyning,      het he ofn onhætan
    225
    to cwale cnihta feorum      foram þe hie his cræftas onsocon.
    þa he wæs gegleded,      swa he grimmost mihte,
    frecne fyres lige,      þa he þyder folc samnode,
    and gebindan het,      Babilone weard,
    grim and gealhmod,      godes spelbodan.
    230
    Het þa his scealcas      scufan þa hyssas
    in bælblyse,      beornas geonge.
    Gearo wæs se him geoce gefremede;      þeah þe hie swa grome nydde
    in fæm fyres lige,      hwæere heora feorh generede
    mihtig metodes weard.      Swa þæt mænige gefrunon,
    235
    halige him þær help geteode,      sende him of hean rodore
    god, gumena weard,      gast þone halgan.
    Engel in þone ofn innan becwom      þær hie þæt aglac drugon,
    freobearn fæmum beþeahte      under þam fyrenan hrofe.
    Ne mihte þeah heora wlite      gewemman owiht
    240
    wylm þæs wæfran liges,      þa hie se waldend nerede.
    Hreohmod wæs se hæena þeoden,      het hie hrae bærnan.
    æled wæs ungescead micel.      þa wæs se ofen onhæted,
    isen eall urhgleded.      Hine ær esnas mænige
    wurpon wudu on innan,      swa him wæs on wordum gedemed;
    245
    bæron brandas on bryne      blacan fyres,
    (wolde wulfheort cyning      wall onsteallan,
    iserne ymb æfæste),      oþæt up gewat
    lig ofer leofum      and þurh lust gesloh
    micle mare      þonne gemet wære.
    250
    a se lig gewand      on lae men,
    hæne of halgum.      Hyssas wæron
    bliemode,      burnon scealcas
    ymb ofn utan,      alet gehwearf
    teonfullum on teso.      ær to geseah
    255
    Babilone brego.      Blie wæron
    eorlas Ebrea,      ofestum heredon
    drihten on dreame,      dydon swa hie cuon
    ofne on innan,      aldre generede.
    Guman glædmode      god wuredon,
    260
    under þæs fæme      þe geflymed wear
    frecne fyres hæto.      Freobearn wurdon
    alæten liges gange,      ne hie him þær la gedydon.
    Næs him se sweg to sorge      on ma þe sunnan scima,
    ne se bryne beot mæcgum      þe in þam beote wæron,
    265
    ac þæt fyr fyr scyde      to am þe a scylde worhton,
    hwearf on þa hæenan hæftas      fram þam halgan cnihton,
    werigra wlite minsode,      þa e y worce gefægon.
    Geseah a swimod cyning,      a he his sefan ontreowde,
    wundor on wite agangen;      him þæt wræclic þuhte.
    270
    Hyssas hale hwurfon      in þam hatan ofne,
    ealle æfæste ry;      him eac þær wæs
    an on gesyhe,      engel ælmihtiges.
    Him þær on ofne      owiht ne derede,
    ac wæs þær inne      ealles gelicost
    275
    efne þonne on sumera      sunne scine,
    and deaw dryge      on dæge weore,
    winde geondsawen.      þæt wæs wuldres god
    þe hie generede      wi þam nihete.
    a Azarias      ingeþancum
    280
    hleorade halig      þurh hatne lig,
    dreag dæda georn,      drihten herede,
    wer womma leas,      and þa word acwæ:
    "Metod alwihta, hwæt!      þu eart mihtum swi
    nias to nergenne.      Is þin nama mære,
    285
    wlitig and wuldorfæst      ofer wereode.
    Siendon þine domas      in daga gehwam
    soe and geswide      and gesigefæste,
    swa þu eac sylfa eart.     
    Syndon þine willan      on woruldspedum
    290
    rihte and gerume,      rodora waldend.
    Geoca user georne nu,      gasta scyppend,
    and þurh hyldo help,      halig drihten,
    nu we þec for þreaum      and for eonydum
    and for eamedum      arna bidda,
    295
    lige belegde.      We æs lifgende
    worhton on worulde,      eac on wom dyde
    user yldran;      for oferhygdum
    bræcon bebodo      burhsittende,
    had oferhogedon      halgan lifes.
    300
    Siendon we towrecene      geond widne grund,
    heapum tohworfene,      hyldelease;
    is user lif      geond landa fela
    fraco and gefræge      folca manegum,
    þa usic bewræcon      to þæs wyrrestan
    305
    eorcyninga      æhta gewealde,
    on hæft heorugrimra,      and we nu hæenra
    þeowned þolia.      þæs þe þanc sie,
    wereda wuldorcyning,      þæt þu us þas wrace teodest.
    Ne forlet þu usic ane,      ece drihten,
    310
    for am miltsum      e ec men hliga,
    and for am treowum      þe þu, tirum fæst,
    nia nergend,      genumen hæfdest
    to Abrahame      and to Isaace
    and to Iacobe,      gasta scyppend.
    315
    þu him þæt gehete      þurh hleoorcwyde,
    þæt þu hyra frumcyn      in fyrndagum
    ican wolde,      þætte æfter him
    on cneorissum      cenned wurde,
    and seo mænigeo      mære wære,
    320
    had to hebbanne      swa heofonsteorran
    bebuga bradne hwyrft,      oe brimfaroþes,
    sæfaroa sand,      geond sealtne wæg
    in eare grynde,      þæt his unrim a
    in wintra worn      wuran sceolde.
    325
    Fyl nu frumspræce,      eah heora fea lifigen!
    Wlitiga þinne wordcwyde      and þin wuldor on us!
    Gecy cræft and miht      þæt þa Caldeas
    and folca fela      gefrigen habba,
    a þe under heofenum      hæene lifigea,
    330
    and þæt þu ana eart      ece drihten,
    weroda waldend,      woruldgesceafta,
    sigora settend,      sofæst metod!"
    Swa se halga wer      hergende wæs
    metodes miltse      and his mihta sped
    335
    rehte þurh reorde.      a of roderum wæs
    engel ælbeorht      ufan onsended,
    wlitescyne wer      on his wuldorhaman,
    se him cwom to frofre      and to feorhnere
    mid lufan and mid lisse.      Se one lig tosceaf,
    340
    halig and heofonbeorht,      hatan fyres,
    tosweop hine and toswende      þurh þa swian miht,
    ligges leoman,      þæt hyra lice ne wæs
    owiht geegled,      ac he on andan sloh
    fyr on feondas      for fyrendædum.
    345
    þa wæs on þam ofne,      þær se engel becwom,
    windig and wynsum,      wedere gelicost
    þonne hit on sumeres tid      sended weore
    dropena drearung      on dæges hwile,
    wearmlic wolcna scur.      Swylc bi wedera cyst,
    350
    swylc wæs on þam fyre      frean mihtum
    halgum to helpe.      Wear se hata lig
    todrifen and todwæsced      þær þa dædhwatan
    geond þone ofen eodon,      and se engel mid,
    feorh nerigende,      se ær feora wæs,
    355
    Annanias      and Azarias
    and Misael.      þær þa modhwatan
    þry on geancum      eoden heredon,
    bædon bletsian      bearn Israela
    eall landgesceaft      ecne drihten,
    360
    eoda waldend.      Swa hie þry cwædon,
    modum horsce,      þurh gemæne word:
    "e gebletsige,      bylywit fæder,
    woruldcræfta wlite      and weorca gehwilc!
    Heofonas and englas,      and hluttor wæter,
    365
    þa e ofer roderum      on rihtne gesceaft
    wunia in wuldre,      a þec wuria!
    And þec, ælmihtig,      ealle gesceafte,
    rodorbeorhtan tunglu,      þa þe ryne healda,
    sunna and mona,      sundor anra gehwilc
    370
    herige in hade!      And heofonsteorran,
    deaw and deor scur,      a ec domige!
    And þec, mihtig god,      gastas lofige!
    Byrnende fyr      and beorht sumor
    nergend herga!      Niht somod and dæg,
    375
    and þec landa gehwilc,      leoht and þeostro,
    herige on hade,      somod hat and ceald!
    And þec, frea mihtig,      forstas and snawas,
    winterbiter weder      and wolcenfaru,
    lofige on lyfte!      And þec ligetu,
    380
    blace, berhtmhwate,      þa þec bletsige!
    Eall eoran grund,      ece drihten,
    hyllas and hrusan      and hea beorgas,
    sealte sæwægas,      sofæst metod,
    eastream ya      and upcyme,
    385
    wætersprync wylla,      a ec wuria!
    Hwalas ec heriga,      and hefonfugolas,
    lyftlacende,      þa e lagostreamas,
    wæterscipe wecga!      And wildu deor
    and neata gehwilc      naman bletsie!
    390
    And manna bearn      modum lufia,
    and þec Israela,      æhta scyppend,
    heriga in hade,      herran sinne!
    And þec haligra      heortan cræftas,
    sofæstra gehwæs      sawle and gastas,
    395
    lofia liffrean,      lean sellende
    eallum eadmodum,      ece drihten!
    Annanias ec      and Adzarias
    and Misael      metod domige
    breostgeancum!      We þec bletsia,
    400
    frea folca gehwæs,      fæder ælmihtig,
    so sunu metodes,      sawla nergend,
    hælea helpend,      and þec, halig gast,
    wuria in wuldre,      witig drihten!
    We ec heriga,      halig drihten,
    405
    and gebedum brema!      þu gebletsad eart,
    gewurad wideferh      ofer worulde hrof,
    heahcyning heofones,      halgum mihtum,
    lifes leohtfruma,      ofer landa gehwilc!"
    a þæt ehtode      ealdor þeode,
    410
    Nabochodonossor,      wi þam nehstum
    folcgesium:      "þæt eower fela geseah,
    þeode mine,      þæt we þry sendon,
    geboden to bæle      in byrnende
    fyres leoman.      Nu ic þær feower men
    415
    geseo to soe,      nales me sefa leoge."
    a cwæ se e wæs      cyninges ræswa,
    wis and wordgleaw:      "þæt is wundra sum
    þæt we ær eagum      on locia.
    Geenc, eoden min,      þine gerysna!
    420
    Ongyt georne      hwa þa gyfe sealde
    gingum gædelingum!      Hie god heriga,
    anne ecne,      and ealles him
    be naman gehwam      on neod spreca,
    þancia þrymmes      þristum wordum,
    425
    cwea he sie ana      ælmihtig god,
    witig wuldorcyning,      worlde and heofona.
    Aban þu þa beornas,      brego Caldea,
    ut of ofne.      Nis hit owihtes god
    þæt hie sien on þam lae      leng þonne þu þurfe."
    430
    Het þa se cyning to him      cnihtas gangan.
    Hyssas hearde      hyrdon lare,
    cyrdon cynegode      swa hie gecyde wæron,
    hwurfon hæle geonge      to þam hæenan foran.
    Wæron þa bende forburnene      þe him on banum lagon,
    435
    lasearo leoda cyninges,      and hyra lice geborgen.
    Næs hyra wlite gewemmed,      ne nænig wroht on hrægle,
    ne feax fyre beswæled,      ac hie on frie drihtnes
    of am grimman gryre      glade treddedon,
    gleawmode guman,      on gastes hyld.
    440
    a gewat se engel up      secan him ece dreamas
    on heanne hrof      heofona rices,
    heh þegn and hold      halgum metode.
    Hæfde on þam wundre gewurod      e þa gewyrhto ahton.
    Hyssas heredon drihten      for þam hæenan folce,
    445
    septon hie socwidum      and him sædon fela
    sora tacna,      oþæt he sylfa gelyfde
    þæt se wære mihta waldend      se e hie of am mirce generede.
    Gebead þa se bræsna      Babilone weard
    swimod sinum leodum,      þæt se wære his aldre scyldig,
    450
    se æs onsoce      þætte so wære
    mære mihta waldend,      se hie of þam morre alysde.
    Agæf him þa his leoda lafe      þe þær gelædde wæron
    on æht ealdfeondum,      þæt hie are hæfdon.
    Wæs heora blæd in Babilone,      sian hie þone bryne fandedon,
    455
    dom wear æfter dugue gecyed,      sian hie drihtne gehyrdon.
    Wæron hyra rædas rice,      sian hie rodera waldend,
    halig heofonrices weard,      wi þone hearm gescylde.
    þa ic secan gefrægn      soum wordum,
    sian he wundor onget,     
    460
    Babilone weard,      þurh fyres bryne,
    hu þa hyssas þry      hatan ofnes,
    færgryre fyres,      oferfaren hæfdon.
    Wylm þurhwodon,      swa him wiht ne sceod
    grim gleda ni,      godes spelbodan,
    465
    frecnan fyres,      ac him fri drihtnes
    wi þæs egesan gryre      aldor gescylde.
    a se eoden ongan      geinges wyrcan;
    het þa tosomne      sine leode,
    and þa on þam mele      ofer menigo bebead
    470
    wyrd gewordene      and wundor godes,
    þætte on þam cnihtum      gecyed wæs:
    "Onhicga nu      halige mihte,
    wise wundor godes!      We gesawon
    þæt he wi cwealme gebearh      cnihtum on ofne,
    475
    lacende lig,      þam þe his lof bæron;
    forþam he is ana      ece drihten,
    dema ælmihtig,      se e him dom forgeaf,
    spowende sped,      þam þe his spel bera.
    Foron witiga      þurh wundor monig
    480
    halgum gastum      þe his hyld curon.
    Cu is þæt me Daniel      dyglan swefnes
    so gesæde,      þæt ær swie ostod
    manegum on mode      minra leoda,
    forþam ælmihtig      eacenne gast
    485
    in sefan sende,      snyttro cræftas."
    Swa wordum spræc      werodes ræswa,
    Babilone weard,      sian he beacen onget,
    swutol tacen godes.      No þy sel dyde,
    ac þam æelinge      oferhygd gesceod,
    490
    wear him hyrra hyge      and on heortan geanc
    mara on modsefan      þonne gemet wære,
    oþæt hine mid nyde      nyor asette
    metod ælmihtig,      swa he manegum de
    þara þe þurh oferhyd      up astige.
    495
    þa him wear on slæpe      swefen ætywed,
    Nabochodonossor;      him þæt neh gewear.
    þuhte him þæt on foldan      fægre stode
    wudubeam wlitig,      se wæs wyrtum fæst,
    beorht on blædum.      Næs he bearwe gelic,
    500
    ac he hlifode      to heofontunglum,
    swilce he oferfæmde      foldan sceatas,
    ealne middangeard,      o merestreamas,
    twigum and telgum.      ær he to geseah,
    þuhte him þæt se wudubeam      wilddeor scylde,
    505
    ane æte      eallum heolde,
    swylce fuglas eac      heora feorhnere
    on þæs beames      bledum name.
    uhte him þæt engel      ufan of roderum
    stigan cwome      and stefne abead,
    510
    torhtan reorde.      Het þæt treow ceorfan
    and þa wildan deor      on weg fleon,
    swylce eac þa fugolas,      þonne his fyll come.
    Het þonne besnædan      seolfes blædum,
    twigum and telgum,      and þeh tacen wesan,
    515
    wunian wyrtruman      þæs wudubeames
    eoran fæstne,      oþæt eft cyme
    grene bleda,      þonne god sylle.
    Het eac gebindan      beam þone miclan
    ærenum clammum      and isernum,
    520
    and gesæledne      in susl don,
    þæt his mod wite      þæt migtigra
    wite wealde      þonne he him wi mæge.
    þa of slæpe onwoc,      (swefn wæs æt ende),
    eorlic æeling,      him þæs egesa stod,
    525
    gryre fram am gaste      e þyder god sende.
    Het þa tosomne      sine leode,
    folctogan feran,      frægn ofer ealle
    swimod cyning      hwæt þæt swefen bude,
    nalles þy he wende      þæt hie hit wiston,
    530
    ac he cunnode      hu hie cwean woldon.
    a wæs to am dome      Daniel haten,
    godes spelboda.      Him wæs gæst geseald,
    halig of heofonum,      se his hyge trymede.
    On þam drihtenweard      deopne wisse
    535
    sefan sidne geþanc      and snytro cræft,
    wisne wordcwide.      Oft he wundor manig,
    metodes mihta,      for men ætbær.
    þa he secgan ongan      swefnes woman,
    heahheort and hæen      heriges wisa,
    540
    ealne þone egesan      þe him eowed wæs.
    Bæd hine areccan      hwæt seo run bude,
    hofe haligu word      and in hige funde
    to gesecganne      soum wordum
    hwæt se beam bude      þe he blican geseah,
    545
    and him witgode      wyrda geþingu.
    He a swigode,      hwæere so ongeat,
    Daniel æt þam dome,      þæt his drihten wæs,
    gumena aldor,      wi god scyldig.
    Wandode se wisa,      hwære he worde cwæ,
    550
    æcræftig ar,      to þam æelinge:
    "þæt is, weredes weard,      wundor unlytel,
    þæt þu gesawe      þurh swefen cuman,
    heofonheane beam      and þa halgan word,
    yrre and egeslicu,      þa se engel cwæ,
    555
    þæt þæt treow sceolde,      telgum besnæded,
    foran afeallan,      þæt ær fæste stod,
    and þonne mid deorum      dreamleas beon,
    westen wunian,      and his wyrtruman
    foldan befolen,      fyrstmearc wesan
    560
    stille on staole,      swa seo stefn gecwæ,
    ymb seofon tida      sæde eft onfon.
    Swa þin blæd li.      Swa se beam geweox,
    heah to heofonum,      swa þu hæleum eart
    ana eallum      eorbuendum
    565
    weard and wisa.      Nis þe wierbreca,
    man on moldan,      nyme metod ana.
    Se ec aceorfe      of cyningdome,
    and ec wineleasne      on wræc sende,
    and þonne onhweorfe      heortan þine,
    570
    þæt þu ne gemyndgast      æfter mandreame,
    ne gewittes wast      butan wildeora þeaw,
    ac þu lifgende      lange þrage
    heorta hlypum      geond holt wunast.
    Ne bi þec mælmete      nymþe mores græs,
    575
    ne rest witod,      ac þec regna scur
    wece and wrece      swa wildu deor,
    oþæt þu ymb seofon winter      so gelyfest,
    þæt sie an metod      eallum mannum,
    reccend and rice,      se on roderum is.
    580
    Is me swa þeah willa      þæt se wyrtruma
    stille wæs on staole,      swa seo stefn gecwæ,
    and ymbe seofan tide      sæde onfenge.
    Swa þin rice      restende bi,
    anwalh for eorlum,      oþæt þu eft cymst.
    585
    Gehyge þu, frea min,      fæstlicne ræd.
    Syle ælmyssan,      wes earmra hleo,
    þinga for eodne,      ær am seo þrah cyme
    þæt he þec aworpe      of woruldrice.
    Oft metod alæt      monige eode
    590
    wyrcan bote,      þonne hie woldon sylfe,
    fyrene fæstan,      ær him fær godes
    þurh egesan gryre      aldre gesceode."
    No þæs fela Daniel      to his drihtne gespræc
    sora worda      þurh snytro cræft,
    595
    þæt þæs a se rica      reccan wolde,
    middangeardes weard,      ac his mod astah,
    heah fram heortan;      he þæs hearde ongeald.
    Ongan a gyddigan      þurh gylp micel
    Caldea cyning      þa he ceastergeweorc,
    600
    Babilone burh,      on his blæde geseah,
    Sennera feld      sidne bewindan,
    heah hlifigan;      þæt se heretyma
    werede geworhte      þurh wundor micel,
    wear a anhydig      ofer ealle men,
    605
    swimod in sefan,      for ære sundorgife
    þe him god sealde,      gumena rice,
    world to gewealde      in wera life:
    "u eart seo micle      and min seo mære burh
    þe ic geworhte      to wurmyndum,
    610
    rume rice.      Ic reste on þe,
    eard and eel,      agan wille."
    a for am gylpe      gumena drihten
    forfangen wear      and on fleam gewat,
    ana on oferhyd      ofer ealle men.
    615
    Swa wod wera      on gewindagum
    geocrostne si      in godes wite,
    ara þe eft lifigende      leode begete,
    Nabochodonossor,      sian him ni godes,
    hre of heofonum,      hete gesceode.
    620
    Seofon winter samod      susl þrowode,
    wildeora westen,      winburge cyning.
    a se earfomæcg      up locode,
    wilddeora gewita,      þurh wolcna gang.
    Gemunde þa on mode      þæt metod wære,
    625
    heofona heahcyning,      hælea bearnum
    ana ece gast.      þa he eft onhwearf
    wodan gewittes,      þær þe he ær wide bær
    herewosan hige,      heortan getenge.
    þa his gast ahwearf      in godes gemynd,
    630
    mod to mannum,      sian he metod onget.
    Gewat þa earmsceapen      eft siian,
    nacod nydgenga,      ni geafian,
    wundorlic wræcca      and wæda leas,
    mætra on modgeanc,      to mancynne,
    635
    onne gumena weard      in gylpe wæs.
    Stod middangeard      æfter mandrihtne,
    eard and eel      æfter þam æelinge,
    seofon winter samod,      swa no swirode
    rice under roderum      oþæt se ræswa com.
    640
    þa wæs eft geseted      in aldordom
    Babilone weard,      hæfde beteran eaw,
    leohtran geleafan      in liffruman,
    þætte god sealde      gumena gehwilcum
    welan swa wite,      swa he wolde sylf.
    645
    Ne lengde þa      leoda aldor
    witegena wordcwyde,      ac he wide bead
    metodes mihte      þær he meld ahte,
    sifæt sægde      sinum leodum,
    wide wae      þe he mid wilddeorum ateah,
    650
    oþæt him frean godes      in gast becwom
    rædfæst sefa,      a he to roderum beseah.
    Wyrd wæs geworden,      wundor gecyed,
    swefn geseed,      susl awunnen,
    dom gedemed,      swa ær Daniel cwæ,
    655
    þæt se folctoga      findan sceolde
    earfosias      for his ofermedlan.
    Swa he ofstlice      godspellode
    metodes mihtum      for mancynne,
    sian in Babilone      burhsittendum
    660
    lange hwile      lare sægde,
    Daniel domas.      Sian deora gesi,
    wildra wærgenga,      of wae cwom,
    Nabochodonossor      of niwracum,
    sian weardode      wide rice,
    665
    heold hælea gestreon      and þa hean burh,
    frod, foremihtig      folca ræswa,
    Caldea cyning,      oþæt him cwelm gesceod,
    swa him ofer eoran      andsaca ne wæs
    gumena ænig      oþæt him god wolde
    670
    þurh hryre hreddan      hea rice.
    Sian þær his aferan      ead bryttedon,
    welan, wunden gold,      in þære widan byrig,
    ealhstede eorla,      unwaclice,
    heah hordmægen,      þa hyra hlaford læg.
    675
    a in ære eode awoc      his þæt þridde cneow.
    Wæs Baldazar      burga aldor,
    weold wera rices,      oþæt him wlenco gesceod,
    oferhyd egle.      a wæs endedæg
    æs e Caldeas      cyningdom ahton.
    680
    a metod onlah      Medum and Persum
    aldordomes      ymb lytel fæc,
    let Babilone      blæd swirian,
    þone þa hæle      healdan sceoldon.
    Wiste he ealdormen      in unrihtum,
    685
    a e y rice      rædan sceoldon.
    a þæt gehogode      hamsittende,
    Meda aldor,      þæt ær man ne ongan,
    þæt he Babilone      abrecan wolde,
    alhstede eorla,      þær æelingas
    690
    under wealla hleo      welan brytnedon.
    þæt wæs þara fæstna      folcum cuost,
    mæst and mærost      þara þe men bun,
    Babilon burga,      oþæt Baldazar
    þurh gylp grome      godes frasade.
    695
    Sæton him æt wine      wealle belocene,
    ne onegdon na      orlegra ni,
    þeah e feonda folc      feran cwome
    herega gerædum      to þære heahbyrig
    þæt hie Babilone      abrecan mihton.
    700
    Gesæt þa to symble      siestan dæge
    Caldea cyning      mid cneomagum,
    þær medugal wear      mægenes wisa.
    Het þam æelum beran      Israela gestreon,
    huslfatu halegu,      on hand werum,
    705
    þa ær Caldeas      mid cynerymme,
    cempan in ceastre,      clæne genamon,
    gold in Gerusalem,      a hie Iudea
    blæd forbræcon      billa ecgum,
    and þurh hleoorcyme,      herige genamon
    710
    beorhte frætwe.      a hie tempel strudon,
    Salomanes seld,      swie gulpon.
    a wear bliemod      burga aldor,
    gealp gramlice      gode on andan,
    cwæ þæt his hergas      hyrran wæron
    715
    and mihtigran      mannum to frie
    þonne Israela      ece drihten.
    Him þæt tacen wear      þær he to starude,
    egeslic for eorlum      innan healle,
    þæt he for leodum      ligeword gecwæ,
    720
    þa þær in egesan      engel drihtnes
    let his hand cuman      in þæt hea seld,
    wrat þa in wage      worda gerynu,
    baswe bocstafas,      burhsittendum.
    a wear folctoga      forht on mode,
    725
    acul for þam egesan.      Geseah he engles hand
    in sele writan      Sennera wite.
    þæt gyddedon      gumena mænigeo,
    hæle in healle,      hwæt seo hand write
    to þam beacne      burhsittendum.
    730
    Werede comon      on þæt wundor seon.
    Sohton þa swie      in sefan gehydum,
    hwæt seo hand write      haliges gastes.
    Ne mihton arædan      runcræftige men
    engles ærendbec,      æelinga cyn,
    735
    oþæt Daniel com,      drihtne gecoren,
    snotor and sofæst,      in þæt seld gangan.
    am wæs on gaste      godes cræft micel,
    to þam ic georne gefrægn      gyfum ceapian
    burhge weardas      þæt he him bocstafas
    740
    arædde and arehte,      hwæt seo run bude.
    Him æcræftig      andswarode,
    godes spelboda,      gleaw geances:
    "No ic wi feohsceattum      ofer folc bere
    drihtnes domas,      ne e dugee can,
    745
    ac þe unceapunga      orlæg secge,
    worda gerynu,      þa þu wendan ne miht.
    þu for anmedlan      in æht bere
    huslfatu halegu,      on hand werum.
    On þam ge deoflu      drincan ongunnon,
    750
    a ær Israela      in æ hæfdon
    æt godes earce,      oþæt hie gylp beswac,
    windruncen gewit,      swa þe wuran sceal.
    No þæt þin aldor      æfre wolde
    godes goldfatu      in gylp beran,
    755
    ne y hraor hremde,      eah e here brohte
    Israela gestreon      in his æhte geweald,
    ac þæt oftor gecwæ      aldor eoda
    soum wordum      ofer sin mægen,
    sian him wuldres weard      wundor gecyde,
    760
    þæt he wære ana      ealra gesceafta
    drihten and waldend,      se him dom forgeaf,
    unscyndne blæd      eoran rices,
    and þu lignest nu      þæt sie lifgende,
    se ofer deoflum      dugeþum wealde."

    Christ and Satan

    Verse Indeterminate Unknown

    þæt wear underne      eorbuendum,
    þæt meotod hæfde      miht and strengo
    a he gefestnade      foldan sceatas.
    Seolfa he gesette      sunnan and monan,
    5
    stanas and eoran,      stream ut on sæ,
    wæter and wolcn,      urh his wundra miht.
    Deopne ymblyt      clene ymbhalde
    meotod on mihtum,      and alne middangeard.
    He selfa mæg      sæ geondwlitan,
    10
    grundas in geofene,      godes agen bearn,
    and he ariman mæg      rægnas scuran,
    dropena gehwelcne.      Daga enderim
    seolua he gesette      þurh his soan miht.
    Swa se wyrhta      þurh his wuldres gast
    15
    serede and sette      on six dagum
    eoran dæles,      up on heofonum,
    and heanne holm.      Hwa is þæt e cunne
    oronc clene      nyme ece god?
    Dreamas he gedelde,      dugue and geþeode,
    20
    Adam ærest,      and þæt æele cyn,
    engla ordfruman,      þæt þe eft forwar.
    uhte him on mode      þæt hit mihte swa,
    þæt hie weron seolfe      swegles brytan,
    wuldres waldend.      Him ær wirse gelamp,
    25
    a heo in helle      ham staeledon,
    an æfter orum,      in þæt atole scref,
    þær heo brynewelme      bidan sceolden
    saran sorge,      nales swegles leoht
    habban in heofnum      heahgetimbrad,
    30
    ac gedufan sceolun      in one deopan wælm
    niær under nessas      in one neowlan grund,
    gredige and gifre.      God ana wat
    hu he þæt scyldige werud      forscrifen hefde!
    Cleopa onne se alda      ut of helle,
    35
    wrice wordcwedas      weregan reorde,
    eisegan stefne:      "Hwær com engla rym,
    þe we on heofnum      habban sceoldan?
    þis is eostræ ham,      earle gebunden
    fæstum fyrclommum;      flor is on welme
    40
    attre onæled.      Nis nu ende feor
    þæt we sceolun ætsomne      susel þrowian,
    wean and wergu,      nalles wuldres blæd
    habban in heofnum,      hehselda wyn.
    Hwæt, we for dryhtene iu      dreamas hefdon,
    45
    song on swegle      selrum tidum,
    þær nu ymb one æcan      æele stonda,
    hele ymb hehseld,      heriga drihten
    wordum and wercum,      and ic in wite sceal
    bidan in bendum,      and me bættran ham
    50
    for oferhygdum      æfre ne wene."
    a him andsweradan      atole gastas,
    swarte and synfulle,      susle begnornende:
    "þu us gelærdæst      urh lyge inne
    þæt we helende      heran ne scealdon.
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    uhte þe anum      þæt u ahtest alles gewald,
    heofnes and eorþan,      wære halig god,
    scypend seolfa.      Nu earttu sceaana sum,
    in fyrlocan      feste gebunden.
    Wendes u urh wuldor      æt þu woruld ahtest,
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    alra onwald,      and we englas mid ec.
    Atol is þin onseon!      Habba we alle swa
    for inum leasungum      lyre gefered.
    Segdest us to soe      þæt in sunu wære
    meotod moncynnes;      hafustu nu mare susel!"
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    Swa firenfulle      facnum wordum
    heora aldorægn      on reordadon,
    on cearum cwidum.      Crist heo afirde,
    dreamum bedelde.      Hæfdan dryhtnes liht
    for oferhygdum      ufan forleton,
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    hæfdon hym to hyhte      helle floras,
    beornende bealo.      Blace hworfon
    scinnan forscepene,      sceaan hwearfedon,
    earme æglecan,      geond þæt atole scref,
    for am anmedlan      þe hie ær drugon.
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    Eft reordade      ore sie
    feonda aldor.      Wæs þa forht agen,
    seoan he es wites      worn gefelde.
    He spearcade,      onne he spreocan ongan
    fyre and atre;      ne bi swelc fæger dream
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    onne he in witum      wordum indraf:
    "Ic wæs iu in heofnum      halig ængel,
    dryhtene deore;      hefde me dream mid gode,
    micelne for meotode,      and eos menego swa some.
    þa ic in mode      minum hogade
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    þæt ic wolde towerpan      wuldres leoman,
    bearn helendes,      agan me burga gewald
    eall to æhte,      and eos earme heap
    þe ic hebbe to helle      ham geledde.
    Wene þæt tacen sutol      þa ic aseald wes on wærgu,
    90
    nier under nessas      in one neowlan grund.
    Nu ic eow hebbe to hæftum      ham gefærde
    alle of earde.      Nis her eadiges tir,
    wloncra winsele,      ne worulde dream,
    ne ængla reat,      ne we upheofon
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    agan moten.      Is es atola ham
    fyre onæled.      Ic eom fah wi god.
    æce æt helle duru      dracan eardiga,
    hate on rere;      heo us helpan ne magon.
    Is æs walica ham      wites afylled;
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    nagan we æs heolstres      þæt we us gehydan mægon
    in issum neowlan genipe.      Hær is nedran swæg,
    wyrmas gewunade.      Is is wites clom
    feste gebunden.      Feond seondon ree,
    dimme and deorce.      Ne her dæg lyhte
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    for scedes sciman,      sceppendes leoht.
    Iu ahte ic gewald      ealles wuldres,
    ær ic moste in eossum atolan      æele gebidan
    hwæt me drihten god      deman wille,
    fagum on flora.      Nu ic feran com
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    deofla menego      to issum dimman ham.
    Ac ic sceal on flyge      and on flyhte ragum
    earda neosan,      and eower ma,
    þe es oferhydes      ord onstaldon.
    Ne urfon we es wenan,      þæt us wuldorcyning
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    æfre wille      eard alefan,
    æel to æhte,      swa he ær dyde,
    ecne onwald;      ah him alles gewald,
    wuldres and wita,      waldendes sunu.
    Foron ic sceal hean and earm      hweorfan y widor,
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    wadan wræclastas,      wuldre benemed,
    duguum bedeled,      nænigne dream agan
    uppe mid ænglum,      þes e ic ær gecwæ
    þæt ic wære seolfa      swægles brytta,
    wihta wealdend.      Ac hit me wyrse gelomp!"
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    Swa se werega gast      wordum sæde
    his earfoo      ealle ætsomne,
    fah in fyrnum,      (fyrleoma stod
    geond þæt atole scræf      attre geblonden):
    "Ic eom limwæstmum      þæt ic gelutian ne mæg
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    on þyssum sidan sele,      synnum forwundod.
    Hwæt, her hat and ceald      hwilum mencga;
    hwilum ic gehere      hellescealcas,
    gnornende cynn,      grundas mænan,
    nier under næssum;      hwilum nacode men
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    winna ymb wyrmas.      Is þes windiga sele
    eall inneweard      atole gefylled.
    Ne mot ic hihtlicran      hames brucan,
    burga ne bolda,      ne on þa beorhtan gescæft
    ne mot ic æfre ma      eagum starian.
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    Is me nu wyrsa      þæt ic wuldres leoht
    uppe mid englum      æfre cue,
    song on swegle,      þær sunu meotodes
    habba eadige bearn      ealle ymbfangen
    seolfa mid sange.      Ne ic þam sawlum ne mot
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    ænigum scean,     
    butan þam anum      þe he agan nyle;
    þa ic mot to hæftum      ham geferian,
    bringan to bolde      in þone biteran grund.
    Ealle we syndon      ungelice
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    þonne þe we iu in heofonum      hæfdon ærror
    wlite and weormynt.      Ful oft wuldres sweg
    brohton to bearme      bearn hælendes,
    þær we ymb hine utan      ealle hofan,
    leomu ymb leofne,      lofsonga word,
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    drihtne sædon.      Nu ic eom dædum fah,
    gewundod mid wommum;      sceal nu þysne wites clom
    beoran beornende      in bæce minum,
    hat on helle,      hyhtwillan leas."
    þa gyt feola cwide      firna herde,
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    atol æglæca,      ut of helle,
    witum werig.      Word spearcum fleah
    attre gelicost,      þonne he ut þorhdraf:
    "Eala drihtenes þrym!      Eala dugua helm!
    Eala meotodes miht!      Eala middaneard!
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    Eala dæg leohta!      Eala dream godes!
    Eala engla þreat!      Eala upheofen!
    Eala þæt ic eam ealles leas      ecan dreames,
    þæt ic mid handum ne mæg      heofon geræcan,
    ne mid eagum ne mot      up locian,
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    ne huru mid earum ne sceal      æfre geheran
    þære byrhtestan      beman stefne!
    æs ic wolde of selde      sunu meotodes,
    drihten adrifan,      and agan me þæs dreames gewald,
    wuldres and wynne,      me þær wyrse gelamp
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    þonne ic to hihte      agan moste.
    Nu ic eom asceaden      fram þære sciran driht,
    alæded fram leohte      in þone laan ham.
    Ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan      hu ic in æm becwom,
    in þis neowle genip,      nisynnum fah,
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    aworpen of worulde.      Wat ic nu þa
    þæt bi alles leas      ecan dreamas
    se e heofencyninge      heran ne þence,
    meotode cweman.      Ic þæt morer sceal,
    wean and witu      and wrace dreogan,
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    goda bedæled,      iudædum fah,
    þæs e ic geþohte adrifan      drihten of selde,
    weoroda waldend;      sceal nu wreclastas
    settan sorhgcearig,      sias wide."
    Hwearf þa to helle      þa he gehened wæs,
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    godes andsaca;      dydon his gingran swa,
    gifre and grædige,      þa hig god bedraf
    in þæt hate hof      þam is hel nama.
    Forþan sceal gehycgan      hælea æghwylc
    þæt he ne abælige      bearn waldendes.
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    Læte him to bysne      hu þa blacan feond
    for oferhygdum      ealle forwurdon.
    Neoman us to wynne      weoroda drihten,
    uppe ecne gefean,      engla waldend.
    He þæt gecydde      þæt he mægencræft hæfde,
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    mihta miccle,      þa he þa mænego adraf,
    hæftas of æm hean selde.      Gemunan we þone halgan drihten,
    ecne in wuldre      mid alra gescefta ealdre;
    ceosan us eard in wuldre      mid ealra cyninga cyninge,
    se is Crist genemned;     
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    beoran on breostum      blie geþohtas,
    sibbe and snytero;      gemunan so and riht,
    þonne we to hehselde      hnigan þenca,
    and þone anwaldan      ara biddan.
    þonne behofa      se e her wuna
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    weorulde wynnum      þæt him wlite scine
    þonne he oer lif      eft gesece,
    fægere land      þonne þeos folde seo;
    is þær wlitig and wynsum,      wæstmas scina,
    beorhte ofer burgum.      þær is brade lond,
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    hyhtlicra ham      in heofonrice,
    Criste gecwemra.      Uta cerran þider
    þær he sylfa sit,      sigora waldend,
    drihten hælend,      in æm deoran ham,
    and ymb þæt hehsetl      hwite standa
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    engla fean      and eadigra,
    halige heofenþreatas      heriga drihten
    wordum and weorcum.      Heora wlite scine
    geond ealra worulda woruld      mid wuldorcyninge.
    a get ic furor gefregen      feond ondetan;
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    wæs him eall ful strang wom and witu;      hæfdon wuldorcyning
    for oferhigdum      anforlæten;
    cwædon eft hrae      ore worde:
    "Nu is gesene      þæt we syngodon
    uppe on earde.      Sceolon nu æfre þæs
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    dreogan domlease gewinn      drihtnes mihtum.
    Hwæt, we in wuldres wlite      wunian moston
    þær we halgan gode      heran woldon,
    and him sang ymb seld      secgan sceoldon
    þusendmælum.      þa we þær wæron,
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    wunodon on wynnum,      geherdon wuldres sweg,
    beman stefne.      Byrhtword aras
    engla ordfruma,      and to þæm æþelan
    hnigan him sanctas;      sigetorht aras
    ece drihten,      ofer us gestod
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    and gebletsode      bilewitne heap
    dogra gehwilcne,      and his se deora sunu,
    gasta scyppend.      God seolfa wæs
    eallum andfeng      þe ær up becom,
    and hine on eoran      ær gelefde.
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    þa æs ofþuhte      þæt se þeoden wæs
    strang and stimod.      Ongan ic þa steppan for
    ana wi englum,      and to him eallum spræc:
    'Ic can eow læran      langsumne ræd,
    gif ge willa minre      mihte gelefan.
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    Uta oferhycgan      helm þone micclan,
    weroda waldend,      agan us þis wuldres leoht,
    eall to æhte.      þis is idel gylp
    þæt we ær drugon      ealle hwile.'
    a gewear usic      þæt we woldon swa
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    drihten adrifan      of þam deoran ham,
    cyning of cestre.      Cu is wide
    þæt wreclastas      wunian moton,
    grimme grundas.      God seolfa him
    rice halde.      He is ana cyning,
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    þe us eorre gewear,      ece drihten,
    meotod mihtum swi.      Sceal nu þeos menego her
    licgan on leahtrum,      sume on lyft scacan,
    fleogan ofer foldan;      fyr bi ymbutan
    on æghwylcum,      þæh he uppe seo.
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    Ne mot he þam sawlum      þe ær seca up,
    eadige of eorþan      æfre gehrinan,
    ah ic be hondum mot      hæþenre sceale
    gripan to grunde,      godes andsacan.
    Sume sceolon hweorfan      geond hælea land
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    and unsibbe      oft onstyrian
    monna mægum      geond middaneard.
    Ic her geþolian sceal      þinga æghwylces,
    bitres niæs      beala gnornian,
    sic and sorhful,      þæs ic seolfa weold,
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    þonne ic on heofonum      ham staelode,
    hwæer us se eca      æfre wille
    on heofona rice      ham alefan,
    eel to æhte,      swa he ær dyde."
    Swa gnornedon      godes andsacan,
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    hate on helle.      Him wæs hælend god
    wra geworden      for womcwidum.
    Forþon mæg gehycgan,      se e his heorte deah,
    þæt he him afirre      frecne geþohtas,
    lae leahtras,      lifigendra gehwylc.
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    Gemunan symle on mode      meotodes strengo;
    gearwian us togenes      grene stræte
    up to englum,      þær is se ælmihtiga god.
    And us befæman wile      freobearn godes,
    gif we þæt on eoran      ær geþenca,
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    and us to þam halgan      helpe gelefa.
    þonne he us no forlæte,      ah lif syle
    uppe mid englum,      eadigne dream.
    Tæce us se torhta      trumlicne ham,
    beorhte burhweallas.      Beorhte scina
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    gesælige sawle,      sorgum bedælde,
    þær heo æfre for      wunian moten
    cestre and cynestol.      Uton cyþan þæt!
    Deman we on eoran,      ærror lifigend,
    onlucan mid listum      locen waldendes,
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    ongeotan gastlice!      Us ongean cuma
    þusend engla,      gif þider moton,
    and þæt on eoran      ær gewyrca.
    Forþon se bi eadig      se e æfre wile
    man oferhycgen,      meotode cweman,
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    synne adwæscan.      Swa he sylfa cwæ:
    "Sofæste men,      sunnan gelice,
    fægre gefrætewod      in heora fæder rice
    scina in sceldbyrig."      þær heo sceppend seolf
    frie befæme,      fæder mancynnes,
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    ahefe holdlice      in heofones leoht,
    þær heo mid wuldorcyninge      wunian moton
    awa to aldre,     
    agan dreama dream      mid drihtne gode,
    a to worulde      a buton ende.
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    Eala hwæt! Se awyrgda      wrae geþohte
    þæt he heofencyninge      heran ne wolde,
    fæder frefergendum.      Flor attre weol,
    hat under hæftum;      hreopan deofla,
    wide geond windsele      wean cwanedon,
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    man and morur.      Wæs seo menego þær
    swylce onæled;      wæs þæt eall full strong,
    þonne wæs heora aldor,      þe ær ærest com
    for on feþan,      fæste gebunden
    fyre and lige.      þæt wæs fæstlic þreat;
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    ec sceoldon his þegnas      þær gewunian
    atolan eles,      nalles up þanon
    geheran in heofonum      haligne dream,
    þær heo oft fægerne      folga hæfdon
    uppe mid englum.      Wæron þa alles þæs
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    goda lease,      ah nymþe gryndes ad
    wunian ne moten      and þone werigan sele
    þær is wom and wop      wide gehered,
    and gristbitungc      and gnornungc mecga.
    Nabba he to hyhte      nymþe cyle and fyr,
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    wean and witu      and wyrma þreat,
    dracan and næddran      and þone dimman ham.
    Foron mihte geheran,      se e æt hylle wæs
    twelf milum neh,      þæt ær wæs toa geheaw,
    hlude and geomre.      Godes andsacan
    340
    hweorfan geond helle      hate onæled
    ufan and utan      (him wæs æghwær wa),
    witum werige,      wuldres bescyrede,
    dreamum bedælde.      Heofon deop gehygd,
    þa heo on heofonum      ham staelodon,
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    þæt hie woldon benæman      nergendne Crist
    rodera rices,      ah he on riht geheold
    hired heofona      and þæt halige seld.
    Nis nænig swa snotor      ne swa cræftig,
    ne þæs swa gleaw,      nymþe god seolfa,
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    þæt asecgan mæge      swegles leoman,
    hu scima þær      scine ymbutan
    meotodes mihte,      geond þæt mære cynn,
    þær habba englas      eadigne dream,
    sanctas singa      (þæt is se seolfa) for god.
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    þonne beo þa eadigan      þe of eoran cuma,
    bringa to bearme      blostman stences,
    wyrte wynsume      (þæt synd word godes),
    þonne hie befæme      fæder mancynnes,
    and hie gesegna      mid his swiran hond,
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    læde to lihte,      þær hi lif agon
    a to aldre,      uplicne ham,
    byrhtne burhstyde.      Blæd bi æghwæm
    þæm e hælende      heran þence,
    and wel is þam      e þæt wyrcan mot.
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    Wæs þæt encgelcyn      ær genemned,
    Lucifer haten,      leohtberende,
    on geardagum      in godes rice.
    þa he in wuldre      wrohte onstalde
    þæt he oferhyda      agan wolde.
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    þa Satanus      swearte geþohte
    þæt he wolde on heofonum      hehseld wyrcan
    uppe mid þam ecan.      þæt wæs ealdor heora,
    yfeles ordfruma.      Him þæt eft gehreaw,
    þa he to helle      hnigan sceolde,
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    and his hired mid hine,      in hyno geglidan,
    nergendes ni,      and no seoan
    þæt hi mosten in þone ecan      andwlitan seon
    buton ende.      þa him egsa becom,
    dyne for deman,      þa he duru in helle
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    bræc and begde.      Blis wear monnum
    þa hi hælendes      heafod gesawon.
    þonne wæs þam atolan      þe we ær nemdon
    þa wæron mid egsan      ealle afyrhte,
    wide geond windsele      wordum mændon:
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    "þis is stronglic,      nu þes storm becom,
    þegen mid þreate,      þeoden engla.
    Him beforan fere      fægere leoht
    þonne we æfre ær      eagum gesawon,
    buton þa we mid englum      uppe wæron.
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    Wile nu ure witu      þurh his wuldres cræft
    eall toweorpan.      Nu es egsa com,
    dyne for drihtne,      sceal þes dreorga heap
    ungeara nu      atol þrowian.
    Hit is se seolfa      sunu waldendes,
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    engla drihten.      Wile uppe heonan
    sawla lædan,      and we seoan a
    þæs yrreweorces      heno geþolia."
    Hwearf þa to helle      hælea bearnum,
    meotod þurh mihte;      wolde manna rim,
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    fela þusenda,      for gelædan
    up to ele.      þa com engla sweg,
    dyne on dægred;      hæfde drihten seolf
    feond oferfohten.      Wæs seo fæhe þa gyt
    open on uhtan,      þa se egsa becom.
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    Let þa up faran      eadige sawle,
    Adames cyn,      ac ne moste Efe þa gyt
    wlitan in wuldre      ær heo wordum cwæ:
    "Ic þe æne abealh,      ece drihten,
    þa wit Adam twa      eaples þigdon
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    þurh næddran ni,      swa wit na ne sceoldon.
    Gelærde unc se atola,      se e æfre nu
    beorne on bendum,      þæt wit blæd ahton,
    haligne ham,      heofon to gewalde.
    þa wit æs awærgdan      wordum gelyfdon,
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    namon mid handum      on þam halgan treo
    beorhte blæda;      unc þæs bitere forgeald
    þa wit in þis hate scræf      hweorfan sceoldon,
    and wintra rim      wunian seoan,
    þusenda feolo,      þearle onæled.
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    Nu ic þe halsige,      heofenrices weard,
    for þan hirede      þe u hider læddest,
    engla þreatas,      þæt ic up heonon
    mæge and mote      mid minre mæge.
    And ymb þreo niht com      þegen hælendes
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    ham to helle;      is nu hæftum strong,
    witum werig,      swylce him wuldorcyning
    for onmædlan      eorre geworden.
    Segdest us to soe      þætte seolfa god
    wolde helwarum      ham gelihtan.
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    Aras þa anra gehwylc,      and wi earm gesæt,
    hleonade wi handa.      þeah hylle gryre
    egeslic þuhte,      wæron ealle þæs
    fægen in firnum      þæt freodrihten
    wolde him to helpe      helle gesecan."
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    Ræhte þa mid handum      to heofencyninge,
    bæd meotod miltse      þurh Marian had:
    "Hwæt, þu fram minre dohtor,      drihten, onwoce
    in middangeard      mannum to helpe.
    Nu is gesene      þæt u eart sylfa god
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    and ece ordfruma      ealra gesceafta."
    Let þa up faran      ece drihten;
    wuldre hæfde      wites clomma
    feondum ofæsted,      and heo furor sceaf
    in þæt neowle genip,      nearwe gebeged,
    445
    þær nu Satanus      swearte þinga,
    earm aglæca,      and þa atolan mid him,
    witum werige.      Nalles wuldres leoht
    habban moton,      ah in helle grund,
    ne hi edcerres      æfre moton
    450
    wenan seoan.      Him wæs drihten god
    wra geworden,      sealde him wites clom,
    atole to æhte,      and egsan gryre,
    dimne and deorcne      deaes scuwan,
    hatne helle grund,      hinsigryre.
    455
    þæt, la, wæs fæger,      þæt se fea com
    up to earde,      and se eca mid him,
    meotod mancynnes      in þa mæran burh!
    Hofon hine mid him      handum halige
    witigan up to ele,      Abrahames cynn.
    460
    Hæfde þa drihten seolf      dea oferwunnen,
    feond geflemed;      þæt in fyrndagum
    witegan sædon      þæt he swa wolde.
    þis wæs on uhtan      eall geworden,
    ær dægrede,      þæt se dyne becom,
    465
    hlud of heofonum,      þa he helle duru
    forbræc and forbegde;      ban weornodon
    þa hie swa leohtne      leoman gesawon.
    Gesæt þa mid þære fyrde      frumbearn godes,
    sæde socwidum:      "Snotre gastas,
    470
    ic eow þurh mine      mihte geworhte,
    Adam ærest      and þæt æele wif.
    þa hie begeton      on godes willan
    feowertig bearna,      þæt for þonon
    on middangeard      menio onwocon,
    475
    and wintra feola      wunian moston,
    eorlas on ele,      oæt eft gelamp
    þæt hie afyrde eft      feond in firenum;
    fah is æghwær.     
    Ic on neorxnawonge      niwe asette
    480
    treow mid telgum,      þæt a tanas up
    æpla bæron,      and git æton þa
    beorhtan blæda,      swa inc se balewa het,
    handþegen helle.      Hæfdon forþon hatne grund,
    þæs git ofergymdon      hælendes word,
    485
    æten þa egsan.      Wæs se atola beforan,
    se inc bam forgeaf      balewe geþohtas.
    þa me gereaw      þæt min handgeweorc
    þæs carcernes      clom rowade.
    Næs a monna gemet,      ne mægen engla,
    490
    ne witegena weorc,      ne wera snytero,
    þæt eow mihte helpan,      nime hælend god,
    se þæt wite ær      to wrece gesette.
    Ferde to foldan      þurh fæmnan had
    ufan from ele,      and on eorþan gebad
    495
    tintregan fela      and teonan micelne.
    Me seredon ymb      secgas monige
    dæges and nihtes,      hu heo me deaes cwealm,
    rices rædboran,      hrefnan mihten.
    þa wæs þæs mæles      mearc agangen
    500
    þæt on worulde wæs      wintra gerimes
    þreo and þritig geara      ær ic þrowode.
    Gemunde ic æs mænego      on þam minnan ham
    lange þæs e ic of hæftum      ham gelædde
    up to earde,      þæt heo agan sceolon
    505
    drihtnes domas      and dugue þrym;
    wunia in wynnum,      habba wuldres blæd
    þusendmælum.      Ic eow þingade
    þa me on beame      beornas sticedon,
    garum on galgum.      Heow se giunga þær,
    510
    and ic eft up becom      ece dreamas
    to haligum drihtne."     
    Swa wuldres weard      wordum sæde,
    meotod moncynnes      ær on morgen
    þæs þe drihten god      of deae aras.
    515
    Næs nan þæs stronglic      stan gefæstnod,
    þeah he wære mid irne      eall ymbfangen,
    þæt mihte þam miclan      mægne wihabban,
    ah he ut eode,      engla drihten,
    on þæm fæstenne,      and gefatian het
    520
    englas eallbeorhte      andleofan gingran,
    and huru secgan het      Simon Petre
    þæt he moste in Galileam      god sceawian,
    ecne and trumne,      swa he ær dyde.
    þa ic gongan gefregn      gingran ætsomne
    525
    ealle to Galileam;      hæfdon gastes bled,
    ongeton haligne      godes sunu
    swa heo gesegon      hwær sunu meotodes
    þa on upp gestod,      ece drihten,
    god in Galileam.      To æs gingran þider
    530
    ealle urnon,      þær se eca wæs.
    Feollon on foldan,      and to fotum hnigon;
    þanceden þeodne      þæt hit þus gelomp
    þæt hi sceawodon      scyppend engla.
    þa sona spræc      Simon Petrus:
    535
    "Eart þu þis, drihten,      dome gewurad?
    We e gesawon      æt sumum cyrre,
    þec gelegdon      on lane bend
    hæþene mid hondum;      him þæt gehreowan mæg
    þonne heo endestæf      eft gesceawia."
    540
    Sume hie ne mihton      mode oncnawan
    þæt wæs se deora      (Didimus wæs haten)
    ær he mid hondum      hælend genom
    sylfne be sidan      þær he his swat forlet;
    feollon to foldan      fulwihtes bæe.
    545
    Fæger wæs þæt ongin      þæt freodrihten
    geþrowode,      þeoden ure.
    He on beame astah      and his blod ageat,
    god on galgan,      þurh his gastes mægen.
    Forþon men sceolon      mæla gehwylce
    550
    secgan drihtne þanc      dædum and weorcum,
    þæs e he us of hæftum      ham gelædde
    up to ele,      þær we agan sceolon
    drihtnes domas,     
    and we in wynnum      wunian moton.
    555
    Us is wuldres leoht     
    torht ontyned,      þam e teala þence.
    þa wæs on eoran      ece drihten
    feowertig daga      folgad folcum,
    gecyed mancynne,      ær he in þa mæran gesceaft,
    560
    burhleoda fruma,      bringan wolde
    haligne gast      to heofonrice.
    Astah up on heofonum      engla scyppend,
    weoroda waldend.      þa com wolcna sweg,
    halig of heofonum.      Mid wæs hond godes,
    565
    onfeng freodrihten,      and hine for lædde
    to þam halgan ham      heofna ealdor.
    Him ymbflugon      engla þreatas
    þusendmælum.      þa hit þus gelomp,
    þa gyt nergende Crist      gecwæ þæt he þæs
    570
    ymb tene niht      twelf apostolas
    mid his gastes gife,      gingran geswide.
    Hæfde þa gesette      sawla unrim
    god lifigende.      þa wæs Iudas of,
    se e ær on tifre      torhtne gesalde,
    575
    drihten hælend;      him seo dæd ne geþeah,
    þæs he bebohte      bearn wealdendes
    on seolfres sinc;      him þæt swearte forgeald
    earm æglæca      innon helle.
    Site nu on þa swiran hond      sunu his fæderes;
    580
    dæle dogra gehwæm      drihten weoroda
    help and hælo      hæleþa bearnum
    geond middangeard.      þæt is monegum cu
    þæt he ana is      ealra gescefta
    wyrhta and waldend      þurh his wuldres cræft.
    585
    Site him on heofnum      halig encgel,
    waldend mid witegum.      Hafa wuldres bearn
    his seolfes seld      swegl betolden.
    Leaa us þider to leohte      þurh his læcedom,
    þær we moton seolfe      sittan mid drihtne,
    590
    uppe mid englum,      habban þæt ilce leoht,
    þær his hired nu      halig earda,
    wuna in wynnum,      þær is wuldres bled
    torht ontyned.      Uton teala hycgan
    þæt we hælende      heran georne,
    595
    Criste cweman.      þær is cure lif
    þonne we on eoran mægen      æfre gestreonan.
    Hafa nu geþingod to us      þeoden mæra,
    ælmihtig god,     
    on domdæge      drihten seolfa.
    600
    Hate hehenglas      hluddre stefne
    beman blawan      ofer burga geseotu
    geond foldan sceatas.     
    þonne of þisse moldan      men onwecna;
    deade of duste arisa      þurh drihtnes miht.
    605
    þæt bi daga lengust,      and dinna mæst
    hlud gehered,      þonne hælend cyme,
    waldend mid wolcnum      in þas woruld fære.
    Wile þonne gesceadan      wlitige and unclæne
    on twa healfe,      tile and yfle.
    610
    Him þa sofæstan      on þa swiran hond
    mid rodera weard      reste gestiga.
    þonne beo blie      þa in burh moton
    gongan in godes rice,     
    and heo gesena      mid his swiran hond
    615
    cynincg alwihta,      cleopa ofer ealle:
    "Ge sind wilcuman!      Ga in wuldres leoht
    to heofona rice,      þær ge habba
    a to aldre      ece reste."
    þonne stonda þa forworhtan,      þa e firnedon;
    620
    beo beofigende      hwonne him bearn godes
    deman wille      þurh his dæda sped.
    Wena þæt heo moten      to þære mæran byrig
    up to englum      swa ore dydon,
    ac him bi reordende     
    625
    ece drihten,      ofer ealle gecwæ:
    "Astiga nu, awyrgde,      in þæt witehus
    ofostum miclum.      Nu ic eow ne con."
    Sona æfter þæm wordum      werige gastas,
    helle hæftas,      hwyrftum scriþa
    630
    þusendmælum,      and þider leaa
    in þæt sceaena scræf,      scufa to grunde
    in þæt nearwe ni,      and no seoan
    þæt hie up þonan      æfre moton,
    ah þær geþolian sceolon      earmlic wite,
    635
    clom and carcern,      and þone caldan grund
    deopne adreogan      and deofles spellunge,
    hu hie him on edwit      oft asetta
    swarte suslbonan,      stæle feondas
    fæhe and firne,      þær e hie freodrihten,
    640
    ecne anwaldan,      oft forgeaton,
    þone þe hie him to hihte      habban sceoldon.
    Uton, la, geþencan      geond þas worulde,
    þæt we hælende      heran onginnen!
    Georne þurh godes gife      gemunan gastes bled,
    645
    hu eadige þær      uppe sitta
    selfe mid swegle,      sunu hælendes!
    þær is geat gylden      gimmum gefrætewod,
    wynnum bewunden,      þæm þe in wuldres leoht
    gongan moten      to godes rice,
    650
    and ymb þa weallas      wlitige scina
    engla gastas      and eadige sawla,
    þa e heonon fera.     
    þær martiras      meotode cwema,
    and heriga hehfæder      halgum stefnum,
    655
    cyning in cestre.      Cweþa ealle þus:
    "þu eart hælea helm      and heofendema,
    engla ordfruma,      and eoran tudor
    up gelæddest      to þissum eadigan ham."
    Swa wuldres weard      wordum heriga
    660
    þegnas ymb þeoden,      þær is þrym micel,
    sang æt selde,      is sylf cyning,
    ealra aldor,      in ære ecan gesceft.
    þæt is se drihten,      see dea for us
    geþrowode,      þeoden engla.
    665
    Swylce he fæste      feowertig daga,
    metod mancynnes,      þurh his mildsa sped.
    þa gewear þone weregan,      þe ær aworpen wæs
    of heofonum      þæt he in helle gedeaf,
    þa costode      cyning alwihta.
    670
    Brohte him to bearme      brade stanas,
    bæd him for hungre      hlafas wyrcan--
    "gif þu swa micle      mihte hæbbe."
    þa him andswarode      ece drihten:
    "Wendest þu, awyrgda,      þæt awriten nære,
    675
    nymþe me ænne     
    ac geseted hafast,      sigores agend,
    lifigendum liht,      lean butan ende,
    on heofenrice,      halige dreamas."
         þa he mid hondum genom
    680
    atol þurh edwit,      and on esle ahof,
    herm bealowes gast,      and on beorh astah,
    asette on dune      drihten hælend:
    "Loca nu ful wide      ofer londbuende.
    Ic þe geselle      on þines seolfes dom
    685
    folc and foldan.      Foh hider to me
    burh and breotone      bold to gewealde,
    rodora rices,      gif þu seo riht cyning
    engla and monna,      swa u ær myntest."
    þa him andswarode      ece drihten:
    690
    "Gewit þu, awyrgda,      in þæt witescræf,
    Satanus seolf;      þe is susl weotod
    gearo togegnes,      nalles godes rice.
    Ah ic þe hate      þurh þa hehstan miht
    þæt u hellwarum      hyht ne abeode,
    695
    ah þu him secgan miht      sorga mæste,
    þæt u gemettes      meotod alwihta,
    cyning moncynnes.      Cer e on bæcling!
    Wite þu eac, awyrgda,      hu wid and sid
    helheoo dreorig,      and mid hondum amet.
    700
    Grip wi þæs grundes;      gang þonne swa
    oæt þu þone ymbhwyrft      alne cunne,
    and ærest amet      ufan to grunde,
    and hu sid seo      se swarta em.
    Wast þu þonne þe geornor      þæt þu wi god wunne,
    705
    seoan þu þonne hafast      handum ametene
    hu heh and deop      hell inneweard seo,
    grim græfhus.      Gong ricene to,
    ær twa seondon      tida agongene,
    þæt u merced hus      ameten hæbbe."
    710
    þa þam werigan wear      wracu getenge.
    Satan seolua ran      and on susle gefeol,
    earm æglece.      Hwilum mid folmum mæt
    wean and witu.      Hwilum se wonna læg
    læhte wi þes laþan.      Hwilum he licgan geseah
    715
    hæftas in hylle.      Hwilum hream astag,
    onne he on þone atolan      eagum gesawun.
    Hæfdon gewunnon      godes andsacan
    blac bealowes gast,      þæt he on botme stod.
    þa him þuhte      þæt þanon wære
    720
    to helleduru      hund þusenda
    mila gemearcodes,      swa hine se mihtiga het
    þæt þurh sinne cræft      susle amæte.
    a he gemunde      þæt he on grunde stod.
    Locade leas wiht      geond þæt lae scræf,
    725
    atol mid egum,      oæt egsan gryre
    deofla mænego      þonne up astag.
    Wordum in witum      ongunnon þa werigan gastas
    reordian and cwean:     
    "La, þus beo nu on yfele!      Noldæs ær teala!"
    730
    Finit Liber II. Amen.

    Andreas

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt! We gefrunan      on fyrndagum
    twelfe under tunglum      tireadige hæle,
    þeodnes þegnas.      No hira þrym alæg
    camprædenne      þonne cumbol hneotan,
    5
    syan hie gedældon,      swa him dryhten sylf,
    heofona heahcyning,      hlyt getæhte.
    þæt wæron mære      men ofer eoran,
    frome folctogan      ond fyrdhwate,
    rofe rincas,      þonne rond ond hand
    10
    on herefelda      helm ealgodon,
    on meotudwange.      Wæs hira Matheus sum,
    se mid Iudeum ongan      godspell ærest
    wordum writan      wundorcræfte.
    þam halig god      hlyt geteode
    15
    ut on þæt igland      þær ænig þa git
    ellþeodigra      eles ne mihte
    blædes brucan.      Oft him bonena hand
    on herefelda      hearde gesceode.
    Eal wæs þæt mearcland      morre bewunden,
    20
    feondes facne,      folcstede gumena,
    hælea eel.      Næs þær hlafes wist
    werum on þam wonge,      ne wæteres drync
    to bruconne,      ah hie blod ond fel,
    fira flæschoman,      feorrancumenra,
    25
    egon geond þa þeode.      Swelc wæs þeaw hira
    þæt hie æghwylcne      elleodigra
    dydan him to mose      meteþearfendum,
    þara þe þæt ealand      utan sohte.
    Swylc wæs þæs folces      freooleas tacen,
    30
    unlædra eafo,      þæt hie eagena gesih,
    hettend heorogrimme,      heafodgimmas
    agetton gealgmode      gara ordum.
    Syan him geblendan      bitere tosomne,
    dryas þurh dwolcræft,      drync unheorne,
    35
    se onwende gewit,      wera ingeþanc,
    heortan on hrere,      (hyge wæs oncyrred),
    þæt hie ne murndan      æfter mandreame,
    hæleþ heorogrædige,      ac hie hig ond gærs
    for meteleaste      mee gedrehte.
    40
    þa wæs Matheus      to þære mæran byrig
    cumen in þa ceastre.      þær wæs cirm micel
    geond Mermedonia,      manfulra hlo,
    fordenera gedræg,      syþþan deofles þegnas
    geascodon      æelinges si.
    45
    Eodon him þa togenes,      garum gehyrsted,
    lungre under linde,      (nalas late wæron),
    eorre æscberend,      to þam orlege.
    Hie þam halgan þær      handa gebundon
    ond fæstnodon      feondes cræfte,
    50
    hæle hellfuse,      ond his heafdes segl
    abreoton mid billes ecge.      Hwære he in breostum þa git
    herede in heortan      heofonrices weard,
    þeah e he atres drync      atulne onfenge.
    Eadig ond onmod,      he mid elne for
    55
    wyrode wordum      wuldres aldor,
    heofonrices weard,      halgan stefne,
    of carcerne.      Him wæs Cristes lof
    on fyrhlocan      fæste bewunden.
    He þa wepende      weregum tearum
    60
    his sigedryhten      sargan reorde
    grette, gumena brego,      geomran stefne,
    weoruda wilgeofan,      ond þus wordum cwæ:
    "Hu me elþeodige      inwitwrasne
    searonet seowa!      A ic symles wæs
    65
    on wega gehwam      willan þines
    georn on mode;      nu urh geoha sceal
    dæde fremman      swa þa dumban neat.
    þu ana canst      ealra gehygdo,
    meotud mancynnes,      mod in hrere.
    70
    Gif þin willa sie,      wuldres aldor,
    þæt me wærlogan      wæpna ecgum,
    sweordum, aswebban,      ic beo sona gearu
    to adreoganne      þæt u, drihten min,
    engla eadgifa,      eelleasum,
    75
    dugea dædfruma,      deman wille.
    Forgif me to are,      ælmihtig god,
    leoht on þissum life,      þy læs ic lungre scyle,
    ablended in burgum,      æfter billhete
    þurh hearmcwide      heorugrædigra,
    80
    lara leodsceaena,      leng þrowian
    edwitspræce.      Ic to anum þe,
    middangeardes weard,      mod staþolige,
    fæste fyrhlufan,      ond þe, fæder engla,
    beorht blædgifa,      biddan wille
    85
    æt u me ne gescyrige      mid scyldhetum,
    werigum wrohtsmium,      on þone wyrrestan,
    dugoa demend,      dea ofer eoran."
    æfter þyssum wordum      com wuldres tacen
    halig of heofenum,      swylce hadre segl
    90
    to þam carcerne.      þær gecyed wear
    þæt halig god      helpe gefremede,
    a wear gehyred      heofoncyninges stefn
    wrætlic under wolcnum,      wordhleores sweg
    mæres þeodnes.      He his maguþegne
    95
    under hearmlocan      hælo ond frofre
    beadurofum abead      beorhtan stefne:
    "Ic þe, Matheus,      mine sylle sybbe
    under swegle.      Ne beo u on sefan to forht,
    ne on mode ne murn.      Ic þe mid wunige
    100
    ond þe alyse      of þyssum leoubendum,
    ond ealle þa menigo      þe þe mid wunia
    on nearonedum.      þe is neorxnawang,
    blæda beorhtost,      boldwela fægrost,
    hama hyhtlicost,      halegum mihtum
    105
    torht ontyned.      þær u tyres most,
    to widan feore      willan brucan.
    Geþola þeoda þrea!      Nis seo þrah micel
    þæt þe wærlogan      witebendum,
    synnige urh searocræft,      swencan motan.
    110
    Ic þe Andreas      ædre onsende
    to hleo ond to hrore      in þas hæenan burg.
    He e alyse      of þyssum leodhete.
    Is to þære tide      tælmet hwile
    emne mid soe      seofon ond twentig
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    nihtgerimes,      þæt u of nede most,
    sorgum geswenced,      sigore gewyrod,
    hweorfan of henum      in gehyld godes."
    Gewat him þa se halga      helm ælwihta,
    engla scyppend,      to þam uplican
    120
    eelrice.      He is on riht cyning,
    staolfæst styrend,      in stowa gehwam.
    a wæs Matheus      miclum onbryrded
    niwan stefne.      Nihthelm toglad,
    lungre leorde.      Leoht æfter com,
    125
    dægredwoma.      Dugu samnade,
    hæne hildfrecan,      heapum þrungon,
    (gusearo gullon,      garas hrysedon),
    bolgenmode,      under bordhreoan.
    Woldon cunnian      hwæer cwice lifdon
    130
    þa þe on carcerne      clommum fæste
    hleoleasan wic      hwile wunedon,
    hwylcne hie to æte      ærest mihton
    æfter fyrstmearce      feores berædan.
    Hæfdon hie on rune      ond on rimcræfte
    135
    awriten, wælgrædige,      wera endestæf,
    hwænne hie to mose      meteþearfendum
    on þære werþeode      weoran sceoldon.
    Cirmdon caldheorte,      (coror orum getang),
    ree ræsboran.      Rihtes ne gimdon,
    140
    meotudes mildse.      Oft hira mod onwod
    under dimscuan      deofles larum,
    þonne hie unlædra      eafeum gelyfdon.
    Hie a gemetton      modes glawne,
    haligne hæle,      under heolstorlocan
    145
    bidan beadurofne      þæs him beorht cyning,
    engla ordfruma,      unnan wolde.
    a wæs first agan      frumrædenne
    þinggemearces      butan þrim nihtum,
    swa hit wælwulfas      awriten hæfdon
    150
    þæt hie banhringas      abrecan þohton,
    lungre tolysan      lic ond sawle,
    ond þonne todælan      dugue ond geogoe,
    werum to wiste      ond to wilþege,
    fæges flæschoman.      Feorh ne bemurndan,
    155
    grædige gurincas,      hu þæs gastes si
    æfter swyltcwale      geseted wurde.
    Swa hie symble ymb þritig      þing gehedon
    nihtgerimes;      wæs him neod micel
    þæt hie tobrugdon      blodigum ceaflum
    160
    fira flæschoman      him to foddorþege.
    þa wæs gemyndig,      se e middangeard
    gestaelode      strangum mihtum,
    hu he in ellþeodigum      yrmum wunode,
    belocen leoubendum,      þe oft his lufan adreg
    165
    for Ebreum      ond Israhelum;
    swylce he Iudea      galdorcræftum
    wistod stranglice.      þa sio stefn gewear
    gehered of heofenum,      þær se halga wer
    in Achaia,      Andreas, wæs,
    170
    (leode lærde      on lifes weg),
    þa him cirebaldum      cininga wuldor,
    meotud mancynnes,      modhord onleac,
    weoruda drihten,      ond þus wordum cwæ:
    "u scealt feran      ond fri lædan,
    175
    sie gesecan,      þær sylfætan
    eard weardiga,      eel healdaþ
    mororcræftum.      Swa is þære menigo þeaw
    þæt hie uncura      ængum ne willa
    on þam folcstede      feores geunnan
    180
    syþþan manfulle      on Mermedonia
    onfindaþ feasceaftne.      þær sceall feorhgedal,
    earmlic ylda cwealm,      æfter wyrþan.
    ær ic seomian wat      þinne sigebroor
    mid þam burgwarum      bendum fæstne.
    185
    Nu bi fore þreo niht      þæt he on þære þeode sceal
    fore hæenra      handgewinne
    þurh gares gripe      gast onsendan,
    ellorfusne,      butan u ær cyme."
    ædre him Andreas      agef andsware:
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    "Hu mæg ic, dryhten min,      ofer deop gelad
    fore gefremman      on feorne weg
    swa hrædlice,      heofona scyppend,
    wuldres waldend,      swa u worde becwist?
    æt mæg engel þin      ea geferan,
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    halig of heofenum      con him holma begang,
    sealte sæstreamas      ond swanrade,
    warofarua gewinn      ond wæterbrogan,
    wegas ofer widland.      Ne synt me winas cue,
    eorlas elþeodige,      ne þær æniges wat
    200
    hælea gehygdo,      ne me herestræta
    ofer cald wæter      cue sindon."
    Him a ondswarude      ece dryhten:
    "Eala, Andreas,      þæt u a woldest
    þæs sifætes      sæne weorþan!
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    Nis þæt uneae      eallwealdan gode
    to gefremmanne      on foldwege,
    æt sio ceaster hider      on þas cneorisse
    under swegles gang      aseted wyre,
    breogostol breme,      mid þam burgwarum,
    210
    gif hit worde becwi      wuldres agend.
    Ne meaht u þæs sifætes      sæne weoran,
    ne on gewitte to wac,      gif u wel þencest
    wi þinne waldend      wære gehealdan,
    treowe tacen.      Beo u on tid gearu;
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    ne mæg þæs ærendes      ylding wyran.
    u scealt þa fore geferan      ond þin feorh beran
    in gramra gripe,      ær þe gugewinn
    þurh hæenra      hildewoman,
    beorna beaducræft,      geboden wyre.
    220
    Scealtu æninga      mid ærdæge,
    emne to morgene,      æt meres ende
    ceol gestigan      ond on cald wæter
    brecan ofer bæweg.      Hafa bletsunge
    ofer middangeard      mine, þær u fere!"
    225
    Gewat him þa se halga      healdend ond wealdend,
    upengla fruma,      eel secan,
    middangeardes weard,      þone mæran ham,
    þær sofæstra      sawla moton
    æfter lices hryre      lifes brucan.
    230
    þa wæs ærende      æelum cempan
    aboden in burgum,      ne wæs him blea hyge,
    ah he wæs anræd      ellenweorces,
    heard ond higerof,      nalas hildlata,
    gearo, gue fram,      to godes campe.
    235
    Gewat him þa on uhtan      mid ærdæge
    ofer sandhleou      to sæs farue,
    þriste on geþance,      ond his þegnas mid,
    gangan on greote.      Garsecg hlynede,
    beoton brimstreamas.      Se beorn wæs on hyhte,
    240
    syþan he on warue      widfæme scip
    modig gemette.      þa com morgentorht
    beacna beorhtost      ofer breomo sneowan,
    halig of heolstre.      Heofoncandel blac
    ofer lagoflodas.      He ær lidweardas,
    245
    þrymlice þry      þegnas gemette,
    modiglice menn,      on merebate
    sittan sifrome,      swylce hie ofer sæ comon.
    þæt wæs drihten sylf,      dugea wealdend,
    ece ælmihtig,      mid his englum twam.
    250
    Wæron hie on gescirplan      scipferendum,
    eorlas onlice      ealiendum,
    þonne hie on flodes fæm      ofer feorne weg
    on cald wæter      ceolum laca.
    Hie a gegrette,      se e on greote stod,
    255
    fus on faroe,      fægn reordade:
    "Hwanon comon ge      ceolum lian,
    macræftige menn,      on mereþissan,
    ane ægflotan?      Hwanon eagorstream
    ofer ya gewealc      eowic brohte?"
    260
    Him a ondswarode      ælmihti god,
    swa þæt ne wiste,      se e þæs wordes bad,
    hwæt se manna wæs      meelhegendra,
    þe he þær on waroe      wiþingode:
    "We of Marmedonia      mæge syndon
    265
    feorran geferede.      Us mid flode bær
    on hranrade      heahstefn naca,
    snellic sæmearh,      snude bewunden,
    oþæt we þissa leoda      land gesohton,
    wære bewrecene,      swa us wind fordraf."
    270
    Him þa Andreas      eamod oncwæ:
    "Wolde ic þe biddan,      þeh ic þe beaga lyt,
    sincweorunga,      syllan meahte,
    þæt u us gebrohte      brante ceole,
    hea hornscipe,      ofer hwæles eel
    275
    on þære mæge.      Bi e meor wi god,
    þæt u us on lade      lie weore."
    Eft him ondswarode      æelinga helm
    of ylide,      engla scippend:
    "Ne magon þær gewunian      widferende,
    280
    ne þær elþeodige      eardes bruca,
    ah in þære ceastre      cwealm þrowia,
    þa e feorran þyder      feorh gelædaþ,
    ond þu wilnast nu      ofer widne mere
    þæt u on þa fæge      þine feore spilde."
    285
    Him þa Andreas      agef ondsware:
    "Usic lust hwete      on þa leodmearce,
    mycel modes hiht,      to þære mæran byrig,
    þeoden leofesta,      gif u us þine wilt
    on merefaroe      miltse gecyan."
    290
    Him ondswarode      engla þeoden,
    neregend fira,      of nacan stefne:
    "We e estlice      mid us willa
    ferigan freolice      ofer fisces bæ
    efne to þam lande      þær þe lust myne
    295
    to gesecanne,      syan ge eowre
    gafulrædenne      agifen habba,
    sceattas gescrifene,      swa eow scipweardas,
    aras ofer ybord,      unnan willa."
    Him þa ofstlice      Andreas wi,
    300
    wineþearfende,      wordum mælde:
    "Næbbe ic fæted gold      ne feohgestreon,
    welan ne wiste      ne wira gespann,
    landes ne locenra beaga,      þæt ic þe mæge lust ahwettan,
    willan in worulde,      swa u worde becwist."
    305
    Him þa beorna breogo,      þær he on bolcan sæt,
    ofer waroa geweorp      wiþingode:
    "Hu gewear þe þæs,      wine leofesta,
    æt u sæbeorgas      secan woldes,
    merestreama gemet,      mamum bedæled,
    310
    ofer cald cleofu      ceoles neosan?
    Nafast þe to frofre      on farostræte
    hlafes wiste      ne hlutterne
    drync to dugoe.      Is se drohta strang
    þam þe lagolade      lange cunnaþ."
    315
    a him Andreas      urh ondsware,
    wis on gewitte,      wordhord onleac:
    "Ne gedafena þe,      nu þe dryhten geaf
    welan ond wiste      ond woruldspede,
    æt u ondsware      mid oferhygdum,
    320
    sece sarcwide.      Selre bi æghwam
    þæt he eamedum      ellorfusne
    oncnawe culice,      swa þæt Crist bebead,
    þeoden þrymfæst.      We his þegnas synd
    gecoren to cempum.      He is cyning on riht,
    325
    wealdend ond wyrhta      wuldorþrymmes,
    an ece god      eallra gesceafta,
    swa he ealle befeh      anes cræfte,
    hefon ond eoran,      halgum mihtum,
    sigora selost.      He æt sylfa cwæ,
    330
    fæder folca gehwæs,      ond us feran het
    geond ginne grund      gasta streonan:
    'Fara nu geond ealle      eoran sceatas
    emne swa wide      swa wæter bebuge,
    oe stedewangas      stræte gelicgaþ.
    335
    Bodia æfter burgum      beorhtne geleafan
    ofer foldan fæm.      Ic eow freoo healde.
    Ne urfan ge on þa fore      frætwe lædan,
    gold ne seolfor.      Ic eow goda gehwæs
    on eowerne agenne dom      est ahwette.'
    340
    Nu u seolfa miht      si userne
    gehyran hygeþancol.      Ic sceal hrae cunnan
    hwæt u us to duguum      gedon wille."
    Him þa ondswarode      ece dryhten:
    "Gif ge syndon þegnas      þæs þe þrym ahof
    345
    ofer middangeard,      swa ge me secgaþ,
    ond ge geheoldon þæt eow      se halga bead,
    þonne ic eow mid gefean      ferian wille
    ofer brimstreamas,      swa ge benan sint."
    þa in ceol stigon      collenfyrhe,
    350
    ellenrofe,      æghwylcum wear
    on merefaroe      mod geblissod.
    a ofer ya geswing      Andreas ongann
    mereliendum      miltsa biddan
    wuldres aldor,      ond þus wordum cwæ:
    355
    "Forgife þe dryhten      domweorunga,
    willan in worulde      ond in wuldre blæd,
    meotud manncynnes,      swa u me hafast
    on þyssum sifæte      sybbe gecyed!"
    Gesæt him þa se halga      helmwearde neah,
    360
    æele be æelum.      æfre ic ne hyrde
    þon cymlicor      ceol gehladenne
    heahgestreonum.      Hæle in sæton,
    þeodnas þrymfulle,      þegnas wlitige.
    a reordode      rice þeoden,
    365
    ece ælmihtig,      heht his engel gan,
    mærne maguþegn,      ond mete syllan,
    frefran feasceafte      ofer flodes wylm,
    þæt hie þe ea mihton      ofer ya geþring
    drohtaþ adreogan.      þa gedrefed wear,
    370
    onhrered hwælmere.      Hornfisc plegode,
    glad geond garsecg,      ond se græga mæw
    wælgifre wand.      Wedercandel swearc,
    windas weoxon,      wægas grundon,
    streamas styredon,      strengas gurron,
    375
    wædo gewætte.      Wæteregsa stod
    þreata þryum.      þegnas wurdon
    acolmode.      ænig ne wende
    þæt he lifgende      land begete,
    þara þe mid Andreas      on eagorstream
    380
    ceol gesohte.      Næs him cu þa gyt
    hwa þam sæflotan      sund wisode.
    Him þa se halga      on holmwege
    ofer argeblond,      Andreas þa git,
    þegn þeodenhold,      þanc gesægde,
    385
    ricum ræsboran,      þa he gereordod wæs:
    "e þissa swæsenda      sofæst meotud,
    lifes leohtfruma,      lean forgilde,
    weoruda waldend,      ond þe wist gife,
    heofonlicne hlaf,      swa u hyldo wi me
    390
    ofer firigendstream      freode gecydest!
    Nu synt geþreade      þegnas mine,
    geonge gurincas.      Garsecg hlymme,
    geofon geotende.      Grund is onhrered,
    deope gedrefed,      dugu is geswenced,
    395
    modigra mægen      myclum gebysgod."
    Him of helman oncwæ      hælea scyppend:
    "Læt nu geferian      flotan userne,
    lid to lande      ofer lagufæsten,
    ond þonne gebidan      beornas þine,
    400
    aras on earde,      hwænne u eft cyme."
    Edre him þa eorlas      agefan ondsware,
    þegnas þrohthearde,      þafigan ne woldon
    æt hie forleton      æt lides stefnan
    leofne lareow      ond him land curon:
    405
    "Hwider hweorfa we      hlafordlease,
    geomormode,      gode orfeorme,
    synnum wunde,      gif we swica þe?
    We bio lae      on landa gehwam,
    folcum fracoe,      þonne fira bearn,
    410
    ellenrofe,      æht besittaþ,
    hwylc hira selost      symle gelæste
    hlaforde æt hilde,      þonne hand ond rond
    on beaduwange      billum forgrunden
    æt niplegan      nearu þrowedon."
    415
    þa reordade      rice þeoden,
    wærfæst cining,      word stunde ahof:
    "Gif u þegn sie      þrymsittendes,
    wuldorcyninges,      swa u worde becwist,
    rece þa gerynu,      hu he reordberend
    420
    lærde under lyfte.      Lang is þes sifæt
    ofer fealuwne flod;      frefra þine
    mæcgas on mode.      Mycel is nu gena
    lad ofer lagustream,      land swie feorr
    to gesecanne.      Sund is geblonden,
    425
    grund wi greote.      God eae mæg
    heaoliendum      helpe gefremman."
    Ongan þa gleawlice      gingran sine,
    wuldorspedige weras      wordum trymman:
    "Ge þæt gehogodon,      þa ge on holm stigon,
    430
    þæt ge on fara folc      feorh gelæddon,
    ond for dryhtnes lufan      dea þrowodon,
    on ælmyrcna      eelrice
    sawle gesealdon.      Ic þæt sylfa wat,
    þæt us gescylde      scyppend engla,
    435
    weoruda dryhten.      Wæteregesa sceal,
    geyd ond gereatod      þurh þrycining,
    lagu lacende,      lira wyran.
    Swa gesælde iu,      þæt we on sæbate
    ofer warugewinn      wæda cunnedan,
    440
    faroridende.      Frecne þuhton
    egle ealada.      Eagorstreamas
    beoton bordstæu,      brim oft oncwæ,
    y oerre.      Hwilum upp astod
    of brimes bosme      on bates fæm
    445
    egesa ofer ylid.      ælmihtig þær,
    meotud mancynnes,      on mereþyssan
    beorht basnode.      Beornas wurdon
    forhte on mode,      fries wilnedon,
    miltsa to mærum.      þa seo menigo ongan
    450
    clypian on ceole,      cyning sona aras,
    engla eadgifa,      yum stilde,
    wæteres wælmum.      Windas þreade,
    sæ sessade,      smylte wurdon
    merestreama gemeotu.      a ure mod ahloh
    455
    syan we gesegon      under swegles gang
    windas ond wægas      ond wæterbrogan
    forhte gewordne      for frean egesan.
    Forþan ic eow to soe      secgan wille,
    þæt næfre forlæte      lifgende god
    460
    eorl on eoran,      gif his ellen deah."
    Swa hleorode      halig cempa,
    eawum geþancul.      þegnas lærde
    eadig oreta,      eorlas trymede,
    oæt hie semninga      slæp ofereode,
    465
    mee be mæste.      Mere sweoerade,
    ya ongin      eft oncyrde,
    hreoh holmþracu.      þa þam halgan wear
    æfter gryrehwile      gast geblissod.
    Ongan a reordigan      rædum snottor,
    470
    wis on gewitte,      wordlocan onspeonn:
    "Næfre ic sælidan      selran mette,
    macræftigran,      þæs e me þynce,
    rowend rofran,      rædsnotterran,
    wordes wisran.      Ic wille þe,
    475
    eorl unforcu,      anre nu gena
    bene biddan,      þeah ic þe beaga lyt,
    sincweorunga,      syllan mihte,
    fætedsinces.      Wolde ic freondscipe,
    þeoden þrymfæst,      þinne, gif ic mehte,
    480
    begitan godne.      þæs u gife hleotest,
    haligne hyht      on heofonþrymme,
    gif u lidwerigum      larna þinra
    este wyrest.      Wolde ic anes to e,
    cynerof hæle,      cræftes neosan,
    485
    æt u me getæhte,      nu þe tir cyning
    ond miht forgef,      manna scyppend,
    hu u wægflotan      wære bestemdon,
    sæhengeste,      sund wisige.
    Ic wæs on gifee      iu ond nu þa
    490
    syxtyne sium      on sæbate,
    mere hrerendum      mundum freorig,
    eagorstreamas,      (is ys ane ma),
    swa ic æfre ne geseah      ænigne mann,
    þrybearn hælea,      þe gelicne,
    495
    steoran ofer stæfnan.      Streamwelm hwile,
    beateþ brimstæo.      Is þes bat ful scrid,
    fære famigheals,      fugole gelicost
    glide on geofone.      Ic georne wat
    þæt ic æfre ne geseah      ofer ylade
    500
    on sæleodan      syllicran cræft.
    Is þon geliccost      swa he on landsceare
    stille stande,      þær hine storm ne mæg,
    wind awecgan,      ne wæterflodas
    brecan brondstæfne,      hwæere on brim snowe
    505
    snel under segle.      u eart seolfa geong,
    wigendra hleo,      nalas wintrum frod,
    hafast þe on fyrhe,      farolacende,
    eorles ondsware.      æghwylces canst
    worda for worulde      wislic andgit."
    510
    Him ondswarode      ece dryhten:
    "Oft þæt gesæle,      þæt we on sælade,
    scipum under scealcum,      þonne sceor cyme,
    breca ofer bæweg,      brimhengestum.
    Hwilum us on yum      earfolice
    515
    gesæle on sæwe,      þeh we si nesan,
    frecne geferan.      Flodwylm ne mæg
    manna ænigne      ofer meotudes est
    lungre gelettan:      ah him lifes geweald,
    se e brimu binde,      brune ya
    520
    y ond þreata.      He þeodum sceal
    racian mid rihte,      se e rodor ahof
    ond gefæstnode      folmum sinum,
    worhte ond wreede,      wuldras fylde
    beorhtne boldwelan,      swa gebledsod wear
    525
    engla eel      þurh his anes miht.
    Forþan is gesyne,      so orgete,
    cu oncnawen,      þæt u cyninges eart
    þegen geþungen,      þrymsittendes,
    forþan þe sona      sæholm oncneow,
    530
    garsecges begang,      þæt u gife hæfdes
    haliges gastes.      Hærn eft onwand,
    arya geblond.      Egesa gestilde,
    widfæme wæg.      Wædu swæorodon
    seoþan hie ongeton      þæt e god hæfde
    535
    wære bewunden,      se e wuldres blæd
    gestaolade      strangum mihtum."
    þa hleorade      halgan stefne
    cempa collenferh,      cyning wyrude,
    wuldres waldend,      ond þus wordum cwæ:
    540
    "Wes u gebledsod,      brego mancynnes,
    dryhten hælend!      A þin dom lyfa!
    Ge neh ge feor      is þin nama halig,
    wuldre gewlitegad      ofer werþeoda,
    miltsum gemærsod.      Nænig manna is
    545
    under heofonhwealfe,      hælea cynnes,
    ætte areccan mæg      oe rim wite
    hu rymlice,      þeoda baldor,
    gasta geocend,      þine gife dælest.
    Huru is gesyne,      sawla nergend,
    550
    þæt u þissum hysse      hold gewurde
    ond hine geongne      geofum wyrodest,
    wis on gewitte      ond wordcwidum.
    Ic æt efenealdum      æfre ne mette
    on modsefan      maran snyttro."
    555
    Him a of ceole oncwæ      cyninga wuldor,
    frægn fromlice      fruma ond ende:
    "Saga, þances gleaw      þegn, gif u cunne,
    hu æt gewurde      be werum tweonum,
    þæt a arleasan      inwidþancum,
    560
    Iudea cynn      wi godes bearne
    ahof hearmcwide.      Hæle unsælige
    no ær gelyfdon      in hira liffruman,
    grome gealgmode,      þæt he god wære,
    þeah e he wundra feala      weorodum gecyde,
    565
    sweotulra ond gesynra.      Synnige ne mihton
    oncnawan þæt cynebearn,      se e acenned wear
    to hleo ond to hrore      hælea cynne,
    eallum eorwarum.      æþelinge weox
    word ond wisdom,      ah he þara wundra a,
    570
    domagende,      dæl nænigne
    frætre þeode      beforan cyde."
    Him a Andreas      agef andsware:
    "Hu mihte þæt gewyran      in werþeode,
    þæt u ne gehyrde      hælendes miht,
    575
    gumena leofost,      hu he his gif cyde
    geond woruld wide,      wealdendes bearn?
    Sealde he dumbum gesprec,      deafe gehyrdon,
    healtum ond hreofum      hyge blissode,
    a þe limseoce      lange wæron,
    580
    werige, wanhale,      witum gebundene,
    æfter burhstedum      blinde gesegon.
    Swa he on grundwæge      gumena cynnes
    manige missenlice      men of deae
    worde awehte.      Swylce he eac wundra feala
    585
    cynerof cyde      þurh his cræftes miht.
    He gehalgode      for heremægene
    win of wætere      ond wendan het,
    beornum to blisse,      on þa beteran gecynd.
    Swylce he afedde      of fixum twam
    590
    ond of fif hlafum      fira cynnes
    fif usendo.      Fean sæton,
    reonigmode,      reste gefegon,
    werige æfter wae,      wiste þegon,
    menn on moldan,      swa him gemedost wæs.
    595
    Nu u miht gehyran,      hyse leofesta,
    hu us wuldres weard      wordum ond dædum
    lufode in life,      ond þurh lare speon
    to þam fægeran gefean,      þær freo moton,
    eadige mid englum,      eard weardigan,
    600
    þa e æfter deae      dryhten seca."
    a gen weges weard      wordhord onleac,
    beorn ofer bolcan,      beald reordade:
    "Miht u me gesecgan,      þæt ic so wite,
    hwæer wealdend þin      wundor on eoran,
    605
    þa he gefremede      nalas feam sium,
    folcum to frofre      beforan cyde,
    þær bisceopas      ond boceras
    ond ealdormenn      æht besæton,
    mæelhægende?      Me þæt þince,
    610
    æt hie for æfstum      inwit syredon
    þurh deopne gedwolan.      Deofles larum
    hæle hynfuse      hyrdon to georne,
    wraum wærlogan.      Hie seo wyrd beswac,
    forleolc ond forlærde.      Nu hie lungre sceolon,
    615
    werige mid werigum,      wræce þrowian,
    biterne bryne      on banan fæme."
    Him a Andreas      agef ondsware:
    "Secge ic e to soe      æt he swie oft
    beforan fremede      folces ræswum
    620
    wundor æfter wundre      on wera gesiehe,
    swylce deogollice      dryhten gumena
    folcræd fremede,      swa he to frie hogode."
    Him ondswarode      æelinga helm:
    "Miht u, wis hæle,      wordum gesecgan,
    625
    maga mode rof,      mægen þa he cyde,
    deormod on digle,      a mid dryhten oft,
    rodera rædend,      rune besæton?"
    Him þa Andreas      ondsware agef:
    "Hwæt frinest u me,      frea leofesta,
    630
    wordum wrætlicum,      ond þe wyrda gehwære
    þurh snyttra cræft      so oncnawest?"
    a git him wæges weard      wiþingode:
    "Ne frine ic e for tæle      ne urh teoncwide
    on hranrade,      ac min hige blissa,
    635
    wynnum wrida,      þurh þine wordlæe,
    æelum ecne.      Ne eom ic ana æt,
    ac manna gehwam      mod bi on hyhte,
    fyrh afrefred,      þam þe feor oe neah
    on mode geman      hu se maga fremede,
    640
    godbearn on grundum.      Gastas hweorfon,
    sohton sifrome      swegles dreamas,
    engla eel      þurh þa æelan miht."
    Edre him Andreas      agef ondsware:
    "Nu ic on þe sylfum      so oncnawe,
    645
    wisdomes gewit,      wundorcræfte
    sigesped geseald,      (snyttrum blowe,
    beorhtre blisse,      breost innanweard),
    nu ic þe sylfum      secgan wille
    oor ond ende,      swa ic þæs æelinges
    650
    word ond wisdom      on wera gemote
    þurh his sylfes mu      symle gehyrde.
    Oft gesamnodon      side herigeas,
    folc unmæte,      to frean dome,
    þær hie hyrcnodon      haliges lare.
    655
    onne eft gewat      æelinga helm,
    beorht blædgifa,      in bold oer,
    ær him togenes,      god herigende,
    to am meelstede      manige comon,
    snottre selerædend.      Symble gefegon,
    660
    beornas bliheorte,      burhweardes cyme.
    Swa gesælde iu      þæt se sigedema
    ferde, frea mihtig.      Næs þær folces ma
    on sifate,      sinra leoda,
    nemne ellefne      orettmæcgas,
    665
    geteled tireadige.      He wæs twelfta sylf.
    þa we becomon      to þam cynestole,
    þær getimbred wæs      tempel dryhtnes,
    heah ond horngeap,      hæleum gefrege,
    wuldre gewlitegod.      Huscworde ongan
    670
    þurh inwitanc      ealdorsacerd
    herme hyspan,      hordlocan onspeon,
    wroht webbade.      He on gewitte oncneow
    þæt we sofæstes      swae folgodon,
    læston larcwide.      He lungre ahof
    675
    woe wierhydig      wean onblonden:
    'Hwæt, ge syndon earme      ofer ealle menn!
    Wada widlastas,      weorn gefera
    earfosia,      ellþeodiges nu
    butan leodrihte      larum hyra,
    680
    eadiges orhlytte      æeling cya,
    secga solice      þæt mid suna meotudes
    drohtigen dæghwæmlice.      þæt is duguum cu
    hwanon þam ordfruman      æelu onwocon.
    He wæs afeded      on þysse folcsceare,
    685
    cildgeong acenned      mid his cneomagum.
    þus syndon haten      hamsittende,
    fæder ond modur,      þæs we gefrægen habba
    þurh modgemynd,      Maria ond Ioseph.
    Syndon him on æelum      oere twegen
    690
    beornas geborene,      broorsybbum,
    suna Iosephes,      Simon ond Iacob.'
    Swa hleorodon      hælea ræswan,
    dugo domgeorne,      dyrnan þohton
    meotudes mihte.      Man eft gehwearf,
    695
    yfel endeleas,      þær hit ær aras.
    þa se þeoden gewat      þegna heape
    fram þam meelstede      mihtum geswied,
    dugea dryhten,      secan digol land.
    He þurh wundra feala      on þam westenne
    700
    cræfta gecyde      þæt he wæs cyning on riht
    ofer middangeard,      mægene geswied,
    waldend ond wyrhta      wuldorþrymmes,
    an ece god      eallra gesceafta.
    Swylce he oerra      unrim cyde
    705
    wundorworca      on wera gesyhe.
    Syþþan eft gewat      ore sie
    getrume mycle,      þæt he in temple gestod,
    wuldres aldor.      Wordhleoor astag
    geond heahræced.      Haliges lare
    710
    synnige ne swulgon,      þeah he sora swa feala
    tacna gecyde,      þær hie to segon.
    Swylce he wrætlice      wundor agræfene,
    anlicnesse      engla sinra
    geseh, sigora frea,      on seles wage,
    715
    on twa healfe      torhte gefrætwed,
    wlitige geworhte.      He worde cwæ:
    'is is anlicnes      engelcynna
    þæs bremestan      þe mid þam burgwarum
    in þære ceastre is.      Cheruphim et Seraphim
    720
    þa on swegeldreamum      syndon nemned.
    Fore onsyne      ecan dryhtnes
    standa stifere,      stefnum heriga,
    halgum hleorum,      heofoncyninges þrym,
    meotudes mundbyrd.      Her amearcod is
    725
    haligra hiw,      þurh handmægen
    awriten on wealle      wuldres þegnas.'
    þa gen worde cwæ      weoruda dryhten,
    heofonhalig gast,      fore þam heremægene:
    'Nu ic bebeode      beacen ætywan,
    730
    wundor geweoran      on wera gemange,
    æt þeos onlicnes      eoran sece,
    wlitig of wage,      ond word sprece,
    secge socwidum,      (þy sceolon gelyfan
    eorlas on cye),      hwæt min æelo sien.'
    735
    Ne dorste þa forhylman      hælendes bebod
    wundor fore weorodum,      ac of wealle ahleop,
    frod fyrngeweorc,      þæt he on foldan stod,
    stan fram stane.      Stefn æfter cwom,
    hlud þurh heardne,      hleoor dynede,
    740
    wordum wemde.      Wrætlic þuhte
    stihycgendum      stanes ongin.
    Septe sacerdas      sweotolum tacnum,
    witig werede      ond worde cwæ:
    'Ge synd unlæde,      earmra geþohta
    745
    searowum beswicene,      oe sel nyton,
    mode gemyrde.      Ge mon ciga
    godes ece bearn,      þone þe grund ond sund,
    heofon ond eoran      ond hreo wægas,
    salte sæstreamas      ond swegl uppe
    750
    amearcode      mundum sinum.
    þis is se ilca      ealwalda god
    one on fyrndagum      fæderas cuon.
    He Abrahame      ond Isace
    ond Iocobe      gife bryttode,
    755
    welum weorode,      wordum sægde
    ærest Habrahame      æeles geþingu,
    þæt of his cynne      cenned sceolde
    weoran wuldres god.      Is seo wyrd mid eow
    open, orgete,      magan eagum nu
    760
    geseon sigores god,      swegles agend.'
    æfter þyssum wordum      weorud hlosnode
    geond þæt side sel,      (swigodon ealle),
    a a yldestan      eft ongunnon
    secgan synfulle,      (so ne oncneowan),
    765
    þæt hit drycræftum      gedon wære,
    scingelacum,      þæt se scyna stan
    mælde for mannum.      Man wridode
    geond beorna breost,      brandhata ni
    weoll on gewitte,      weorm blædum fag,
    770
    attor ælfæle.      þær orcnawe wear
    þurh teoncwide      tweogende mod,
    mæcga misgehygd      morre bewunden.
    a se þeoden bebead      þryweorc faran,
    stan on stræte      of stedewange,
    775
    ond for gan      foldweg tredan,
    grene grundas,      godes ærendu
    larum lædan      on þa leodmearce
    to Channaneum,      cyninges worde
    beodan Habrahame      mid his eaforum twæm
    780
    of eorscræfe      ærest fremman,
    lætan landreste,      leoo gadrigean,
    gaste onfon      ond geogohade,
    edniwinga      andweard cuman,
    frode fyrnweotan,      folce gecyan,
    785
    hwylcne hie god mihtum      ongiten hæfdon.
    Gewat he þa feran,      swa him frea mihtig,
    scyppend wera,      gescrifen hæfde,
    ofer mearcpau,      þæt he on Mambre becom
    beorhte blican,      swa him bebead meotud,
    790
    þær þa lichoman      lange þrage,
    heahfædera hra,      beheled wæron.
    Het þa ofstlice      up astandan
    Habraham ond Isaac,      æeling þriddan
    Iacob of greote      to godes geþinge,
    795
    sneome of slæpe þæm fæstan.      Het hie to þam sie gyrwan,
    faran to frean dome.      Sceoldon hie þam folce gecyan
    hwa æt frumsceafte      furum teode
    eoran eallgrene      ond upheofon,
    hwær se wealdend wære      þe þæt weorc staolade.
    800
    Ne dorston þa gelettan      leng owihte
    wuldorcyninges word.      Geweotan a a witigan þry
    modige mearcland tredan.      Forlætan moldern wunigean
    open eorscræfu,      woldon hie ædre gecyan
    frumweorca fæder.      þa þæt folc gewear
    805
    egesan geaclod,      þær þa æelingas
    wordum weorodon      wuldres aldor.
    Hie a ricene het      rices hyrde
    to eadwelan      oþre sie
    secan mid sybbe      swegles dreamas,
    810
    ond þæs to widan feore      willum neotan.
    Nu u miht gehyran,      hyse leofesta,
    hu he wundra worn      wordum cyde,
    swa þeah ne gelyfdon      larum sinum
    modblinde menn.      Ic wat manig nu gyt
    815
    mycel mære spell      e se maga fremede,
    rodera rædend,      a u aræfnan ne miht,
    hrere behabban,      hygeþances gleaw."
    þus Andreas      ondlangne dæg
    herede hleoorcwidum      haliges lare,
    820
    oæt hine semninga      slæp ofereode
    on hronrade      heofoncyninge neh.
    a gelædan het      lifes brytta
    ofer ya geþræc      englas sine,
    fæmum ferigean      on fæder wære
    825
    leofne mid lissum      ofer lagufæsten,
    oæt sæwerige      slæp ofereode.
    þurh lyftgelac      on land becwom
    to þære ceastre      þe him cining engla
         a þa aras siigean,
    830
    eadige on upweg,      eles neosan.
    Leton þone halgan      be herestræte
    swefan on sybbe      under swegles hleo,
    bline bidan      burhwealle neh,
    his nihetum,      nihtlangne fyrst,
    835
    oþæt dryhten forlet      dægcandelle
    scire scinan.      Sceadu sweerodon,
    wonn under wolcnum.      þa com wederes blæst,
    hador heofonleoma,      ofer hofu blican.
    Onwoc þa wiges heard,      (wang sceawode),
    840
    fore burggeatum.      Beorgas steape,
    hleou hlifodon,      ymbe harne stan
    tigelfagan trafu,      torras stodon,
    windige weallas.      þa se wisa oncneow
    þæt he Marmedonia      mæge hæfde
    845
    sie gesohte,      swa him sylf bebead,
    þa he him fore gescraf,      fæder mancynnes.
    Geseh he þa on greote      gingran sine,
    beornas beadurofe,      biryhte him
    swefan on slæpe.      He sona ongann
    850
    wigend weccean,      ond worde cwæ:
    "Ic eow secgan mæg      so orgete,
    þæt us gystrandæge      on geofones stream
    ofer arwelan      æeling ferede.
    In þam ceole wæs      cyninga wuldor,
    855
    waldend wereode.      Ic his word oncneow,
    þeh he his mægwlite      bemien hæfde."
    Him þa æelingas      ondsweorodon,
    geonge gencwidum,      gastgerynum:
    "We e, Andreas,      eae gecya
    860
    si userne,      þæt u sylfa miht
    ongitan gleawlice      gastgehygdum.
    Us sæwerige      slæp ofereode.
    þa comon earnas      ofer ya wylm
    faran on flyhte,      feerum hremige,
    865
    us ofslæpendum      sawle abrugdon,
    mid gefean feredon      flyhte on lyfte,
    brehtmum blie,      beorhte ond lie.
    Lissum lufodon      ond in lofe wunedon,
    þær wæs singal sang      ond swegles gong,
    870
    wlitig weoroda heap      ond wuldres þreat.
    Utan ymbe æelne      englas stodon,
    þegnas ymb þeoden,      þusendmælum,
    heredon on heho      halgan stefne
    dryhtna dryhten.      Dream wæs on hyhte.
    875
    We ær heahfæderas      halige oncneowon
    ond martyra      mægen unlytel,
    sungon sigedryhtne      sofæstlic lof,
    dugo domgeorne.      þær wæs Dauid mid,
    eadig oretta,      Essages sunu,
    880
    for Crist cumen,      cining Israhela.
    Swylce we gesegon      for suna meotudes,
    æelum ecne,      eowic standan,
    twelfe getealde,      tireadige hæle.
    Eow þegnodon      þrymsittende,
    885
    halige heahenglas.      am bi hælea well
    þe þara blissa      brucan moton.
    þær wæs wuldres wynn,      wigendra þrym,
    æelic onginn,      næs þær ænigum gewinn.
    þam bi wræcsi witod,      wite geopenad,
    890
    þe þara gefeana sceal      fremde weoran,
    hean hwearfian,      þonne heonon gangaþ."
    þa wæs modsefa      myclum geblissod
    haliges on hrere,      syþan hleoorcwide
    gingran gehyrdon,      þæt hie god wolde
    895
    onmunan swa mycles      ofer menn ealle,
    ond þæt word gecwæ      wigendra hleo:
    "Nu ic, god dryhten,      ongiten hæbbe
    þæt u on farostræte      feor ne wære,
    cyninga wuldur,      þa ic on ceol gestah,
    900
    eh ic on yfare,      engla þeoden,
    gasta geocend,      ongitan ne cue.
    Weor me nu milde,      meotud ælmihtig,
    blie, beorht cyning!      Ic on brimstreame
    spræc worda worn,      wat æfter nu
    905
    hwa me wyrmyndum      on wudubate
    ferede ofer flodas.      þæt is frofre gast
    hælea cynne.      þær is help gearu,
    milts æt mærum,      manna gehwylcum,
    sigorsped geseald,      þam þe sece to him."
    910
    a him fore eagum      onsyne wear
    æeling oywed      in þa ilcan tid,
    cining cwicera gehwæs,      þurh cnihtes had.
    þa he worde cwæ,      wuldres aldor:
    "Wes u, Andreas, hal,      mid þas willgedryht,
    915
    fergefeonde!      Ic þe frie healde,
    þæt þe ne moton      mangenilan,
    grame grynsmias,      gaste gescean."
    Feoll þa to foldan,      frioo wilnode
    wordum wis hæle,      winedryhten frægn:
    920
    "Hu geworhte ic þæt,      waldend fira,
    synnig wi seolfne,      sawla nergend,
    þæt ic þe swa godne      ongitan ne meahte
    on wægfære,      þær ic worda gespræc
    minra for meotude      ma þonne ic sceolde?"
    925
    Him andswarode      ealwalda god:
    "No u swa swie      synne gefremedest
    swa u in Achaia      ondsæc dydest,
    æt u on feorwegas      feran ne cue
    ne in þa ceastre      becuman mehte,
    930
    þing gehegan      þreora nihta
    fyrstgemearces,      swa ic þe feran het
    ofer wega gewinn.      Wast nu þe gearwor
    þæt ic eae mæg      anra gehwylcne
    fremman ond fyrþran      freonda minra
    935
    on landa gehwylc,      þær me leofost bi.
    Aris nu hrædlice,      ræd ædre ongit,
    beorn gebledsod,      swa þe beorht fæder
    geweora wuldorgifum      to widan aldre,
    cræfte ond mihte.      u in þa ceastre gong
    940
    under burglocan,      þær þin broor is.
    Wat ic Matheus      þurh mænra hand
    hrinen heorudolgum,      heafodmagan
    searonettum beseted.      þu hine secan scealt,
    leofne alysan      of lara hete,
    945
    ond eal þæt mancynn      þe him mid wunige,
    elþeodigra      inwitwrasnum,
    bealuwe gebundene.      Him sceal bot hrae
    weorþan in worulde      ond in wuldre lean,
    swa ic him sylfum ær      secgende wæs.
    950
    Nu u, Andreas, scealt      edre genean
    in gramra gripe.      Is þe gu weotod,
    heardum heoruswengum      scel þin hra dæled
    wundum weoran,      wættre geliccost
    faran flode blod.      Hie þin feorh ne magon
    955
    deae gedælan,      þeh u drype olie,
    synnigra slege.      u þæt sar aber;
    ne læt þe ahweorfan      hæenra þrym,
    grim gargewinn,      þæt u gode swice,
    dryhtne þinum.      Wes a domes georn;
    960
    læt e on gemyndum      hu þæt manegum wear
    fira gefrege      geond feala landa,
    þæt me bysmredon      bennum fæstne
    weras wansælige.      Wordum tyrgdon,
    slogon ond swungon,      synnige ne mihton
    965
    þurh sarcwide      so gecyan.
    þa ic mid Iudeum      gealgan þehte,
    (rod wæs aræred),      þær rinca sum
    of minre sidan      swat ut forlet,
    dreor to foldan.      Ic adreah feala
    970
    yrmþa ofer eoran.      Wolde ic eow on on
    þurh bline hige      bysne onstellan,
    swa on ellþeode      ywed wyre.
    Manige syndon      in þysse mæran byrig
    þara þe u gehweorfest      to heofonleohte
    975
    þurh minne naman,      þeah hie morres feala
    in fyrndagum      gefremed habban."
    Gewat him þa se halga      heofonas secan,
    eallra cyninga cining,      þone clænan ham,
    eamedum upp,      þær is ar gelang
    980
    fira gehwylcum,      þam þe hie findan cann.
    a wæs gemyndig      modgeþyldig,
    beorn beaduwe heard,      eode in burh hrae,
    anræd oretta,      elne gefyrred,
    maga mode rof,      meotude getreowe,
    985
    stop on stræte,      (stig wisode),
    swa him nænig gumena      ongitan ne mihte,
    synfulra geseon.      Hæfde sigora weard
    on þam wangstede      wære betolden
    leofne leodfruman      mid lofe sinum.
    990
    Hæfde þa se æeling      in geþrungen,
    Cristes cempa,      carcerne neh.
    Geseh he hæenra      hlo ætgædere,
    fore hlindura      hyrdas standan,
    seofone ætsomne.      Ealle swylt fornam,
    995
    druron domlease.      Dearæs forfeng
    hæle heorodreorige.      a se halga gebæd
    bilwytne fæder,      breostgehygdum
    herede on heho      heofoncyninges þrym,
    godes dryhtendom.      Duru sona onarn
    1000
    þurh handhrine      haliges gastes,
    ond þær in eode,      elnes gemyndig,
    hæle hildedeor.      Hæene swæfon,
    dreore druncne,      deawang rudon.
    Geseh he Matheus      in þam mororcofan,
    1005
    hæle higerofne      under heolstorlocan,
    secgan dryhtne lof,      domweoringa
    engla eodne.      He ær ana sæt
    geohum geomor      in þam gnornhofe.
    Geseh þa under swegle      swæsne geferan,
    1010
    halig haligne.      Hyht wæs geniwad.
    Aras þa togenes,      gode þancade
    þæs e hie onsunde      æfre moston
    geseon under sunnan.      Syb wæs gemæne
    bam þam gebrorum,      blis edniwe.
    1015
    æghwæer oerne      earme beþehte,
    cyston hie ond clypton.      Criste wæron begen
    leofe on mode.      Hie leoht ymbscan
    halig ond heofontorht.      Hreor innan wæs
    wynnum awelled.      þa worde ongan
    1020
    ærest Andreas      æelne geferan
    on clustorcleofan      mid cwide sinum
    gretan godfyrhtne,      sæde him gugeingu,
    feohtan fara monna:      "Nu is þis folc on luste,
    hæle hyder on     
    1025
    gewyrht      eardes neosan."
    æfter þyssum wordum      wuldres þegnas,
    begen þa gebroor,      to gebede hyldon,
    sendon hira bene      fore bearn godes.
    Swylce se halga      in þam hearmlocan
    1030
    his god grette      ond him geoce bæd,
    hælend helpe,      ær þan hra crunge
    fore hæenra      hildeþrymme,
    ond þa gelædde      of leoobendum
    fram þam fæstenne      on fri dryhtnes
    1035
    tu ond hundteontig      geteled rime,
    swylce feowertig,     
    generede fram nie,      (þær he nænigne forlet
    under burglocan      bennum fæstne),
    ond þær wifa þa gyt,      weorodes to eacan,
    1040
    anes wana þe fiftig     
    forhte gefreoode.      Fægen wæron sies,
    lungre leordan,      nalas leng bidon
    in þam gnornhofe      gugeþingo.
    Gewat þa Matheus      menigo lædan
    1045
    on gehyld godes,      swa him se halga bebead.
    Weorod on wilsi      wolcnum beþehte,
    þe læs him scyldhatan      scyan comon
    mid earhfare,      ealdgenilan.
    þær þa modigan mid him      mæel gehedan,
    1050
    treowgeþoftan,      ær hie on tu hweorfan.
    æger þara eorla      orum trymede
    heofonrices hyht,      helle witu
    wordum werede.      Swa a wigend mid him,
    hæle higerofe,      halgum stefnum
    1055
    cempan coste      cyning weoradon,
    wyrda waldend,      þæs wuldres ne bi
    æfre mid eldum      ende befangen.
    Gewat him þa Andreas      inn on ceastre
    glædmod gangan,      to þæs e he gramra gemot,
    1060
    fara folcmægen,      gefrægen hæfde,
    oæt he gemette      be mearcpae
    standan stræte neah      stapul ærenne.
    Gesæt him þa be healfe,      hæfde hluttre lufan,
    ece upgemynd      engla blisse;
    1065
    þanon basnode      under burhlocan
    hwæt him guweorca      gifee wurde.
    þa gesamnedon      side herigeas,
    folces frumgaras.      To þam fæstenne
    wærleasra werod      wæpnum comon,
    1070
    hæne hildfrecan,      to þæs þa hæftas ær
    under hlinscuwan      hearm þrowedon.
    Wendan ond woldon      wierhycgende
    þæt hie on elþeodigum      æt geworhton,
    weotude wiste.      Him seo wen gelah,
    1075
    syan mid corre      carcernes duru
    eorre æscberend      opene fundon,
    onhliden hamera geweorc,      hyrdas deade.
    Hie þa unhyige      eft gecyrdon,
    luste belorene,      laspell beran,
    1080
    sægdon þam folce      þæt ær feorrcundra,
    ellreordigra,      ænigne to lafe
    in carcerne      cwicne ne gemetton,
    ah þær heorodreorige      hyrdas lagan,
    gæsne on greote,      gaste berofene,
    1085
    fægra flæschaman.      þa wear forht manig
    for þam færspelle      folces ræswa,
    hean, hygegeomor,      hungres on wenum,
    blates beodgastes.      Nyston beteran ræd,
    þonne hie þa belidenan      him to lifnere
    1090
    deade gefeormedon.      Duruþegnum wear
    in ane tid      eallum ætsomne
    þurh heard gelac      hildbedd styred.
    a ic lungre gefrægn      leode tosomne
    burgwaru bannan.      Beornas comon,
    1095
    wiggendra þreat,      wicgum gengan,
    on mearum modige,      mæelhegende,
    æscum dealle.      þa wæs eall geador
    to þam þingstede      þeod gesamnod.
    Leton him þa betweonum      taan wisian
    1100
    hwylcne hira ærest      orum sceolde
    to foddurþege      feores ongyldan;
    hluton hellcræftum,      hæengildum
    teledon betwinum.      a se tan gehwearf
    efne ofer ænne      ealdgesia,
    1105
    se wæs uweota      eorla dugoe,
    heriges on ore.      Hrae sian wear
    fetorwrasnum fæst,      feores orwena.
    Cleopode þa collenferh      cearegan reorde,
    cwæ he his sylfes sunu      syllan wolde
    1110
    on æhtgeweald,      eaforan geongne,
    lifes to lisse.      Hie a lac hrae
    þegon to þance.      þeod wæs oflysted,
    metes modgeomre,      næs him to mame wynn,
    hyht to hordgestreonum.      Hungre wæron
    1115
    þearle geþreatod,      swa se eodsceaa
    reow ricsode.      þa wæs rinc manig,
    gufrec guma,      ymb þæs geongan feorh
    breostum onbryrded.      To þam beadulace
    wæs þæt weatacen      wide gefrege,
    1120
    geond þa burh bodad      beorne manegum,
    þæt hie þæs cnihtes cwealm      corre gesohton,
    dugue ond eogoe,      dæl onfengon
    lifes to leofne.      Hie lungre to þæs,
    hæene herigweardas,      here samnodan
    1125
    ceastrewarena.      Cyrm upp astah
    a se geonga ongann      geomran stefne,
    gehæfted for herige,      hearmleo galan,
    freonda feasceaft,      fries wilnian.
    Ne mihte earmsceapen      are findan,
    1130
    freoe æt þam folce,      þe him feores wolde,
    ealdres geunnan.      Hæfdon æglæcan
    sæcce gesohte.      Sceolde sweordes ecg,
    scerp ond scurheard,      of sceaan folme,
    fyrmælum fag,      feorh acsigan.
    1135
    a þæt Andrea      earmlic þuhte,
    þeodbealo þearlic      to geolianne,
    þæt he swa unscyldig      ealdre sceolde
    lungre linnan.      Wæs se leodhete
    þrist ond þrohtheard.      þrymman sceocan,
    1140
    modige maguþegnas,      morres on luste,
    woldon æninga,      ellenrofe,
    on þam hysebeorre      heafolan gescenan,
    garum agetan.      Hine god forstod,
    halig of heho,      hæenum folce.
    1145
    Het wæpen wera      wexe gelicost
    on þam orlege      eall formeltan,
    þy læs scyldhatan      scean mihton,
    egle ondsacan,      ecga þryum.
    Swa wear alysed      of leodhete,
    1150
    geong of gyrne.      Gode ealles þanc,
    dryhtna dryhtne,      þæs e he dom gife
    gumena gehwylcum,      þara þe geoce to him
    sece mid snytrum.      þær bi symle gearu
    freod unhwilen,      þam þe hie findan cann.
    1155
    þa wæs wop hæfen      in wera burgum,
    hlud heriges cyrm.      Hreopon friccan,
    mændon meteleaste,      mee stodon,
    hungre gehæfte.      Hornsalu wunedon,
    weste winræced,      welan ne benohton
    1160
    beornas to brucanne      on þa bitran tid,
    gesæton searuþancle      sundor to rune
    ermu eahtigan.      Næs him to ele wynn.
    Fregn þa gelome      freca oerne:
    "Ne hele se e hæbbe      holde lare,
    1165
    on sefan snyttro!      Nu is sæl cumen,
    þrea ormæte,      is nu þearf mycel
    þæt we wisfæstra      wordum hyran."
    þa for þære dugoe      deoful ætywde,
    wann ond wliteleas,      hæfde weriges hiw.
    1170
    Ongan þa meldigan      morþres brytta,
    hellehinca,      þone halgan wer
    wierhycgende,      ond þæt word gecwæ:
    "Her is gefered      ofer feorne weg
    æelinga sum      innan ceastre,
    1175
    ellþeodigra,      þone ic Andreas
    nemnan herde.      He eow neon gesceod
    a he aferede      of fæstenne
    manncynnes ma      þonne gemet wære.
    Nu ge magon eae      oncydæda
    1180
    wrecan on gewyrhtum.      Læta wæpnes spor
    iren ecgheard,      ealdorgeard sceoran,
    fæges feorhhord.      Ga fromlice
    þæt ge wierfeohtend      wiges gehnægan."
    Him þa Andreas      agef ondsware:
    1185
    "Hwæt, u þristlice      þeode lærest,
    bældest to beadowe!      Wæst þe bæles cwealm,
    hatne in helle,      ond þu here fysest,
    fean to gefeohte.      Eart u fag wi god,
    dugoa demend.      Hwæt, u deofles stræl,
    1190
    icest þine yrmo.      e se ælmihtiga
    heanne gehnægde,      ond on heolstor besceaf,
    þær þe cyninga cining      clamme belegde,
    ond þe syan a      Satan nemdon,
    a e dryhtnes a      deman cuon."
    1195
    a gyt se wiermeda      wordum lærde
    folc to gefeohte,      feondes cræfte:
    "Nu ge gehyra      hælea gewinnan,
    se yssum herige mæst      hearma gefremede.
    æt is Andreas,      se me on flite
    1200
    wordum wrætlicum      for wera menigo."
    a wæs beacen boden      burhsittendum.
    Ahleopon hildfrome      heriges brehtme
    ond to weallgeatum      wigend þrungon,
    cene under cumblum,      corre mycle
    1205
    to am orlege,      ordum ond bordum.
    þa worde cwæ      weoroda dryhten,
    meotud mihtum swi      sægde his magoþegne:
    "Scealt u, Andreas,      ellen fremman!
    Ne mi u for menigo,      ah þinne modsefan
    1210
    staola wi strangum!      Nis seo stund latu
    þæt þe wælreowe      witum belecgaþ,
    cealdan clommum.      Cy þe sylfne,
    herd hige þinne,      heortan staola,
    þæt hie min on e      mægen oncnawan.
    1215
    Ne magon hie ond ne moton      ofer mine est
    þinne lichoman,      lehtrum scyldige,
    deae gedælan,      eah u drype þolige,
    mirce manslaga.      Ic þe mid wunige."
    æfter þam wordum com      werod unmæte,
    1220
    lyswe larsmeoas,      mid lindgecrode,
    bolgenmode;      bæron ut hræe
    ond þam halgan þær      handa gebundon.
    Siþþan geypped wæs      æelinga wynn,
    ond hie andweardne      eagum meahton
    1225
    gesion sigerofne,      þær wæs sec manig
    on þam welwange      wiges oflysted
    leoda dugue.      Lyt sorgodon
    hwylc him þæt edlean      æfter wurde.
    Heton þa lædan      ofer landsceare,
    1230
    ragmælum teon,      torngenilan,
    swa hie hit frecnost      findan meahton.
    Drogon deormodne      æfter dunscræfum,
    ymb stanhleoo,      stærcedferþne,
    efne swa wide swa      wegas to lagon,
    1235
    enta ærgeweorc,      innan burgum,
    stræte stanfage.      Storm upp aras
    æfter ceasterhofum,      cirm unlytel
    hænes heriges.      Wæs þæs halgan lic
    sarbennum soden,      swate bestemed,
    1240
    banhus abrocen.      Blod yum weoll,
    hatan heolfre.      Hæfde him on innan
    ellen untweonde,      wæs þæt æele mod
    asundrad fram synnum,      þeah he sares swa feala
    deopum dolgslegum      dreogan sceolde.
    1245
    Swa wæs ealne dæg      oæt æfen com
    sigetorht swungen.      Sar eft gewod
    ymb þæs beornes breost,      oþæt beorht gewat
    sunne swegeltorht      to sete glidan.
    Læddan þa leode      lane gewinnan
    1250
    to carcerne.      He wæs Criste swa þeah
    leof on mode.      Him wæs leoht sefa
    halig heortan neh,      hige untyddre.
    þa se halga wæs      under heolstorscuwan,
    eorl ellenheard,      ondlange niht
    1255
    searoþancum beseted.      Snaw eoran band
    wintergeworpum.      Weder coledon
    heardum hægelscurum,      swylce hrim ond forst,
    hare hildstapan,      hælea eel
    lucon, leoda gesetu.      Land wæron freorig
    1260
    cealdum cylegicelum,      clang wæteres þrym
    ofer eastreamas,      is brycgade
    blæce brimrade.      Bliheort wunode
    eorl unforcu,      elnes gemyndig,
    þrist ond þrohtheard      in þreanedum
    1265
    wintercealdan niht.      No on gewitte blon,
    acol for þy egesan,      þæs þe he ær ongann,
    þæt he a domlicost      dryhten herede,
    weorade wordum,      oæt wuldres gim
    heofontorht onhlad.      a com hælea þreat
    1270
    to ære dimman ding,      dugu unlytel,
    wadan wælgifre      weorodes brehtme.
    Heton ut hræe      æeling lædan
    in wrara geweald,      wærfæstne hæle.
    a wæs eft swa ær      ondlangne dæg
    1275
    swungen sarslegum.      Swat yum weoll
    þurh bancofan,      blodlifrum swealg,
    hatan heolfre.      Hra weorces ne sann,
    wundum werig.      þa cwom wopes hring
    þurh þæs beornes breost,      blat ut faran,
    1280
    weoll wauman stream,      ond he worde cwæ:
    "Geseoh nu, dryhten god,      drohta minne,
    weoruda willgeofa!      þu wæst ond const
    anra gehwylces      earfesias.
    Ic gelyfe to e,      min liffruma,
    1285
    þæt u mildheort me      for þinum mægenspedum,
    nerigend fira,      næfre wille,
    ece ælmihtig,      anforlætan,
    swa ic þæt gefremme,      þenden feorh leofa,
    min on moldan,      þæt ic, meotud, þinum
    1290
    larum leofwendum      lyt geswice.
    þu eart gescyldend      wi sceaan wæpnum,
    ece eadfruma,      eallum þinum;
    ne læt nu bysmrian      banan manncynnes,
    facnes frumbearn,      þurh feondes cræft
    1295
    leahtrum belecgan      þa þin lof bera."
    a ær ætywde      se atola gast,
    wra wærloga.      Wigend lærde
    for þam heremægene      helle dioful
    awerged in witum,      ond þæt word gecwæ:
    1300
    "Slea synnigne      ofer seolfes mu,
    folces gewinnan!      Nu to feala reordaþ."
    þa wæs orlege      eft onhrered,
    niwan stefne.      Ni upp aras
    oþæt sunne gewat      to sete glidan
    1305
    under niflan næs.      Niht helmade,
    brunwann oferbræd      beorgas steape,
    ond se halga wæs      to hofe læded,
    deor ond domgeorn,      in þæt dimme ræced;
    sceal þonne in neadcofan      nihtlangne fyrst
    1310
    wærfæst wunian      wic unsyfre.
    þa com seofona sum      to sele geongan,
    atol æglæca      yfela gemyndig,
    morres manfrea      myrce gescyrded,
    deoful deareow      duguum bereafod,
    1315
    ongan þa þam halgan      hospword sprecan:
    "Hwæt hogodest u, Andreas,      hidercyme þinne
    on wrara geweald?      Hwæt is wuldor þin,
    þe u oferhigdum      upp arærdest,
    þa u goda ussa      gild gehnægdest?
    1320
    Hafast nu þe anum      eall getihhad
    land ond leode,      swa dyde lareow þin.
    Cyneþrym ahof,      þam wæs Crist nama,
    ofer middangeard,      þynden hit meahte swa.
    þone Herodes      ealdre besnyede,
    1325
    forcom æt campe      cyning Iudea,
    rices berædde,      ond hine rode befealg,
    þæt he on gealgan      his gast onsende.
    Swa ic nu bebeode      bearnum minum,
    þegnum þryfullum,      æt hie e hnægen,
    1330
    gingran æt gue.      Læta gares ord,
    earh ættre gemæl,      in gedufan
    in fæges fer.      Ga fromlice,
    æt ge gufrecan      gylp forbegan."
    Hie wæron reowe,      ræsdon on sona
    1335
    gifrum grapum.      Hine god forstod,
    staulfæst steorend,      þurh his strangan miht.
    Syan hie oncneowon      Cristes rode
    on his mægwlite,      mære tacen,
    wurdon hie a acle      on þam onfenge,
    1340
    forhte, afærde,      ond on fleam numen.
    Ongan eft swa ær      ealdgenila,
    helle hæftling,      hearmleo galan:
    "Hwæt wear eow swa rofum,      rincas mine,
    lindgesteallan,      þæt eow swa lyt gespeow?"
    1345
    Him þa earmsceapen      agef ondsware,
    fah fyrnsceaþa,      ond his fæder oncwæ:
    "Ne magan we him lungre      la ætfæstan,
    swilt þurh searwe.      Ga þe sylfa to!
    þær þu gegninga      gue findest,
    1350
    frecne feohtan,      gif u furur dearst
    to þam anhagan      aldre genean.
    We e magon eae,      eorla leofost,
    æt þam secgplegan      selre gelæran;
    ær u gegninga      gue fremme,
    1355
    wiges woman,      weald, hu e sæle
    æt þam gegnslege.      Utan gangan eft,
    þæt we bysmrigen      bendum fæstne,
    owitan him his wræcsi.      Habba word gearu
    wi þam æglæcan      eall getrahtod!"
    1360
    þa hleorade      hludan stefne,
    witum bewæled,      ond þæt word gecwæ:
    "þu þe, Andreas,      aclæccræftum
    lange feredes!      Hwæt, u leoda feala
    forleolce ond forlærdest!      Nu leng ne miht
    1365
    gewealdan þy weorce.      þe synd witu þæs grim
    weotud be gewyrhtum.      þu scealt werigmod,
    hean, hrora leas,      hearm þrowigan,
    sare swyltcwale.      Secgas mine
    to þam guplegan      gearwe sindon,
    1370
    þa þe æninga      ellenweorcum
    unfyrn faca      feorh ætþringan.
    Hwylc is þæs mihtig      ofer middangeard,
    þæt he þe alyse      of leoubendum,
    manna cynnes,      ofer mine est?"
    1375
    Him þa Andreas      agef ondsware:
    "Hwæt, me eae      ælmihtig god,
    nia neregend,      se e in niedum iu
    gefæstnode      fyrnum clommum!
    þær u syan a,      susle gebunden,
    1380
    in wræc wunne,      wuldres blunne,
    syan u forhogedes      heofoncyninges word.
    þær wæs yfles or,      ende næfre
    þines wræces weore.      u scealt widan feorh
    ecan þine yrmu.      þe bi a symble
    1385
    of dæge on dæg      drohtaþ strengra."
    a wear on fleame      se e a fæho iu
    wi god geara      grimme gefremede.
    Com þa on uhtan      mid ærdæge
    hæenra hlo      haliges neosan
    1390
    leoda weorude.      Heton lædan ut
    þrohtheardne þegn      þriddan sie,
    woldon aninga      ellenrofes
    mod gemyltan.      Hit ne mihte swa!
    a wæs niowinga      ni onhrered,
    1395
    heard ond hetegrim.      Wæs se halga wer
    sare geswungen,      searwum gebunden,
    dolgbennum þurhdrifen,      endon dæg lihte.
    Ongan þa geomormod      to gode cleopian,
    heard of hæfte,      halgan stefne
    1400
    weop werigfer,      ond þæt word gecwæ:
    "Næfre ic geferde      mid frean willan
    under heofonhwealfe      heardran drohtno,
    þær ic dryhtnes æ      deman sceolde.
    Sint me leou tolocen,      lic sare gebrocen,
    1405
    banhus blodfag,      benne wealla,
    seonodolg swatige.      Hwæt, u sigora weard,
    dryhten hælend,      on dæges tide
    mid Iudeum      geomor wurde
    a u of gealgan,      god lifigende,
    1410
    fyrnweorca frea,      to fæder cleopodest,
    cininga wuldor,      ond cwæde us:
    'Ic e, fæder engla,      frignan wille,
    lifes leohtfruma,      hwæt forlætest u me?'
    Ond ic nu þry dagas      þolian sceolde
    1415
    wælgrim witu.      Bidde ic, weoroda god,
    þæt ic gast minne      agifan mote,
    sawla symbelgifa,      on þines sylfes hand.
    u æt gehete      þurh þin halig word,
    þa u us twelfe      trymman ongunne,
    1420
    þæt us heterofra      hild ne gesceode,
    ne lices dæl      lungre oeoded,
    ne synu ne ban      on swae lagon,
    ne loc of heafde      to forlore wurde,
    gif we þine lare      læstan woldon.
    1425
    Nu sint sionwe toslopen,      is min swat adropen,
    licga æfter lande      loccas todrifene,
    fex on foldan.      Is me feorhgedal
    leofre mycle      þonne þeos lifcearo."
    Him þa stefn oncwæ,      stihycgendum,
    1430
    wuldorcyninges      word hlorode:
    "Ne wep þone wræcsi,      wine leofesta,
    nis þe to frecne.      Ic þe frie healde,
    minre mundbyrde      mægene besette.
    Me is miht ofer eall,     
    1435
    sigorsped geseald.      So þæt gecye
    mænig æt mele      on þam myclan dæge,
    þæt æt geweore,      þæt eos wlitige gesceaft,
    heofon ond eore,      hreosaþ togadore,
    ær awæged sie      worda ænig
    1440
    þe ic þurh minne mu      melan onginne.
    Geseoh nu seolfes swæe,      swa þin swat aget
    þurh bangebrec      blodige stige,
    lices lælan.      No þe laes ma
    þurh daroa gedrep      gedon motan,
    1445
    þa þe heardra mæst      hearma gefremedan."
    þa on last beseah      leoflic cempa
    æfter wordcwidum      wuldorcyninges.
    Geseh he geblowene      bearwas standan
    blædum gehrodene,      swa he ær his blod aget.
    1450
    a worde cwæ      wigendra hleo:
    "Sie e anc ond lof,      þeoda waldend,
    to widan feore      wuldor on heofonum,
    æs u me on sare,      sigedryhten min,
    ellþeodigne,      an ne forlæte."
    1455
    Swa se dædfruma      dryhten herede
    halgan stefne      oæt hador sægl
    wuldortorht gewat      under wau scrian.
    þa þa folctogan      feoran sie,
    egle ondsacan,      æeling læddon
    1460
    to þam carcerne,      woldon cræfta gehygd,
    magorædendes      mod oncyrran
    on þære deorcan niht.      þa com dryhten god
    in þæt hlinræced,      hælea wuldor,
    ond þa wine synne      wordum grette
    1465
    ond frofre gecwæ,      fæder manncynnes,
    lifes lareow,      heht his lichoman
    hales brucan:      "Ne scealt u in henum a leng
    searohæbbendra      sar þrowian."
    Aras þa mægene rof,      sægde meotude þanc,
    1470
    hal of hæfte      heardra wita.
    Næs him gewemmed wlite,      ne wloh of hrægle
    lungre alysed,      ne loc of heafde,
    ne ban gebrocen,      ne blodig wund
    lice gelenge,      ne laes dæl,
    1475
    þurh dolgslege      dreore bestemed,
    ac wæs eft swa ær      þurh þa æelan miht
    lof lædende,      ond on his lice trum.
    Hwæt, ic hwile nu      haliges lare,
    leogiddinga,      lof þæs þe worhte,
    1480
    wordum wemde,      wyrd undyrne
    ofer min gemet.      Mycel is to secganne,
    langsum leornung,      þæt he in life adreag,
    eall æfter orde.      þæt scell æglæwra
    mann on moldan      þonne ic me tælige
    1485
    findan on fere,      þæt fram fruman cunne
    eall þa earfeo      þe he mid elne adreah,
    grimra gua.      Hwære git sceolon
    lytlum sticcum      leoworda dæl
    furur reccan.      þæt is fyrnsægen,
    1490
    hu he weorna feala      wita geolode,
    heardra hilda,      in þære hæenan byrig.
    He be wealle geseah      wundrum fæste
    under sælwage      sweras unlytle,
    stapulas standan,      storme bedrifene,
    1495
    eald enta geweorc.      He wi anne þæra,
    mihtig ond modrof,      mæel gehede,
    wis, wundrum gleaw,      word stunde ahof:
    "Geher u, marmanstan,      meotudes rædum,
    fore þæs onsyne      ealle gesceafte
    1500
    forhte geweora,      þonne hie fæder geseo
    heofonas ond eoran      herigea mæste
    on middangeard      mancynn secan.
    Læt nu of þinum staþole      streamas weallan,
    ea inflede,      nu e ælmihtig
    1505
    hate, heofona cyning,      þæt u hrædlice
    on þis fræte folc      for onsende
    wæter widrynig      to wera cwealme,
    geofon geotende.      Hwæt, u golde eart,
    sincgife, sylla!      On e sylf cyning
    1510
    wrat, wuldres god,      wordum cyde
    recene geryno,      ond ryhte æ
    getacnode      on tyn wordum,
    meotud mihtum swi.      Moyse sealde,
    swa hit sofæste      syþan heoldon,
    1515
    modige magoþegnas,      magas sine,
    godfyrhte guman,      Iosua ond Tobias.
    Nu u miht gecnawan      þæt þe cyning engla
    gefrætwode      furur mycle
    giofum geardagum      þonne eall gimma cynn.
    1520
    þurh his halige hæs      þu scealt hræe cyan
    gif u his ondgitan      ænige hæbbe."
    Næs þa wordlatu      wihte þon mare
    þæt se stan togan.      Stream ut aweoll,
    fleow ofer foldan.      Famige walcan
    1525
    mid ærdæge      eoran þehton,
    myclade mereflod.      Meoduscerwen wear
    æfter symbeldæge,      slæpe tobrugdon
    searuhæbbende.      Sund grunde onfeng,
    deope gedrefed.      Dugu wear afyrhted
    1530
    þurh þæs flodes fær.      Fæge swulton,
    geonge on geofene      guræs fornam
    þurh sealtne weg.      þæt wæs sorgbyrþen,
    biter beorþegu.      Byrlas ne gældon,
    ombehtþegnas.      þær wæs ælcum genog
    1535
    fram dæges orde      drync sona gearu.
    Weox wæteres þrym.      Weras cwanedon,
    ealde æscberend.      Wæs him ut myne
    fleon fealone stream,      woldon feore beorgan,
    to dunscræfum      drohta secan,
    1540
    eoran ondwist.      Him þæt engel forstod,
    se a burh oferbrægd      blacan lige,
    hatan heaowælme.      Hreoh wæs þær inne
    beatende brim.      Ne mihte beorna hlo
    of þam fæstenne      fleame spowan.
    1545
    Wægas weoxon,      wadu hlynsodon,
    flugon fyrgnastas,      flod yum weoll.
    ær wæs yfynde      innan burgum
    geomorgidd wrecen.      Geho mændan
    forhtfer manig,      fusleo golon.
    1550
    Egeslic æled      eagsyne wear,
    heardlic hereteam,      hleoor gryrelic.
    þurh lyftgelac      leges blæstas
    weallas ymbwurpon,      wæter mycladon.
    þær wæs wop wera      wide gehyred,
    1555
    earmlic ylda gedræg.      þa þær an ongann,
    feasceaft hæle,      folc gadorigean,
    hean, hygegeomor,      heofende spræc:
    "Nu ge magon sylfe      so gecnawan,
    þæt we mid unrihte      ellþeodigne
    1560
    on carcerne      clommum belegdon,
    witebendum.      Us seo wyrd scye,
    heard ond hetegrim.      þæt is her swa cu,
    is hit mycle selre,      þæs þe ic so talige,
    þæt we hine alysan      of leoobendum,
    1565
    ealle anmode,      (ofost is selost),
    ond us þone halgan      helpe biddan,
    geoce ond frofre.      Us bi gearu sona
    sybb æfter sorge,      gif we secaþ to him."
    þa þær Andrea      orgete wear
    1570
    on fyrhlocan      folces gebæro,
    þær wæs modigra      mægen forbeged,
    wigendra þrym.      Wæter fæmedon,
    fleow firgendstream,      flod wæs on luste,
    oþþæt breost oferstag,      brim weallende,
    1575
    eorlum o exle.      þa se æeling het
    streamfare stillan,      stormas restan
    ymbe stanhleou.      Stop ut hræe
    cene collenfer,      carcern ageaf,
    gleawmod, gode leof.      Him wæs gearu sona
    1580
    þurh streamræce      stræt gerymed.
    Smeolt wæs se sigewang,      symble wæs dryge
    folde fram flode,      swa his fot gestop.
    Wurdon burgware      blie on mode,
    ferhgefeonde.      þa wæs for cumen
    1585
    geoc æfter gyrne.      Geofon swarode
    þurh haliges hæs,      hlyst yst forgeaf,
    brimrad gebad.      þa se beorg tohlad,
    eorscræf egeslic,      ond þær in forlet
    flod fæmian,      fealewe wægas,
    1590
    geotende gegrind      grund eall forswealg.
    Nalas he þær ye      ane bisencte,
    ach þæs weorodes eac      a wyrrestan,
    faa folcsceaan,      feowertyne
    gewiton mid þy wæge      in forwyrd sceacan
    1595
    under eorþan grund.      þa wear acolmod,
    forhtfer manig      folces on laste.
    Wendan hie wifa      ond wera cwealmes,
    þearlra geþinga      rage hnagran,
    syan mane faa,      mororscyldige,
    1600
    gugelacan      under grund hruron.
    Hie a anmode      ealle cwædon:
    "Nu is gesyne      æt þe so meotud,
    cyning eallwihta,      cræftum wealde,
    se isne ar      hider onsende
    1605
    þeodum to helpe.      Is nu þearf mycel
    þæt we gumcystum      georne hyran."
    þa se halga ongann      hæle blissigean,
    wigendra þreat      wordum retan:
    "Ne beo ge to forhte,      þeh þe fell curen
    1610
    synnigra cynn.      Swylt þrowode,
    witu be gewyrhtum.      Eow is wuldres leoht
    torht ontyned,      gif ge teala hycga."
    Sende þa his bene      fore bearn godes,
    bæd haligne      helpe gefremman
    1615
    gumena geogoe,      þe on geofene ær
    þurh flodes fæm      feorh gesealdon,
    æt þa gastas,      gode orfeorme,
    in wita forwyrd,      wuldre bescyrede,
    in feonda geweald      gefered ne wurdan.
    1620
    þa æt ærende      ealwealdan gode
    æfter hleoorcwidum      haliges gastes
    wæs on þanc sprecen,      eoda ræswan.
    Het þa onsunde      ealle arisan,
    geonge of greote,      þa ær geofon cwealde.
    1625
    þa þær ofostlice      upp astodon
    manige on mele,      mine gefrege,
    eaforan unweaxne,      a wæs eall eador
    leoolic ond gastlic,      þeah hie lungre ær
    þurh flodes fær      feorh aleton.
    1630
    Onfengon fulwihte      ond freouwære,
    wuldres wedde      witum aspedde,
    mundbyrd meotudes.      þa se modiga het,
    cyninges cræftiga,      ciricean getimbran,
    gerwan godes tempel,      þær sio geogo aras
    1635
    þurh fæder fulwiht      ond se flod onsprang.
    þa gesamnodon      secga þreate
    weras geond þa winburg      wide ond side,
    eorlas anmode,      ond hira idesa mid,
    cwædon holdlice      hyran woldon,
    1640
    onfon fromlice      fullwihtes bæ
    dryhtne to willan,      ond diofolgild,
    ealde eolhstedas,      anforlætan.
    þa wæs mid þy folce      fulwiht hæfen,
    æele mid eorlum,      ond æ godes
    1645
    riht aræred,      ræd on lande
    mid þam ceasterwarum,      cirice gehalgod.
    þær se ar godes      anne gesette,
    wisfæstne wer,      wordes gleawne,
    in þære beorhtan byrig      bisceop þam leodum,
    1650
    ond gehalgode      fore þam heremægene
    þurh apostolhad,      Platan nemned,
    þeodum on þearfe,      ond þriste bebead
    þæt hie his lare      læston georne,
    feorhræd fremedon.      Sægde his fusne hige,
    1655
    þæt he þa goldburg      ofgifan wolde,
    secga seledream      ond sincgestreon,
    beorht beagselu,      ond him brimþisan
    æt sæs faroe      secan wolde.
    þæt wæs þam weorode      weorc to geþoligenne,
    1660
    þæt hie se leodfruma      leng ne wolde
    wihte gewunian.      þa him wuldres god
    on þam sifæte      sylfum ætywde,
    ond þæt word gecwæ,      weoruda dryhten:
    "folc of firenum?      Is him fus hyge
    1665
    ga geomriende,      geoho mæna
    weras wif samod.      Hira wop becom,
    murnende mod     
         fore sneowan.
    Ne scealt u þæt eowde      anforlætan
    1670
    on swa niowan gefean,      ah him naman minne
    on ferlocan      fæste getimbre.
    Wuna in þære winbyrig,      wigendra hleo,
    salu sinchroden,      seofon nihta fyrst.
    Syan u mid mildse      minre ferest."
    1675
    þa eft gewat      ore sie
    modig, mægene rof,      Marmedonia
    ceastre secan.      Cristenra weox
    word ond wisdom,      syan wuldres þegn,
    æþelcyninges ar,      eagum sawon.
    1680
    Lærde þa þa leode      on geleafan weg,
    trymede torhtlice,      tireadigra
    wenede to wuldre      weorod unmæte,
    to þam halgan ham      heofona rices,
    þær fæder ond sunu      ond frofre gast
    1685
    in þrinnesse      þrymme wealde
    in woruld worulda      wuldorgestealda.
    Swylce se halga      herigeas þreade,
    deofulgild todraf      ond gedwolan fylde.
    þæt wæs Satane      sar to geþolienne,
    1690
    mycel modes sorg,      þæt he a menigeo geseah
    hweorfan higeblie      fram helltrafum
    þurh Andreas      este lare
    to fægeran gefean,      þær næfre feondes ne bi,
    gastes gramhydiges,      gang on lande.
    1695
    þa wæron gefylde      æfter frean dome
    dagas on rime,      swa him dryhten bebead,
    þæt he þa wederburg      wunian sceolde.
    Ongan hine þa fysan      ond to flote gyrwan,
    blissum hremig,      wolde on brimþisan
    1700
    Achaie      ore sie
    sylfa gesecan,      þær he sawulgedal,
    beaducwealm gebad.      þæt þam banan ne wear
    hleahtre behworfen,      ah in helle ceafl
    si asette,      ond syan no,
    1705
    fah, freonda leas,      frofre benohte.
    a ic lædan gefrægn      leoda weorode
    leofne lareow      to lides stefnan,
    mæcgas modgeomre.      þær manegum wæs
    hat æt heortan      hyge weallende.
    1710
    Hie a gebrohton      æt brimes næsse
    on wægþele      wigan unslawne.
    Stodon him a on ofre      æfter reotan
    þendon hie on yum      æelinga wunn
    ofer seolhpau      geseon mihton,
    1715
    ond þa weoredon      wuldres agend,
    cleopodon on corre,      ond cwædon þus:
    "An is ece god      eallra gesceafta!
    Is his miht ond his æht      ofer middangeard
    breme gebledsod,      ond his blæd ofer eall
    1720
    in heofonþrymme      halgum scine,
    wlitige on wuldre      to widan ealdre,
    ece mid englum.      þæt is æele cyning!"

    The Fates of the Apostles

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt! Ic þysne sang         sigeomor fand
    on seocum sefan,         samnode wide
    hu þa æelingas         ellen cydon,
    torhte ond tireadige.         Twelfe wæron,
    5
    dædum domfæste,         dryhtne gecorene,
    leofe on life.         Lof wide sprang,
    miht ond mæro,         ofer middangeard,
    þeodnes þegna,         þrym unlytel.
    Halgan heape         hlyt wisode
    10
    þær hie dryhtnes æ         deman sceoldon,
    reccan fore rincum.         Sume on Romebyrig,
    frame, fyrdhwate,         feorh ofgefon
    þurg Nerones         nearwe searwe,
    Petrus ond Paulus.         Is se apostolhad
    15
    wide geweorod         ofer werþeoda!
    Swylce Andreas         in Achagia
    for Egias         aldre genede.
    Ne þreodode he fore þrymme         eodcyninges,
    æniges on eoran,         ac him ece geceas
    20
    langsumre lif,         leoht unhwilen,
    syþþan hildeheard,         heriges byrhtme,
    æfter guplegan         gealgan þehte.
    Hwæt, we eac gehyrdon         be Iohanne
    æglæawe menn         æelo reccan!
    25
    Se manna wæs,         mine gefrege,
    þurh cneorisse         Criste leofast
    on weres hade,         syan wuldres cyning,
    engla ordfruma,         eoran sohte
    þurh fæmnan hrif,         fæder manncynnes.
    30
    He in Effessia         ealle þrage
    leode lærde,         þanon lifes weg
    sie gesohte,         swegle dreamas,
    beorhtne boldwelan.         Næs his broor læt,
    sies sæne,         ac urh sweordes bite
    35
    mid Iudeum         Iacob sceolde
    fore Herode         ealdre gedælan,
    feorh wi flæsce.         Philipus wæs
    mid Asseum,         þanon ece lif
    þurh rode cwealm         ricene gesohte,
    40
    syan on galgan         in Gearapolim
    ahangen wæs         hildecorre.
    Huru, wide wear         wurd undyrne
    þæt to Indeum         aldre gelædde
    beaducræftig beorn,         Bartholameus!
    45
    þone heht Astrias         in Albano,
    hæen ond hygeblind,         heafde beneotan,
    forþan he a hæengild         hyran ne wolde,
    wig weorian.         Him wæs wuldres dream,
    lifwela leofra         þonne þas leasan godu.
    50
    Swylce Thomas eac         þriste genede
    on Indea         ore dælas,
    þær manegum wear         mod onlihted,
    hige onhyrded,         þurh his halig word.
    Syan collenfer         cyninges broor
    55
    awehte for weorodum,         wundorcræfte,
    þurh dryhtnes miht,         þæt he of deae aras,
    geong ond guhwæt,         ond him wæs Gad nama,
    ond a þæm folce         feorg gesealde,
    sin æt sæcce.         Sweordræs fornam
    60
    þurh hæene hand,         þær se halga gecrang,
    wund for weorudum,         þonon wuldres leoht
    sawle gesohte         sigores to leane.
    Hwæt, we þæt gehyrdon         þurg halige bec,
    þæt mid Sigelwarum         so yppe wear,
    65
    dryhtlic dom godes!         Dæges or onwoc,
    leohtes geleafan,         land wæs gefælsod
    þurh Matheus         mære lare.
    þone het Irtacus         urh yrne hyge,
    wælreow cyning,         wæpnum aswebban.
    70
    Hyrde we þæt Iacob         in Ierusalem
    fore sacerdum         swilt þrowode.
    urg stenges sweng         stimod gecrang,
    eadig for æfestum.         Hafa nu ece lif
    mid wuldorcining,         wiges to leane.
    75
    Næron a twegen         tohtan sæne,
    lindgelaces,         land Persea
    sohton sifrome,         Simon ond Thaddeus,
    beornas beadorofe!         Him wear bam samod
    an endedæg.         æele sceoldon
    80
    urh wæpenhete         weorc þrowigan,
    sigelean secan,         ond þone soan gefean,
    dream æfter deae,         þa gedæled wear
    lif wi lice,         ond þas lænan gestreon,
    idle æhtwelan,         ealle forhogodan.
    85
    us a æelingas         ende gesealdon,
    XII tilmodige.         Tir unbræcne
    wegan on gewitte         wuldres þegnas.
    Nu ic þonne bidde         beorn se e lufige
    þysses giddes begang         þæt he geomrum me
    90
    þone halgan heap         helpe bidde,
    fries ond fultomes.         Hu, ic freonda beþearf
    lira on lade,         þonne ic sceal langne ham,
    eardwic uncu,         ana gesecan,
    lætan me on laste         lic, eoran dæl,
    95
    wælreaf wunigean         weormum to hrore.
    Her mæg findan         foreþances gleaw,
    se e hine lyste         leogiddunga,
    hwa þas fitte fegde.         feoh þær on ende standeþ,
    eorlas þæs on eoran brucaþ.         Ne moton hie awa ætsomne,
    100
    woruldwunigende;         wen sceal gedreosan,
    ur on ele,         æfter tohreosan
    læne lices frætewa,         efne swa lagu toglide.
    þonne cen ond yr         cræftes neosa
    nihtes nearowe,         on him nyd lige,
    105
    cyninges þeodom.         Nu u cunnon miht
    hwa on þam wordum wæs         werum oncyig.
    Sie þæs gemyndig,         mann se e lufige
    þisses galdres begang,         þæt he geoce me
    ond frofre fricle.         Ic sceall feor heonan,
    110
    an elles for,         eardes neosan,
    si asettan,         nat ic sylfa hwær,
    of þisse worulde.         Wic sindon uncu,
    eard ond eel,         swa bi ælcum menn
    nemþe he godcundes         gastes bruce.
    115
    Ah utu we þe geornor         to gode cleopigan,
    sendan usse bene         on þa beorhtan gesceaft,
    þæt we þæs botles         brucan motan,
    hames in heho,         þær is hihta mæst,
    þær cyning engla         clænum gilde
    120
    lean unhwilen.         Nu a his lof stande,
    mycel ond mære,         ond his miht seomaþ,
    ece ond edgiong,         ofer ealle gesceaft.
    Finit.

    Soul and Body I

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Huru, æs behofa      hælea æghwylc
    þæt he his sawle si      sylfa geþence,
    hu þæt bi deoplic      þonne se dea cyme,
    asyndre þa sybbe      þe ær samod wæron,
    5
    lic ond sawle!      Lang bi syan
    þæt se gast nime      æt gode sylfum
    swa wite swa wuldor,      swa him on worulde ær
    efne þæt eorfæt      ær geworhte.
    Sceal se gast cuman      geohum hremig,
    10
    symble ymbe seofon niht      sawle findan
    þone lichoman      þe hie ær lange wæg,
    þreo hund wintra,      butan ær þeodcyning,
    ælmihtig god,      ende worulde
    wyrcan wille,      weoruda dryhten.
    15
    Cleopa þonne swa cearful      cealdan reorde,
    sprece grimlice      se gast to þam duste:
    "Hwæt, druh u dreorega,      to hwan drehtest u me,
    eoran fulnes      eal forwisnad,
    lames gelicnes!      Lyt u gemundest
    20
    to hwan þinre sawle þing      siþan wurde,
    syan of lichoman      læded wære!
    Hwæt, wite u me, weriga!      Hwæt, u huru wyrma gyfl
    lyt geþohtest,      þa u lustgryrum eallum
    ful geeodest,      hu u on eoran scealt
    25
    wyrmum to wiste!      Hwæt, u on worulde ær
    lyt geþohtest      hu þis is þus lang hider!
    Hwæt, þe la engel      ufan of roderum
    sawle onsende      þurh his sylfes hand,
    meotod ælmihtig,      of his mægenþrymme,
    30
    ond þe gebohte      blode þy halgan,
    ond þu me mid þy heardan      hungre gebunde
    ond gehæftnedest      helle witum!
    Eardode ic þe on innan.      Ne meahte ic e of cuman,
    flæsce befangen,      ond me fyrenlustas
    35
    þine geþrungon.      þæt me þuhte ful oft
    þæt hit wære XXX      þusend wintra
    to þinum deadæge.      A ic uncres gedales onbad
    earfolice.      Nis nu huru se ende to god!
    Wære þu þe wiste wlanc      ond wines sæd,
    40
    þrymful þunedest,      ond ic ofþyrsted wæs
    godes lichoman,      gastes drynces.
    Foran þu ne hogodest      her on life,
    syan ic e on worulde      wunian sceolde,
    þæt u wære þurh flæsc      ond þurh fyrenlustas
    45
    strange gestryned      ond gestaolod þurh me,
    ond ic wæs gast on e      fram gode sended.
    Næfre u me wi swa heardum      helle witum
    ne generedest      þurh þinra nieda lust.
    Scealt u minra gesynta      sceame þrowian
    50
    on am myclan dæge      þonne eall manna cynn
    se ancenneda      ealle gesamna.
    Ne eart u þon leofra      nænigum lifigendra
    men to gemæccan,      ne meder ne fæder
    ne nænigum gesybban,      þonne se swearta hrefen,
    55
    syan ic ana of e      ut siode
    þurh þæs sylfes hand      þe ic ær onsended wæs.
    Ne magon þe nu heonon adon      hyrsta þa readan
    ne gold ne seolfor      ne þinra goda nan,
    ne þinre bryde beag      ne þin boldwela,
    60
    ne nan þara goda      þe u iu ahtest,
    ac her sceolon onbidan      ban bereafod,
    besliten synum,      ond þe þin sawl sceal
    minum unwillum      oft gesecan,
    wemman þe mid wordum,      swa u worhtest to me.
    65
    Eart u nu dumb ond deaf,      ne synt þine dreamas awiht.
    Sceal ic e nihtes swa þeah      nede gesecan,
    synnum gesargod,      ond eft sona fram þe
    hweorfan on hancred,      þonne halige men
    lifiendum gode      lofsang do,
    70
    secan þa hamas      þe u me her scrife,
    ond þa arleasan      eardungstowe,
    ond þe sculon her moldwyrmas      manige ceowan,
    slitan sarlice      swearte wihta,
    gifre ond grædige.      Ne synt þine æhta awihte
    75
    þe u her on moldan      mannum eowdest.
    Foran þe wære selre      swie mycle
    þonne þe wæron ealle      eoran speda,
    (butan þu hie gedælde      dryhtne sylfum),
    þær u wurde æt fryme fugel      oe fisc on sæ,
    80
    oe on eoran neat      ætes tilode,
    feldgangende      feoh butan snyttro,
    oe on westenne      wildra deora
    þæt wyrreste,      þær swa god wolde,
    ge þeah u wære      wyrma cynna
    85
    þæt grimmeste,      þær swa god wolde,
    þonne u æfre on moldan      man gewurde
    oe æfre fulwihte      onfon sceolde.
    þonne u for unc bæm      andwyrdan scealt
    on am miclan dæge,      þonne mannum beo
    90
    wunda onwrigene,      þa e on worulde ær
    fyrenfulle men      fyrn geworhton,
    onne wyle dryhten sylf      dæda gehyran
    hælea gehwylces,      heofena scippend,
    æt ealra manna gehwæs      mues reorde
    95
    wunde wierlean.      Ac hwæt wylt u þær
    on þam domdæge      dryhtne secgan?
    þonne ne bi nan na to þæs lytel li      on lime aweaxen,
    þæt u ne scyle for anra      gehwylcum onsundrum
    riht agildan,      þonne ree bi
    100
    dryhten æt þam dome.      Ac hwæt do wyt unc?
    Sculon wit þonne eft ætsomne      sian brucan
    swylcra yrma,      swa u unc her ær scrife!"
    Fyrna þus þæt flæschord,      sceall þonne feran onweg,
    secan hellegrund,      nallæs heofondreamas,
    105
    dædum gedrefed.      Lige dust þær hit wæs,
    ne mæg him ondsware      ænige gehatan,
    geomrum gaste,      geoce oe frofre.
    Bi þæt heafod tohliden,      handa toliode,
    geaglas toginene,      goman toslitene,
    110
    sina beo asocene,      swyra becowen,
    fingras tohrorene.     
    Rib reafia      ree wyrmas,
    beo hira tungan totogenne      on tyn healfa
    hungregum to frofre;      forþan hie ne magon huxlicum
    115
    wordum wrixlian      wi þone werian gast.
    Gifer hatte se wyrm,      þe þa eaglas beo
    nædle scearpran.      Se genydde to
    ærest eallra      on þam eorscræfe,
    þæt he þa tungan totyh      ond þa te þurhsmyh
    120
    ond þa eagan þurhete      ufan on þæt heafod
    ond to ætwelan      orum geryme,
    wyrmum to wiste,      þonne þæt werie
    lic acolod bi      þæt he lange ær
    werede mid wædum.      Bi þonne wyrma gifel,
    125
    æt on eorþan.      þæt mæg æghwylcum
    men to gemynde,      modsnotra gehwam!
    onne bi hyhtlicre      þæt sio halige sawl
    fære to am flæsce,      frofre bewunden.
    Bi þæt ærende      eadiglicre
    130
    funden on ferhe.      Mid gefean sece
    lustum þæt lamfæt      þæt hie ær lange wæg.
    þonne þa gastas      gode word spreca,
    snottre, sigefæste,      ond þus solice
    þone lichoman      lustum gretaþ:
    135
    "Wine leofesta,      þeah e wyrmas gyt
    gifre gretaþ,      nu is þin gast cumen,
    fægere gefrætewod,      of mines fæder rice,
    arum bewunden.      Eala, min dryhten,
    þær ic þe moste      mid me lædan,
    140
    þæt wyt englas      ealle gesawon,
    heofona wuldor,      swylc swa u me ær her scrife!
    Fæstest u on foldan      ond gefyldest me
    godes lichoman,      gastes drynces.
    Wære u on wædle,      sealdest me wilna geniht.
    145
    Foran u ne þearft sceamian,      þonne sceadene beoþ
    þa synfullan      ond þa sofæstan
    on þam mæran dæge,      þæs u me geafe,
    ne e hreowan þearf      her on life
    ealles swa mycles      swa u me sealdest
    150
    on gemotstede      manna ond engla.
    Bygdest u þe for hæleum      ond ahofe me on ecne dream.
    Forþan me a langaþ,      leofost manna,
    on minum hige hearde,      þæs þe ic þe on þyssum hynum wat
    wyrmum to wiste,      ac þæt wolde god,
    155
    þæt þu æfre þus lalic      legerbed cure.
    Wolde ic þe onne secgan      þæt u ne sorgode,
    foran wyt bio gegæderode      æt godes dome.
    Moton wyt þonne ætsomne      syþan brucan
    ond unc on heofonum      heahþungene beon.
    160
    Ne þurfon wyt beon cearie      æt cyme dryhtnes,
    ne þære andsware      yfele habban
    sorge in hrere,      ac wyt sylfe magon
    æt am dome þær      dædum agilpan,
    hwylce earnunga      uncre wæron.
    165
    Wat ic þæt þu wære      on woruldrice
    geþungen þrymlice      þysses"

    Homiletic Fragment I

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         sorh cyme
    manig ond mislic      in manna dream.
    Eorl oerne      mid æfþancum
    ond mid teonwordum      tæle behindan,
    5
    sprece fægere beforan,      ond þæt facen swa þeah
    hafa in his heortan,      hord unclæne.
    By þonne þæs wommes gewita      weoruda dryhten.
    Foran se witiga cwæ:     
    "Ne syle u me ætsomne      mid þam synfullum
    10
    in wita forwyrd,      weoruda dryhten,
    ne me on life forleos      mid þam ligewyrhtum,
    þam þe ful smee      spræce habba,
    ond in gastcofan      grimme geþohtas,
    gehata holdlice,      swa hyra hyht ne gæ,
    15
    wære mid welerum."      Wea bi in mode,
    siofa synnum fah,      sare geblonden,
    gefylled mid facne,      þeah he fæger word
    utan ætywe.      ænlice beo,
    swa a beon bera      buta ætsomne
    20
    arlicne anleofan,      ond ætterne tægel
    hafa on hindan,      hunig on mue,
    wynsume wist.      Hwilum wundiaþ
    sare mid stinge,      þonne se sæl cyme.
    Swa bio gelice      þa leasan men,
    25
    þa e mid tungan      treowa gehataþ
    fægerum wordum,      facenlice þencaþ,
    þonne hie æt nehstan      nearwe beswicaþ,
    hafa on gehatum      hunigsmæccas,
    smene sybcwide,      ond in siofan innan
    30
    þurh deofles cræft      dyrne wunde.
    Swa is nu þes middangeard      mane geblonden,
    wana ond weaxe.      Waca se ealda,
    dwele ond drefe      dæges ond nihtes
    miltse mid mane,      mægene getrywe,
    35
    ehte æfestra,      inwit sawe,
    ni mid geneahe.      Nænig oerne
    freo in fyrhe      nimþe feara hwylc,
    þæt he solice      sybbe healde,
    gastlice lufe,      swa him god bebead.
    40
    Forþan eallunga      hyht geceose,
    woruld wynsume,      se e wis ne bi,
    snottor, searocræftig      sawle rædes.
    Uton to þam beteran,      nu we bot cunnon,
    hycgan ond hyhtan,      þæt we heofones leoht
    45
    uppe mid englum      agan moton
    gastum to geoce,      þonne god wile
    eoran lifes      ende gewyrcan!

    Dream of the Rood

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt! Ic swefna cyst      secgan wylle,
    hwæt me gemætte      to midre nihte,
    syþan reordberend      reste wunedon!
    þuhte me þæt ic gesawe      syllicre treow
    5
    on lyft lædan,      leohte bewunden,
    beama beorhtost.      Eall þæt beacen wæs
    begoten mid golde.      Gimmas stodon
    fægere æt foldan sceatum,      swylce þær fife wæron
    uppe on þam eaxlegespanne.      Beheoldon þær engel dryhtnes ealle,
    10
    fægere þurh forgesceaft.      Ne wæs ær huru fracodes gealga,
    ac hine þær beheoldon      halige gastas,
    men ofer moldan,      ond eall þeos mære gesceaft.
    Syllic wæs se sigebeam,      ond ic synnum fah,
    forwunded mid wommum.      Geseah ic wuldres treow,
    15
    wædum geweorode,      wynnum scinan,
    gegyred mid golde;      gimmas hæfdon
    bewrigene weorlice      wealdendes treow.
    Hwære ic þurh þæt gold      ongytan meahte
    earmra ærgewin,      þæt hit ærest ongan
    20
    swætan on þa swiran healfe.      Eall ic wæs mid sorgum gedrefed,
    forht ic wæs for þære fægran gesyhe.      Geseah ic þæt fuse beacen
    wendan wædum ond bleom;      hwilum hit wæs mid wætan bestemed,
    beswyled mid swates gange,      hwilum mid since gegyrwed.
    Hwære ic þær licgende      lange hwile
    25
    beheold hreowcearig      hælendes treow,
    oæt ic gehyrde      þæt hit hleorode.
    Ongan þa word sprecan      wudu selesta:
    "þæt wæs geara iu,      (ic þæt gyta geman),
    þæt ic wæs aheawen      holtes on ende,
    30
    astyred of stefne minum.      Genaman me ær strange feondas,
    geworhton him þær to wæfersyne,      heton me heora wergas hebban.
    Bæron me ær beornas on eaxlum,      oæt hie me on beorg asetton,
    gefæstnodon me þær feondas genoge.      Geseah ic þa frean mancynnes
    efstan elne mycle      þæt he me wolde on gestigan.
    35
    þær ic þa ne dorste      ofer dryhtnes word
    bugan oe berstan,      þa ic bifian geseah
    eoran sceatas.      Ealle ic mihte
    feondas gefyllan,      hwære ic fæste stod.
    Ongyrede hine þa geong hæle,      (þæt wæs god ælmihtig),
    40
    strang ond stimod.      Gestah he on gealgan heanne,
    modig on manigra gesyhe,      þa he wolde mancyn lysan.
    Bifode ic þa me se beorn ymbclypte.      Ne dorste ic hwære bugan to eoran,
    feallan to foldan sceatum,      ac ic sceolde fæste standan.
    Rod wæs ic aræred.      Ahof ic ricne cyning,
    45
    heofona hlaford,      hyldan me ne dorste.
    þurhdrifan hi me mid deorcan næglum.      On me syndon þa dolg gesiene,
    opene inwidhlemmas.      Ne dorste ic hira nænigum scean.
    Bysmeredon hie unc butu ætgædere.      Eall ic wæs mid blode bestemed,
    begoten of þæs guman sidan,      sian he hæfde his gast onsended.
    50
    Feala ic on þam beorge      gebiden hæbbe
    wrara wyrda.      Geseah ic weruda god
    þearle þenian.      þystro hæfdon
    bewrigen mid wolcnum      wealdendes hræw,
    scirne sciman,      sceadu foreode,
    55
    wann under wolcnum.      Weop eal gesceaft,
    cwidon cyninges fyll.      Crist wæs on rode.
    Hwæere þær fuse      feorran cwoman
    to þam æelinge.      Ic þæt eall beheold.
    Sare ic wæs mid sorgum gedrefed,      hnag ic hwære þam secgum to handa,
    60
    eamod elne mycle.      Genamon hie þær ælmihtigne god,
    ahofon hine of am hefian wite.      Forleton me þa hilderincas
    standan steame bedrifenne;      eall ic wæs mid strælum forwundod.
    Aledon hie ær limwerigne,      gestodon him æt his lices heafdum,
    beheoldon hie ær heofenes dryhten,      ond he hine ær hwile reste,
    65
    mee æfter am miclan gewinne.      Ongunnon him þa moldern wyrcan
    beornas on banan gesyhe;      curfon hie æt of beorhtan stane,
    gesetton hie æron sigora wealdend.      Ongunnon him þa sorhleo galan
    earme on þa æfentide,      þa hie woldon eft siian,
    mee fram þam mæran þeodne.      Reste he ær mæte weorode.
    70
    Hwæere we ær greotende      gode hwile
    stodon on staole,      syan stefn up gewat
    hilderinca.      Hræw colode,
    fæger feorgbold.      þa us man fyllan ongan
    ealle to eoran.      þæt wæs egeslic wyrd!
    75
    Bedealf us man on deopan seaþe.      Hwære me þær dryhtnes þegnas,
    freondas gefrunon,     
    ond gyredon me      golde ond seolfre.
    Nu u miht gehyran,      hæle min se leofa,
    þæt ic bealuwara weorc      gebiden hæbbe,
    80
    sarra sorga.      Is nu sæl cumen
    þæt me weoria      wide ond side
    menn ofer moldan,      ond eall þeos mære gesceaft,
    gebiddaþ him to þyssum beacne.      On me bearn godes
    þrowode hwile.      Forþan ic þrymfæst nu
    85
    hlifige under heofenum,      ond ic hælan mæg
    æghwylcne anra,      þara þe him bi egesa to me.
    Iu ic wæs geworden      wita heardost,
    leodum laost,      ærþan ic him lifes weg
    rihtne gerymde,      reordberendum.
    90
    Hwæt, me þa geweorode      wuldres ealdor
    ofer holmwudu,      heofonrices weard!
    Swylce swa he his modor eac,      Marian sylfe,
    ælmihtig god      for ealle menn
    geweorode      ofer eall wifa cynn.
    95
    Nu ic þe hate,      hæle min se leofa,
    þæt u þas gesyhe      secge mannum,
    onwreoh wordum      þæt hit is wuldres beam,
    se e ælmihtig god      on þrowode
    for mancynnes      manegum synnum
    100
    ond Adomes      ealdgewyrhtum.
    Dea he þær byrigde,      hwæere eft dryhten aras
    mid his miclan mihte      mannum to helpe.
    He a on heofenas astag.      Hider eft fundaþ
    on þysne middangeard      mancynn secan
    105
    on domdæge      dryhten sylfa,
    ælmihtig god,      ond his englas mid,
    þæt he þonne wile deman,      se ah domes geweald,
    anra gehwylcum      swa he him ærur her
    on þyssum lænum      life geearnaþ.
    110
    Ne mæg þær ænig      unforht wesan
    for þam worde      þe se wealdend cwy.
    Frine he for þære mænige      hwær se man sie,
    se e for dryhtnes naman      deaes wolde
    biteres onbyrigan,      swa he ær on am beame dyde.
    115
    Ac hie þonne forhtia,      ond fea þencaþ
    hwæt hie to Criste      cwean onginnen.
    Ne þearf ær þonne ænig      anforht wesan
    þe him ær in breostum bere      beacna selest,
    ac urh a rode sceal      rice gesecan
    120
    of eorwege      æghwylc sawl,
    seo þe mid wealdende      wunian þence."
    Gebæd ic me þa to þan beame      blie mode,
    elne mycle,      þær ic ana wæs
    mæte werede.      Wæs modsefa
    125
    afysed on forwege,      feala ealra gebad
    langunghwila.      Is me nu lifes hyht
    þæt ic þone sigebeam      secan mote
    ana oftor      þonne ealle men,
    well weorþian.      Me is willa to am
    130
    mycel on mode,      ond min mundbyrd is
    geriht to þære rode.      Nah ic ricra feala
    freonda on foldan,      ac hie for heonon
    gewiton of worulde dreamum,      sohton him wuldres cyning,
    lifiaþ nu on heofenum      mid heahfædere,
    135
    wuniaþ on wuldre,      ond ic wene me
    daga gehwylce      hwænne me dryhtnes rod,
    þe ic her on eoran      ær sceawode,
    on þysson lænan      life gefetige
    ond me þonne gebringe      þær is blis mycel,
    140
    dream on heofonum,      þær is dryhtnes folc
    geseted to symle,      þær is singal blis,
    ond me þonne asette      þær ic syþþan mot
    wunian on wuldre,      well mid þam halgum
    dreames brucan.      Si me dryhten freond,
    145
    se e her on eorþan      ær þrowode
    on þam gealgtreowe      for guman synnum.
    He us onlysde      ond us lif forgeaf,
    heofonlicne ham.      Hiht wæs geniwad
    mid bledum ond mid blisse      þam þe þær bryne þolodan.
    150
    Se sunu wæs sigorfæst      on þam sifate,
    mihtig ond spedig,      þa he mid manigeo com,
    gasta weorode,      on godes rice,
    anwealda ælmihtig,      englum to blisse
    ond eallum am halgum      þam þe on heofonum ær
    155
    wunedon on wuldre,      þa heora wealdend cwom,
    ælmihtig god,      þær his eel wæs.

    Elene

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þa wæs agangen         geara hwyrftum
    tu hund ond þreo         geteled rimes,
    swylce XXX eac,         þinggemearces,
    wintra for worulde,         þæs þe wealdend god
    5
    acenned wear,         cyninga wuldor,
    in middangeard         þurh mennisc heo,
    sofæstra leoht.         þa wæs syxte gear
    Constantines         caserdomes,
    þæt he Romwara         in rice wear
    10
    ahæfen, hildfruma,         to hereteman.
    Wæs se leodhwata         lindgeborga
    eorlum arfæst.         æelinges weox
    rice under roderum.         He wæs riht cyning,
    guweard gumena.         Hine god trymede
    15
    mærum ond mihtum,         þæt he manegum wear
    geond middangeard         mannum to hroer,
    werþeodum to wræce,         syan wæpen ahof
    wi hetendum.         Him wæs hild boden,
    wiges woma.         Werod samnodan
    20
    Huna leode         ond Hregotan,
    foron fyrdhwate         Francan ond Hugas.
    Wæron hwate weras,        
    gearwe to gue.         Garas lixtan,
    wriene wælhlencan.         Wordum ond bordum
    25
    hofon herecombol.         þa wæron heardingas
    sweotole gesamnod         ond eal sib geador.
    For folca gedryht.         Fyrdleo agol
    wulf on wealde,         wælrune ne ma.
    Urigfeera         earn sang ahof,
    30
    laum on laste.         Lungre scynde
    ofer burg enta         beaduþreata mæst,
    hergum to hilde,         swylce Huna cyning
    ymbsittendra         awer meahte
    abannan to beadwe         burgwigendra.
    35
    For fyrda mæst.         Fean trymedon
    eoredcestum,         þæt on ælfylce
    dearelacende         on Danubie,
    stærcedfyrhe,         stæe wicedon
    ymb þæs wæteres wylm.         Werodes breahtme
    40
    woldon Romwara         rice geþringan,
    hergum ahyan.         þær wear Huna cyme
    cu ceasterwarum.         þa se casere heht
    ongean gramum         gugelæcan
    under earhfære         ofstum myclum
    45
    bannan to beadwe,         beran ut þræce
    rincas under roderum.         Wæron Romware,
    secgas sigerofe,         sona gegearwod
    wæpnum to wigge,         þeah hie werod læsse
    hæfdon to hilde         þonne Huna cining;
    50
    ridon ymb rofne,         þonne rand dynede,
    campwudu clynede,         cyning þreate for,
    herge to hilde.         Hrefen uppe gol,
    wan ond wælfel.         Werod wæs on tyhte.
    Hleopon hornboran,         hreopan friccan,
    55
    mearh moldan træd.         Mægen samnode,
    cafe to cease.         Cyning wæs afyrhted,
    egsan geaclad,         sian elþeodige,
    Huna ond Hrea         here sceawede,
    æt he on Romwara         rices ende
    60
    ymb þæs wæteres stæ         werod samnode,
    mægen unrime.         Modsorge wæg
    Romwara cyning,         rices ne wende
    for werodleste,         hæfde wigena to lyt,
    eaxlgestealna         wi ofermægene,
    65
    hrora to hilde.         Here wicode,
    eorlas ymb æeling,         egstreame neah
    on neaweste         nihtlangne fyrst,
    þæs þe hie feonda gefær         fyrmest gesægon.
    þa wear on slæpe         sylfum ætywed
    70
    þam casere,         þær he on corre swæf,
    sigerofum gesegen         swefnes woma.
    þuhte him wlitescyne         on weres hade
    hwit ond hiwbeorht         hælea nathwylc
    geywed ænlicra         þonne he ær oe si
    75
    gesege under swegle.         He of slæpe onbrægd,
    eofurcumble beþeaht.         Him se ar hrae,
    wlitig wuldres boda,         wi þingode
    ond be naman nemde,         (nihthelm toglad):
    "Constantinus,         heht þe cyning engla,
    80
    wyrda wealdend,         wære beodan,
    dugua dryhten.         Ne ondræd þu e,
    eah þe elþeodige         egesan hwopan,
    heardre hilde.         þu to heofenum beseoh
    on wuldres weard,         þær u wrae findest,
    85
    sigores tacen."         He wæs sona gearu
    þurh þæs halgan hæs,         hreerlocan onspeon,
    up locade,         swa him se ar abead,
    fæle friowebba.         Geseah he frætwum beorht
    wliti wuldres treo         ofer wolcna hrof,
    90
    golde geglenged,         (gimmas lixtan);
    wæs se blaca beam         bocstafum awriten,
    beorhte ond leohte:         "Mid þys beacne u
    on þam frecnan fære         feond oferswies,
    geletest la werod."         þa þæt leoht gewat,
    95
    up siode,         ond se ar somed,
    on clænra gemang.         Cyning wæs þy blira
    ond þe sorgleasra,         secga aldor,
    on fyrhsefan,         þurh þa fægeran gesyh.
    Heht þa onlice         æelinga hleo,
    100
    beorna beaggifa,         swa he þæt beacen geseah,
    heria hildfruma,         þæt him on heofonum ær
    geiewed wear,         ofstum myclum,
    Constantinus,         Cristes rode,
    tireadig cyning,         tacen gewyrcan.
    105
    Heht þa on uhtan         mid ærdæge
    wigend wreccan,         ond wæpenþræce
    hebban heorucumbul,         ond þæt halige treo
    him beforan ferian         on feonda gemang,
    beran beacen godes.         Byman sungon
    110
    hlude for hergum.         Hrefn weorces gefeah,
    urigfera,         earn si beheold,
    wælhreowra wig.         Wulf sang ahof,
    holtes gehlea.         Hildegesa stod.
    þær wæs borda gebrec         ond beorna geþrec,
    115
    heard handgeswing         ond herga gring,
    syan heo earhfære         ærest metton.
    On þæt fæge folc         flana scuras,
    garas ofer geolorand         on gramra gemang,
    hetend heorugrimme,         hildenædran,
    120
    þurh fingra geweald         for onsendan.
    Stopon stihidige,         stundum wræcon,
    bræcon bordhrean,         bil in dufan,
    þrungon þræchearde.         þa wæs þuf hafen,
    segn for sweotum,         sigeleo galen.
    125
    Gylden grima,         garas lixtan
    on herefelda.         Hæene grungon,
    feollon frielease.         Flugon instæpes
    Huna leode,         swa þæt halige treo
    aræran heht         Romwara cyning,
    130
    heaofremmende.         Wurdon heardingas
    wide towrecene.         Sume wig fornam.
    Sume unsofte         aldor generedon
    on þam heresie.         Sume healfcwice
    flugon on fæsten         ond feore burgon
    135
    æfter stanclifum,         stede weardedon
    ymb Danubie.         Sume drenc fornam
    on lagostreame         lifes æt ende.
    a wæs modigra         mægen on luste,
    ehton elþeoda         o þæt æfen for
    140
    fram dæges orde.         Daroæsc flugon,
    hildenædran.         Heap wæs gescyrded,
    lara lindwered.         Lythwon becwom
    Huna herges         ham eft þanon.
    þa wæs gesyne         þæt sige forgeaf
    145
    Constantino         cyning ælmihtig
    æt þam dægweorce,         domweorunga,
    rice under roderum,         þurh his rode treo.
    Gewat þa heriga helm         ham eft þanon,
    hue hremig,         (hild wæs gesceaden),
    150
    wigge geweorod.         Com þa wigena hleo
    þegna þreate         þrybold secan,
    beadurof cyning         burga neosan.
    Heht þa wigena weard         þa wisestan
    snude to sionoe,         þa þe snyttro cræft
    155
    þurh fyrngewrito         gefrigen hæfdon,
    heoldon higeþancum         hælea rædas.
    a þæs fricggan ongan         folces aldor,
    sigerof cyning,         ofer sid weorod,
    wære þær ænig         yldra oe gingra
    160
    þe him to soe         secggan meahte,
    galdrum cyan,         hwæt se god wære,
    boldes brytta,         "þe þis his beacen wæs
    þe me swa leoht oywde         ond mine leode generede,
    tacna torhtost,         ond me tir forgeaf,
    165
    wigsped wi wraum,         þurh þæt wlitige treo."
    Hio him ondsware         ænige ne meahton
    agifan togenes,         ne ful geare cuon
    sweotole gesecggan         be þam sigebeacne.
    þa þa wisestan         wordum cwædon
    170
    for þam heremægene         þæt hit heofoncyninges
    tacen wære,         ond þæs tweo nære.
    þa þæt gefrugnon         þa þurh fulwihte
    lærde wæron,         (him wæs leoht sefa,
    ferh gefeonde,         þeah hira fea wæron),
    175
    æt hie for þam casere         cyan moston
    godspelles gife,         hu se gasta helm,
    in þrynesse         þrymme geweorad,
    acenned wear,         cyninga wuldor,
    ond hu on galgan wear         godes agen bearn
    180
    ahangen for hergum         heardum witum.
    Alysde leoda bearn         of locan deofla,
    geomre gastas,         ond him gife sealde
    þurh þa ilcan gesceaft         þe him geywed wear
    sylfum on gesyhe,         sigores tacen,
    185
    wi þeoda þræce.         Ond hu y þriddan dæge
    of byrgenne         beorna wuldor
    of deae aras,         dryhten ealra
    hælea cynnes,         ond to heofonum astah.
    us gleawlice         gastgerynum
    190
    sægdon sigerofum,         swa fram Siluestre
    lærde wæron.         æt þam se leodfruma
    fulwihte onfeng         ond þæt for geheold
    on his dagana tid,         dryhtne to willan.
    a wæs on sælum         sinces brytta,
    195
    niheard cyning.         Wæs him niwe gefea
    befolen in fyrhe,         wæs him frofra mæst
    ond hyhta nihst         heofonrices weard.
    Ongan þa dryhtnes æ         dæges ond nihtes
    þurh gastes gife         georne cyan,
    200
    ond hine solice         sylfne getengde
    goldwine gumena         in godes þeowdom,
    æscrof, unslaw.         þa se æeling fand,
    leodgebyrga,         þurh larsmias,
    guheard, garþrist,         on godes bocum
    205
    hwær ahangen wæs         heriges beorhtme
    on rode treo         rodora waldend
    æfstum þurh inwit,         swa se ealda feond
    forlærde ligesearwum,         leode fortyhte,
    Iudea cyn,         þæt hie god sylfne
    210
    ahengon, herga fruman.         þæs hie in hynum sculon
    to widan feore         wergu dreogan!
    þa wæs Cristes lof         þam casere
    on firhsefan,         for gemyndig
    ymb þæt mære treo,         ond þa his modor het
    215
    feran foldwege         folca þreate
    to Iudeum,         georne secan
    wigena þreate         hwær se wuldres beam,
    halig under hrusan,         hyded wære,
    æelcyninges rod.         Elene ne wolde
    220
    þæs sifates         sæne weoran,
    ne æs wilgifan         word gehyrwan,
    hiere sylfre suna,         ac wæs sona gearu,
    wif on willsi,         swa hire weoruda helm,
    byrnwiggendra,         beboden hæfde.
    225
    Ongan þa ofstlice         eorla mengu
    to flote fysan.         Fearohengestas
    ymb geofenes stæ         gearwe stodon,
    sælde sæmearas,         sunde getenge.
    a wæs orcnæwe         idese sifæt,
    230
    sian wæges helm         werode gesohte.
    þær wlanc manig         æt Wendelsæ
    on stæe stodon.         Stundum wræcon
    ofer mearcpau,         mægen æfter orum,
    ond þa gehlodon         hildesercum,
    235
    bordum ond ordum,         byrnwigendum,
    werum ond wifum,         wæghengestas.
    Leton þa ofer fifelwæg         famige scrian
    bronte brimþisan.         Bord oft onfeng
    ofer earhgeblond         ya swengas;
    240
    sæ swinsade.         Ne hyrde ic si ne ær
    on egstreame         idese lædan,
    on merestræte,         mægen fægerre.
    þær meahte gesion,         se one si beheold,
    brecan ofer bæweg,         brimwudu snyrgan
    245
    under swellingum,         sæmearh plegean,
    wadan wægflotan.         Wigan wæron blie,
    collenferhe,         cwen sies gefeah,
    syþþan to hye         hringedstefnan
    ofer lagofæsten         geliden hæfdon
    250
    on Creca land.         Ceolas leton
    æt sæfearoe,         sande bewrecene,
    ald yhofu,         oncrum fæste
    on brime bidan         beorna geþinges,
    hwonne heo sio gucwen         gumena þreate
    255
    ofer eastwegas         eft gesohte.
    ær wæs on eorle         egesyne
    brogden byrne         ond bill gecost,
    geatolic guscrud,         grimhelm manig,
    ænlic eoforcumbul.         Wæron æscwigan,
    260
    secggas ymb sigecwen,         sies gefysde.
    Fyrdrincas frome         foron on luste
    on Creca land,         caseres bodan,
    hilderincas,         hyrstum gewerede.
    þær wæs gesyne         sincgim locen
    265
    on þam hereþreate,         hlafordes gifu.
    Wæs seo eadhreige         Elene gemyndig,
    þriste on geþance,         þeodnes willan
    georn on mode         þæt hio Iudeas
    ofer herefeldas         heape gecoste
    270
    lindwigendra         land gesohte,
    secga þreate.         Swa hit sian gelamp
    ymb lytel fæc         þæt æt leodmægen,
    gurofe hæleþ         to Hierusalem
    cwomon in þa ceastre         corra mæste,
    275
    eorlas æscrofe,         mid þa æelan cwen.
    Heht a gebeodan         burgsittendum
    þam snoterestum         side ond wide
    geond Iudeas,         gumena gehwylcum,
    meelhegende,         on gemot cuman,
    280
    þa e deoplicost         dryhtnes geryno
    þurh rihte æ         reccan cuon.
    a wæs gesamnod         of sidwegum
    mægen unlytel,         þa e Moyses æ
    reccan cuon.         þær on rime wæs
    285
    þreo M         þæra leoda
    alesen to lare.         Ongan þa leoflic wif
    weras Ebrea         wordum negan:
    "Ic þæt gearolice         ongiten hæbbe
    þurg witgena         wordgeryno
    290
    on godes bocum         þæt ge geardagum
    wyre wæron         wuldorcyninge,
    dryhtne dyre         ond dædhwæte.
    Hwæt, ge ealle snyttro         unwislice,
    wrae wiweorpon,         þa ge wergdon þane
    295
    þe eow of werge         þurh his wuldres miht,
    fram ligcwale,         lysan þohte,
    of hæftnede.         Ge mid horu speowdon
    on þæs ondwlitan         þe eow eagena leoht,
    fram blindnesse         bote gefremede
    300
    edniowunga         þurh þæt æele spald,
    ond fram unclænum         oft generede
    deofla gastum.         Ge to deaþe þone
    deman ongunnon,         se e of deae sylf
    woruld awehte         on wera corþre
    305
    in þæt ærre lif         eowres cynnes.
    Swa ge modblinde         mengan ongunnon
    lige wi soe,         leoht wi þystrum,
    æfst wi are,         inwitþancum
    wroht webbedan.         Eow seo wergu foran
    310
    sceþe scyldfullum.         Ge þa sciran miht
    deman ongunnon,         ond gedweolan lifdon,
    þeostrum geþancum,         o þysne dæg.
    Gangaþ nu snude,         snyttro geþencaþ,
    weras wisfæste,         wordes cræftige,
    315
    þa e eowre æ         æelum cræftige
    on ferhsefan         fyrmest hæbben,
    þa me solice         secgan cunnon,
    ondsware cyan         for eowic for
    tacna gehwylces         þe ic him to sece."
    320
    Eodan þa on geruman         reonigmode
    eorlas æcleawe,         egesan geþreade,
    gehum geomre,         georne sohton
    þa wisestan         wordgeryno,
    þæt hio þære cwene         oncwean meahton
    325
    swa tiles swa trages,         swa hio him to sohte.
    Hio þa on þreate         M manna
    fundon ferhgleawra,         þa þe fyrngemynd
    mid Iudeum         gearwast cuon.
    þrungon þa on þreate         þær on þrymme bad
    330
    in cynestole         caseres mæg,
    geatolic gucwen         golde gehyrsted.
    Elene maþelode         ond for eorlum spræc:
    "Gehyra, higegleawe,         halige rune,
    word ond wisdom.         Hwæt, ge witgena
    335
    lare onfengon,         hu se liffruma
    in cildes had         cenned wurde,
    mihta wealdend.         Be þam Moyses sang,
    ond þæt word gecwæ         weard Israhela:
    'Eow acenned bi         cniht on degle,
    340
    mihtum mære,         swa þæs modor ne bi
    wæstmum geeacnod         þurh weres frige.'
    Be am Dauid cyning         dryhtleo agol,
    frod fyrnweota,         fæder Salomones,
    ond þæt word gecwæþ         wigona baldor:
    345
    'Ic frumþa god         fore sceawode,
    sigora dryhten.         He on gesyhe wæs,
    mægena wealdend,         min on þa swiran,
    þrymmes hyrde.         þanon ic ne wende
    æfre to aldre         onsion mine.'
    350
    Swa hit eft be eow         Essaias,
    witga for weorodum,         wordum mælde,
    deophycggende         þurh dryhtnes gast:
    'Ic up ahof         eaforan gingne
    ond bearn cende,         þam ic blæd forgeaf,
    355
    halige higefrofre,         ac hie hyrwdon me,
    feodon þurh feondscipe,         nahton foreþances,
    wisdomes gewitt;         ond þa weregan neat,
    þe man daga gehwam         drife ond þirsce,
    ongitaþ hira goddend,         nales gnyrnwræcum
    360
    feoga frynd hiera         þe him fodder gifa,
    ond me Israhela         æfre ne woldon
    folc oncnawan,         þeah ic feala for him
    æfter woruldstundum         wundra gefremede.'
    Hwæt, we þæt gehyrdon         þurh halige bec
    365
    þæt eow dryhten geaf         dom unscyndne,
    meotod mihta sped,         Moyse sægde
    hu ge heofoncyninge         hyran sceoldon,
    lare læstan.         Eow þæs lungre aþreat,
    ond ge þam ryhte         wiroten hæfdon,
    370
    onscunedon þone sciran         scippend eallra,
    dryhtna dryhten,         ond gedwolan fylgdon
    ofer riht godes.         Nu ge raþe gangaþ
    ond findaþ gen         þa þe fyrngewritu
    þurh snyttro         cræft selest cunnen,
    375
    æriht eower,         þæt me ondsware
    þurh sidne sefan         secgan cunnen."
    Eodan a mid mengo         modcwanige,
    collenferhe,         swa him sio cwen bead.
    Fundon þa D         forþsnottera
    380
    alesen leodmæga,         þa e leornungcræft
    þurh modgemynd         mæste hæfdon,
    on sefan snyttro.         Heo to salore eft
    ymb lytel fæc         laode wæron,
    ceastre weardas.         Hio sio cwen ongan
    385
    wordum genegan,         (wlat ofer ealle):
    "Oft ge dyslice         dæd gefremedon,
    werge wræcmæcggas,         ond gewritu herwdon,
    fædera lare,         næfre furur þonne nu,
    a ge blindnesse         bote forsegon,
    390
    ond ge wisocon         soe ond rihte,
    þæt in Bethleme         bearn wealdendes,
    cyning anboren,         cenned wære,
    æelinga ord.         þeah ge þa æ cuon,
    witgena word,         ge ne woldon þa,
    395
    synwyrcende,         so oncnawan."
    Hie þa anmode         ondsweredon:
    "Hwæt, we Ebreisce         æ leornedon,
    þa on fyrndagum         fæderas cuon
    æt godes earce,         ne we geare cunnon
    400
    þurh hwæt u us hearde,         hlæfdige, us
    eorre wurde.         We æt æbylg nyton
    þe we gefremedon         on þysse folcscere,
    þeodenbealwa,         wi þec æfre."
    Elene maelade         ond for eorlum spræc,
    405
    undearninga         ides reordode
    hlude for herigum:         "Ge nu hrae ganga,
    sundor asecaþ         þa e snyttro mid eow,
    mægn ond modcræft,         mæste hæbben,
    þæt me þinga gehwylc         þriste gecyan,
    410
    untraglice,         þe ic him to sece."
    Eodon þa fram rune,         swa him sio rice cwen,
    bald in burgum,         beboden hæfde,
    geomormode,         georne smeadon,
    sohton searoþancum,         hwæt sio syn wære
    415
    þe hie on þam folce         gefremed hæfdon
    wi þam casere,         þe him sio cwen wite.
    þa þær for eorlum         an reordode,
    gidda gearosnotor,         (am wæs Iudas nama,
    wordes cræftig):         "Ic wat geare
    420
    þæt hio wile secan         be am sigebeame
    on am þrowode         þeoda waldend,
    eallra gnyrna leas,         godes agen bearn,
    þone orscyldne         eofota gehwylces
    þurh hete hengon         on heanne beam
    425
    in fyrndagum         fæderas usse.
    þæt wæs þrealic geþoht!         Nu is þearf mycel
    þæt we fæstlice         ferh staelien,
    þæt we æs morres         meldan ne weoren
    hwær þæt halige trio         beheled wurde
    430
    æfter wigþræce,         þy læs toworpen sien
    frod fyrngewritu         ond þa fæderlican
    lare forleten.         Ne bi lang ofer æt
    þæt Israhela         æelu moten
    ofer middangeard         ma ricsian,
    435
    æcræft eorla,         gif is yppe bi,
    swa þa þæt ilce gio         min yldra fæder
    sigerof sægde,         (þam wæs Sachius nama),
    frod fyrnwiota,         fæder minum,
            eaferan,
    440
    wende hine of worulde         ond þæt word gecwæ:
    'Gif þe þæt gelimpe         on lifdagum
    þæt u gehyre         ymb þæt halige treo
    frode frignan,         ond geflitu ræran
    be am sigebeame         on þam socyning
    445
    ahangen wæs,         heofonrices weard,
    eallre sybbe bearn,         þonne þu snude gecy,
    min swæs sunu,         ær þec swylt nime.
    Ne mæg æfre ofer þæt         Ebrea þeod
    rædþeahtende         rice healdan,
    450
    duguum wealdan,         ac þara dom leofa
    ond hira dryhtscipe,        
    in woruld weorulda         willum gefylled,
    e þone ahangnan cyning         heriaþ ond lofia.'
    þa ic fromlice         fæder minum,
    455
    ealdum æwitan,         ageaf ondsware:
    'Hu wolde þæt geweoran         on woruldrice
    þæt on þone halgan         handa sendan
    to feorhlege         fæderas usse
    þurh wra gewitt,         gif hie wiston ær
    460
    þæt he Crist wære,         cyning on roderum,
    so sunu meotudes,         sawla nergend?'
    a me yldra min         ageaf ondsware,
    frod on fyrhe         fæder reordode:
    'Ongit, guma ginga,         godes heahmægen,
    465
    nergendes naman.         Se is nia gehwam
    unasecgendlic,         þone sylf ne mæg
    on moldwege         man aspyrigean.
    Næfre ic þa geþeahte         þe þeos þeod ongan
    secan wolde,         ac ic symle mec
    470
    asced þara scylda,         nales sceame worhte
    gaste minum.         Ic him georne oft
    þæs unrihtes         ondsæc fremede,
    þonne uweotan         æht bisæton,
    on sefan sohton         hu hie sunu meotudes
    475
    ahengon, helm wera,         hlaford eallra
    engla ond elda,         æelust bearna.
    Ne meahton hie swa disige         dea ofæstan,
    weras wonsælige,         swa hie wendon ær,
    sarum settan,         þeah he sume hwile
    480
    on galgan his         gast onsende,
    sigebearn godes.         þa sian wæs
    of rode ahæfen         rodera wealdend,
    eallra þrymma þrym,         þreo niht sian
    in byrgenne         bidende wæs
    485
    under þeosterlocan,         ond þa þy þriddan dæg
    ealles leohtes leoht         lifgende aras,
    eoden engla,         ond his þegnum hine,
    so sigora frea,         seolfne geywde,
    beorht on blæde.         þonne broor þin
    490
    onfeng æfter fyrste         fulwihtes bæ,
    leohtne geleafan.         þa for lufan dryhtnes
    Stephanus wæs         stanum worpod;
    ne geald he yfel yfele,         ac his ealdfeondum
    þingode þrohtherd,         bæd þrymcyning
    495
    þæt he him þa weadæd         to wræce ne sette,
    þæt hie for æfstum         unscyldigne,
    synna leasne,         Sawles larum
    feore beræddon,         swa he þurh feondscipe
    to cwale monige         Cristes folces
    500
    demde to deaþe.         Swa þeah him dryhten eft
    miltse gefremede,         þæt he manegum wear
    folca to frofre,         syan him fryma god,
    nia nergend,         naman oncyrde,
    ond he syan wæs         sanctus Paulus
    505
    be naman haten,         ond him nænig wæs
    ælærendra         oer betera
    under swegles hleo         syþan æfre,
    þara þe wif oe wer         on woruld cendan,
    þeah he Stephanus         stanum hehte
    510
    abreotan on beorge,         broor þinne.
    Nu u meaht gehyran,         hæle min se leofa,
    hu arfæst is         ealles wealdend,
    þeah we æbylg wi hine         oft gewyrcen,
    synna wunde,         gif we sona eft
    515
    þara bealudæda         bote gefremmaþ
    ond þæs unrihtes         eft geswicaþ.
    Foran ic solice         ond min swæs fæder
    syþan gelyfdon        
    þæt geþrowade         eallra þrymma god,
    520
    lifes lattiow,         lalic wite
    for oferþearfe         ilda cynnes.
    Foran ic þe lære         þurh leoorune,
    hyse leofesta,         þæt u hospcwide,
    æfst ne eofulsæc         æfre ne fremme,
    525
    grimne geagncwide,         wi godes bearne.
    þonne u geearnast         þæt þe bi ece lif,
    selust sigeleana,         seald in heofonum.'
    us mec fæder min         on fyrndagum
    unweaxenne         wordum lærde,
    530
    septe socwidum,         (þam wæs Symon nama),
    guma gehum frod.         Nu ge geare cunnon
    hwæt eow þæs on sefan         selest þince
    to gecyanne,         gif eos cwen usic
    frigne ymb æt treo,         nu ge fyrhsefan
    535
    ond modgeþanc         minne cunnon."
    Him þa togenes         þa gleawestan
    on wera þreate         wordum mældon:
    "Næfre we hyrdon         hæle ænigne
    on þysse þeode,         butan þec nu a,
    540
    þegn oerne         þyslic cyan
    ymb swa dygle wyrd.         Do swa þe þynce,
    fyrngidda frod,         gif u frugnen sie
    on wera corre.         Wisdomes beearf,
    worda wærlicra         ond witan snyttro,
    545
    se ære æelan sceal         ondwyrde agifan
    for þyslicne         þreat on meþle."
    Weoxan word cwidum,         weras þeahtedon
    on healfa gehwær,         sume hyder, sume þyder,
    þrydedon ond þohton.         þa cwom þegna heap
    550
    to þam heremele.         Hreopon friccan,
    caseres bodan:         "Eow þeos cwen laþaþ,
    secgas to salore,         þæt ge seonodomas
    rihte reccen.         Is eow rædes þearf
    on meelstede,         modes snyttro."
    555
    Heo wæron gearwe,         geomormode
    leodgebyrgean,         þa hie laod wæron
    þurh heard gebann;         to hofe eodon,
    cydon cræftes miht.         þa sio cwen ongan
    weras Ebresce         wordum negan,
    560
    fricggan fyrhwerige         ymb fyrngewritu,
    hu on worulde ær         witgan sungon,
    gasthalige guman,         be godes bearne,
    hwær se þeoden         geþrowade,
    so sunu meotudes,         for sawla lufan.
    565
    Heo wæron stearce,         stane heardran,
    noldon þæt geryne         rihte cyan,
    ne hire andsware         ænige secgan,
    torngenilan,         þæs hio him to sohte,
    ac hio worda gehwæs         wiersæc fremedon,
    570
    fæste on fyrhe,         þæt heo frignan ongan,
    cwædon þæt hio on aldre         owiht swylces
    ne ær ne si         æfre hyrdon.
    Elene maþelade         ond him yrre oncwæ:
    "Ic eow to soe         secgan wille,
    575
    ond þæs in life         lige ne wyre,
    gif ge þissum lease         leng gefylga
    mid fæcne gefice,         þe me fore standaþ,
    þæt eow in beorge         bæl fornime,
    hattost heaowelma,         ond eower hra brytta,
    580
    lacende lig,         þæt eow sceal þæt leas
    apundrad weoran         to woruldgedale.
    Ne magon ge a word gesean         þe ge hwile nu on unriht
    wrigon under womma sceatum,         ne magon ge þa wyrd bemian,
    bedyrnan þa deopan mihte."         a wurdon hie deaes on wenan,
    585
    ades ond endelifes,         ond þær þa ænne betæhton
    giddum gearusnottorne,         (þam wæs Iudas nama
    cenned for cneomagum),         þone hie þære cwene agefon,
    sægdon hine sundorwisne:         "He þe mæg so gecyan,
    onwreon wyrda geryno,         swa u hine wordum frignest,
    590
    æriht from orde         o ende for.
    He is for eoran         æeles cynnes,
    wordcræftes wis         ond witgan sunu,
    bald on mele;         him gebyrde is
    þæt he gencwidas         gleawe hæbbe,
    595
    cræft in breostum.         He gecye þe
    for wera mengo         wisdomes gife
    þurh þa myclan miht,         swa þin mod lufaþ."
    Hio on sybbe forlet         secan gehwylcne
    agenne eard,         ond þone ænne genam,
    600
    Iudas to gisle,         ond þa georne bæd
    þæt he be ære rode         riht getæhte
    þe ær in legere wæs         lange bedyrned,
    ond hine seolfne         sundor acigde.
    Elene maþelode         to þam anhagan,
    605
    tireadig cwen:         "þe synt tu gearu,
    swa lif swa dea,         swa þe leofre bi
    to geceosanne.         Cy ricene nu
    hwæt u þæs to þinge         þafian wille."
    Iudas hire ongen þingode         (ne meahte he þa gehu bebugan,
    610
    oncyrran rex genilan;         he wæs on þære cwene gewealdum):
    "Hu mæg þæm geweoran         þe on westenne
    mee ond meteleas         morland tryde,
    hungre gehæfted,         ond him hlaf ond stan
    on gesihe bu         samod geweora,
    615
    streac ond hnesce,         þæt he þone stan nime
    wi hungres hleo,         hlafes ne gime,
    gewende to wædle,         ond þa wiste wisæce,
    beteran wihyccge,         þonne he bega beneah?"
    Him þa seo eadige         ondwyrde ageaf
    620
    Elene for eorlum         undearnunga:
    "Gif u in heofonrice         habban wille
    eard mid englum         ond on eoran lif,
    sigorlean in swegle,         saga ricene me
    hwær seo rod wunige         radorcyninges,
    625
    halig under hrusan,         þe ge hwile nu
    þurh morres man         mannum dyrndun."
    Iudas maelade,         (him wæs geomor sefa,
    hat æt heortan,         ond gehwæres wa,
    ge he heofonrices         hyht swa mode
    630
    ond þis ondwearde         anforlete,
    rice under roderum,         ge he a rode ne tæhte):
    "Hu mæg ic þæt findan         þæt swa fyrn gewear
    wintra gangum?         Is nu worn sceacen,
    CC oe ma         geteled rime.
    635
    Ic ne mæg areccan,         nu ic þæt rim ne can.
    Is nu feala siþan         forgewitenra
    frodra ond godra         þe us fore wæron,
    gleawra gumena.         Ic on geogoe wear
    on sidagum         syan acenned,
    640
    cnihtgeong hæle.         Ic ne can þæt ic nat,
    findan on fyrhe         þæt swa fyrn gewear."
    Elene maelade         him on ondsware:
    "Hu is þæt geworden         on þysse werþeode
    þæt ge swa monigfeald         on gemynd witon,
    645
    alra tacna gehwylc         swa Troiana
    þurh gefeoht fremedon?         þæt wæs fyr mycle,
    open ealdgewin,         þonne þeos æele gewyrd,
    geara gongum.         Ge þæt geare cunnon
    edre gereccan,         hwæt þær eallra wæs
    650
    on manrime         mororslehtes,
    darelacendra         deadra gefeallen
    under bordhagan.         Ge þa byrgenna
    under stanhleoum,         ond þa stowe swa some,
    ond þa wintergerim         on gewritu setton."
    655
    Iudas maelade,         gnornsorge wæg:
    "We þæs hereweorces,         hlæfdige min,
    for nydþearfe         nean myndgiaþ,
    ond þa wiggþræce         on gewritu setton,
    þeoda gebæru,         ond þis næfre
    660
    þurh æniges mannes         mu gehyrdon
    hæleum cyan,         butan her nu a."
    Him seo æele cwen         ageaf ondsware:
    "Wisæcest u to swie         soe ond rihte
    ymb þæt lifes treow,         ond nu lytle ær
    665
    sægdest solice         be þam sigebeame
    leodum þinum,         ond nu on lige cyrrest."
    Iudas hire ongen þingode,         cwæ þæt he þæt on gehu gespræce
    ond on tweon swiost,         wende him trage hnagre.
    Him oncwæ hrae         caseres mæg:
    670
    "Hwæt, we æt hyrdon         þurh halige bec
    hæleum cyan         þæt ahangen wæs
    on Caluarie         cyninges freobearn,
    godes gastsunu.         þu scealt geagninga
    wisdom onwreon,         swa gewritu secgaþ,
    675
    æfter stedewange         hwær seo stow sie
    Caluarie,         ær þec cwealm nime,
    swilt for synnum,         þæt ic hie syan mæge
    geclænsian         Criste to willan,
    hæleum to helpe,         þæt me halig god
    680
    gefylle, frea mihtig,         feores ingeþanc,
    weoruda wuldorgeofa,         willan minne,
    gasta geocend."         Hire Iudas oncwæ
    stihycgende:         "Ic þa stowe ne can,
    ne þæs wanges wiht         ne þa wisan cann."
    685
    Elene maelode         þurh eorne hyge:
    "Ic þæt geswerige         þurh sunu meotodes,
    þone ahangnan god,         þæt u hungre scealt
    for cneomagum         cwylmed weoran,
    butan þu forlæte         þa leasunga
    690
    ond me sweotollice         so gecye."
    Heht þa swa cwicne         corre lædan,
    scufan scyldigne         (scealcas ne gældon)
    in drygne sea,         þær he dugua leas
    siomode in sorgum         VII nihta fyrst
    695
    under hearmlocan         hungre geþreatod,
    clommum beclungen,         ond þa cleopigan ongan
    sarum besylced         on þone seofean dæg,
    mee ond meteleas,         (mægen wæs geswirod):
    "Ic eow healsie         þurh heofona god
    700
    þæt ge me of yssum earfeum         up forlæten,
    heanne fram hungres genilan.         Ic þæt halige treo
    lustum cye,         nu ic hit leng ne mæg
    helan for hungre.         Is þes hæft to an strang,
    þreanyd þæs þearl         ond þes þroht to æs heard
    705
    dogorrimum.         Ic adreogan ne mæg,
    ne leng helan         be am lifes treo,
    þeah ic ær mid dysige         þurhdrifen wære
    ond æt so to late         seolf gecneowe."
    þa æt gehyrde         sio þær hæleum scead,
    710
    beornes gebæro,         hio bebead hrae
    þæt hine man of nearwe         ond of nydcleofan,
    fram þam engan hofe,         up forlete.
    Hie æt ofstlice         efnedon sona,
    ond hine mid arum         up gelæddon
    715
    of carcerne,         swa him seo cwen bebead.
    Stopon þa to þære stowe         stihycgende
    on þa dune up         e dryhten ær
    ahangen wæs,         heofonrices weard,
    godbearn on galgan,         ond hwære geare nyste,
    720
    hungre gehyned,         hwær sio halige rod,
    þurh feondes searu         foldan getyned,
    lange legere fæst         leodum dyrne
    wunode wælreste.         Word stunde ahof
    elnes oncyig,         ond on Ebrisc spræc:
    725
    "Dryhten hælend,         þu e ahst doma geweald,
    ond þu geworhtest         þurh þines wuldres miht
    heofon ond eoran         ond holmþræce,
    sæs sidne fæm,         samod ealle gesceaft,
    ond þu amæte         mundum þinum
    730
    ealne ymbhwyrft         ond uprador,
    ond þu sylf sitest,         sigora waldend,
    ofer þam æelestan         engelcynne,
    þe geond lyft fara         leohte bewundene,
    mycle mægenþrymme.         Ne mæg þær manna gecynd
    735
    of eorwegum         up geferan
    in lichoman         mid þa leohtan gedryht,
    wuldres aras.         þu geworhtest þa
    ond to þegnunge         þinre gesettest,
    halig ond heofonlic.         þara on hade sint
    740
    in sindreame         syx genemned,
    þa ymbsealde synt         mid syxum eac
    firum gefrætwad,         fægere scinaþ.
    þara sint IIII         þe on flihte a
    þa þegnunge         þrymme beweotigaþ
    745
    fore onsyne         eces deman,
    singallice         singaþ in wuldre
    hædrum stefnum         heofoncininges lof,
    woa wlitegaste,         ond þas word cweaþ
    clænum stefnum,         (þam is ceruphin nama):
    750
    'Halig is se halga         heahengla god,
    weoroda wealdend!         Is æs wuldres ful
    heofun ond eore         ond eall heahmægen,
    tire getacnod.'         Syndon tu on þam,
    sigorcynn on swegle,         þe man seraphin
    755
    be naman hate.         He sceal neorxnawang
    ond lifes treo         legene sweorde
    halig healdan.         Heardecg cwacaþ,
    beofaþ brogdenmæl,         ond bleom wrixle
    grapum gryrefæst.         þæs u, god dryhten,
    760
    wealdest widan fyrh,         ond þu womfulle
    scyldwyrcende         sceaan of radorum
    awurpe wonhydige.         þa sio werge sceolu
    under heolstorhofu         hreosan sceolde
    in wita forwyrd,         þær hie in wylme nu
    765
    dreogaþ deacwale         in dracan fæme,
    þeostrum forþylmed.         He þinum wisoc
    aldordome.         þæs he in ermum sceal,
    ealra fula ful,         fah þrowian,
    þeowned þolian.         þær he þin ne mæg
    770
    word aweorpan,         is in witum fæst,
    ealre synne fruma,         susle gebunden.
    Gif þin willa sie,         wealdend engla,
    þæt ricsie         se e on rode wæs,
    ond þurh Marian         in middangeard
    775
    acenned wear         in cildes had,
    þeoden engla,         (gif he þin nære
    sunu synna leas,         næfre he sora swa feala
    in woruldrice         wundra gefremede
    dogorgerimum;         no u of deae hine
    780
    swa þrymlice,         þeoda wealdend,
    aweahte for weorodum,         gif he in wuldre þin
    þurh a beorhtan         bearn ne wære),
    gedo nu, fæder engla,         for beacen þin.
    Swa u gehyrdest         þone halgan wer
    785
    Moyses on mele,         þa u, mihta god,
    geywdest þam eorle         on þa æelan tid
    under beorhhlie         ban Iosephes,
    swa ic þe, weroda wyn,         gif hit sie willa þin,
    þurg þæt beorhte gesceap         biddan wille
    790
    þæt me þæt goldhord,         gasta scyppend,
    geopenie,         þæt yldum wæs
    lange behyded.         Forlæt nu, lifes fruma,
    of am wangstede         wynsumne up
    under radores ryne         rec astigan
    795
    lyftlacende.         Ic gelyfe þe sel
    ond þy fæstlicor         ferh staelige,
    hyht untweondne,         on þone ahangnan Crist,
    þæt he sie solice         sawla nergend,
    ece ælmihtig,         Israhela cining,
    800
    walde widan ferh         wuldres on heofenum,
    a butan ende         ecra gestealda."
    a of ære stowe         steam up aras
    swylce rec under radorum.         þær aræred wear
    beornes breostsefa.         He mid bæm handum,
    805
    eadig ond ægleaw,         upweard plegade.
    Iudas maþelode,         gleaw in geþance:
    "Nu ic þurh so hafu         seolf gecnawen
    on heardum hige         þæt u hælend eart
    middangeardes.         Sie e, mægena god,
    810
    þrymsittendum         þanc butan ende,
    þæs u me swa meum         ond swa manweorcum
    þurh þin wuldor inwrige         wyrda geryno.
    Nu ic þe, bearn godes,         biddan wille,
    weoroda willgifa,         nu ic wat þæt u eart
    815
    gecyed ond acenned         allra cyninga þrym,
    þæt u ma ne sie         minra gylta,
    þara þe ic gefremede         nalles feam sium,
    metud, gemyndig.         Læt mec, mihta god,
    on rimtale         rices þines
    820
    mid haligra         hlyte wunigan
    in þære beorhtan byrig,         þær is broor min
    geweorod in wuldre,         þæs he wære wi þec,
    Stephanus, heold,         þeah he stangreopum
    worpod wære.         He hafa wigges lean,
    825
    blæd butan blinne.         Sint in bocum his
    wundor þa he worhte         on gewritum cyed."
    Ongan þa wilfægen         æfter þam wuldres treo,
    elnes anhydig,         eoran delfan
    under turfhagan,         þæt he on XX
    830
    fotmælum feor         funde behelede,
    under neolum nier         næsse gehydde
    in þeostorcofan.         He ær III mette
    in þam reonian hofe         roda ætsomne,
    greote begrauene,         swa hio geardagum
    835
    arleasra sceolu         eoran beþeahton,
    Iudea cynn.         Hie wi godes bearne
    ni ahofun,         swa hie no sceoldon,
    þær hie leahtra fruman         larum ne hyrdon.
    þa wæs modgemynd         myclum geblissod,
    840
    hige onhyrded,         þurh þæt halige treo,
    inbryrded breostsefa,         syan beacen geseh,
    halig under hrusan.         He mid handum befeng
    wuldres wynbeam,         ond mid weorode ahof
    of foldgræfe.         Feegestas
    845
    eodon, æelingas,         in on þa ceastre.
    Asetton þa on gesyhe         sigebeamas III
    eorlas anhydige         fore Elenan cneo,
    collenferhe.         Cwen weorces gefeah
    on ferhsefan,         ond þa frignan ongan
    850
    on hwylcum þara beama         bearn wealdendes,
    hælea hyhtgifa,         hangen wære:
    "Hwæt, we þæt hyrdon         þurh halige bec
    tacnum cyan,         þæt twegen mid him
    geþrowedon,         ond he wæs þridda sylf
    855
    on rode treo.         Rodor eal geswearc
    on þa slian tid.         Saga, gif u cunne,
    on hwylcre þyssa þreora         þeoden engla
    geþrowode,         þrymmes hyrde."
    Ne meahte hire Iudas,         ne ful gere wiste,
    860
    sweotole gecyþan         be am sigebeame,
    on hwylcne se hælend         ahafen wære,
    sigebearn godes,         ær he asettan heht
    on þone middel         þære mæran byrig
    beamas mid bearhtme,         ond gebidan þær
    865
    oæt him gecyde         cyning ælmihtig
    wundor for weorodum         be am wuldres treo.
    Gesæton sigerofe,         sang ahofon,
    rædþeahtende,         ymb þa roda þreo
    o þa nigoan tid,         hæfdon neowne gefean
    870
    mærum gemeted.         þa þær menigo cwom,
    folc unlytel,         ond gefærenne man
    brohton on bære         beorna þreate
    on neaweste,         (wæs þa nigoe tid),
    gingne gastleasne.         þa ær Iudas wæs
    875
    on modsefan         miclum geblissod.
    Heht þa asettan         sawlleasne,
    life belidenes         lic on eoran,
    unlifgendes,         ond up ahof
    rihtes wemend         þara roda twa
    880
    fyrhgleaw on fæme         ofer þæt fæge hus,
    deophycgende.         Hit wæs dead swa ær,
    lic legere fæst.         Leomu colodon
    þreanedum beþeaht.         þa sio þridde wæs
    ahafen halig.         Hra wæs on anbide
    885
    oæt him uppan         æelinges wæs
    rod aræred,         rodorcyninges beam,
    sigebeacen so.         He sona aras
    gaste gegearwod,         geador bu samod
    lic ond sawl.         þær wæs lof hafen
    890
    fæger mid þy folce.         Fæder weorodon,
    ond þone soan         sunu wealdendes
    wordum heredon.         Sie him wuldor ond þanc
    a butan ende         eallra gesceafta!
    a wæs þam folce         on ferhsefan,
    895
    ingemynde,         swa him a scyle,
    wundor þa þe worhte         weoroda dryhten
    to feorhnere         fira cynne,
    lifes lattiow.         þa þær ligesynnig
    on lyft astah         lacende feond.
    900
    Ongan þa hleorian         helledeofol,
    eatol æclæca,         yfela gemyndig:
    "Hwæt is þis, la, manna,         þe minne eft
    þurh fyrngeflit         folgaþ wyrde,
    ice ealdne ni,         æhta strude?
    905
    þis is singal sacu.         Sawla ne moton
    manfremmende         in minum leng
    æhtum wunigan.         Nu cwom elþeodig,
    þone ic ær on firenum         fæstne talde,
    hafa mec bereafod         rihta gehwylces,
    910
    feohgestreona.         Nis æt fæger si.
    Feala me se hælend         hearma gefremede,
    nia nearolicra,         se e in Nazare
    afeded wæs.         Syan furþum weox
    of cildhade,         symle cirde to him
    915
    æhte mine.         Ne mot ænige nu
    rihte spowan.         Is his rice brad
    ofer middangeard.         Min is geswirod
    ræd under roderum.         Ic þa rode ne þearf
    hleahtre herigean.         Hwæt, se hælend me
    920
    in þam engan ham         oft getynde,
    geomrum to sorge!         Ic þurh Iudas ær
    hyhtful gewear,         ond nu gehyned eom,
    goda geasne,         þurh Iudas eft,
    fah ond freondleas.         Gen ic findan can
    925
    þurh wrohtstafas         wiercyr sian
    of am wearhtreafum,         ic awecce wi e
    oerne cyning,         se ehte þin,
    ond he forlæte         lare þine
    ond manþeawum         minum folgaþ,
    930
    ond þec þonne sende         in þa sweartestan
    ond þa wyrrestan         witebrogan,
    þæt u, sarum forsoht,         wisæcest fæste
    þone ahangnan cyning,         þam u hyrdest ær."
    Him a gleawhydig         Iudas oncwæ,
    935
    hæle hildedeor,         (him wæs halig gast
    befolen fæste,         fyrhat lufu,
    weallende gewitt         þurh witgan snyttro),
    ond þæt word gecwæ,         wisdomes ful:
    "Ne þearft u swa swie,         synna gemyndig,
    940
    sar niwigan         ond sæce ræran,
    morres manfrea,         þæt þe se mihtiga cyning
    in neolnesse         nyer bescufe,
    synwyrcende,         in susla grund
    domes leasne,         se e deadra feala
    945
    worde awehte.         Wite u þe gearwor
    þæt u unsnyttrum         anforlete
    leohta beorhtost         ond lufan dryhtnes,
    þone fægran gefean,         ond on fyrbæe
    suslum beþrungen         syan wunodest,
    950
    ade onæled,         ond þær awa scealt,
    wierhycgende,         wergu dreogan,
    yrmu butan ende."         Elene gehyrde
    hu se feond ond se freond         geflitu rærdon,
    tireadig ond trag,         on twa halfa,
    955
    synnig ond gesælig.         Sefa wæs þe glædra
    þæs þe heo gehyrde         þone hellesceaþan
    oferswiedne,         synna bryttan,
    ond þa wundrade         ymb þæs weres snyttro,
    hu he swa geleafful         on swa lytlum fæce
    960
    ond swa uncyig         æfre wurde,
    gleawnesse þurhgoten.         Gode þancode,
    wuldorcyninge,         þæs hire se willa gelamp
    þurh bearn godes         bega gehwæres,
    ge æt þære gesyhe         þæs sigebeames,
    965
    ge æs geleafan         þe hio swa leohte oncneow,
    wuldorfæste gife         in þæs weres breostum.
    a wæs gefrege         in þære folcsceare,
    geond þa werþeode         wide læded,
    mære morgenspel         manigum on andan
    970
    þara þe dryhtnes æ         dyrnan woldon,
    boden æfter burgum,         swa brimo fæme,
    in ceastra gehwære,         þæt Cristes rod,
    fyrn foldan begræfen,         funden wære,
    selest sigebeacna         þara þe si oe ær
    975
    halig under heofenum         ahafen wurde,
    ond wæs Iudeum         gnornsorga mæst,
    werum wansæligum,         wyrda laost,
    þær hie hit for worulde         wendan meahton,
    cristenra gefean.         a sio cwen bebead
    980
    ofer eorlmægen         aras fysan
    ricene to rade.         Sceoldon Romwarena
    ofer heanne holm         hlaford secean
    ond þam wiggende         wilspella mæst
    seolfum gesecgan,         þæt æt sigorbeacen
    985
    þurh meotodes est         meted wære,
    funden in foldan,         þæt ær feala mæla
    behyded wæs         halgum to teonan,
    cristenum folce.         þa am cininge wear
    þurh þa mæran word         mod geblissod,
    990
    ferh gefeonde.         Næs þa fricgendra
    under goldhoman         gad in burgum,
    feorran geferede.         Wæs him frofra mæst
    geworden in worlde         æt am willspelle,
    hlihende hyge,         þe him hereræswan
    995
    ofer eastwegas,         aras brohton,
    hu gesundne si         ofer swonrade
    secgas mid sigecwen         aseted hæfdon
    on Creca land.         Hie se casere heht
    ofstum myclum         eft gearwian
    1000
    sylfe to sie.         Secgas ne gældon
    syan andsware         edre gehyrdon,
    æelinges word.         Heht he Elenan hæl
    abeodan beadurofre,         gif hie brim nesen
    ond gesundne si         settan mosten,
    1005
    hæle hwætmode,         to þære halgan byrig.
    Heht hire þa aras         eac gebeodan
    Constantinus         þæt hio cirican þær
    on þam beorhhlie         begra rædum
    getimbrede,         tempel dryhtnes
    1010
    on Caluarie         Criste to willan,
    hæleum to helpe,         þær sio halige rod
    gemeted wæs,         mærost beama
    þara þe gefrugnen         foldbuende
    on eorwege.         Hio geefnde swa,
    1015
    sian winemagas         westan brohton
    ofer lagufæsten         leofspell manig.
    a seo cwen bebead         cræftum getyde
    sundor asecean         þa selestan,
    þa þe wrætlicost         wyrcan cuon
    1020
    stangefogum,         on þam stedewange
    girwan godes tempel,         swa hire gasta weard
    reord of roderum.         Heo þa rode heht
    golde beweorcean         ond gimcynnum,
    mid þam æelestum         eorcnanstanum
    1025
    besettan searocræftum         ond þa in seolfren fæt
    locum belucan.         þær þæt lifes treo,
    selest sigebeama,         sian wunode
    æelum anbræce.         þær bi a gearu
    wrau wannhalum         wita gehwylces,
    1030
    sæce ond sorge.         Hie sona þær
    þurh þa halgan gesceaft         helpe findaþ,
    godcunde gife.         Swylce Iudas onfeng
    æfter fyrstmearce         fulwihtes bæ,
    ond geclænsod wear         Criste getrywe,
    1035
    lifwearde leof.         His geleafa wear
    fæst on ferhe,         sian frofre gast
    wic gewunode         in þæs weres breostum,
    bylde to bote.         He þæt betere geceas,
    wuldres wynne,         ond þam wyrsan wisoc,
    1040
    deofulgildum,         ond gedwolan fylde,
    unrihte æ.         Him wear ece rex,
    meotud milde, god,         mihta wealdend.
    þa wæs gefulwad         se e ær feala tida
    leoht gearu        
    1045
    inbryrded breostsefa         on þæt betere lif,
    gewended to wuldre.         Huru, wyrd gescreaf
    þæt he swa geleaffull         ond swa leof gode
    in worldrice         weoran sceolde,
    Criste gecweme.         þæt gecyed wear,
    1050
    sian Elene heht         Eusebium
    on rædgeþeaht,         Rome bisceop,
    gefetian on fultum,         forsnoterne,
    hælea gerædum         to þære halgan byrig,
    þæt he gesette         on sacerdhad
    1055
    in Ierusalem         Iudas þam folce
    to bisceope         burgum on innan,
    þurh gastes gife         to godes temple
    cræftum gecorene,         ond hine Cyriacus
    þurh snyttro geþeaht         syan nemde
    1060
    niwan stefne.         Nama wæs gecyrred
    beornes in burgum         on þæt betere for,
    æ hælendes.         þa gen Elenan wæs
    mod gemynde         ymb þa mæran wyrd,
    geneahhe for þam næglum         þe æs nergendes
    1065
    fet þurhwodon         ond his folme swa some,
    mid þam on rode wæs         rodera wealdend
    gefæstnod, frea mihtig.         Be am frignan ongan
    cristenra cwen,         Cyriacus bæd
    þæt hire þa gina         gastes mihtum
    1070
    ymb wundorwyrd         willan gefylde,
    onwrige wuldorgifum,         ond þæt word acwæ
    to þam bisceope,         bald reordode:
    "þu me, eorla hleo,         þone æelan beam,
    rode rodera cininges         ryhte getæhtes,
    1075
    on þa ahangen wæs         hæenum folmum
    gasta geocend,         godes agen bearn,
    nerigend fira.         Mec þæra nægla gen
    on fyrhsefan         fyrwet myngaþ.
    Wolde ic þæt u funde         þa e in foldan gen
    1080
    deope bedolfen         dierne sindon,
    heolstre behyded.         A min hige sorga,
    reonig reote,         ond gereste no
    ærþan me gefylle         fæder ælmihtig,
    wereda wealdend,         willan minne,
    1085
    nia nergend,         þurh þara nægla cyme,
    halig of hieha.         Nu u hrædlice
    eallum eamedum,         ar selesta,
    þine bene onsend         in a beorhtan gesceaft,
    on wuldres wyn.         Bide wigena þrym
    1090
    þæt þe gecye,         cyning ælmihtig,
    hord under hrusan         þæt gehyded gen,
    duguum dyrne,         deogol bide."
    þa se halga ongan         hyge staolian,
    breostum onbryrded,         bisceop þæs folces.
    1095
    Glædmod eode         gumena þreate
    god hergendra,         ond þa geornlice
    Cyriacus         on Caluariæ
    hleor onhylde,         hygerune ne ma,
    gastes mihtum         to gode cleopode
    1100
    eallum eamedum,         bæd him engla weard
    geopenigean         uncue wyrd,
    niwan on nearwe,         hwær he þara nægla swiost
    on þam wangstede         wenan þorfte.
    Leort a tacen for,         þær hie to sægon,
    1105
    fæder, frofre gast,         urh fyres bleo
    up eigean         þær þa æelestan
    hælea gerædum         hydde wæron
    þurh nearusearwe,         næglas on eoran.
    a cwom semninga         sunnan beorhtra
    1110
    lacende lig.         Leode gesawon
    hira willgifan         wundor cyan,
    a ær of heolstre,         swylce heofonsteorran
    oe goldgimmas,         grunde getenge,
    næglas of nearwe         neoan scinende
    1115
    leohte lixton.         Leode gefægon,
    weorud willhreig,         sægdon wuldor gode
    ealle anmode,         þeah hie ær wæron
    þurh deofles spild         in gedwolan lange,
    acyrred fram Criste.         Hie cwædon þus:
    1120
    "Nu we seolfe geseo         sigores tacen,
    sowundor godes,         þeah we wisocun ær
    mid leasingum.         Nu is in leoht cymen,
    onwrigen, wyrda bigang.         Wuldor þæs age
    on heannesse         heofonrices god!"
    1125
    a wæs geblissod         se e to bote gehwearf
    þurh bearn godes,         bisceop þara leoda,
    niwan stefne.         He þam næglum onfeng,
    egesan geaclod,         ond þære arwyran
    cwene brohte.         Hæfde Ciriacus
    1130
    eall gefylled,         swa him seo æele bebead,
    wifes willan.         þa wæs wopes hring,
    hat heafodwylm         ofer hleor goten,
    (nalles for torne         tearas feollon
    ofer wira gespon),         wuldres gefylled
    1135
    cwene willa.         Heo on cneow sette
    leohte geleafan,         lac weorode,
    blissum hremig,         þe hire brungen wæs
    gnyrna to geoce.         Gode þancode,
    sigora dryhtne,         þæs þe hio so gecneow
    1140
    ondweardlice         þæt wæs oft bodod
    feor ær beforan         fram fruman worulde,
    folcum to frofre.         Heo gefylled wæs
    wisdomes gife,         ond þa wic beheold
    halig heofonlic gast,         hreer weardode,
    1145
    æelne inno,         swa hie ælmihtig
    sigebearn godes         sioan freoode.
    Ongan þa geornlice         gastgerynum
    on sefan secean         sofæstnesse
    weg to wuldre.         Huru, weroda god
    1150
    gefullæste,         fæder on roderum,
    cining ælmihtig,         þæt seo cwen begeat
    willan in worulde.         Wæs se witedom
    þurh fyrnwitan         beforan sungen
    eall æfter orde,         swa hit eft gelamp
    1155
    inga gehwylces.         þeodcwen ongan
    þurh gastes gife         georne secan
    nearwe geneahhe,         to hwan hio þa næglas selost
    ond deorlicost         gedon meahte,
    dugoum to hroer,         hwæt þæs wære dryhtnes willa.
    1160
    Heht a gefetigean         forsnotterne
    ricene to rune,         þone þe rædgeþeaht
    þurh gleawe miht         georne cue,
    frodne on ferhe,         ond hine frignan ongan
    hwæt him þæs on sefan         selost þuhte
    1165
    to gelæstenne,         ond his lare geceas
    þurh þeodscipe.         He hire þriste oncwæ:
    "þæt is gedafenlic         þæt u dryhtnes word
    on hyge healde,         halige rune,
    cwen seleste,         ond þæs cininges bebod
    1170
    georne begange,         nu þe god sealde
    sawle sigesped         ond snyttro cræft,
    nerigend fira.         þu as næglas hat
    þam æelestan         eorcyninga
    burgagendra         on his bridels don,
    1175
    meare to midlum.         þæt manigum sceall
    geond middangeard         mære weoran,
    þonne æt sæcce mid þy         oferswian mæge
    feonda gehwylcne,         þonne fyrdhwate
    on twa healfe         tohtan secaþ,
    1180
    sweordgenilan,         þær hie ymb sige winna,
    wra wi wraum.         He ah æt wigge sped,
    sigor æt sæcce,         ond sybbe gehwær,
    æt gefeohte fri,         se e foran læde
    bridels on blancan,         þonne beadurofe
    1185
    æt garþræce,         guman gecoste,
    bera bord ond ord.         þis bi beorna gehwam
    wi æglæce         unoferswied
    wæpen æt wigge.         Be am se witga sang,
    snottor searuþancum,         (sefa deop gewod,
    1190
    wisdomes gewitt),         he þæt word gecwæ:
    'Cuþ þæt gewyre         þæt þæs cyninges sceal
    mearh under modegum         midlum geweorod,
    bridelshringum.         Bi þæt beacen gode
    halig nemned,         ond se hwæteadig,
    1195
    wigge weorod,         se þæt wicg byr.'"
    þa þæt ofstlice         eall gelæste
    Elene for eorlum.         æelinges heht,
    beorna beaggifan,         bridels frætwan,
    hire selfre suna         sende to lace
    1200
    ofer geofenes stream         gife unscynde.
    Heht þa tosomne         þa heo seleste
    mid Iudeum         gumena wiste,
    hælea cynnes,         to þære halgan byrig
    cuman in þa ceastre.         þa seo cwen ongan
    1205
    læran leofra heap         þæt hie lufan dryhtnes,
    ond sybbe swa same         sylfra betweonum,
    freondræddenne,         fæste gelæston
    leahtorlease         in hira lifes tid,
    ond þæs latteowes         larum hyrdon,
    1210
    cristenum þeawum,         þe him Cyriacus
    bude, boca gleaw.         Wæs se bissceophad
    fægere befæsted.         Oft him feorran to
    laman, limseoce,         lefe cwomon,
    healte, heorudreorige,         hreofe ond blinde,
    1215
    heane, hygegeomre,         symle hælo þær
    æt þam bisceope,         bote fundon
    ece to aldre.         a gen him Elene forgeaf
    sincweorunga,         þa hio wæs sies fus
    eft to ele,         ond þa eallum bebead
    1220
    on þam gumrice         god hergendum,
    werum ond wifum,         þæt hie weoreden
    mode ond mægene         þone mæran dæg,
    heortan gehigdum,         in am sio halige rod
    gemeted wæs,         mærost beama
    1225
    þara þe of eoran         up aweoxe,
    geloden under leafum.         Wæs þa lencten agan
    butan VI nihtum         ær sumeres cyme
    on Maias kalend.         Sie þara manna gehwam
    behliden helle duru,         heofones ontyned,
    1230
    ece geopenad         engla rice,
    dream unhwilen,         ond hira dæl scired
    mid Marian,         þe on gemynd nime
    þære deorestan         dægweorunga
    rode under roderum,         þa se ricesta
    1235
    ealles oferwealdend         earme beþeahte. Finit.
    þus ic frod ond fus         þurh þæt fæcne hus
    wordcræftum wæf         ond wundrum læs,
    þragum þreodude         ond geþanc reodode
    nihtes nearwe.         Nysse ic gearwe
    1240
    be ære rode riht         ær me rumran geþeaht
    þurh a mæran miht         on modes þeaht
    wisdom onwreah.         Ic wæs weorcum fah,
    synnum asæled,         sorgum gewæled,
    bitrum gebunden,         bisgum beþrungen,
    1245
    ær me lare onlag         þurh leohtne had
    gamelum to geoce,         gife unscynde
    mægencyning amæt         ond on gemynd begeat,
    torht ontynde,         tidum gerymde,
    bancofan onband,         breostlocan onwand,
    1250
    leoucræft onleac.         þæs ic lustum breac,
    willum in worlde.         Ic þæs wuldres treowes
    oft, nales æne,         hæfde ingemynd
    ær ic þæt wundor         onwrigen hæfde
    ymb þone beorhtan beam,         swa ic on bocum fand,
    1255
    wyrda gangum,         on gewritum cyan
    be am sigebeacne.         A wæs secg o æt
    cnyssed cearwelmum,         cen drusende,
    þeah he in medohealle         mamas þege,
    æplede gold.         yr gnornode
    1260
    nyd gefera,         nearusorge dreah,
    enge rune,         þær him eh fore
    milpaas mæt,         modig þrægde
    wirum gewlenced.         wen is geswirad,
    gomen æfter gearum,         geogo is gecyrred,
    1265
    ald onmedla.         ur wæs geara
    geogohades glæm.         Nu synt geardagas
    æfter fyrstmearce         for gewitene,
    lifwynne geliden,         swa lagu toglide,
    flodas gefysde.         feoh æghwam bi
    1270
    læne under lyfte;         landes frætwe
    gewitaþ under wolcnum         winde geliccost,
    þonne he for hæleum         hlud astige,
    wæe be wolcnum,         wedende fære
    ond eft semninga         swige gewyre,
    1275
    in nedcleofan         nearwe gehearod,
    þream forþrycced.        
    Swa a þeos world         eall gewite,
    ond eac swa some         þe hire on wurdon
    atydrede,         tionleg nime,
    1280
    onne dryhten sylf         dom gesece
    engla weorude.         Sceall æghwylc ær
    reordberendra         riht gehyran
    dæda gehwylcra         þurh þæs deman mu,
    ond worda swa same         wed gesyllan,
    1285
    eallra unsnyttro         ær gesprecenra,
    þristra geþonca.         þonne on þreo dæle
    in fyres feng         folc anra gehwylc,
    þara þe gewurdon         on widan feore
    ofer sidne grund.         Sofæste bio
    1290
    yfemest in þam ade,         eadigra gedryht,
    dugu domgeorne,         swa hie adreogan magon
    ond butan earfeum         eae geþolian,
    modigra mægen.         Him gemetgaþ eall
    ældes leoma,         swa him eost bi,
    1295
    sylfum geseftost.         Synfulle beo,
    mane gemengde,         in am midle þread,
    hæle higegeomre,         in hatne wylm,
    þrosme beþehte.         Bi se þridda dæl,
    awyrgede womsceaan,         in þæs wylmes grund,
    1300
    lease leodhatan,         lige befæsted
    þurh ærgewyrht,         arleasra sceolu,
    in gleda gripe.         Gode no syan
    of am mororhofe         in gemynd cuma,
    wuldorcyninge,         ac hie worpene beo
    1305
    of am heauwylme         in hellegrund,
    torngenilan.         Bi þam twam dælum
    ungelice.         Moton engla frean
    geseon, sigora god.         Hie asodene beo,
    asundrod fram synnum,         swa smæte gold
    1310
    þæt in wylme bi         womma gehwylces
    þurh ofnes fyr         eall geclænsod,
    amered ond gemylted.         Swa bi þara manna ælc
    ascyred ond asceaden         scylda gehwylcre,
    deopra firena,         þurh þæs domes fyr.
    1315
    Moton þonne siþan         sybbe brucan,
    eces eadwelan.         Him bi engla weard
    milde ond blie,         þæs e hie mana gehwylc
    forsawon, synna weorc,         ond to suna metudes
    wordum cleopodon.         Foran hie nu on wlite scinaþ
    1320
    englum gelice,         yrfes brucaþ
    wuldorcyninges         to widan feore.
    Amen.

    The Exeter Book

    Christ A, B, C

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

            cyninge.
    u eart se weallstan         þe a wyrhtan iu
    wiwurpon to weorce.         Wel þe gerise
    þæt þu heafod sie         healle mærre,
    5
    ond gesomnige         side weallas
    fæste gefoge,         flint unbræcne,
    þæt geond eorb... ...g eall         eagna gesihþe
    wundrien to worlde         wuldres ealdor.
    Gesweotula nu þurh searocræft         þin sylfes weorc,
    10
    sofæst, sigorbeorht,         ond sona forlæt
    weall wi wealle.         Nu is þam weorce þearf
    þæt se cræftga cume         ond se cyning sylfa,
    ond þonne gebete,         nu gebrosnad is,
    hus under hrofe.         He þæt hra gescop,
    15
    leomo læmena;         nu sceal liffrea
    þone wergan heap         wraþum ahreddan,
    earme from egsan,         swa he oft dyde.
    Eala þu reccend         ond þu riht cyning,
    se þe locan healde,         lif ontyne,
    20
    eadga... upwegas,         oþrum forwyrne
    wlitigan wilsiþes,         gif his weorc ne deag.
    Huru we for þearfe         þas word spreca,
    ond m... ...gia         þone þe mon gescop
    þæt he ne ...ete...         ...ceose weoran
    25
    cearfulra þing,         þe we in carcerne
    sitta sorgende,         sunnan wena,
    hwonne us liffrea         leoht ontyne,
    weore ussum mode         to mundboran,
    ond þæt tydre gewitt         tire bewinde,
    30
    gedo usic þæs wyre,         þe he to wuldre forlet,
    þa we heanlice         hweorfan sceoldan
    to þis enge lond,         ele bescyrede.
    Forþon secgan mæg,         se e so sprice,
    þæt he ahredde,         þa forhwyrfed wæs,
    35
    frumcyn fira.         Wæs seo fæmne geong,
    mæg manes leas,         þe he him to meder geceas;
    þæt wæs geworden         butan weres frigum,
    þæt þurh bearnes gebyrd         bryd eacen wear.
    Nænig efenlic þam,         ær ne siþþan,
    40
    in worlde gewear         wifes gearnung;
    þæt degol wæs,         dryhtnes geryne.
    Eal giofu gæstlic         grundsceat geondspreot;
    þær wisna fela         wear inlihted
    lare longsume         þurh lifes fruman
    45
    þe ær under homan         biholen lægon,
    witgena wosong,         þa se waldend cwom,
    se þe reorda gehwæs         ryne gemicla
    ara þe geneahhe         noman scyppendes
    þurh horscne         had hergan willa.
    50
    Eala sibbe gesih,         sancta Hierusalem,
    cynestola cyst,         Cristes burglond,
    engla eþelstol,         ond þa ane in þe
    saule sofæstra         simle geresta,
    wuldrum hremge.         Næfre wommes tacn
    55
    in þam eardgearde         eawed weorþe,
    ac þe firina gehwylc         feor abuge,
    wærgo ond gewinnes.         Bist to wuldre full
    halgan hyhtes,         swa þu gehaten eart.
    Sioh nu sylfa þe geond         þas sidan gesceaft,
    60
    swylce rodores hrof         rume geondwlitan
    ymb healfa gehwone,         hu þec heofones cyning
    sie gesece,         ond sylf cyme,
    nime eard in þe,         swa hit ær gefyrn
    witgan wisfæste         wordum sægdon,
    65
    cydon Cristes gebyrd,         cwædon þe to frofre,
    burga betlicast.         Nu is þæt bearn cymen,
    awæcned to wyrpe         weorcum Ebrea,
    bringe blisse þe,         benda onlyse
    niþum genedde.         Nearoþearfe conn,
    70
    hu se earma sceal         are gebidan.
    Eala wifa wynn         geond wuldres þrym,
    fæmne freolicast         ofer ealne foldan sceat
    þæs þe æfre sundbuend         secgan hyrdon,
    arece us þæt geryne         þæt þe of roderum cwom,
    75
    hu þu eacnunge         æfre onfenge
    bearnes þurh gebyrde,         ond þone gebedscipe
    æfter monwisan         mod ne cues.
    Ne we solice         swylc ne gefrugnan
    in ærdagum         æfre gelimpan,
    80
    þæt u in sundurgiefe         swylce befenge,
    ne we þære wyrde         wenan þurfon
    toweard in tide.         Huru treow in þe
    weorlicu wunade,         nu þu wuldres þrym
    bosme gebære,         ond no gebrosnad wear
    85
    mæghad se micla.         Swa eal manna bearn
    sorgum sawa,         swa eft ripa,
    cenna to cwealme.         Cwæ sio eadge mæg
    symle sigores full,         sancta Maria:
    "Hwæt is þeos wundrung         þe ge wafia,
    90
    ond geomrende         gehþum mæna,
    sunu Solimæ         somod his dohtor?
    Fricga þurh fyrwet         hu ic fæmnan had,
    mund minne geheold,         ond eac modor gewear
    mære meotudes suna.         Forþan þæt monnum nis
    95
    cu geryne,         ac Crist onwrah
    in Dauides         dyrre mægan
    þæt is Euan scyld         eal forpynded,
    wærga aworpen,         ond gewuldrad is
    se heanra had.         Hyht is onfangen
    100
    þæt nu bletsung mot         bæm gemæne,
    werum ond wifum,         a to worulde for
    in þam uplican         engla dreame
    mid sofæder         symle wunian."
    Eala earendel,         engla beorhtast,
    105
    ofer middangeard         monnum sended,
    ond sofæsta         sunnan leoma,
    torht ofer tunglas,         þu tida gehwane
    of sylfum þe         symle inlihtes!
    Swa þu, god of gode         gearo acenned,
    110
    sunu soþan fæder,         swegles in wuldre
    butan anginne         æfre wære,
    swa þec nu for þearfum         þin agen geweorc
    bide þurh byldo,         þæt þu þa beorhtan us
    sunnan onsende,         ond þe sylf cyme
    115
    þæt u inleohte         þa þe longe ær,
    þrosme beþeahte         ond in þeostrum her,
    sæton sinneahtes;         synnum bifealdne
    deorc deaþes sceadu         dreogan sceoldan.
    Nu we hyhtfulle         hælo gelyfa
    120
    þurh þæt word godes         weorodum brungen,
    þe on fryme wæs         fæder ælmihtigum
    efenece mid god,         ond nu eft gewear
    flæsc firena leas,         þæt seo fæmne gebær
    geomrum to geoce.         God wæs mid us
    125
    gesewen butan synnum;         somod eardedon
    mihtig meotudes bearn         ond se monnes sunu
    geþwære on þeode.         We þæs þonc magon
    secgan sigedryhtne         symle bi gewyrhtum,
    þæs þe he hine sylfne us         sendan wolde.
    130
    Eala gæsta god,         hu þu gleawlice
    mid noman ryhte         nemned wære
    Emmanuhel,         swa hit engel gecwæ
    ærest on Ebresc!         þæt is eft gereht,
    rume bi gerynum:         "Nu is rodera weard,
    135
    god sylfa mid us."         Swa þæt gomele gefyrn
    ealra cyninga cyning         ond þone clænan eac
    sacerd solice         sægdon toweard,
    swa se mæra iu,         Melchisedech,
    gleaw in gæste         godþrym onwrah
    140
    eces alwaldan.         Se wæs æ bringend,
    lara lædend,         þam longe his
    hyhtan hidercyme,         swa him gehaten wæs,
    þætte sunu meotudes         sylfa wolde
    gefælsian         foldan mæge,
    145
    swylce grundas eac         gæstes mægne
    siþe gesecan.         Nu hie softe þæs
    bidon in bendum         hwonne bearn godes
    cwome to cearigum.         Forþon cwædon swa,
    suslum geslæhte:         "Nu þu sylfa cum,
    150
    heofones heahcyning.         Bring us hælolif,
    werigum witeþeowum,         wope forcymenum,
    bitrum brynetearum.         Is seo bot gelong
    eal æt þe anum         ...... oferþearfum.
    Hæftas hygegeomre         hider ...es;
    155
    ne læt þe behindan,         þonne þu heonan cyrre,
    mænigo þus micle,         ac þu miltse on us
    gecy cynelice,         Crist nergende,
    wuldres æþeling,         ne læt awyrgde ofer us
    onwald agan.         Læf us ecne gefean
    160
    wuldres þines,         þæt þec weorien,
    weoroda wuldorcyning,         þa þu geworhtes ær
    hondum þinum.         þu in heannissum
    wunast wideferh         mid waldend fæder."
    "Eala Ioseph min,         Iacobes bearn,
    165
    mæg Dauides,         mæran cyninges,
    nu þu freode scealt         fæste gedælan,
    alætan lufan mine!"         "Ic lungre eam
    deope gedrefed,         dome bereafod,
    foron ic worn for þe         worde hæbbe
    170
    sidra sorga         ond sarcwida,
    hearmes gehyred,         ond me hosp spreca,
    tornworda fela.         Ic tearas sceal
    geotan geomormod.         God eaþe mæg
    gehælan hygesorge         heortan minre,
    175
    afrefran feasceaftne.         Eala fæmne geong,
    mæg Maria!"         Hwæt bemurnest u,
    cleopast cearigende?         Ne ic culpan in þe,
    incan ænigne,         æfre onfunde,
    womma geworhtra,         ond þu þa word spricest
    180
    swa þu sylfa sie         synna gehwylcre
    firena gefylled."         Ic to fela hæbbe
    þæs byrdscypes         bealwa onfongen!
    Hu mæg ic ladigan         laþan spræce,
    oþþe ondsware         ænige findan
    185
    wraþum towiþere?         Is þæt wide cu
    þæt ic of þam torhtan         temple dryhtnes
    onfeng freolice         fæmnan clæne,
    womma lease,         ond nu gehwyrfed is
    þurh nathwylces.         Me nawþer deag,
    190
    secge ne swige.         Gif ic so sprece,
    þonne sceal Dauides         dohtor sweltan,
    stanum astyrfed.         Gen strengre is
    þæt ic morþor hele;         scyle manswara,
    laþ leoda gehwam         lifgan siþþan,
    195
    fraco in folcum."         þa seo fæmne onwrah
    ryhtgeryno,         ond þus reordade:
    "So ic secge         þurh sunu meotudes,
    gæsta geocend,         þæt ic gen ne conn
    þurh gemæcscipe         monnes ower,
    200
    ænges on eoran,         ac me eaden wear,
    geongre in geardum,         þæt me Gabrihel,
    heofones heagengel,         hælo gebodade.
    Sægde solice         þæt me swegles gæst
    leoman onlyhte,         sceolde ic lifes þrym
    205
    geberan, beorhtne sunu,         bearn eacen godes,
    torhtes tirfruman.         Nu ic his tempel eam
    gefremed butan facne,         in me frofre gæst
    geeardode.         Nu þu ealle forlæt
    sare sorgceare.         Saga ecne þonc
    210
    mærum meotodes sunu         þæt ic his modor gewear,
    fæmne for seþeah,         ond þu fæder cweden
    woruldcund bi wene;         sceolde witedom
    in him sylfum beon         soe gefylled."
    Eala þu soa         ond þu sibsuma
    215
    ealra cyninga cyning,         Crist ælmihtig,
    hu þu ær wære         eallum geworden
    worulde þrymmum         mid þinne wuldorfæder
    cild acenned         þurh his cræft ond meaht!
    Nis ænig nu         eorl under lyfte,
    220
    secg searoþoncol,         to þæs swie gleaw
    þe þæt asecgan mæge         sundbuendum,
    areccan mid ryhte,         hu þe rodera weard
    æt fryme genom         him to freobearne.
    þæt wæs þara þinga         þe her þeoda cynn
    225
    gefrugnen mid folcum         æt fruman ærest
    geworden under wolcnum,         þæt witig god,
    lifes ordfruma,         leoht ond þystro
    gedælde dryhtlice,         ond him wæs domes geweald,
    ond þa wisan abead         weoroda ealdor:
    230
    "Nu sie geworden forþ         a to widan feore
    leoht, lixende gefea,         lifgendra gehwam
    þe in cneorissum         cende weoren."
    Ond þa sona gelomp,         þa hit swa sceolde,
    leoma leohtade         leoda mægþum,
    235
    torht mid tunglum,         æfter þon tida bigong.
    Sylfa sette         þæt þu sunu wære
    efeneardigende         mid þinne engan frean
    ærþon oht þisses         æfre gewurde.
    þu eart seo snyttro         þe þas sidan gesceaft
    240
    mid þi waldende         worhtes ealle.
    Forþon nis ænig þæs horsc,         ne þæs hygecræftig,
    þe þin fromcyn mæge         fira bearnum
    sweotule geseþan.         Cum, nu, sigores weard,
    meotod moncynnes,         ond þine miltse her
    245
    arfæst ywe!         Us is eallum neod
    þæt we þin medrencynn         motan cunnan,
    ryhtgeryno,         nu we areccan ne mægon
    þæt fædrencynn         fier owihte.
    þu þisne middangeard         milde geblissa
    250
    þurh inne hercyme,         hælende Crist,
    ond þa gyldnan geatu,         þe in geardagum
    ful longe ær         bilocen stodan,
    heofona heahfrea,         hat ontynan,
    ond usic þonne gesece         þurh þin sylfes gong
    255
    eamod to eorþan.         Us is þinra arna þearf!
    Hafa se awyrgda         wulf tostenced,
    deor dædscua,         dryhten, þin eowde,
    wide towrecene.         þæt u, waldend, ær
    blode gebohtes,         þæt se bealofulla
    260
    hyne heardlice,         ond him on hæft nime
    ofer usse nioda lust.         Forþon we, nergend, þe
    bidda geornlice         breostgehygdum
    þæt þu hrædlice         helpe gefremme
    wergum wreccan,         þæt se wites bona
    265
    in helle grund         hean gedreose,
    ond þin hondgeweorc,         hæleþa scyppend,
    mote arisan         ond on ryht cuman
    to þam upcundan         æþelan rice,
    þonan us ær þurh synlust         se swearta gæst
    270
    forteah ond fortylde,         þæt we, tires wone,
    a butan ende         sculon ermþu dreogan,
    butan þu usic þon ofostlicor,         ece dryhten,
    æt þam leodsceaþan,         lifgende god,
    helm alwihta,         hreddan wille.
    275
    Eala þu mæra         middangeardes
    seo clæneste         cwen ofer eorþan
    þara þe gewurde         to widan feore,
    hu þec mid ryhte         ealle reordberend
    hata ond secga,         hæle geond foldan,
    280
    bliþe mode,         þæt þu bryd sie
    þæs selestan         swegles bryttan.
    Swylce þa hyhstan         on heofonum eac,
    Cristes þegnas,         cweþa ond singa
    þæt þu sie hlæfdige         halgum meahtum
    285
    wuldorweorudes,         ond worldcundra
    hada under heofonum,         ond helwara.
    Forþon þu þæt ana         ealra monna
    geþohtest þrymlice,         þristhycgende,
    þæt þu þinne mæghad         meotude brohtes,
    290
    sealdes butan synnum.         Nan swylc ne cwom
    ænig oþer         ofer ealle men,
    bryd beaga hroden,         þe þa beorhtan lac
    to heofonhame         hlutre mode
    siþþan sende.         Foron heht sigores fruma
    295
    his heahbodan         hider gefleogan
    of his mægenþrymme         ond þe meahta sped
    snude cyan,         þæt þu sunu dryhtnes
    þurh clæne gebyrd         cennan sceolde
    monnum to miltse,         ond þe, Maria, for
    300
    efne unwemme         a gehealdan.
    Eac we þæt gefrugnon,         þæt gefyrn bi þe
    sofæst sægde         sum wobora
    in ealddagum,         Esaias,
    þæt he wære gelæded         þæt he lifes gesteald
    305
    in þam ecan ham         eal sceawode.
    Wlat þa swa wisfæst         witga geond þeodland
    oþþæt he gestarode         þær gestaþelad wæs
    æþelic ingong.         Eal wæs gebunden
    deoran since         duru ormæte,
    310
    wundurclommum bewriþen.         Wende swie
    þæt ænig elda         æfre ne meahte
    swa fæstlice         forescyttelsas
    on ecnesse         o inhebban,
    oþþe æs ceasterhlides         clustor onlucan,
    315
    ær him godes engel         þurh glædne geþonc
    þa wisan onwrah         ond þæt word acwæ:
    "Ic þe mæg secgan         þæt so gewear
    þæt as gyldnan gatu         giet sume siþe
    god sylf wile         gæstes mægne
    320
    gefælsian,         fæder ælmihtig,
    ond þurh þa fæstan locu         foldan neosan,
    ond hio þonne æfter him         ece stonda
    simle singales         swa beclysed
    þæt nænig oþer,         nyme nergend god,
    325
    hy æfre ma         eft onluce."
    Nu þæt is gefylled         þæt se froda þa
    mid eagum þær         on wlatade.
    þu eart þæt wealldor,         þurh þe waldend frea
    æne on þas eoran         ut siade,
    330
    ond efne swa þec gemette,         meahtum gehrodene,
    clæne ond gecorene,         Crist ælmihtig.
    Swa e æfter him         engla þeoden
    eft unmæle         ælces þinges
    lioþucægan bileac,         lifes brytta.
    335
    Iowa us nu þa are         þe se engel þe,
    godes spelboda,         Gabriel brohte.
    Huru þæs bidda         burgsittende
    þæt u þa frofre         folcum cye,
    þinre sylfre sunu.         Siþþan we motan
    340
    anmodlice         ealle hyhtan,
    nu we on þæt bearn foran         breostum staria.
    Geþinga us nu         þristum wordum
    þæt he us ne læte         leng owihte
    in þisse deadene         gedwolan hyran,
    345
    ac þæt he usic geferge         in fæder rice,
    þær we sorglease         siþþan motan
    wunigan in wuldre         mid weoroda god.
    Eala þu halga         heofona dryhten,
    þu mid fæder þinne         gefyrn wære
    350
    efenwesende         in þam æþelan ham.
    Næs ænig þa giet         engel geworden,
    ne þæs miclan         mægenþrymmes nan
    e in roderum up         rice biwitiga,
    þeodnes þrygesteald         ond his þegnunga,
    355
    þa þu ærest wære         mid þone ecan frean
    sylf settende         þas sidan gesceaft,
    brade brytengrundas.         Bæm inc is gemæne
    heahgæst hleofæst.         We þe, hælend Crist,
    þurh eamedu         ealle bidda
    360
    þæt þu gehyre         hæfta stefne,
    þinra niedþiowa,         nergende god,
    hu we sind geswencte         þurh ure sylfra gewill.
    Habba wræcmæcgas         wergan gæstas,
    hetlen helsceaþa,         hearde genyrwad,
    365
    gebunden bealorapum.         Is seo bot gelong
    eall æt þe anum,         ece dryhten.
    Hreowcearigum help,         þæt þin hidercyme
    afrefre feasceafte,         þeah we fæhþo wi þec
    þurh firena lust         gefremed hæbben.
    370
    Ara nu onbehtum         ond usse yrmþa geþenc,
    hu we tealtriga         tydran mode,
    hwearfia heanlice.         Cym nu, hæleþa cyning,
    ne lata to lange.         Us is lissa þearf,
    þæt þu us ahredde         ond us hælogiefe
    375
    sofæst sylle,         þæt we siþþan for
    þa sellan þing         symle moten
    geþeon on þeode,         þinne willan.
    Eala seo wlitige,         weormynda full,
    heah ond halig,         heofoncund þrynes,
    380
    brade geblissad         geond brytenwongas
    þa mid ryhte sculon         reordberende,
    earme eorware         ealle mægene
    hergan healice,         nu us hælend god
    wærfæst onwrah         þæt we hine witan moton.
    385
    Forþon hy, dædhwæte,         dome geswide,
    þæt sofæste         seraphinnes cynn,
    uppe mid englum         a bremende,
    unaþreotendum         þrymmum singa
    ful healice         hludan stefne,
    390
    fægre feor ond neah.         Habbaþ folgoþa
    cyst mid cyninge.         Him þæt Crist forgeaf,
    þæt hy motan his ætwiste         eagum brucan
    simle singales,         swegle gehyrste,
    weorian waldend         wide ond side,
    395
    ond mid hyra fiþrum         frean ælmihtges
    onsyne weardia,         ecan dryhtnes,
    ond ymb þeodenstol         þringa georne
    hwylc hyra nehst mæge         ussum nergende
    flihte lacan         frigeardum in.
    400
    Lofia leoflicne         ond in leohte him
    þa word cweþa,         ond wuldria
    æþelne ordfruman         ealra gesceafta:
    "Halig eart þu, halig,         heahengla brego,
    so sigores frea,         simle þu bist halig,
    405
    dryhtna dryhten!         A þin dom wuna
    eorlic mid ældum         in ælce tid
    wide geweorþad.         þu eart weoroda god,
    forþon þu gefyldest         foldan ond rodoras,
    wigendra hleo,         wuldres þines,
    410
    helm alwihta.         Sie þe in heannessum
    ece hælo,         ond in eorþan lof,
    beorht mid beornum.         þu gebletsad leofa,
    þe in dryhtnes noman         dugeþum cwome
    heanum to hroþre.         þe in heahþum sie
    415
    a butan ende         ece herenis."
    Eala hwæt, þæt is wræclic wrixl         in wera life,
    þætte moncynnes         milde scyppend
    onfeng æt fæmnan         flæsc unwemme,
    ond sio weres friga         wiht ne cuþe,
    420
    ne þurh sæd ne cwom         sigores agend
    monnes ofer moldan;         ac þæt wæs ma cræft
    þonne hit eorbuend         ealle cuþan
    þurh geryne,         hu he, rodera þrim,
    heofona heahfrea,         helpe gefremede
    425
    monna cynne         þurh his modor hrif.
    Ond swa forgongende         folca nergend
    his forgifnesse         gumum to helpe
    dæle dogra gehwam,         dryhten weoroda.
    Forþon we hine domhwate         dædum ond wordum
    430
    hergen holdlice.         þæt is healic ræd
    monna gehwylcum         þe gemynd hafa,
    þæt he symle oftost         ond inlocast
    ond geornlicost         god weorþige.
    He him þære lisse         lean forgilde,
    435
    se gehalgoda         hælend sylfa,
    efne in þam ele         þær he ær ne cwom,
    in lifgendra         londes wynne,
    þær he gesælig         siþþan earda,
    ealne widan feorh         wuna butan ende. Amen.
    440
    Nu u geornlice         gæstgerynum,
    mon se mæra,         modcræfte sec
    þurh sefan snyttro,         þæt þu so wite
    hu þæt geeode,         þa se ælmihtiga
    acenned wear         þurh clænne had,
    445
    siþþan he Marian,         mæga weolman,
    mærre meowlan,         mundheals geceas,
    þæt þær in hwitum         hræglum gewerede
    englas ne oeowdun,         þa se æþeling cwom,
    beorn in Betlem.         Bodan wæron gearwe
    450
    þa þurh hleoþorcwide         hyrdum cydon,
    sægdon sone gefean,         þætte sunu wære
    in middangeard         meotudes acenned,
    in Betleme.         Hwæþre in bocum ne cwi
    þæt hy in hwitum þær         hræglum oywden
    455
    in þa æþelan tid,         swa hie eft dydon
    a se brega mæra         to Bethania,
    þeoden þrymfæst,         his þegna gedryht
    gelaade, leof weorud.         Hy þæs lareowes
    on þam wildæge         word ne gehyrwdon,
    460
    hyra sincgiefan.         Sona wæron gearwe,
    hæle mid hlaford,         to þære halgan byrg,
    þær him tacna fela         tires brytta
    onwrah, wuldres helm,         wordgerynum,
    ærþon up stige         ancenned sunu,
    465
    efenece bearn,         agnum fæder,
    þæs ymb feowertig         þe he of foldan ær
    from deae aras,         dagena rimes.
    Hæfde þa gefylled,         swa ær biforan sungon,
    witgena word         geond woruld innan
    470
    þurh his þrowinga.         þegnas heredon,
    lufedun leofwendum         lifes agend,
    fæder frumsceafta.         He him fægre þæs
    leofum gesiþum         lean æfter geaf,
    ond þæt word acwæ         waldend engla,
    475
    gefysed, frea mihtig,         to fæder rice:
    "Gefeo ge on fere!         Næfre ic from hweorfe,
    ac ic lufan symle         læste wi eowic,
    ond eow meaht giefe         ond mid wunige,
    awo to ealdre,         þæt eow æfre ne bi
    480
    þurh gife mine         godes onsien.
    Fara nu geond ealne         yrmenne grund,
    geond widwegas,         weoredum cya,
    bodia ond brema         beorhtne geleafan,
    ond fulwia         folc under roderum.
    485
    Hweorfa to hæþnum,         hergas breotaþ,
    fylla ond feoga,         feondscype dwæsca,
    sibbe sawa         on sefan manna
    þurh meahta sped.         Ic eow mid wunige,
    for on frofre,         ond eow frie healde
    490
    strengu staþolfæstre         on stowa gehware."
    a wear semninga         sweg on lyfte
    hlud gehyred.         Heofonengla þreat,
    weorud wlitescyne,         wuldres aras,
    cwomun on corre.         Cyning ure gewat
    495
    þurh þæs temples hrof         þær hy to segun,
    þa þe leofes þa gen         last weardedun
    on þam þingstede,         þegnas gecorene.
    Gesegon hi on heahþu         hlaford stigan,
    godbearn of grundum.         Him wæs geomor sefa
    500
    hat æt heortan,         hyge murnende,
    þæs þe hi swa leofne         leng ne mostun
    geseon under swegle.         Song ahofun
    aras ufancunde,         æþeling heredun,
    lofedun liffruman,         leohte gefegun
    505
    þe of þæs hælendes         heafelan lixte.
    Gesegon hy ælbeorhte         englas twegen
    fægre ymb þæt frumbearn         frætwum blican,
    cyninga wuldor.         Cleopedon of heahþu
    wordum wrætlicum         ofer wera mengu
    510
    beorhtan reorde:         "Hwæt bida ge,
    Galilesce         guman on hwearfte?
    Nu ge sweotule geseo         sone dryhten
    on swegl faran;         sigores agend
    wile up heonan         eard gestigan,
    515
    æþelinga ord,         mid þas engla gedryht,
    ealra folca fruma,         fæder eþelstoll.
    We mid þyslice         þreate willa
    ofer heofona gehlidu         hlaford fergan
    to þære beorhtan byrg         mid þas blian gedryht,
    520
    ealra sigebearna         þæt seleste
    ond æþeleste,         þe ge her on staria
    ond in frofre geseo         frætwum blican.
    Wile eft swa þeah         eoran mæge
    sylfa gesecan         side herge,
    525
    ond þonne gedeman         dæda gehwylce
    þara e gefremedon         folc under roderum."
    a wæs wuldres weard         wolcnum bifongen,
    heahengla cyning,         ofer hrofas upp,
    haligra helm.         Hyht wæs geniwad,
    530
    blis in burgum,         þurh þæs beornes cyme.
    Gesæt sigehremig         on þa swiþran hand
    ece eadfruma         agnum fæder.
    Gewitan him þa gongan         to Hierusalem
    hæle hygerofe,         in þa halgan burg,
    535
    geomormode,         þonan hy god nyhst
    up stigende         eagum segun,
    hyra wilgifan.         þær wæs wopes hring,
    torne bitolden;         wæs seo treowlufu
    hat æt heortan,         hreer innan weoll,
    540
    beorn breostsefa.         Bidon ealle þær
    þegnas þrymfulle         þeodnes gehata
    in þære torhtan         byrig tyn niht þa gen,
    swa him sylf bibead         swegles agend,
    ærþon up stige         ealles waldend
    545
    on heofona gehyld.         Hwite cwoman
    eorla eadgiefan         englas togeanes.
    æt is wel cweden,         swa gewritu secga,
    þæt him albeorhte         englas togeanes
    in þa halgan tid         heapum cwoman,
    550
    sigan on swegle.         þa wæs symbla mæst
    geworden in wuldre.         Wel þæt gedafena
    þæt to þære blisse,         beorhte gewerede,
    in þæs þeodnes burg         þegnas cwoman,
    weorud wlitescyne.         Gesegon wilcuman
    555
    on heahsetle         heofones waldend,
    folca feorhgiefan,         frætwum ealles waldend
    middangeardes         ond mægenþrymmes.
    "Hafa nu se halga         helle bireafod
    ealles þæs gafoles         þe hi geardagum
    560
    in þæt orlege         unryhte swealg.
    Nu sind forcumene         ond in cwicsusle
    gehynde ond gehæfte,         in helle grund
    duguþum bidæled,         deofla cempan.
    Ne meahtan wiþerbrogan         wige spowan,
    565
    wæpna wyrpum,         siþþan wuldres cyning,
    heofonrices helm,         hilde gefremede
    wiþ his ealdfeondum         anes meahtum,
    þær he of hæfte ahlod         huþa mæste
    of feonda byrig,         folces unrim,
    570
    þisne ilcan þreat         þe ge her on staria.
    Wile nu gesecan         sawla nergend
    gæsta giefstol,         godes agen bearn,
    æfter guplegan.         Nu ge geare cunnon
    hwæt se hlaford is         se þisne here læde,
    575
    nu ge fromlice         freondum togeanes
    gonga glædmode.         Geatu, ontyna!
    Wile in to eow         ealles waldend,
    cyning on ceastre,         corre ne lytle,
    fyrnweorca fruma,         folc gelædan
    580
    in dreama dream,         e he on deoflum genom
    þurh his sylfes sygor.         Sib sceal gemæne
    englum ond ældum         a for heonan
    wesan wideferh.         Wær is ætsomne
    godes ond monna,         gæsthalig treow,
    585
    lufu, lifes hyht,         ond ealles leohtes gefea."
    Hwæt, we nu gehyrdan         hu þæt hælubearn
    þurh his hydercyme         hals eft forgeaf,
    gefreode ond gefreoþade         folc under wolcnum,
    mære meotudes sunu,         þæt nu monna gehwylc
    590
    cwic þendan her wuna,         geceosan mot
    swa helle hienþu         swa heofones mærþu,
    swa þæt leohte leoht         swa a laþan niht,
    swa þrymmes þræce         swa þystra wræce,
    swa mid dryhten dream         swa mid deoflum hream,
    595
    swa wite mid wraþum         swa wuldor mid arum,
    swa lif swa dea,         swa him leofre bi
    to gefremmanne,         þenden flæsc ond gæst
    wunia in worulde.         Wuldor þæs age
    þrynysse þrym,         þonc butan ende!
    600
    æt is þæs wyre         þætte werþeode
    secgen dryhtne þonc         dugua gehwylcre
    þe us si ond ær         simle gefremede
    þurh monigfealdra         mægna geryno.
    He us æt giefe         ond æhta sped,
    605
    welan ofer widlond,         ond weder liþe
    under swegles hleo.         Sunne ond mona,
    æþelast tungla         eallum scina,
    heofoncondelle,         hæleþum on eoran.
    Dreose deaw ond ren,         dugue weccaþ
    610
    to feorhnere         fira cynne,
    ieca eorwelan.         þæs we ealles sculon
    secgan þonc ond lof         þeodne ussum,
    ond huru þære hælo         þe he us to hyhte forgeaf,
    a he þa yrmpu         eft oncyrde
    615
    æt his upstige         þe we ær drugon,
    ond geþingade         þeodbuendum
    wi fæder swæsne         fæhþa mæste,
    cyning anboren.         Cwide eft onhwearf
    saulum to sibbe,         se þe ær sungen wæs
    620
    þurh yrne hyge         ældum to sorge:
    "Ic þec ofer eoran geworhte,         on þære þu scealt yrmþum lifgan,
    wunian in gewinne         ond wræce dreogan,
    feondum to hroþor         fusleo galan,
    ond to þære ilcan scealt         eft geweorþan,
    625
    wyrmum aweallen,         þonan wites fyr
    of þære eoran scealt         eft gesecan."
    Hwæt, us þis se æþeling         yre gefremede
    þa he leomum onfeng         ond lichoman,
    monnes magutudre!         Siþþan meotodes sunu
    630
    engla eþel         up gestigan
    wolde, weoroda god,         us se willa bicwom
    heanum to helpe         on þa halgan tid.
    Bi þon giedd awræc         Iob, swa he cue,
    herede helm wera,         hælend lofede,
    635
    ond mid siblufan         sunu waldendes
    freonoman cende,         ond hine fugel nemde,
    þone Iudeas         ongietan ne meahtan
    in ære godcundan         gæstes strengu.
    Wæs þæs fugles flyht         feondum on eorþan
    640
    dyrne ond degol,         þam þe deorc gewit
    hæfdon on hreþre,         heortan stænne.
    Noldan hi þa torhtan         tacen oncnawan
    þe him beforan fremede         freobearn godes,
    monig mislicu,         geond middangeard.
    645
    Swa se fæla fugel         flyges cunnode;
    hwilum engla eard         up gesohte,
    modig meahtum strang,         þone maran ham,
    hwilum he to eorþan         eft gestylde,
    þurh gæstes giefe         grundsceat sohte,
    650
    wende to worulde.         Bi þon se witga song:
    "He wæs upp hafen         engla fæmum
    in his þa miclan         meahta spede,
    heah ond halig,         ofer heofona þrym."
    Ne meahtan þa þæs fugles         flyht gecnawan
    655
    þe þæs upstiges         ondsæc fremedon,
    ond þæt ne gelyfdon,         þætte liffruma
    in monnes hiw         ofer mægna þrym,
    halig from hrusan,         ahafen wurde.
    a us geweorade         se þas world gescop,
    660
    godes gæstsunu,         ond us giefe sealde,
    uppe mid englum         ece staþelas,
    ond eac monigfealde         modes snyttru
    seow ond sette         geond sefan monna.
    Sumum wordlaþe         wise sende
    665
    on his modes gemynd         þurh his muþes gæst,
    æele ondgiet.         Se mæg eal fela
    singan ond secgan         þam bi snyttru cræft
    bifolen on fere.         Sum mæg fingrum wel
    hlude fore hæleþum         hearpan stirgan,
    670
    gleobeam gretan.         Sum mæg godcunde
    reccan ryhte æ.         Sum mæg ryne tungla
    secgan, side gesceaft.         Sum mæg searolice
    wordcwide writan.         Sumum wiges sped
    giefe æt guþe,         þonne gargetrum
    675
    ofer scildhreadan         sceotend senda,
    flacor flangeweorc.         Sum mæg fromlice
    ofer sealtne sæ         sundwudu drifan,
    hreran holmþræce.         Sum mæg heanne beam
    stælgne gestigan.         Sum mæg styled sweord,
    680
    wæpen gewyrcan.         Sum con wonga bigong,
    wegas widgielle.         Swa se waldend us,
    godbearn on grundum,         his giefe brytta.
    Nyle he ængum anum         ealle gesyllan
    gæstes snyttru,         þy læs him gielp sceþþe
    685
    þurh his anes cræft         ofer oþre for.
    us god meahtig         geofum unhneawum,
    cyning alwihta,         cræftum weoraþ
    eorþan tuddor;         swylce eadgum blæd
    sele on swegle,         sibbe ræreþ
    690
    ece to ealdre         engla ond monna;
    swa he his weorc weorþa.         Bi þon se witga cwæ
    þæt ahæfen wæren         halge gimmas,
    hædre heofontungol,         healice upp,
    sunne ond mona.         Hwæt sindan þa
    695
    gimmas swa scyne         buton god sylfa?
    He is se sofæsta         sunnan leoma,
    englum ond eorwarum         æþele scima.
    Ofer middangeard         mona lixe,
    gæstlic tungol,         swa seo godes circe
    700
    þurh gesomninga         soes ond ryhtes
    beorhte blice.         Swa hit on bocum cwiþ,
    siþþan of grundum         godbearn astag,
    cyning clænra gehwæs,         þa seo circe her
    æfyllendra         eahtnysse bad
    705
    under hæþenra         hyrda gewealdum.
    þær a synsceaan         soþes ne giemdon,
    gæstes þearfe,         ac hi godes tempel
    bræcan ond bærndon,         blodgyte worhtan,
    feodan ond fyldon.         Hwæþre for bicwom
    710
    þurh gæstes giefe         godes þegna blæd
    æfter upstige         ecan dryhtnes.
    Bi þon Salomon song,         sunu Dauiþes,
    giedda gearosnottor         gæstgerynum,
    waldend werþeoda,         ond þæt word acwæ:
    715
    "Cu þæt geweore,         þætte cyning engla,
    meotud meahtum swi,         munt gestylle,
    gehleape hea dune,         hyllas ond cnollas
    bewri mid his wuldre,         woruld alyse,
    ealle eorbuend,         þurh þone æþelan styll."
    720
    Wæs se forma hlyp         þa he on fæmnan astag,
    mæge unmæle,         ond þær mennisc hiw
    onfeng butan firenum         þæt to frofre gewear
    eallum eorwarum.         Wæs se oþer stiell
    bearnes gebyrda,         þa he in binne wæs
    725
    in cildes hiw         claþum bewunden,
    ealra þrymma þrym.         Wæs se þridda hlyp,
    rodorcyninges ræs,         þa he on rode astag,
    fæder, frofre gæst.         Wæs se feora stiell
    in byrgenne,         þa he þone beam ofgeaf,
    730
    foldærne fæst.         Wæs se fifta hlyp
    þa he hellwarena         heap forbygde
    in cwicsusle,         cyning inne gebond,
    feonda foresprecan,         fyrnum teagum,
    gromhydigne,         þær he gen lige
    735
    in carcerne         clommum gefæstnad,
    synnum gesæled.         Wæs se siexta hlyp,
    haliges hyhtplega,         þa he to heofonum astag
    on his ealdcye.         þa wæs engla þreat
    on þa halgan tid         hleahtre bliþe
    740
    wynnum geworden.         Gesawan wuldres þrym,
    æþelinga ord,         eles neosan,
    beorhtra bolda.         þa wear burgwarum
    eadgum ece gefea         æþelinges plega.
    þus her on grundum         godes ece bearn
    745
    ofer heahhleoþu         hlypum stylde,
    modig æfter muntum.         Swa we men sculon
    heortan gehygdum         hlypum styllan
    of mægne in mægen,         mærþum tilgan
    þæt we to þam hyhstan         hrofe gestigan
    750
    halgum weorcum,         þær is hyht ond blis,
    geþungen þegnweorud.         Is us þearf micel
    þæt we mid heortan         hælo secen,
    þær we mid gæste         georne gelyfa
    þæt þæt hælobearn         heonan up stige
    755
    mid usse lichoman,         lifgende god.
    Forþon we a sculon         idle lustas,
    synwunde forseon,         ond þæs sellran gefeon.
    Habba we us to frofre         fæder on roderum
    ælmeahtigne.         He his aras þonan,
    760
    halig of heahu,         hider onsende,
    þa us gescildaþ         wi sceþþendra
    eglum earhfarum,         þi læs unholdan
    wunde gewyrcen,         þonne wrohtbora
    in folc godes         for onsende
    765
    of his brægdbogan         biterne stræl.
    Forþon we fæste sculon         wi þam færscyte
    symle wærlice         wearde healdan,
    þy læs se attres ord         in gebuge,
    biter bordgelac,         under banlocan,
    770
    feonda færsearo.         þæt bi frecne wund,
    blatast benna.         Utan us beorgan þa,
    þenden we on eoran         eard weardien;
    utan us to fæder         freoþa wilnian,
    biddan bearn godes         ond þone blian gæst
    775
    þæt he us gescilde         wi sceaþan wæpnum,
    laþra lygesearwum,         se us lif forgeaf,
    leomu, lic ond gæst.         Si him lof symle
    þurh woruld worulda,         wuldor on heofnum.
    Ne þearf him ondrædan         deofla strælas
    780
    ænig on eoran         ælda cynnes,
    gromra garfare,         gif hine god scildeþ,
    dugua dryhten.         Is þam dome neah
    þæt we gelice sceolon         leanum hleotan,
    swa we widefeorh         weorcum hlodun
    785
    geond sidne grund.         Us secga bec
    hu æt ærestan         eadmod astag
    in middangeard         mægna goldhord,
    in fæmnan fæm         freobearn godes,
    halig of heahþu.         Huru ic wene me
    790
    ond eac ondræde         dom y reþran,
    onne eft cyme         engla þeoden,
    þe ic ne heold teala         þæt me hælend min
    on bocum bibead.         Ic þæs brogan sceal
    geseon synwræce,         þæs þe ic so talge,
    795
    þær monig beo         on gemot læded
    fore onsyne         eces deman.
    þonne cen cwaca,         gehyre cyning mælan,
    rodera ryhtend,         sprecan reþe word
    þam þe him ær in worulde         wace hyrdon,
    800
    þendan yr ond nyd         yþast meahtan
    frofre findan.         þær sceal forht monig
    on þam wongstede         werig bidan
    hwæt him æfter dædum         deman wille
    wraþra wita.         Biþ se wen scæcen
    805
    eorþan frætwa.         ur wæs longe
    lagu flodum bilocen,         lifwynna dæl,
    feoh on foldan.         þonne frætwe sculon
    byrnan on bæle;         blac rasette
    recen reada leg,         reþe scriþe
    810
    geond woruld wide.         Wongas hreosa,
    burgstede bersta.         Brond bi on tyhte,
    æle ealdgestreon         unmurnlice,
    gæsta gifrast,         þæt geo guman heoldan,
    þenden him on eorþan         onmedla wæs.
    815
    Forþon ic leofra gehwone         læran wille
    þæt he ne agæle         gæstes þearfe,
    ne on gylp geote,         þenden god wille
    þæt he her in worulde         wunian mote,
    somed siþian         sawel in lice,
    820
    in þam gæsthofe.         Scyle gumena gehwylc
    on his geardagum         georne biþencan
    þæt us milde bicwom         meahta waldend
    æt ærestan         þurh þæs engles word.
    Bi nu eorneste         þonne eft cyme,
    825
    ree ond ryhtwis.         Rodor bi onhrered,
    ond þas miclan gemetu         middangeardes
    beofia þonne.         Beorht cyning leana
    þæs þe hy on eorþan         eargum dædum
    lifdon leahtrum fa.         þæs hi longe sculon
    830
    ferwerige onfon         in fyrbae,
    wælmum biwrecene,         wraþlic ondlean,
    þonne mægna cyning         on gemot cyme,
    þrymma mæste.         þeodegsa bi
    hlud gehyred         bi heofonwoman,
    835
    cwaniendra cirm,         cerge reota
    fore onsyne         eces deman,
    þa þe hyra weorcum         wace truwia.
    ær biþ oywed         egsa mara
    þonne from frumgesceape         gefrægen wurde
    840
    æfre on eoran.         þær bi æghwylcum
    synwyrcendra         on þa snudan tid
    leofra micle         þonne eall þeos læne gesceaft,
    þær he hine sylfne         on þam sigeþreate
    behydan mæge,         þonne herga fruma,
    845
    æþelinga ord,         eallum deme,
    leofum ge laum,         lean æfter ryhte,
    þeoda gehwylcre.         Is us þearf micel
    þæt we gæstes wlite         ær þam gryrebrogan
    on þas gæsnan tid         georne biþencen.
    850
    Nu is þon gelicost         swa we on laguflode
    ofer cald wæter         ceolum lian
    geond sidne sæ,         sundhengestum,
    flodwudu fergen.         Is þæt frecne stream
    ya ofermæta         þe we her on laca
    855
    geond þas wacan woruld,         windge holmas
    ofer deop gelad.         Wæs se drohta strong
    ærþon we to londe         geliden hæfdon
    ofer hreone hrycg.         þa us help bicwom,
    þæt us to hælo         hyþe gelædde,
    860
    godes gæstsunu,         ond us giefe sealde
    þæt we oncnawan magun         ofer ceoles bord
    hwær we sælan sceolon         sundhengestas,
    ealde ymearas,         ancrum fæste.
    Utan us to þære hye         hyht staþelian,
    865
    a us gerymde         rodera waldend,
    halge on heahþu,         þa he heofonum astag.
    onne mid fere         foldbuende
    se micla dæg         meahtan dryhtnes
    æt midre niht         mægne bihlæme,
    870
    scire gesceafte,         swa oft sceaa fæcne,
    þeof þristlice,         þe on þystre fare,
    on sweartre niht,         sorglease hæle
    semninga forfeh         slæpe gebundne,
    eorlas ungearwe         yfles genæge.
    875
    Swa on Syne beorg         somod up cyme
    mægenfolc micel,         meotude getrywe,
    beorht ond bliþe.         Him weorþe blæd gifen!
    þonne from feowerum         foldan sceatum,
    þam ytemestum         eorþan rices,
    880
    englas ælbeorhte         on efen blawa
    byman on brehtme.         Beofa middangeard,
    hruse under hæleþum.         Hlyda tosomne,
    trume ond torhte,         wi tungla gong,
    singa ond swinsiaþ         suþan ond norþan,
    885
    eastan ond westan,         ofer ealle gesceaft.
    Wecca of deae         dryhtgumena bearn,
    eall monna cynn,         to meotudsceafte
    egeslic of þære ealdan moldan,         hata hy upp astandan
    sneome of slæpe þy fæstan.         þær mon mæg sorgende folc
    890
    gehyran hygegeomor,         hearde gefysed,
    cearum cwiþende         cwicra gewyrhtu,
    forhte afærde.         þæt bi foretacna mæst
    þara þe ær oþþe si         æfre gewurde
    monnum oþywed,         þær gemengde beo
    895
    onhælo gelac         engla ond deofla,
    beorhtra ond blacra.         Weorþe bega cyme,
    hwitra ond sweartra,         swa him is ham sceapen
    ungelice,         englum ond deoflum.
    þonne semninga         on Syne beorg
    900
    suþaneastan         sunnan leoma
    cyme of scyppende         scynan leohtor
    þonne hit men mægen         modum ahycgan,
    beorhte blican,         þonne bearn godes
    þurh heofona gehleodu         hider oywe.
    905
    Cyme wundorlic         Cristes onsyn,
    æþelcyninges wlite,         eastan fram roderum,
    on sefan swete         sinum folce,
    biter bealofullum,         gebleod wundrum,
    eadgum ond earmum         ungelice.
    910
    He bi þam godum         glædmod on gesihþe,
    wlitig, wynsumlic,         weorude þam halgan,
    on gefean fæger,         freond ond leoftæl,
    lufsum ond liþe         leofum monnum
    to sceawianne         þone scynan wlite,
    915
    wene mid willum,         waldendes cyme,
    mægencyninges,         þam þe him on mode ær
    wordum ond weorcum         wel gecwemdun.
    He bi þam yflum         egeslic ond grimlic
    to geseonne,         synnegum monnum,
    920
    þam þær mid firenum cuma,         for forworhte.
    þæt mæg wites to wearninga         þam þe hafa wisne geþoht,
    þæt se him eallunga         owiht ne ondræde,
    se for ære onsyne         egsan ne weorþe
    forht on fere,         þonne he frean gesih
    925
    ealra gesceafta         ondweardne faran
    mid mægenwundrum         mongum to þinge,
    ond him on healfa gehwone         heofonengla þreat
    ymbutan fara,         ælbeorhtra scolu,
    hergas haligra,         heapum geneahhe.
    930
    Dyne deop gesceaft,         ond fore dryhtne fære
    wælmfyra mæst         ofer widne grund.
    Hlemme hata leg,         heofonas bersta,
    trume ond torhte,         tungol ofhreosa.
    þonne weorþe sunne         sweart gewended
    935
    on blodes hiw,         seo e beorhte scan
    ofer ærworuld         ælda bearnum;
    mona þæt sylfe,         þe ær moncynne
    nihtes lyhte,         niþer gehreose
    ond steorran swa some         streda of heofone,
    940
    þurh a strongan lyft         stormum abeatne.
    Wile ælmihtig         mid his engla gedryht,
    mægencyninga meotod,         on gemot cuman,
    þrymfæst þeoden.         Bi þær his þegna eac
    hreþeadig heap.         Halge sawle
    945
    mid hyra frean fara,         þonne folca weard
    þurh egsan þrea         eoran mæge
    sylfa gesece.         Weorþe geond sidne grund
    hlud gehyred         heofonbyman stefn,
    ond on seofon healfa         swoga windas,
    950
    blawa brecende         bearhtma mæste,
    wecca ond wonia         woruld mid storme,
    fylla mid fere         foldan gesceafte.
    onne heard gebrec,         hlud, unmæte,
    swar ond swilic,         swegdynna mæst,
    955
    ældum egeslic,         eawed weorþe.
    þær mægen werge         monna cynnes
    wornum hweorfa         on widne leg,
    þa þær cwice mete         cwelmende fyr,
    sume up, sume niþer,         ældes fulle.
    960
    þonne bi untweo         þæt þær Adames
    cyn, cearena full,         cwiþe gesargad,
    nales fore lytlum,         leode geomre,
    ac fore þam mæstan         mægenearfeþum,
    onne eall þreo         on efen nime
    965
    won fyres wælm         wide tosomne,
    se swearta lig,         sæs mid hyra fiscum,
    eorþan mid hire beorgum,         ond upheofon
    torhtne mid his tunglum.         Teonleg somod
    þryþum bærne         þreo eal on an
    970
    grimme togædre.         Grorna gesargad
    eal middangeard         on þa mæran tid.
    Swa se gifra gæst         grundas geondsece;
    hiþende leg         heahgetimbro
    fylle on foldwong         fyres egsan,
    975
    widmære blæst         woruld mid ealle,
    hat, heorogifre.         Hreosa geneahhe
    tobrocene burgweallas.         Beorgas gemelta
    ond heahcleofu,         þa wi holme ær
    fæste wi flodum         foldan sceldun,
    980
    sti ond stæfæst,         staþelas wi wæge,
    wætre windendum.         þonne wihta gehwylce,
    deora ond fugla,         dealeg nime,
    fære æfter foldan         fyrswearta leg,
    weallende wiga.         Swa ær wæter fleowan,
    985
    flodas afysde,         þonne on fyrbae
    swela sæfiscas;         sundes getwæfde
    wægdeora gehwylc         werig swelte,
    byrneþ wæter swa weax.         þær bi wundra ma
    þonne hit ænig on mode         mæge aþencan,
    990
    hu þæt gestun ond se storm         ond seo stronge lyft
    breca brade gesceaft.         Beornas greta,
    wepa wanende         wergum stefnum,
    heane, hygegeomre,         hreowum gedreahte.
    Seoþe swearta leg         synne on fordonum,
    995
    ond goldfrætwe         gleda forswelga,
    eall ærgestreon         eþelcyninga.
    ær bi cirm ond cearu,         ond cwicra gewin,
    gehreow ond hlud wop         bi heofonwoman,
    earmlic ælda gedreag.         þonan ænig ne mæg,
    1000
    firendædum fah,         fri gewinnan,
    legbryne losian         londes ower,
    ac þæt fyr nime         þurh foldan gehwæt,
    græfe grimlice,         georne asece
    innan ond utan         eoran sceatas,
    1005
    oþþæt eall hafa         ældes leoma
    woruldwidles wom         wælme forbærned.
    onne mihtig god         on þone mæran beorg
    mid þy mæstan         mægenþrymme cyme,
    heofonengla cyning,         halig scine,
    1010
    wuldorlic ofer weredum,         waldende god,
    ond hine ymbutan         æþeldugu betast,
    halge herefean,         hlutre blica,
    eadig engla gedryht.         Ingeþoncum
    forhte beofia         fore fæder egsan.
    1015
    Forþon nis ænig wundor         hu him woruldmonna
    seo unclæne gecynd,         cearum sorgende,
    hearde ondrede,         onne sio halge gecynd,
    hwit ond heofonbeorht,         heagengla mægen,
    for ære onsyne beo         egsan afyrhte,
    1020
    bida beofiende         beorhte gesceafte
    dryhtnes domes.         Daga egeslicast
    weorþe in worulde,         þonne wuldorcyning
    þurh þrym þrea         þeoda gehwylce,
    hate arisan         reordberende
    1025
    of foldgrafum,         folc anra gehwylc,
    cuman to gemote         moncynnes gehwone.
    þonne eall hrae         Adames cynn
    onfeh flæsce,         weorþe foldræste
    eardes æt ende.         Sceal þonne anra gehwylc
    1030
    fore Cristes cyme         cwic arisan,
    leoum onfon         ond lichoman,
    edgeong wesan.         Hafa eall on him
    þæs þe he on foldan         in fyrndagum,
    godes oþþe gales,         on his gæste gehlod,
    1035
    geara gongum,         hafa ætgædre bu,
    lic ond sawle.         Sceal on leoht cuman
    sinra weorca wlite         ond worda gemynd
    ond heortan gehygd         fore heofona cyning.
    onne biþ geyced         ond geedniwad
    1040
    moncyn þurh meotud.         Micel arise
    dryhtfolc to dome,         siþþan deaþes bend
    tolese liffruma.         Lyft bi onbærned,
    hreosa heofonsteorran,         hyþa wide
    gifre glede,         gæstas hweorfa
    1045
    on ecne eard.         Opene weorþa
    ofer middangeard         monna dæde.
    Ne magun hord weras,         heortan geþohtas,
    fore waldende         wihte bemiþan.
    Ne sindon him dæda dyrne,         ac þær bi dryhtne cu
    1050
    on þam miclan dæge,         hu monna gehwylc
    ær earnode         eces lifes,
    ond eall ondweard         þæt hi ær oþþe si
    worhtun in worulde.         Ne bi þær wiht forholen
    monna gehygda,         ac se mæra dæg
    1055
    hreþerlocena hord,         heortan geþohtas,
    ealle ætywe.         ær sceal geþencan
    gæstes þearfe,         se þe gode mynte
    bringan beorhtne wlite,         þonne bryne costa,
    hat, heorugifre,         hu gehealdne sind
    1060
    sawle wi synnum         fore sigedeman.
    onne sio byman stefen         ond se beorhta segn,
    ond þæt hate fyr         ond seo hea dugu,
    ond se engla þrym         ond se egsan þrea,
    ond se hearda dæg         ond seo hea rod,
    1065
    ryht aræred         rices to beacne,
    folcdryht wera         biforan bonna,
    sawla gehwylce         þara þe si oþþe ær
    on lichoman         leoþum onfengen.
    onne weoroda mæst         fore waldende,
    1070
    ece ond edgeong,         ondweard gæ
    neode ond nyde,         bi noman gehatne,
    bera breosta hord         fore bearn godes,
    feores frætwe.         Wile fæder eahtan
    hu gesunde suna         sawle bringen
    1075
    of þam ele         þe hi on lifdon.
    onne beo bealde         þa þe beorhtne wlite
    meotude bringa.         Bi hyra meaht ond gefea
    swie gesæliglic         sawlum to gielde,
    wuldorlean weorca.         Wel is þam þe motun
    1080
    on þa grimman tid         gode lician.
    þær him sylfe geseo         sorga mæste,
    synfa men,         sarigfere.
    Ne bi him to are         þæt þær fore ellþeodum
    usses dryhtnes rod         ondweard stonde,
    1085
    beacna beorhtast,         blode bistemed,
    heofoncyninges         hlutran dreore,
    biseon mid swate         þæt ofer side gesceaft
    scire scine.         Sceadu beo bidyrned
    þær se leohta beam         leodum byrhte.
    1090
    þæt þeah to teonum         geteod weorþe,
    þeodum to þrea,         þam þe þonc gode
    womwyrcende         wita ne cuþun,
    þæs he on þone halgan beam         ahongen wæs
    fore moncynnes         manforwyrhtu,
    1095
    þær he leoflice         lifes ceapode,
    þeoden moncynne,         on þam dæge,
    mid þy weore,         þe no wom dyde
    his lichoma         leahtra firena,
    mid þy usic alysde.         þæs he eftlean wile
    1100
    þurh eorneste         ealles gemonian,
    onne sio reade         rod ofer ealle
    swegle scine         on þære sunnan gyld.
    On þa forhtlice         firenum fordone,
    swearte synwyrcend,         sorgum wlita,
    1105
    geseo him to bealwe         þæt him betst bicwom,
    þær hy hit to gode         ongietan woldan.
    Ond eac þa ealdan wunde         ond þa openan dolg
    on hyra dryhtne geseo         dreorigfere,
    swa him mid næglum þurhdrifan         nihycgende
    1110
    þa hwitan honda         ond þa halgan fet,
    ond of his sidan swa some         swat forletan,
    þær blod ond wæter         bu tu ætsomne
    ut bicwoman         fore eagna gesyh,
    rinnan fore rincum,         þa he on rode wæs.
    1115
    Eall þis magon him sylfe         geseon þonne,
    open, orgete,         þæt he for ælda lufan,
    firenfremmendra,         fela þrowade.
    Magun leoda bearn         leohte oncnawan
    hu hine lygnedon         lease on geþoncum,
    1120
    hysptun hearmcwidum,         ond on his hleor somod
    hyra spatl speowdon.         Spræcon him edwit,
    ond on þone eadgan         ondwlitan swa some
    helfuse men         hondum slogun,
    folmum areahtum         ond fystum eac,
    1125
    ond ymb his heafod         heardne gebigdon
    beag þyrnenne,         blinde on geþoncum,
    dysge ond gedwealde.         Gesegun þa dumban gesceaft,
    eoran ealgrene         ond uprodor,
    forhte gefelan         frean þrowinga,
    1130
    ond mid cearum cwidun,         þeah hi cwice næron,
    þa hyra scyppend         sceaþan onfengon
    syngum hondum.         Sunne wear adwæsced,
    þream aþrysmed;         þa sio þeod geseah
    in Hierusalem         godwebba cyst
    1135
    þæt ær am halgan         huse sceolde
    to weorþunga         weorud sceawian;
    ufan eall forbærst         þæt hit on eorþan læg
    on twam styccum.         þæs temples segl,
    wundorbleom geworht         to wlite þæs huses,
    1140
    sylf slat on tu,         swylce hit seaxes ecg
    scearp þurhwode.         Scire burstan
    muras ond stanas         monge æfter foldan,
    ond seo eore eac,         egsan myrde,
    beofode on bearhtme,         ond se brada sæ
    1145
    cyde cræftes meaht         ond of clomme bræc
    up yrringa         on eorþan fæm,
    ge on stede scynum         steorran forleton
    hyra swæsne wlite.         On þa sylfan tid
    heofon hluttre ongeat         hwa hine healice
    1150
    torhtne getremede         tungolgimmum;
    forþon he his bodan sende,         þa wæs geboren ærest
    gesceafta scircyning.         Hwæt, eac scyldge men
    gesegon to soe,         þy sylfan dæge
    þe on þrowade,         þeodwundor micel,
    1155
    þætte eore ageaf         þa hyre on lægun.
    Eft lifgende         up astodan
    þa þe heo ær fæste         bifen hæfde,
    deade bibyrgde,         þe dryhtnes bibod
    heoldon on hreþre.         Hell eac ongeat,
    1160
    scyldwreccende,         þæt se scyppend cwom,
    waldende god,         þa heo þæt weorud ageaf,
    hloþe of am hatan hreþre.         Hyge wear mongum blissad,
    sawlum sorge toglidene.         Hwæt, eac sæ cyde
    hwa hine gesette         on sidne grund,
    1165
    tirmeahtig cyning;         forþon he hine tredne him
    ongean gyrede,         þonne god wolde
    ofer sine ye gan.         Eahstream ne dorste
    his frean fet         flode bisencan,
    ge eac beamas onbudon         hwa hy mid bledum sceop,
    1170
    monge, nales fea,         a mihtig god
    on hira anne gestag         þær he earfeþu
    geþolade fore þearfe         þeodbuendra,
    lalicne dea         leodum to helpe.
    a wear beam monig         blodigum tearum
    1175
    birunnen under rindum,         reade ond þicce;
    sæp wear to swate.         þæt asecgan ne magun
    foldbuende         þurh frod gewit,
    hu fela þa onfundun         þa gefelan ne magun
    dryhtnes þrowinga,         deade gesceafte.
    1180
    þa þe æþelast sind         eoran gecynda,
    ond heofones eac         heahgetimbro,
    eall fore þam anum         unrot gewear,
    forhtafongen.         þeah hi fergewit
    of hyra æþelum         ænig ne cuþen,
    1185
    wendon swa þeah wundrum,         þa hyra waldend for
    of lichoman.         Leode ne cuþon,
    modblinde men         meotud oncnawan,
    flintum heardran,         þæt hi frea nerede
    fram hellcwale         halgum meahtum,
    1190
    alwalda god.         þæt æt ærestan
    foreþoncle men         from fruman worulde
    þurh wis gewit,         witgan dryhtnes,
    halge higegleawe,         hæleþum sægdon,
    oft, nales æne,         ymb þæt æþele bearn,
    1195
    æt se earcnanstan         eallum sceolde
    to hleo ond to hroþer         hæleþa cynne
    weoran in worulde,         wuldres agend,
    eades ordfruma,         þurh þa æþelan cwenn.
    Hwæs wene se         þe mid gewitte nyle
    1200
    gemunan þa mildan         meotudes lare,
    ond eal a earfeu         þe he fore ældum adreag,
    forþon þe he wolde         þæt we wuldres eard
    in ecnesse         agan mosten?
    Swa þam bi grorne         on þam grimman dæge
    1205
    domes þæs miclan,         þam þe dryhtnes sceal,
    deafirenum forden,         dolg sceawian,
    wunde ond wite.         On werigum sefan
    geseo sorga mæste,         hu se sylfa cyning
    mid sine lichoman         lysde of firenum
    1210
    þurh milde mod,         þæt hy mostun manweorca
    tome lifgan,         ond tires blæd
    ecne agan.         Hy þæs eles þonc
    hyra waldende         wita ne cuþon;
    forþon þær to teonum         þa tacen geseo
    1215
    orgeatu on gode,         ungesælge,
    þonne Crist site         on his cynestole,
    on heahsetle,         heofonmægna god,
    fæder ælmihtig.         Folca gehwylcum
    scyppend scinende         scrife bi gewyrhtum,
    1220
    eall æfter ryhte         rodera waldend.
    onne beo gesomnad         on þa swiþran hond
    þa clænan folc,         Criste sylfum
    gecorene bi cystum,         þa ær sinne cwide georne
    lustum læstun         on hyra lifdagum,
    1225
    ond þær womsceaþan         on þone wyrsan dæl
    fore scyppende         scyrede weorþa,
    hate him gewitan         on þa winstran hond,
    sigora socyning,         synfulra weorud.
    þær hy arasade         reota ond beofia
    1230
    fore frean forhte,         swa fule swa gæt,
    unsyfre folc,         arna ne wena.
    onne bi gæsta dom         fore gode sceaden
    wera cneorissum,         swa hi geworhtun ær,
    þær bi on eadgum         egesyne
    1235
    þreo tacen somod,         þæs þe hi hyra þeodnes wel
    wordum ond weorcum         willan heoldon.
    An is ærest         orgeate þær
    þæt hy fore leodum         leohte blicaþ,
    blæde ond byrhte         ofer burga gesetu.
    1240
    Him on scina         ærgewyrhtu,
    on sylfra gehwam         sunnan beorhtran.
    Oþer is to eacan         ondgete swa some,
    þæt hy him in wuldre witon         waldendes giefe,
    ond on seo,         eagum to wynne,
    1245
    þæt hi on heofonrice         hlutre dreamas
    eadge mid englum         agan motun.
    onne bi þridde,         hu on þystra bealo
    þæt gesælige weorud         gesih þæt fordone
    sar þrowian,         synna to wite,
    1250
    weallendne lig,         ond wyrma slite
    bitrum ceaflum,         byrnendra scole.
    Of þam him aweaxe         wynsum gefea,
    þonne hi þæt yfel geseo         ore dreogan,
    þæt hy þurh miltse         meotudes genæson.
    1255
    onne hi þy geornor         gode þoncia
    blædes ond blissa         þe hy bu geseo,
    þæt he hy generede         from nicwale
    ond eac forgeaf         ece dreamas;
    bi him hel bilocen,         heofonrice agiefen.
    1260
    Swa sceal gewrixled         þam þe ær wel heoldon
    þurh modlufan         meotudes willan.
    onne bi þam oþrum         ungelice
    willa geworden.         Magon weana to fela
    geseon on him selfum,         synne genoge
    1265
    atolearfoa         ær gedenra.
    þær him sorgendum         sar oclife,
    þroht þeodbealu,         on þreo healfa.
    An is þara         þæt hy him yrmþa to fela,
    grim helle fyr,         gearo to wite
    1270
    ondweard seo,         on þam hi awo sculon,
    wræc winnende,         wærgu dreogan.
    þonne is him oþer         earfeþu swa some
    scyldgum to sconde,         þæt hi þær scoma mæste
    dreoga fordone.         On him dryhten gesih
    1275
    nales feara sum         firenbealu lalic,
    ond þæt ællbeorhte         eac sceawia
    heofonengla here,         ond hæleþa bearn,
    ealle eorbuend         ond atol deofol,
    mircne mægencræft,         manwomma gehwone
    1280
    magun þurh þa lichoman,         leahtra firene,
    geseon on þam sawlum.         Beo þa syngan flæsc
    scandum þurhwaden         swa þæt scire glæs,
    þæt mon yþæst mæg         eall þurhwlitan.
    onne bi þæt þridde         þearfendum sorg,
    1285
    cwiþende cearo,         þæt hy on þa clænan seo,
    hu hi fore goddædum         glade blissia,
    þa hy, unsælge,         ær forhogdun
    to donne         þonne him dagas læstun;
    ond be hyra weorcum         wepende sar
    1290
    þæt hi ær freolice         fremedon unryht.
    Geseo hi þa betran         blæde scinan;
    ne bi him hyra yrmu         an to wite,
    ac þara oþerra         ead to sorgum,
    þæs þe hy swa fægre gefean         on fyrndagum
    1295
    ond swa ænlice         anforletun,
    þurh leaslice         lices wynne,
    earges flæschoman         idelne lust.
    þær hi ascamode,         scondum gedreahte,
    swicia on swiman;         synbyrþenne,
    1300
    firenweorc bera,         on þæt þa folc seo.
    Wære him þonne betre         þæt hy bealodæde,
    ælces unryhtes,         ær gescomeden
    fore anum men,         eargra weorca,
    godes bodan sægdon         þæt hi to gyrne wiston
    1305
    firendæda on him.         Ne mæg þurh þæt flæsc se scrift
    geseon on þære sawle,         hwæþer him mon so þe lyge
    saga on hine sylfne,         þonne he þa synne bigæ.
    Mæg mon swa þeah gelacnigan         leahtra gehwylcne,
    yfel unclæne,         gif he hit anum geseg,
    1310
    ond nænig bihelan mæg         on þam heardan dæge
    wom unbeted,         ær hit þa weorud geseo.
    Eala, þær we nu magon         wraþe firene
    geseon on ussum sawlum,         synna wunde,
    mid lichoman         leahtra gehygdu,
    1315
    eagum unclæne         ingeþoncas!
    Ne þæt ænig mæg         oþrum gesecgan
    mid hu micle elne         æghwylc wille
    þurh ealle list         lifes tiligan,
    feores forhtlice,         for aolian,
    1320
    synrust þwean         ond hine sylfne þrean,
    ond þæt wom ærran         wunde hælan,
    þone lytlan fyrst         þe her lifes sy,
    þæt he mæge fore eagum         eorbuendra
    unscomiende         eles mid monnum
    1325
    brucan bysmerleas,         þendan bu somod
    lic ond sawle         lifgan mote.
    Nu we sceolon georne         gleawlice þurhseon
    usse hreþercofan         heortan eagum,
    innan uncyste.         We mid þam orum ne magun,
    1330
    heafodgimmum,         hygeþonces fer
    eagum þurhwlitan         ænge þinga,
    hwæþer him yfel þe god         under wunige,
    þæt he on þa grimman tid         gode licie,
    þonne he ofer weoruda gehwylc         wuldre scine
    1335
    of his heahsetle         hlutran lege.
    þær he fore englum         ond fore elþeodum
    to þam eadgestum         ærest mæle,
    ond him swæslice         sibbe gehate,
    heofona heahcyning;         halgan reorde
    1340
    frefre he fægre         ond him friþ beode,
    hate hy gesunde         ond gesenade
    on eþel faran         engla dreames,
    ond þæs to widan feore         willum neotan:
    "Onfo nu mid freondum         mines fæder rice
    1345
    þæt eow wæs ær woruldum         wynlice gearo,
    blæd mid blissum,         beorht eles wlite,
    hwonne ge þa lifwelan         mid þam leofstum,
    swase swegldreamas,         geseon mosten.
    Ge þæs earnedon         þa ge earme men,
    1350
    woruldþearfende,         willum onfengun
    on mildum sefan.         onne hy him þurh minne noman
    eamode to eow         arna bædun,
    þonne ge hyra hulpon         ond him hleo gefon,
    hingrendum hlaf         ond hrægl nacedum;
    1355
    ond þa þe on sare         seoce lagun,
    æfdon unsofte,         adle gebundne,
    to þam ge holdlice         hyge staþeladon
    mid modes myne.         Eall ge þæt me dydon,
    onne ge hy mid sibbum sohtun,         ond hyra sefan trymedon
    1360
    for on frofre.         þæs ge fægre sceolon
    lean mid leofum         lange brucan."
    Onginne þonne to þam yflum         ungelice
    wordum mælan         þe him bi on þa wynstran hond,
    þurh egsan þrea,         alwalda god.
    1365
    Ne þurfon hi þonne to meotude         miltse gewenan,
    lifes ne lissa,         ac þær lean cuma
    werum bi gewyrhtum         worda ond dæda,
    reordberendum;         sceolon þone ryhtan dom
    anne geæfnan,         egsan fulne.
    1370
    Bi þær seo miccle         milts afyrred
    þeodbuendum,         on þam dæge,
    þæs ælmihtigan,         þonne he yrringa
    on þæt fræte folc         firene stæle
    laþum wordum,         hate hyra lifes riht
    1375
    ondweard ywan         þæt he him ær forgeaf
    syngum to sælum.         Onginne sylf cwean,
    swa he to anum sprece,         ond hwæþre ealle mæne,
    firensynnig folc,         frea ælmihtig:
    "Hwæt, ic þec mon         minum hondum
    1380
    ærest geworhte,         ond þe ondgiet sealde.
    Of lame ic þe leoþo gesette,         geaf ic e lifgendne gæst,
    arode þe ofer ealle gesceafte,         gedyde ic þæt þu onsyn hæfdest,
    mægwlite me gelicne.         Geaf ic þe eac meahta sped,
    welan ofer widlonda gehwylc,         nysses þu wean ænigne dæl,
    1385
    ystra þæt þu þolian sceolde.         þu þæs þonc ne wisses.
    þa ic e swa scienne         gesceapen hæfde,
    wynlicne geworht,         ond þe welan forgyfen
    þæt u mostes wealdan         worulde gesceaftum,
    a ic þe on þa fægran         foldan gesette
    1390
    to neotenne         neorxnawonges
    beorhtne blædwelan,         bleom scinende,
    a þu lifes word         læstan noldes,
    ac min bibod bræce         be þines bonan worde.
    Fæcnum feonde         furþor hyrdes,
    1395
    sceþþendum scaþan,         þonne þinum scyppende.
    Nu ic a ealdan race         anforlæte,
    hu þu æt ærestan         yfle gehogdes,
    firenweorcum forlure         þæt ic e to fremum sealde.
    þa ic þe goda swa fela         forgiefen hæfde
    1400
    ond þe on þam eallum         eades to lyt
    mode þuhte,         gif þu meahte sped
    efenmicle gode         agan ne moste,
    a þu of þan gefean         fremde wurde,
    feondum to willan         feor aworpen.
    1405
    Neorxnawonges wlite         nyde sceoldes
    agiefan geomormod,         gæsta eþel,
    earg ond unrot,         eallum bidæled
    dugeþum ond dreamum,         ond þa bidrifen wurde
    on þas þeostran weoruld,         þær þu þolades siþþan
    1410
    mægenearfeþu         micle stunde,
    sar ond swar gewin         ond sweartne dea,
    ond æfter hingonge         hreosan sceoldes
    hean in helle,         helpendra leas.
    a mec ongon hreowan         þæt min hondgeweorc
    1415
    on feonda geweald         feran sceolde,
    moncynnes tuddor         mancwealm seon,
    sceolde uncune         eard cunnian,
    sare siþas.         þa ic sylf gestag,
    maga in modor,         þeah wæs hyre mægdenhad
    1420
    æghwæs onwalg.         Wear ic ana geboren
    folcum to frofre.         Mec mon folmum biwond,
    biþeahte mid þearfan wædum,         ond mec þa on þeostre alegde
    biwundenne mid wonnum claþum.         Hwæt, ic þæt for worulde geþolade!
    Lytel þuhte ic leoda bearnum,         læg ic on heardum stane,
    1425
    cildgeong on crybbe.         Mid þy ic þe wolde cwealm afyrran,
    hat helle bealu,         þæt þu moste halig scinan
    eadig on þam ecan life,         foron ic þæt earfeþe wonn.
    Næs me for mode,         ac ic on magugeogue
    yrmþu geæfnde,         arleas licsar,
    1430
    þæt ic þurh þa         wære þe gelic,
    ond þu meahte         minum weorþan
    mægwlite gelic,         mane bidæled.
    Ond fore monna lufan         min þrowade
    heafod hearmslege;         hleor geþolade,
    1435
    oft ondlata,         arleasra spatl,
    of mue onfeng,         manfremmendra.
    Swylce hi me geblendon         bittre tosomne
    unswetne drync         ecedes ond geallan.
    onne ic fore folce onfeng         feonda genilan,
    1440
    fylgdon me mid firenum,         fæhþe ne rohtun,
    ond mid sweopum slogun.         Ic þæt sar for e
    þurh eamedu         eall geþolade,
    hosp ond heardcwide.         þa hi hwæsne beag
    ymb min heafod         heardne gebygdon,
    1445
    þream biþrycton,         se wæs of þornum geworht.
    a ic wæs ahongen         on heanne beam,
    rode gefæstnad,         a hi ricene mid spere
    of minre sidan         swat ut guton,
    dreor to foldan,         þæt þu of deofles þurh þæt
    1450
    nydgewalde         genered wurde.
    a ic, womma leas,         wite þolade,
    yfel earfeþu,         oþþæt ic anne forlet
    of minum lichoman         lifgendne gæst.
    Geseo nu þa feorhdolg         þe ge gefremedun ær
    1455
    on minum folmum         ond on fotum swa some,
    þurh þa ic hongade         hearde gefæstnad;
    meaht her eac geseon         orgete nu gen
    on minre sidan         swatge wunde.
    Hu þær wæs unefen racu         unc gemæne!
    1460
    Ic onfeng þin sar         þæt þu moste gesælig
    mines eþelrices         eadig neotan,
    ond þe mine deae         deore gebohte
    þæt longe lif         þæt þu on leohte siþþan,
    wlitig, womma leas,         wunian mostes.
    1465
    Læg min flæschoma         in foldan bigrafen,
    niþre gehyded,         se e nængum scod,
    in byrgenne,         þæt þu meahte beorhte uppe
    on roderum wesan,         rice mid englum.
    For hwon forlete þu         lif þæt scyne
    1470
    þæt ic þe for lufan         mid mine lichoman
    heanum to helpe         hold gecypte?
    Wurde þu þæs gewitleas         þæt þu waldende
    þinre alysnesse         þonc ne wisses?
    Ne ascige ic nu         owiht bi þam bitran
    1475
    deae minum         þe ic adreag fore þe,
    ac forgield me þin lif,         þæs þe ic iu þe min
    þurh woruldwite         weor gesealde;
    æs lifes ic manige         þe þu mid leahtrum hafast
    ofslegen synlice         sylfum to sconde.
    1480
    For hwan þu þæt selegescot         þæt ic me swæs on þe
    gehalgode,         hus to wynne,
    þurh firenlustas,         fule synne,
    unsyfre bismite         sylfes willum?
    Ge þu þone lichoman         þe ic alysde me
    1485
    feondum of fæme,         ond þa him firene forbead,
    scyldwyrcende         scondum gewemdest.
    For hwon ahenge þu mec hefgor         on þinra honda rode
    þonne iu hongade?         Hwæt, me þeos heardra þynce!
    Nu is swærra mid mec         þinra synna rod
    1490
    þe ic unwillum         on beom gefæstnad,
    þonne seo oþer wæs         þe ic ær gestag,
    willum minum,         þa mec þin wea swiþast
    æt heortan gehreaw,         þa ic þec from helle ateah,
    þær þu hit wolde sylfa         siþþan gehealdan.
    1495
    Ic wæs on worulde wædla         þæt u wurde welig in heofonum,
    earm ic wæs on ele þinum         þæt þu wurde eadig on minum.
    þa u þæs ealles         ænigne þonc
    þinum nergende         nysses on mode.
    Bibead ic eow         þæt ge broþor mine
    1500
    in woruldrice         wel aretten
    of þam æhtum         þe ic eow on eoran geaf,
    earmra hulpen.         Earge ge þæt læstun,
    þearfum forwyrndon         þæt hi under eowrum þæce mosten
    in gebugan,         ond him æghwæs oftugon,
    1505
    þurh heardne hyge,         hrægles nacedum,
    moses meteleasum.         þeah hy him þurh minne noman
    werge, wonhale,         wætan bædan,
    drynces gedreahte,         duguþa lease,
    þurste geþegede,         ge him þriste oftugon.
    1510
    Sarge ge ne sohton,         ne him swæslic word
    frofre gespræcon,         þæt hy þy freoran hyge
    mode gefengen.         Eall ge þæt me dydan,
    to hynþum heofoncyninge.         þæs ge sceolon hearde adreogan
    wite to widan ealdre,         wræc mid deoflum geþolian."
    1515
    onne þær ofer ealle         egeslicne cwide
    sylf sigora weard,         sares fulne,
    ofer þæt fæge folc         for forlæte,
    cwi to þara synfulra         sawla feþan:
    "Fara nu, awyrgde,         willum biscyrede
    1520
    engla dreames,         on ece fir
    þæt wæs Satane         ond his gesiþum mid,
    deofle gegearwad         ond þære deorcan scole,
    hat ond heorogrim.         On þæt ge hreosan sceolan!"
    Ne magon hi þonne gehynan         heofoncyninges bibod,
    1525
    rædum birofene.         Sceolon raþe feallan
    on grimne grund         þa ær wiþ gode wunnon.
    Bi þonne rices weard         reþe ond meahtig,
    yrre ond egesful.         Ondweard ne mæg
    on þissum foldwege         feond gebidan.
    1530
    Swape sigemece         mid þære swiran hond
    þæt on þæt deope dæl         deofol gefealla
    in sweartne leg,         synfulra here
    under foldan sceat,         fæge gæstas
    on wraþra wic,         womfulra scolu
    1535
    werge to forwyrde         on witehus,
    deasele deofles.         Nales dryhtnes gemynd
    siþþan geseca,         synne ne aspringa,
    þær hi leahtrum fa,         lege gebundne,
    swylt þrowia.         Bi him synwracu
    1540
    ondweard undyrne;         þæt is ece cwealm.
    Ne mæg þæt hate dæl         of heolocynne
    in sinnehte         synne forbærnan
    to widan feore,         wom of þære sawle,
    ac þær se deopa sea         dreorge fede,
    1545
    grundleas gieme         gæsta on þeostre,
    æle hy mid þy ealdan lige,         ond mid þy egsan forste,
    wraþum wyrmum         ond mid wita fela,
    frecnum feorhgomum,         folcum scende.
    þæt we magon eahtan         ond on an cweþan,
    1550
    soe secgan,         þæt se sawle weard,
    lifes wisdom,         forloren hæbbe,
    se þe nu ne gieme         hwæþer his gæst sie
    earm þe eadig,         þær he ece sceal
    æfter hingonge         hamfæst wesan.
    1555
    Ne bisorga he         synne to fremman,
    wonhydig mon,         ne he wihte hafa
    hreowe on mode         þæt him halig gæst
    losige þurh leahtras         on þas lænan tid.
    onne mansceaa         fore meotude forht,
    1560
    deorc on þam dome stande,         ond deae fah,
    wommum awyrged,         bi se wærloga
    fyres afylled.         Feores unwyre,
    egsan geþread,         ondweard gode
    won ond wliteleas         hafa werges bleo,
    1565
    facentacen feores.         onne firena bearn
    tearum geota,         þonne þæs tid ne biþ,
    synne cwiþa;         ac hy to si do
    gæstum helpe,         onne þæs giman nele
    weoruda waldend,         hu þa womsceaþan
    1570
    hyra ealdgestreon         on þa openan tid
    sare greten.         Ne biþ þæt sorga tid
    leodum alyfed,         þæt þær læcedom
    findan mote,         se þe nu his feore nyle
    hælo strynan         þenden her leofa.
    1575
    Ne bi þær ængum godum         gnorn ætywed,
    ne nængum yflum wel,         ac þær æghwæþer
    anfealde gewyrht         ondweard wige.
    Foron sceal onettan,         se þe agan wile
    lif æt meotude,         þenden him leoht ond gæst
    1580
    somodfæst seon.         He his sawle wlite
    georne bigonge         on godes willan,
    ond wær weore         worda ond dæda,
    þeawa ond geþonca,         þenden him þeos woruld,
    sceadum scriþende,         scinan mote,
    1585
    þæt he ne forleose         on þas lænan tid
    his dreames blæd         ond his dagena rim,
    ond his weorces wlite         ond wuldres lean,
    þætte heofones cyning         on þa halgan tid
    sofæst syle         to sigorleanum
    1590
    þam þe him on gæstum         georne hyra.
    þonne heofon ond hel         hæleþa bearnum,
    fira feorum,         fylde weorþe.
    Grundas swelga         godes ondsacan,
    lacende leg         lawende men,
    1595
    þrea þeodsceaþan,         ond no þonan læte
    on gefean faran         to feorhnere,
    ac se bryne binde         bidfæstne here,
    feo firena bearn.         Frecne me þince
    þæt þas gæstberend         giman nella,
    1600
    men on mode,         þonne man fremma,
    hwæt him se waldend         to wrace gesette,
    laþum leodum.         þonne lif ond dea
    sawlum swelga.         Bi susla hus
    open ond oeawed,         alogum ongean,
    1605
    æt sceolon fyllan         firengeorne men
    sweartum sawlum.         þonne synna to wrace
    scyldigra scolu         ascyred weorþe
    heane from halgum         on hearmcwale.
    ær sceolan þeofas         ond þeodsceaþan,
    1610
    lease ond forlegene,         lifes ne wenan,
    ond mansworan         morþorlean seon,
    heard ond heorogrim.         þonne hel nime
    wærleasra weorud,         ond hi waldend giefe
    feondum in forwyrd;         fa þrowia
    1615
    ealdorbealu egeslic.         Earm bi se þe wile
    firenum gewyrcan,         þæt he fah scyle
    from his scyppende         ascyred weoran
    æt domdæge         to deae niþer,
    under helle cinn         in þæt hate fyr,
    1620
    under liges locan,         þær hy leomu ræca
    to bindenne         ond to bærnenne
    ond to swingenne         synna to wite.
    onne halig gæst         helle biluce,
    morþerhusa mæst,         þurh meaht godes,
    1625
    fyres fulle,         ond feonda here,
    cyninges worde.         Se biþ cwealma mæst
    deofla ond monna!         þæt is dreamleas hus,
    ær ænig ne mæg         ower losian
    caldan clommum.         Hy bræcon cyninges word,
    1630
    beorht boca bibod;         forþon hy abidan sceolon
    in sinnehte,         sar endeleas,
    firendædum fa,         for þrowian,
    a þe her forhogdun         heofonrices þrym.
    þonne þa gecorenan         fore Crist bera
    1635
    beorhte frætwe.         Hyra blæd leofa
    æt domdæge,         agan dream mid gode
    liþes lifes,         þæs þe alyfed biþ
    haligra gehwam         on heofonrice.
    æt is se eþel         þe no geendad weorþe,
    1640
    ac þær symle for         synna lease
    dream weardia,         dryhten lofia,
    leofne lifes weard,         leohte biwundne,
    sibbum bisweede,         sorgum biwerede,
    dreamum gedyrde,         dryhtne gelyfde.
    1645
    Awo to ealdre         engla gemanan
    bruca mid blisse,         beorhte mid lisse,
    freoga folces weard.         Fæder ealra geweald
    hafa ond healde         haligra weorud.
    ær is engla song,         eadigra blis,
    1650
    þær is seo dyre         dryhtnes onsien
    eallum þam gesælgum         sunnan leohtra.
    ær is leofra lufu,         lif butan endedeae,
    glæd gumena weorud,         giogu butan ylde,
    heofondugua þrym,         hælu butan sare,
    1655
    ryhtfremmendum         ræst butan gewinne,
    domeadigra         dæg butan þeostrum,
    beorht blædes full,         blis butan sorgum,
    fri freondum bitweon         for butan æfestum,
    gesælgum on swegle,         sib butan niþe
    1660
    halgum on gemonge.         Nis þær hungor ne þurst,
    slæp ne swar leger,         ne sunnan bryne,
    ne cyle ne cearo,         ac þær cyninges giefe
    awo bruca         eadigra gedryht,
    weoruda wlitescynast,         wuldres mid dryhten.

    Guthlac A, B

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Se bi gefeana fægrast      þonne hy æt fryme gemeta,
    engel ond seo eadge sawl!      Ofgiefeþ hio þas eorþan wynne,
    forlæte þas lænan dreamas,      ond hio wiþ þam lice gedæle.
    onne cwi se engel,      (hafa yldran had),
    5
    grete gæst oþerne,      abeode him godes ærende:
    "Nu þu most feran      þider þu fundadest
    longe ond gelome.      Ic þec lædan sceal.
    Wegas þe sindon weþe,      ond wuldres leoht
    torht ontyned.      Eart nu tidfara
    10
    to þam halgan ham."      þær næfre hreow cyme,
    edergong fore yrmþum,      ac þær biþ engla dream,
    sib ond gesælignes,      ond sawla ræst,
    ond þær a to feore      gefeon motun,
    dryman mid dryhten,      þa þe his domas her
    15
    æfna on eorþan.      He him ece lean
    healde on heofonum,      þær se hyhsta
    ealra cyninga cyning      ceastrum wealde.
    æt sind þa getimbru      þe no tydria,
    ne þam fore yrmþum      þe þær in wunia
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    lif aspringe,      ac him bi lenge hu sel;
    geoguþe bruca      ond godes miltsa.
    þider sofæstra      sawla motun
    cuman æfter cwealme,      þa þe her Cristes æ
    læra ond læsta,      ond his lof ræra;
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    oferwinna þa awyrgdan gæstas,      bigyta him wuldres ræste,
    hwider sceal þæs monnes      mod astigan,
    ær oþþe æfter,      þonne he his ænne her
    gæst bigonge,      þæt se gode mote,
    womma clæne,      in geweald cuman.
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    Monge sindon      geond middangeard
    hadas under heofonum,      þa þe in haligra
    rim arisa.      We þæs ryht magun
    æt æghwylcum      anra gehyran,
    gif we halig bebodu      healdan willa;
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    mæg nu snottor guma      sæle brucan
    godra tida,      ond his gæste for
    weges willian.      Woruld is onhrered,
    colaþ Cristes lufu,      sindan costinga
    geond middangeard      monge arisene,
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    swa þæt geara iu      godes spelbodan
    wordum sægdon      ond þurh witedom
    eal anemdon,      swa hit nu gonge.
    Ealda eorþan blæd      æþela gehwylcre
    ond of wlite wenda      wæstma gecyndu;
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    bi seo siþre tid      sæda gehwylces
    mætre in mægne.      Forþon se mon ne þearf
    to þisse worulde      wyrpe gehycgan,
    þæt he us fægran      gefean bringe
    ofer þa niþas      þe we nu dreoga,
    50
    ærþon endien      ealle gesceafte
    a he gesette      on siex dagum,
    a nu under heofonum      hadas cenna,
    micle ond mæte.      Is þes middangeard
    dalum gedæled.      Dryhten sceawa
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    hwær þa eardien      þe his æ healden;
    gesih he þa domas      dogra gehwylce
    wonian ond wendan      of woruldryhte
    a he gesette      þurh his sylfes word.
    He fela finde,      fea beo gecorene.
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    Sume him þæs hades      hlisan willa
    wegan on wordum      ond þa weorc ne do.
    Bi him eorwela      ofer þæt ece lif
    hyhta hyhst,      se gehwylcum sceal
    foldbuendra      fremde geweorþan.
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    Forþon hy nu hyrwa      haligra mod,
    a þe him to heofonum      hyge staþelia,
    witon þæt se eel      ece bide
    ealra þære mengu      þe geond middangeard
    dryhtne þeowia      ond þæs deoran ham
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    wilnia bi gewyrhtum.      Swa þas woruldgestreon
    on þa mæran god      bimutad weorþa,
    onne þæt gegyrna      þa þe him godes egsa
    hleonaþ ofer heafdum.      Hy þy hyhstan beo
    þrymme geþreade,      þisses lifes
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    þurh bibodu bruca      ond þæs betran for
    wysca ond wenaþ.      Wuldres bycga,
    sella ælmessan,      earme frefra,
    beo rummode      ryhtra gestreona,
    lufia mid lacum      þa þe læs agun,
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    dæghwam dryhtne þeowiaþ.      He hyra dæde sceawa.
    Sume þa wunia      on westennum,
    seca ond gesitta      sylfra willum
    hamas on heolstrum.      Hy æs heofoncundan
    boldes bida.      Oft him brogan to
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    lane gelæde,      se þe him lifes ofonn,
    eawe him egsan,      hwilum idel wuldor,
    brægdwis bona      hafa bega cræft,
    eahte anbuendra.      Fore him englas stonda,
    gearwe mid gæsta wæpnum,      beoþ hyra geoca gemyndge,
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    healda haligra feorh,      witon hyra hyht mid dryhten.
    þæt synd þa gecostan cempan      þa þam cyninge þeowa,
    se næfre þa lean alege      þam þe his lufan adreoge.
    Magun we nu nemnan      þæt us neah gewear
    þurh haligne      had gecyþed,
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    hu Gulac his      in godes willan
    mod gerehte,      man eall forseah,
    eorlic æþelu,      upp gemunde
    ham in heofonum.      Him wæs hyht to þam,
    siþþan hine inlyhte      se þe lifes weg
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    gæstum gearwa,      ond him giefe sealde
    engelcunde,      þæt he ana ongan
    beorgseþel bugan,      ond his blæd gode
    þurh eamedu      ealne gesealde,
    one þe he on geogue      bigan sceolde
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    worulde wynnum.      Hine weard biheold
    halig of heofonum,      se þæt hluttre mod
    in þæs gæstes god      georne trymede.
    Hwæt, we hyrdon oft      þæt se halga wer
    in þa ærestan      ældu gelufade
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    frecnessa fela!      Fyrst wæs swa þeana
    in godes dome,      hwonne Gulace
    on his ondgietan      engel sealde
    þæt him sweraden      synna lustas.
    Tid wæs toweard;      hine twegen ymb
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    weardas wacedon,      þa gewin drugon,
    engel dryhtnes      ond se atela gæst.
    Nalæs hy him gelice      lare bæron
    in his modes gemynd      mongum tidum.
    Oþer him þas eorþan      ealle sægde
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    læne under lyfte,      ond þa longan god
    herede on heofonum,      þær haligra
    sawla gesitta      in sigorwuldre
    dryhtnes dreamas;      he him dæda lean
    georne gielde,      þam þe his giefe willa
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    þicgan to þonce      ond him þas woruld
    uttor lætan      þonne þæt ece lif.
    Oþer hyne scyhte,      þæt he sceaena gemot
    nihtes sohte      ond þurh neþinge
    wunne æfter worulde,      swa do wræcmæcgas
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    þa þe ne bimurna      monnes feore
    þæs þe him to honda      huþe gelæde,
    butan hy þy reafe      rædan motan.
    Swa hy hine trymedon      on twa healfa
    oþþæt þæs gewinnes      weoroda dryhten
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    on þæs engles dom      ende gereahte.
    Feond wæs geflymed;      siþ þam frofre gæst
    in Gulaces      geoce gewunade,
    lufade hine ond lærde      lenge hu geornor,
    þæt him leofedan      londes wynne,
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    bold on beorhge.      Oft þær broga cwom
    egeslic ond uncu,      ealdfeonda ni,
    searocræftum swiþ;      hy him sylf hyra
    onsyn ywdon,      ond þær ær fela
    setla gesæton.      þonan si tugon
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    wide wae,      wuldre byscyrede,
    lyftlacende.      Wæs seo londes stow
    bimiþen fore monnum,      oþþæt meotud onwrah
    beorg on bearwe,      þa se bytla cwom
    se þær haligne      ham arærde,
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    nales þy he giemde      þurh gitsunga
    lænes lifwelan,      ac þæt lond gode
    fægre gefreoþode,      siþþan feond oferwon
    Cristes cempa.      He gecostad wear
    in gemyndigra      monna tidum,
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    ara þe nu gena      þurh gæstlicu
    wundor hine weoria      ond his wisdomes
    hlisan healda,      þæt se halga þeow
    elne geeode,      þa he ana gesæt
    dygle stowe.      ær he dryhtnes lof
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    reahte ond rærde;      oft þurh reorde abead,
    þam þe þrowera      þeawas lufedon,
    godes ærendu,      þa him gæst onwrah
    lifes snyttru,      þæt he his lichoman
    wynna forwyrnde      ond woruldblissa,
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    seftra setla      ond symbeldaga,
    swylce eac idelra      eagena wynna,
    gierelan gielplices.      Him wæs godes egsa
    mara in gemyndum      þonne he menniscum
    þrymme æfter þonce      þegan wolde.
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    God wæs Gulac!      He in gæste bær
    heofoncundne hyht,      hælu geræhte
    ecan lifes.      Him wæs engel neah,
    fæle freouweard,      þam þe feara sum
    mearclond gesæt.      þær he mongum wear
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    bysen on Brytene,      siþþan biorg gestah
    eadig oretta,      ondwiges heard.
    Gyrede hine georne      mid gæstlicum
    wæpnum      wong bletsade,
    him to ætstælle      ærest arærde
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    Cristes rode,      þær se cempa oferwon
    frecnessa fela.      Frome wurdun monge
    godes þrowera;      we þæs Gulaces
    deorwyrne dæl      dryhtne cenna.
    He him sige sealde      ond snyttrucræft,
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    mundbyrd meahta,      þonne mengu cwom
    feonda færscytum      fæhe ræran.
    Ne meahton hy æfeste      anforlætan,
    ac to Gulaces      gæste gelæddun
    frasunga fela.      Him wæs fultum neah,
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    engel hine elne trymede,      þonne hy him yrre hweopan,
    frecne fyres wylme.      Stodan him on feehwearfum,
    cwædon þæt he on þam beorge      byrnan sceolde
    ond his lichoman      lig forswelgan,
    þæt his earfeþu      eal gelumpe
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    modcearu mægum,      gif he monna dream
    of þam orlege      eft ne wolde
    sylfa gesecan,      ond his sibbe ryht
    mid moncynne      maran cræfte
    willum bewitigan,      lætan wræce stille.
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    Swa him yrsade,      se for ealle spræc
    feonda mengu.      No þy forhtra wæs
    Gulaces gæst,      ac him god sealde
    ellen wiþ þam egsan      þæt þæs ealdfeondes
    scyldigra scolu      scome þrowedon;
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    wæron teonsmias      tornes fulle,
    cwædon þæt him Gulac      eac gode sylfum
    earfeþa mæst      ana gefremede,
    siþþan he for wlence      on westenne
    beorgas bræce,      þær hy bidinge,
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    earme ondsacan,      æror mostun
    æfter tintergum      tidum brucan,
    onne hy of waþum      werge cwoman
    restan ryneþragum,      rowe gefegon;
    wæs him seo gelyfed      þurh lytel fæc.
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    Stod seo dygle stow      dryhtne in gemyndum
    idel ond æmen,      eþelriehte feor,
    bad bisæce      betran hyrdes.
    To þon ealdfeondas      ondan noman,
    swa hi singales      sorge dreoga.
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    Ne motun hi on eorþan      eardes brucan,
    ne hy lyft swefe      in leoma ræstum,
    ac hy hleolease      hama þolia,
    in cearum cwiþa,      cwealmes wisca,
    willen þæt him dryhten      þurh deaes cwealm
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    to hyra earfea      ende geryme.
    Ne mostun hy Gulaces      gæste sceþþan,
    ne þurh sarslege      sawle gedælan
    wi lichoman,      ac hy ligesearwum
    ahofun hearmstafas,      hleahtor alegdon,
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    sorge seofedon,      þa hi swira oferstag
    weard on wonge.      Sceoldon wræcmæcgas
    ofgiefan gnornende      grene beorgas.
    Hwæþre hy þa gena,      godes ondsacan,
    sægdon sarstafum,      swiþe geheton,
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    þæt he deaþa gedal      dreogan sceolde,
    gif he leng bide      laþran gemotes,
    hwonne hy mid mengu      maran cwome,
    þa þe for his life      lyt sorgedon.
    Gulac him ongean þingode,      cwæ þæt hy gielpan ne þorftan
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    dædum wi dryhtnes meahtum.      "þeah þe ge me dea gehaten,
    mec wile wi þam niþum genergan      se þe eowrum nydum wealde.
    An is ælmihtig god,      se mec mæg eae gescyldan;
    he min feorg freoþa.      Ic eow fela wille
    soþa gesecgan.      Mæg ic þis setl on eow
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    butan earfeum      ana geringan.
    Ne eam ic swa fealog,      swa ic eow fore stonde,
    monna weorudes,      ac me mara dæl
    in godcundum      gæstgerynum
    wuna ond weaxe,      se me wraþe healde.
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    Ic me anum her      eae getimbre
    hus ond hleona;      me on heofonum sind
    lare gelonge.      Mec þæs lyt tweoþ
    þæt me engel to      ealle gelæde
    spowende sped      spreca ond dæda.
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    Gewita nu, awyrgde,      werigmode,
    from þissum earde      þe ge her on stonda,
    fleo on feorweg.      Ic me fri wille
    æt gode gegyrnan;      ne sceal min gæst mid eow
    gedwolan dreogan,      ac mec dryhtnes hond
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    munda mid mægne.      Her sceal min wesan
    eorlic eþel,      nales eower leng."
    a wear breahtm hæfen.      Beorg ymbstodan
    hwearfum wræcmæcgas.      Wo up astag,
    cearfulra cirm.      Cleopedon monige,
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    feonda foresprecan,      firenum gulpon:
    "Oft we ofersegon      bi sæm tweonum
    þeoda þeawas,      þræce modigra,
    þara þe in gelimpe      life weoldon.
    No we oferhygdu      anes monnes
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    geond middangeard      maran fundon.
    u þæt gehatest      þæt u ham on us
    gegan wille,      e eart godes yrming.
    Bi hwon scealt þu lifgan,      þeah þu lond age?
    Ne þec mon hider      mose fede;
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    beo þe hungor ond þurst      hearde gewinnan,
    gif þu gewitest      swa wilde deor
    ana from eþele.      Nis þæt onginn wiht!
    Geswic þisses setles!      Ne mæg þec sellan ræd
    mon gelæran      þonne þeos mengu eall.
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    We þe beo holde      gif u us hyran wilt,
    oþþe þec ungearo      eft geseca
    maran mægne,      þæt þe mon ne þearf
    hondum hrinan,      ne þin hra feallan
    wæpna wundum.      We þas wic magun
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    fotum afyllan;      folc in rice
    meara þreatum      ond monfarum.
    Beo þa gebolgne,      þa þec breodwia,
    treda þec ond terga,      ond hyra torn wreca,
    tobera þec blodgum lastum;      gif þu ure bidan þencest,
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    we þec niþa genæga.      Ongin þe generes wilnian,
    far þær u freonda wene,      gif u þines feores recce."
    Gearo wæs Gulac,      hine god fremede
    on ondsware      ond on elne strong.
    Ne wond he for worde,      ac his wiþerbreocum
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    sorge gesægde,      cue him so genog:
    "Wid is þes westen,      wræcsetla fela,
    eardas onhæle      earmra gæsta.
    Sindon wærlogan      þe þa wic buga.
    þeah ge þa ealle      ut abanne,
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    ond eow eac gewyrce      widor sæce,
    ge her ateo      in þa tornwræce
    sigeleasne si.      No ic eow sweord ongean
    mid gebolgne hond      oberan þence,
    worulde wæpen,      ne sceal þes wong gode
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    þurh blodgyte      gebuen weoran,
    ac ic minum Criste      cweman þence
    leofran lace.      Nu ic þis lond gestag,
    fela ge me earda      þurh idel word
    aboden habba.      Nis min breostsefa
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    forht ne fæge,      ac me frie healde
    ofer monna cyn      se þe mægna gehwæs
    weorcum wealde.      Nis me wiht æt eow
    leofes gelong,      ne ge me laþes wiht
    gedon motun.      Ic eom dryhtnes þeow,
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    he mec þurh engel      oft afrefre.
    Foron mec longeþas      lyt gegreta,
    sorge sealdun,      nu mec sawelcund
    hyrde bihealde.      Is min hyht mid god,
    ne ic me eorwelan      owiht sinne,
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    ne me mid mode      micles gyrne,
    ac me dogra gehwam      dryhten sende
    þurh monnes hond      mine þearfe."
    Swa modgade,      se wi mongum stod,
    awreed weorlice      wuldres cempa
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    engla mægne.      Gewat eal þonan
    feonda mengu.      Ne wæs se fyrst micel
    þe hi Gulace      forgiefan þohtan.
    He wæs on elne      ond on eamedum,
    bad on beorge,      (wæs him botles neod),
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    forlet longeþas      lænra dreama.
    No he hine wi monna      miltse gedælde,
    ac gesynta bæd      sawla gehwylcre,
    þonne he to eoran      on þam anade
    hleor onhylde.      Him of heofonum wear
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    onbryrded breostsefa      blie gæste.
    Oft eahtade,      (wæs him engel neah),
    hu þisse worulde      wynna þorfte
    mid his lichoman      læsast brucan.
    No him fore egsan      earmra gæsta
    340
    treow getweode,      ne he tid forsæt
    þæs þe he for his dryhtne      dreogan sceolde,
    þæt hine æreste      elne binoman
    slæpa sluman      oþþe sæne mod.
    Swa sceal oretta      a in his mode
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    gode compian,      ond his gæst beran
    oft on ondan      þam þe eahtan wile
    sawla gehwylcre      þær he gesælan mæg.
    Symle hy Gulac      in godes willan
    fromne fundon,      þonne flygereowe
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    þurh nihta genipu      neosan cwoman,
    þa þe onhæle      eardas weredon,
    hwæþre him þæs wonges      wyn swerade;
    woldun þæt him to mode      fore monlufan
    sorg gesohte,      þæt he siþ tuge
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    eft to eþle.      Ne wæs þæt ongin swylc,
    onne hine engel      on þam anade
    geornast grette      ond him giefe sealde,
    þæt hine ne meahte      meotudes willan
    longa gelettan,      ac he on þæs lareowes
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    wære gewunade.      Oft worde bicwæ:
    "Huru, þæs bihofa,      se e him halig gæst
    wisa on willan      ond his weorc tryma,
    laþa hine liþum wordum,      gehate him lifes reste,
    þæt he þæs latteowes      larum hyre,
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    ne lete him ealdfeond      eft oncyrran
    mod from his meotude.      Hu sceal min cuman
    gæst to geoce,      nemne ic gode sylle
    hyrsumne hige,      þæt him heortan geþonc
    ...... ær oþþe si      ende geweore,
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    þæt ge mec to wundre      wegan motun.
    Ne mæg min lichoma      wi þas lænan gesceaft
    dea gedælan,      ac he gedreosan sceal,
    swa þeos eore eall      þe ic her on stonde.
    eah ge minne flæschoman      fyres wylme
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    forgripen gromhydge      gifran lege,
    næfre ge mec of þissum wordum onwenda      þendan mec min gewit gelæste.
    þeah þe ge hine sarum forsæcen,      ne motan ge mine sawle gretan,
    ac ge on betran gebringa.      Foran ic gebidan wille
    þæs þe me min dryhten deme.      Nis me þæs deaþes sorg.
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    eah min ban ond blod      bu tu geweorþen
    eorþan to eacan,      min se eca dæl
    in gefean fare,      þær he fægran
    botles bruce.      Nis þisses beorges setl
    meodumre ne mara      þonne hit men duge
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    se þe in þrowingum      þeodnes willan
    dæghwam dreoge.      Ne sceal se dryhtnes þeow
    in his modsefan      mare gelufian
    eorþan æhtwelan      þonne his anes gemet,
    þæt he his lichoman      lade hæbbe."
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    a wæs eft swa ær      ealdfeonda ni,
    wroht onwylled;      wo oþer
    ne lythwon leoode,      þonne in lyft astag
    ceargesta cirm.      Symle Cristes lof
    in Gulaces      godum mode
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    weox ond wunade,      ond hine weoruda god
    freoade on foldan,      swa he feora gehwylc
    healde in hælo,      þær se hyra gæst
    þih in þeawum.      He wæs þeara sum;
    ne won he æfter worulde,      ac he in wuldre ahof
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    modes wynne.      Hwylc wæs mara þonne se?
    An oretta      ussum tidum
    cempa gecye      þæt him Crist fore
    woruldlicra ma      wundra gecyde.
    He hine scilde      wi sceþendra
    405
    eglum onfengum      earmra gæsta;
    wæron hy reowe      to ræsanne
    gifrum grapum.      No god wolde
    þæt seo sawl þæs      sar þrowade
    in lichoman,      lyfde seþeana
    410
    þæt hy him mid hondum      hrinan mosten,
    ond þæt fri wi hy      gefreoþad wære.
    Hy hine þa hofun      on þa hean lyft,
    sealdon him meahte      ofer monna cynn,
    þæt he fore eagum      eall sceawode
    415
    under haligra      hyrda gewealdum
    in mynsterum      monna gebæru,
    þara þe hyra lifes      þurh lust brucan,
    idlum æhtum      ond oferwlencum,
    gierelum gielplicum,      swa bi geogue þeaw,
    420
    þær þæs ealdres      egsa ne styre.
    No þær þa feondas      gefeon þorfton,
    ac þæs blædes hrae      gebrocen hæfdon
    þe him alyfed wæs      lytle hwile,
    þæt hy his lichoman      leng ne mostan
    425
    witum wælan;      ne him wiht gescod
    þæs þe hy him to teonan      þurhtogen hæfdon.
    Læddun hine þa of lyfte      to þam leofestan
    earde on eoran,      þæt he eft gestag
    beorg on bearwe.      Bonan gnornedon,
    430
    mændon murnende      þæt hy monnes bearn
    þream oferþunge,      ond swa þearfendlic
    him to earfeum      ana cwome,
    gif hy him ne meahte      maran sarum
    gyldan gyrnwræce.      Gulac sette
    435
    hyht in heofonas,      hælu getreowde,
    hæfde feonda feng      feore gedyged.
    Wæs seo æreste      earmra gæsta
    costung ofercumen.      Cempa wunade
    bliþe on beorge,      wæs his blæd mid god.
    440
    uhte him on mode      þæt se moncynnes
    eadig wære      se þe his anum her
    feore gefreoade,      þæt him feondes hond
    æt þam ytmestan      ende ne scode,
    þonne him se dryhtnes      dom wisade
    445
    to þam nyhstan      nydgedale.
    Hwæþre him þa gena      gyrna gemyndge
    edwitsprecan      ermþu geheton
    tornum teoncwidum.      Treow wæs gecyþed,
    þætte Gulace      god leanode
    450
    ellen mid arum,      þæt he ana gewon.
    Him se werga gæst      wordum sægde:
    "No we þe þus swie      swencan þorftan,
    þær þu fromlice      freonda larum
    hyran wolde,      þa þu hean ond earm
    455
    on þis orlege      ærest cwome,
    a þu gehete      þæt þec halig gæst
    wi earfeþum      eae gescilde,
    for þam myrcelse      þe þec monnes hond
    from þinre onsyne      æþelum ahwyrfde.
    460
    In þam mægwlite      monge lifga,
    gyltum forgiefene;      nales gode þiga,
    ac hy lichoman      fore lufan cwema
    wista wynnum.      Swa ge weormyndu
    in dolum dreame      dryhtne gielda.
    465
    Fela ge fore monnum miþa      þæs þe ge in mode gehycga;
    ne beo eowre dæda dyrne,      þeah þe ge hy in dygle gefremme.
    We þec in lyft gelæddun,      oftugon þe londes wynna,
    woldun þu þe sylfa gesawe      þæt we þec so onstældun.
    Ealles þu þæs wite awunne;      forþon þu hit onwendan ne meahtes."
    470
    a wæs agongen      þæt him god wolde
    æfter þrowinga      þonc gegyldan
    þæt he martyrhad      mode gelufade,
    sealde him snyttru      on sefan gehygdum,
    mægenfæste gemynd.      He wi mongum stod
    475
    ealdfeonda,      elne gebylded,
    sægde him to sorge      þæt hy sigelease
    þone grenan wong      ofgiefan sceoldan:
    "Ge sind forscadene,      on eow scyld site!
    Ne cunnon ge dryhten      duguþe biddan,
    480
    ne mid eamedum      are secan,
    þeah þe eow alyfde      lytle hwile,
    þæt ge min onwald      agan mosten;
    ne ge þæt geþyldum      þicgan woldan,
    ac mec yrringa      up gelæddon,
    485
    þæt ic of lyfte      londa getimbru
    geseon meahte.      Wæs me swegles leoht
    torht ontyned,      þeah ic torn druge.
    Setton me in edwit      þæt ic eae forbær
    rume regulas      ond reþe mod
    490
    geongra monna      in godes templum;
    woldan þy gehyrwan      haligra lof,
    sohtun þa sæmran,      ond þa sellan no
    demdan æfter dædum.      Ne beo þa dyrne swa þeah.
    Ic eow so siþþon      secgan wille.
    495
    God scop geogue      ond gumena dream;
    ne magun þa æfteryld      in þam ærestan
    blæde geberan,      ac hy blissia
    worulde wynnum,      oæt wintra rim
    gegæ in þa geogue,      þæt se gæst lufa
    500
    onsyn ond ætwist      yldran hades,
    e gemete monige      geond middangeard
    þeowia in þeawum.      þeodum ywaþ
    wisdom weras,      wlencu forleosa,
    sian geogue      gea gæst aflih.
    505
    þæt ge ne scira,      ac ge scyldigra
    synne secga,      soþfæstra no
    mod ond monþeaw      mæran willa.
    Gefeo in firenum,      frofre ne wena,
    þæt ge wræcsia      wyrpe gebiden.
    510
    Oft ge in gestalum stonda;      þæs cyme steor of heofonum.
    Me þonne sige sende      se usic semon mæg,
    se þe lifa gehwæs      lengu wealde."
    Swa hleoþrade      halig cempa;
    wæs se martyre      from moncynnes
    515
    synnum asundrad.      Sceolde he sares þa gen
    dæl adreogan,      eah þe dryhten his
    witum weolde.      Hwæt, þæt wundra sum
    monnum þuhte,      þæt he ma wolde
    afrum onfengum      earme gæstas
    520
    hrinan leton,      ond þæt hwæþre gelomp!
    Wæs þæt gen mara,      þæt he middangeard
    sylfa gesohte,      ond his swat ageat
    on bonena hond;      ahte bega geweald,
    lifes ond deaes,      þa he lustum dreag
    525
    eamod on eoran      ehtendra ni.
    Forþon is nu arlic      þæt we æfæstra
    dæde demen,      secgen dryhtne lof
    ealra þara bisena      þe us bec fore
    þurh his wundra geweorc      wisdom cyþa.
    530
    Geofu wæs mid Gulac      in godcundum
    mægne gemeted.      Micel is to secgan
    eall æfter orde,      þæt he on elne adreag:
    one foregengan      fæder ælmihtig
    wi onhælum      ealdorgewinnum
    535
    sylfa gesette,      þær his sawl wear
    clæne ond gecostad.      Cu is wide
    geond middangeard      þæt his mod geþah
    in godes willan;      is þæs gen fela
    to secgenne,      þæs þe he sylfa adreag
    540
    under nygista      nearwum clommum.
    He þa sar forseah,      a þære sawle wel
    þæs mundboran      þe þæt mod geheold,
    þæt him ne getweode      treow in breostum,
    ne him gnornunga      gæste scodun,
    545
    ac se hearda hyge      halig wunade,
    oþþæt he þa bysgu      oferbiden hæfde.
    þrea wæron þearle,      þegnas grimme,
    ealle hy þam feore      fyl gehehton.
    No hy hine to deae      deman moston,
    550
    synna hyrdas,      ac seo sawul bad
    in lichoman      leofran tide.
    Georne hy ongeaton      þæt hyne god wolde
    nergan wi niþum      ond hyra nydwræce
    deope deman.      Swa dryhten mæg,
    555
    ana ælmihtig,      eadigra gehwone
    wi earfeþum      eae gescildan.
    Hwære hine gebrohton      bolgenmode,
    wrae wræcmæcgas,      wuldres cempan,
    halig husulbearn,      æt heldore,
    560
    þær firenfulra      fæge gæstas
    æfter swyltcwale      secan onginna
    ingong ærest      in þæt atule hus,
    niþer under næssas      neole grundas.
    Hy hine bregdon,      budon orlege,
    565
    egsan ond ondan      arleaslice,
    frecne fore,      swa bi feonda þeaw,
    þonne hy sofæstra      sawle willa
    synnum beswican      ond searocræftum.
    Ongunnon gromheorte      godes orettan
    570
    in sefan swencan,      swiþe geheton
    þæt he in þone grimman gryre      gongan sceolde,
    hweorfan gehyned      to helwarum,
    ond þær in bendum      bryne þrowian.
    Woldun hy geteon      mid torncwidum
    575
    earme aglæcan      in orwennysse,
    meotudes cempan.      Hit ne meahte swa!
    Cwædon cearfulle,      Criste lae,
    to Gulace      mid grimnysse:
    "Ne eart u gedefe,      ne dryhtnes þeow
    580
    clæne gecostad,      ne cempa god,
    wordum ond weorcum      wel gecyþed,
    halig in heortan.      Nu þu in helle scealt
    deope gedufan,      nales dryhtnes leoht
    habban in heofonum,      heahgetimbru,
    585
    seld on swegle,      forþon þu synna to fela,
    facna gefremedes      in flæschoman.
    We þe nu willa      womma gehwylces
    lean forgieldan,      þær þe laþast bi
    in am grimmestan      gæstgewinne."
    590
    Him se eadga wer      ondswarode,
    Gulac in gæste      mid godes mægne:
    "Do efne swa,      gif eow dryhten Crist,
    lifes leohtfruma      lyfan wylle,
    weoruda waldend,      þæt ge his wergengan
    595
    in þone laan leg      lædan motan.
    þæt is in gewealdum      wuldorcyninges,
    se eow gehynde      ond in hæft bidraf
    under nearone clom,      nergende Crist.
    Eom ic eamod his      ombiehthera,
    600
    þeow geþyldig.      Ic geþafian sceal
    æghwær ealles      his anne dom,
    ond him geornlice      gæstgemyndum
    wille wideferh      wesan underþyded,
    hyran holdlice      minum hælende
    605
    þeawum ond geþyncum,      ond him þoncian
    ealra þara giefena      þe god gescop
    englum ærest      ond eorwarum;
    ond ic bletsige      blie mode
    lifes leohtfruman,      ond him lof singe
    610
    þurh gedefne dom      dæges ond nihtes,
    herge in heortan      heofonrices weard.
    þæt eow æfre ne bi      ufan alyfed
    leohtes lissum,      þæt ge lof moten
    dryhtne secgan,      ac ge deae sceolon
    615
    weallendne wean      wope besingan,
    heaf in helle,      nales herenisse
    halge habban      heofoncyninges.
    Ic þone deman      in dagum minum
    wille weorþian      wordum ond dædum,
    620
    lufian in life,      swa is lar ond ar
    to spowendre      spræce gelæded,
    þam þe in his weorcum      willan ræfna.
    Sindon ge wærlogan,      swa ge in wræcsie
    longe lifdon,      lege bisencte,
    625
    swearte beswicene,      swegle benumene,
    dreame bidrorene,      deae bifolene,
    firenum bifongne,      feores orwenan,
    þæt ge blindnesse      bote fundon.
    Ge þa fægran gesceaft      in fyrndagum,
    630
    gæstlicne goddream,      gearo forsegon,
    þa ge wihogdun      halgum dryhtne.
    Ne mostun ge a wunian      in wyndagum,
    ac mid scome scyldum      scofene wurdon
    fore oferhygdum      in ece fyr,
    635
    ær ge sceolon dreogan      dea ond þystro,
    wop to widan ealdre;      næfre ge þæs wyrpe gebida.
    Ond ic þæt gelyfe      in liffruman,
    ecne onwealdan      ealra gesceafta,
    þæt he mec for miltsum      ond mægenspedum,
    640
    nia nergend,      næfre wille
    þurh ellenweorc      anforlætan,
    þam ic longe      in lichoman
    ond in minum gæste      gode campode
    þurh monigfealdra      mægna gerynu.
    645
    Foron ic getrywe      in þone torhtestan
    þrynesse þrym,      se geþeahtingum
    hafa in hondum      heofon ond eoran,
    þæt ge mec mid niþum      næfre motan
    tornmode teon      in tintergu,
    650
    mine myrran      ond mansceaþan,
    swearte sigelease.      Eom ic solice
    leohte geleafan      ond mid lufan dryhtnes
    fægre gefylled      in minum feorhlocan,
    breostum inbryrded      to þam betran ham,
    655
    leomum inlyhted      to þam leofestan
    ecan earde,      þær is eþellond
    fæger ond gefealic      in fæder wuldre,
    ær eow næfre      fore nergende
    leohtes leoma      ne lifes hyht
    660
    in godes rice      agiefen weorþe,
    for þam oferhygdum      þe eow in mod astag
    þurh idel gylp      ealles to swie.
    Wendun ge ond woldun,      wiþerhycgende,
    þæt ge scyppende      sceoldan gelice
    665
    wesan in wuldre.      Eow þær wyrs gelomp,
    a eow se waldend      wrae bisencte
    in þæt swearte susl,      þær eow sian wæs
    ad inæled      attre geblonden,
    þurh deopne dom      dream afyrred,
    670
    engla gemana.      Swa nu awa sceal
    wesan wideferh,      þæt ge wærnysse
    brynewylm hæbben,      nales bletsunga.
    Ne þurfun ge wenan,      wuldre biscyrede,
    þæt ge mec synfulle      mid searocræftum
    675
    under scæd sconde      scufan motan,
    ne in bælblæsan      bregdon on hinder
    in helle hus,      þær eow is ham sceapen,
    sweart sinnehte,      sacu butan ende,
    grim gæstcwalu.      þær ge gnornende
    680
    dea sceolon dreogan,      ond ic dreama wyn
    agan mid englum      in þam uplican
    rodera rice,      þær is ryht cyning,
    help ond hælu      hæleþa cynne,
    dugu ond drohta."      a cwom dryhtnes ar,
    685
    halig of heofonum,      se þurh hleoþor abead
    ufancundne ege      earmum gæstum;
    het eft hrae      unscyldigne
    of þam wræcsie      wuldres cempan
    lædan limhalne,      þæt se leofesta
    690
    gæst gegearwad      in godes wære
    on gefean ferde.      a wear feonda þreat
    acol for am egsan.      Ofermæcga spræc,
    dyre dryhtnes þegn,      dæghluttre scan.
    Hæfde Gulaces      gæst in gewealdum
    695
    modig mundbora,      meahtum spedig,
    þeostra þegnas      þreaniedlum bond,
    nyd onsette      ond geneahhe bibead:
    "Ne sy him banes bryce      ne blodig wund,
    lices læla      ne laþes wiht,
    700
    þæs þe ge him to dare      gedon motan,
    ac ge hine gesundne asettaþ      þær ge hine sylfne genoman.
    He sceal þy wonge wealdan,      ne magon ge him þa wic forstondan.
    Ic eom se dema,      se mec dryhten heht
    snude gesecgan,      þæt ge him sara gehwylc
    705
    hondum gehælde,      ond him hearsume
    on his sylfes dom      siþþan wæron.
    Ne sceal ic mine onsyn      fore eowere
    mengu miþan.      Ic eom meotudes þegn.
    Eom ic þara twelfa sum      þe he getreoweste
    710
    under monnes hiw      mode gelufade.
    He mec of heofonum      hider onsende,
    geseah þæt ge on eoran      fore æfstum
    on his wergengan      wite legdon.
    Is þæt min broþor,      mec his bysgu gehreaw.
    715
    Ic þæt gefremme,      þær se freond wuna
    on þære socne,      þe ic þa sibbe wi hine
    healdan wille,      nu ic his helpan mot,
    þæt ge min onsynn      oft sceawia.
    Nu ic his geneahhe      neosan wille;
    720
    sceal ic his word ond his weorc      in gewitnesse
    dryhtne lædon.      He his dæde conn."
    a wæs Gulaces      gæst geblissad,
    siþþan Bartholomeus      aboden hæfde
    godes ærendu.      Gearwe stodun
    725
    hæftas hearsume,      þa þæs halgan word
    lyt oferleordun.      Ongon þa leofne si
    dragan domeadig      dryhtnes cempa
    to þam onwillan      eoran dæle.
    Hy hine bæron      ond him bryce heoldon,
    730
    hofon hine hondum      ond him hryre burgun.
    Wæron hyra gongas      under godes egsan
    smeþe ond gesefte.      Sigehreig cwom
    bytla to þam beorge.      Hine bletsadon
    monge mægwlitas,      meaglum reordum,
    735
    treofugla tuddor,      tacnum cydon
    eadges eftcyme.      Oft he him æte heold,
    þonne hy him hungrige      ymb hond flugon
    grædum gifre,      geoce gefegon.
    Swa þæt milde mod      wi moncynnes
    740
    dreamum gedælde,      dryhtne þeowde,
    genom him to wildeorum wynne,      siþþan he þas woruld forhogde.
    Smolt wæs se sigewong      ond sele niwe,
    fæger fugla reord,      folde geblowen;
    geacas gear budon.      Guþlac moste
    745
    eadig ond onmod      eardes brucan.
    Stod se grena wong      in godes wære;
    hæfde se heorde,      se þe of heofonum cwom,
    feondas afyrde.      Hwylc wæs fægerra
    willa geworden      in wera life,
    750
    þara þe yldran      usse gemunde,
    oþþe we selfe      siþþan cuþen?
    Hwæt we þissa wundra      gewitan sindon!
    Eall þas geeodon      in ussera
    tida timan.      Forþon þæs tweogan ne þearf
    755
    ænig ofer eoran      ælda cynnes,
    ac swilc god wyrce      gæsta lifes
    to trumnaþe,      þy læs þa tydran mod
    þa gewitnesse      wendan þurfe,
    þonne hy in gesihþe      soþes bruca.
    760
    Swa se ælmihtiga      ealle gesceafte
    lufa under lyfte      in lichoman,
    monna mæge      geond middangeard.
    Wile se waldend      þæt we wisdom a
    snyttrum swelgen,      þæt his so fore us
    765
    on his giefena gyld      genge weore,
    a he us to are      ond to ondgiete
    syle ond sende,      sawlum ryme
    liþe lifwegas      leohte geræhte.
    Nis þæt huru læsast      þæt seo lufu cyþe,
    770
    þonne heo in monnes      mode getimbre
    gæstcunde gife,      swa he Gulaces
    dagas ond dæde      þurh his dom ahof.
    Wæs se fruma fæstlic      feondum on ondan,
    geseted wi synnum,      þær he siþþan lyt
    775
    wære gewonade,      oft his word gode
    þurh eamedu      up onsende,
    let his ben cuman      in þa beorhtan gesceaft,
    þoncade þeodne      þæs þe he in þrowingum
    bidan moste,      hwonne him betre lif
    780
    þurh godes willan      agyfen wurde.
    Swa wæs Gulaces      gæst gelæded
    engla fæmum      in uprodor,
    fore onsyne      eces deman
    læddon leoflice.      Him wæs lean geseald,
    785
    setl on swegle,      þær he symle mot
    awo to ealdre      eardfæst wesan,
    blie bidan.      Is him bearn godes
    milde mundbora,      meahtig dryhten,
    halig hyrde,      heofonrices weard.
    790
    Swa sofæstra      sawla motun
    in ecne geard      up gestigan
    rodera rice,      þa þe ræfna her
    wordum ond weorcum      wuldorcyninges
    lare longsume,      on hyra lifes tid
    795
    earnia on eoran      ecan lifes,
    hames in heahþu.      þæt beo husulweras,
    cempan gecorene,      Criste leofe,
    bera in breostum      beorhtne geleafan,
    haligne hyht,      heortan clæne
    800
    weoria waldend,      habba wisne geþoht,
    fusne on forweg      to fæder ele,
    gearwaþ gæstes hus,      ond mid gleawnesse
    feond oferfeohta      ond firenlustas
    forbera in breostum,      broþorsibbe
    805
    georne bigonga,      in godes willan
    swenca hi sylfe,      sawle frætwa
    halgum gehygdum,      heofoncyninges bibod
    fremma on foldan.      Fæsten lufia,
    beorga him bealoniþ      ond gebedu seca,
    810
    swinca wi synnum,      healda so ond ryht.
    Him þæt ne hreowe      æfter hingonge,
    onne hy hweorfa      in þa halgan burg,
    gonga gegnunga      to Hierusalem,
    þær hi to worulde      wynnum motun
    815
    godes onsyne      georne bihealdan,
    sibbe ond gesihe,      þær heo so wuna,
    wlitig, wuldorfæst,      ealne widan ferh
    on lifgendra      londes wynne.
    æt is wide cu      wera cneorissum,
    820
    folcum gefræge,      þætte frymþa god
    þone ærestan      ælda cynnes
    of þære clænestan,      cyning ælmihtig,
    foldan geworhte.      a wæs fruma niwe
    elda tudres,      onstæl wynlic,
    825
    fæger ond gefealic.      Fæder wæs acenned
    Adam ærest      þurh est godes
    on neorxnawong,      þær him nænges wæs
    willan onsyn,      ne welan brosnung,
    ne lifes lyre      ne lices hryre,
    830
    ne dreames dryre      ne deaes cyme,
    ac he on þam lande      lifgan moste
    ealra leahtra leas,      longe neotan
    niwra gefeana.      þær he no þorfte
    lifes ne lissa      in þam leohtan ham
    835
    þurh ælda tid      ende gebidan,
    ac æfter fyrste      to þam færestan
    heofonrices gefean      hweorfan mostan,
    leomu lic somud      ond lifes gæst,
    ond þær siþþan a      in sindreamum
    840
    to widan feore      wunian mostun
    dryhtne on gesihe,      butan deae for,
    gif hy halges word      healdan woldun
    beorht in breostum,      ond his bebodu læstan,
    æfnan on ele.      Hy to ær aþreat
    845
    þæt hy waldendes      willan læsten,
    ac his wif genom      wyrmes larum
    blede forbodene,      ond of beame ahneop
    wæstm biweredne      ofer word godes,
    wuldorcyninges,      ond hyre were sealde
    850
    þurh deofles searo      deaberende gyfl
    þæt a sinhiwan      to swylte geteah.
    Siþþan se eþel      ugenge wear
    Adame ond Euan,      eardwica cyst
    beorht obroden,      ond hyra bearnum swa,
    855
    eaferum æfter,      þa hy on uncyu,
    scomum scudende,      scofene wurdon
    on gewinworuld.      Weorces onguldon,
    deopra firena,      þurh deaes cwealm,
    þe hy unsnyttrum      ær gefremedon.
    860
    þære synwræce      siþþan sceoldon
    mæg ond mæcgas      morþres ongyldon,
    godscyldge gyrn      þurh gæstgedal,
    deopra firena.      Dea in geþrong
    fira cynne,      feond rixade
    865
    geond middangeard.      Nænig monna wæs
    of þam sigetudre      siþþan æfre
    godes willan þæs georn,      ne gynnwised,
    þæt he bibugan mæge      þone bitran drync
    þone Eue fyrn      Adame geaf,
    870
    byrelade bryd geong;      þæt him bam gescod
    in þam deoran ham.      Dea ricsade
    ofer foldbuend,      þeah þe fela wære
    gæsthaligra,      þær hi godes willan
    on mislicum      monna gebihþum
    875
    æfter stedewonga      stowum fremedon;
    sume ær, sume si,      sume in urra
    æfter tælmearce      tida gemyndum
    sigorlean sohtun.      Us secga bec
    hu Gulac wear      þurh godes willan
    880
    eadig on Engle.      He him ece geceas
    meaht ond mundbyrd.      Mære wurdon
    his wundra geweorc      wide ond side,
    breme æfter burgum      geond Bryten innan,
    hu he monge oft      þurh meaht godes
    885
    gehælde hygegeomre      hefigra wita,
    þe hine unsofte,      adle gebundne,
    sarge gesohtun      of siwegum,
    freorigmode.      Symle frofre þær
    æt þam godes cempan      gearwe fundon,
    890
    helpe ond hælo.      Nænig hæleþa is
    þe areccan mæge      oþþe rim wite
    ealra þara wundra      þe he in worulde her
    þurh dryhtnes giefe      dugeþum gefremede.
    Oft to þam wicum      weorude cwomun
    895
    deofla deamægen      duguþa byscyrede
    hloþum þringan,      þær se halga þeow
    elnes anhydig      eard weardade.
    þær hy mislice      mongum reordum
    on þam westenne      woe hofun
    900
    hludne herecirm,      hiwes binotene,
    dreamum bidrorene.      Dryhtnes cempa,
    from folctoga,      feonda þreatum
    wistod stronglice.      Næs seo stund latu
    earmra gæsta,      ne þæt onbid long,
    905
    þæt þa wrohtsmias      wop ahofun,
    hreopun hrelease,      hleoþrum brugdon.
    Hwilum wedende      swa wilde deor
    cirmdon on corre,      hwilum cyrdon eft
    minne mansceaþan      on mennisc hiw
    910
    breahtma mæste,      hwilum brugdon eft
    awyrgde wærlogan      on wyrmes bleo,
    earme adloman      attre spiowdon.
    Symle hy Gulac      gearene fundon,
    þonces gleawne.      He geþyldum bad,
    915
    þeah him feonda hlo      feorhcwealm bude.
    Hwilum him to honda      hungre geþreatad
    fleag fugla cyn,      þær hy feorhnere
    witude fundon      ond hine weoredon
    meaglum stefnum.      Hwilum mennisce
    920
    aras eamedum      eft neosedon,
    ond þær sifrome      on þam sigewonge
    æt þam halgan þeowan      helpe gemetton,
    ferþes frofre.      Nænig forþum wæs,
    þæt he æwiscmod      eft siade,
    925
    hean, hyhta leas,      ac se halga wer
    ælda gehwylces      þurh þa æþelan meaht,
    þe hine seoslige      sohtun on earfe,
    hæle hygegeomre,      hælde bu tu
    lic ond sawle,      þenden lifes weard,
    930
    ece ælmihtig,      unnan wolde
    þæt he blædes her      brucan moste,
    worulde lifes.      Wæs gewinnes þa
    yrmþa for eoran      endedogor
    þurh nydgedal      neah geþrungen,
    935
    siþþan he on westenne      wiceard geceas,
    fiftynu gear,      þa wæs frofre gæst
    eadgum æbodan      ufan onsended,
    halig of heahþu.      Hreþer innan born,
    afysed on forsi.      Him færinga
    940
    adl in gewod.      He on elne swa þeah
    ungeblyged bad      beorhtra gehata
    bliþe in burgum.      Wæs þam bancofan
    æfter nihtglome      neah geþrungen,
    breosthord onboren.      Wæs se bliþa gæst
    945
    fus on forweg.      Nolde fæder engla
    in þisse wonsælgan      worulde life
    leahtra leasne      longfyrst ofer þæt
    wunian leton,      þe him on weorcum her
    on his dagena tid      dædum gecwemde
    950
    elne unslawe.      a se ælmihtiga
    let his hond cuman      þær se halga þeow,
    deormod on degle      domeadig bad,
    heard ond hygerof.      Hyht wæs geniwad,
    blis in breostum.      Wæs se bancofa
    955
    adle onæled,      inbendum fæst,
    lichord onlocen.      Leomu hefegedon,
    sarum gesohte.      He þæt so gecneow
    þæt hine ælmihtig      ufan neosade,
    meotud fore miltsum.      He his modsefan
    960
    wi þam færhagan      fæste trymede
    feonda gewinna.      Næs he forht seþeah,
    ne seo adlþracu      egle on mode,
    ne deagedal,      ac him dryhtnes lof
    born in breostum,      brondhat lufu
    965
    sigorfæst in sefan,      seo him sara gehwylc
    symle forswide.      Næs him sorgcearu
    on þas lænan tid,      þeah his lic ond gæst
    hyra somwiste,      sinhiwan tu,
    deore gedælden.      Dagas for scridun,
    970
    nihthelma genipu.      Wæs neah seo tid
    þæt he fyrngewyrht      fyllan sceolde
    þurh deaes cyme,      domes hleotan,
    efne þæs ilcan      þe usse yldran fyrn
    frecne onfengon,      swa him biforan worhton
    975
    þa ærestan      ælda cynnes.
    a wæs Gulace      on þa geocran tid
    mægen gemegad,      mod swiþe heard,
    elnes anhydig.      Wæs seo adl þearl,
    hat ond heorogrim.      Hreþer innan weol,
    980
    born banloca.      Bryþen wæs ongunnen
    þætte Adame      Eue gebyrmde
    æt fruman worulde.      Feond byrlade
    ærest þære idese,      ond heo Adame,
    hyre swæsum were,      siþþan scencte
    985
    bittor bædeweg.      þæs þa byre siþþan
    grimme onguldon      gafulrædenne
    þurh ærgewyrht,      þætte ænig ne wæs
    fyra cynnes      from fruman sian
    mon on moldan,      þætte meahte him
    990
    gebeorgan ond bibugan      þone bleatan drync,
    deopan deaweges,      ac him duru sylfa
    on þa slinan tid      sona ontyne,
    ingong geopena.      Ne mæg ænig þam
    flæsce bifongen      feore wistondan,
    995
    ricra ne heanra,      ac hine ræse on
    gifrum grapum.      Swa wæs Gulace
    enge anhoga      ætryhte þa
    æfter nihtscuan      neah geþyded,
    wiga wælgifre.      Hine wunade mid
    1000
    an ombehtþegn,      se hine æghwylce
    daga neosade.      Ongan a deophydig,
    gleawmod gongan      to godes temple,
    þær he eþelbodan      inne wiste,
    þone leofestan      lareow gecorenne,
    1005
    ond þa in eode      eadgum to spræce,
    wolde hyrcnigan      halges lara,
    mildes meþelcwida.      Fonde þa his mondryhten
    adlwerigne;      him æt in gefeol
    hefig æt heortan.      Hygesorge wæg,
    1010
    micle modceare.      Ongan a his magu frignan:
    "Hu gewear þe þus,      winedryhten min,
    fæder, freonda hleo,      fer gebysgad,
    nearwe geneged?      Ic næfre þe,
    þeoden leofesta,      þyslicne ær
    1015
    gemette þus mene.      Meaht þu meelcwidum
    worda gewealdan?      Is me on wene geþuht,
    þæt þe untrymnes      adle gongum
    on þisse nyhstan      niht bysgade,
    sarbennum gesoht.      þæt me sorgna is
    1020
    hatost on hreþre,      ær þu hyge minne
    fer afrefre.      Wast þu, freodryhten,
    hu þeos adle scyle      ende gesettan?"
    Him þa si oncwæ,      sona ne meahte
    oro up geteon;      wæs him in bogen
    1025
    bittor bancoþa.      Beald reordade
    eadig on elne,      ondcwis ageaf:
    "Ic wille secgan      þæt me sar gehran,
    wærc in gewod      in isse wonnan niht,
    lichord onleac.      Leomu hefegia,
    1030
    sarum gesohte.      Sceal þis sawelhus,
    fæge flæschoma,      foldærne biþeaht,
    leomu lames geþacan,      legerbedde fæst
    wunian wælræste.      Wiga nealæce,
    unlæt laces.      Ne bi þæs lengra swice
    1035
    sawelgedales      þonne seofon niht
    fyrstgemearces,      þæt min feorh heonan
    on þisse eahteþan      ende gesece
    dæg scriþende.      þonne dogor beo
    on moldwege      min for scriþen,
    1040
    sorg geswerad,      ond ic siþþan mot
    fore meotudes cneowum      meorda hleotan,
    gingra geafena,      ond godes lomber
    in sindreamum      siþþan awo
    for folgian;      is nu fus ider
    1045
    gæst siþes georn.      Nu þu gearwe const
    leoma lifgedal;      long is þis onbid
    worulde lifes."      a wæs wop ond heaf,
    geongum geocor sefa,      geomrende hyge,
    siþþan he gehyrde      þæt se halga wæs
    1050
    forsiþes fus.      He þæs færspelles
    fore his mondryhtne      modsorge wæg,
    hefige æt heortan.      Hreþer innan swearc,
    hyge hreowcearig,      þæs þe his hlaford geseah
    ellorfusne.      He þæs onbæru
    1055
    habban ne meahte,      ac he hate let
    torn þoliende      tearas geotan,
    weallan wægdropan.      Wyrd ne meahte
    in fægum leng      feorg gehealdan,
    deore frætwe,      þonne him gedemed wæs.
    1060
    Ongeat gæsta halig      geomormodes
    drusendne hyge.      Ongan þa duguþa hleo,
    glædmod gode leof,      geongran retan,
    wine leofestan      wordum negan:
    "Ne beo þu unrot,      eah þeos adl me
    1065
    innan æle.      Nis me earfee
    to geþolianne      þeodnes willan,
    dryhtnes mines,      ne ic þæs deaes hafu
    on þas seocnan tid      sorge on mode,
    ne ic me herehloe      helle þegna
    1070
    swie onsitte,      ne mæg synne on me
    facnes frumbearn      fyrene gestælan,
    lices leahtor,      ac in lige sceolon
    sorgwylmum soden      sar wanian,
    wræcsi wepan,      wilna biscirede
    1075
    in þam deasele      dugua gehwylcre,
    lufena ond lissa.      Min þæt leofe bearn,
    ne beo þu on sefan to seoc.      Ic eom siþes fus
    upeard niman      edleana georn
    in þam ecan gefean,      ærgewyrhtum
    1080
    geseon sigora frean,      min þæt swæse bearn.
    Nis me wracu ne gewin,      þæt ic wuldres god
    sece swegelcyning,      þær is sib ond blis,
    domfæstra dream,      dryhten ondweard,
    þam ic georne      gæstgerynum,
    1085
    in þas dreorgan tid      dædum cwemde,
    mode ond mægne.      Ic þa meorde wat
    leahtorlease,      lean unhwilen,
    halig on heahþu.      þær min hyht myne
    to gesecenne,      sawul funda
    1090
    of licfate      to þam longan gefean
    in eadwelan.      Nis þes eþel me
    ne sar ne sorg.      Ic me sylfum wat
    æfter lices hryre      lean unhwilen."
    a se wuldormaga      worda gestilde,
    1095
    rof runwita;      wæs him ræste neod,
    reonigmodum.      Rodor swamode
    ofer nia bearn,      nihtrim scridon,
    deorc ofer dugeum.      þa se dæg bicwom
    on þam se lifgenda      in lichoman,
    1100
    ece ælmihtig      ærist gefremede,
    dryhten mid dreame,      a he of deae aras
    onwald of eoran      in þa eastortid,
    ealra þrymma þrym,      reata mæstne
    to heofonum ahof,      a he from helle astag.
    1105
    Swa se eadga wer      in þa æþelan tid
    on þone beorhtan dæg      blissum hremig,
    milde ond gemetfæst,      mægen unsofte
    elne geæfnde.      Aras a eorla wynn,
    heard hygesnottor,      swa he hraþost meahte,
    1110
    mee for am miclan bysgum.      Ongon þa his mod staþelian
    leohte geleafan,      lac onsægde
    deophycgende      dryhtne to willan
    gæstgerynum      in godes temple,
    ond his þegne ongon,      swa þam þeodne geras,
    1115
    þurh gæstes giefe      godspel bodian,
    secgan sigortacnum,      ond his sefan trymman
    wundrum to wuldre      in þa wlitigan gesceaft
    to eadwelan,      swa he ær ne si
    æfre to ealdre      ore swylce
    1120
    on þas lænan tid      lare gehyrde,
    ne swa deoplice      dryhtnes geryne
    þurh menniscne      mu areccan
    on sidum sefan.      Him wæs soþra geþuht
    þæt hit ufancundes      engles wære
    1125
    of swegldreamum,      swiþor micle
    mægenþegnes word,      þonne æniges monnes lar,
    wera ofer eoran.      Him þæt wundra mæst
    gesewen þuhte,      þæt swylc snyttrucræft
    ænges hælea her      hreþer weardade,
    1130
    dryhta bearna,      wæs þæs deoplic eall
    word ond wisdom,      ond þæs weres stihtung,
    mod ond mægencræft,      þe him meotud engla,
    gæsta geocend      forgiefen hæfde.
    Wæron feowere a      for gewitene
    1135
    dagas on rime,      þæs se dryhtnes þegn
    on elne bad,      adle gebysgad,
    sarum geswenced.      Ne he sorge wæg
    geocorne sefan      gæstgedales,
    dreorigne hyge.      Dea nealæcte,
    1140
    stop stalgongum,      strong ond hree
    sohte sawelhus.      Com se seofea dæg
    ældum ondweard,      þæs þe him in gesonc,
    hat, heortan neah,      hildescurum
    flacor flanþracu,      feorhhord onleac,
    1145
    searocægum gesoht.      Ongon a snottor hæle,
    ar, onbehtþegn,      æþeles neosan
    to þam halgan hofe,      fond þa hlingendne
    fusne on forsiþ      frean unwenne,
    gæsthaligne      in godes temple
    1150
    soden sarwylmum.      Wæs þa sihste tid
    on midne dæg,      wæs his mondryhtne
    endedogor      ætryhte þa.
    Nearwum genæged      nydcostingum,
    awrecen wælpilum,      wlo ne meahte
    1155
    oro up geteon,      ellenspræce
    hleoþor ahebban.      Ongon a hygegeomor,
    freorig ond ferwerig,      fusne gretan,
    mene modglædne,      bæd hine þurh mihta scyppend,
    gif he his wordcwida      wealdan meahte,
    1160
    spræce ahebban,      þæt him on spellum gecyde,
    onwrige worda gongum,      hu he his wisna truwade,
    drohtes on ære dimman adle,      æron hine dea onsægde.
    Him se eadga wer      ageaf ondsware,
    leof mon leofum,      þeah he late meahte,
    1165
    eorl ellenheard,      oreþe gebredan:
    "Min þæt swæse bearn,      nis nu swiþe feor
    þam ytemestan      endedogor
    nydgedales,      þæt u þa nyhstan scealt
    in woruldlife      worda minra,
    1170
    næfre leana biloren,      lare gehyran,
    noht longe ofer þis.      Læst ealle well
    wære ond winescype,      word þa wit spræcon,
    leofast manna."      "Næfre ic lufan sibbe,
    þeoden, æt þearfe      þine forlæte
    1175
    asanian!"      "Beo þu on si gearu,
    siþþan lic ond leomu      ond þes lifes gæst
    asundrien      somwist hyra
    þurh feorggedal.      Fys æfter þon
    þæt þu gesecge      sweostor minre,
    1180
    þære leofestan,      on longne weg
    to þam fægran gefean      forsi minne,
    on ecne eard,      ond hyre eac gecy
    wordum minum,      þæt ic me warnade
    hyre onsyne      ealle þrage
    1185
    in woruldlife,      for y ic wilnode
    þæt wit unc eft      in þam ecan gefean
    on sweglwuldre      geseon mostun
    fore onsyne      eces deman
    leahtra lease.      þær sceal lufu uncer
    1190
    wærfæst wunian,      þær wit wilna a
    in ære beorhtan byrig      brucan motun,
    eades mid englum.      u hyre eac saga
    þæt heo þis banfæt      beorge bifæste,
    lame biluce,      lic orsawle
    1195
    in þeostorcofan,      þær hit þrage sceal
    in sondhofe      siþþan wunian."
    a wear modgeþanc      miclum gebisgad,
    þream forþrycced,      þurh þæs þeodnes word,
    ombehtþegne,      þa he ædre oncneow
    1200
    frean feorhgedal,      þæt hit feor ne wæs,
    endedogor.      Ongon þa ofostlice
    to his winedryhtne      wordum mælan:
    "Ic þec halsige,      hæleþa leofost
    gumena cynnes,      þurh gæsta weard,
    1205
    þæt þu hygesorge      heortan minre
    geeþe, eorla wyn.      Nis þe ende feor,
    þæs þe ic on galdrum      ongieten hæbbe.
    Oft mec geomor sefa      gehþa gemanode,
    hat æt heortan,      hyge gnornende
    1210
    nihtes nearwe,      ond ic næfre þe,
    fæder, frofor min,      frignan dorste.
    Symle ic gehyrde,      þonne heofones gim,
    wyncondel wera,      west onhylde,
    sweglbeorht sunne      setlgonges fus
    1215
    on æfentid,      oþerne mid þec,
    þegn æt geþeahte.      Ic þæs þeodnes word,
    ares uncuþes      oft neosendes,
    dægwoman bitweon      ond þære deorcan niht,
    meþelcwide mæcges,      ond on morgne swa,
    1220
    ongeat geomormod,      gæstes spræce,
    gleawes in geardum.      Huru, ic giet ne wat,
    ær þu me, frea min,      furþor cye
    þurh cwide þinne,      hwonan his cyme sindon."
    a se eadga wer      ageaf ondsware
    1225
    leofum æfter longre hwile,      swa he late meahte,
    elnes oncyig,      oreþe gewealdan:
    "Hwæt, þu me, wine min,      wordum nægest,
    fusne frignest,      þæs þe ic furþum ær
    æfre on ealdre      ængum ne wolde
    1230
    monna ofer moldan      melda weoran,
    þegne on þeode,      butan þe nu a,
    þy læs þæt wundredan      weras ond idesa,
    ond on gea gutan,      gieddum mænden
    bi me lifgendum.      Huru, ic nolde sylf
    1235
    þurh gielpcwide      gæstes mines
    frofre gelettan,      ne fæder mines
    æfre geæfnan,      æbylg godes.
    Symle me onsende      sigedryhten min,
    folca feorhgiefa,      siþþan ic furþum ongon
    1240
    on þone æfteran      anseld bugan
    geargemearces,      gæst haligne,
    engel ufancundne,      se mec efna gehwam,
    meahtig meotudes þegn,      ond on morgne eft,
    sigorfæst gesohte,      ond me sara gehwylc
    1245
    gehælde hygesorge,      ond me in hreþre bileac
    wuldres wilboda      wisdomes giefe
    micle monigfealdran      þonne ænig mon wite
    in life her,      þe me alyfed nis
    to gecyþenne      cwicra ængum
    1250
    on foldwege      fira cynnes,
    þæt me ne meahte      monna ænig
    bideaglian      hwæt he dearninga
    on hyge hogde      heortan geþoncum,
    siþþan he me fore eagum      onsyne wear.
    1255
    A ic on mode ma      monna gehwylcne
    þeodnes þrymcyme      o þisne dæg.
    Leofast monna,      nu ic for lufan þinre,
    ond geferscype      þæt wit fyrn mid unc
    longe læstan,      nelle ic lætan þe
    1260
    æfre unrotne      æfter ealdorlege
    mene modseocne      minre geweoran,
    soden sorgwælmum.      A ic sibbe wiþ þe
    healdan wille.      Nu of hreþerlocan
    to þam soþan gefean      sawel funda.
    1265
    Nis seo tid latu,      tydra þis banfæt,
    greothord gnorna,      gæst hine fyse
    on ecne geard,      utsiþes georn
    on sellan gesetu.      Nu ic swie eom
    weorce gewergad."      a to þam wage gesag,
    1270
    heafelan onhylde,      hyrde þa gena
    ellen on innan.      Oro stundum teah
    mægne modig,      him of mue cwom
    swecca swetast.      Swylce on sumeres tid
    stinca on stowum      staþelum fæste
    1275
    wynnum æfter wongum      wyrta geblowene,
    hunigflowende,      swa þæs halgan wæs
    ondlongne dæg      oþ æfen for
    oro up hlæden.      þa se æþela glæm
    setlgong sohte,      swearc norrodor
    1280
    won under wolcnum,      woruld miste oferteah,
    þystrum biþeahte,      þrong niht ofer tiht
    londes frætwa.      a cwom leohta mæst,
    halig of heofonum      hædre scinan,
    beorhte ofer burgsalu.      Bad se þe sceolde
    1285
    eadig on elne      endedogor,
    awrecen wælstrælum.      Wuldres scima,
    æþele ymb æþelne,      ondlonge niht
    scan scirwered.      Scadu sweþredon,
    tolysed under lyfte.      Wæs se leohta glæm
    1290
    ymb þæt halge hus,      heofonlic condel,
    from æfenglome      oþþæt eastan cwom
    ofer deop gelad      dægredwoma,
    wedertacen wearm.      Aras se wuldormago,
    eadig elnes gemyndig,      spræc to his onbehtþegne,
    1295
    torht to his treowum gesiþe:      "Tid is þæt þu fere,
    ond þa ærendu      eal biþence,
    ofestum læde,      swa ic þe ær bibead,
    lac to leofre.      Nu of lice is,
    goddreama georn,      gæst swie fus."
    1300
    Ahof þa his honda,      husle gereorded,
    eamod þy æþelan gyfle,      swylce he his eagan ontynde,
    halge heafdes gimmas,      biseah þa to heofona rice,
    glædmod to geofona leanum,      ond þa his gæst onsende
    weorcum wlitigne      in wuldres dream.
    1305
    a wæs Gulaces      gæst gelæded
    eadig on upweg.      Englas feredun
    to þam longan gefean,      lic colode,
    belifd under lyfte.      a þær leoht ascan,
    beama beorhtast.      Eal þæt beacen wæs
    1310
    ymb þæt halge hus,      heofonlic leoma,
    from foldan up      swylce fyren tor
    ryht aræred      o rodera hrof,
    gesewen under swegle,      sunnan beorhtra,
    æþeltungla wlite.      Engla þreatas
    1315
    sigeleo sungon,      sweg wæs on lyfte
    gehyred under heofonum,      haligra dream.
    Swa se burgstede wæs      blissum gefylled,
    swetum stencum      ond sweglwundrum,
    eadges yrfestol,      engla hleores,
    1320
    eal innanweard.      þær wæs ænlicra
    ond wynsumra      þonne hit in worulde mæge
    stefn areccan,      hu se stenc ond se sweg,
    heofonlic hleoþor      ond se halga song,
    gehyred wæs,      heahþrym godes,
    1325
    breahtem æfter breahtme.      Beofode þæt ealond,
    foldwong onþrong.      a afyrhted wear
    ar, elnes biloren,      gewat þa ofestlice
    beorn unhyig,      þæt he bat gestag,
    wæghengest wræc,      wæterþisa for,
    1330
    snel under sorgum.      Swegl hate scan,
    blac ofer burgsalo.      Brimwudu scynde,
    leoht, lade fus.      Lagumearg snyrede,
    gehlæsted to hye,      þæt se hærnflota
    æfter sundplegan      sondlond gespearn,
    1335
    grond wi greote.      Gnornsorge wæg
    hate æt heortan,      hyge geomurne,
    mene modsefan,      se þe his mondryhten,
    life bilidenne,      last weardian
    wiste, wine leofne.      Him þæs wopes hring
    1340
    torne gemonade.      Teagor yum weol,
    hate hleordropan,      ond on hreþre wæg
    micle modceare.      He þære mæge sceolde
    lace gelædan      laspel to so.
    Cwom þa freorigfer      þær seo fæmne wæs,
    1345
    wuldres wynmæg.      He þa wyrd ne ma,
    fæges forsi.      Fusleo agol
    wineþearfende,      ond þæt word acwæ:
    "Ellen biþ selast      þam þe oftost sceal
    dreogan dryhtenbealu,      deope behycgan
    1350
    þroht þeodengedal,      þonne seo þrag cyme,
    wefen wyrdstafum.      þæt wat se þe sceal
    aswæman sarigfer,      wat his sincgiefan
    holdne biheledne.      He sceal hean þonan
    geomor hweorfan.      þam bi gomenes wana
    1355
    e þa earfea      oftost dreoge
    on sargum sefan.      Huru, ic swie ne þearf
    hinsiþ behlehhan.      Is hlaford min,
    beorna bealdor,      ond broþor þin,
    se selesta      bi sæm tweonum
    1360
    þara þe we on Engle      æfre gefrunen
    acennedne      þurh cildes had
    gumena cynnes,      to godes dome,
    werigra wraþu,      worulddreamum of,
    winemæga wyn,      in wuldres þrym,
    1365
    gewiten, winiga hleo,      wica neosan
    eardes on upweg.      Nu se eoran dæl,
    banhus abrocen      burgum in innan
    wuna wælræste,      ond se wuldres dæl
    of licfæte      in leoht godes
    1370
    sigorlean sohte,      ond þe secgan het
    þæt git a mosten      in þam ecan gefean
    mid þa sibgedryht      somudeard niman,
    weorca wuldorlean,      willum neotan
    blædes ond blissa.      Eac þe abeodan het
    1375
    sigedryhten min,      þa he wæs siþes fus,
    þæt þu his lichoman,      leofast mæga,
    eoran bieahte.      Nu þu ædre const
    sifæt minne.      Ic sceal sarigfer,
    heanmod hweorfan,      hyge drusendne."

    Azarias

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Him þa Azarias      ingeþoncum
    hleoþrede halig      þurh hatne lig,
    dreag dædum georn,      dryhten herede,
    wis in weorcum,      ond þas word acwæ:
    5
    "Meotud allwihta,      þu eart meahtum swi
    niþas to nerganne.      Is þin noma mære,
    wlitig ond wuldorfæst      ofer werþeode.
    Sindon þine domas      on dæda gehwam
    soe geswide      ond gesigefæste,
    10
    eac þine willan      in woruldspedum
    ryhte mid ræde.      Rodera waldend,
    geoca us georne,      gæsta scyppend,
    ond þurh hyldo help,      halig dryhten,
    nu we þec for þearfum      ond for þreanydum
    15
    ond fore eamedum      arena biddaþ,
    lege bilegde.      We þæs lifgende
    worhton in worulde,      eac þon wom dydon
    yldran usse,      in oferhygdum
    þin bibodu bræcon      burgsittende,
    20
    had oferhogedon      halgan lifes.
    Wurdon we towrecene      geond widne grund,
    heapum tohworfne,      hylda lease;
    wæs ure lif      geond londa fela
    fracu ond gefræge      foldbuendum.
    25
    Nu þu usic bewræce      in þas wyrrestan
    eorcyninges      æhtgewealda,
    in hæft heorogrimmes,      sceolon we þær hæþenra
    þreanyd     
         hæfdes
    30
    to Abrahame      ond to Isace
    ond Iacobe,      gæsta scyppend.
    þu him gehete      þurh hleoþorcwidas
    þæt þu hyra fromcynn      on fyrndagum
    ycan wolde,      þæt hit æfter him
    35
    on cyneryce      cenned wurde,
    yced on eorþan,      þæt swa unrime,
    had to hebban,      swa heofonsteorran
    buga bradne hwearft      o brimflodas,
    swa waroþa sond      ymb sealt wæter,
    40
    yþe geond eargrund,      þæt swa unrime
    ymb wintra hwearft      weoran sceolde.
    Fyl nu þa frumspræce,      þeah þe user fea lifgen,
    wlitega þine wordcwidas      ond in wuldor us.
    Gecy cræft ond meaht,      nu þec Caldeas
    45
    ond eac fela folca      gefregen habban
    þæt þu ana eart      ece dryhten,
    sigerof settend      ond so meotod,
    wuldres waldend      ond woruldsceafta."
    Swa se halga wer      hergende wæs
    50
    meotudes miltse,      ond his modsefan
    rehte þurh reorde.      a of roderum wear
    engel ælbeorhta      ufon onsended,
    wlitescyne wer      in his wuldorhoman,
    cwom him þa to are      ond to ealdornere
    55
    þurh lufan ond þurh lisse.      Se þone lig tosceaf,
    halig ond heofonbeorht,      hatan fyres,
    þæt se bittra bryne      beorgan sceolde
    for þæs engles ege      æfæstum þrim.
    Tosweop ond toswengde      þurh swies meaht
    60
    liges leoman,      swa hyra lice ne scod,
    ac wæs in þam ofne,      þa se engel cwom,
    windig ond wynsum,      wedere onlicust,
    þonne on sumeres tid      sended weorþe
    dropena dreorung      mid dæges hwile.
    65
    Se wæs in þam fire      for frean meahtum
    halgum to helpe.      Wear se hata lig
    todrifen ond todwæsced,      þær þa dædhwatan
    þry mid geþoncum      þeoden heredon,
    bædon bletsian      bearn in worulde
    70
    ealle gesceafte      ecne dryhten,
    þeoda waldend.      Swa hi þry cwædon,
    modum horsce,      þurh gemæne word:
    "Bletsige þec,      bilwit fæder,
    woruldsceafta wuldor      ond weorca gehwylc,
    75
    heofonas ond englas      ond hluttor wæter,
    ond eal mægen      eorþan gesceafta.
    Bletsige þec, sofæst cyning,      sunne ond mona,
    leohte leoman,      lifgende god,
    hædre ond hlutre      ond heofondreame
    80
    wæstem weorian.      Ful oft þu, wuldorcyning,
    þurh lyft lætest      leodum to freme
    mildne morgenren.      Monig sceal siþþan
    wyrt onwæcnan,      eac þon wudubearwas
    tanum tydra.      Trymma eorwelan,
    85
    hleo ond hluttra.      Næfre hlisan ah
    meotud þan maran      þonne he wi monna bearn
    wyrce weldædum.      Wis bi se þe con
    ongytan þone geocend,      þe us eall good syle
    þe we habba      þenden we her beo,
    90
    ond us milde meotod      mare gehate,
    gif we geearnia,      elne willa,
    onne feran sceal      þurh frean hæse
    sundor anra gehwæs      sawl of lice.
    Ond þec, god dryhten,      gæstas hergen,
    95
    byrnende fyr      ond beorht sumor,
    wearme wederdagas,      waldend manna,
    frean on fere.      Fremest eorwelan
    þurh monigne had,      milde dryhten,
    ond þec dæg ond niht,      domfæst cyning,
    100
    lofigen ond lufigen,      lux et tenebre ,
    þe þas werþeoda      weardum healda.
    Deop dryhtnes bibod      drugon hi þæt longe.
    Ond þec, Crist cyning,      ceolas weorian,
    fæder, forst ond snaw,      folca waldend,
    105
    winterbitera weder      ond wolcna genipu,
    ond þec liexende      ligetta hergen,
    blace, breahtumhwate,      brytenrices weard,
    dyrne dryhten.      A þin dom sy
    god ond genge.      þu þæs geornlice
    110
    wyrcest, wuldorcyning.      Wæstmum herge,
    bletsien bledum,      ond þin blæd wese
    a for ece,      ælmihtig god.
    Wesa ond weaxa      ealle werþeode,
    lifga bi þam lissum      þe us se leofa cyning,
    115
    ece dryhten,      ær gesette
    sinum bearnum to brice,      bremen dryhten.
    Ond þec, halga god,      hea duna
    geond middangeard      miltsum hergen,
    fæger folde      ond fæder rice.
    120
    Foron waldend scop      wudige moras,
    lofe leanige      leohtes hyrde.
    Bletsige þec, sofæst cyning,      sæs ond wætra
    hea holmas,      haligne dryhten,
    domlice deop wæter;      ond dryhtnes bibod
    125
    geofonfloda gehwylc      georne bihealde,
    þonne merestreamas      meotudes ræswum
    wæter onwealca.      Witon ealdgecynd
    þæt ær gescop      ece dryhten
    lagufloda bigong,      leohtes hyrde,
    130
    on þam wunia      widferende
    sie on sunde      seldlicra fela.
    Bletsien þec þa ealle,      ece dryhten,
    þurh þinne willan,      wuldorfæst cyning,
    ond þec ealle æsprynge,      ece dryhten,
    135
    heanne hergen.      Ful oft þu hluttor lætest
    wæter wynlico      to woruldhyhte
    of clife clænum.      þæt us se cyning gescop
    monnum to miltse      ond to mægeneacan.
    Bletsien þec,      bilwit fæder,
    140
    fiscas ond fuglas,      felameahtigne,
    ealle þa þe onhrera      hreo wægas
    on þam bradan brime,      bremen dryhten,
    hergen haligne,      ond heofonfuglas,
    þa þe lacende      geond lyft fara.
    145
    Bletsien þec, dryhten,      deor ond nyten.
    Meotud monna bearn      miltsum hergen
    ond ecne god,      Israhela cynn.
    Bletsien þe þine sacerdas,      sofæst cyning,
    milde mæsseras      mærne dryhten,
    150
    ond þine þeowas,      eoda hyrde,
    swylce haligra      hluttre saule,
    ond, ece god,      eamodheorte.
    Nu þec Ananias      ond Azarias
    ond Misahel, meotud,      miltsum herga.
    155
    Nu we geonge þry      god bletsia,
    felameahtigne      fæder in heofonum,
    þone soan sunu      ond þone sigefæstan gæst.
    Forþon us onsende      sigora waldend
    engel to are,      se þe us bearg
    160
    fyr ond feondas,      ond mid fiþrum bewreah
    wi brynebrogan."      Breahtmum hwurfun
    ymb þæt hate hus      hæne leode,
    a þæt ongeaton      godes ondsacan
    þæt hi ne meahtan,      ne meotod wolde,
    165
    acwellan cnyhta æ,      ac hy Crist scilde.
    Hwearf þa to healle,      swa he hraþost meahte,
    eorl acolmod,      þæt he ofer his ealdre gestod.
    Abead þa for þære dugue      deop ærende,
    haligra gehyld,      (hlyst wæs þær inne),
    170
    gromhydig guma:      "þæt ic geare wiste,
    þæt we III hæfdon,      þeoda wisa,
    geonge cniehtas,      for gæstlufan
    gebunden to bæle      in byrnendes
    fyres leoman.      Nu ic þær IIII men
    175
    seo to soe,      nales me sylfa gerad.
    Hweorfa nu æfter heore,      nængum hat sceþe,
    ofnes æled,      ac him is engel mid,
    hafa beorhtne blæd;      ne mæg him bryne sceþþan
    wlitigne wuldorhoman."      a þam wordum swealg
    180
    brego Caldea,      gewat þa to þam bryne gongan
    anhydig eorl,      þæt he ofer þam ade gestod.
    Het þa of þam lige      lifgende bearn
    Nabocodonossor      near ætgongan.
    Ne forhogodon þæt þa halgan,      siþþan hi hwætmode
    185
    woruldcyninges      weorn gehyrdon,
    ac eodon of þam fyre,      feorh unwemme,
    wuldre gewlitegad,      swa hyra wædum ne scod
    gifre gleda ni,      ac hi mid gæstlufan
    synne geswencton      ond gesigefæston,
    190
    modum gleawe,      in monþeawum,
    þurh foreþoncas      fyr gedygdon.

    The Phoenix

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hæbbe ic gefrugnen      þætte is feor heonan
    eastdælum on      æþelast londa,
    firum gefræge.      Nis se foldan sceat
    ofer middangeard      mongum gefere
    5
    folcagendra,      ac he afyrred is
    þurh meotudes meaht      manfremmendum.
    Wlitig is se wong eall,      wynnum geblissad
    mid þam fægrestum      foldan stencum.
    ænlic is þæt iglond,      æþele se wyrhta,
    10
    modig, meahtum spedig,      se þa moldan gesette.
    ær bi oft open      eadgum togeanes
    onhliden hleoþra wyn,      heofonrices duru.
    þæt is wynsum wong,      wealdas grene,
    rume under roderum.      Ne mæg þær ren ne snaw,
    15
    ne forstes fnæst,      ne fyres blæst,
    ne hægles hryre,      ne hrimes dryre,
    ne sunnan hætu,      ne sincaldu,
    ne wearm weder,      ne winterscur
    wihte gewyrdan,      ac se wong seoma
    20
    eadig ond onsund.      Is þæt æþele lond
    blostmum geblowen.      Beorgas þær ne muntas
    steape ne stonda,      ne stanclifu
    heah hlifia,      swa her mid us,
    ne dene ne dalu      ne dunscrafu,
    25
    hlæwas ne hlincas,      ne þær hleona oo
    unsmeþes wiht,      ac se æþela feld
    wrida under wolcnum,      wynnum geblowen.
    Is þæt torhte lond      twelfum herra,
    folde fæmrimes,      swa us gefreogum gleawe
    30
    witgan þurh wisdom      on gewritum cyþa,
    þonne ænig þara beorga      þe her beorhte mid us
    hea hlifia      under heofontunglum.
    Smylte is se sigewong;      sunbearo lixe,
    wuduholt wynlic.      Wæstmas ne dreosa,
    35
    beorhte blede,      ac þa beamas a
    grene stonda,      swa him god bibead.
    Wintres ond sumeres      wudu bi gelice
    bledum gehongen;      næfre brosnia
    leaf under lyfte,      ne him lig sceþe
    40
    æfre to ealdre,      ærþon edwenden
    worulde geweore.      Swa iu wætres þrym
    ealne middangeard      mereflod þeahte,
    eorþan ymbhwyrft,      þa se æþela wong,
    æghwæs onsund,      wi yfare
    45
    gehealden stod      hreora wæga,
    eadig, unwemme,      þurh est godes;
    bide swa geblowen      o bæles cyme,
    dryhtnes domes,      þonne dearæced,
    hæleþa heolstorcofan,      onhliden weorþa.
    50
    Nis þær on þam londe      lagenila,
    ne wop ne wracu,      weatacen nan,
    yldu ne yrmu      ne se enga dea,
    ne lifes lyre,      ne laþes cyme,
    ne synn ne sacu      ne sarwracu,
    55
    ne wædle gewin,      ne welan onsyn,
    ne sorg ne slæp      ne swar leger,
    ne wintergeweorp,      ne wedra gebregd,
    hreoh under heofonum,      ne se hearda forst,
    caldum cylegicelum,      cnyse ænigne.
    60
    þær ne hægl ne hrim      hreosa to foldan,
    ne windig wolcen,      ne þær wæter fealleþ,
    lyfte gebysgad,      ac þær lagustreamas,
    wundrum wrætlice,      wyllan onspringa
    fægrum flodwylmum.      Foldan leccaþ
    65
    wæter wynsumu      of þæs wuda midle;
    þa monþa gehwam      of þære moldan tyrf
    brimcald breca,      bearo ealne geondfara,
    þragum þrymlice.      Is þæt þeodnes gebod,
    þætte twelf siþum      þæt tirfæste
    70
    lond geondlace      lagufloda wynn.
    Sindon þa bearwas      bledum gehongne,
    wlitigum wæstmum,      þær no wania o,
    halge under heofonum,      holtes frætwe.
    Ne fealla þær on foldan      fealwe blostman,
    75
    wudubeama wlite,      ac þær wrætlice
    on þam treowum symle      telgan gehladene,
    ofett edniwe,      in ealle tid
    on þam græswonge      grene stondaþ,
    gehroden hyhtlice      haliges meahtum,
    80
    beorhtast bearwa.      No gebrocen weorþe
    holt on hiwe,      þær se halga stenc
    wunaþ geond wynlond;      þæt onwended ne bi
    æfre to ealdre,      ærþon endige
    frod fyrngeweorc      se hit on frymþe gescop.
    85
    one wudu weardaþ      wundrum fæger
    fugel feþrum strong,      se is fenix haten.
    þær se anhaga      eard bihealdeþ,
    deormod drohta;      næfre him deaþ sceþe
    on þam willwonge,      þenden woruld stondeþ.
    90
    Se sceal þære sunnan      si behealdan
    ond ongean cuman      godes condelle,
    glædum gimme,      georne bewitigan,
    hwonne up cyme      æþelast tungla
    ofer ymere      estan lixan,
    95
    fæder fyrngeweorc      frætwum blican,
    torht tacen godes.      Tungol beoþ ahyded,
    gewiten under waþeman      westdælas on,
    bideglad on dægred,      ond seo deorce niht
    won gewite;      þonne waþum strong
    100
    fugel feþrum wlonc      on firgenstream
    under lyft, ofer lagu      loca georne,
    hwonne up cyme      eastan glidan
    ofer sidne sæ      swegles leoma.
    Swa se æþela fugel      æt þam æspringe
    105
    wlitigfæst wuna      wyllestreamas,
    þær se tireadga      twelf siþum hine
    bibaþa in þam burnan      ær þæs beacnes cyme,
    sweglcondelle,      ond symle swa oft
    of þam wilsuman      wyllgespryngum
    110
    brimcald beorge      æt baa gehwylcum.
    Siþþan hine sylfne      æfter sundplegan
    heahmod hefe      on heanne beam,
    þonan yþast mæg      on eastwegum
    si bihealdan,      hwonne swegles tapur
    115
    ofer holmþræce      hædre blice,
    leohtes leoma.      Lond beo gefrætwad,
    woruld gewlitegad,      siþþan wuldres gim
    ofer geofones gong      grund gescineþ
    geond middangeard,      mærost tungla.
    120
    Sona swa seo sunne      sealte streamas
    hea oferhlifa,      swa se haswa fugel
    beorht of þæs bearwes      beame gewite,
    fare feþrum snell      flyhte on lyfte,
    swinsa ond singe      swegle togeanes.
    125
    onne bi swa fæger      fugles gebæru,
    onbryrded breostsefa,      blissum hremig;
    wrixle wocræfte      wundorlicor
    beorhtan reorde,      þonne æfre byre monnes
    hyrde under heofonum,      siþþan heahcyning,
    130
    wuldres wyrhta,      woruld staþelode,
    heofon ond eorþan.      Biþ þæs hleores sweg
    eallum songcræftum      swetra ond wlitigra
    ond wynsumra      wrenca gehwylcum.
    Ne magon þam breahtme      byman ne hornas,
    135
    ne hearpan hlyn,      ne hæleþa stefn
    ænges on eorþan,      ne organan,
    sweghleoþres geswin,      ne swanes fere,
    ne ænig þara dreama      þe dryhten gescop
    gumum to gliwe      in þas geomran woruld.
    140
    Singe swa ond swinsa      sælum geblissad,
    oþþæt seo sunne      on surodor
    sæged weorþe.      þonne swia he
    ond hlyst gefe,      heafde onbrygde,
    þrist, þonces gleaw,      ond þriwa ascæce
    145
    feþre flyhthwate;      fugol bi geswiged.
    Symle he twelf siþum      tida gemearca
    dæges ond nihtes.      Swa gedemed is
    bearwes bigengan,      þæt he þær brucan mot
    wonges mid willum,      ond welan neotan,
    150
    lifes ond lissa,      londes frætwa,
    oþþæt he þusende      þisses lifes,
    wudubearwes weard,      wintra gebideþ.
    onne bi gehefgad      haswigfera,
    gomol, gearum frod,      grene eoran
    155
    aflyh, fugla wyn,      foldan geblowene,
    ond þonne gesece      side rice
    middangeardes,      þær no men buga
    eard ond eþel.      þær he ealdordom
    onfeh foremihtig      ofer fugla cynn,
    160
    geþungen on þeode,      ond þrage mid him
    westen wearda.      þonne waþum strong
    west gewite      wintrum gebysgad
    fleogan feþrum snel.      Fuglas þringa
    utan ymbe æþelne;      æghwylc wille
    165
    wesan þegn ond þeow      þeodne mærum,
    oþþæt hy geseca      Syrwara lond
    corra mæste.      Him se clæna þær
    oscufe scearplice,      þæt he in scade wearda,
    on wudubearwe,      weste stowe,
    170
    biholene ond bihydde      hæleþa monegum.
    ær he heanne beam      on holtwuda
    wuna ond wearda,      wyrtum fæstne
    under heofunhrofe,      þone hata men
    Fenix on foldan,      of þæs fugles noman.
    175
    Hafa þam treowe forgiefen      tirmeahtig cyning,
    meotud moncynnes,      mine gefræge,
    þæt se ana is      ealra beama
    on eorwege      uplædendra
    beorhtast geblowen;      ne mæg him bitres wiht
    180
    scyldum scean,      ac gescylded a
    wuna ungewyrded,      þenden woruld stonde.
    onne wind lige,      weder bi fæger,
    hluttor heofones gim      halig scine,
    beo wolcen towegen,      wætra þryþe
    185
    stille stonda,      biþ storma gehwylc
    aswefed under swegle,      suþan blice
    wedercondel wearm,      weorodum lyhte,
    onne on þam telgum      timbran onginne,
    nest gearwian.      Bi him neod micel
    190
    þæt he þa yldu      ofestum mote
    þurh gewittes wylm      wendan to life,
    feorg geong onfon.      þonne feor ond neah
    þa swetestan      somna ond gædra
    wyrta wynsume      ond wudubleda
    195
    to þam eardstede,      æþelstenca gehwone,
    wyrta wynsumra,      þe wuldorcyning,
    fæder fryma gehwæs,      ofer foldan gescop
    to indryhtum      ælda cynne,
    swetes under swegle.      þær he sylf biere
    200
    in þæt treow innan      torhte frætwe;
    þær se wilda fugel      in þam westenne
    ofer heanne beam      hus getimbre,
    wlitig ond wynsum,      ond gewica þær
    sylf in þam solere,      ond ymbsete utan
    205
    in þam leafsceade      lic ond feþre
    on healfa gehware      halgum stencum
    ond þam æþelestum      eorþan bledum.
    Site siþes fus.      þonne swegles gim
    on sumeres tid,      sunne hatost,
    210
    ofer sceadu scine      ond gesceapu dreoge,
    woruld geondwlite,      þonne weore his
    hus onhæted      þurh hador swegl.
    Wyrta wearmia,      willsele styme
    swetum swæccum,      þonne on swole byrne
    215
    þurh fyres feng      fugel mid neste.
    Bæl bi onæled.      þonne brond þece
    heorodreorges hus,      hreoh onette,
    fealo lig feorma      ond fenix byrne,
    fyrngearum frod.      þonne fyr þige
    220
    lænne lichoman;      lif bi on sie,
    fæges feorhhord,      þonne flæsc ond ban
    adleg æle.      Hwæþre him eft cyme
    æfter fyrstmearce      feorh edniwe,
    siþþan þa yslan      eft onginna
    225
    æfter ligþræce      lucan togædre,
    geclungne to cleowenne.      þonne clæne bi
    beorhtast nesta,      bæle forgrunden
    heaþorofes hof;      hra bi acolad,
    banfæt gebrocen,      ond se bryne sweþra.
    230
    þonne of þam ade      æples gelicnes
    on þære ascan bi      eft gemeted,
    of þam weaxe wyrm,      wundrum fæger,
    swylce he of ægerum      ut alæde,
    scir of scylle.      þonne on sceade weaxe,
    235
    þæt he ærest bi      swylce earnes brid,
    fæger fugeltimber;      onne furþor gin
    wrida on wynnum,      þæt he bi wæstmum gelic
    ealdum earne,      and æfter þon
    feþrum gefrætwad,      swylc he æt fryme wæs,
    240
    beorht geblowen.      þonne bræd weorþe
    eal edniwe      eft acenned,
    synnum asundrad,      sumes onlice
    swa mon to ondleofne      eoran wæstmas
    on hærfeste      ham gelæde,
    245
    wiste wynsume,      ær wintres cyme,
    on rypes timan,      þy læs hi renes scur
    awyrde under wolcnum;      þær hi wrae meta,
    fodorþege gefean,      þonne forst ond snaw
    mid ofermægne      eorþan þecca
    250
    wintergewædum.      Of þam wæstmum sceal
    eorla eadwela      eft alædan
    þurh cornes gecynd,      þe ær clæne bi
    sæd onsawen.      þonne sunnan glæm
    on lenctenne,      lifes tacen,
    255
    wece woruldgestreon,      þæt þa wæstmas beo
    þurh agne gecynd      eft acende,
    foldan frætwe.      Swa se fugel weorþe,
    gomel æfter gearum,      geong edniwe,
    flæsce bifongen.      No he foddor þige,
    260
    mete on moldan,      nemne meledeawes
    dæl gebyrge,      se dreose oft
    æt middre nihte;      bi þon se modga his
    feorh afede,      oþþæt fyrngesetu,
    agenne eard,      eft gesece.
    265
    þonne bi aweaxen      wyrtum in gemonge
    fugel feþrum deal;      feorh bi niwe,
    geong, geofona ful,      þonne he of greote his
    lic leoþucræftig,      þæt ær lig fornom,
    somna, swoles lafe,      searwum gegædra
    270
    ban gebrosnad,      æfter bælþræce,
    ond þonne gebringe      ban ond yslan,
    ades lafe,      eft ætsomne,
    ond þonne þæt wælreaf      wyrtum bitelde,
    fægre gefrætwed.      onne afysed bi
    275
    agenne eard      eft to secan.
    þonne fotum ymbfeh      fyres lafe,
    clam biclyppe,      ond his cyþþu eft,
    sunbeorht gesetu,      sece on wynnum,
    eadig eþellond.      Eall bi geniwad
    280
    feorh ond feþerhoma,      swa he æt frymþe wæs,
    þa hine ærest god      on þone æþelan wong
    sigorfæst sette.      He his sylfes þær
    ban gebringe,      þa ær brondes wylm
    on beorhstede      bæle forþylmde,
    285
    ascan to eacan.      þonne eal geador
    bebyrge beaducræftig      ban ond yslan
    on þam ealonde.      Bi him edniwe
    þære sunnan segn,      þonne swegles leoht,
    gimma gladost,      ofer garsecg up,
    290
    æþeltungla wyn,      eastan lixe.
    Is se fugel fæger      forweard hiwe,
    bleobrygdum fag      ymb þa breost foran.
    Is him þæt heafod      hindan grene,
    wrætlice wrixled,      wurman geblonden.
    295
    þonne is se finta      fægre gedæled,
    sum brun, sum basu,      sum blacum splottum
    searolice beseted.      Sindon þa fiþru
    hwit hindanweard,      ond se hals grene
    nioþoweard ond ufeweard,      ond þæt nebb lixe
    300
    swa glæs oþþe gim,      geaflas scyne
    innan ond utan.      Is seo eaggebyrd
    stearc ond hiwe      stane gelicast,
    gladum gimme,      þonne in goldfate
    smiþa orþoncum      biseted weorþe.
    305
    Is ymb þone sweoran,      swylce sunnan hring,
    beaga beorhtast      brogden ferum.
    Wrætlic is seo womb neoþan,      wundrum fæger,
    scir ond scyne.      Is se scyld ufan
    frætwum gefeged      ofer þæs fugles bæc.
    310
    Sindon þa scancan      scyllum biweaxen,
    fealwe fotas.      Se fugel is on hiwe
    æghwæs ænlic,      onlicost pean,
    wynnum geweaxen,      þæs gewritu secga.
    Nis he hinderweard,      ne hygegælsa,
    315
    swar ne swongor,      swa sume fuglas,
    þa þe late þurh lyft      laca fiþrum,
    ac he is snel ond swift      ond swiþe leoht,
    wlitig ond wynsum,      wuldre gemearcad.
    Ece is se æþeling      se þe him þæt ead gefe!
    320
    þonne he gewite      wongas secan,
    his ealdne eard,      of þisse eþeltyrf.
    Swa se fugel fleoge,      folcum oeawe
    mongum monna      geond middangeard,
    þonne somnia      suþan ond norþan,
    325
    eastan ond westan,      eoredciestum,
    fara feorran ond nean      folca þryþum
    þær hi sceawiaþ      scyppendes giefe
    fægre on þam fugle,      swa him æt fruman sette
    sigora socyning      sellicran gecynd,
    330
    frætwe fægerran      ofer fugla cyn.
    onne wundria      weras ofer eorþan
    wlite ond wæstma,      ond gewritum cyþa,
    mundum mearcia      on marmstane,
    hwonne se dæg ond seo tid      dryhtum geeawe
    335
    frætwe flyhthwates.      onne fugla cynn
    on healfa gehwone      heapum þringa,
    siga sidwegum,      songe lofia,
    mæra modigne      meaglum reordum,
    ond swa þone halgan      hringe betelda
    340
    flyhte on lyfte;      fenix biþ on middum,
    þreatum biþrungen.      þeoda wlita,
    wundrum wafia,      hu seo wilgedryht
    wildne weorþia,      worn æfter oþrum,
    cræftum cyþa      ond for cyning mæra
    345
    leofne leodfruman,      læda mid wynnum
    æþelne to earde,      oþþæt se anhoga
    ofleoge, feþrum snel,      þæt him gefylgan ne mæg
    drymendra gedryht,      þonne dugua wyn
    of þisse eorþan tyrf      eþel sece.
    350
    Swa se gesæliga      æfter swylthwile
    his ealdcyþe      eft geneosa,
    fægre foldan.      Fugelas cyrra
    from þam gufrecan      geomormode
    eft to earde.      þonne se æþeling bi
    355
    giong in geardum.      God ana wat,
    cyning ælmihtig,      hu his gecynde bi,
    wifhades þe weres;      þæt ne wat ænig
    monna cynnes,      butan meotod ana,
    hu þa wisan sind      wundorlice,
    360
    fæger fyrngesceap,      ymb þæs fugles gebyrd.
    þær se eadga mot      eardes neotan,
    wyllestreama      wuduholtum in,
    wunian in wonge,      oþþæt wintra bi
    þusend urnen.      þonne him weorþe
    365
    ende lifes;      hine ad þece
    þurh æledfyr.      Hwæþre eft cyme
    aweaht wrætlice      wundrum to life.
    Forþon he drusende      dea ne bisorga,
    sare swyltcwale,      þe him symle wat
    370
    æfter ligþræce      lif edniwe,
    feorh æfter fylle,      þonne fromlice
    þurh briddes had      gebreadad weore
    eft of ascan,      edgeong wese
    under swegles hleo.      Bi him self gehwæer
    375
    sunu ond swæs fæder,      ond symle eac
    eft yrfeweard      ealdre lafe.
    Forgeaf him se meahta      moncynnes fruma
    þæt he swa wrætlice      weorþan sceolde
    eft þæt ilce      þæt he ær þon wæs,
    380
    feþrum bifongen,      þeah hine fyr nime.
    Swa þæt ece lif      eadigra gehwylc
    æfter sarwræce      sylf geceose
    þurh deorcne dea,      þæt he dryhtnes mot
    æfter geardagum      geofona neotan
    385
    on sindreamum,      ond siþþan a
    wunian in wuldre      weorca to leane.
    þisses fugles gecynd      fela gelices
    bi þam gecornum      Cristes þegnum
    beacna in burgum,      hu hi beorhtne gefean
    390
    þurh fæder fultum      on þas frecnan tid
    healdaþ under heofonum,      ond him heanne blæd
    in þam uplican      ele gestrynaþ.
    Habbaþ we geascad      þæt se ælmihtiga
    worhte wer ond wif      þurh his wundra sped,
    395
    ond hi þa gesette      on þone selestan
    foldan sceata,      þone fira bearn
    nemna neorxnawong,      þær him nænges wæs
    eades onsyn,      þenden eces word,
    halges hleoþorcwide,      healdan woldan
    400
    on þam niwan gefean.      þær him niþ gescod,
    ealdfeondes æfest,      se him æt gebead,
    beames blede,      þæt hi bu þegun
    æppel unrædum      ofer est godes,
    byrgdon forbodene.      þær him bitter wear
    405
    yrmþu æfter æte      ond hyra eaferum swa,
    sarlic symbel      sunum ond dohtrum.
    Wurdon teonlice      toþas idge
    ageald æfter gylte.      Hæfdon godes yrre,
    bittre bealosorge.      þæs þa byre siþþan
    410
    gyrne onguldon,      þe hi þæt gyfl þegun
    ofer eces word.      Forþon hy eles wyn
    geomormode      ofgiefan sceoldon
    þurh nædran niþ,      þa heo nearwe biswac
    yldran usse      in ærdagum
    415
    þurh fæcne fer,      þæt hi feor þonan
    in þas deadene      drohta sohton,
    sorgfulran gesetu.      Him wear selle lif
    heolstre bihyded,      ond se halga wong
    þurh feondes searo      fæste bityned
    420
    wintra mengu,      oþþæt wuldorcyning
    þurh his hidercyme      halgum togeanes,
    moncynnes gefea,      meþra frefrend,
    ond se anga hyht,      eft ontynde.
    Is þon gelicast,      þæs þe us leorneras
    425
    wordum secga,      ond writu cyþa,
    þisses fugles gefær,      þonne frod ofgiefe
    eard ond eþel,      ond geealdad bi.
    Gewite werigmod,      wintrum gebysgad,
    þær he holtes hleo      heah gemete,
    430
    in þam he getimbre      tanum ond wyrtum
    þam æþelestum      eardwic niwe,
    nest on bearwe.      Bi him neod micel
    þæt he feorhgeong eft      onfon mote
    þurh liges blæst      lif æfter deaþe,
    435
    edgeong wesan,      ond his ealdcyþu,
    sunbeorht gesetu,      secan mote
    æfter fyrbae.      Swa a foregengan,
    yldran usse,      anforleton
    þone wlitigan wong      ond wuldres setl,
    440
    leoflic on laste,      tugon longne si
    in hearmra hond,      þær him hettende,
    earme aglæcan,      oft gescodan.
    Wæron hwæþre monge,      þa þe meotude wel
    gehyrdun under heofonum      halgum eawum,
    445
    dædum domlicum,      þæt him dryhten wear,
    heofona heahcyning,      hold on mode.
    æt is se hea beam      in þam halge nu
    wic weardia,      þær him wihte ne mæg
    ealdfeonda nan      atre sceþþan,
    450
    facnes tacne,      on þas frecnan tid.
    þær him nest wyrce      wi niþa gehwam
    dædum domlicum      dryhtnes cempa,
    þonne he ælmessan      earmum dæle,
    dugeþa leasum,      ond him dryhten gecyg,
    455
    fæder on fultum,      for onette,
    lænan lifes      leahtras dwæsceþ,
    mirce mandæde,      healde meotudes æ
    beald in breostum,      ond gebedu sece
    clænum gehygdum,      ond his cneo bige
    460
    æþele to eorþan,      flyh yfla gehwylc,
    grimme gieltas,      for godes egsan,
    glædmod gyrne      þæt he godra mæst
    dæda gefremme;      þam biþ dryhten scyld
    in siþa gehwane,      sigora waldend,
    465
    weoruda wilgiefa.      þis þa wyrta sind,
    wæstma blede,      þa se wilda fugel
    somna under swegle      side ond wide
    to his wicstowe,      þær he wundrum fæst
    wi niþa gehwam      nest gewyrce.
    470
    Swa nu in þam wicum      willan fremma
    mode ond mægne      meotudes cempan,
    mæra tilga;      þæs him meorde wile
    ece ælmihtig      eadge forgildan.
    Beo him of þam wyrtum      wic gestaþelad
    475
    in wuldres byrig      weorca to leane,
    þæs þe hi geheoldan      halge lare
    hate æt heortan,      hige weallende
    dæges ond nihtes      dryhten lufia,
    leohte geleafan      leofne ceosa
    480
    ofer woruldwelan;      ne biþ him wynne hyht
    þæt hy þis læne lif      long gewunien.
    þus eadig eorl      ecan dreames,
    heofona hames      mid heahcyning
    earna on elne,      oþþæt ende cyme
    485
    dogorrimes,      þonne dea nime,
    wiga wælgifre,      wæpnum geþryþed,
    ealdor anra gehwæs,      ond in eorþan fæm
    snude sende      sawlum binumene
    læne lichoman,      þær hi longe beo
    490
    o fyres cyme      foldan biþeahte.
    onne monge beo      on gemot læded
    fyra cynnes;      wile fæder engla,
    sigora socyning,      seonoþ gehegan,
    dugua dryhten,      deman mid ryhte.
    495
    þonne æriste      ealle gefremmaþ
    men on moldan,      swa se mihtiga cyning
    beode, brego engla,      byman stefne
    ofer sidne grund,      sawla nergend.
    Bi se deorca dea      dryhtnes meahtum
    500
    eadgum geendad.      æele hweorfa,
    þreatum þringa,      þonne þeos woruld,
    scyldwyrcende,      in scome byrne,
    ade onæled.      Weorþe anra gehwylc
    forht on ferþþe,      þonne fyr brice
    505
    læne londwelan,      lig eal þige
    eoran æhtgestreon,      æpplede gold
    gifre forgripe,      grædig swelge
    londes frætwe.      þonne on leoht cyme
    ældum þisses      in þa openan tid
    510
    fæger ond gefealic      fugles tacen,
    þonne anwald eal      up astelle
    of byrgenum,      ban gegædra,
    leomu lic somod,      ond lifes gæst,
    fore Cristes cneo.      Cyning þrymlice
    515
    of his heahsetle      halgum scine,
    wlitig wuldres gim.      Wel biþ þam þe mot
    in þa geomran tid      gode lician.
    ær þa lichoman,      leahtra clæne,
    gonga glædmode,      gæstas hweorfa
    520
    in banfatu,      þonne bryne stige
    heah to heofonum.      Hat bi monegum
    egeslic æled,      þonne anra gehwylc,
    sofæst ge synnig,      sawel mid lice,
    from moldgrafum      sece meotudes dom,
    525
    forhtafæred.      Fyr bi on tihte,
    æle uncyste.      þær þa eadgan beo
    æfter wræchwile      weorcum bifongen,
    agnum dædum.      þæt þa æþelan sind
    wyrta wynsume,      mid þam se wilda fugel
    530
    his sylfes nest      bisete utan,
    þæt hit færinga      fyre byrne,
    forswele under sunnan,      ond he sylfa mid,
    ond þonne æfter lige      lif eft onfeh
    edniwinga.      Swa bi anra gehwylc
    535
    flæsce bifongen      fira cynnes,
    ænlic ond edgeong,      se þe his agnum her
    willum gewyrce      þæt him wuldorcyning
    meahtig æt þam mæþle      milde geweorþe.
    þonne hleoþria      halge gæstas,
    540
    sawla sofæste,      song ahebba,
    clæne ond gecorene,      herga cyninges þrym,
    stefn æfter stefne,      stiga to wuldre
    wlitige gewyrtad      mid hyra weldædum.
    Beo þonne amerede      monna gæstas,
    545
    beorhte abywde      þurh bryne fyres.
    Ne wene þæs ænig      ælda cynnes
    þæt ic lygewordum      leo somnige,
    write wocræfte.      Gehyra witedom
    Iobes gieddinga.      þurh gæstes blæd
    550
    breostum onbryrded,      beald reordade,
    wuldre geweorad;      he þæt word gecwæ:
    "Ic þæt ne forhycge      heortan geþoncum,
    þæt ic in minum neste      neobed ceose,
    hæle hrawerig,      gewite hean þonan
    555
    on longne si,      lame bitolden,
    geomor gudæda,      in greotes fæm,
    ond þonne æfter deaþe      þurh dryhtnes giefe
    swa se fugel fenix      feorh edniwe
    æfter æriste      agan mote,
    560
    dreamas mid dryhten,      þær seo deore scolu
    leofne lofia.      Ic þæs lifes ne mæg
    æfre to ealdre      ende gebidan,
    leohtes ond lissa.      þeah min lic scyle
    on moldærne      molsnad weorþan
    565
    wyrmum to willan,      swa þeah weoruda god
    æfter swylthwile      sawle alyse
    ond in wuldor awece.      Me þæs wen næfre
    forbirste in breostum,      e ic in brego engla
    forweardne gefean      fæste hæbbe."
    570
    us frod guma      on fyrndagum
    gieddade gleawmod,      godes spelboda,
    ymb his æriste      in ece lif,
    þæt we þy geornor      ongietan meahten
    tirfæst tacen      þæt se torhta fugel
    575
    þurh bryne beacna.      Bana lafe,
    ascan ond yslan,      ealle gesomna
    æfter ligbryne,      lædeþ siþþan
    fugel on fotum      to frean geardum,
    sunnan togeanes.      þær hi siþþan for
    580
    wunia wintra fela,      wæstmum geniwad,
    ealles edgiong,      þær ænig ne mæg
    in þam leodscype      læþþum hwopan.
    Swa nu æfter deae      þurh dryhtnes miht
    somod siþiaþ      sawla mid lice,
    585
    fægre gefrætwed,      fugle gelicast,
    in eadwelum      æþelum stencum,
    þær seo soþfæste      sunne lihte
    wlitig ofer weoredum      in wuldres byrig.
    onne sofæstum      sawlum scine
    590
    heah ofer hrofas      hælende Crist.
    Him folgia      fuglas scyne,
    beorhte gebredade,      blissum hremige,
    in þam gladan ham,      gæstas gecorene,
    ece to ealdre.      þær him yfle ne mæg
    595
    fah feond gemah      facne sceþþan,
    ac þær lifga a      leohte werede,
    swa se fugel fenix,      in freoþu dryhtnes,
    wlitige in wuldre.      Weorc anra gehwæs
    beorhte blice      in þam bliþan ham
    600
    fore onsyne      ecan dryhtnes,
    symle in sibbe,      sunnan gelice.
    þær se beorhta beag,      brogden wundrum
    eorcnanstanum,      eadigra gehwam
    hlifa ofer heafde.      Heafelan lixa,
    605
    þrymme biþeahte.      eodnes cynegold
    sofæstra gehwone      sellic glenge
    leohte in life,      þær se longa gefea,
    ece ond edgeong,      æfre ne sweþra,
    ac hy in wlite wunia,      wuldre bitolden
    610
    fægrum frætwum,      mid fæder engla.
    Ne bi him on þam wicum      wiht to sorge,
    wroht ne weþel      ne gewindagas,
    hungor se hata      ne se hearda þurst,
    yrmþu ne yldo.      Him se æþela cyning
    615
    forgife goda gehwylc.      þær gæsta gedryht
    hælend herga      ond heofoncyninges
    meahte mærsia,      singa metude lof.
    Swinsa sibgedryht      swega mæste
    hædre ymb þæt halge      heahseld godes,
    620
    bliþe bletsia      bregu selestan
    eadge mid englum,      efenhleoþre þus:
    "Sib si þe, so god,      ond snyttrucræft,
    ond þe þonc sy      þrymsittendum
    geongra gyfena,      goda gehwylces.
    625
    Micel, unmæte      mægnes strengu,
    heah ond halig!      Heofonas sindon
    fægre gefylled,      fæder ælmihtig,
    ealra þrymma þrym,      þines wuldres,
    uppe mid englum      ond on eoran somod.
    630
    Gefreoþa usic, frymþa scyppend!      þu eart fæder ælmihtig
    in heannesse,      heofuna waldend."
    us reordia      ryhtfremmende,
    manes amerede,      in þære mæran byrig;
    cyneþrym cyþa,      caseres lof
    635
    singa on swegle      sofæstra gedryht,
    þam anum is      ece weormynd
    for butan ende.      Næs his frym æfre,
    eades ongyn.      þeah he on eorþan her
    þurh cildes had      cenned wære
    640
    in middangeard,      hwæþre his meahta sped
    heah ofer heofonum      halig wunade,
    dom unbryce.      þeah he deaþes cwealm
    on rode treow      ræfnan sceolde,
    þearlic wite,      he þy þriddan dæge
    645
    æfter lices hryre      lif eft onfeng
    þurh fæder fultum.      Swa fenix beacna,
    geong in geardum,      godbearnes meaht,
    þonne he of ascan      eft onwæcne
    in lifes lif,      leomum geþungen.
    650
    Swa se hælend us      helpe gefremede
    þurh his lices gedal,      lif butan ende,
    swa se fugel swetum      his fiþru tu
    ond wynsumum      wyrtum gefylle,
    fægrum foldwæstmum,      þonne afysed bi.
    655
    þæt sindon þa word,      swa us gewritu secga,
    hleoþor haligra,      þe him to heofonum bi,
    to þam mildan gode,      mod afysed
    in dreama dream,      þær hi dryhtne to giefe
    worda ond weorca      wynsumne stenc
    660
    in þa mæran gesceaft      meotude bringa,
    in þæt leohte lif.      Sy him lof symle
    þurh woruld worulda,      ond wuldres blæd,
    ar ond onwald,      in þam uplican
    rodera rice.      He is on ryht cyning
    665
    middangeardes      ond mægenþrymmes,
    wuldre biwunden      in þære wlitigan byrig.
    Hafa us alyfed      lucis auctor
    þæt we motun her      merueri,
    goddædum begietan      gaudia in celo,
    670
    þær we motun      maxima regna
    secan ond gesittan      sedibus altis,
    lifgan in lisse      lucis et pacis,
    agan eardinga      almæ letitie,
    brucan blæddaga,      blandem et mitem
    675
    geseon sigora frean      sine fine,
    ond him lof singan      laude perenne,
    eadge mid englum.      Alleluia.

    Juliana

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt! We æt hyrdon         hæle eahtian,
    deman dædhwate,         þætte in dagum gelamp
    Maximianes,         se geond middangeard,
    arleas cyning,         eahtnysse ahof,
    5
    cwealde cristne men,         circan fylde,
    geat on græswong         godhergendra,
    hæþen hildfruma,         haligra blod,
    ryhtfremmendra.         Wæs his rice brad,
    wid ond weorlic         ofer werþeode,
    10
    lytesna ofer ealne         yrmenne grund.
    Foron æfter burgum,         swa he biboden hæfde,
    þegnas þryfulle.         Oft hi þræce rærdon,
    dædum gedwolene,         þa þe dryhtnes æ
    feodon þurh firencræft.         Feondscype rærdon,
    15
    hofon hæþengield,         halge cwelmdon,
    breotun boccræftge,         bærndon gecorene,
    gæston godes cempan         gare ond lige.
    Sum wæs æhtwelig         æþeles cynnes
    rice gerefa.         Rondburgum weold,
    20
    eard weardade         oftast symle
    in þære ceastre         Commedia,
    heold hordgestreon.         Oft he hæþengield
    ofer word godes,         weoh gesohte
    neode geneahhe.         Wæs him noma cenned
    25
    Heliseus,         hæfde ealdordom
    micelne ond mærne.         a his mod ongon
    fæmnan lufian,         (hine fyrwet bræc),
    Iulianan.         Hio in gæste bær
    halge treowe,         hogde georne
    30
    þæt hire mæghad         mana gehwylces
    fore Cristes lufan         clæne geheolde.
    a wæs sio fæmne         mid hyre fæder willan
    welegum biweddad;         wyrd ne ful cuþe,
    freondrædenne         hu heo from hogde,
    35
    geong on gæste.         Hire wæs godes egsa
    mara in gemyndum,         þonne eall þæt maþþumgesteald
    þe in þæs æþelinges         æhtum wunade.
    þa wæs se weliga         þæra wifgifta,
    goldspedig guma,         georn on mode,
    40
    þæt him mon fromlicast         fæmnan gegyrede,
    bryd to bolde.         Heo þæs beornes lufan
    fæste wihogde,         þeah þe feohgestreon
    under hordlocan,         hyrsta unrim
    æhte ofer eorþan.         Heo þæt eal forseah,
    45
    ond þæt word acwæ         on wera mengu:
    "Ic þe mæg gesecgan         þæt þu þec sylfne ne þearft
    swiþor swencan.         Gif þu sone god
    lufast ond gelyfest,         ond his lof rærest,
    ongietest gæsta hleo,         ic beo gearo sona
    50
    unwaclice         willan þines.
    Swylce ic þe secge,         gif þu to sæmran gode
    þurh deofolgield         dæde biþencest,
    hæts hæþenweoh,         ne meaht þu habban mec,
    ne geþreatian         þe to gesingan.
    55
    Næfre þu þæs swilic         sar gegearwast
    þurh hæstne ni         heardra wita,
    þæt þu mec onwende         worda þissa."
    a se æþeling wear         yrre gebolgen,
    firendædum fah,         gehyrde þære fæmnan word,
    60
    het a gefetigan         ferend snelle,
    hreoh ond hygeblind,         haligre fæder,
    recene to rune.         Reord up astag,
    siþþan hy togædre         garas hlændon,
    hildeþremman.         Hæne wæron begen
    65
    synnum seoce,         sweor ond aþum.
    a reordode         rices hyrde
    wi þære fæmnan fæder         frecne mode,
    darahæbbende:         "Me þin dohtor hafa
    geywed orwyru.         Heo me on an saga
    70
    þæt heo mæglufan         minre ne gyme,
    freondrædenne.         Me þa fraceu sind
    on modsefan         mæste weorce,
    þæt heo mec swa torne         tæle gerahte
    fore þissum folce,         het me fremdne god,
    75
    ofer þa oþre         þe we ær cuþon,
    welum weorþian,         wordum lofian,
    on hyge hergan,         oþþe hi nabban."
    Geswearc þa swifer         sweor æfter worde,
    þære fæmnan fæder,         ferlocan onspeon:
    80
    "Ic þæt geswerge         þurh so godu,
    swa ic are æt him         æfre finde,
    oþþe, þeoden, æt þe         þine hyldu
    winburgum in,         gif þas word sind soþ,
    monna leofast,         þe þu me sagast,
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    þæt ic hy ne sparige,         ac on spild giefe,
    þeoden mæra,         þe to gewealde.
    Dem þu hi to deaþe,         gif þe gedafen þince,
    swa to life læt,         swa þe leofre sy."
    Eode þa fromlice         fæmnan to spræce,
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    anræd ond yreþweorg,         yrre gebolgen,
    þær he glædmode         geonge wiste
    wic weardian.         He þa worde cwæ:
    "u eart dohtor min         seo dyreste
    ond seo sweteste         in sefan minum,
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    ange for eorþan,         minra eagna leoht,
    Iuliana!         þu on geaþe hafast
    þurh þin orlegu         unbiþyrfe
    ofer witena dom         wisan gefongen.
    Wisæcest þu to swiþe         sylfre rædes
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    þinum brydguman,         se is betra þonne þu,
    æþelra for eorþan,         æhtspedigra
    feohgestreona.         He is to freonde god.
    Forþon is þæs wyrþe,         þæt þu þæs weres frige,
    ece eadlufan,         an ne forlæte."
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    Him þa seo eadge         ageaf ondsware,
    Iuliana         (hio to gode hæfde
    freondrædenne         fæste gestaþelad):
    "Næfre ic þæs þeodnes         þafian wille
    mægrædenne,         nemne he mægna god
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    geornor bigonge         þonne he gen dyde,
    lufige mid lacum         þone þe leoht gescop,
    heofon ond eoran         ond holma bigong,
    eodera ymbhwyrft.         Ne mæg he elles mec
    bringan to bolde.         He þa brydlufan
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    sceal to oþerre         æhtgestealdum
    idese secan;         nafa he ænige her."
    Hyre þa þurh yrre         ageaf ondsware
    fæder feondlice,         nales frætwe onheht:
    "Ic þæt gefremme,         gif min feorh leofa
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    gif þu unrædes         ær ne geswicest,
    ond þu fremdu godu         for bigongest
    ond þa forlætest         þe us leofran sind,
    þe þissum folce         to freme stonda,
    þæt þu ungeara         ealdre scyldig
    125
    þurh deora gripe         deaþe sweltest,
    gif þu geþafian nelt         þingrædenne,
    modges gemanan.         Micel is þæt ongin
    ond þreaniedlic         þinre gelican,
    þæt þu forhycge         hlaford urne."
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    Him þa seo eadge         ageaf ondsware,
    gleaw ond gode leof,         Iuliana:
    "Ic þe to soe         secgan wille,
    bi me lifgendre         nelle ic lyge fremman.
    Næfre ic me ondræde         domas þine,
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    ne me weorce sind         witebrogan,
    hildewoman,         þe þu hæstlice
    manfremmende         to me beotast,
    ne þu næfre gedest         þurh gedwolan þinne
    þæt þu mec acyrre         from Cristes lofe."
    140
    a wæs ellenwod,         yrre ond reþe,
    frecne ond fergrim,         fæder wi dehter.
    Het hi þa swingan,         susle þreagan,
    witum wægan,         ond þæt word acwæ:
    "Onwend þec in gewitte,         ond þa word oncyr
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    þe þu unsnyttrum         ær gespræce,
    þa þu goda ussa         gield forhogdest."
    Him seo unforhte         ageaf ondsware
    þurh gæstgehygd,         Iuliana:
    "Næfre þu gelærest         þæt ic leasingum,
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    dumbum ond deafum         deofolgieldum,
    gæsta genilum         gaful onhate,
    þam wyrrestum         wites þegnum,
    ac ic weorige         wuldres ealdor
    middangeardes         ond mægenþrymmes,
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    ond him anum to         eal biþence,
    þæt he mundbora         min geweorþe,
    helpend ond hælend         wi hellsceaþum."
    Hy þa þurh yrre         Affricanus,
    fæder fæmnan ageaf         on feonda geweald
    160
    Heliseo.         He in æringe
    gelædan het         æfter leohtes cyme
    to his domsetle.         Dugu wafade
    on þære fæmnan wlite,         folc eal geador.
    Hy þa se æeling         ærest grette,
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    hire brydguma,         bliþum wordum:
    "Min se swetesta         sunnan scima,
    Iuliana!         Hwæt, þu glæm hafast,
    ginfæste giefe,         geoguhades blæd!
    Gif þu godum ussum         gen gecwemest,
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    ond þe to swa mildum         mundbyrd secest,
    hyldo to halgum,         beo þe ahylded fram
    wraþe geworhtra         wita unrim,
    grimra gyrna,         þe þe gegearwad sind,
    gif þu onsecgan nelt         soþum gieldum."
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    Him seo æþele mæg         ageaf ondsware:
    "Næfre þu geþreatast         þinum beotum,
    ne wita þæs fela         wrara gegearwast,
    þæt ic þeodscype         þinne lufie,
    buton þu forlæte         þa leasinga,
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    weohweoringa,         ond wuldres god
    ongyte gleawlice,         gæsta scyppend,
    meotud moncynnes,         in þæs meahtum sind
    a butan ende         ealle gesceafta."
    a for þam folce         frecne mode
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    beotwordum spræc,         bealg hine swiþe
    folcagende,         ond þa fæmnan het
    þurh niwræce         nacode þennan,
    ond mid sweopum swingan         synna lease.
    Ahlog þa se hererinc,         hospwordum spræc:
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    "þis is ealdordom         uncres gewynnes
    on fruman gefongen!         Gen ic feores þe
    unnan wille,         þeah þu ær fela
    unwærlicra         worda gespræce,
    onsoce to swie         þæt þu so godu
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    lufian wolde.         þe þa lean sceolan
    wiþerhycgendre,         witebrogan,
    æfter weorþan,         butan þu ær wiþ hi
    geþingige,         ond him þoncwyrþe
    æfter leahtorcwidum         lac onsecge,
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    sibbe gesette.         Læt þa sace restan,
    la leodgewin.         Gif þu leng ofer þis
    þurh þin dolwillen         gedwolan fylgest,
    þonne ic nyde sceal         niþa gebæded
    on þære grimmestan         godscyld wrecan,
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    torne teoncwide,         þe þu tælnissum
    wiþ þa selestan         sacan ongunne,
    ond þa mildestan         þara þe men witen,
    þe þes leodscype mid him         longe bieode."
    Him þæt æþele mod         unforht oncwæ:
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    "Ne ondræde ic me         domas þine,
    awyrged womsceaa,         ne þinra wita bealo.
    Hæbbe ic me to hyhte         heofonrices weard,
    mildne mundboran,         mægna waldend,
    se mec gescylde         wi þinum scinlace
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    of gromra gripe,         þe þu to godum tiohhast.
    a sind geasne         goda gehwylces,
    idle, orfeorme,         unbiþyrfe,
    ne þær freme mete         fira ænig
    soe sibbe,         þeah þe sece to him
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    freondrædenne.         He ne finde þær
    duguþe mid deoflum.         Ic to dryhtne min
    mod staþelige,         se ofer mægna gehwylc
    walde wideferh,         wuldres agend,
    sigora gehwylces.         þæt is so cyning."
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    a þam folctogan         fraculic þuhte
    þæt he ne meahte         mod oncyrran,
    fæmnan foreþonc.         He bi feaxe het
    ahon ond ahebban         on heanne beam,
    þær seo sunsciene         slege þrowade,
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    sace singrimme,         siex tida dæges,
    ond he ædre het         eft asettan,
    lagenila,         ond gelædan bibead
    to carcerne.         Hyre wæs Cristes lof
    in ferlocan         fæste biwunden,
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    milde modsefan,         mægen unbrice.
    a wæs mid clustre         carcernes duru
    behliden, homra geweorc.         Halig þær inne
    wærfæst wunade.         Symle heo wuldorcyning
    herede æt heortan,         heofonrices god,
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    in þam nydclafan,         nergend fira,
    heolstre bihelmad.         Hyre wæs halig gæst
    singal gesi.         a cwom semninga
    in þæt hlinræced         hælea gewinna,
    yfeles ondwis.         Hæfde engles hiw,
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    gleaw gyrnstafa         gæstgenila,
    helle hæftling,         to þære halgan spræc:
    "Hwæt dreogest þu,         seo dyreste
    ond seo weorþeste         wuldorcyninge,
    dryhtne ussum?         e þes dema hafa
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    þa wyrrestan         witu gegearwad,
    sar endeleas,         gif þu onsecgan nelt,
    gleawhycgende,         ond his godum cweman.
    Wes þu on ofeste,         swa he þec ut heonan
    lædan hate,         þæt þu lac hraþe
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    onsecge sigortifre,         ær þec swylt nime,
    dea fore dugue.         þy þu þæs deman scealt,
    eadhreig mæg,         yrre gedygan."
    Frægn þa fromlice,         seo þe forht ne wæs,
    Criste gecweme,         hwonan his cyme wære.
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    Hyre se wræcmæcga         wi þingade:
    "Ic eom engel godes         ufan siþende,
    þegn geþungen,         ond to þe sended,
    halig of heahþu.         þe sind heardlicu,
    wundrum wælgrim,         witu geteohhad
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    to gringwræce.         Het þe god beodan,
    bearn waldendes,         þæt þe burge þa."
    a wæs seo fæmne         for þam færspelle
    egsan geaclad,         þe hyre se aglæca,
    wuldres wiþerbreca,         wordum sægde.
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    Ongan þa fæstlice         fer staþelian,
    geong grondorleas,         to gode cleopian
    "Nu ic þec, beorna hleo,         biddan wille
    ece ælmihtig,         þurh þæt æþele gesceap
    þe þu, fæder engla,         æt fruman settest,
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    þæt þu me ne læte         of lofe hweorfan
    þinre eadgife,         swa me þes ar boda
    frecne færspel,         þe me fore stonde.
    Swa ic þe, bilwitne,         biddan wille
    þæt þu me gecye,         cyninga wuldor,
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    þrymmes hyrde,         hwæt þes þegn sy,
    lyftlacende,         þe mec lære from þe
    on stearcne weg."         Hyre stefn oncwæ
    wlitig of wolcnum,         word hleoþrade:
    "Forfoh þone frætgan         ond fæste geheald,
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    oþþæt he his sifæt         secge mid ryhte,
    ealne from orde,         hwæt his æþelu syn."
    a wæs þære fæmnan         fer geblissad,
    domeadigre.         Heo þæt deofol genom
    ...... "ealra cyninga cyning         to cwale syllan.
    290
    a gen ic gecræfte         þæt se cempa ongon
    waldend wundian,         weorud to segon
    þæt þær blod ond wæter         bu tu ætgædre
    eorþan sohtun.         a gen ic Herode
    in hyge bisweop         þæt he Iohannes bibead
    295
    heafde biheawan,         a se halga wer
    þære wiflufan         wordum styrde,
    unryhtre æ.         Eac ic gelærde
    Simon searoþoncum         þæt he sacan ongon
    wiþ þa gecorenan         Cristes þegnas,
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    ond þa halgan weras         hospe gerahte
    þurh deopne gedwolan,         sægde hy dryas wæron.
    Neþde ic nearobregdum         þær ic Neron bisweac,
    þæt he acwellan het         Cristes þegnas,
    Petrus ond Paulus.         Pilatus ær
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    on rode aheng         rodera waldend,
    meotud meahtigne         minum larum.
    Swylce ic Egias         eac gelærde
    þæt he unsnytrum         Andreas het
    ahon haligne         on heanne beam,
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    þæt he of galgan his         gæst onsende
    in wuldres wlite.         þus ic wraþra fela
    mid minum broþrum         bealwa gefremede,
    sweartra synna,         þe ic asecgan ne mæg,
    rume areccan,         ne gerim witan,
    315
    heardra heteþonca."         Him seo halge oncwæ
    þurh gæstes giefe,         Iuliana:
    "þu scealt furþor gen,         feond moncynnes,
    siþfæt secgan,         hwa þec sende to me."
    Hyre se aglæca         ageaf ondsware,
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    forhtafongen,         friþes orwena:
    "Hwæt, mec min fæder         on þas fore to þe,
    hellwarena cyning,         hider onsende
    of þam engan ham,         se is yfla gehwæs
    in þam grornhofe         geornfulra þonne ic.
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    þonne he usic sende         þæt we sofæstra
    þurh misgedwield         mod oncyrren,
    ahwyrfen from halor,         we beo hygegeomre,
    forhte on ferþe.         Ne biþ us frea milde,
    egesful ealdor,         gif we yfles noht
    330
    gedon habbaþ;         ne durran we siþþan
    for his onsyne         ower geferan.
    þonne he onsende         geond sidne grund
    þegnas of þystrum,         hate þræce ræran,
    gif we gemette sin         on moldwege,
    335
    oþþe feor oþþe neah         fundne weorþen,
    þæt hi usic binden         ond in bælwylme
    suslum swingen.         Gif sofæstra
    þurh myrrelsan         mod ne ocyrre,
    haligra hyge,         we þa heardestan
    340
    ond þa wyrrestan         witu geþolia
    þurh sarslege.         Nu þu sylfa meaht
    on sefan þinum         so gecnawan,
    þæt ic þisse noþe wæs         nyde gebæded,
    þragmælum geþread,         þæt ic þe sohte."
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    þa gen seo halge ongon         hæleþa gewinnan,
    wrohtes wyrhtan,         wordum frignan,
    fyrnsynna fruman:         "þu me furþor scealt
    secgan, sawla feond,         hu þu sofæstum
    þurh synna slide         swiþast sceþþe,
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    facne bifongen."         Hyre se feond oncwæ,
    wræcca wærleas,         wordum mælde:
    "Ic þe, ead mæg,         yfla gehwylces
    or gecye         o ende for
    þara þe ic gefremede,         nalæs feam sium,
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    synna wundum,         þæt þu þy sweotolicor
    sylf gecnawe         þæt þis is so, nales leas.
    Ic þæt wende         ond witod tealde
    þriste geþoncge,         þæt ic þe meahte
    butan earfeþum         anes cræfte
    360
    ahwyrfan from halor,         þæt þu heofoncyninge
    wisoce, sigora frean,         ond to sæmran gebuge,
    onsægde synna fruman.         þus ic sofæstum
    þurh mislic bleo         mod oncyrre.
    þær ic hine finde         fer staþelian
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    to godes willan,         ic beo gearo sona
    þæt ic him monigfealde         modes gælsan
    ongean bere         grimra geþonca,
    dyrnra gedwilda,         þurh gedwolena rim.
    Ic him geswete         synna lustas,
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    mæne modlufan,         þæt he minum hraþe,
    leahtrum gelenge,         larum hyre.
    Ic hine þæs swiþe         synnum onæle
    þæt he byrnende         from gebede swice,
    stepe stronglice,         staþolfæst ne mæg
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    fore leahtra lufan         lenge gewunian
    in gebedstowe.         Swa ic brogan to
    lane gelæde         þam þe ic lifes ofonn,
    leohtes geleafan,         ond he larum wile
    þurh modes myne         minum hyran,
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    synne fremman,         he siþþan sceal
    godra gumcysta         geasne hweorfan.
    Gif ic ænigne         ellenrofne
    gemete modigne         metodes cempan
    wi flanþræce,         nele feor þonan
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    bugan from beaduwe,         ac he bord ongean
    hefe hygesnottor,         haligne scyld,
    gæstlic gureaf,         nele gode swican,
    ac he beald in gebede         bidsteal gife
    fæste on fean,         ic sceal feor þonan
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    heanmod hweorfan,         hroþra bidæled,
    in gleda gripe,         gehu mænan,
    þæt ic ne meahte         mægnes cræfte
    gue wigongan,         ac ic geomor sceal
    secan oþerne         ellenleasran,
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    under cumbolhagan,         cempan sænran,
    þe ic onbryrdan mæge         beorman mine,
    agælan æt guþe.         þeah he godes hwæt
    onginne gæstlice,         ic beo gearo sona,
    þæt ic ingehygd         eal geondwlite,
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    hu gefæstnad sy         fer innanweard,
    wisteall geworht.         Ic þæs wealles geat
    ontyne þurh teonan;         bi se torr þyrel,
    ingong geopenad,         þonne ic ærest him
    þurh eargfare         in onsende
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    in breostsefan         bitre geþoncas
    þurh mislice         modes willan,
    þæt him sylfum         selle þynce
    leahtras to fremman         ofer lof godes,
    lices lustas.         Ic beo lareow georn
    410
    þæt he monþeawum         minum lifge
    acyrred culice         from Cristes æ,
    mod gemyrred         me to gewealde
    in synna sea.         Ic þære sawle ma
    geornor gyme         ymb þæs gæstes forwyrd
    415
    þonne þæs lichoman,         se þe on legre sceal
    weoran in worulde         wyrme to hroþor,
    bifolen in foldan."         a gien seo fæmne spræc:
    "Saga, earmsceapen,         unclæne gæst,
    hu þu þec geþyde,         þystra stihtend,
    420
    on clænra gemong?         þu wi Criste geo
    wærleas wunne         ond gewin tuge,
    hogdes wiþ halgum.         þe wear helle sea
    niþer gedolfen,         þær þu nydbysig
    fore oferhygdum         eard gesohtes.
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    Wende ic þæt þu þy wærra         weorþan sceolde
    wi sofæstum         swylces gemotes
    ond þy unbealdra,         þe þe oft wistod
    þurh wuldorcyning         willan þines."
    Hyre þa se werga         wi þingade,
    430
    earm aglæca:         "þu me ærest saga,
    hu þu gedyrstig         þurh deop gehygd
    wurde þus wigþrist         ofer eall wifa cyn,
    þæt þu mec þus fæste         fetrum gebunde,
    æghwæs orwigne.         þu in ecne god,
    435
    þrymsittendne,         þinne getreowdes,
    meotud moncynnes,         swa ic in minne fæder,
    hellwarena cyning,         hyht staþelie.
    þonne ic beom onsended         wi sofæstum,
    þæt ic in manweorcum         mod oncyrre,
    440
    hyge from halor,         me hwilum biþ
    forwyrned þurh wiþersteall         willan mines,
    hyhtes æt halgum,         swa me her gelamp
    sorg on siþe.         Ic þæt sylf gecneow
    to late micles,         sceal nu lange ofer þis,
    445
    scyldwyrcende,         scame þrowian.
    Forþon ic þec halsige         þurh þæs hyhstan meaht,
    rodorcyninges giefe,         se þe on rode treo
    geþrowade,         þrymmes ealdor,
    þæt þu miltsige         me þearfendum,
    450
    þæt unsælig         eall ne forweorþe,
    þeah ic þec gedyrstig         ond þus dolwillen
    siþe gesohte,         þær ic swiþe me
    þyslicre ær         þrage ne wende."
    a seo wlitescyne         wuldres condel
    455
    to þam wærlogan         wordum mælde:
    "þu scealt ondettan         yfeldæda ma,
    hean helle gæst,         ær þu heonan mote,
    hwæt þu to teonan         þurhtogen hæbbe
    micelra manweorca         manna tudre
    460
    deorcum gedwildum."         Hyre þæt deofol oncwæ:
    "Nu ic þæt gehyre         þurh þinne hleoþorcwide,
    þæt ic nyde sceal         niþa gebæded
    mod meldian,         swa þu me beodest,
    þreaned þolian.         Is þeos þrag ful strong,
    465
    þreat ormæte.         Ic sceal þinga gehwylc
    þolian ond þafian         on þinne dom,
    womdæda onwreon,         þe ic wideferg
    sweartra gesyrede.         Oft ic syne ofteah,
    ablende bealoþoncum         beorna unrim
    470
    monna cynnes,         misthelme forbrægd
    þurh attres ord         eagna leoman
    sweartum scurum,         ond ic sumra fet
    forbræc bealosearwum,         sume in bryne sende,
    in liges locan,         þæt him lasta wear
    475
    siþast gesyne.         Eac ic sume gedyde
    þæt him banlocan         blode spiowedan,
    þæt hi færinga         feorh aleton
    þurh ædra wylm.         Sume on yfare
    wurdon on wege         wætrum bisencte,
    480
    on mereflode,         minum cræftum
    under reone stream.         Sume ic rode bifealh,
    þæt hi hyra dreorge         on hean galgan
    lif aletan.         Sume ic larum geteah,
    to geflite fremede,         þæt hy færinga
    485
    ealde æfþoncan         edniwedan,
    beore druncne.         Ic him byrlade
    wroht of wege,         þæt hi in winsele
    þurh sweordgripe         sawle forletan
    of flæschoman         fæge scyndan,
    490
    sarum gesohte.         Sume, þa ic funde
    butan godes tacne,         gymelease,
    ungebletsade,         þa ic bealdlice
    þurh mislic cwealm         minum hondum
    searoþoncum slog.         Ic asecgan ne mæg,
    495
    þeah ic gesitte         sumerlongne dæg,
    eal þa earfeþu         þe ic ær ond siþ
    gefremede to facne,         siþþan furþum wæs
    rodor aræred         ond ryne tungla,
    folde gefæstnad         ond þa forman men,
    500
    Adam ond Aeue,         þam ic ealdor oþrong,
    ond hy gelærde         þæt hi lufan dryhtnes,
    ece eadgiefe         anforleton,
    beorhtne boldwelan,         þæt him bæm gewear
    yrmþu to ealdre,         ond hyra eaferum swa,
    505
    mircast manweorca.         Hwæt sceal ic ma riman
    yfel endeleas?         Ic eall gebær,
    wraþe wrohtas         geond werþeode,
    þa þe gewurdun         widan feore
    from fruman worulde         fira cynne,
    510
    eorlum on eorþan.         Ne wæs ænig þara
    þæt me þus þriste,         swa þu nu þa,
    halig mid hondum,         hrinan dorste,
    næs ænig þæs modig         mon ofer eorþan
    þurh halge meaht,         heahfædra nan
    515
    ne witgena.         þeah þe him weoruda god
    onwrige, wuldres cyning,         wisdomes gæst,
    giefe unmæte,         hwæþre ic gong to þam
    agan moste.         Næs ænig þara
    þæt mec þus bealdlice         bennum bilegde,
    520
    þream forþrycte,         ær þu nu þa
    þa miclan meaht         mine oferswidest,
    fæste forfenge,         þe me fæder sealde,
    feond moncynnes,         þa he mec feran het,
    þeoden of þystrum,         þæt ic þe sceolde
    525
    synne swetan.         þær mec sorg bicwom,
    hefig hondgewinn.         Ic bihlyhhan ne þearf
    æfter sarwræce         sifæt þisne
    magum in gemonge,         þonne ic mine sceal
    agiefan gnorncearig         gafulrædenne
    530
    in þam reongan ham."         a se gerefa het,
    gealgmod guma,         Iulianan
    of þam engan hofe         ut gelædan
    on hyge halge         hæþnum to spræce
    to his domsetle.         Heo þæt deofol teah,
    535
    breostum inbryrded,         bendum fæstne,
    halig hæþenne.         Ongan þa hreowcearig
    sifæt seofian,         sar cwanian,
    wyrd wanian,         wordum mælde:
    "Ic þec halsige,         hlæfdige min,
    540
    Iuliana,         fore godes sibbum,
    þæt þu furþur me         fraceþu ne wyrce,
    edwit for eorlum,         þonne þu ær dydest,
    þa þu oferswiþdest         þone snotrestan
    under hlinscuan         helwarena cyning
    545
    in feonda byrig;         þæt is fæder user,
    morþres manfrea.         Hwæt, þu mec þreades
    þurh sarslege!         Ic to soþe wat
    þæt ic ær ne si         ænig ne mette
    in woruldrice         wif þe gelic,
    550
    þristran geþohtes         ne þweorhtimbran
    mægþa cynnes.         Is on me sweotul
    þæt þu unscamge         æghwæs wurde
    on ferþe frod."         a hine seo fæmne forlet
    æfter þræchwile         þystra neosan
    555
    in sweartne grund,         sawla gewinnan,
    on wita forwyrd.         Wiste he þi gearwor,
    manes melda,         magum to secgan,
    susles þegnum,         hu him on sie gelomp.
            "georne ær
    560
    heredon on heahþu         ond his halig word,
    sægdon solice         þæt he sigora gehwæs
    ofer ealle gesceaft         ana weolde,
    ecra eadgiefa."         a cwom engel godes
    frætwum blican         ond þæt fyr tosceaf,
    565
    gefreode ond gefreoade         facnes clæne,
    leahtra lease,         ond þone lig towearp,
    heorogiferne,         þær seo halie stod,
    mægþa bealdor,         on þam midle gesund.
    þæt þam weligan wæs         weorc to þolianne,
    570
    þær he hit for worulde         wendan meahte,
    sohte synnum fah,         hu he sarlicast
    þurh þa wyrrestan         witu meahte
    feorhcwale findan.         Næs se feond to læt,
    se hine gelærde         þæt he læmen fæt
    575
    biwyrcan het         wundorcræfte,
    wiges womum,         ond wudubeamum,
    holte bihlænan.         a se hearda bibead
    þæt mon þæt lamfæt         leades gefylde,
    ond þa onbærnan het         bælfira mæst,
    580
    ad onælan,         se wæs æghwonan
    ymbboren mid brondum.         Bæ hate weol.
    Het þa ofestlice         yrre gebolgen
    leahtra lease         in þæs leades wylm
    scufan butan scyldum.         þa toscaden wear
    585
    lig tolysed.         Lead wide sprong,
    hat, heorogifre.         Hæle wurdon acle
    arasad for þy ræse.         þær on rime forborn
    þurh þæs fires fnæst         fif ond hundseofontig
    hænes herges.         a gen sio halge stod
    590
    ungewemde wlite.         Næs hyre wloh ne hrægl,
    ne feax ne fel         fyre gemæled,
    ne lic ne leoþu.         Heo in lige stod
    æghwæs onsund,         sægde ealles þonc
    dryhtna dryhtne.         þa se dema wear
    595
    hreoh ond hygegrim,         ongon his hrægl teran,
    swylce he grennade         ond gristbitade,
    wedde on gewitte         swa wilde deor,
    grymetade gealgmod         ond his godu tælde,
    þæs þe hy ne meahtun         mægne wiþstondan
    600
    wifes willan.         Wæs seo wuldres mæg
    anræd ond unforht,         eafoa gemyndig,
    dryhtnes willan.         þa se dema het
    aswebban sorgcearig         þurh sweordbite
    on hyge halge,         heafde bineotan
    605
    Criste gecorene.         Hine se cwealm ne þeah,
    siþþan he þone fintan         furþor cuþe.
    a wear þære halgan         hyht geniwad
    ond þæs mægdnes mod         miclum geblissad,
    siþþan heo gehyrde         hæle eahtian
    610
    inwitrune,         þæt hyre endestæf
    of gewindagum         weorþan sceolde,
    lif alysed.         Het þa leahtra ful
    clæne ond gecorene         to cwale lædan,
    synna lease.         a cwom semninga
    615
    hean helle gæst,         hearmleo agol,
    earm ond unlæd,         þone heo ær gebond
    awyrgedne         ond mid witum swong,
    cleopade þa for corþre,         ceargealdra full:
    "Gylda nu mid gyrne,         þæt heo goda ussa
    620
    meaht forhogde,         ond mec swiþast
    geminsade,         þæt ic to meldan wear.
    Læta hy laþra         leana hleotan
    þurh wæpnes spor,         wreca ealdne ni,
    synne gesohte.         Ic þa sorge gemon,
    625
    hu ic bendum fæst         bisga unrim
    on anre niht         earfea dreag,
    yfel ormætu."         þa seo eadge biseah
    ongean gramum,         Iuliana,
    gehyrde heo hearm galan         helle deofol.
    630
    Feond moncynnes         ongon þa on fleam sceacan,
    wita neosan,         ond þæt word acwæ:
    "Wa me forworhtum!         Nu is wen micel
    þæt heo mec eft wille         earmne gehynan
    yflum yrmþum,         swa heo mec ær dyde."
    635
    a wæs gelæded         londmearce neah
    ond to þære stowe         þær hi stearcferþe
    þurh cumbolhete         cwellan þohtun.
    Ongon heo þa læran         ond to lofe trymman
    folc of firenum         ond him frofre gehet,
    640
    weg to wuldre,         ond þæt word acwæ:
    "Gemuna wigena wyn         ond wuldres þrym,
    haligra hyht,         heofonengla god.
    He is þæs wyre,         þæt hine werþeode
    ond eal engla cynn         up on roderum
    645
    hergen, heahmægen,         þær is help gelong
    ece to ealdre,         þam þe agan sceal.
    Forþon ic, leof weorud,         læran wille,
    æfremmende,         þæt ge eower hus
    gefæstnige,         þy læs hit ferblædum
    650
    windas toweorpan.         Weal sceal þy trumra
    strong wiþstondan         storma scurum,
    leahtra gehygdum.         Ge mid lufan sibbe,
    leohte geleafan,         to þam lifgendan
    stane stihydge         staþol fæstnia,
    655
    soe treowe         ond sibbe mid eow
    healda æt heortan,         halge rune
    þurh modes myne.         þonne eow miltse giefe
    fæder ælmihtig,         þær ge frofre agun
    æt mægna gode,         mæste þearfe
    660
    æfter sorgstafum.         Forþon ge sylfe neton
    utgong heonan,         ende lifes.
    Wærlic me þince         þæt ge wæccende
    wi hettendra         hildewoman
    wearde healden,         þy læs eow wiþerfeohtend
    665
    weges forwyrnen         to wuldres byrig.
    Bidda bearn godes         þæt me brego engla,
    meotud moncynnes,         milde geweorþe,
    sigora sellend.         Sibb sy mid eowic,
    symle soþ lufu."         a hyre sawl wear
    670
    alæded of lice         to þam langan gefean
    þurh sweordslege.         þa se synscaþa
    to scipe sceohmod         sceaþena þreate
    Heliseus         ehstream sohte,
    leolc ofer laguflod         longe hwile
    675
    on swonrade.         Swylt ealle fornom
    secga hloþe         ond hine sylfne mid,
    ærþon hy to lande         geliden hæfdon,
    þurh þearlic þrea.         þær XXX wæs
    ond feowere eac         feores onsohte
    680
    þurh wæges wylm         wigena cynnes,
    heane mid hlaford,         hroþra bidæled,
    hyhta lease         helle sohton.
    Ne þorftan þa þegnas         in þam þystran ham,
    seo geneatscolu         in þam neolan scræfe,
    685
    to þam frumgare         feohgestealda
    witedra wenan,         þæt hy in winsele
    ofer beorsetle         beagas þegon,
    æpplede gold.         Ungelice wæs
    læded lofsongum         lic haligre
    690
    micle mægne         to moldgræfe,
    þæt hy hit gebrohton         burgum in innan,
    sidfolc micel.         þær sian wæs
    geara gongum         godes lof hafen
    þrymme micle         oþ þisne dæg
    695
    mid þeodscipe.         Is me þearf micel
    þæt seo halge me         helpe gefremme,
    þonne me gedæla         deorast ealra,
    sibbe toslita         sinhiwan tu,
    micle modlufan.         Min sceal of lice
    700
    sawul on sifæt,         nat ic sylfa hwider,
    eardes uncygu;         of sceal ic þissum,
    secan oþerne         ærgewyrhtum,
    gongan iudædum.         Geomor hweorfe
    cen yr ond nyd .         Cyning biþ reþe,
    705
    sigora syllend,         þonne synnum fah
    eh wen ond ur         acle bida
    hwæt him æfter dædum         deman wille
    lifes to leane.         lagu feoh beofa,
    seoma sorgcearig.         Sar eal gemon,
    710
    synna wunde,         þe ic siþ oþþe ær
    geworhte in worulde.         þæt ic wopig sceal
    tearum mænan.         Wæs an tid to læt
    þæt ic yfeldæda         ær gescomede,
    þenden gæst ond lic         geador siþedan
    715
    onsund on earde.         þonne arna biþearf,
    þæt me seo halge         wi þone hyhstan cyning
    geþingige.         Mec þæs þearf monaþ,
    micel modes sorg.         Bidde ic monna gehwone
    gumena cynnes,         þe þis gied wræce,
    720
    þæt he mec neodful         bi noman minum
    gemyne modig,         ond meotud bidde
    þæt me heofona helm         helpe gefremme,
    meahta waldend,         on þam miclan dæge,
    fæder, frofre gæst,         in þa frecnan tid,
    725
    dæda demend,         ond se deora sunu,
    þonne seo þrynis         þrymsittende
    in annesse         ælda cynne
    þurh þa sciran gesceaft         scrife bi gewyrhtum
    meorde monna gehwam.         Forgif us, mægna god,
    730
    þæt we þine onsyne,         æþelinga wyn,
    milde gemeten         on þa mæran tid.
    Amen.

    Notes

    6. MS god hergendra.<text>
    12. MS of.<text>
    16. MS bærdon.<text>
    38. MS þære.<text>
    46. MS in.<text>
    78. MS swor.<text>
    86. MS geweald.<text>
    91. MS glæd mod.<text>
    116. MS ænig.<text>
    128. MS þrea med lic.<text>
    151. MS gæste.<text>
    171. MS yldo.<text>
    196. MS wiþer hycgen de.<text>
    218. MS metet.<text>
    264. MS welgrim.<text>
    271. MS to cleopianne.<text>
    288. MS domeadigra, a late spelling. <text>
    294. MS bispeop.<text>
    313. MS asengan.<text>
    325. MS se.<text>
    334. MS ge mete.<text>
    338. MS neod cyrre.<text>
    348. MS sofæst at the end of one line, tum at the beginning of the next.<text>
    354. MS sindon.<text>
    371. MS hyra.<text>
    456. MS ond (Tironian "and" ) dettan .<text>
    467. MS þy.<text>
    468. MS of.<text>
    479. MS onweg.<text>
    485. MS eald.<text>
    486. MS drucne.<text>
    492. MS þeah.<text>
    508. MS ge wordun.<text>
    521. MS miclam.<text>
    521. MS min.<text>
    544. MS helwerena.<text>
    545. MS his.<text>
    549. MS wiþ.<text>
    555. MS gewinna.<text>
    559. A folio has been lost from the manuscript here.<text>
    560. missing; weorc supplied by Holthausen.<text>
    562. MS wolde.<text>
    577. MS bi lænan.<text>
    577. hearda supplied by Thorpe.<text>
    586. MS æle.<text>
    599. MS meahtum.<text>
    620. MS for hogd.<text>
    628. MS Iulianan.<text>
    630. MS flean.<text>
    658. a word is missing from the MS. frofre is supplied by Strunk and Krapp, but is metrically dubious. Trautmann supplied freme.<text>
    687. MS sele. Note that beorsetle is a nonce word.<text>
    701. MS uncyþu.<text>
    723. MS miclam.<text>

    The Wanderer

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft him anhaga      are gebide,
    metudes miltse,      þeah þe he modcearig
    geond lagulade      longe sceolde
    hreran mid hondum      hrimcealde sæ,
    5
    wadan wræclastas.      Wyrd bi ful ared!
    Swa cwæ eardstapa,      earfeþa gemyndig,
    wraþra wælsleahta,      winemæga hryre:
    "Oft ic sceolde ana      uhtna gehwylce
    mine ceare cwiþan.      Nis nu cwicra nan
    10
    þe ic him modsefan      minne durre
    sweotule asecgan.      Ic to soþe wat
    þæt biþ in eorle      indryhten þeaw,
    þæt he his ferlocan      fæste binde,
    healde his hordcofan,      hycge swa he wille.
    15
    Ne mæg werig mod      wyrde wistondan,
    ne se hreo hyge      helpe gefremman.
    Foron domgeorne      dreorigne oft
    in hyra breostcofan      binda fæste;
    swa ic modsefan      minne sceolde,
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    oft earmcearig,      ele bidæled,
    freomægum feor      feterum sælan,
    siþþan geara iu      goldwine minne
    hrusan heolstre biwrah,      ond ic hean þonan
    wod wintercearig      ofer waþema gebind,
    25
    sohte sele dreorig      sinces bryttan,
    hwær ic feor oþþe neah      findan meahte
    þone þe in meoduhealle      min mine wisse,
    oþþe mec freondleasne      frefran wolde,
    weman mid wynnum.      Wat se þe cunna,
    30
    hu sliþen bi      sorg to geferan,
    þam þe him lyt hafa      leofra geholena.
    Wara hine wræclast,      nales wunden gold,
    ferloca freorig,      nalæs foldan blæd.
    Gemon he selesecgas      ond sincþege,
    35
    hu hine on geogue      his goldwine
    wenede to wiste.      Wyn eal gedreas!
    Forþon wat se þe sceal      his winedryhtnes
    leofes larcwidum      longe forþolian,
    onne sorg ond slæp      somod ætgædre
    40
    earmne anhogan      oft gebinda.
    þince him on mode      þæt he his mondryhten
    clyppe ond cysse,      ond on cneo lecge
    honda ond heafod,      swa he hwilum ær
    in geardagum      giefstolas breac.
    45
    onne onwæcne eft      wineleas guma,
    gesih him biforan      fealwe wegas,
    baþian brimfuglas,      brædan feþra,
    hreosan hrim ond snaw,      hagle gemenged.
    þonne beo þy hefigran      heortan benne,
    50
    sare æfter swæsne.      Sorg bi geniwad,
    þonne maga gemynd      mod geondhweorfe;
    grete gliwstafum,      georne geondsceawa
    secga geseldan.      Swimma eft on weg!
    Fleotendra fer      no þær fela bringe
    55
    cura cwidegiedda.      Cearo bi geniwad
    þam þe sendan sceal      swiþe geneahhe
    ofer waþema gebind      werigne sefan.
    Forþon ic geþencan ne mæg      geond þas woruld
    for hwan modsefa      min ne gesweorce,
    60
    þonne ic eorla lif      eal geondþence,
    hu hi færlice      flet ofgeafon,
    modge maguþegnas.      Swa þes middangeard
    ealra dogra gehwam      dreose ond fealleþ,
    forþon ne mæg weorþan wis      wer, ær he age
    65
    wintra dæl in woruldrice.      Wita sceal geþyldig,
    ne sceal no to hatheort      ne to hrædwyrde,
    ne to wac wiga      ne to wanhydig,
    ne to forht ne to fægen,      ne to feohgifre
    ne næfre gielpes to georn,      ær he geare cunne.
    70
    Beorn sceal gebidan,      þonne he beot sprice,
    oþþæt collenfer      cunne gearwe
    hwider hreþra gehygd      hweorfan wille.
    Ongietan sceal gleaw hæle      hu gæstlic bi,
    þonne ealre þisse worulde wela      weste stonde,
    75
    swa nu missenlice      geond þisne middangeard
    winde biwaune      weallas stondaþ,
    hrime bihrorene,      hryge þa ederas.
    Woria þa winsalo,      waldend licga
    dreame bidrorene,      duguþ eal gecrong,
    80
    wlonc bi wealle.      Sume wig fornom,
    ferede in forwege,      sumne fugel oþbær
    ofer heanne holm,      sumne se hara wulf
    deae gedælde,      sumne dreorighleor
    in eorscræfe      eorl gehydde.
    85
    Yþde swa þisne eardgeard      ælda scyppend
    oþþæt burgwara      breahtma lease
    eald enta geweorc      idlu stodon.
    Se þonne þisne wealsteal      wise geþohte
    ond þis deorce lif      deope geondþence,
    90
    frod in fere,      feor oft gemon
    wælsleahta worn,      ond þas word acwi:
    "Hwær cwom mearg? Hwær cwom mago?      Hwær cwom maþþumgyfa?
    Hwær cwom symbla gesetu?      Hwær sindon seledreamas?
    Eala beorht bune!      Eala byrnwiga!
    95
    Eala þeodnes þrym!      Hu seo þrag gewat,
    genap under nihthelm,      swa heo no wære.
    Stonde nu on laste      leofre duguþe
    weal wundrum heah,      wyrmlicum fah.
    Eorlas fornoman      asca þryþe,
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    wæpen wælgifru,      wyrd seo mære,
    ond þas stanhleoþu      stormas cnyssa,
    hri hreosende      hrusan binde,
    wintres woma,      þonne won cyme,
    nipe nihtscua,      norþan onsende
    105
    hreo hæglfare      hæleþum on andan.
    Eall is earfolic      eorþan rice,
    onwende wyrda gesceaft      weoruld under heofonum.
    Her bi feoh læne,      her bi freond læne,
    her bi mon læne,      her bi mæg læne,
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    eal þis eorþan gesteal      idel weorþe!"
    Swa cwæ snottor on mode,      gesæt him sundor æt rune.
    Til biþ se þe his treowe gehealdeþ,      ne sceal næfre his torn to rycene
    beorn of his breostum acyþan,      nemþe he ær þa bote cunne,
    eorl mid elne gefremman.      Wel bi þam þe him are sece,
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    frofre to fæder on heofonum,      þær us eal seo fæstnung stonde.

    The Gifts of Men

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Fela bi on foldan      forgesynra
    geongra geofona,      þa þa gæstberend
    wega in gewitte,      swa her weoruda god,
    meotud meahtum swi,      monnum dæle,
    5
    syle sundorgiefe,      sende wide
    agne spede,      þara æghwylc mot
    dryhtwuniendra      dæl onfon.
    Ne bi ænig þæs      earfosælig
    mon on moldan,      ne þæs medspedig,
    10
    lytelhydig,      ne þæs læthydig,
    þæt hine se argifa      ealles biscyrge
    modes cræfta      oþþe mægendæda,
    wis on gewitte      oþþe on wordcwidum,
    þy læs ormod sy      ealra þinga,
    15
    þara þe he geworhte      in woruldlife,
    geofona gehwylcre.      Næfre god deme
    þæt ænig eft      þæs earm geweore.
    Nænig eft þæs swiþe      þurh snyttrucræft
    in þeode þrym      þisses lifes
    20
    for gestige,      þæt him folca weard
    þurh his halige giefe      hider onsende
    wise geþohtas      ond woruldcræftas,
    under anes meaht      ealle forlæte,
    þy læs he for wlence      wuldorgeofona ful,
    25
    mon mode swi      of gemete hweorfe
    ond þonne forhycge      heanspedigran;
    ac he gedæle,      se þe ah domes geweald,
    missenlice      geond þisne middangeard
    leoda leoþocræftas      londbuendum.
    30
    Sumum her ofer eorþan      æhta onlih,
    woruldgestreona.      Sum bi wonspedig,
    heardsælig hæle,      biþ hwæþre gleaw
    modes cræfta.      Sum mægenstrengo
    furþor onfeh.      Sum freolic bi
    35
    wlitig on wæstmum.      Sum biþ wobora,
    giedda giffæst.      Sum biþ gearuwyrdig.
    Sum bi on huntoþe      hreeadigra
    deora dræfend.      Sum dyre bi
    woruldricum men.      Sum bi wiges heard,
    40
    beadocræftig beorn,      þær bord stuna.
    Sum in mæle mæg      modsnottera
    folcrædenne      for gehycgan,
    þær witena biþ      worn ætsomne.
    Sum mæg wrætlice      weorc ahycgan
    45
    heahtimbra gehwæs;      hond bi gelæred,
    wis ond gewealden,      swa bi wyrhtan ryht,
    sele asettan,      con he sidne ræced
    fæste gefegan      wiþ færdryrum.
    Sum mid hondum mæg      hearpan gretan,
    50
    ah he gleobeames      gearobrygda list.
    Sum bi rynig,      sum ryhtscytte,
    sum leoa gleaw,      sum on londe snel,
    feþespedig.      Sum on fealone wæg
    stefnan steore,      streamrade con,
    55
    weorudes wisa,      ofer widne holm,
    þonne særofe      snelle mægne
    arum bregda      yborde neah.
    Sum bi syndig,      sum searocræftig
    goldes ond gimma,      þonne him gumena weard
    60
    hate him to mærþum      maþþum renian.
    Sum mæg wæpenþræce,      wige to nytte,
    modcræftig smi      monige gefremman,
    þonne he gewyrce      to wera hilde
    helm oþþe hupseax      oe heaþubyrnan,
    65
    scirne mece      oe scyldes rond,
    fæste gefeged      wi flyge gares.
    Sum bi arfæst      ond ælmesgeorn,
    þeawum geþyde.      Sum bi þegn gehweorf
    on meoduhealle.      Sum bi meares gleaw,
    70
    wicgcræfta wis.      Sum gewealdenmod
    þafa in geþylde      þæt he þonne sceal.
    Sum domas con,      þær dryhtguman
    ræd eahtia.      Sum bi hrædtæfle.
    Sum bi gewittig      æt winþege,
    75
    beorhyrde god.      Sum bi bylda til
    ham to hebbanne.      Sum bi heretoga,
    fyrdwisa from.      Sum biþ folcwita.
    Sum biþ æt þearfe      þristhydigra
    þegn mid his þeodne.      Sum geþyld hafa,
    80
    fæstgongel fer.      Sum bi fugelbona,
    hafeces cræftig.      Sum bi to horse hwæt.
    Sum bi swisnel,      hafa searolic gomen,
    gleodæda gife      for gumþegnum,
    leoht ond leoþuwac.      Sum bi leofwende,
    85
    hafa mod ond word      monnum geþwære.
    Sum her geornlice      gæstes þearfe
    mode bewindeþ,      ond him metudes est
    ofer eorwelan      ealne geceose.
    Sum bi deormod      deofles gewinnes,
    90
    bi a wi firenum      in gefeoht gearo.
    Sum cræft hafa      circnytta fela,
    mæg on lofsongum      lifes waldend
    hlude hergan,      hafa healice
    beorhte stefne.      Sum bi boca gleaw,
    95
    larum leoþufæst.      Sum biþ listhendig
    to awritanne      wordgeryno.
    Nis nu ofer eorþan      ænig monna
    mode þæs cræftig,      ne þæs mægeneacen,
    þæt hi æfre anum      ealle weorþen
    100
    gegearwade,      þy læs him gilp scee,
    oþþe fore þære mærþe      mod astige,
    gif he hafaþ ana      ofer ealle men
    wlite ond wisdom      ond weorca blæd;
    ac he missenlice      monna cynne
    105
    gielpes styre      ond his giefe brytta,
    sumum on cystum,      sumum on cræftum,
    sumum on wlite,      sumum on wige,
    sumum he syle monna      milde heortan,
    þeawfæstne geþoht,      sum biþ þeodne hold.
    110
    Swa weorlice      wide tosawe
    dryhten his duguþe.      A þes dom age,
    leohtbære lof,      se us þis lif giefe
    ond his milde mod      monnum cyþe.

    Precepts

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    us frod fæder      freobearn lærde,
    modsnottor mon,      maga cystum eald,
    wordum wisfæstum,      þæt he wel þunge:
    "Do a þætte duge,      deag þin gewyrhtu;
    5
    god þe biþ symle      goda gehwylces
    frea ond fultum,      feond þam oþrum
    wyrsan gewyrhta.      Wene þec þy betran,
    efn elne þis      a þenden þu lifge.
    Fæder ond modor      freo þu mid heortan,
    10
    maga gehwylcne,      gif him sy meotud on lufan.
    Wes þu þinum yldrum      arfæst symle,
    fægerwyrde,      ond þe in fere læt
    þine lareowas      leofe in mode,
    þa þec geornast      to gode trymmen."
    15
    Fæder eft his sunu      frod gegrette
    oþre siþe:      "Heald elne þis!
    Ne freme firene,      ne næfre freonde þinum,
    mæge man ne geþafa,      þy læs þec meotud oncunne,
    þæt þu sy wommes gewita.      He þe mid wite gielde,
    20
    swylce þam oþrum      mid eadwelan."
    riddan syþe      þoncsnottor guma
    breostgehygdum      his bearn lærde:
    "Ne gewuna wyrsa,      widan feore,
    ængum eahta,      ac þu þe anne genim
    25
    to gesprecan symle      spella ond lara
    rædhycgende.      Sy ymb rice swa hit mæge."
    Feorþan sie      fæder eft lærde
    modleofne magan,      þæt he gemunde þis:
    "Ne aswic sundorwine,      ac a symle geheald
    30
    ryhtum gerisnum.      Ræfn elne þis,
    þæt þu næfre fæcne weore      freonde þinum."
    Fiftan siþe      fæder eft ongon
    breostgeþoncum      his bearn læran:
    "Druncen beorg þe      ond dollic word,
    35
    man on mode      ond in muþe lyge,
    yrre ond æfeste      ond idese lufan.
    Foron sceal æwiscmod      oft siþian,
    se þe gewite      in wifes lufan,
    fremdre meowlan.      þær bi a firena wen,
    40
    lalicre scome,      long ni wi god,
    geotende gielp.      Wes þu a giedda wis,
    wær wi willan,      worda hyrde."
    Siextan siþe      swæs eft ongon
    þurh bline geþoht      his bearn læran:
    45
    "Ongiet georne      hwæt sy god oþþe yfel,
    ond toscead simle      scearpe mode
    in sefan þinum      ond þe a þæt selle geceos.
    A þe bi gedæled;      gif þe deah hyge,
    wuna wisdom in,      ond þu wast geare
    50
    ondgit yfles,      heald þe elne wi,
    feorma þu symle      in þinum fere god."
    Seofeþan siþe      his sunu lærde
    fæder, frod guma,      sægde fela geongum:
    "Seldan snottor guma      sorgleas blissa,
    55
    swylce dol seldon      dryme sorgful
    ymb his forgesceaft,      nefne he fæhþe wite.
    Wærwyrde sceal      wisfæst hæle
    breostum hycgan,      nales breahtme hlud."
    Eahtoþan siþe      eald fæder ongon
    60
    his mago monian      mildum wordum:
    "Leorna lare      lærgedefe,
    wene þec in wisdom,      weoruda scyppend
    hafa þe to hyhte,      haligra gemynd,
    ond a so to syge,      þonne þu secge hwæt."
    65
    Nigeþan siþe      nægde se gomola,
    eald uwita      sægde eaforan worn:
    "Nis nu fela folca      þætte fyrngewritu
    healdan wille,      ac him hyge brosna,
    ellen cola,      idla þeodscype;
    70
    ne habba wiht for þæt,      þeah hi wom don
    ofer meotudes bibod.      Monig sceal ongieldan
    sawelsusles.      Ac læt þinne sefan healdan
    for fyrngewritu      ond frean domas,
    þa þe her on mæge gehwære      men forlætaþ
    75
    swiþor asigan,      þonne him sy sylfum ryht."
    Teoþan siþe      tornsorgna ful,
    eald eft ongon      eaforan læran:
    "Snyttra bruceþ      þe fore sawle lufan
    warna him wommas      worda ond dæda
    80
    on sefan symle      ond soþ freme;
    bi him geofona gehwylc      gode geyced,
    meahtum spedig,      þonne he mon flyh.
    Yrre ne læt þe      æfre gewealdan,
    heah in hreþre,      heoroworda grund
    85
    wylme bismitan,      ac him warna þæt
    on geheortum hyge.      Hæle sceal wisfæst
    ond gemetlice,      modes snottor,
    gleaw in gehygdum,      georn wisdomes,
    swa he wi ælda mæg      eades hleotan.
    90
    Ne beo þu no to tælende,      ne to tweospræce,
    ne þe on mode læt      men to fracoþe,
    ac beo leofwende,      leoht on gehygdum
    ber breostcofan.      Swa þu, min bearn, gemyne
    frode fæder lare      ond þec a wi firenum geheald."

    The Seafarer

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mæg ic be me sylfum      sogied wrecan,
    siþas secgan,      hu ic geswincdagum
    earfohwile      oft þrowade,
    bitre breostceare      gebiden hæbbe,
    5
    gecunnad in ceole      cearselda fela,
    atol yþa gewealc,      þær mec oft bigeat
    nearo nihtwaco      æt nacan stefnan,
    þonne he be clifum cnossa.      Calde geþrungen
    wæron mine fet,      forste gebunden,
    10
    caldum clommum,      þær þa ceare seofedun
    hat ymb heortan;      hungor innan slat
    merewerges mod.      þæt se mon ne wat
    þe him on foldan      fægrost limpe,
    hu ic earmcearig      iscealdne sæ
    15
    winter wunade      wræccan lastum,
    winemægum bidroren,     
    bihongen hrimgicelum;      hægl scurum fleag.
    þær ic ne gehyrde      butan hlimman sæ,
    iscaldne wæg.      Hwilum ylfete song
    20
    dyde ic me to gomene,      ganetes hleoþor
    ond huilpan sweg      fore hleahtor wera,
    mæw singende      fore medodrince.
    Stormas þær stanclifu beotan,      þær him stearn oncwæ
    isigfeþera;      ful oft þæt earn bigeal,
    25
    urigfeþra;      ne ænig hleomæga
    feasceaftig fer      frefran meahte.
    Forþon him gelyfe lyt,      se þe ah lifes wyn
    gebiden in burgum,      bealosiþa hwon,
    wlonc ond wingal,      hu ic werig oft
    30
    in brimlade      bidan sceolde.
    Nap nihtscua,      norþan sniwde,
    hrim hrusan bond,      hægl feol on eorþan,
    corna caldast.      Forþon cnyssa nu
    heortan geþohtas,      þæt ic hean streamas,
    35
    sealtyþa gelac      sylf cunnige;
    mona modes lust      mæla gehwylce
    fer to feran,      þæt ic feor heonan
    elþeodigra      eard gesece.
    Forþon nis þæs modwlonc      mon ofer eorþan,
    40
    ne his gifena þæs god,      ne in geoguþe to þæs hwæt,
    ne in his dædum to þæs deor,      ne him his dryhten to þæs hold,
    þæt he a his sæfore      sorge næbbe,
    to hwon hine dryhten      gedon wille.
    Ne biþ him to hearpan hyge      ne to hringþege,
    45
    ne to wife wyn      ne to worulde hyht,
    ne ymbe owiht elles,      nefne ymb ya gewealc,
    ac a hafa longunge      se þe on lagu funda.
    Bearwas blostmum nima,      byrig fægria,
    wongas wlitiga,      woruld onette;
    50
    ealle þa gemonia      modes fusne
    sefan to siþe,      þam þe swa þence
    on flodwegas      feor gewitan.
    Swylce geac mona      geomran reorde,
    singe sumeres weard,      sorge beode
    55
    bitter in breosthord.      þæt se beorn ne wat,
    esteadig secg,      hwæt þa sume dreoga
    þe þa wræclastas      widost lecga.
    Forþon nu min hyge hweorfe      ofer hreþerlocan,
    min modsefa      mid mereflode
    60
    ofer hwæles eþel      hweorfe wide,
    eorþan sceatas,      cyme eft to me
    gifre ond grædig,      gielle anfloga,
    hwete on hwælweg      hreþer unwearnum
    ofer holma gelagu.      Forþon me hatran sind
    65
    dryhtnes dreamas      þonne þis deade lif,
    læne on londe.      Ic gelyfe no
    þæt him eorwelan      ece stonda.
    Simle þreora sum      þinga gehwylce,
    ær his tid aga,      to tweon weorþe;
    70
    adl oþþe yldo      oþþe ecghete
    fægum fromweardum      feorh oþringe.
    Forþon þæt bi eorla gehwam      æftercweþendra
    lof lifgendra      lastworda betst,
    þæt he gewyrce,      ær he on weg scyle,
    75
    fremum on foldan      wi feonda niþ,
    deorum dædum      deofle togeanes,
    þæt hine ælda bearn      æfter hergen,
    ond his lof siþþan      lifge mid englum
    awa to ealdre,      ecan lifes blæd,
    80
    dream mid dugeþum.      Dagas sind gewitene,
    ealle onmedlan      eorþan rices;
    næron nu cyningas      ne caseras
    ne goldgiefan      swylce iu wæron,
    þonne hi mæst mid him      mærþa gefremedon
    85
    ond on dryhtlicestum      dome lifdon.
    Gedroren is þeos dugu eal,      dreamas sind gewitene,
    wunia þa wacran      ond þas woruld healdaþ,
    bruca þurh bisgo.      Blæd is gehnæged,
    eorþan indryhto      ealda ond seara,
    90
    swa nu monna gehwylc      geond middangeard.
    Yldo him on fare,      onsyn blaca,
    gomelfeax gnorna,      wat his iuwine,
    æþelinga bearn,      eorþan forgiefene.
    Ne mæg him þonne se flæschoma,      þonne him þæt feorg losa,
    95
    ne swete forswelgan      ne sar gefelan,
    ne hond onhreran      ne mid hyge þencan.
    þeah þe græf wille      golde stregan
    broþor his geborenum,      byrgan be deadum,
    maþmum mislicum      þæt hine mid wille,
    100
    ne mæg þære sawle      þe biþ synna ful
    gold to geoce      for godes egsan,
    þonne he hit ær hyde      þenden he her leofa.
    Micel biþ se meotudes egsa,      forþon hi seo molde oncyrre;
    se gestaþelade      stiþe grundas,
    105
    eorþan sceatas      ond uprodor.
    Dol biþ se þe him his dryhten ne ondrædeþ;      cyme him se dea unþinged.
    Eadig bi se þe eaþmod leofaþ;      cyme him seo ar of heofonum,
    meotod him þæt mod gestaþela,      forþon he in his meahte gelyfe.
    Stieran mon sceal strongum mode,      ond þæt on staþelum healdan,
    110
    ond gewis werum,      wisum clæne,
    scyle monna gehwylc      mid gemete healdan
    wiþ leofne ond wi laþne      bealo,
    þeah þe he hine wille fyres      fulne
    oþþe on bæle      forbærnedne
    115
    his geworhtne wine.      Wyrd biþ swiþre,
    meotud meahtigra      þonne ænges monnes gehygd.
    Uton we hycgan      hwær we ham agen,
    ond þonne geþencan      hu we þider cumen,
    ond we þonne eac tilien,      þæt we to moten
    120
    in þa ecan      eadignesse,
    þær is lif gelong      in lufan dryhtnes,
    hyht in heofonum.      þæs sy þam halgan þonc,
    þæt he usic geweorþade,      wuldres ealdor,
    ece dryhten,      in ealle tid.
    125
    Amen.

    Vainglory

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt, me frod wita      on fyrndagum
    sægde, snottor ar,      sundorwundra fela.
    Wordhord onwreah      witgan larum
    beorn boca gleaw,      bodan ærcwide,
    5
    þæt ic solice      siþþan meahte
    ongitan bi þam gealdre      godes agen bearn,
    wilgest on wicum,      ond þone wacran swa some,
    scyldum bescyredne,      on gescead witan.
    þæt mæg æghwylc mon      eaþe geþencan,
    10
    se þe hine ne læte      on þas lænan tid
    amyrran his gemyndum      modes gælsan
    ond on his dægrime      druncen to rice,
    þonne monige beo      mæþelhegendra,
    wlonce wigsmiþas      winburgum in,
    15
    sittaþ æt symble,      sogied wreca,
    wordum wrixla,      witan fundiaþ
    hwylc æscstede      inne in ræcede
    mid werum wunige,      þonne win hwete
    beornes breostsefan.      Breahtem stige,
    20
    cirm on corþre,      cwide scralletaþ
    missenlice.      Swa beoþ modsefan
    dalum gedæled,      sindon dryhtguman
    ungelice.      Sum on oferhygdo
    þrymme þringe,      þrinte him in innan
    25
    ungemedemad mod;      sindan to monige þæt!
    Bi þæt æfþonca      eal gefylled
    feondes fligepilum,      facensearwum;
    breoda he ond bælce,      bo his sylfes
    swiþor micle      þonne se sella mon,
    30
    þence þæt his wise      welhwam þince
    eal unforcuþ.      Biþ þæs oþer swice,
    þonne he þæs facnes      fintan sceawa.
    Wrenceþ he ond blenceþ,      worn geþenceþ
    hinderhoca,      hygegar lete,
    35
    scurum sceoteþ.      He þa scylde ne wat
    fæhþe gefremede,      feoþ his betran
    eorl fore æfstum,      læte inwitflan
    brecan þone burgweal,      þe him bebead meotud
    þæt he þæt wigsteal      wergan sceolde,
    40
    siteþ symbelwlonc,      searwum læte
    wine gewæged      word ut faran,
    þræfte þringan      þrymme gebyrmed,
    æfæstum onæled,      oferhygda ful,
    niþum nearowrencum.      Nu þu cunnan meaht,
    45
    gif þu þyslicne      þegn gemittest
    wunian in wicum,      wite þe be þissum
    feawum forspellum      þæt þæt biþ feondes bearn
    flæsce bifongen,      hafa fræte lif,
    grundfusne gæst      gode orfeormne,
    50
    wuldorcyninge.      þæt se witga song,
    gearowyrdig guma,      ond þæt gyd awræc:
    "Se þe hine sylfne      in þa sliþnan tid
    þurh oferhygda      up ahlæne,
    ahefe heahmodne,      se sceal hean wesan
    55
    æfter neosiþum      niþer gebiged,
    wunian witum fæst,      wyrmum beþrungen.
    þæt wæs geara iu      in godes rice
    þætte mid englum      oferhygd astag,
    widmære gewin.      Wroht ahofan,
    60
    heardne heresiþ,      heofon widledan,
    forsawan hyra sellan,      þa hi to swice þohton
    ond þrymcyning      þeodenstoles
    ricne beryfan,      swa hit ryht ne wæs,
    ond þonne gesettan      on hyra sylfra dom
    65
    wuldres wynlond.      þæt him wige forstod
    fæder frumsceafta;      wear him seo feohte to grim.
    onne bi þam oþrum      ungelice
    se þe her on eorþan      eamod leofa,
    ond wiþ gesibbra gehwone      simle healde
    70
    freode on folce      ond his feond lufa,
    þeah þe he him abylgnesse      oft gefremede
    willum in þisse worulde.      Se mot wuldres dream
    in haligra hyht      heonan astigan
    on engla eard.      Ne biþ þam oþrum swa,
    75
    se þe on ofermedum      eargum dædum
    leofaþ in leahtrum,      ne beo þa lean gelic
    mid wuldorcyning."      Wite þe be þissum,
    gif þu eamodne      eorl gemete,
    þegn on þeode,      þam bi simle
    80
    gæst gegæderad      godes agen bearn
    wilsum in worlde,      gif me se witega ne leag.
    Forþon we sculon a hycgende      hælo rædes
    gemunan in mode      mæla gehwylcum
    þone selestan      sigora waldend.
    85
    Amen.

    Widsith

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Widsi maolade,      wordhord onleac,
    se þe monna mæst      mægþa ofer eorþan,
    folca geondferde;      oft he on flette geþah
    mynelicne maþþum.      Him from Myrgingum
    5
    æþele onwocon.      He mid Ealhhilde,
    fælre freoþuwebban,      forman siþe
    Hrecyninges      ham gesohte
    eastan of Ongle,      Eormanrices,
    wraþes wærlogan.      Ongon þa worn sprecan:
    10
    "Fela ic monna gefrægn      mægþum wealdan!
    Sceal þeodna gehwylc      þeawum lifgan,
    eorl æfter oþrum      ele rædan,
    se þe his þeodenstol      geþeon wile.
    þara wæs Hwala      hwile selast,
    15
    ond Alexandreas      ealra ricost
    monna cynnes,      ond he mæst geþah
    þara þe ic ofer foldan      gefrægen hæbbe.
    ætla weold Hunum,      Eormanric Gotum,
    Becca Baningum,      Burgendum Gifica.
    20
    Casere weold Creacum      ond Celic Finnum,
    Hagena Holmrygum      ond Heoden Glommum.
    Witta weold Swæfum,      Wada Hælsingum,
    Meaca Myrgingum,      Mearchealf Hundingum.
    þeodric weold Froncum,      þyle Rondingum,
    25
    Breoca Brondingum,      Billing Wernum.
    Oswine weold Eowum      ond Ytum Gefwulf,
    Fin Folcwalding      Fresna cynne.
    Sigehere lengest      Sædenum weold,
    Hnæf Hocingum,      Helm Wulfingum,
    30
    Wald Woingum,      Wod þyringum,
    Sæfer Sycgum,      Sweom Ongendþeow,
    Sceafthere Ymbrum,      Sceafa Longbeardum,
    Hun Hætwerum      ond Holen Wrosnum.
    Hringweald wæs haten      Herefarena cyning.
    35
    Offa weold Ongle,      Alewih Denum;
    se wæs þara manna      modgast ealra,
    no hwæþre he ofer Offan      eorlscype fremede,
    ac Offa geslog      ærest monna,
    cnihtwesende,      cynerica mæst.
    40
    Nænig efeneald him      eorlscipe maran
    on orette.      Ane sweorde
    merce gemærde      wi Myrgingum
    bi Fifeldore;      heoldon for siþþan
    Engle ond Swæfe,      swa hit Offa geslog.
    45
    Hroþwulf ond Hrogar      heoldon lengest
    sibbe ætsomne      suhtorfædran,
    siþþan hy forwræcon      wicinga cynn
    ond Ingeldes      ord forbigdan,
    forheowan æt Heorote      Heaobeardna þrym.
    50
    Swa ic geondferde fela      fremdra londa
    geond ginne grund.      Godes ond yfles
    þær ic cunnade      cnosle bidæled,
    freomægum feor      folgade wide.
    Forþon ic mæg singan      ond secgan spell,
    55
    mænan fore mengo      in meoduhealle
    hu me cynegode      cystum dohten.
    Ic wæs mid Hunum      ond mid Hregotum,
    mid Sweom ond mid Geatum      ond mid Suþdenum.
    Mid Wenlum ic wæs ond mid Wærnum      ond mid wicingum.
    60
    Mid Gefþum ic wæs ond mid Winedum      ond mid Gefflegum.
    Mid Englum ic wæs ond mid Swæfum      ond mid ænenum.
    Mid Seaxum ic wæs ond Sycgum      ond mid Sweordwerum.
    Mid Hronum ic wæs ond mid Deanum      ond mid Heaþoreamum.
    Mid þyringum ic wæs      ond mid þrowendum,
    65
    ond mid Burgendum,      þær ic beag geþah;
    me þær Guhere forgeaf      glædlicne maþþum
    songes to leane.      Næs þæt sæne cyning!
    Mid Froncum ic wæs ond mid Frysum      ond mid Frumtingum.
    Mid Rugum ic wæs ond mid Glommum      ond mid Rumwalum.
    70
    Swylce ic wæs on Eatule      mid ælfwine,
    se hæfde moncynnes,      mine gefræge,
    leohteste hond      lofes to wyrcenne,
    heortan unhneaweste      hringa gedales,
    beorhtra beaga,      bearn Eadwines.
    75
    Mid Sercingum ic wæs      ond mid Seringum;
    mid Creacum ic wæs ond mid Finnum      ond mid Casere,
    se þe winburga      geweald ahte,
    wiolena ond wilna,      ond Wala rices.
    Mid Scottum ic wæs ond mid Peohtum      ond mid Scridefinnum;
    80
    mid Lidwicingum ic wæs ond mid Leonum      ond mid Longbeardum,
    mid hænum ond mid hæleþum      ond mid Hundingum.
    Mid Israhelum ic wæs      ond mid Exsyringum,
    mid Ebreum ond mid Indeum      ond mid Egyptum.
    Mid Moidum ic wæs ond mid Persum      ond mid Myrgingum,
    85
    ond Mofdingum      ond ongend Myrgingum,
    ond mid Amothingum.      Mid Eastþyringum ic wæs
    ond mid Eolum ond mid Istum      ond Idumingum.
    Ond ic wæs mid Eormanrice      ealle þrage,
    þær me Gotena cyning      gode dohte;
    90
    se me beag forgeaf,      burgwarena fruma,
    on þam siex hund wæs      smætes goldes,
    gescyred sceatta      scillingrime;
    þone ic Eadgilse      on æht sealde,
    minum hleodryhtne,      þa ic to ham bicwom,
    95
    leofum to leane,      þæs þe he me lond forgeaf,
    mines fæder eþel,      frea Myrginga.
    Ond me þa Ealhhild      oþerne forgeaf,
    dryhtcwen duguþe,      dohtor Eadwines.
    Hyre lof lengde      geond londa fela,
    100
    þonne ic be songe      secgan sceolde
    hwær ic under swegle      selast wisse
    goldhrodene cwen      giefe bryttian.
    onne wit Scilling      sciran reorde
    for uncrum sigedryhtne      song ahofan,
    105
    hlude bi hearpan      hleoþor swinsade,
    þonne monige men,      modum wlonce,
    wordum sprecan,      þa þe wel cuþan,
    þæt hi næfre song      sellan ne hyrdon.
    onan ic ealne geondhwearf      eþel Gotena,
    110
    sohte ic a gesiþa      þa selestan;
    þæt wæs innweorud      Earmanrices.
    Hecan sohte ic ond Beadecan      ond Herelingas,
    Emercan sohte ic ond Fridlan      ond Eastgotan,
    frodne ond godne      fæder Unwenes.
    115
    Seccan sohte ic ond Beccan,      Seafolan ond þeodric,
    Heaþoric ond Sifecan,      Hliþe ond Incgenþeow.
    Eadwine sohte ic ond Elsan,      ægelmund ond Hungar,
    ond þa wloncan gedryht      Wiþmyrginga.
    Wulfhere sohte ic ond Wyrmhere;      ful oft þær wig ne alæg,
    120
    þonne Hræda here      heardum sweordum
    ymb Wistlawudu      wergan sceoldon
    ealdne eþelstol      ætlan leodum.
    Rædhere sohte ic ond Rondhere,      Rumstan ond Gislhere,
    Wiþergield ond Freoþeric,      Wudgan ond Haman;
    125
    ne wæran þæt gesiþa      þa sæmestan,
    þeah þe ic hy anihst      nemnan sceolde.
    Ful oft of þam heape      hwinende fleag
    giellende gar      on grome þeode;
    wræccan þær weoldan      wundnan golde
    130
    werum ond wifum,      Wudga ond Hama.
    Swa ic þæt symle onfond      on þære feringe,
    þæt se biþ leofast      londbuendum
    se þe him god syle      gumena rice
    to gehealdenne,      þenden he her leofa."
    135
    Swa scriþende      gesceapum hweorfa
    gleomen gumena      geond grunda fela,
    þearfe secga,      þoncword sprecaþ,
    simle su oþþe nor      sumne gemeta
    gydda gleawne,      geofum unhneawne,
    140
    se þe fore duguþe wile      dom aræran,
    eorlscipe æfnan,      oþþæt eal scæce,
    leoht ond lif somod;      lof se gewyrce,
    hafa under heofonum      heahfæstne dom.

    The Fortunes of Men

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ful oft þæt gegonge,      mid godes meahtum,
    þætte wer ond wif      in woruld cenna
    bearn mid gebyrdum      ond mid bleom gyrwa,
    tennaþ ond tætaþ,      oþþæt seo tid cyme,
    5
    gegæ gearrimum,      þæt þa geongan leomu,
    liffæstan leoþu,      geloden weorþa.
    Ferga swa ond feþa      fæder ond modor,
    giefa ond gierwaþ.      God ana wat
    hwæt him weaxendum      winter bringa!
    10
    Sumum þæt gegonge      on geogufeore
    þæt se endestæf      earfemæcgum
    wealic weorþe.      Sceal hine wulf etan,
    har hæstapa;      hinsiþ þonne
    modor bimurne.      Ne bi swylc monnes geweald!
    15
    Sumne sceal hungor ahiþan,      sumne sceal hreoh fordrifan,
    sumne sceal gar agetan,      sumne gu abreotan.
    Sum sceal leomena leas      lifes neotan,
    folmum ætfeohtan,      sum on fee lef,
    seonobennum seoc,      sar cwanian,
    20
    murnan meotudgesceaft      mode gebysgad.
    Sum sceal on holte      of hean beame
    fiþerleas feallan;      bi on flihte seþeah,
    lace on lyfte,      oþþæt lengre ne bi
    westem wudubeames.      þonne he on wyrtruman
    25
    sige sworcenfer,      sawle bireafod,
    fealleþ on foldan,      feor biþ on siþe.
    Sum sceal on feþe      on feorwegas
    nyde gongan      ond his nest beran,
    tredan uriglast      elþeodigra,
    30
    frecne foldan;      ah he feormendra
    lyt lifgendra,      la biþ æghwær
    fore his wonsceaftum      wineleas hæle.
    Sum sceal on geapum      galgan ridan,
    seomian æt swylte,      oþþæt sawlhord,
    35
    bancofa blodig,      abrocen weorþe.
    þær him hrefn nimeþ      heafodsyne,
    slite salwigpad      sawelleasne;
    noþer he þy facne mæg      folmum biwergan,
    laþum lyftsceaþan,      biþ his lif scæcen,
    40
    ond he feleleas,      feores orwena,
    blac on beame      bide wyrde,
    bewegen wælmiste.      Bi him werig noma!
    Sumne on bæle sceal      brond aswencan,
    fretan frecne lig      fægne monnan;
    45
    þær him lifgedal      lungre weore,
    read reþe gled;      reote meowle,
    seo hyre bearn gesih      brondas þeccan.
    Sumum meces ecg      on meodubence
    yrrum ealowosan      ealdor oþþringe,
    50
    were winsadum;      bi ær his worda to hræd.
    Sum sceal on beore      þurh byreles hond
    meodugal mæcga;      þonne he gemet ne con
    gemearcian his muþe      mode sine,
    ac sceal ful earmlice      ealdre linnan,
    55
    dreogan dryhtenbealo      dreamum biscyred,
    ond hine to sylfcwale      secgas nemna,
    mæna mid muþe      meodugales gedrinc.
    Sum sceal on geoguþe      mid godes meahtum
    his earfosiþ      ealne forspildan,
    60
    ond on yldo eft      eadig weorþan,
    wunian wyndagum      ond welan þicgan,
    maþmas ond meoduful      mægburge on,
    þæs þe ænig fira mæge      for gehealdan.
    Swa missenlice      meahtig dryhten
    65
    geond eorþan sceat      eallum dæle,
    scyreþ ond scrife      ond gesceapo healde,
    sumum eadwelan,      sumum earfeþa dæl,
    sumum geogoþe glæd,      sumum guþe blæd,
    gewealdenne wigplegan,      sumum wyrp oþþe scyte,
    70
    torhtlicne tiir,      sumum tæfle cræft,
    bleobordes gebregd.      Sume boceras
    weorþa wisfæste.      Sumum wundorgiefe
    þurh goldsmiþe      gearwad weorþa;
    ful oft he gehyrde      ond gehyrste wel,
    75
    brytencyninges beorn,      ond he him brad syle
    lond to leane.      He hit on lust þige.
    Sum sceal on heape      hæleþum cweman,
    blissian æt beore      bencsittendum;
    þær biþ drincendra      dream se micla.
    80
    Sum sceal mid hearpan      æt his hlafordes
    fotum sittan,      feoh þicgan,
    ond a snellice      snere wræstan,
    lætan scralletan      sceacol, se þe hleape,
    nægl neomegende;      biþ him neod micel.
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    Sum sceal wildne fugel      wloncne atemian,
    heafoc on honda,      oþþæt seo heoroswealwe
    wynsum weorþe;      deþ he wyrplas on,
    fedeþ swa on feterum      fiþrum dealne,
    lepeþ lyftswiftne      lytlum gieflum,
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    oþþæt se wælisca      wædum ond dædum
    his ætgiefan      eamod weorþe
    ond to hagostealdes      honda gelæred.
    Swa wrætlice      weoroda nergend
    geond middangeard      monna cræftas
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    sceop ond scyrede      ond gesceapo ferede
    æghwylcum on eorþan      eormencynnes.
    Forþon him nu ealles þonc      æghwa secge,
    þæs þe he fore his miltsum      monnum scrife.

    Maxims I

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Frige mec frodum wordum!      Ne læt þinne fer onhælne,
    degol þæt þu deopost cunne!      Nelle ic þe min dyrne gesecgan,
    gif þu me þinne hygecræft hylest      ond þine heortan geþohtas.
    Gleawe men sceolon gieddum wrixlan.      God sceal mon ærest hergan
    5
    fægre, fæder userne,      forþon þe he us æt frymþe geteode
    lif ond lænne willan;      he usic wile þara leana gemonian.
    Meotud sceal in wuldre,      mon sceal on eorþan
    geong ealdian.      God us ece biþ,
    ne wenda hine wyrda      ne hine wiht dreceþ,
    10
    adl ne yldo      ælmihtigne;
    ne gomela he in gæste,      ac he is gen swa he wæs,
    þeoden geþyldig.      He us geþonc syle,
    missenlicu mod,      monge reorde.
    Feorhcynna fela      fæþmeþ wide
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    eglond monig.      Eardas rume
    meotud arærde      for moncynne,
    ælmihtig god,      efenfela bega
    þeoda ond þeawa.      þing sceal gehegan
    frod wiþ frodne;      biþ hyra fer gelic,
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    hi a sace semaþ,      sibbe gelæra,
    þa ær wonsælge      awegen habba.
    Ræd sceal mid snyttro,      ryht mid wisum,
    til sceal mid tilum.      Tu beo gemæccan;
    sceal wif ond wer      in woruld cennan
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    bearn mid gebyrdum.      Beam sceal on eoran
    leafum liþan,      leomu gnornian.
    Fus sceal feran,      fæge sweltan
    ond dogra gehwam      ymb gedal sacan
    middangeardes.      Meotud ana wat
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    hwær se cwealm cymeþ,      þe heonan of cyþþe gewiteþ.
    Umbor yce,      þa æradl nime;
    þy weorþe on foldan swa fela      fira cynnes,
    ne sy þæs magutimbres      gemet ofer eorþan,
    gif hi ne wanige      se þas woruld teode.
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    Dol biþ se þe his dryhten nat,      to þæs oft cyme dea unþinged.
    Snotre men sawlum beorga,      healda hyra so mid ryhte.
    Eadig bi se þe in his eþle geþih,      earm se him his frynd geswica.
    Nefre sceal se him his nest aspringe,      nyde sceal þrage gebunden.
    Bliþe sceal bealoleas heorte.      Blind sceal his eagna þolian,
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    oftigen biþ him torhtre gesihþe.      Ne magon hi tunglu bewitian,
    swegltorht sunnan ne monan;      þæt him biþ sar in his mode,
    onge þonne he hit ana wat,      ne wene þæt him þæs edhwyrft cyme.
    Waldend him þæt wite teode,      se him mæg wyrpe syllan,
    hælo of heofodgimme,      gif he wat heortan clæne.
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    Lef mon læces behofa.      Læran sceal mon geongne monnan,
    trymman ond tyhtan þæt he teala cunne,      oþþæt hine mon atemedne hæbbe,
    sylle him wist ond wædo,      oþþæt hine mon on gewitte alæde.
    Ne sceal hine mon cildgeongne forcweþan,      ær he hine acyþan mote;
    þy sceal on þeode geþeon,      þæt he wese þristhycgende.
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    Styran sceal mon strongum mode.      Storm oft holm gebringeþ,
    geofen in grimmum sælum;      onginna grome fundian
    fealwe on feorran to londe,      hwæþer he fæste stonde.
    Weallas him wiþre healda,      him biþ wind gemæne.
    Swa biþ sæ smilte,     
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    þonne hy wind ne wece;     
    swa beoþ þeoda geþwære,      þonne hy geþingad habba,
    gesitta him on gesundum þingum,      ond þonne mid gesiþum healdaþ
    cene men gecynde rice.      Cyning biþ anwealdes georn;
    la se þe londes mona,      leof se þe mare beode.
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    þrym sceal mid wlenco,      þriste mid cenum,
    sceolun bu recene      beadwe fremman.
    Eorl sceal on eos boge,      eorod sceal getrume ridan,
    fæste feþa stondan.      Fæmne æt hyre bordan gerise;
    widgongel wif word gespringe,      oft hy mon wommum bilih,
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    hæle hy hospe mæna,      oft hyre hleor abreoþe.
    Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan,      scir in leohte gerise.
    Hond sceal heofod inwyrcan,      hord in streonum bidan,
    gifstol gegierwed stondan,      hwonne hine guman gedælen.
    Gifre biþ se þam golde onfeh,      guma þæs on heahsetle geneah;
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    lean sceal, gif we leogan nella,      þam þe us þas lisse geteode.
    Forst sceal freosan,      fyr wudu meltan,
    eorþe growan,      is brycgian,
    wæter helm wegan,      wundrum lucan
    eorþan ciþas.      An sceal inbindan
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    forstes fetre      felameahtig god;
    winter sceal geweorpan,      weder eft cuman,
    sumor swegle hat,      sund unstille.
    Deop deada wæg      dyrne bi lengest;
    holen sceal inæled,      yrfe gedæled
    80
    deades monnes.      Dom biþ selast.
    Cyning sceal mid ceape      cwene gebicgan,
    bunum ond beagum;      bu sceolon ærest
    geofum god wesan.      Gu sceal in eorle,
    wig geweaxan,      ond wif geþeon
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    leof mid hyre leodum,      leohtmod wesan,
    rune healdan,      rumheort beon
    mearum ond maþmum,      meodorædenne
    for gesimægen      symle æghwær
    eodor æþelinga      ærest gegretan,
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    forman fulle      to frean hond
    ricene geræcan,      ond him ræd witan
    boldagendum      bæm ætsomne.
    Scip sceal genægled,      scyld gebunden,
    leoht linden bord,      leof wilcuma
    95
    Frysan wife,      þonne flota stonde;
    biþ his ceol cumen      ond hyre ceorl to ham,
    agen ætgeofa,      ond heo hine in laaþ,
    wæsce his warig hrægl      ond him syleþ wæde niwe,
    liþ him on londe      þæs his lufu bæde.
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    Wif sceal wiþ wer wære gehealdan,      oft hi mon wommum belih;
    fela bi fæsthydigra,      fela bi fyrwetgeornra,
    freo hy fremde monnan,      þonne se oþer feor gewiteþ.
    Lida biþ longe on siþe;      a mon sceal seþeah leofes wenan,
    gebidan þæs he gebædan ne mæg.      Hwonne him eft gebyre weore,
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    ham cyme, gif he hal leofa,      nefne him holm gestyre,
    mere hafa mundum      mægegsan wyn.
    Ceapeadig mon      cyningwic þonne
    leodon cypeþ,      þonne liþan cyme;
    wuda ond wætres nytta,      þonne him biþ wic alyfed,
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    mete bygeþ, gif he maran þearf,      ærþon he to meþe weorþe.
    Seoc se biþ þe to seldan iete;      þeah hine mon on sunnan læde,
    ne mæg he be þy wedre wesan,      þeah hit sy wearm on sumera,
    ofercumen biþ he, ær he acwele,      gif he nat hwa hine cwicne fede.
    Mægen mon sceal mid mete fedan,      morþor under eorþan befeolan,
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    hinder under hrusan,      þe hit forhelan þence;
    ne biþ þæt gedefe deaþ,      þonne hit gedyrned weorþe.
    Hean sceal gehnigan,      hadl gesigan,
    ryht rogian.      Ræd biþ nyttost,
    yfel unnyttost,      þæt unlæd nime.
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    God bi genge,      ond wiþ god lenge.
    Hyge sceal gehealden,      hond gewealden,
    seo sceal in eagan,      snyttro in breostum,
    þær bi þæs monnes      modgeþoncas.
    Muþa gehwylc mete þearf,      mæl sceolon tidum gongan.
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    Gold geriseþ      on guman sweorde,
    sellic sigesceorp,      sinc on cwene,
    god scop gumum,      garniþ werum,
    wig towiþre      wicfreoþa healdan.
    Scyld sceal cempan,      sceaft reafere,
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    sceal bryde beag,      bec leornere,
    husl halgum men,      hæþnum synne.
    Woden worhte weos,      wuldor alwalda,
    rume roderas;      þæt is rice god,
    sylf socyning,      sawla nergend,
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    se us eal forgeaf      þæt we on lifgaþ,
    ond eft æt þam ende      eallum wealde
    monna cynne.      þæt is meotud sylfa.
    Ræd sceal mon secgan,      rune writan,
    leoþ gesingan,      lofes gearnian,
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    dom areccan,      dæges onettan.
    Til mon tiles      ond tomes meares,
    cuþes ond gecostes      ond calcrondes;
    nænig fira      to fela gestryne.
    Wel mon sceal wine healdan      on wega gehwylcum;
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    oft mon fere feor bi tune,      þær him wat freond unwiotodne.
    Wineleas, wonsælig mon      genime him wulfas to geferan,
    felafæcne deor.      Ful oft hine se gefera slite;
    gryre sceal for greggum,      græf deadum men;
    hungre heofe,      nales þæt heafe bewinde,
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    ne huru wæl wepe      wulf se græga,
    morþorcwealm mæcga,      ac hit a mare wille.
    Wræd sceal wunden,      wracu heardum men.
    Boga sceal stræle,      sceal bam gelic
    mon to gemæccan.      Maþþum oþres weor,
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    gold mon sceal gifan.      Mæg god syllan
    eadgum æhte      ond eft niman.
    Sele sceal stondan,      sylf ealdian.
    Licgende beam      læsest growe.
    Treo sceolon brædan      ond treow weaxan,
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    sio geond bilwitra      breost arise.
    Wærleas mon ond wonhydig,     
    ætrenmod ond ungetreow,     
    þæs ne gyme god.     
    Fela sceop meotud þæs þe fyrn gewear,      het siþþan swa for wesan.
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    Wæra gehwylcum wislicu      word gerisa,
    gleomen gied      ond guman snyttro.
    Swa monige beoþ men ofer eorþan,      swa beoþ modgeþoncas;
    ælc him hafa sundorsefan.     
    Longa þonne þy læs      þe him con leoþa worn,
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    oþþe mid hondum con      hearpan gretan;
    hafaþ him his gliwes giefe,      þe him god sealde.
    Earm biþ se þe sceal ana lifgan,     
    wineleas wunian      hafaþ him wyrd geteod;
    betre him wære þæt he broþor ahte,      begen hi anes monnes,
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    eorles eaforan wæran,      gif hi sceoldan eofor onginnan
    oþþe begen beran;      biþ þæt sliþhende deor.
    A scyle þa rincas      gerædan lædan
    ond him ætsomne swefan;     
    næfre hy mon tomælde,     
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    ær hy dea todæle.     
    Hy twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan,      þenden him hyra torn toglide,
    forgietan þara geocran gesceafta,      habban him gomen on borde;
    idle hond æmetlan geneah tæfles monnes,      þonne teoselum weorpe.
    Seldan in sidum ceole,      nefne he under segle yrne,
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    werig scealc wiþ winde roweþ;      ful oft mon wearnum tih
    eargne, þæt he elne forleose,      druga his ar on borde.
    Lot sceal mid lyswe,      list mid gedefum;
    þy weorþe se stan forstolen.     
    Oft hy wordum toweorpa,     
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    ær hy bacum tobreden;     
    geara is hwær aræd.     
    Wear fæhþo fyra cynne,      siþþan furþum swealg
    eore Abeles blode.      Næs þæt andæge ni,
    of þam wrohtdropan      wide gesprungon,
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    micel mon ældum,      monegum þeodum
    bealoblonden niþ.      Slog his broor swæsne
    Cain, þone cwealm nerede;      cuþ wæs wide siþþan,
    þæt ece ni ældum scod,      swa aþolwarum.
    Drugon wæpna gewin      wide geond eorþan,
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    ahogodan ond ahyrdon      heoro sliþendne.
    Gearo sceal gubord,      gar on sceafte,
    ecg on sweorde      ond ord spere,
    hyge heardum men.      Helm sceal cenum,
    ond a þæs heanan hyge      hord unginnost.

    The Order of the World

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wilt þu, fus hæle,      fremdne monnan,
    wisne woboran      wordum gretan,
    fricgan felageongne      ymb forgesceaft,
    biddan þe gesecge      sidra gesceafta
    5
    cræftas cyndelice      cwichrerende,
    þa þe dogra gehwam      þurh dom godes
    bringe wundra fela      wera cneorissum!
    Is þara anra gehwam      orgeate tacen,
    þam þurh wisdom      woruld ealle con
    10
    behabban on hreþre,      hycgende mon,
    þæt geara iu,      gliwes cræfte,
    mid gieddingum      guman oft wrecan,
    rincas rædfæste;      cuþon ryht sprecan,
    þæt a fricgende      fira cynnes
    15
    ond secgende      searoruna gespon
    a gemyndge mæst      monna wiston.
    Forþon scyle ascian,      se þe on elne leofa,
    deophydig mon,      dygelra gesceafta,
    bewritan in gewitte      wordhordes cræft,
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    fæstnian fersefan,      þencan for teala;
    ne sceal þæs aþreotan      þegn modigne,
    þæt he wislice      woruld fulgonge.
    Leorna þas lare.      Ic þe lungre sceal
    meotudes mægensped      maran gesecgan,
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    þonne þu hygecræftig      in hreþre mæge
    mode gegripan.      Is sin meaht forswiþ.
    Nis þæt monnes gemet      moldhrerendra,
    þæt he mæge in hreþre      his heah geweorc
    furþor aspyrgan      þonne him frea sylle
    30
    to ongietanne      godes agen bibod;
    ac we sculon þoncian      þeodne mærum
    awa to ealdre,      þæs þe us se eca cyning
    on gæste wlite      forgiefan wille
    þæt we eae magon      upcund rice
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    for gestigan,      gif us on fere geneah
    ond we willa healdan      heofoncyninges bibod.
    Gehyr nu þis herespel      ond þinne hyge gefæstna.
    Hwæt, on frymþe gescop      fæder ælmihtig,
    heah hordes weard,      heofon ond eoran,
    40
    sæs sidne grund,      sweotule gesceafte,
    þa nu in þam þream      þurh þeodnes hond
    heaþ ond hebbaþ      þone halgan blæd.
    Forþon eal swa teofanade,      se þe teala cuþe,
    æghwylc wiþ oþrum;      sceoldon eal beran
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    stiþe stefnbyrd,      swa him se steora bibead
    missenlice gemetu      þurh þa miclan gecynd.
    Swa hi to worulde      wlite forþ bera
    dryhtnes duguþe      ond his dæda þrym,
    lixende lof      in þa longan tid,
    50
    fremmaþ fæstlice      frean ece word
    in þam frumstole      þe him frea sette,
    hluttor heofones weard,      healda georne
    mere gemære;      meaht for tih
    heofoncondelle      ond holmas mid,
    55
    laþa ond lædeþ      lifes agend
    in his anes fæþm      ealle gesceafta.
    Swa him wideferh      wuldor stondeþ,
    ealra demena      þam gedefestan,
    þe us þis lif gescop,      ond þis leohte beorht
    60
    cyme morgna gehwam      ofer misthleoþu
    wadan ofer wægas      wundrum gegierwed,
    ond mid ærdæge      eastan snowe
    wlitig ond wynsum      wera cneorissum;
    lifgendra gehwam      leoht for biere
    65
    bronda beorhtost,      ond his brucan mot
    æghwylc on eorþan,      þe him eagna gesih
    sigora socyning      syllan wolde.
    Gewite þonne mid þy wuldre      on westrodor
    formære tungol      faran on heape,
    70
    oþþæt on æfenne      ut garsecges
    grundas pæþe,      glom oþer cig;
    niht æfter cyme,      healde nydbibod
    halgan dryhtnes.      Heofontorht swegl
    scir gescynde      in gesceaft godes
    75
    under foldan fæþm,      farende tungol.
    Forþon nænig fira      þæs frod leofa
    þæt his mæge æspringe      þurh his ægne sped witan,
    hu geond grund fære      goldtorht sunne
    in þæt wonne genip      under wætra geþring,
    80
    oþþe hwa þes leohtes      londbuende
    brucan mote,      siþþan heo ofer brim hweorfe.
    Forþon swa teofenede,      se þe teala cuþe,
    dæg wiþ nihte,      deop wi hean,
    lyft wi lagustream,      lond wiþ wæge,
    85
    flod wi flode,      fisc wi yþum.
    Ne wacia þas geweorc,      ac he hi wel healde;
    stonda stilice      bestryþed fæste
    miclum meahtlocum      in þam mægenþrymme
    mid þam sy ahefed      heofon ond eorþe.
    90
    Beo þonne eadge      þa þær in wunia,
    hyhtlic is þæt heorwerud.      þæt is herga mæst,
    eadigra unrim,      engla þreatas.
    Hy geseo symle      hyra sylfra cyning,
    eagum on wlita,      habba æghwæs genoh.
    95
    Nis him wihte won,      þam þe wuldres cyning
    geseoþ in swegle;      him is symbel ond dream
    ece unhwylen      eadgum to frofre.
    Forþon scyle mon gehycgan      þæt he meotude hyre;
    æghwylc ælda bearna      forlæte idle lustas,
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    læne lifes wynne,      fundige him to lissa blisse,
    forlæte heteniþa      gehwone sigan
    mid synna fyrnum,      fere him to þam sellan rice.

    The Riming Poem

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Me lifes onlah      se þis leoht onwrah,
    ond þæt torhte geteoh,      tillice onwrah.
    Glæd wæs ic gliwum,      glenged hiwum,
    blissa bleoum,      blostma hiwum.
    5
    Secgas mec segon,      symbel ne alegon,
    feohgiefe gefegon;      frætwed wægon
    wicg ofer wongum      wennan gongum,
    lisse mid longum      leoma gehongum.
    þa wæs wæstmum aweaht,      world onspreht,
    10
    under roderum areaht,      rædmægne oferþeaht.
    Giestas gengdon,      gerscype mengdon,
    lisse lengdon,      lustum glengdon.
    Scrifen scrad glad      þurh gescad in brad,
    wæs on lagustreame lad,      þær me leoþu ne biglad.
    15
    Hæfde ic heanne had,      ne wæs me in healle gad,
    þæt þær rof weord rad.      Oft þær rinc gebad,
    þæt he in sele sæge      sincgewæge,
    þegnum geþyhte.      þenden wæs me mægen,
    horsce mec heredon,      hilde generedon,
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    fægre feredon,      feondon biweredon.
    Swa mec hyhtgiefu heold,      hygedryht befeold,
    staþolæhtum steold,      stepegongum weold
    swylce eorþe ol,      ahte ic ealdorstol,
    galdorwordum gol.      Gomen sibbe ne ofoll,
    25
    ac wæs gefest gear,      gellende sner,
    wuniendo wær      wilbec bescær.
    Scealcas wæron scearpe,      scyl wæs hearpe,
    hlude hlynede,      hleoþor dynede,
    sweglrad swinsade,      swiþe ne minsade.
    30
    Burgsele beofode,      beorht hlifade,
    ellen eacnade,      ead beacnade,
    freaum frodade,      fromum godade,
    mod mægnade,      mine fægnade,
    treow telgade,      tir welgade,
    35
    blæd blissade,     
    gold gearwade,      gim hwearfade,
    sinc searwade,      sib nearwade.
    From ic wæs in frætwum,      freolic in geatwum;
    wæs min dream dryhtlic,      drohta hyhtlic.
    40
    Foldan ic freoþode,      folcum ic leoþode,
    lif wæs min longe,      leodum in gemonge,
    tirum getonge,      teala gehonge.
    Nu min hreþer is hreoh,      heofsiþum sceoh,
    nydbysgum neah;      gewite nihtes in fleah
    45
    se ær in dæge wæs dyre.      Scriþe nu deop in feore
    brondhord geblowen,      breostum in forgrowen,
    flyhtum toflowen.      Flah is geblowen
    miclum in gemynde;      modes gecynde
    grete ungrynde      grorn efenpynde,
    50
    bealofus byrne,      bittre toyrne.
    Werig winne,      widsi onginne,
    sar ne sinniþ,      sorgum cinni,
    blæd his blinni,      blisse linni,
    listum linne,      lustum ne tinne.
    55
    Dreamas swa her gedreosa,      dryhtscype gehreosa,
    lif her men forleosa,      leahtras oft geceosa;
    treowþrag is to trag,      seo untrume genag,
    steapum eatole misþah,      ond eal stund genag.
    Swa nu world wendeþ,      wyrde sendeþ,
    60
    ond hetes hente,      hæleþe scynde.
    Wercyn gewite,      wælgar slite,
    flahmah fliteþ,      flan mon hwite,
    borgsorg bite,      bald ald þwiteþ,
    wræcfæc wriþa,      wraþ a smiteþ,
    65
    singryn sida,      searofearo glideþ,
    gromtorn græfeþ,      græft hafa,
    searohwit solaþ,      sumurhat cola,
    foldwela fealle,      feondscipe wealle,
    eormægen ealdaþ,      ellen cola.
    70
    Me þæt wyrd gewæf,      ond gewyrht forgeaf,
    þæt ic grofe græf,      ond þæt grimme græf
    flean flæsce ne mæg,      þonne flanhred dæg
    nydgrapum nimeþ,      þonne seo neaht becyme
    seo me eles ofonn      ond mec her eardes onconn.
    75
    þonne lichoma lige,      lima wyrm friteþ,
    ac him wenne gewige      ond þa wist geþyge,
    oþþæt beoþ þa ban      an,
    ond æt nyhstan nan      nefne se neda tan
    balawun her gehloten.      Ne biþ se hlisa adroren.
    80
    ær þæt eadig geþence,      he hine þe oftor swence,
    byrge him þa bitran synne,      hogaþ to þære betran wynne,
    gemon morþa lisse,      þær sindon miltsa blisse
    hyhtlice in heofona rice.      Uton nu halgum gelice
    scyldum biscyrede      scyndan generede,
    85
    wommum biwerede,      wuldre generede,
    þær moncyn mot      for meotude rot
    sone god geseon,      ond aa in sibbe gefean.

    The Panther

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Monge sindon      geond middangeard
    unrimu cynn,      þe we æþelu ne magon
    ryhte areccan      ne rim witan;
    þæs wide sind      geond world innan
    5
    fugla ond deora      foldhrerendra
    wornas widsceope,      swa wæter bibuge
    þisne beorhtan bosm,      brim grymetende,
    sealtyþa geswing.      We bi sumum hyrdon
    wrætlice gecynd      wildra secgan
    10
    firum freamærne      feorlondum on
    eard weardian,      eles neotan
    æfter dunscrafum.      Is þæt deor pandher
    bi noman haten,      þæs þe niþþa bearn,
    wisfæste weras      on gewritum cyþa
    15
    bi þam anstapan.      Se is æghwam freond,
    dugua estig,      butan dracan anum,
    þam he in ealle tid      ondwra leofaþ
    þurh yfla gehwylc      þe he geæfnan mæg.
    æt is wrætlic deor,      wundrum scyne
    20
    hiwa gehwylces;      swa hæle secga,
    gæsthalge guman,      þætte Iosephes
    tunece wære      telga gehwylces
    bleom bregdende,      þara beorhtra gehwylc
    æghwæs ænlicra      oþrum lixte
    25
    dryhta bearnum,      swa þæs deores hiw,
    blæc brigda gehwæs,      beorhtra ond scynra
    wundrum lixe,      þætte wrætlicra
    æghwylc oþrum,      ænlicra gien
    ond fægerra      frætwum blice,
    30
    symle sellicra.      He hafa sundorgecynd,
    milde, gemetfæst.      He is monþwære,
    lufsum ond leoftæl,      nele laþes wiht
    ængum geæfnan      butan þam attorsceaþan,
    his fyrngeflitan,      þe ic ær fore sægde.
    35
    Symle fylle fægen,      þonne foddor þige,
    æfter þam gereordum      ræste sece
    dygle stowe      under dunscrafum;
    ær se þeodwiga      þreonihta fæc
    swife on swefote,      slæpe gebiesgad.
    40
    þonne ellenrof      up astonde,
    þrymme gewelgad,      on þone þriddan dæg,
    sneome of slæpe.      Sweghleoþor cyme,
    woþa wynsumast      þurh þæs wildres mu.
    æfter þære stefne      stenc ut cyme
    45
    of þam wongstede,      wynsumra steam,
    swettra ond swiþra      swæcca gehwylcum,
    wyrta blostmum      ond wudubledum,
    eallum æþelicra      eorþan frætwum.
    þonne of ceastrum      ond cynestolum
    50
    ond of burgsalum      beornþreat monig
    fara foldwegum      folca þryþum,
    eoredcystum,      ofestum gefysde,
    darelacende;      deor efne swa some
    æfter þære stefne      on þone stenc fara.
    55
    Swa is dryhten god,      dreama rædend,
    eallum eamede      oþrum gesceaftum,
    dugua gehwylcre,      butan dracan anum,
    attres ordfruman.      þæt is se ealda feond,
    þone he gesælde      in susla grund,
    60
    ond gefetrade      fyrnum teagum,
    biþeahte þreanydum,      ond þy þriddan dæge
    of digle aras,      þæs þe he dea fore us
    þreo niht þolade,      þeoden engla,
    sigora sellend.      þæt wæs swete stenc,
    65
    wlitig ond wynsum      geond woruld ealle.
    Siþþan to þam swicce      sofæste men
    on healfa gehwone      heapum þrungon
    geond ealne ymbhwyrft      eorþan sceata.
    Swa se snottra gecwæ      sanctus Paulus:
    70
    "Monigfealde sind      geond middangeard
    god ungnye      þe us to giefe dæle
    ond to feorhnere      fæder ælmihtig,
    ond se anga hyht      ealra gesceafta,
    uppe ge niþre."      þæt is æþele stenc.

    The Whale

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nu ic fitte gen      ymb fisca cynn
    wille wocræfte      wordum cyþan
    þurh modgemynd      bi þam miclan hwale.
    Se bi unwillum      oft gemeted,
    5
    frecne ond fergrim,      farelacendum,
    niþþa gehwylcum;      þam is noma cenned,
    fyrnstreama geflotan,      Fastitocalon.
    Is þæs hiw gelic      hreofum stane,
    swylce worie      bi wædes ofre,
    10
    sondbeorgum ymbseald,      særyrica mæst,
    swa þæt wenaþ      wægliþende
    þæt hy on ealond sum      eagum wliten,
    ond þonne gehyda      heahstefn scipu
    to þam unlonde      oncyrrapum,
    15
    setlaþ sæmearas      sundes æt ende,
    ond þonne in þæt eglond      up gewita
    collenferþe;      ceolas stonda
    bi staþe fæste,      streame biwunden.
    onne gewicia      werigfere,
    20
    farolacende,      frecnes ne wena,
    on þam ealonde      æled wecca,
    heahfyr æla;      hæleþ beoþ on wynnum,
    reonigmode,      ræste geliste.
    þonne gefele      facnes cræftig
    25
    þæt him þa ferend on      fæste wuniaþ,
    wic weardia      wedres on luste,
    onne semninga      on sealtne wæg
    mid þa noþe      niþer gewiteþ
    garsecges gæst,      grund gesece,
    30
    ond þonne in deasele      drence bifæste
    scipu mid scealcum.      Swa bi scinna þeaw,
    deofla wise,      þæt hi drohtende
    þurh dyrne meaht      dugue beswica,
    ond on teosu tyhtaþ      tilra dæda,
    35
    wema on willan,      þæt hy wraþe secen,
    frofre to feondum,      oþþæt hy fæste ær
    æt þam wærlogan      wic geceosa.
    þonne þæt gecnawe      of cwicsusle
    flah feond gemah,      þætte fira gehwylc
    40
    hæleþa cynnes      on his hringe biþ
    fæste gefeged,      he him feorgbona
    þurh sliþen searo      siþþan weorþe,
    wloncum ond heanum,      þe his willan her
    firenum fremma,      mid þam he færinga,
    45
    heoloþhelme biþeaht,      helle sece,
    goda geasne,      grundleasne wylm
    under mistglome,      swa se micla hwæl,
    se þe bisence      sæliþende
    eorlas ond ymearas.      He hafa oþre gecynd,
    50
    wæterþisa wlonc,      wrætlicran gien.
    þonne hine on holme      hungor bysga
    ond þone aglæcan      ætes lysteþ,
    onne se mereweard      mu ontyne,
    wide weleras;      cyme wynsum stenc
    55
    of his innoþe,      þætte oþre þurh þone,
    sæfisca cynn,      beswicen weoraþ,
    swimma sundhwate      þær se sweta stenc
    ut gewite.      Hi þær in fara
    unware weorude,      oþþæt se wida ceafl
    60
    gefylled bi;      þonne færinga
    ymbe þa herehuþe      hlemme togædre
    grimme goman.      Swa biþ gumena gehwam,
    se þe oftost his      unwærlice
    on þas lænan tid      lif bisceawa,
    65
    læte hine beswican      þurh swetne stenc,
    leasne willan,      þæt he biþ leahtrum fah
    wi wuldorcyning.      Him se awyrgda ongean
    æfter hinsiþe      helle ontyne,
    þam þe leaslice      lices wynne
    70
    ofer ferhtgereaht      fremedon on unræd.
    þonne se fæcna      in þam fæstenne
    gebroht hafa,      bealwes cræftig,
    æt þam edwylme      þa þe him on cleofia,
    gyltum gehrodene,      ond ær georne his
    75
    in hira lifdagum      larum hyrdon,
    þonne he þa grimman      goman bihlemme
    æfter feorhcwale      fæste togædre,
    helle hlinduru;      nagon hwyrft ne swice,
    utsiþ æfre,      þa þær in cuma,
    80
    þon ma þe þa fiscas      faralacende
    of þæs hwæles fenge      hweorfan motan.
    Forþon is eallinga     
    dryhtna dryhtne,      ond a deoflum wisace
    wordum ond weorcum,      þæt we wuldorcyning
    85
    geseon moton.      Uton a sibbe to him
    on þas hwilnan tid      hælu secan,
    þæt we mid swa leofne      in lofe motan
    to widan feore      wuldres neotan.

    The Partridge

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hyrde ic secgan gen      bi sumum fugle
    wundorlicne     
         fæger,
    þæt word þe gecwæ      wuldres ealdor:
    5
    "In swa hwylce tiid      swa ge mid treowe to me
    on hyge hweorfa,      ond ge hellfirena
    sweartra geswica,      swa ic symle to eow
    mid siblufan      sona gecyrre
    þurh milde mod.      Ge beo me siþþan
    10
    torhte tireadge      talade ond rimde,
    beorhte gebroþor      on bearna stæl."
    Uton we þy geornor      gode oliccan,
    firene feogan,      friþes earnian,
    dugue to dryhtne,      þenden us dæg scine,
    15
    þæt swa æþelne      eardwica cyst
    in wuldres wlite      wunian motan.
    Finit.

    Soul and Body II

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Huru, æs behofaþ      hæleþa æghwylc
    þæt he his sawle si      sylfa bewitige,
    hu þæt bi deoplic      þonne se dea cyme,
    asundra þa sibbe,      þa þe ær somud wæron,
    5
    lic ond sawle!      Long bi siþþan
    þæt se gæst nime      æt gode sylfum
    swa wite swa wuldor,      swa him in worulde ær
    efne þæt eorfæt      ær geworhte.
    Sceal se gæst cuman      gehþum hremig,
    10
    symle ymb seofon niht      sawle findan
    þone lichoman      þe heo ær longe wæg,
    þreo hund wintra,     
    butan ær wyrce      ece dryhten,
    ælmihtig god,      ende worlde.
    15
    Cleopa þonne swa cearful      caldan reorde,
    sprice grimlice      gæst to þam duste:
    "Hwæt, drug þu dreorga,      to hwon dreahtest þu me,
    eorþan fylnes      eal forweornast,
    lames gelicnes!      Lyt þu geþohtes
    20
    to won þinre sawle si      siþþan wurde,
    siþþan heo of lichoman      læded wære!
    Hwæt, wite þu me, werga!      Hwæt, þu huru wyrma gifl
    lyt geþohtes,      hu þis is long hider,
    ond þe þurh engel      ufan of roderum
    25
    sawle onsende      þurh his sylfes hond,
    meotud ælmihtig,      of his mægenþrymme,
    ond þe þa gebohte      blode þy halgan,
    ond þu me þy heardan      hungre gebunde
    ond gehæftnadest      helle witum!
    30
    Eardode ic þe in innan.      No ic þe of meahte,
    flæsce bifongen,      ond me firenlustas
    þine geþrungon.      þæt me þuhte ful oft
    þæt wære þritig      þusend wintra
    to þinum deadæge.      Hwæt, ic uncres gedales bad
    35
    earfolice.      Nis nu se ende to god!
    Wære þu þe wiste wlonc      ond wines sæd,
    þrymful þunedest,      ond ic ofþyrsted wæs
    godes lichoman,      gæstes drinces.
    þær þu þonne hogode      her on life,
    40
    þenden ic þe in worulde      wunian sceolde,
    þæt þu wære þurh flæsc      ond þurh firenlustas
    stronge gestyred      ond gestaþelad þurh mec,
    ond ic wæs gæst on þe      from gode sended,
    næfre þu me swa heardra      helle wita
    45
    ned gearwode      þurh þinra neoda lust.
    Scealt þu nu hwæþre minra gescenta      scome þrowian
    on þam miclan dæge,      þonne monna cynn
    se ancenda      ealle gegædra.
    Ne eart þu nu þon leofre      nængum lifgendra,
    50
    menn to gemæccan,      ne medder ne fæder,
    ne nængum gesibbra,      þonne se swearta hrefn,
    siþþan ic ana of þe      ut siþade
    þurh þæs sylfes hond      þe ic ær onsended wæs.
    Ne magon þe nu heonan adon      hyrste þa readan,
    55
    ne gold ne sylfor      ne þinra goda nan,
    ac her sculon abidan      ban bireafod,
    besliten seonwum,      ond þe þin sawl sceal
    minum unwillan      oft gesecan,
    wemman mid wordum,      swa þu worhtest to me.
    60
    Eart þu dumb ond deaf,      ne sindan þine dreamas wiht.
    Sceal ic þe nihtes seþeah      nyde gesecan,
    synnum gesargad,      ond eft sona from e
    hweorfan on honcred,      þonne halege menn
    gode lifgendum      lofsong do,
    65
    secan þa hamas      þe þu me ær scrife,
    ond þa arleasan      eardungstowe,
    ond þe sculon moldwyrmas      monige ceowan,
    seonowum beslitan      swearte wihte,
    gifre ond grædge.      Ne sindon þine geahþe wiht,
    70
    þa þu her on moldan      monnum eawdest.
    Forþon þe wære selle      swiþe micle
    þonne þe wæran ealle      eorþan spede,
    (butan þu hy gedælde      dryhtne sylfum),
    þær þu wurde æt frumsceafte fugel      oþþe fisc on sæ,
    75
    oe eorþan neat      ætes tiolode,
    feldgongende      feoh butan snyttro,
    ge on westenne      wildra deora
    þæt grimmeste,      þær swa god wolde,
    ge þeah þu wære wyrmcynna      þæt wyrreste,
    80
    þonne þu æfre on moldan      mon gewurde,
    oþþe æfre fulwihte      onfon sceolde.
    þonne þu for unc bu      ondwyrdan scealt
    on þam miclan dæge,      þonne eallum monnum beo
    wunde onwrigene,      þa þe in worulde ær
    85
    firenfulle menn      fyrn geworhton,
    onne wile dryhten sylf      dæda gehyran,
    æt ealra monna gehwam      muþes reorde
    wunde wiþerlean.      Ac hwæt wilt þu þær
    on domdæge      dryhtne secgan?
    90
    þonne ne bi nænig to þæs lytel li      on lime geweaxen,
    þæt þu ne scyle for æghwylc      anra onsundran
    ryht agieldan,      onne reþe bi
    dryhten æt dome.      Ac hwæt do wit unc,
    þonne he unc hafa geedbyrded      oþre siþe?
    95
    Sculon wit þonne ætsomne      siþþan brucan
    swylcra yrmþa,      swa þu unc ær scrife."
    Firenaþ þus þæt flæschord,      sceal þonne feran on weg,
    secan helle grund,      nales heofondreamas,
    dædum gedrefed.      Lige dust þær hit wæs,
    100
    ne mæg him ondsware      ænige secgan,
    ne þær edringe      ænge gehatan
    gæste geomrum,      geoce oþþe frofre.
    Biþ þæt heafod tohliden,      honda tohleoþode,
    geaflas toginene,      goman toslitene,
    105
    seonwe beo asogene,      sweora bicowen;
    rib reafia      reþe wyrmas,
    drinca hloþum hra,      heolfres þurstge.
    Bi seo tunge totogen      on tyn healfe
    hungrum to hroþor.      Forþon heo ne mæg horsclice
    110
    wordum wrixlan      wi þone wergan gæst.
    Gifer hatte se wyrm,      þam þa geaflas beo
    nædle scearpran.      Se geneþe to
    ærest ealra      on þam eorscræfe;
    he þa tungan totyh      ond þa toþas þurhsmyh,
    115
    ond to ætwelan      oþrum geryme,
    ond þa eagan þurhite      ufon on þæt heafod
    wyrmum to wiste,      þonne biþ þæt werge
    lic acolad      þæt he longe ær
    werede mid wædum.      Bi þonne wyrmes giefl,
    120
    æt on eorþan.      þæt mæg æghwylcum
    men to gemyndum      modsnotterra.

    Deor

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Welund him be wurman      wræces cunnade,
    anhydig eorl      earfoþa dreag,
    hæfde him to gesiþþe      sorge ond longaþ,
    wintercealde wræce;      wean oft onfond,
    5
    siþþan hine Nihad on      nede legde,
    swoncre seonobende      on syllan monn.
    þæs ofereode,      þisses swa mæg!
    Beadohilde ne wæs      hyre broþra deaþ
    on sefan swa sar      swa hyre sylfre þing,
    10
    þæt heo gearolice      ongieten hæfde
    þæt heo eacen wæs;      æfre ne meahte
    þriste geþencan,      hu ymb þæt sceolde.
    þæs ofereode,      þisses swa mæg!
    We þæt Mæhilde      monge gefrugnon
    15
    wurdon grundlease      Geates frige,
    þæt hi seo sorglufu      slæp ealle binom.
    þæs ofereode,      þisses swa mæg!
    eodric ahte      þritig wintra
    Mæringa burg;      þæt wæs monegum cuþ.
    20
    þæs ofereode,      þisses swa mæg!
    We geascodan      Eormanrices
    wylfenne geþoht;      ahte wide folc
    Gotena rices.      þæt wæs grim cyning.
    Sæt secg monig      sorgum gebunden,
    25
    wean on wenan,      wyscte geneahhe
    þæt þæs cynerices      ofercumen wære.
    þæs ofereode,      þisses swa mæg!
    Site sorgcearig,      sælum bidæled,
    on sefan sweorce,      sylfum þince
    30
    þæt sy endeleas      earfoa dæl.
    Mæg þonne geþencan,      þæt geond þas woruld
    witig dryhten      wendeþ geneahhe,
    eorle monegum      are gesceawa,
    wislicne blæd,      sumum weana dæl.
    35
    þæt ic bi me sylfum      secgan wille,
    þæt ic hwile wæs      Heodeninga scop,
    dryhtne dyre.      Me wæs Deor noma.
    Ahte ic fela wintra      folga tilne,
    holdne hlaford,      oþþæt Heorrenda nu,
    40
    leocræftig monn      londryht geþah,
    þæt me eorla hleo      ær gesealde.
    þæs ofereode,      þisses swa mæg!

    Wulf and Eadwacer

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Leodum is minum      swylce him mon lac gife;
    willa hy hine aþecgan,      gif he on þreat cyme.
    Ungelic is us.     
    Wulf is on iege,      ic on oþerre.
    5
    Fæst is þæt eglond,      fenne biworpen.
    Sindon wælreowe      weras þær on ige;
    willa hy hine aþecgan,      gif he on þreat cyme.
    Ungelice is us.     
    Wulfes ic mines widlastum      wenum dogode;
    10
    þonne hit wæs renig weder      ond ic reotugu sæt,
    þonne mec se beaducafa      bogum bilegde,
    wæs me wyn to þon,      wæs me hwæþre eac la.
    Wulf, min Wulf,      wena me þine
    seoce gedydon,      þine seldcymas,
    15
    murnende mod,      nales meteliste.
    Gehyrest þu, Eadwacer?      Uncerne earne hwelp
    bire wulf to wuda.     
    þæt mon eaþe toslite      þætte næfre gesomnad wæs,
    uncer giedd geador.     

    Riddle 1

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwylc is hæleþa þæs horsc      ond þæs hygecræftig
    þæt þæt mæge asecgan,      hwa mec on si wræce,
    þonne ic astige strong,      stundum reþe,
    þrymful þunie,      þragum wræce
    5
    fere geond foldan,      folcsalo bærne,
    ræced reafige?      Recas stiga,
    haswe ofer hrofum.      Hlin bi on eorþan,
    wælcwealm wera,      þonne ic wudu hrere,
    bearwas bledhwate,      beamas fylle,
    10
    holme gehrefed,      heahum meahtum
    wrecen on waþe,      wide sended;
    hæbbe me on hrycge      þæt ær hadas wreah
    foldbuendra,      flæsc ond gæstas,
    somod on sunde.      Saga hwa mec þecce,
    15
    oþþe hu ic hatte,      þe þa hlæst bere.

    Riddle 2

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwilum ic gewite,      swa ne wenaþ men,
    under yþa geþræc      eorþan secan,
    garsecges grund.      Gifen biþ gewreged,
    fam gewealcen;     
    5
    hwælmere hlimme,      hlude grimme,
    streamas staþu beata,      stundum weorpaþ
    on stealc hleoþa      stane ond sonde,
    ware ond wæge,      þonne ic winnende,
    holmmægne biþeaht,      hrusan styrge,
    10
    side sægrundas.      Sundhelme ne mæg
    losian ær mec læte      se þe min latteow bi
    on siþa gehwam.      Saga, þoncol mon,
    hwa mec bregde      of brimes fæþmum,
    þonne streamas eft      stille weorþa,
    15
    yþa geþwære,      þe mec ær wrugon.

    Riddle 3

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwilum mec min frea      fæste genearwa,
    sende þonne      under salwonges
    bearm þone bradan,      ond on bid wrice,
    þrafa on þystrum      þrymma sumne,
    5
    hæste on enge,      þær me heord site
    hruse on hrycge.      Nah ic hwyrftweges
    of þam aglace,      ac ic eþelstol
    hæleþa hrere;      hornsalu wagia,
    wera wicstede,      weallas beofia,
    10
    steape ofer stiwitum.      Stille þynce
    lyft ofer londe      ond lagu swige,
    oþþæt ic of enge      up aþringe,
    efne swa mec wisaþ      se mec wræde on
    æt frumsceafte      furþum legde,
    15
    bende ond clomme,      þæt ic onbugan ne mot
    of þæs gewealde      þe me wegas tæcne.
    Hwilum ic sceal ufan      yþa wregan,
    streamas styrgan      ond to staþe þywan
    flintgrægne flod.      Famig winne
    20
    wæg wi wealle,      wonn arise
    dun ofer dype;      hyre deorc on last,
    eare geblonden,      oþer fere,
    þæt hy gemitta      mearclonde neah
    hea hlincas.      þær bi hlud wudu,
    25
    brimgiesta breahtm,      bida stille
    stealc stanhleoþu      streamgewinnes,
    hopgehnastes,      þonne heah geþring
    on cleofu crydeþ.      þær bi ceole wen
    sliþre sæcce,      gif hine sæ byre
    30
    on þa grimman tid,      gæsta fulne,
    þæt he scyle rice      birofen weorþan,
    feore bifohten      fæmig ridan
    yþa hrycgum.      þær bi egsa sum
    ældum geywed,      þara þe ic hyran sceal
    35
    strong on stiweg.      Hwa gestille þæt?
    Hwilum ic þurhræse,      þæt me on bæce ride
    won wægfatu,      wide toþringe
    lagustreama full,      hwilum læte eft
    slupan tosomne.      Se bi swega mæst,
    40
    breahtma ofer burgum,      ond gebreca hludast,
    þonne scearp cyme      sceo wiþ oþrum,
    ecg wi ecge;      earpan gesceafte
    fus ofer folcum      fyre swæta,
    blacan lige,      ond gebrecu fera
    45
    deorc ofer dryhtum      gedyne micle,
    fara feohtende,      feallan læta
    sweart sumsendu      seaw of bosme,
    wætan of wombe.      Winnende fare
    atol eoredþreat,      egsa astige,
    50
    micel modþrea      monna cynne,
    brogan on burgum,      þonne blace scotia
    scriþende scin      scearpum wæpnum.
    Dol him ne ondræde      a deasperu,
    swylte hwæþre,      gif him so meotud
    55
    on geryhtu      þurh regn ufan
    of gestune læte      stræle fleogan,
    farende flan.      Fea þæt gedyga,
    þara þe geræce      rynegiestes wæpen.
    Ic þæs orleges      or anstelle,
    60
    þonne gewite      wolcengehnaste
    þurh geþræc þringan      þrimme micle
    ofer byrnan bosm.      Bierste hlude
    heah hlogecrod;      þonne hnige eft
    under lyfte helm      londe near,
    65
    ond me on hrycg hlade      þæt ic habban sceal,
    meahtum gemagnad      mines frean.
    Swa ic þrymful þeow      þragum winne,
    hwilum under eorþan,      hwilum yþa sceal
    hean underhnigan,      hwilum holm ufan
    70
    streamas styrge,      hwilum stige up,
    wolcnfare wrege,      wide fere
    swift ond swiþfeorm.      Saga hwæt ic hatte,
    oþþe hwa mec rære,      þonne ic restan ne mot,
    oþþe hwa mec stæþe,      þonne ic stille beom.

    Riddle 4

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic sceal þragbysig      þegne minum,
    hringum hæfted,      hyran georne,
    min bed brecan,      breahtme cyþan
    þæt me halswriþan      hlaford sealde.
    5
    Oft mec slæpwerigne      secg oþe meowle
    gretan eode;      ic him gromheortum
    winterceald oncweþe.      Wearm lim
    gebundenne bæg      hwilum berste;
    se þeah biþ on þonce      þegne minum,
    10
    medwisum men,      me þæt sylfe,
    þær wiht wite,      ond wordum min
    on sped mæge      spel gesecgan.

    Riddle 5

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom anhaga      iserne wund,
    bille gebennad,      beadoweorca sæd,
    ecgum werig.      Oft ic wig seo,
    frecne feohtan.      Frofre ne wene,
    5
    þæt me geoc cyme      gugewinnes,
    ær ic mid ældum      eal forwure,
    ac mec hnossia      homera lafe,
    heardecg heoroscearp,      hondweorc smiþa,
    bita in burgum;      ic abidan sceal
    10
    laþran gemotes.      Næfre læcecynn
    on folcstede      findan meahte,
    þara þe mid wyrtum      wunde gehælde,
    ac me ecga dolg      eacen weora
    þurh deaslege      dagum ond nihtum.

    Riddle 6

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mec gesette so      sigora waldend
    Crist to compe.      Oft ic cwice bærne,
    unrimu cyn      eorþan getenge,
    næte mid niþe,      swa ic him no hrine,
    5
    þonne mec min frea      feohtan hateþ.
    Hwilum ic monigra      mod arete,
    hwilum ic frefre      þa ic ær winne on
    feorran swiþe;      hi þæs fela þeah,
    swylce þæs oþres,      þonne ic eft hyra
    10
    ofer deop gedreag      drohta bete.

    Riddle 7

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hrægl min swiga,      þonne ic hrusan trede,
    oþþe þa wic buge,      oþþe wado drefe.
    Hwilum mec ahebba      ofer hæleþa byht
    hyrste mine,      ond þeos hea lyft,
    5
    ond mec þonne wide      wolcna strengu
    ofer folc byre.      Frætwe mine
    swoga hlude      ond swinsia,
    torhte singa,      þonne ic getenge ne beom
    flode ond foldan,      ferende gæst.

    Riddle 8

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þurh muþ sprece      mongum reordum,
    wrencum singe,      wrixle geneahhe
    heafodwoþe,      hlude cirme,
    healde mine wisan,      hleoþre ne miþe,
    5
    eald æfensceop,      eorlum bringe
    blisse in burgum,      þonne ic bugendre
    stefne styrme;      stille on wicum
    sitta nigende.      Saga hwæt ic hatte,
    þe swa scirenige      sceawendwisan
    10
    hlude onhyrge,      hæleþum bodige
    wilcumena fela      woþe minre.

    Riddle 9

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mec on þissum dagum      deadne ofgeafun
    fæder ond modor;      ne wæs me feorh þa gen,
    ealdor in innan.      þa mec an ongon,
    welhold mege,      wedum þeccan,
    5
    heold ond freoþode,      hleosceorpe wrah
    swa arlice      swa hire agen bearn,
    oþþæt ic under sceate,      swa min gesceapu wæron,
    ungesibbum wear      eacen gæste.
    Mec seo friþe mæg      fedde siþþan,
    10
    oþþæt ic aweox,      widdor meahte
    siþas asettan.      Heo hæfde swæsra þy læs
    suna ond dohtra,      þy heo swa dyde.

    Riddle 10

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Neb wæs min on nearwe,      ond ic neoþan wætre,
    flode underflowen,      firgenstreamum
    swiþe besuncen,      ond on sunde awox
    ufan yþum þeaht,      anum getenge
    5
    liþendum wuda      lice mine.
    Hæfde feorh cwico,      þa ic of fæmum cwom
    brimes ond beames      on blacum hrægle;
    sume wæron hwite      hyrste mine,
    þa mec lifgende      lyft upp ahof,
    10
    wind of wæge,      siþþan wide bær
    ofer seolhbaþo.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 11

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hrægl is min hasofag,      hyrste beorhte,
    reade ond scire      on reafe minum.
    Ic dysge dwelle      ond dole hwette
    unrædsiþas,      oþrum styre
    5
    nyttre fore.      Ic þæs nowiht wat
    þæt heo swa gemædde,      mode bestolene,
    dæde gedwolene,      deoraþ mine
    won wisan gehwam.      Wa him þæs þeawes,
    siþþan heah bringa      horda deorast,
    10
    gif hi unrædes      ær ne geswicaþ.

    Riddle 12

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Fotum ic fere,      foldan slite,
    grene wongas,      þenden ic gæst bere.
    Gif me feorh losa,      fæste binde
    swearte Wealas,      hwilum sellan men.
    5
    Hwilum ic deorum      drincan selle
    beorne of bosme,      hwilum mec bryd triede
    felawlonc fotum,      hwilum feorran broht
    wonfeax Wale      wege ond þy,
    dol druncmennen      deorcum nihtum,
    10
    wæte in wætre,      wyrme hwilum
    fægre to fyre;      me on fæme sticaþ
    hygegalan hond,      hwyrfe geneahhe,
    swife me geond sweartne.      Saga hwæt ic hatte,
    þe ic lifgende      lond reafige
    15
    ond æfter deaþe      dryhtum þeowige.

    Riddle 13

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah turf tredan,      X wæron ealra,
    VI gebroþor      ond hyra sweostor mid;
    hæfdon feorg cwico.      Fell hongedon
    sweotol ond gesyne      on seles wæge
    5
    anra gehwylces.      Ne wæs hyra ængum þy wyrs,
    ne sie þy sarre,      þeah hy swa sceoldon
    reafe birofene,      rodra weardes
    meahtum aweahte,      muþum slitan
    haswe blede.      Hrægl bi geniwad
    10
    þam þe ær forcymene      frætwe leton
    licgan on laste,      gewitan lond tredan.

    Riddle 14

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wæs wæpenwiga.      Nu mec wlonc þece
    geong hagostealdmon      golde ond sylfore,
    woum wirbogum.      Hwilum weras cyssa,
    hwilum ic to hilde      hleoþre bonne
    5
    wilgehleþan,      hwilum wycg byreþ
    mec ofer mearce,      hwilum merehengest
    fere ofer flodas      frætwum beorhtne,
    hwilum mæga sum      minne gefylle
    bosm beaghroden;      hwilum ic bordum sceal,
    10
    heard, heafodleas,      behlyþed licgan,
    hwilum hongige      hyrstum frætwed,
    wlitig on wage,      þær weras drinca,
    freolic fyrdsceorp.      Hwilum folcwigan
    on wicge wega,      þonne ic winde sceal
    15
    sincfag swelgan      of sumes bosme;
    hwilum ic gereordum      rincas laige
    wlonce to wine;      hwilum wraþum sceal
    stefne minre      forstolen hreddan,
    flyman feondsceaþan.      Frige hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 15

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hals is min hwit      ond heafod fealo,
    sidan swa some.      Swift ic eom on feþe,
    beadowæpen bere.      Me on bæce standa
    her swylce swe on hleorum.      Hlifia tu
    5
    earan ofer eagum.      Ordum ic steppe
    in grene græs.      Me bi gyrn witod,
    gif mec onhæle      an onfinde
    wælgrim wiga,      þær ic wic buge,
    bold mid bearnum,      ond ic bide þær
    10
    mid geogucnosle,      hwonne gæst cume
    to durum minum,      him biþ dea witod.
    Forþon ic sceal of ele      eaforan mine
    forhtmod fergan,      fleame nergan,
    gif he me æfterweard      ealles weorþe;
    15
    hine bera breost.      Ic his bidan ne dear,
    reþes on geruman,      (nele þæt ræd teale),
    ac ic sceal fromlice      feþemundum
    þurh steapne beorg      stræte wyrcan.
    Eaþe ic mæg freora      feorh genergan,
    20
    gif ic mægburge mot      mine gelædan
    on degolne weg      þurh dune þyrel
    swæse ond gesibbe;      ic me siþþan ne þearf
    wælhwelpes wig      wiht onsittan.
    Gif se nisceaþa      nearwe stige
    25
    me on swaþe seceþ,      ne tosæleþ him
    on þam gegnpaþe      guþgemotes,
    siþþan ic þurh hylles      hrof geræce,
    ond þurh hest hrino      hildepilum
    lagewinnum,      þam þe ic longe fleah.

    Riddle 16

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft ic sceal wiþ wæge winnan      ond wiþ winde feohtan,
    somod wi þam sæcce,      þonne ic secan gewite
    eorþan yþum þeaht;      me biþ se eþel fremde.
    Ic beom strong þæs gewinnes,      gif ic stille weorþe;
    5
    gif me þæs tosæle,      hi beo swiþran þonne ic,
    ond mec slitende      sona flyma,
    willa oþfergan      þæt ic friþian sceal.
    Ic him þæt forstonde,      gif min steort þola
    ond mec stiþne wiþ      stanas moton
    10
    fæste gehabban.      Frige hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 17

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom mundbora      minre heorde,
    eodorwirum fæst,      innan gefylled
    dryhtgestreona.      Dægtidum oft
    spæte sperebrogan;      sped biþ þy mare
    5
    fylle minre.      Frea þæt bihealde,
    hu me of hrife fleoga      hyldepilas.
    Hwilum ic sweartum      swelgan onginne
    brunum beadowæpnum,      bitrum ordum,
    eglum attorsperum.      Is min inna til,
    10
    wombhord wlitig,      wloncum deore;
    men gemunan      þæt me þurh muþ fare.

    Riddle 18

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom wunderlicu wiht;      ne mæg word sprecan,
    mældan for monnum,      þeah ic muþ hæbbe,
    wide wombe     
    Ic wæs on ceole      ond mines cnosles ma.

    Riddle 19

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic on siþe seah         S R O
    H hygewloncne,         heafodbeorhtne,
    swiftne ofer sælwong         swiþe þrægan.
    Hæfde him on hrycge         hildeþryþe
    5
    N O M         nægledne rad
    A N E W .         Widlast ferede
    rynestrong on rade         rofne C O
    F O A H .         For wæs þy beorhtre,
    swylcra siþfæt.         Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 20

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom wunderlicu wiht,      on gewin sceapen,
    frean minum leof,      fægre gegyrwed.
    Byrne is min bleofag,      swylce beorht seoma
    wir ymb þone wælgim      þe me waldend geaf,
    5
    se me widgalum      wisa hwilum
    sylfum to sace.      þonne ic sinc wege
    þurh hlutterne dæg,      hondweorc smiþa,
    gold ofer geardas.      Oft ic gæstberend
    cwelle compwæpnum.      Cyning mec gyrwe
    10
    since ond seolfre      ond mec on sele weorþa;
    ne wyrne wordlofes,      wisan mæne
    mine for mengo,      þær hy meodu drinca,
    healde mec on heaþore,      hwilum læte eft
    radwerigne      on gerum sceacan,
    15
    orlegfromne.      Oft ic oþrum scod
    frecne æt his freonde;      fah eom ic wide,
    wæpnum awyrged.      Ic me wenan ne þearf
    þæt me bearn wræce      on bonan feore,
    gif me gromra hwylc      guþe genæge;
    20
    ne weorþe sio mægburg      gemicledu
    eaforan minum      þe ic æfter woc,
    nymþe ic hlafordleas      hweorfan mote
    from þam healdende      þe me hringas geaf.
    Me bi for witod,      gif ic frean hyre,
    25
    guþe fremme,      swa ic gien dyde
    minum þeodne on þonc,      þæt ic þolian sceal
    bearngestreona.      Ic wiþ bryde ne mot
    hæmed habban,      ac me þæs hyhtplegan
    geno wyrne,      se mec geara on
    30
    bende legde;      forþon ic brucan sceal
    on hagostealde      hæleþa gestreona.
    Oft ic wirum dol      wife abelge,
    wonie hyre willan;      heo me wom sprece,
    floce hyre folmum,      firenaþ mec wordum,
    35
    ungod gæle.      Ic ne gyme þæs compes

    Riddle 21

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Neb is min niþerweard;      neol ic fere
    ond be grunde græfe,      geonge swa me wisa
    har holtes feond,      ond hlaford min
    woh fære      weard æt steorte,
    5
    wrigaþ on wonge,      wege mec ond þy,
    saweþ on swæ min.      Ic snyþige for,
    brungen of bearwe,      bunden cræfte,
    wegen on wægne,      hæbbe wundra fela;
    me biþ gongendre      grene on healfe
    10
    ond min swæ sweotol      sweart on oþre.
    Me þurh hrycg wrecen      hongaþ under
    an orþoncpil,      oþer on heafde,
    fæst ond forweard.      Fealleþ on sidan
    þæt ic toþum tere,      gif me teala þenaþ
    15
    hindeweardre,      þæt biþ hlaford min.

    Riddle 22

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    ætsomne cwom      LX monna
    to wægstæþe      wicgum ridan;
    hæfdon XI      eoredmæcgas
    fridhengestas,      IIII sceamas.
    5
    Ne meahton magorincas      ofer mere feolan,
    swa hi fundedon,      ac wæs flod to deop,
    atol yþa geþræc,      ofras hea,
    streamas stronge.      Ongunnon stigan þa
    on wægn weras      ond hyra wicg somod
    10
    hlodan under hrunge;      þa þa hors obær
    eh ond eorlas,      æscum dealle,
    ofer wætres byht      wægn to lande,
    swa hine oxa ne teah      ne esna mægen
    ne fæthengest,      ne on flode swom,
    15
    ne be grunde wod      gestum under,
    ne lagu drefde,      ne on lyfte fleag,
    ne under bæc cyrde;      brohte hwæþre
    beornas ofer burnan      ond hyra bloncan mid
    from stæe heaum,      þæt hy stopan up
    20
    on oþerne,      ellenrofe,
    weras of wæge,      ond hyra wicg gesund.

    Riddle 23

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Agof is min noma      eft onhwyrfed;
    ic eom wrætlic wiht      on gewin sceapen.
    þonne ic onbuge,      ond me of bosme fare
    ætren onga,      ic beom eallgearo
    5
    þæt ic me þæt feorhbealo      feor aswape.
    Siþþan me se waldend,      se me þæt wite gescop,
    leoþo forlæte,      ic beo lengre þonne ær,
    oþþæt ic spæte,      spilde geblonden,
    ealfelo attor      þæt ic ær geap.
    10
    Ne togonge þæs      gumena hwylcum,
    ænigum eaþe      þæt ic þær ymb sprice,
    gif hine hrine      þæt me of hrife fleoge,
    þæt þone mandrinc      mægne geceapaþ,
    fullwered fæste      feore sine.
    15
    Nelle ic unbunden      ænigum hyran
    nymþe searosæled.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 24

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom wunderlicu wiht,         wræsne mine stefne,
    hwilum beorce swa hund,         hwilum blæte swa gat,
    hwilum græde swa gos,         hwilum gielle swa hafoc,
    hwilum ic onhyrge         þone haswan earn,
    5
    gufugles hleoþor,         hwilum glidan reorde
    muþe gemæne,         hwilum mæwes song,
    þær ic glado sitte.         gifu mec nemna,
    swylce aesc ond rad         os fulleste,
    haegl ond is.         Nu ic haten eom
    10
    swa þa siex stafas         sweotule becnaþ.

    Riddle 25

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom wunderlicu wiht,      wifum on hyhte,
    neahbuendum nyt;      nængum sceþþe
    burgsittendra,      nymþe bonan anum.
    Staþol min is steapheah,      stonde ic on bedde,
    5
    neoþan ruh nathwær.      Neþe hwilum
    ful cyrtenu      ceorles dohtor,
    modwlonc meowle,      þæt heo on mec gripe,
    ræse mec on reodne,      reafa min heafod,
    fege mec on fæsten.      Feleþ sona
    10
    mines gemotes,      seo þe mec nearwa,
    wif wundenlocc.      Wæt bi þæt eage.

    Riddle 26

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mec feonda sum      feore besnyþede,
    woruldstrenga binom,      wætte siþþan,
    dyfde on wætre,      dyde eft þonan,
    sette on sunnan,      þær ic swiþe beleas
    5
    herum þam þe ic hæfde.      Heard mec siþþan
    sna seaxses ecg,      sindrum begrunden;
    fingras feoldan,      ond mec fugles wyn
    geond speddropum      spyrede geneahhe,
    ofer brunne brerd,      beamtelge swealg,
    10
    streames dæle,      stop eft on mec,
    siþade sweartlast.      Mec siþþan wrah
    hæle hleobordum,      hyde beþenede,
    gierede mec mid golde;      forþon me gliwedon
    wrætlic weorc smiþa,      wire bifongen.
    15
    Nu þa gereno      ond se reada telg
    ond þa wuldorgesteald      wide mære
    dryhtfolca helm,      nales dol wite.
    Gif min bearn wera      brucan willa,
    hy beo þy gesundran      ond þy sigefæstran,
    20
    heortum þy hwætran      ond þy hygebliþran,
    ferþe þy frodran,      habbaþ freonda þy ma,
    swæsra ond gesibbra,      soþra ond godra,
    tilra ond getreowra,      þa hyra tyr ond ead
    estum yca      ond hy arstafum
    25
    lissum bilecga      ond hi lufan fæþmum
    fæste clyppa.      Frige hwæt ic hatte,
    niþum to nytte.      Nama min is mære,
    hæleþum gifre      ond halig sylf.

    Riddle 27

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom weor werum,      wide funden,
    brungen of bearwum      ond of burghleoþum,
    of denum ond of dunum.      Dæges mec wægun
    feþre on lifte,      feredon mid liste
    5
    under hrofes hleo.      Hæle mec siþþan
    baþedan in bydene.      Nu ic eom bindere
    ond swingere,      sona weorpe
    esne to eorþan,      hwilum ealdne ceorl.
    Sona þæt onfinde,      se þe mec feh ongean,
    10
    ond wi mægenþisan      minre genæste,
    þæt he hrycge sceal      hrusan secan,
    gif he unrædes      ær ne geswice,
    strengo bistolen,      strong on spræce,
    mægene binumen;      nah his modes geweald,
    15
    fota ne folma.      Frige hwæt ic hatte,
    e on eorþan swa      esnas binde,
    dole æfter dyntum      be dæges leohte.

    Riddle 28

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Biþ foldan dæl      fægre gegierwed
    mid þy heardestan      ond mid þy scearpestan
    ond mid þy grymmestan      gumena gestreona,
    corfen, sworfen,      cyrred, þyrred,
    5
    bunden, wunden,      blæced, wæced,
    frætwed, geatwed,      feorran læded
    to durum dryhta.      Dream bi in innan
    cwicra wihta,      clenge, lenge,
    þara þe ær lifgende      longe hwile
    10
    wilna bruce      ond no wi sprice,
    ond þonne æfter deaþe      deman onginne,
    meldan mislice.      Micel is to hycganne
    wisfæstum menn,      hwæt seo wiht sy.

    Riddle 29

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wiht geseah      wundorlice
    hornum bitweonum      huþe lædan,
    lyftfæt leohtlic,      listum gegierwed,
    huþe to þam ham      of þam heresiþe;
    5
    walde hyre on þære byrig      bur atimbran,
    searwum asettan,      gif hit swa meahte.
    a cwom wundorlicu wiht      ofer wealles hrof,
    seo is eallum cu      eorbuendum,
    ahredde þa þa huþe      ond to ham bedraf
    10
    wreccan ofer willan,      gewat hyre west þonan
    fæhþum feran,      for onette.
    Dust stonc to heofonum,      deaw feol on eorþan,
    niht for gewat.      Nænig siþþan
    wera gewiste      þære wihte si.

    Riddle 30

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom legbysig,      lace mid winde,
    bewunden mid wuldre,      wedre gesomnad,
    fus forweges,      fyre gebysgad,
    bearu blowende,      byrnende gled.
    5
    Ful oft mec gesiþas      senda æfter hondum,
    þæt mec weras ond wif      wlonce cyssa.
    þonne ic mec onhæbbe,      ond hi onhnigaþ to me
    monige mid miltse,      þær ic monnum sceal
    ycan upcyme      eadignesse.

    Riddle 31

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Is þes middangeard      missenlicum
    wisum gewlitegad,      wrættum gefrætwad.
    Ic seah sellic þing      singan on ræcede;
    wiht wæs nower      werum on gemonge,
    5
    sio hæfde wæstum      wundorlicran.
    Niþerweard      wæs neb hyre,
    fet ond folme      fugele gelice;
    no hwæþre fleogan mæg      ne fela gongan,
    hwæþre feþegeorn      fremman onginne,
    10
    gecoren cræftum,      cyrre geneahhe
    oft ond gelome      eorlum on gemonge,
    site æt symble,      sæles bideþ,
    hwonne ær heo cræft hyre      cyþan mote
    werum on wonge.      Ne heo þær wiht þige
    15
    þæs þe him æt blisse      beornas habba.
    Deor domes georn,      hio dumb wuna;
    hwæþre hyre is on fote      fæger hleoþor,
    wynlicu wogiefu.      Wrætlic me þince,
    hu seo wiht mæge      wordum lacan
    20
    þurh fot neoþan,      frætwed hyrstum.
    Hafa hyre on halse,      þonne hio hord wara,
    bær, beagum deall,      broþor sine,
    mæg mid mægne.      Micel is to hycgenne
    wisum woboran,      hwæt sio wiht sie.

    Riddle 32

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Is þes middangeard      missenlicum
    wisum gewlitegad,      wrættum gefrætwad.
    Siþum sellic      ic seah searo hweorfan,
    grindan wi greote,      giellende faran.
    5
    Næfde sellicu wiht      syne ne folme,
    exle ne earmas;      sceal on anum fet
    searoceap swifan,      swiþe feran,
    faran ofer feldas.      Hæfde fela ribba;
    mu wæs on middan.      Moncynne nyt,
    10
    fere foddurwelan,      folcscipe dreoge,
    wist in wige,      ond werum gielde
    gaful geara gehwam      þæs þe guman bruca,
    rice ond heane.      Rece, gif þu cunne,
    wis worda gleaw,      hwæt sio wiht sie.

    Riddle 33

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wiht cwom æfter wege      wrætlicu liþan,
    cymlic from ceole      cleopode to londe,
    hlinsade hlude;      hleahtor wæs gryrelic,
    egesful on earde,      ecge wæron scearpe.
    5
    Wæs hio hetegrim,      hilde to sæne,
    biter beadoweorca;      bordweallas grof,
    heardhiþende.      Heterune bond,
    sægde searocræftig      ymb hyre sylfre gesceaft:
    "Is min modor      mæga cynnes
    10
    þæs deorestan,      þæt is dohtor min
    eacen up liden,      swa þæt is ældum cuþ,
    firum on folce,      þæt seo on foldan sceal
    on ealra londa gehwam      lissum stondan."

    Riddle 34

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wiht geseah      in wera burgum,
    seo þæt feoh fede.      Hafa fela toþa;
    nebb biþ hyre æt nytte,      niþerweard gonge,
    hiþe holdlice      ond to ham tyh,
    5
    wæþe geond weallas,      wyrte sece;
    aa heo þa finde,      þa þe fæst ne biþ;
    læte hio þa wlitigan,      wyrtum fæste,
    stille stondan      on staþolwonge,
    beorhte blican,      blowan ond growan.

    Riddle 35

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mec se wæta wong,      wundrum freorig,
    of his innaþe      ærist cende.
    Ne wat ic mec beworhtne      wulle flysum,
    hærum þurh heahcræft,      hygeþoncum min.
    5
    Wundene me ne beo wefle,      ne ic wearp hafu,
    ne þurh þreata geþræcu      þræd me ne hlimme,
    ne æt me hrutende      hrisil scriþe,
    ne mec ohwonan      sceal am cnyssan.
    Wyrmas mec ne awæfan      wyrda cræftum,
    10
    þa þe geolo godwebb      geatwum frætwa.
    Wile mec mon hwæþre seþeah      wide ofer eorþan
    hatan for hæleþum      hyhtlic gewæde.
    Saga socwidum,      searoþoncum gleaw,
    wordum wisfæst,      hwæt þis gewæde sy.

    Riddle 36

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wiht geseah      on wege feran,
    seo wæs wrætlice      wundrum gegierwed.
    Hæfde feowere      fet under wombe
    ond ehtuwe     
    5
    monn h w M wiif m x l kf wf hors qxxs
         ufon on hrycge;
    hæfde tu fiþru      ond twelf eagan
    ond siex heafdu.      Saga hwæt hio wære.
    For flodwegas;      ne wæs þæt na fugul ana,
    10
    ac þær wæs æghwylces      anra gelicnes
    horses ond monnes,      hundes ond fugles,
    ond eac wifes wlite.      þu wast, gif þu const,
    to gesecganne,      þæt we so witan,
    hu þære wihte      wise gonge.

    Riddle 37

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þa wihte geseah;      womb wæs on hindan
    þriþum aþrunten.      þegn folgade,
    mægenrofa man,      ond micel hæfde
    gefered þæt hit felde,      fleah þurh his eage.
    5
    Ne swylte he symle,      þonne syllan sceal
    inna þam oþrum,      ac him eft cyme
    bot in bosme,      blæd biþ aræred;
    he sunu wyrce,      bi him sylfa fæder.

    Riddle 38

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þa wiht geseah      wæpnedcynnes,
    geogumyrþe grædig;      him on gafol forlet
    ferfriþende      feower wellan
    scire sceotan,      on gesceap þeotan.
    5
    Mon maþelade,      se þe me gesægde:
    "Seo wiht, gif hio gedyge,      duna brice;
    gif he tobirste,      binde cwice."

    Riddle 39

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gewritu secga      þæt seo wiht sy
    mid moncynne      miclum tidum
    sweotol ond gesyne.      Sundorcræft hafa
    maran micle,      þonne hit men witen.
    5
    Heo wile gesecan      sundor æghwylcne
    feorhberendra,      gewite eft feran on weg.
    Ne bi hio næfre      niht þær oþre,
    ac hio sceal wideferh      wreccan laste
    hamleas hweorfan;      no þy heanre biþ.
    10
    Ne hafa hio fot ne folme,      ne æfre foldan hran,
    ne eagena      ægþer twega,
    ne mu hafaþ,      ne wiþ monnum spræc,
    ne gewit hafa,      ac gewritu secga
    þæt seo sy earmost      ealra wihta,
    15
    þara þe æfter gecyndum      cenned wære.
    Ne hafa hio sawle ne feorh,      ac hio siþas sceal
    geond þas wundorworuld      wide dreogan.
    Ne hafaþ hio blod ne ban,      hwæþre bearnum wear
    geond þisne middangeard      mongum to frofre.
    20
    Næfre hio heofonum hran,      ne to helle mot,
    ac hio sceal wideferh      wuldorcyninges
    larum lifgan.      Long is to secganne
    hu hyre ealdorgesceaft      æfter gonge,
    woh wyrda gesceapu;      þæt is wrætlic þing
    25
    to gesecganne.      So is æghwylc
    þara þe ymb þas wiht      wordum becne;
    ne hafa heo ænig lim,      leofaþ efne seþeah.
    Gif þu mæge reselan      recene gesecgan
    soþum wordum,      saga hwæt hio hatte.

    Riddle 40

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ece is se scyppend,      se þas eorþan nu
    wrestuþum wealde      ond þas world healde.
    Rice is se reccend      ond on ryht cyning
    ealra anwalda,      eorþan ond heofones,
    5
    healde ond wealde,      swa he ymb þas utan hweorfe.
    He mec wrætlice      worhte æt frymþe,
    þa he þisne ymbhwyrft      ærest sette,
    heht mec wæccende      wunian longe,
    þæt ic ne slepe      siþþan æfre,
    10
    ond mec semninga      slæp ofergongeþ,
    beo eagan min      ofestum betyned.
    þisne middangeard      meahtig dryhten
    mid his onwalde      æghwær styre;
    swa ic mid waldendes      worde ealne
    15
    þisne ymbhwyrft      utan ymbclyppe.
    Ic eom to þon blea,      þæt mec bealdlice mæg
    gearu gongende      grima abregan,
    ond eofore eom      æghwær cenra,
    þonne he gebolgen      bidsteal giefe;
    20
    ne mæg mec oferswiþan      segnberendra
    ænig ofer eorþan,      nymþe se ana god
    se þisne hean heofon      healdeþ ond wealdeþ.
    Ic eom on stence      strengre micle
    þonne ricels      oþþe rose sy,
    25
         on eorþan tyrf
    wynlic weaxe;      ic eom wræstre þonne heo.
    þeah þe lilie sy      leof moncynne,
    beorht on blostman,      ic eom betre þonne heo;
    swylce ic nardes stenc      nyde oferswiþe
    30
    mid minre swetnesse      symle æghwær,
    ond ic fulre eom      þonne þis fen swearte
    þæt her yfle      adelan stince.
    Eal ic under heofones      hwearfte recce,
    swa me leof fæder      lærde æt frymþe,
    35
    þæt ic þa mid ryhte      reccan moste
    þicce ond þynne;      þinga gehwylces
    onlicnesse      æghwær healde.
    Hyrre ic eom heofone,      hateþ mec heahcyning
    his deagol þing      dyre bihealdan;
    40
    eac ic under eorþan      eal sceawige
    wom wrascrafu      wraþra gæsta.
    Ic eom micle yldra      þonne ymbhwyrft þes
    oþþe þes middangeard      meahte geweorþan,
    ond ic giestron wæs      geong acenned
    45
    mære to monnum      þurh minre modor hrif.
    Ic eom fægerre      frætwum goldes,
    þeah hit mon awerge      wirum utan;
    ic eom wyrslicre      þonne þes wudu fula
    oe þis waro      þe her aworpen lige.
    50
    Ic eorþan eom      æghwær brædre,
    ond widgielra      þonne þes wong grena;
    folm mec mæg bifon      ond fingras þry
    utan eaþe      ealle ymbclyppan.
    Heardra ic eom ond caldra      þonne se hearda forst,
    55
    hrim heorugrimma,      þonne he to hrusan cyme;
    ic eom Ulcanus      up irnendan
    leohtan leoman      lege hatra.
    Ic eom on goman      gena swetra
    þonne þu beobread      blende mid hunige;
    60
    swylce ic eom wraþre      þonne wermod sy,
    þe her on hyrstum      heasewe stondeþ.
    Ic mesan mæg      meahtelicor
    ond efnetan      ealdum þyrse,
    ond ic gesælig mæg      symle lifgan
    65
    þeah ic ætes ne sy      æfre to feore.
    Ic mæg fromlicor      fleogan þonne pernex
    oþþe earn oþþe hafoc      æfre meahte;
    nis zefferus,      se swifta wind,
    þæt swa fromlice mæg      feran æghwær;
    70
    me is snægl swiftra,      snelra regnwyrm
    ond fenyce      fore hreþre;
    is þæs gores sunu      gonge hrædra,
    þone we wifel      wordum nemna.
    Hefigere ic eom micle      þonne se hara stan
    75
    oþþe unlytel      leades clympre,
    leohtre ic eom micle      þonne þes lytla wyrm
    þe her on flode gæ      fotum dryge.
    Flinte ic eom heardre      þe þis fyr drifeþ
    of þissum strongan      style heardan,
    80
    hnescre ic eom micle      halsrefeþre,
    seo her on winde      wæwe on lyfte.
    Ic eorþan eom      æghwær brædre
    ond widgelra      þonne þes wong grena;
    ic uttor eaþe      eal ymbwinde,
    85
    wrætlice gewefen      wundorcræfte.
    Nis under me      ænig oþer
    wiht waldendre      on worldlife;
    ic eom ufor      ealra gesceafta,
    þara þe worhte      waldend user,
    90
    se mec ana mæg      ecan meahtum,
    geþeon þrymme,      þæt ic onþunian ne sceal.
    Mara ic eom ond strengra      þonne se micla hwæl,
    se þe garsecges      grund bihealde
    sweartan syne;      ic eom swiþre þonne he,
    95
    swylce ic eom on mægene      minum læsse
    þonne se hondwyrm,      se þe hæleþa bearn,
    secgas searoþoncle,      seaxe delfa.
    Nu hafu ic in heafde      hwite loccas
    wræste gewundne,      ac ic eom wide calu;
    100
    ne ic breaga ne bruna      brucan moste,
    ac mec bescyrede      scyppend eallum;
    nu me wrætlice      weaxa on heafde
    þæt me on gescyldrum      scinan motan
    ful wrætlice      wundne loccas.
    105
    Mara ic eom ond fættra      þonne amæsted swin,
    bearg bellende,      þe on bocwuda,
    won wrotende      wynnum lifde
    þæt he     

    Riddle 41

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         edniwu;
    þæt is moddor      monigra cynna,
    þæs selestan,      þæs sweartestan,
    þæs deorestan      þæs þe dryhta bearn
    5
    ofer foldan sceat      to gefean agen.
    Ne magon we her in eorþan      owiht lifgan,
    nyme we brucen      þæs þa bearn do.
    þæt is to geþencanne      þeoda gehwylcum,
    wisfæstum werum,      hwæt seo wiht sy.

    Riddle 42

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah wyhte      wrætlice twa
    undearnunga      ute plegan
    hæmedlaces;      hwitloc anfeng
    wlanc under wædum,      gif þæs weorces speow,
    5
    fæmne fyllo.      Ic on flette mæg
    þurh runstafas      rincum secgan,
    þam þe bec witan,      bega ætsomne
    naman þara wihta.      þær sceal Nyd wesan
    twega oþer      ond se torhta æsc
    10
    an an linan,      Acas twegen,
    Hægelas swa some.      Hwylc þæs hordgates
    cægan cræfte      þa clamme onleac
    þe þa rædellan      wi rynemenn
    hygefæste heold      heortan bewrigene
    15
    orþoncbendum?      Nu is undyrne
    werum æt wine      hu þa wihte mid us,
    heanmode twa,      hatne sindon.

    Riddle 43

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wat indryhtne      æþelum deorne
    giest in geardum,      þam se grimma ne mæg
    hungor scean      ne se hata þurst,
    yldo ne adle.      Gif him arlice
    5
    esne þena,      se þe agan sceal
    on þam sifate,      hy gesunde æt ham
    finda witode him      wiste ond blisse,
    cnosles unrim,      care, gif se esne
    his hlaforde      hyre yfle,
    10
    frean on fore.      Ne wile forht wesan
    broþor oþrum;      him þæt bam scee,
    þonne hy from bearme      begen hweorfa
    anre magan      ellorfuse,
    moddor ond sweostor.      Mon, se þe wille,
    15
    cyþe cynewordum      hu se cuma hatte,
    eþa se esne,      þe ic her ymb sprice.

    Riddle 44

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wrætlic honga      bi weres þeo,
    frean under sceate.      Foran is þyrel.
    Bi stiþ ond heard,      stede hafa godne;
    þonne se esne      his agen hrægl
    5
    ofer cneo hefe,      wile þæt cuþe hol
    mid his hangellan      heafde gretan
    þæt he efenlang ær      oft gefylde.

    Riddle 45

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic on wincle gefrægn      weaxan nathwæt,
    þindan ond þunian,      þecene hebban;
    on þæt banlease      bryd grapode,
    hygewlonc hondum,      hrægle þeahte
    5
    þrindende þing      þeodnes dohtor.

    Riddle 46

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wer sæt æt wine      mid his wifum twam
    ond his twegen suno      ond his twa dohtor,
    swase gesweostor,      ond hyra suno twegen,
    freolico frumbearn;      fæder wæs þær inne
    5
    þara æþelinga      æghwæres mid,
    eam ond nefa.      Ealra wæron fife
    eorla ond idesa      insittendra.

    Riddle 47

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Moe word fræt.      Me þæt þuhte
    wrætlicu wyrd,      þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn,
    þæt se wyrm forswealg      wera gied sumes,
    þeof in þystro,      þrymfæstne cwide
    5
    ond þæs strangan staþol.      Stælgiest ne wæs
    wihte þy gleawra,      þe he þam wordum swealg.

    Riddle 48

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic gefrægn for hæleþum      hring endean,
    torhtne butan tungan,      tila þeah he hlude
    stefne ne cirmde,      strongum wordum.
    Sinc for secgum      swigende cwæ:
    5
    "Gehæle mec,      helpend gæsta."
    Ryne ongietan      readan goldes
    guman galdorcwide,      gleawe beþencan
    hyra hælo to gode,      swa se hring gecwæ.

    Riddle 49

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wat eardfæstne      anne standan,
    deafne, dumban,      se oft dæges swilge
    þurh gopes hond      gifrum lacum.
    Hwilum on þam wicum      se wonna þegn,
    5
    sweart ond saloneb,      sende oþre
    under goman him      golde dyrran,
    þa æþelingas      oft wilnia,
    cyningas ond cwene.      Ic þæt cyn nu gen
    nemnan ne wille,      þe him to nytte swa
    10
    ond to dugþum doþ      þæt se dumba her,
    eorp unwita,      ær forswilge.

    Riddle 50

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wiga is on eorþan      wundrum acenned
    dryhtum to nytte,      of dumbum twam
    torht atyhted,      þone on teon wige
    feond his feonde.      Forstrangne oft
    5
    wif hine wri;      he him wel here,
    þeowaþ him geþwære,      gif him þegnia
    mæge ond mæcgas      mid gemete ryhte,
    feda hine fægre;      he him fremum stepe
    life on lissum.      Leana grimme
    10
    þam þe hine wloncne      weorþan læte.

    Riddle 51

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah wrætlice      wuhte feower
    samed siþian;      swearte wæran lastas,
    swaþu swiþe blacu.      Swift wæs on fore,
    fuglum framra;      fleag on lyfte,
    5
    deaf under yþe.      Dreag unstille
    winnende wiga      se him wegas tæcneþ
    ofer fæted gold      feower eallum.

    Riddle 52

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah ræpingas      in ræced fergan
    under hrof sales      hearde twegen,
    þa wæron genamnan,      nearwum bendum
    gefeterade      fæste togædre;
    5
    þara oþrum wæs      an getenge
    wonfah Wale,      seo weold hyra
    bega siþe      bendum fæstra.

    Riddle 53

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah on bearwe      beam hlifian,
    tanum torhtne.      þæt treow wæs on wynne,
    wudu weaxende.      Wæter hine ond eorþe
    feddan fægre,      oþþæt he frod dagum
    5
    on oþrum wear      aglachade
    deope gedolgod,      dumb in bendum,
    wriþen ofer wunda,      wonnum hyrstum
    foran gefrætwed.      Nu he fæcnum weg
    þurh his heafdes mægen      hildegieste
    10
    oþrum ryme.      Oft hy an yste strudon
    hord ætgædre;      hræd wæs ond unlæt
    se æftera,      gif se ærra fær
    genamnan in nearowe      neþan moste.

    Riddle 54

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hyse cwom gangan,      þær he hie wisse
    stondan in wincsele,      stop feorran to,
    hror hægstealdmon,      hof his agen
    hrægl hondum up,      hrand under gyrdels
    5
    hyre stondendre      stiþes nathwæt,
    worhte his willan;      wagedan buta.
    þegn onnette,      wæs þragum nyt
    tillic esne,      teorode hwæþre
    æt stunda gehwam      strong ær þon hio,
    10
    werig þæs weorces.      Hyre weaxan ongon
    under gyrdelse      þæt oft gode men
    ferþum freoga      ond mid feo bicga.

    Riddle 55

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah in healle,      þær hæle druncon,
    on flet beran      feower cynna,
    wrætlic wudutreow      ond wunden gold,
    sinc searobunden,      ond seolfres dæl
    5
    ond rode tacn,      þæs us to roderum up
    hlædre rærde,      ær he helwara
    burg abræce.      Ic þæs beames mæg
    eaþe for eorlum      æþelu secgan;
    þær wæs hlin ond acc      ond se hearda iw
    10
    ond se fealwa holen;      frean sindon ealle
    nyt ætgædre,      naman habba anne,
    wulfheafedtreo,      þæt oft wæpen abæd
    his mondryhtne,      mam in healle,
    goldhilted sweord.      Nu me þisses gieddes
    15
    ondsware ywe,      se hine on mede
    wordum secgan      hu se wudu hatte.

    Riddle 56

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wæs þær inne      þær ic ane geseah
    winnende wiht      wido bennegean,
    holt hweorfende;      heaþoglemma feng,
    deopra dolga.      Daroþas wæron
    5
    weo þære wihte,      ond se wudu searwum
    fæste gebunden.      Hyre fota wæs
    biidfæst oþer,      oþer bisgo dreag,
    leolc on lyfte,      hwilum londe neah.
    Treow wæs getenge      þam þær torhtan stod
    10
    leafum bihongen.      Ic lafe geseah
    minum hlaforde,      þær hæle druncon,
    þara flana geweorc,      on flet beran.

    Riddle 57

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    eos lyft byre      lytle wihte
    ofer beorghleoþa.      þa sind blace swiþe,
    swearte salopade.      Sanges rope
    heapum fera,      hlude cirma,
    5
    treda bearonæssas,      hwilum burgsalo
    niþþa bearna.      Nemna hy sylfe.

    Riddle 58

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wat anfete      ellen dreogan
    wiht on wonge.      Wide ne fere,
    ne fela ride,      ne fleogan mæg
    þurh scirne dæg,      ne hie scip fere,
    5
    naca nægledbord;      nyt bi hwæþre
    hyre mondryhtne      monegum tidum.
    Hafa hefigne steort,      heafod lytel,
    tungan lange,      to nænigne,
    isernes dæl;      eorgræf pæþe.
    10
    Wætan ne swelgeþ      ne wiht iteþ,
    foþres ne gitsa,      fere oft swa þeah
    lagoflod on lyfte;      life ne gielpe,
    hlafordes gifum,      hyre swa þeana
    þeodne sinum.      þry sind in naman
    15
    ryhte runstafas,      þara is Rad foran.

    Riddle 59

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah in healle      hring gyldenne
    men sceawian,      modum gleawe,
    ferþþum frode.      Friþospede bæd
    god nergende      gæste sinum
    5
    se þe wende wriþan;      word æfter cwæ
    hring on hyrede,      hælend nemde
    tillfremmendra.      Him torhte in gemynd
    his dryhtnes naman      dumba brohte
    ond in eagna gesih,      gif þæs æþelan
    10
    goldes tacen      ongietan cuþe
    ond dryhtnes dolg,      don swa þæs beages
    benne cwædon.      Ne mæg þære bene
    æniges monnes      ungefullodre
    godes ealdorburg      gæst gesecan,
    15
    rodera ceastre.      Ræde, se þe wille,
    hu æs wrætlican      wunda cwæden
    hringes to hæleþum,      þa he in healle wæs
    wylted ond wended      wloncra folmum.

    The Wife's Lament

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þis giedd wrece      bi me ful geomorre,
    minre sylfre si.      Ic þæt secgan mæg,
    hwæt ic yrmþa gebad,      siþþan ic up weox,
    niwes oþþe ealdes,      no ma þonne nu.
    5
    A ic wite wonn      minra wræcsiþa.
    ærest min hlaford gewat      heonan of leodum
    ofer yþa gelac;      hæfde ic uhtceare
    hwær min leodfruma      londes wære.
    a ic me feran gewat      folga secan,
    10
    wineleas wrecca,      for minre weaþearfe.
    Ongunnon þæt þæs monnes      magas hycgan
    þurh dyrne geþoht,      þæt hy todælden unc,
    þæt wit gewidost      in woruldrice
    lifdon lalicost,      ond mec longade.
    15
    Het mec hlaford min      herheard niman,
    ahte ic leofra lyt      on þissum londstede,
    holdra freonda.      Forþon is min hyge geomor,
    a ic me ful gemæcne      monnan funde,
    heardsæligne,      hygegeomorne,
    20
    mod miþendne,      morþor hycgendne.
    Bliþe gebæro      ful oft wit beotedan
    þæt unc ne gedælde      nemne dea ana
    owiht elles;      eft is þæt onhworfen,
    is nu      swa hit no wære
    25
    freondscipe uncer.      Sceal ic feor ge neah
    mines felaleofan      fæhu dreogan.
    Heht mec mon wunian      on wuda bearwe,
    under actreo      in þam eorscræfe.
    Eald is þes eorsele,      eal ic eom oflongad,
    30
    sindon dena dimme,      duna uphea,
    bitre burgtunas,      brerum beweaxne,
    wic wynna leas.      Ful oft mec her wraþe begeat
    fromsiþ frean.      Frynd sind on eorþan,
    leofe lifgende,      leger weardia,
    35
    þonne ic on uhtan      ana gonge
    under actreo      geond þas eorscrafu.
    þær ic sittan mot      sumorlangne dæg,
    þær ic wepan mæg      mine wræcsiþas,
    earfoþa fela;      forþon ic æfre ne mæg
    40
    þære modceare      minre gerestan,
    ne ealles þæs longaþes      þe mec on þissum life begeat.
    A scyle geong mon      wesan geomormod,
    heard heortan geþoht,      swylce habban sceal
    bliþe gebæro,      eac þon breostceare,
    45
    sinsorgna gedreag,      sy æt him sylfum gelong
    eal his worulde wyn,      sy ful wide fah
    feorres folclondes,      þæt min freond site
    under stanhliþe      storme behrimed,
    wine werigmod,      wætre beflowen
    50
    on dreorsele.      Dreoge se min wine
    micle modceare;      he gemon to oft
    wynlicran wic.      Wa bi þam þe sceal
    of langoþe      leofes abidan.

    The Judgment Day I

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    æt gelimpan sceal,      þætte lagu flowe,
    flod ofer foldan;      feores bi æt ende
    anra gehwylcum.      Oft mæg se þe wile
    in his sylfes sefan      so geþencan.
    5
    Hafa him geþinged hider      þeoden user
    on þam mæstan dæge,      mægencyninga hyhst,
    wile þonne forbærnan      brego moncynnes
    lond mid lige.      Nis þæt lytulu spræc
    to geheganne.      Hat bi onæled,
    10
    siþþan fyr nime      foldan sceatas,
    byrnende lig      beorhte gesceafte;
    bi eal þes ginna grund      gleda gefylled,
    reþra bronda,      swa nu rixia
    gromhydge guman,      gylpe stryna,
    15
    hyra hlaforde      gehlæges tilga,
    oþþæt hy beswica      synna weardas,
    þæt hi mid þy heape      helle seca,
    fleoga mid þam feondum.      Him biþ fyr ongean,
    droflic wite,      þær næfre dæg scine
    20
    leohte of lyfte,      ac a bilocen stonde,
    siþþan þæs gæstes gryre      agiefen weorþe.
    Ufan hit is enge      ond hit is innan hat;
    nis þæt betlic bold,      ac þær is brogna hyhst,
    ne noht hyhtlic ham,      ac þær is helle grund,
    25
    sarlic sifæt      þam þe sibbe ful oft
    tomælde mid his muþe.      Ne con he þa mircan gesceaft,
    hu hi butan ende      ece stonde
    þam þe þær for his synnum      onsægd weorþe,
    ond þonne a to ealdre      orleg dreoge.
    30
    Hwa is þonne þæs fergleaw,      oþþe þæs fela cunne,
    þæt æfre mæge heofona      heahþu gereccan,
    swa georne þone godes dæl,      swa he gearo stonde
    clænum heortum,      þam þe þisne cwide willa
    ondrædan þus deopne?      Sceal se dæg weorþan
    35
    þæt we for bera      firena gehwylce,
    þeawas ond geþohtas;      þæt bi þearlic gemot,
    heardlic heremægen.      Hat biþ acolod.
    Ne biþ þonne on þisse worulde      nymþe wætres sweg
         fisces eþel;
    40
    ne biþ her ban ne blod,      ac sceal bearna gehwylc
    mid lice ond mid sawle      leanes fricgan
    ealles þæs þe we on eorþan      ær geworhtan
    godes oþþe yfles.      Ne mæg nænig gryre mare
    geweorþan æfter worulde,      ond se bi wide cu.
    45
    Ne tytaþ her tungul,      ac biþ tyr scæcen,
    eorþan blædas.      Forþon ic a wille
    leode læran      þæt hi lof godes
    hergan on heahþu,      hyhtum to wuldre
    lifgen on geleafan,      ond a lufan dryhtnes
    50
    wyrcan in þisse worulde,      ær þon se wlonca dæg
    bodige þurh byman      brynehatne leg,
    egsan oferþrym.      Ne bi nænges eorles tir
    leng on þissum life,      siþþan leohtes weard
    ofer ealne foldan fæþm      fyr onsende.
    55
    Lixe lyftes mægen,      leg onette,
    blæc byrnende,      blodgyte weorþe
    mongum gemeldad,      mægencyninges þrea;
    beofa eal beorhte gesceaft,      brondas laca
    on þam deopan dæge,      dyne upheofon.
    60
    þonne weras ond wif      woruld alæta,
    eorþan yrmþu,      seo þonne on ece gewyrht.
    þonne bi gecyþed      hwa in clænnisse
    lif alifde;      him bi lean gearo.
    Hyht wæs a in heofonum,      siþþan user hælend wæs,
    65
    middangeardes meotud,      þurh þa mæstan gesceaft
    on ful blacne beam      bunden fæste
    cearian clomme.      Crist ealle wat
    gode dæde;      no þæs gilpan þearf
    synfull sawel,      þæt hyre sie swegl ongean,
    70
    þonne he gehyrwe ful oft      halge lare,
    brigde on bysmer.      Ne con he þæs brogan dæl,
    yfles ondgiet,      ær hit hine on fealle.
    He þæt þonne onfinde,      þonne se fær cymeþ,
    geond middangeard      monegum gecyþe,
    75
    þæt he bi on þæt wynstre weorud      wyrs gescaden,
    þonne he on þa swiþran hond      swican mote,
    leahtra alysed.      Lyt þæt geþence,
    se þe him wines glæd      wilna bruce,
    site him symbelgal,      siþ ne bemurne,
    80
    hu him æfter þisse worulde      weoran mote.
    Wile þonne forgieldan      gæsta dryhten
    willum æfter þære wyrde,      wuldres ealdor,
    þam þe his synna nu      sare geþenceþ,
    modbysgunge      micle dreoge;
    85
    him þæt þonne geleana      lifes waldend,
    heofona hyrde,      æfter heonansiþe
    godum dædum,      þæs þe he swa geomor wear,
    sarig fore his synnum.      Ne sceal se to sæne beon
    ne þissa larna to læt,      se þe him wile lifgan mid gode,
    90
    brucan þæs boldes      þe us beorht fæder
    gearwa togeanes,      gæsta ealdor.
    þæt is sigedryhten      þe þone sele frætwe,
    timbre torhtlice;      to sculon clæne,
    womma lease,      swa se waldend cwæ,
    95
    ealra cyninga cyning.      Forþon cwicra gehwylc,
    deophydigra,      dryhtne hyre,
    þara þe wile heofona      heahþu gestigan.
    Hwæþre þæt gegonge,      þeah þe hit sy greote beþeaht,
    lic mid lame,      þæt hit sceal life onfon,
    100
    feores æfter foldan.      Folc biþ gebonnen,
    Adames bearn      ealle to spræce;
    beo þonne gegædrad      gæst ond bansele,
    gesomnad to þam siþe.      Soþ þæt wile cyþan,
    þonne we us gemitta      on þam mæstan dæge,
    105
    rincas æt þære rode,      secga þonne ryhta fela,
    eal swylce under heofonum gewear      hates ond cealdes,
    godes oþþe yfles;      georne gehyre
    heofoncyninga hyhst      hæleþa dæde.
    Næfre mon þæs hlude      horn aþyte
    110
    ne byman ablaweþ,      þæt ne sy seo beorhte stefn
    ofer ealne middangeard      monnum hludre,
    waldendes word;      wongas beofia
    for þam ærende      þæt he to us eallum wat.
    Oncweþ nu þisne cwide;      cuþ sceal geweorþan
    115
    þæt ic gewægan ne mæg      wyrd under heofonum,
    ac hit þus gelimpan sceal      leoda gehwylcum
    ofer eall beorht gesetu,      byrnende lig.
    Siþþan æfter þam lige      lif bi gestaþelad,
    welan ah in wuldre      se nu wel þence.

    Resignation

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Age mec se ælmihta god,     
    helpe min se halga dryhten!      þu gesceope heofon ond eorþan
    ond wundor eall,      min wundorcyning,
    þe þær on sindon,      ece dryhten,
    5
    micel ond manigfeald.      Ic þe, mære god,
    mine sawle bebeode      ond mines sylfes lic,
    ond min word ond min weorc,      witig dryhten,
    ond eal min leoþo,      leohtes hyrde,
    ond þa manigfealdan      mine geþohtas.
    10
    Getacna me,      tungla hyrde,
    þær selast sy      sawle minre
    to gemearcenne      meotudes willan,
    þæt ic þe geþeo      þinga gehwylce,
    ond on me sylfum,      sofæst cyning,
    15
    ræd arære.      Regnþeof ne læt
    on sceade sceþþan,      þeah þe ic scyppendum
    wuldorcyninge      waccor hyrde,
    ricum dryhtne,      þonne min ræd wære.
    Forgif me to lisse,      lifgende god,
    20
    bitre bealodæde.      Ic þa bote gemon,
    cyninga wuldor,      cume to, gif ic mot.
    Forgif þu me, min frea,      fierst ond ondgiet
    ond geþyld ond gemynd      þinga gehwylces
    þara þu me, soþfæst cyning,      sendan wylle
    25
    to cunnunge.      Nu þu const on mec
    firendæda fela,      feorma mec hwæþre,
    meotod, for þinre miltse,      þeah þe ic ma fremede
    grimra gylta      þonne me god lyfde;
    hæbbe ic þonne þearfe      þæt ic þine seþeah,
    30
    halges heofoncyninges,      hyldo getilge
    leorendum dagum,      lif æfter oþrum
    geseo ond gesece,      þæt me siþþan þær
    unne arfæst god      ecan dreames,
    lif alyfe,      þeah þe lætlicor
    35
    bette bealodæde      þonne bibodu wæron
    halgan heofonmægnes.      Hwæt, þu me her fela
    ...... forgeafe.      Gesette minne hyht on þec,
    forhte foreþoncas,      þæt hio fæstlice
    stonde gestaelad.      Onstep minne hige,
    40
    gæsta god cyning,      in gearone ræd.
    Nu ic fundige to þe,      fæder moncynnes,
    of þisse worulde,      nu ic wat þæt ic sceal,
    ful unfyr faca;      feorma me þonne,
    wyrda waldend,      in þinne wuldordream,
    45
    ond mec geleoran læt,      leofra dryhten,
    geoca mines gæstes.      þonne is gromra to fela
    æfestum eaden,      hæbbe ic þonne
    æt frean frofre,      þeah þe ic ær on fyrste lyt
    earnode arna.      Forlæt mec englas seþeah
    50
    geniman on þinne neawest,      nergende cyning,
    meotud, for þinre miltse.      þeah e ic mana fela
    æfter dogrum dyde,      ne læt þu mec næfre deofol seþeah
    þin lim lædan      on lane si,
    þy læs hi on þone foreþonc      gefeon motan
    55
    þy þe hy him sylfum      sellan þuhten
    englas oferhydige      þonne ece Crist.
    Gelugon hy him æt þam geleafan;      forþon hy longe scul...,
    werge wihta,      wræce þrowian.
    Forstond þu mec ond gestyr him,      þonne storm cyme
    60
    minum gæste ongegn;      geoca þonne,
    mihtig dryhten,      minre sawle,
    gefreoþa hyre ond gefeorma hy,      fæder moncynnes,
    hædre gehogode,      hæl, ece god,
    meotod meahtum swiþ.      Min is nu þa
    65
    sefa synnum fah,      ond ic ymb sawle eom
    feam siþum forht,      þeah þu me fela sealde
    arna on þisse eorþan.      þe sie ealles þonc
    meorda ond miltsa,      þara þu me sealdest.
    No æs earninga      ænige wæron mid;
    70
    hwæþre ic me ealles þæs      ellen wylle
    habban ond hlyhhan      ond me hyhtan to,
    frætwian mec on ferweg      ond fundian
    sylf to þam siþe      þe ic asettan sceal,
    gæst gearwian,      ond me þæt eal for gode þolian
    75
    bliþe mode,      nu ic gebunden eom
    fæste in minum ferþe.      Huru me frea wite
    sume þara synna      þe ic me sylf ne conn
    ongietan gleawlice.      Gode ic hæbbe
    abolgen, brego moncynnes;      forþon ic þus bittre wear
    80
    gewitnad for þisse worulde,      swa min gewyrhto wæron
    micle fore monnum,      þæt ic martirdom
    deopne adreoge.      Ne eom ic dema gleaw,
    wis fore weorude;      forþon ic þas word spræce
    fus on ferþe,      swa me on fryme gelomp
    85
    yrmþu ofer eorþan,      þæt ic a þolade
    geara gehwylce      (gode ealles þonc!)
    modearfoþa      ma þonne on oþrum,
    fyrhto in folce;      forþon ic afysed eom
    earm of minum eþle.      Ne mæg þæs anhoga,
    90
    leodwynna leas,      leng drohtian,
    wineleas wræcca,      (is him wra meotud),
    gnorna on his geoguþe,     
    ond him ælce mæle      men fullesta,
    yca his yrmþu,      ond he þæt eal þola,
    95
    sarcwide secga,      ond him bi a sefa geomor,
    mod morgenseoc.      Ic bi me tylgust
    secge þis sarspel      ond ymb siþ spræce,
    longunge fus,      ond on lagu þence,
    nat min     
    100
    hwy ic gebycge      bat on sæwe,
    fleot on faroe;      nah ic fela goldes
    ne huru þæs freondes,      þe me gefylste
    to þam sifate,      nu ic me sylf ne mæg
    fore minum wonæhtum      willan adreogan.
    105
    Wudu mot him weaxan,      wyrde bidan,
    tanum lædan;      ic for tæle ne mæg
    ænigne moncynnes      mode gelufian
    eorl on eþle.      Eala dryhten min,
    meahtig mundbora!      þæt ic eom mode seoc,
    110
    bittre abolgen,      is seo bot æt þe
    gelong æfter life.      Ic on leohte ne mæg
    butan earfoþum      ænge þinga
    feasceaft hæle      foldan ...unian;
    þonne ic me to fremþum      freode hæfde,
    115
    cyþu gecwe...      me wæs a cearu symle
    lufena to leane,      swa ic alifde nu.
    Giet biþ þæt selast,      þonne mon him sylf ne mæg
    wyrd onwendan,      þæt he þonne wel þolige.

    The Descent into Hell

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ongunnon him on uhtan      æþelcunde mæg
    gierwan to geonge;      wiston gumena gemot
    æþelinges lic      eorærne biþeaht.
    Woldan werigu wif      wope bimænan
    5
    æþelinges dea      ane hwile,
    reonge bereotan.      Ræst wæs acolad,
    heard wæs hinsi;      hæle wæron modge,
    þe hy æt þam beorge      blie fundon.
    Cwom seo murnende      Maria on dægred,
    10
    heht hy oþre mid      eorles dohtor.
    Sohton sarigu tu      sigebearn godes
    ænne in þæt eorærn      þær hi ær wiston
    þæt hine gehyddan      hæle Iudea;
    wendan þæt he on þam beorge      bidan sceolde,
    15
    ana in þære easterniht.      Huru þæs oþer þing
    wiston þa wifmenn,      þa hy on weg cyrdon!
    Ac þær cwom on uhtan      an engla þreat,
    behæfde heapa wyn      hælendes burg.
    Open wæs þæt eorærn,      æþelinges lic
    20
    onfeng feores gæst,      folde beofode,
    hlogan helwaran;      hagosteald onwoc
    modig from moldan,      mægenþrym aras
    sigefæst ond snottor.      Sægde Iohannis,
    hæle helwarum,      hlyhhende spræc
    25
    modig to þære mengo      ymb his mæges ......:
    "Hæfde me gehaten      hælend user,
    þa he me on þisne si      sendan wolde,
    þæt he me gesoht...      siex mona,
    ealles folces fruma.      Nu ...... sceacen.
    30
    Wene ic ful swiþe      ond witod
    ...... to dæge      dryhten wille
    ...... gesecan,      sigebearn godes."
    Fysde hine þa to fore      frea moncynnes;
    wolde heofona helm      helle weallas
    35
    forbrecan ond forbygan,      þære burge þrym
    onginnan reafian,      reþust ealra cyninga.
    Ne rohte he to þære hilde      helmberendra,
    ne he byrnwigend      to þam burggeatum
    lædan ne wolde,      ac þa locu feollan,
    40
    clustor of þam ceastrum;      cyning in oþrad,
    ealles folces fruma      for onette,
    weoruda wuldorgiefa.      Wræccan þrungon,
    hwylc hyra þæt sygebearn      geseon moste,
    Adam ond Abraham,      Isac ond Iacob,
    45
    monig modig eorl,      Moyses ond Dauid,
    Esaias      ond Sacharias,
    heahfædra fela,      swylce eac hæleþa gemot,
    witgena weorod,      wifmonna þreat,
    fela fæmnena,      folces unrim.
    50
    Geseah þa Iohannis      sigebearn godes
    mid þy cyneþrymme      cuman to helle,
    ongeat þa geomormod      godes sylfes si.
    Geseah he helle duru      hædre scinan,
    þa þe longe ær      bilocen wæron,
    55
    beþeahte mid þystre;      se þegn wæs on wynne.
    Abead þa bealdlice      burgwarena ord
    modig fore þære mengo      ond to his mæge spræc
    ond þa wilcuman      wordum grette:
    "þe þæs þonc sie,      þeoden user,
    60
    þæt þu us... ...ige      secan woldest,
    nu we on þissum bendum      bidan ......
    þonne monige binde      broþorleasne
    wræccan ......      (he bi wide fah),
    ne bi he no þæs nearwe      under niloc...
    65
    þæs bitre gebunden      under bealuclommum,
    þæt he þy y ne mæge      ellen habban,
    þonne he his hlafordes      hyldo gelyfe,
    þæt hine of þam bendum      bicgan wille.
    Swa we ealle to þe      an gelyfa,
    70
    dryhten min se dyra.      Ic adreag fela
    siþþan þu end to me      in siþadest,
    þa þu me gesealdest      sweord ond byrnan,
    helm ond heorosceorp,      (a ic þæt heold nu giet),
    ond þu me gecydest,      cyneþrymma wyn,
    75
    þæt þu mundbora      minum wære.
    Eala Gabrihel,      hu þu eart gleaw ond scearp,
    milde ond gemyndig      ond monþwære,
    wis on þinum gewitte      ond on þinum worde snottor!
    þæt þu gecydest      þa þu þone cnyht to us
    80
    brohtest in Bethlem.      Bidan we þæs longe,
    setan on sorgum,      sibbe oflyste,
    wynnum ond wenum,      hwonne we word godes
    þurh his sylfes mu      secgan hyrde.
    Eala Maria,      hu þu us modigne
    85
    cyning acendest,      þa þu þæt cild to us
    brohtest in Bethlem.      We þæs beofiende
    under helle dorum      hearde sceoldon
    bidan in bendum.      Bona weorces gefeah;
    wæron ure ealdfind      ealle on wynnum
    90
    þonne hy gehyrdon      hu we hreowen...
    ...on murnende      mægburg usse,
    oþþæt ......      sigedryhten god,
    bimengdes...      ...gust ealra cyninga.
         nu us mon modge þe
    95
    ageaf from usse geogoe.      We þurh gifre mod
    beswican us sylfe;      we þa synne forþon
    bera in urum breostum      to bonan honda,
    sculon eac to ussum feondum      freoþo wilnian.
    Eala Hierusalem      in Iudeum,
    100
    hu þu in þære stowe      stille gewunadest!
    Ne mostan þe geondferan      foldbuende
    ealle lifgende,      þa þe lof singa.
    Eala Iordane      in Iudeum,
    hu þu in þære stowe      stille gewunadest!
    105
    Nales þu geondflowan      foldbuende;
    mostan hy þynes wætres      wynnum brucan.
    Nu ic þe halsie,      hælend user,
    deope in gedyrstum,      (þu eart dryhten Crist),
    þæt þu us gemiltsie,      monna scyppend.
    110
    þu fore monna lufan      þinre modor bosm
    sylfa gesohtes,      sigedryhten god,
    nales fore þinre þearfe,      þeoda waldend,
    ac for þam miltsum      þe þu moncynne
    oft ætywdest,      þonne him wæs are þearf.
    115
    þu meaht ymbfon      eal folca gesetu,
    swylce þu meaht geriman,      rice dryhten,
    sæs sondgrotu,      selast ealra cyninga.
    Swylce ic þe halsige,      hælend user,
    fore ...inum cildhade,      cyninga selast,
    120
    ond fore þære wunde,      weoruda dry...
    þinum æriste,      æþelinga wyn,
    ond fore þinre me...      ...ian nama,
    þa ealle hellwara      herga ond lof...
    ...lum      þe þe ymb stonda,
    125
    þa þu þe lete sittan      ...... hond,
    þa þu us on þisne wræcsi,      weoroda dryhten,
    þurh þines sylfes geweald      secan woldest,
    ond fore Hierusalem      in Iudeum,
    (sceal seo burg nu þa      bidan efne swa þeah,
    130
    þeoden leofa,      þines eftcymes),
    ond for Iordane      in Iudeum,
    (wit unc in þære burnan      baþodan ætgædre).
    Oferwurpe þu mid þy wætre,      weoruda dryhten,
    bliþe mode      ealle burgwaran,
    135
    swylce git Iohannis      in Iordane
    mid þy fullwihte      fægre onbryrdon
    ealne þisne middangeard.      Sie þæs symle meotude þonc!"

    Alms-Giving

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wel bi þam eorle      þe him on innan hafa,
    reþehygdig wer,      rume heortan;
    þæt him biþ for worulde      weormynda mæst,
    ond for ussum dryhtne      doma selast.
    5
    Efne swa he mid wætre      þone weallendan
    leg adwæsce,      þæt he leng ne mæg
    blac byrnende      burgum scean,
    swa he mid ælmessan      ealle toscufe
    synna wunde,      sawla lacna.

    Pharaoh

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    "Saga me hwæt þær weorudes      wære ealles
    on Farones fyrde,      þa hy folc godes
    þurh feondscipe      fylgan ongunn...."
    "Nat ic hit be wihte,      butan ic wene þus,
    5
    þæt þær screoda wære      gescyred rime
    siex hun... ...a      searohæbbendra;
    þæt eal fornam      yþ...
    wraþe wyrde      in woruldrice."

    The Lord's Prayer I

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    ...g fæder,      þu þe on heofonum eardast,
    geweorad wuldres dreame.      Sy þinum weorcum halgad
    noma niþþa bearnum;      þu eart nergend wera.
    Cyme þin rice wide,      ond þin rædfæst willa
    5
    aræred under rodores hrofe,      eac þon on rumre foldan.
    Syle us to dæge      domfæstne blæd,
    hlaf userne,      helpend wera,
    þone singalan,      sofæst meotod.
    Ne læt usic costunga      cnyssan to swie,
    10
    ac þu us freodom gief,      folca waldend,
    from yfla gehwam,      a to widan feore.

    Homiletic Fragment II

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gefeoh nu on fere      ond to frofre geþeoh
    dryhtne þinum,      ond þinne dom arær,
    heald hordlocan,      hyge fæste bind
    mid modsefan.      Monig biþ uncuþ
    5
    treowgeþofta,      teora hwilum,
    waciaþ wordbeot;      swa þeos woruld fare,
    scurum scynde      ond gesceap dreoge.
    An is geleafa,      an lifgende,
    an is fulwiht,      an fæder ece,
    10
    an is folces fruma,      se þas foldan gesceop,
    dugue ond dreamas.      Dom siþþan weox,
    þeah þeos læne gesceaft      longe stode
    heolstre gehyded,      helme ...edygled,
    biþeaht wel treowum,      þystre oferfæmed,
    15
    siþþan geong aweox     
    mæge modhwatu      mid moncynne;
    ær gelicade      þa... ...op
    in þam hordfate,      halgan gæste,
    beorht on br...      ...e scan,
    20
    se wæs ordfruma      ealles leohtes.

    Riddle 30b

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom ligbysig,      lace mid winde,
    w...      ...dre gesomnad,
    fus forweges,      fyre gemylted,
    bear... blowende,      byrnende gled.
    5
    Ful oft mec gesiþas      senda æfter hondum,
    þær mec weras ond wif      wlonce gecyssa.
    þonne ic mec onhæbbe,      hi onhniga to me,
    modge miltsum,      swa ic mongum sceal
    ycan upcyme      eadignesse.

    Riddle 60

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wæs be sonde,      sæwealle neah,
    æt merefaroþe,      minum gewunade
    frumstaþole fæst;      fea ænig wæs
    monna cynnes,      þæt minne þær
    5
    on anæde      eard beheolde,
    ac mec uhtna gehwam      y sio brune
    lagufæme beleolc.      Lyt ic wende
    þæt ic ær oþþe si      æfre sceolde
    ofer meodubence      muleas sprecan,
    10
    wordum wrixlan.      þæt is wundres dæl,
    on sefan searolic      þam þe swylc ne conn,
    hu mec seaxes ord      ond seo swiþre hond,
    eorles ingeþonc      ond ord somod,
    þingum geþydan,      þæt ic wiþ þe sceolde
    15
    for unc anum twam      ærendspræce
    abeodan bealdlice,      swa hit beorna ma
    uncre wordcwidas      widdor ne mænden.

    The Husband's Message

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nu ic onsundran þe         secgan wille
    ...... treocyn         ic tudre aweox;
    in mec æld... sceal         ellor londes
    settan ......         sealte streamas
    5
    ...sse.         Ful oft ic on bates
            gesohte
    þær mec mondryhten         min ......
    ofer heah hofu;         eom nu her cumen
    on ceolþele,         ond nu cunnan scealt
    10
    hu þu ymb modlufan         mines frean
    on hyge hycge.         Ic gehatan dear
    þæt þu þær tirfæste         treowe findest.
    Hwæt, þec þonne biddan het         se þisne beam agrof
    þæt þu sinchroden         sylf gemunde
    15
    on gewitlocan         wordbeotunga,
    þe git on ærdagum         oft gespræcon,
    þenden git moston         on meoduburgum
    eard weardigan,         an lond bugan,
    freondscype fremman.         Hine fæhþo adraf
    20
    of sigeþeode;         heht nu sylfa þe
    lustum læran,         þæt þu lagu drefde,
    siþþan þu gehyrde         on hliþes oran
    galan geomorne         geac on bearwe.
    Ne læt þu þec siþþan         siþes getwæfan,
    25
    lade gelettan         lifgendne monn.
    Ongin mere secan,         mæwes eþel,
    onsite sænacan,         þæt þu su heonan
    ofer merelade         monnan findest,
    þær se þeoden is         þin on wenum.
    30
    Ne mæg him worulde         willa gelimpan
    mara on gemyndum,         þæs þe he me sægde,
    þonne inc geunne         alwaldend god
    ...... ætsomne         siþþan motan
    secgum ond gesiþum         s...
    35
    næglede beagas;         he genoh hafa
    fædan goldes        
    ...d elþeode         eþel healde,
    fægre foldan        
    ...ra hæleþa,         þeah þe her min wine...
    40
    nyde gebæded,         nacan ut aþrong,
    ond on yþa geong         ...... sceolde
    faran on flotweg,         forsiþes georn,
    mengan merestreamas.         Nu se mon hafa
    wean oferwunnen;         nis him wilna gad,
    45
    ne meara ne mama         ne meododreama,
    ænges ofer eorþan         eorlgestreona,
    þeodnes dohtor,         gif he þin beneah
    ofer eald gebeot         incer twega.
    Gecyre ic ætsomne         sigel rad geador
    50
    ear wen ond daeg         aþe benemnan,
    þæt he þa wære         ond þa winetreowe
    be him lifgendum         læstan wolde,
    þe git on ærdagum         oft gespræconn.

    The Ruin

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wrætlic is þes wealstan,      wyrde gebræcon;
    burgstede burston,      brosna enta geweorc.
    Hrofas sind gehrorene,      hreorge torras,
    hrungeat berofen,      hrim on lime,
    5
    scearde scurbeorge      scorene, gedrorene,
    ældo undereotone.      Eorgrap hafa
    waldend wyrhtan      forweorone, geleorene,
    heardgripe hrusan,      oþ hund cnea
    werþeoda gewitan.      Oft þæs wag gebad
    10
    ræghar ond readfah      rice æfter oþrum,
    ofstonden under stormum;      steap geap gedreas.
    Wona giet se      ...num geheapen,
    fel on     
    grimme gegrunden     
    15
    scan      heo...
    ...g orþonc      ærsceaft
    ...g      lamrindum beag
    mod mo...      ...yne swiftne gebrægd
    hwætred in hringas,      hygerof gebond
    20
    weallwalan wirum      wundrum togædre.
    Beorht wæron burgræced,      burnsele monige,
    heah horngestreon,      heresweg micel,
    meodoheall monig      man dreama full,
    oþþæt þæt onwende      wyrd seo swiþe.
    25
    Crungon walo wide,      cwoman woldagas,
    swylt eall fornom      secgrofra wera;
    wurdon hyra wigsteal      westen staþolas,
    brosnade burgsteall.      Betend crungon
    hergas to hrusan.      Forþon þas hofu dreorgia,
    30
    ond þæs teaforgeapa      tigelum sceade
    hrostbeages hrof.      Hryre wong gecrong
    gebrocen to beorgum,      þær iu beorn monig
    glædmod ond goldbeorht      gleoma gefrætwed,
    wlonc ond wingal      wighyrstum scan;
    35
    seah on sinc, on sylfor,      on searogimmas,
    on ead, on æht,      on eorcanstan,
    on þas beorhtan burg      bradan rices.
    Stanhofu stodan,      stream hate wearp
    widan wylme;      weal eall befeng
    40
    beorhtan bosme,      þær þa baþu wæron,
    hat on hreþre.      þæt wæs hyelic.
    Leton þonne geotan     
    ofer harne stan      hate streamas
    un...     
    45
    ...þþæt hringmere      hate
         þær þa baþu wæron.
    þonne is     
    ...re;      þæt is cynelic þing,
    huse ......      burg....

    Riddle 61

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft mec fæste bileac      freolicu meowle,
    ides on earce,      hwilum up ateah
    folmum sinum      ond frean sealde,
    holdum þeodne,      swa hio haten wæs.
    5
    Siþan me on hreþre      heafod sticade,
    nioþan upweardne,      on nearo fegde.
    Gif þæs ondfengan      ellen dohte,
    mec frætwedne      fyllan sceolde
    ruwes nathwæt.      Ræd hwæt ic mæne.

    Riddle 62

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom heard ond scearp,      hingonges strong,
    forsiþes from,      frean unforcu,
    wade under wambe      ond me weg sylfa
    ryhtne geryme.      Rinc bi on ofeste,
    5
    se mec on þy      æftanweardne,
    hæle mid hrægle;      hwilum ut tyh
    of hole hatne,      hwilum eft fare
    on nearo nathwær,      nydeþ swiþe
    suþerne secg.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 63

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft ic secga      seledreame sceal
    fægre onþeon,      þonne ic eom for boren
    glæd mid golde,      þær guman drinca.
    Hwilum mec on cofan      cysse muþe
    5
    tillic esne,      þær wit tu beoþ,
    fæme on folm...      ...grum þy,
    wyrce his willa...      ... l...
    fulre,      þonne ic for cyme
    ......
    10
    Ne mæg ic þy miþan,     
         ...an on leohte
    ...... swylce eac bi sona     
    ...r... ...te getacnad,      hwæt me to
    15
    ...leas rinc,      þa unc geryde wæs.

    Riddle 64

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah wen ond is         ofer wong faran,
    beran beorc eh ;         bæm wæs on siþþe
    hæbbendes hyht         haegl ond ac
    swylce þryþa dæl,         dhorn ond eh .
    5
    Gefeah feoh ond aesc         fleah ofer ear
    sigel ond peordh         sylfes þæs folces.

    Riddle 65

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Cwico wæs ic, ne cwæ ic wiht,      cwele ic efne seþeah.
    ær ic wæs, eft ic cwom.      æghwa mec reafa,
    hafa mec on headre,      ond min heafod scireþ,
    bite mec on bær lic,      brice mine wisan.
    5
    Monnan ic ne bite,      nympþe he me bite;
    sindan þara monige      þe mec bita.

    Riddle 66

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom mare      þonne þes middangeard,
    læsse þonne hondwyrm,      leohtre þonne mona,
    swiftre þonne sunne.      Sæs me sind ealle
    flodas on fæmum      ond þes foldan bearm,
    5
    grene wongas.      Grundum ic hrine,
    helle underhnige,      heofonas oferstige,
    wuldres eþel,      wide ræce
    ofer engla eard,      eorþan gefylle,
    ealne middangeard      ond merestreamas
    10
    side mid me sylfum.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 67

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic on þinge gefrægn      þeodcyninges
    wrætlice wiht,      wordgaldra
    ...... snytt...      hio symle de
    fira gehw...     
    5
    wisdome.      Wundor me þæt
         nænne mu hafa
    fet ne     
         welan oft saca,
    cwiþe cy...      wear
    10
    leoda lareow.      Forþon nu longe mæg
    ...... ealdre      ece lifgan
    missenlice,      þenden menn buga
    eorþan sceatas.      Ic þæt oft geseah
    golde gegierwed,      þær guman druncon,
    15
    since ond seolfre.      Secge se þe cunne,
    wisfæstra hwylc,      hwæt seo wiht sy.

    Riddle 68

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þa wiht geseah      on weg feran;
    heo wæs wrætlice      wundrum gegierwed.

    Riddle 69

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wundor wear on wege;      wæter wear to bane.

    Riddle 70

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wiht is wrætlic      þam þe hyre wisan ne conn.
    Singe þurh sidan.      Is se sweora woh,
    orþoncum geworht;      hafaþ eaxle tua
    scearp on gescyldrum.      His gesceapo dreoge
    5
    þe swa wrætlice      be wege stonde
    heah ond hleortorht      hæleþum to nytte.

    Riddle 71

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom rices æht,      reade bewæfed,
    sti ond steapwong.      Staþol wæs iu þa
    wyrta wlitetorhtra;      nu eom wraþra laf,
    fyres ond feole,      fæste genearwad,
    5
    wire geweorþad.      Wepe hwilum
    for minum gripe      se þe gold wige,
    þonne ic yþan sceal      ...fe,
    hringum gehyrsted.      Me ...i...
    ...go...      dryhtne min...
    10
         ...wlite bete.

    Riddle 72

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wæs lytel     
    fo...     
    ...te geaf     
    ...pe      þe unc gemæne
    5
         sweostor min,
    fedde mec ......      oft ic feower teah
    swæse broþor,      þara onsundran gehwylc
    dægtidum me      drincan sealde
    þurh þyrel þearle.      Ic þæh on lust,
    10
    oþþæt ic wæs yldra      ond þæt an forlet
    sweartum hyrde,      siþade widdor,
    mearcpaþas Walas træd,      moras pæde,
    bunden under beame,      beag hæfde on healse,
    wean on laste      weorc þrowade,
    15
    earfoa dæl.      Oft mec isern scod
    sare on sidan;      ic swigade,
    næfre meldade      monna ængum
    gif me ordstæpe      egle wæron.

    Riddle 73

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic on wonge aweox,      wunode þær mec feddon
    hruse ond heofonwolcn,      oþþæt me onhwyrfdon
    gearum frodne,      þa me grome wurdon,
    of þære gecynde      þe ic ær cwic beheold,
    5
    onwendan mine wisan,      wegedon mec of earde,
    gedydon þæt ic sceolde      wiþ gesceape minum
    on bonan willan      bugan hwilum.
    Nu eom mines frean      folme bysigo...
    ...dlan dæl,      gif his ellen deag,
    10
    oþþe æfter dome      ...ri...
    ...an      mæ... ...þa fremman,
    wyrcan w...     
    ...ec on þeode      utan we...
         ...ipe
    15
    ond to wrohtstæp...     
    ...eorp,      eaxle gegyrde,
    wo...     
    ond swiora smæl,      sidan fealwe
         þonne mec heaþosigel
    20
    scir bescine      ond mec ......
    fægre feorma      ond on fyrd wige
    cræfte on hæfte.      Cu is wide
    þæt ic þristra sum      þeofes cræfte
    under hrægnlocan     
    25
    hwilum eawunga      eþelfæsten
    forweard brece,      þæt ær fri hæfde.
    Feringe from,      he fus þonan
    wende of þam wicum.      Wiga se þe mine
    wisan cunne,      saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 74

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wæs fæmne geong,      feaxhar cwene,
    ond ænlic rinc      on ane tid;
    fleah mid fuglum      ond on flode swom,
    deaf under yþe      dead mid fiscum,
    5
    ond on foldan stop,      hæfde fer cwicu.

    Riddle 75

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic swiftne geseah         on swaþe feran
    daeg nyd lagu haegl.        

    Riddle 76

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic ane geseah      idese sittan.

    Riddle 77

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    mec fedde,      sundhelm þeahte,
    ond mec yþa wrugon      eorþan getenge
    feþelease.      Oft ic flode ongean
    mu ontynde.      Nu wile monna sum
    5
    min flæsc fretan,      felles ne recce,
    siþþan he me of sidan      seaxes orde
    hyd arype,      ...ec hr... ...þe siþþan
    ite unsodene      ea... ...d.

    Riddle 78

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft ic flodas     
    ...s      cynn... minum
    ond     
    ...yde me to mos...     
    5
         swa ic him
         ne æt ham gesæt
         flote cwealde
    þurh orþonc ......      yþum bewrigene.

    Riddle 79

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom æþelinges      æht ond willa.

    Riddle 80

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom æþelinges      eaxlgestealla,
    fyrdrinces gefara,      frean minum leof,
    cyninges geselda.      Cwen mec hwilum
    hwitloccedu      hond on lege,
    5
    eorles dohtor,      þeah hio æþelu sy.
    Hæbbe me on bosme      þæt on bearwe geweox.
    Hwilum ic on wloncum      wicge ride
    herges on ende;      heard is min tunge.
    Oft ic woboran      wordleana sum
    10
    agyfe æfter giedde.      Good is min wise
    ond ic sylfa salo.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 81

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom byledbreost,      belcedsweora,
    heafod hæbbe      ond heane steort,
    eagan ond earan      ond ænne foot,
    hrycg ond heardnebb,      hneccan steapne
    5
    ond sidan twa,      sag on middum,
    eard ofer ældum.      Aglac dreoge,
    þær mec wege      se þe wudu hrere,
    ond mec stondende      streamas beata,
    hægl se hearda,      ond hrim þece,
    10
    ...orst ...eose,      ond fealle snaw
    on þyrelwombne,      ond ic þæt ...ol...
    mæ...      wonsceaft mine.

    Riddle 82

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wiht is     
    gongende,      greate swilge,
    ...... fell ne flæsc,      fotum gong...
    5
         ...e,
    sceal mæla gehwam     

    Riddle 83

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Frod wæs min fromcynn     
    biden in burgum,      siþþan bæles weard
    ...... wera      life bewunden,
    fyre gefælsad.      Nu me fah wara
    5
    eorþan broþor,      se me ærest wear
    gumena to gyrne.      Ic ful gearwe gemon
    hwa min fromcynn      fruman agette
    eall of earde;      ic him yfle ne mot,
    ac ic hæftnyd      hwilum arære
    10
    wide geond wongas.      Hæbbe ic wundra fela,
    middangeardes      mægen unlytel,
    ac ic miþan sceal      monna gehwylcum
    degolfulne dom      dyran cræftes,
    sifæt minne.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 84

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    An wiht is on eorþan      wundrum acenned,
    hreoh ond reþe,      hafa ryne strongne,
    grimme grymeta      ond be grunde fare.
    Modor is monigra      mærra wihta.
    5
    Fæger ferende      funda æfre;
    neol is nearograp.      Nænig oþrum mæg
    wlite ond wisan      wordum gecyþan,
    hu mislic biþ      mægen þara cynna,
    fyrn forgesceaft;      fæder ealle bewat
    10
    or ond ende,      swylce an sunu,
    mære meotudes bearn,      þurh ...ed,
    ond þæt hyhste mæge...      ...es gæ...
         dyre cræft...
    ......
    15
    ...onne hy aweorp...     
    ...þe ænig þara     
    ...fter ne mæg     
    oþer cynn      eorþan
         þon ær wæs
    20
    wlitig ond wynsum,     
    Biþ sio moddor      mægene eacen,
    wundrum bewreþed,      wistum gehladen,
    hordum gehroden,      hæleþum dyre.
    Mægen bi gemiclad,      meaht gesweotlad,
    25
    wlite biþ geweorþad      wuldornyttingum,
    wynsum wuldorgimm      wloncum getenge,
    clængeorn bi ond cystig,      cræfte eacen;
    hio biþ eadgum leof,      earmum getæse,
    freolic, sellic;      fromast ond swiþost,
    30
    gifrost ond grædgost      grundbedd trideþ,
    þæs þe under lyfte      aloden wurde
    ond ælda bearn      eagum sawe,
    swa þæt wuldor wife,      worldbearna mægen,
    þeah þe ferþum gleaw     
    35
    mon mode snottor      mengo wundra.
    Hrusan bi heardra,      hæleþum frodra,
    geofum bi gearora,      gimmum deorra;
    worulde wlitiga,      wæstmum tydre,
    firene dwæsce,     
    40
    oft utan beweorpe      anre þecene,
    wundrum gewlitegad,      geond werþeode,
    þæt wafia      weras ofer eorþan,
    þæt magon micle      ...sceafte.
    Biþ stanum bestreþed,      stormum
    45
    ...len      ...timbred weall,
    þrym...      ...ed,
    hrusan hrine,      h...
         ...etenge,
    oft searwum biþ     
    50
         deae ne fele,
    þeah þe     
    ...du hreren,      hrif wundigen,
         ...risse.
    Hordword onhlid,      hæleþum ge...
    55
    ...wreoh,      wordum geopena,
    hu mislic sy      mægen þara cy....

    Riddle 85

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nis min sele swige,      ne ic sylfa hlud
    ymb ......      unc dryhten scop
    siþ ætsomne.      Ic eom swiftre þonne he,
    þragum strengra,      he þreohtigra.
    5
    Hwilum ic me reste;      he sceal yrnan for.
    Ic him in wunige      a þenden ic lifge;
    gif wit unc gedæla,      me bi dea witod.

    Riddle 86

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wiht cwom gongan      þær weras sæton
    monige on mæle,      mode snottre;
    hæfde an eage      ond earan twa,
    ond II fet,      XII hund heafda,
    5
    hrycg ond wombe      ond honda twa,
    earmas ond eaxle,      anne sweoran
    ond sidan twa.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.

    Riddle 87

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic seah wundorlice wiht;      wombe hæfde micle,
    þryþum geþrungne.      þegn folgade
    megenstrong ond mundrof;      micel me þuhte
    godlic gumrinc,      grap on sona
    5
    heofones toþe     
    bleowe on eage;      hio borcade,
    wancode willum.      Hio wolde seþeah
    niol...     

    Riddle 88

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic weox þær ic s...     
    ond sumor      mi...
    ...me      wæs min ti...
    ......
    5
    ...d ic on staol...     
    ...um geong,      swa
         seþeana
    oft geond      ...fgeaf,
    ac ic uplong stod,      þær ic ......
    10
    ond min broþor;      begen wæron hearde.
    Eard wæs þy weorra      þe wit on stodan,
    hyrstum þy hyrra.      Ful oft unc holt wrugon,
    wudubeama helm      wonnum nihtum,
    scildon wi scurum;      unc gescop meotud.
    15
    Nu unc mæran twam      magas uncre
    sculon æfter cuman,      eard oþringan
    gingran broþor.      Eom ic gumcynnes
    anga ofer eorþan;      is min agen bæc
    wonn ond wundorlic.      Ic on wuda stonde
    20
    bordes on ende.      Nis min broþor her,
    ac ic sceal broþorleas      bordes on ende
    staþol weardian,      stondan fæste;
    ne wat hwær min broþor      on wera æhtum
    eorþan sceata      eardian sceal,
    25
    se me ær be healfe      heah eardade.
    Wit wæron gesome      sæcce to fremmanne;
    næfre uncer awþer      his ellen cyde,
    swa wit þære beadwe      begen ne onþungan.
    Nu mec unsceafta      innan slita,
    30
    wyrdaþ mec be wombe;      ic gewendan ne mæg.
    æt þam spore finde      sped se þe se...
         sawle rædes.

    Riddle 89

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         se wiht,
    wombe hæfde     
    ...tne,      leþre wæs beg...
         ...on hindan.
    5
    Grette wea...     
         listum worhte,
    hwilum eft     
    þygan,      him þoncade,
    siþþan u...     
    10
    swæsendum      swylce þrage.

    Riddle 91

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Min heafod is         homere geþuren,
    searopila wund,         sworfen feole.
    Oft ic begine         þæt me ongean stica,
    þonne ic hnitan sceal,         hringum gyrded,
    5
    hearde wi heardum,         hindan þyrel,
    for ascufan         þæt mines frean
    mod wen freoþa         middelnihtum.
    Hwilum ic under bæc         bregde nebbe,
    hyrde þæs hordes,         þonne min hlaford wile
    10
    lafe þicgan         þara þe he of life het
    wælcræfte awrecan         willum sinum.

    Riddle 92

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wæs brunra beot,      beam on holte,
    freolic feorhbora      ond foldan wæstm,
    weres wynnstaþol      ond wifes sond,
    gold on geardum.      Nu eom guwigan
    5
    hyhtlic hildewæpen,      hringe beg...
    ...e...      byre,
    oþrum.     

    Riddle 93

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Frea min     
    ...de      willum sinum,
    ...... heah ond hyht...     
    5
    ...rpne,      hwilum
         ...wilum sohte
    frea...      ...s wod,
    dægrime frod,      deo... ...s ,
    hwilum stealc hliþo      stigan sceolde
    10
    up in eþel,      hwilum eft gewat
    in deop dalu      duguþe secan
    strong on stæpe,      stanwongas grof
    hrimighearde,      hwilum hara scoc
    forst of feaxe.      Ic on fusum rad
    15
    oþþæt him þone gleawstol      gingra broþor
    min agnade      ond mec of earde adraf.
    Siþþan mec isern      innanweardne
    brun bennade;      blod ut ne com,
    heolfor of hreþre,      þeah mec heard bite
    20
    stiecg style.      No ic þa stunde bemearn,
    ne for wunde weop,      ne wrecan meahte
    on wigan feore      wonnsceaft mine,
    ac ic aglæca      ealle þolige,
    þæt ...e bord biton.      Nu ic blace swelge
    25
    wuda ond wætre,      w... ...b... befæme
    þæt mec on fealle      ufan þær ic stonde,
    eorpes nathwæt;      hæbbe anne fot.
    Nu min hord wara      hiþende feond,
    se þe ær wide bær      wulfes gehleþan;
    30
    oft me of wombe      bewaden fere,
    steppe on sti bord,     
    deaþes d...      þonne dægcondel,
    sunne     
    ...eorc      eagum wlite
    35
    ond spe....     

    Riddle 94

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Smeþr...      ...ad,
    hyrre þonne heofon...     
         glædre þonne sunne,
         ...style,
    5
    smeare þonne sealtry...     
    leofre þonne þis leoht eall,      leohtre þon w...

    Riddle 95

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom indryhten      ond eorlum cu,
    ond reste oft;      ricum ond heanum,
    folcum gefræge      fere wide,
    ond me fremdes ær      freondum stonde
    5
    hiþendra hyht,      gif ic habban sceal
    blæd in burgum      oþþe beorhtne god.
    Nu snottre men      swiþast lufiaþ
    midwist mine;      ic monigum sceal
    wisdom cyþan;      no þær word spreca
    10
    ænig ofer eoran.      þeah nu ælda bearn
    londbuendra      lastas mine
    swiþe seca,      ic swaþe hwilum
    mine bemiþe      monna gehwylcum.

    BL Cotton Vitellius A XV.

    Beowulf

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt! We Gardena         in geardagum,
    þeodcyninga,         þrym gefrunon,
    hu a æþelingas         ellen fremedon.
    Oft Scyld Scefing         sceaþena þreatum,
    5
    monegum mægþum,         meodosetla ofteah,
    egsode eorlas.         Syan ærest wear
    feasceaft funden,         he þæs frofre gebad,
    weox under wolcnum,         weormyndum þah,
    oþæt him æghwylc         þara ymbsittendra
    10
    ofer hronrade         hyran scolde,
    gomban gyldan.         þæt wæs god cyning!
    æm eafera wæs         æfter cenned,
    geong in geardum,         þone god sende
    folce to frofre;         fyrenearfe ongeat
    15
    þe hie ær drugon         aldorlease
    lange hwile.         Him þæs liffrea,
    wuldres wealdend,         woroldare forgeaf;
    Beowulf wæs breme         (blæd wide sprang),
    Scyldes eafera         Scedelandum in.
    20
    Swa sceal geong guma         gode gewyrcean,
    fromum feohgiftum         on fæder bearme,
    þæt hine on ylde         eft gewunigen
    wilgesiþas,         þonne wig cume,
    leode gelæsten;         lofdædum sceal
    25
    in mægþa gehwære         man geþeon.
    Him a Scyld gewat         to gescæphwile
    felahror feran         on frean wære.
    Hi hyne þa ætbæron         to brimes faroe,
    swæse gesiþas,         swa he selfa bæd,
    30
    þenden wordum weold         wine Scyldinga;
    leof landfruma         lange ahte.
    þær æt hye stod         hringedstefna,
    isig ond utfus,         æþelinges fær.
    Aledon þa         leofne þeoden,
    35
    beaga bryttan,         on bearm scipes,
    mærne be mæste.         þær wæs madma fela
    of feorwegum,         frætwa, gelæded;
    ne hyrde ic cymlicor         ceol gegyrwan
    hildewæpnum         ond heaowædum,
    40
    billum ond byrnum;         him on bearme læg
    madma mænigo,         þa him mid scoldon
    on flodes æht         feor gewitan.
    Nalæs hi hine læssan         lacum teodan,
    þeodgestreonum,         þon þa dydon
    45
    þe hine æt frumsceafte         for onsendon
    ænne ofer ye         umborwesende.
    þa gyt hie him asetton         segen geldenne
    heah ofer heafod,         leton holm beran,
    geafon on garsecg;         him wæs geomor sefa,
    50
    murnende mod.         Men ne cunnon
    secgan to soe,         selerædende,
    hæle under heofenum,         hwa þæm hlæste onfeng.
    a wæs on burgum         Beowulf Scyldinga,
    leof leodcyning,         longe þrage
    55
    folcum gefræge         (fæder ellor hwearf,
    aldor of earde),         oþþæt him eft onwoc
    heah Healfdene;         heold þenden lifde,
    gamol ond gureouw,         glæde Scyldingas.
    æm feower bearn         for gerimed
    60
    in worold wocun,         weoroda ræswan,
    Heorogar ond Hrogar         ond Halga til;
    hyrde ic þæt         wæs Onelan cwen,
    Heaoscilfingas         healsgebedda.
    þa wæs Hrogare         heresped gyfen,
    65
    wiges weormynd,         þæt him his winemagas
    georne hyrdon,         o þæt seo geogo geweox,
    magodriht micel.         Him on mod bearn
    þæt healreced         hatan wolde,
    medoærn micel,         men gewyrcean
    70
    þonne yldo bearn         æfre gefrunon,
    ond þær on innan         eall gedælan
    geongum ond ealdum,         swylc him god sealde,
    buton folcscare         ond feorum gumena.
    a ic wide gefrægn         weorc gebannan
    75
    manigre mægþe         geond þisne middangeard,
    folcstede frætwan.         Him on fyrste gelomp,
    ædre mid yldum,         þæt hit wear ealgearo,
    healærna mæst;         scop him Heort naman
    se þe his wordes geweald         wide hæfde.
    80
    He beot ne aleh,         beagas dælde,
    sinc æt symle.         Sele hlifade,
    heah ond horngeap,         heaowylma bad,
    laan liges;         ne wæs hit lenge þa gen
    þæt se ecghete         aþumsweorum
    85
    æfter wælnie         wæcnan scolde.
    a se ellengæst         earfolice
    þrage geþolode,         se þe in þystrum bad,
    þæt he dogora gehwam         dream gehyrde
    hludne in healle;         þær wæs hearpan sweg,
    90
    swutol sang scopes.         Sægde se þe cuþe
    frumsceaft fira         feorran reccan,
    cwæ þæt se ælmihtiga         eoran worhte,
    wlitebeorhtne wang,         swa wæter bebuge,
    gesette sigehreþig         sunnan ond monan
    95
    leoman to leohte         landbuendum
    ond gefrætwade         foldan sceatas
    leomum ond leafum,         lif eac gesceop
    cynna gehwylcum         þara e cwice hwyrfaþ.
    Swa a drihtguman         dreamum lifdon
    100
    eadiglice,         oæt an ongan
    fyrene fremman         feond on helle.
    Wæs se grimma gæst         Grendel haten,
    mære mearcstapa,         se þe moras heold,
    fen ond fæsten;         fifelcynnes eard
    105
    wonsæli wer         weardode hwile,
    siþan him scyppend         forscrifen hæfde
    in Caines cynne.         þone cwealm gewræc
    ece drihten,         þæs þe he Abel slog;
    ne gefeah he þære fæhe,         ac he hine feor forwræc,
    110
    metod for þy mane,         mancynne fram.
    þanon untydras         ealle onwocon,
    eotenas ond ylfe         ond orcneas,
    swylce gigantas,         þa wi gode wunnon
    lange þrage;         he him æs lean forgeald.
    115
    Gewat a neosian,         syþan niht becom,
    hean huses,         hu hit Hringdene
    æfter beorþege         gebun hæfdon.
    Fand þa ær inne         æþelinga gedriht
    swefan æfter symble;         sorge ne cuon,
    120
    wonsceaft wera.         Wiht unhælo,
    grim ond grædig,         gearo sona wæs,
    reoc ond reþe,         ond on ræste genam
    þritig þegna,         þanon eft gewat
    hue hremig         to ham faran,
    125
    mid þære wælfylle         wica neosan.
    a wæs on uhtan         mid ærdæge
    Grendles gucræft         gumum undyrne;
    þa wæs æfter wiste         wop up ahafen,
    micel morgensweg.         Mære þeoden,
    130
    æþeling ærgod,         unblie sæt,
    þolode ryswy,         þegnsorge dreah,
    syþan hie þæs laan         last sceawedon,
    wergan gastes;         wæs þæt gewin to strang,
    la ond longsum.         Næs hit lengra fyrst,
    135
    ac ymb ane niht         eft gefremede
    morbeala mare         ond no mearn fore,
    fæhe ond fyrene;         wæs to fæst on þam.
    þa wæs eafynde         þe him elles hwær
    gerumlicor         ræste sohte,
    140
    bed æfter burum,         a him gebeacnod w>

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    ice         sweotolan tacne
    healegnes hete;         heold hyne syþan
    fyr ond fæstor         se þæm feonde ætwand.
    Swa rixode         ond wi rihte wan,
    145
    ana wi eallum,         oþæt idel stod
    husa selest.         Wæs seo hwil micel;
    XII wintra tid         torn geþolode
    wine Scyldinga,         weana gehwelcne,
    sidra sorga.         Foram secgum wear,
    150
    ylda bearnum,         undyrne cu,
    gyddum geomore,         þætte Grendel wan
    hwile wi Hroþgar,         hetenias wæg,
    fyrene ond fæhe         fela missera,
    singale sæce,         sibbe ne wolde
    155
    wi manna hwone         mægenes Deniga,
    feorhbealo feorran,         fea þingian,
    ne þær nænig witena         wenan þorfte
    beorhtre bote         to banan folmum,
    ac se æglæca         ehtende wæs,
    160
    deorc deaþscua,         duguþe ond geogoþe,
    seomade ond syrede,         sinnihte heold
    mistige moras;         men ne cunnon
    hwyder helrunan         hwyrftum scriþa.
    Swa fela fyrena         feond mancynnes,
    165
    atol angengea,         oft gefremede,
    heardra hyna.         Heorot eardode,
    sincfage sel         sweartum nihtum;
    no he þone gifstol         gretan moste,
    maþum for metode,         ne his myne wisse.
    170
    þæt wæs wræc micel         wine Scyldinga,
    modes breca.         Monig oft gesæt
    rice to rune;         ræd eahtedon
    hwæt swiferhum         selest wære
    wi færgryrum         to gefremmanne.
    175
    Hwilum hie geheton         æt hærgtrafum
    wigweorþunga,         wordum bædon
    þæt him gastbona         geoce gefremede
    wi þeodþreaum.         Swylc wæs þeaw hyra,
    hæþenra hyht;         helle gemundon
    180
    in modsefan,         metod hie ne cuþon,
    dæda demend,         ne wiston hie drihten god,
    ne hie huru heofena helm         herian ne cuþon,
    wuldres waldend.         Wa bi þæm e sceal
    þurh sline ni         sawle bescufan
    185
    in fyres fæþm,         frofre ne wenan,
    wihte gewendan;         wel bi þæm þe mot
    æfter deadæge         drihten secean
    ond to fæder fæþmum         freoo wilnian.
    Swa a mælceare         maga Healfdenes
    190
    singala sea,         ne mihte snotor hæle
    wean onwendan;         wæs þæt gewin to swy,
    laþ ond longsum,         þe on a leode becom,
    nydwracu niþgrim,         nihtbealwa mæst.
    þæt fram ham gefrægn         Higelaces þegn,
    195
    god mid Geatum,         Grendles dæda;
    se wæs moncynnes         mægenes strengest
    on þæm dæge         þysses lifes,
    æþele ond eacen.         Het him ylidan
    godne gegyrwan,         cwæ, he gucyning
    200
    ofer swanrade         secean wolde,
    mærne þeoden,         þa him wæs manna þearf.
    one sifæt him         snotere ceorlas
    lythwon logon,         þeah he him leof wære;
    hwetton higerofne,         hæl sceawedon.
    205
    Hæfde se goda         Geata leoda
    cempan gecorone         þara þe he cenoste
    findan mihte;         XVna sum
    sundwudu sohte;         secg wisade,
    lagucræftig mon,         landgemyrcu.
    210
    Fyrst for gewat.         Flota wæs on yum,
    bat under beorge.         Beornas gearwe
    on stefn stigon;         streamas wundon,
    sund wi sande;         secgas bæron
    on bearm nacan         beorhte frætwe,
    215
    gusearo geatolic;         guman ut scufon,
    weras on wilsi,         wudu bundenne.
    Gewat þa ofer wægholm,         winde gefysed,
    flota famiheals         fugle gelicost,
    oþæt ymb antid         oþres dogores
    220
    wundenstefna         gewaden hæfde
    þæt a liende         land gesawon,
    brimclifu blican,         beorgas steape,
    side sænæssas;         þa wæs sund liden,
    eoletes æt ende.         þanon up hrae
    225
    Wedera leode         on wang stigon,
    sæwudu sældon         (syrcan hrysedon,
    gugewædo),         gode þancedon
    þæs þe him yþlade         eae wurdon.
    þa of wealle geseah         weard Scildinga,
    230
    se þe holmclifu         healdan scolde,
    beran ofer bolcan         beorhte randas,
    fyrdsearu fuslicu;         hine fyrwyt bræc
    modgehygdum,         hwæt þa men wæron.
    Gewat him þa to waroe         wicge ridan
    235
    þegn Hrogares,         þrymmum cwehte
    mægenwudu mundum,         meþelwordum frægn:
    "Hwæt syndon ge         searohæbbendra,
    byrnum werede,         þe þus brontne ceol
    ofer lagustræte         lædan cwomon,
    240
    hider ofer holmas?         ...le wæs
    endesæta,         ægwearde heold,
    þe on land Dena         lara nænig
    mid scipherge         sceþan ne meahte.
    No her culicor         cuman ongunnon
    245
    lindhæbbende;         ne ge leafnesword
    gufremmendra         gearwe ne wisson,
    maga gemedu.         Næfre ic maran geseah
    eorla ofer eorþan         onne is eower sum,
    secg on searwum;         nis þæt seldguma,
    250
    wæpnum geweorad,         næfne him his wlite leoge,
    ænlic ansyn.         Nu ic eower sceal
    frumcyn witan,         ær ge fyr heonan,
    leassceaweras,         on land Dena
    furþur feran.         Nu ge feorbuend,
    255
    mereliende,         minne gehyra
    anfealdne geþoht:         Ofost is selest
    to gecyanne         hwanan eowre cyme syndon."
    Him se yldesta         ondswarode,
    werodes wisa,         wordhord onleac:
    260
    "We synt gumcynnes         Geata leode
    ond Higelaces         heorgeneatas.
    Wæs min fæder         folcum gecyþed,
    æþele ordfruma,         Ecgþeow haten.
    Gebad wintra worn,         ær he on weg hwurfe,
    265
    gamol of geardum;         hine gearwe geman
    witena welhwylc         wide geond eorþan.
    We þurh holdne hige         hlaford þinne,
    sunu Healfdenes,         secean cwomon,
    leodgebyrgean;         wes þu us larena god.
    270
    Habba we to þæm mæran         micel ærende,
    Deniga frean,         ne sceal þær dyrne sum
    wesan, þæs ic wene.         þu wast (gif hit is
    swa we soþlice         secgan hyrdon)
    þæt mid Scyldingum         sceaona ic nat hwylc,
    275
    deogol dædhata,         deorcum nihtum
    eawe þurh egsan         uncune ni,
    hynu ond hrafyl.         Ic þæs Hrogar mæg
    þurh rumne sefan         ræd gelæran,
    hu he frod ond god         feond oferswyeþ,
    280
    gyf him edwendan         æfre scolde
    bealuwa bisigu,         bot eft cuman,
    ond þa cearwylmas         colran wuraþ;
    oe a syþan         earfoþrage,
    þreanyd þola,         þenden þær wuna
    285
    on heahstede         husa selest."
    Weard maþelode,         ær on wicge sæt,
    ombeht unforht:         "æghwæþres sceal
    scearp scyldwiga         gescad witan,
    worda ond worca,         se þe wel þence.
    290
    Ic þæt gehyre,         þæt þis is hold weorod
    frean Scyldinga.         Gewitaþ for beran
    wæpen ond gewædu;         ic eow wisige.
    Swylce ic maguþegnas         mine hate
    wi feonda gehwone         flotan eowerne,
    295
    niwtyrwydne         nacan on sande
    arum healdan,         oþæt eft byre
    ofer lagustreamas         leofne mannan
    wudu wundenhals         to Wedermearce,
    godfremmendra         swylcum gifeþe bi
    300
    þæt þone hilderæs         hal gedige."
    Gewiton him þa feran.         Flota stille bad,
    seomode on sale         sidfæþmed scip,
    on ancre fæst.         Eoforlic scionon
    ofer hleorberan         gehroden golde,
    305
    fah ond fyrheard;         ferhwearde heold
    guþmod grimmon.         Guman onetton,
    sigon ætsomne,         oþþæt hy sæl timbred,
    geatolic ond goldfah,         ongyton mihton;
    þæt wæs foremærost         foldbuendum
    310
    receda under roderum,         on þæm se rica bad;
    lixte se leoma         ofer landa fela.
    Him þa hildedeor         hof modigra
    torht getæhte,         þæt hie him to mihton
    gegnum gangan;         gubeorna sum
    315
    wicg gewende,         word æfter cwæ:
    "Mæl is me to feran;         fæder alwalda
    mid arstafum         eowic gehealde
    sia gesunde.         Ic to sæ wille
    wi wra werod         wearde healdan."
    320
    Stræt wæs stanfah,         stig wisode
    gumum ætgædere.         Gubyrne scan
    heard hondlocen,         hringiren scir
    song in searwum,         þa hie to sele furum
    in hyra gryregeatwum         gangan cwomon.
    325
    Setton sæmeþe         side scyldas,
    rondas regnhearde,         wi þæs recedes weal,
    bugon þa to bence.         Byrnan hringdon,
    gusearo gumena;         garas stodon,
    sæmanna searo,         samod ætgædere,
    330
    æscholt ufan græg;         wæs se irenþreat
    wæpnum gewurþad.         þa ær wlonc hæle
    oretmecgas         æfter æþelum frægn:
    "Hwanon ferigea ge         fætte scyldas,
    græge syrcan         ond grimhelmas,
    335
    heresceafta heap?         Ic eom Hrogares
    ar ond ombiht.         Ne seah ic elþeodige
    þus manige men         modiglicran.
    Wen ic þæt ge for wlenco,         nalles for wræcsium,
    ac for higeþrymmum         Hrogar sohton."
    340
    Him þa ellenrof         andswarode,
    wlanc Wedera leod,         word æfter spræc,
    heard under helme:         "We synt Higelaces
    beodgeneatas;         Beowulf is min nama.
    Wille ic asecgan         sunu Healfdenes,
    345
    mærum þeodne,         min ærende,
    aldre þinum,         gif he us geunnan wile
    þæt we hine swa godne         gretan moton."
    Wulfgar maþelode         (þæt wæs Wendla leod;
    wæs his modsefa         manegum gecyed,
    350
    wig ond wisdom):         "Ic þæs wine Deniga,
    frean Scildinga,         frinan wille,
    beaga bryttan,         swa þu bena eart,
    þeoden mærne,         ymb þinne si,
    ond þe þa ondsware         ædre gecyan
    355
    e me se goda         agifan þence."
    Hwearf þa hrædlice         þær Hrogar sæt
    eald ond anhar         mid his eorla gedriht;
    eode ellenrof,         þæt he for eaxlum gestod
    Deniga frean;         cuþe he dugue þeaw.
    360
    Wulfgar maelode         to his winedrihtne:
    "Her syndon geferede,         feorran cumene
    ofer geofenes begang         Geata leode;
    þone yldestan         oretmecgas
    Beowulf nemna.         Hy benan synt
    365
    þæt hie, þeoden min,         wi þe moton
    wordum wrixlan.         No u him wearne geteoh
    inra gegncwida,         glædman Hrogar.
    Hy on wiggetawum         wyre þincea
    eorla geæhtlan;         huru se aldor deah,
    370
    se þæm heaorincum         hider wisade."
    Hrogar maþelode,         helm Scyldinga:
    "Ic hine cue         cnihtwesende.
    Wæs his ealdfæder         Ecgþeo haten,
    æm to ham forgeaf         Hreþel Geata
    375
    angan dohtor;         is his eafora nu
    heard her cumen,         sohte holdne wine.
    onne sægdon þæt         sæliþende,
    þa e gifsceattas         Geata fyredon
    þyder to þance,         þæt he XXXtiges
    380
    manna mægencræft         on his mundgripe
    heaþorof hæbbe.         Hine halig god
    for arstafum         us onsende,
    to Westdenum,         þæs ic wen hæbbe,
    wi Grendles gryre.         Ic þæm godan sceal
    385
    for his modþræce         madmas beodan.
    Beo u on ofeste,         hat in gan
    seon sibbegedriht         samod ætgædere;
    gesaga him eac wordum         þæt hie sint wilcuman
    Deniga leodum."        
    390
            word inne abead:
    "Eow het secgan         sigedrihten min,
    aldor Eastdena,         þæt he eower æþelu can,
    ond ge him syndon         ofer sæwylmas
    heardhicgende         hider wilcuman.
    395
    Nu ge moton gangan         in eowrum gugeatawum
    under heregriman         Hrogar geseon;
    læta hildebord         her onbidan,
    wudu, wælsceaftas,         worda geþinges."
    Aras þa se rica,         ymb hine rinc manig,
    400
    þrylic þegna heap;         sume þær bidon,
    heaoreaf heoldon,         swa him se hearda bebead.
    Snyredon ætsomne,         þa secg wisode,
    under Heorotes hrof        
    heard under helme,         þæt he on heoe gestod.
    405
    Beowulf maelode         (on him byrne scan,
    searonet seowed         smiþes orþancum):
    "Wæs þu, Hrogar, hal!         Ic eom Higelaces
    mæg ond magoegn;         hæbbe ic mæra fela
    ongunnen on geogoþe.         Me wear Grendles þing
    410
    on minre eþeltyrf         undyrne cu;
    secga sæliend         þæt þæs sele stande,
    reced selesta,         rinca gehwylcum
    idel ond unnyt,         sian æfenleoht
    under heofenes hador         beholen weorþe.
    415
    þa me þæt gelærdon         leode mine
    þa selestan,         snotere ceorlas,
    þeoden Hrogar,         þæt ic þe sohte,
    forþan hie mægenes cræft         minne cuþon,
    selfe ofersawon,         a ic of searwum cwom,
    420
    fah from feondum,         þær ic fife geband,
    yde eotena cyn         ond on yum slog
    niceras nihtes,         nearoþearfe dreah,
    wræc Wedera ni         (wean ahsodon),
    forgrand gramum,         ond nu wi Grendel sceal,
    425
    wi þam aglæcan,         ana gehegan
    ing wi þyrse.         Ic þe nu a,
    brego Beorhtdena,         biddan wille,
    eodor Scyldinga,         anre bene,
    þæt u me ne forwyrne,         wigendra hleo,
    430
    freowine folca,         nu ic þus feorran com,
    þæt ic mote ana         ond minra eorla gedryht,
    þes hearda heap,         Heorot fælsian.
    Hæbbe ic eac geahsod         þæt se æglæca
    for his wonhydum         wæpna ne recce.
    435
    Ic þæt þonne forhicge         (swa me Higelac sie,
    min mondrihten,         modes blie),
    þæt ic sweord bere         oþe sidne scyld,
    geolorand to guþe,         ac ic mid grape sceal
    fon wi feonde         ond ymb feorh sacan,
    440
    la wi laþum;         ær gelyfan sceal
    dryhtnes dome         se þe hine dea nime.
    Wen ic þæt he wille,         gif he wealdan mot,
    in þæm gusele         Geotena leode
    etan unforhte,         swa he oft dyde,
    445
    mægen Hremanna.         Na þu minne þearft
    hafalan hydan,         ac he me habban wile
    dreore fahne,         gif mec dea nime.
    Byre blodig wæl,         byrgean þence,
    ete angenga         unmurnlice,
    450
    mearca morhopu;         no u ymb mines ne þearft
    lices feorme         leng sorgian.
    Onsend Higelace,         gif mec hild nime,
    beaduscruda betst,         þæt mine breost were,
    hrægla selest;         þæt is Hrædlan laf,
    455
    Welandes geweorc.         Gæ a wyrd swa hio scel."
    Hrogar maþelode,         helm Scyldinga:
    "For gewyrhtum þu,         wine min Beowulf,
    ond for arstafum         usic sohtest.
    Gesloh þin fæder         fæhe mæste;
    460
    wearþ he Heaþolafe         to handbonan
    mid Wilfingum;         a hine Wedera cyn
    for herebrogan         habban ne mihte.
    þanon he gesohte         Sudena folc
    ofer ya gewealc,         Arscyldinga.
    465
    a ic furþum weold         folce Deniga
    ond on geogoe heold         ginne rice,
    hordburh hæleþa;         a wæs Heregar dead,
    min yldra mæg         unlifigende,
    bearn Healfdenes;         se wæs betera onne ic.
    470
    Sian þa fæhe         feo þingode;
    sende ic Wylfingum         ofer wæteres hrycg
    ealde madmas;         he me aþas swor.
    Sorh is me to secganne         on sefan minum
    gumena ængum         hwæt me Grendel hafa
    475
    hyno on Heorote         mid his heteþancum,
    færnia gefremed.         Is min fletwerod,
    wigheap gewanod;         hie wyrd forsweop
    on Grendles gryre.         God eaþe mæg
    þone dolsceaan         dæda getwæfan.
    480
    Ful oft gebeotedon         beore druncne
    ofer ealowæge         oretmecgas
    þæt hie in beorsele         bidan woldon
    Grendles guþe         mid gryrum ecga.
    onne wæs þeos medoheal         on morgentid,
    485
    drihtsele dreorfah,         þonne dæg lixte,
    eal bencþelu         blode bestymed,
    heall heorudreore;         ahte ic holdra þy læs,
    deorre dugue,         þe þa dea fornam.
    Site nu to symle         ond onsæl meoto,
    490
    sigehre secgum,         swa þin sefa hwette."
    þa wæs Geatmæcgum         geador ætsomne
    on beorsele         benc gerymed;
    þær swiferhþe         sittan eodon,
    þryum dealle.         þegn nytte beheold,
    495
    se þe on handa bær         hroden ealowæge,
    scencte scir wered.         Scop hwilum sang
    hador on Heorote.         þær wæs hælea dream,
    dugu unlytel         Dena ond Wedera.
    Unfer maþelode,         Ecglafes bearn,
    500
    þe æt fotum sæt         frean Scyldinga,
    onband beadurune         (wæs him Beowulfes si,
    modges merefaran,         micel æfþunca,
    forþon þe he ne uþe         þæt ænig oer man
    æfre mæra þon ma         middangeardes
    505
    gehedde under heofenum         þonne he sylfa):
    "Eart þu se Beowulf,         se þe wi Brecan wunne,
    on sidne sæ         ymb sund flite,
    ær git for wlence         wada cunnedon
    ond for dolgilpe         on deop wæter
    510
    aldrum neþdon?         Ne inc ænig mon,
    ne leof ne la,         belean mihte
    sorhfullne si,         þa git on sund reon.
    þær git eagorstream         earmum þehton,
    mæton merestræta,         mundum brugdon,
    515
    glidon ofer garsecg;         geofon yþum weol,
    wintrys wylmum.         Git on wæteres æht
    seofon niht swuncon;         he þe æt sunde oferflat,
    hæfde mare mægen.         þa hine on morgentid
    on Heaþoræmas         holm up ætbær;
    520
    onon he gesohte         swæsne edhel,
    leof his leodum,         lond Brondinga,
    freooburh fægere,         þær he folc ahte,
    burh ond beagas.         Beot eal wi þe
    sunu Beanstanes         soe gelæste.
    525
    onne wene ic to þe         wyrsan geþingea,
    eah þu heaoræsa         gehwær dohte,
    grimre gue,         gif þu Grendles dearst
    nihtlongne fyrst         nean bidan."
    Beowulf maþelode,         bearn Ecgþeowes:
    530
    "Hwæt! þu worn fela,         wine min Unfer,
    beore druncen         ymb Brecan spræce,
    sægdest from his sie.         So ic talige,
    þæt ic merestrengo         maran ahte,
    earfeþo on yþum,         onne ænig oþer man.
    535
    Wit þæt gecwædon         cnihtwesende
    ond gebeotedon         (wæron begen þa git
    on geogofeore)         þæt wit on garsecg ut
    aldrum nedon,         ond þæt geæfndon swa.
    Hæfdon swurd nacod,         þa wit on sund reon,
    540
    heard on handa;         wit unc wi hronfixas
    werian þohton.         No he wiht fram me
    flodyþum feor         fleotan meahte,
    hraþor on holme;         no ic fram him wolde.
    a wit ætsomne         on sæ wæron
    545
    fif nihta fyrst,         oþþæt unc flod todraf,
    wado weallende,         wedera cealdost,
    nipende niht,         ond norþanwind
    heaogrim ondhwearf;         hreo wæron yþa.
    Wæs merefixa         mod onhrered;
    550
    þær me wi laum         licsyrce min,
    heard, hondlocen,         helpe gefremede,
    beadohrægl broden         on breostum læg
    golde gegyrwed.         Me to grunde teah
    fah feondscaa,         fæste hæfde
    555
    grim on grape;         hwæþre me gyfeþe wear
    þæt ic aglæcan         orde geræhte,
    hildebille;         heaþoræs fornam
    mihtig meredeor         þurh mine hand.
    Swa mec gelome         lageteonan
    560
    þreatedon þearle.         Ic him þenode
    deoran sweorde,         swa hit gedefe wæs.
    Næs hie ære fylle         gefean hæfdon,
    manfordædlan,         þæt hie me þegon,
    symbel ymbsæton         sægrunde neah;
    565
    ac on mergenne         mecum wunde
    be ylafe         uppe lægon,
    sweordum aswefede,         þæt syþan na
    ymb brontne ford         brimliende
    lade ne letton.         Leoht eastan com,
    570
    beorht beacen godes;         brimu swaþredon,
    þæt ic sænæssas         geseon mihte,
    windige weallas.         Wyrd oft nere
    unfægne eorl,         þonne his ellen deah.
    Hwæþere me gesælde         þæt ic mid sweorde ofsloh
    575
    niceras nigene.         No ic on niht gefrægn
    under heofones hwealf         heardran feohtan,
    ne on egstreamum         earmran mannon;
    hwaþere ic fara feng         feore gedigde,
    siþes werig.         a mec sæ oþbær,
    580
    flod æfter faroe         on Finna land,
    wadu weallendu.         No ic wiht fram þe
    swylcra searonia         secgan hyrde,
    billa brogan.         Breca næfre git
    æt heaolace,         ne gehwæþer incer,
    585
    swa deorlice         dæd gefremede
    fagum sweordum         (no ic þæs fela gylpe),
    þeah u þinum brorum         to banan wurde,
    heafodmægum;         þæs þu in helle scealt
    werho dreogan,         þeah þin wit duge.
    590
    Secge ic þe to soe,         sunu Ecglafes,
    þæt næfre Grendel swa fela         gryra gefremede,
    atol æglæca,         ealdre þinum,
    hyno on Heorote,         gif þin hige wære,
    sefa swa searogrim,         swa þu self talast.
    595
    Ac he hafa onfunden         þæt he þa fæhe ne þearf,
    atole ecgþræce         eower leode
    swie onsittan,         Sigescyldinga;
    nyme nydbade,         nænegum ara
    leode Deniga,         ac he lust wige,
    600
    swefe ond sendeþ,         secce ne weneþ
    to Gardenum.         Ac ic him Geata sceal
    eafo ond ellen         ungeara nu,
    guþe gebeodan.         Gæþ eft se þe mot
    to medo modig,         siþþan morgenleoht
    605
    ofer ylda bearn         oþres dogores,
    sunne sweglwered         suþan scine."
    þa wæs on salum         sinces brytta,
    gamolfeax ond gurof;         geoce gelyfde
    brego Beorhtdena,         gehyrde on Beowulfe
    610
    folces hyrde         fæstrædne geþoht.
    ær wæs hæleþa hleahtor,         hlyn swynsode,
    word wæron wynsume.         Eode Wealhþeow for,
    cwen Hrogares,         cynna gemyndig,
    grette goldhroden         guman on healle,
    615
    ond þa freolic wif         ful gesealde
    ærest Eastdena         eþelwearde,
    bæd hine bline         æt þære beorþege,
    leodum leofne.         He on lust geþeah
    symbel ond seleful,         sigerof kyning.
    620
    Ymbeode þa         ides Helminga
    duguþe ond geogoþe         dæl æghwylcne,
    sincfato sealde,         oþþæt sæl alamp
    þæt hio Beowulfe,         beaghroden cwen
    mode geþungen,         medoful ætbær;
    625
    grette Geata leod,         gode þancode
    wisfæst wordum         þæs e hire se willa gelamp
    þæt heo on ænigne         eorl gelyfde
    fyrena frofre.         He þæt ful geþeah,
    wælreow wiga,         æt Wealhþeon,
    630
    ond þa gyddode         guþe gefysed;
    Beowulf maþelode,         bearn Ecgþeowes:
    "Ic þæt hogode,         þa ic on holm gestah,
    sæbat gesæt         mid minra secga gedriht,
    þæt ic anunga         eowra leoda
    635
    willan geworhte         oþe on wæl crunge,
    feondgrapum fæst.         Ic gefremman sceal
    eorlic ellen,         oþe endedæg
    on þisse meoduhealle         minne gebidan."
    am wife þa word         wel licodon,
    640
    gilpcwide Geates;         eode goldhroden
    freolicu folccwen         to hire frean sittan.
    þa wæs eft swa ær         inne on healle
    þryword sprecen,         eod on sælum,
    sigefolca sweg,         oþþæt semninga
    645
    sunu Healfdenes         secean wolde
    æfenræste;         wiste þæm ahlæcan
    to þæm heahsele         hilde geþinged,
    sian hie sunnan leoht         geseon ne meahton,
    oþe nipende         niht ofer ealle,
    650
    scaduhelma gesceapu         scrian cwoman,
    wan under wolcnum.         Werod eall aras.
    Gegrette þa         guma oþerne,
    Hrogar Beowulf,         ond him hæl abead,
    winærnes geweald,         ond þæt word acwæ:
    655
    "Næfre ic ænegum men         ær alyfde,
    siþan ic hond ond rond         hebban mihte,
    ryþærn Dena         buton þe nu a.
    Hafa nu ond geheald         husa selest,
    gemyne mærþo,         mægenellen cy,
    660
    waca wi wraþum.         Ne bi þe wilna gad,
    gif þu þæt ellenweorc         aldre gedigest."
    a him Hroþgar gewat         mid his hæleþa gedryht,
    eodur Scyldinga,         ut of healle;
    wolde wigfruma         Wealhþeo secan,
    665
    cwen to gebeddan.         Hæfde kyningwuldor
    Grendle togeanes,         swa guman gefrungon,
    seleweard aseted;         sundornytte beheold
    ymb aldor Dena,         eotonweard abead.
    Huru Geata leod         georne truwode
    670
    modgan mægnes,         metodes hyldo.
    a he him of dyde         isernbyrnan,
    helm of hafelan,         sealde his hyrsted sweord,
    irena cyst,         ombihtþegne,
    ond gehealdan het         hildegeatwe.
    675
    Gespræc þa se goda         gylpworda sum,
    Beowulf Geata,         ær he on bed stige:
    "No ic me an herewæsmun         hnagran talige,
    guþgeweorca,         þonne Grendel hine;
    forþan ic hine sweorde         swebban nelle,
    680
    aldre beneotan,         þeah ic eal mæge.
    Nat he þara goda         þæt he me ongean slea,
    rand geheawe,         þeah e he rof sie
    niþgeweorca;         ac wit on niht sculon
    secge ofersittan,         gif he gesecean dear
    685
    wig ofer wæpen,         ond siþan witig god
    on swa hwæþere hond,         halig dryhten,
    mæro deme,         swa him gemet þince."
    Hylde hine þa heaþodeor,         hleorbolster onfeng
    eorles andwlitan,         ond hine ymb monig
    690
    snellic særinc         selereste gebeah.
    Nænig heora þohte         þæt he þanon scolde
    eft eardlufan         æfre gesecean,
    folc oþe freoburh,         þær he afeded wæs;
    ac hie hæfdon gefrunen         þæt hie ær to fela micles
    695
    in þæm winsele         wældea fornam,
    Denigea leode.         Ac him dryhten forgeaf
    wigspeda gewiofu,         Wedera leodum,
    frofor ond fultum,         þæt hie feond heora
    urh anes cræft         ealle ofercomon,
    700
    selfes mihtum.         So is gecyþed
    þæt mihtig god         manna cynnes
    weold wideferh.         Com on wanre niht
    scrian sceadugenga.         Sceotend swæfon,
    þa þæt hornreced         healdan scoldon,
    705
    ealle buton anum.         þæt wæs yldum cuþ
    þæt hie ne moste,         þa metod nolde,
    se scynscaþa         under sceadu bregdan;
    ac he wæccende         wraþum on andan
    bad bolgenmod         beadwa geþinges.
    710
    a com of more         under misthleoþum
    Grendel gongan,         godes yrre bær;
    mynte se manscaa         manna cynnes
    sumne besyrwan         in sele þam hean.
    Wod under wolcnum         to þæs þe he winreced,
    715
    goldsele gumena,         gearwost wisse,
    fættum fahne.         Ne wæs þæt forma si
    þæt he Hroþgares         ham gesohte;
    næfre he on aldordagum         ær ne siþan
    heardran hæle,         healegnas fand.
    720
    Com þa to recede         rinc siian,
    dreamum bedæled.         Duru sona onarn,
    fyrbendum fæst,         syþan he hire folmum æthran;
    onbræd þa bealohydig,         a he gebolgen wæs,
    recedes muþan.         Raþe æfter þon
    725
    on fagne flor         feond treddode,
    eode yrremod;         him of eagum stod
    ligge gelicost         leoht unfæger.
    Geseah he in recede         rinca manige,
    swefan sibbegedriht         samod ætgædere,
    730
    magorinca heap.         þa his mod ahlog;
    mynte þæt he gedælde,         ærþon dæg cwome,
    atol aglæca,         anra gehwylces
    lif wi lice,         þa him alumpen wæs
    wistfylle wen.         Ne wæs þæt wyrd þa gen
    735
    þæt he ma moste         manna cynnes
    icgean ofer þa niht.         þryswy beheold
    mæg Higelaces,         hu se manscaa
    under færgripum         gefaran wolde.
    Ne þæt se aglæca         yldan þohte,
    740
    ac he gefeng hrae         forman sie
    slæpendne rinc,         slat unwearnum,
    bat banlocan,         blod edrum dranc,
    synsnædum swealh;         sona hæfde
    unlyfigendes         eal gefeormod,
    745
    fet ond folma.         For near ætstop,
    nam þa mid handa         higeþihtigne
    rinc on ræste,         ræhte ongean
    feond mid folme;         he onfeng hraþe
    inwitþancum         ond wi earm gesæt.
    750
    Sona þæt onfunde         fyrena hyrde
    þæt he ne mette         middangeardes,
    eorþan sceata,         on elran men
    mundgripe maran.         He on mode wear
    forht on ferhe;         no þy ær fram meahte.
    755
    Hyge wæs him hinfus,         wolde on heolster fleon,
    secan deofla gedræg;         ne wæs his drohto þær
    swylce he on ealderdagum         ær gemette.
    Gemunde þa se goda,         mæg Higelaces,
    æfenspræce,         uplang astod
    760
    ond him fæste wifeng;         fingras burston.
    Eoten wæs utweard;         eorl furþur stop.
    Mynte se mæra,         þær he meahte swa,
    widre gewindan         ond on weg þanon
    fleon on fenhopu;         wiste his fingra geweald
    765
    on grames grapum.         þæt wæs geocor si
    þæt se hearmscaþa         to Heorute ateah.
    Dryhtsele dynede;         Denum eallum wear,
    ceasterbuendum,         cenra gehwylcum,
    eorlum ealuscerwen.         Yrre wæron begen,
    770
    reþe renweardas.         Reced hlynsode.
    þa wæs wundor micel         þæt se winsele
    wihæfde heaþodeorum,         þæt he on hrusan ne feol,
    fæger foldbold;         ac he þæs fæste wæs
    innan ond utan         irenbendum
    775
    searoþoncum besmiþod.         þær fram sylle abeag
    medubenc monig,         mine gefræge,
    golde geregnad,         þær þa graman wunnon.
    þæs ne wendon ær         witan Scyldinga
    þæt hit a mid gemete         manna ænig,
    780
    betlic ond banfag,         tobrecan meahte,
    listum tolucan,         nymþe liges fæþm
    swulge on swaþule.         Sweg up astag
    niwe geneahhe;         Nordenum stod
    atelic egesa,         anra gehwylcum
    785
    þara þe of wealle         wop gehyrdon,
    gryreleo galan         godes ondsacan,
    sigeleasne sang,         sar wanigean
    helle hæfton.         Heold hine fæste
    se þe manna wæs         mægene strengest
    790
    on þæm dæge         þysses lifes.
    Nolde eorla hleo         ænige þinga
    þone cwealmcuman         cwicne forlætan,
    ne his lifdagas         leoda ænigum
    nytte tealde.         þær genehost brægd
    795
    eorl Beowulfes         ealde lafe,
    wolde freadrihtnes         feorh ealgian,
    mæres þeodnes,         ær hie meahton swa.
    Hie þæt ne wiston,         þa hie gewin drugon,
    heardhicgende         hildemecgas,
    800
    ond on healfa gehwone         heawan þohton,
    sawle secan,         þone synscaan
    ænig ofer eorþan         irenna cyst,
    gubilla nan,         gretan nolde,
    ac he sigewæpnum         forsworen hæfde,
    805
    ecga gehwylcre.         Scolde his aldorgedal
    on æm dæge         þysses lifes
    earmlic wuran,         ond se ellorgast
    on feonda geweald         feor siian.
    a þæt onfunde         se þe fela æror
    810
    modes myre         manna cynne,
    fyrene gefremede         (he wæs fag wi god),
    þæt him se lichoma         læstan nolde,
    ac hine se modega         mæg Hygelaces
    hæfde be honda;         wæs gehwæþer orum
    815
    lifigende la.         Licsar gebad
    atol æglæca;         him on eaxle wear
    syndolh sweotol,         seonowe onsprungon,
    burston banlocan.         Beowulfe wear
    guhre gyfeþe;         scolde Grendel þonan
    820
    feorhseoc fleon         under fenhleou,
    secean wynleas wic;         wiste þe geornor
    þæt his aldres wæs         ende gegongen,
    dogera dægrim.         Denum eallum wear
    æfter þam wælræse         willa gelumpen.
    825
    Hæfde þa gefælsod         se þe ær feorran com,
    snotor ond swyferh,         sele Hrogares,
    genered wi nie;         nihtweorce gefeh,
    ellenmærþum.         Hæfde Eastdenum
    Geatmecga leod         gilp gelæsted,
    830
    swylce oncyþe         ealle gebette,
    inwidsorge,         þe hie ær drugon
    ond for þreanydum         þolian scoldon,
    torn unlytel.         þæt wæs tacen sweotol,
    syþan hildedeor         hond alegde,
    835
    earm ond eaxle         (þær wæs eal geador
    Grendles grape)         under geapne hrof.
    a wæs on morgen         mine gefræge
    ymb þa gifhealle         gurinc monig;
    ferdon folctogan         feorran ond nean
    840
    geond widwegas         wundor sceawian,
    laþes lastas.         No his lifgedal
    sarlic þuhte         secga ænegum
    þara þe tirleases         trode sceawode,
    hu he werigmod         on weg þanon,
    845
    nia ofercumen,         on nicera mere
    fæge ond geflymed         feorhlastas bær.
    ær wæs on blode         brim weallende,
    atol ya geswing         eal gemenged
    haton heolfre,         heorodreore weol.
    850
    Deafæge deog,         sian dreama leas
    in fenfreoo         feorh alegde,
    hæþene sawle;         þær him hel onfeng.
    þanon eft gewiton         ealdgesias,
    swylce geong manig         of gomenwaþe
    855
    fram mere modge         mearum ridan,
    beornas on blancum.         ær wæs Beowulfes
    mæro mæned;         monig oft gecwæ
    þætte su ne nor         be sæm tweonum
    ofer eormengrund         oþer nænig
    860
    under swegles begong         selra nære
    rondhæbbendra,         rices wyrra.
    Ne hie huru winedrihten         wiht ne logon,
    glædne Hrogar,         ac þæt wæs god cyning.
    Hwilum heaþorofe         hleapan leton,
    865
    on geflit faran         fealwe mearas
    ær him foldwegas         fægere þuhton,
    cystum cue.         Hwilum cyninges þegn,
    guma gilphlæden,         gidda gemyndig,
    se e ealfela         ealdgesegena
    870
    worn gemunde,         word oþer fand
    soe gebunden;         secg eft ongan
    si Beowulfes         snyttrum styrian
    ond on sped wrecan         spel gerade,
    wordum wrixlan.         Welhwylc gecwæ
    875
    þæt he fram Sigemundes         secgan hyrde
    ellendædum,         uncuþes fela,
    Wælsinges gewin,         wide sias,
    þara þe gumena bearn         gearwe ne wiston,
    fæhe ond fyrena,         buton Fitela mid hine,
    880
    þonne he swulces hwæt         secgan wolde,
    eam his nefan,         swa hie a wæron
    æt nia gehwam         nydgesteallan;
    hæfdon ealfela         eotena cynnes
    sweordum gesæged.         Sigemunde gesprong
    885
    æfter deadæge         dom unlytel,
    syþan wiges heard         wyrm acwealde,
    hordes hyrde.         He under harne stan,
    æþelinges bearn,         ana genede
    frecne dæde,         ne wæs him Fitela mid.
    890
    Hwæþre him gesælde         æt þæt swurd þurhwod
    wrætlicne wyrm,         þæt hit on wealle ætstod,
    dryhtlic iren;         draca morre swealt.
    Hæfde aglæca         elne gegongen
    þæt he beahhordes         brucan moste
    895
    selfes dome;         sæbat gehleod,
    bær on bearm scipes         beorhte frætwa,
    Wælses eafera.         Wyrm hat gemealt.
    Se wæs wreccena         wide mærost
    ofer werþeode,         wigendra hleo,
    900
    ellendædum         (he þæs ær onah),
    sian Heremodes         hild swerode,
    eafo ond ellen.         He mid Eotenum wear
    on feonda geweald         for forlacen,
    snude forsended.         Hine sorhwylmas
    905
    lemede to lange;         he his leodum wear,
    eallum æþellingum         to aldorceare;
    swylce oft bemearn         ærran mælum
    swiferhþes si         snotor ceorl monig,
    se þe him bealwa to         bote gelyfde,
    910
    þæt þæt eodnes bearn         geþeon scolde,
    fæderæþelum onfon,         folc gehealdan,
    hord ond hleoburh,         hæleþa rice,
    edhel Scyldinga.         He þær eallum wear,
    mæg Higelaces,         manna cynne,
    915
    freondum gefægra;         hine fyren onwod.
    Hwilum flitende         fealwe stræte
    mearum mæton.         a wæs morgenleoht
    scofen ond scynded.         Eode scealc monig
    swihicgende         to sele þam hean
    920
    searowundor seon;         swylce self cyning
    of brydbure,         beahhorda weard,
    tryddode tirfæst         getrume micle,
    cystum gecyþed,         ond his cwen mid him
    medostigge mæt         mægþa hose.
    925
    Hrogar maþelode         (he to healle geong,
    stod on stapole,         geseah steapne hrof,
    golde fahne,         ond Grendles hond):
    "isse ansyne         alwealdan þanc
    lungre gelimpe!         Fela ic laþes gebad,
    930
    grynna æt Grendle;         a mæg god wyrcan
    wunder æfter wundre,         wuldres hyrde.
    æt wæs ungeara         þæt ic ænigra me
    weana ne wende         to widan feore
    bote gebidan,         þonne blode fah
    935
    husa selest         heorodreorig stod,
    wea widscofen         witena gehwylcum
    ara þe ne wendon         þæt hie wideferh
    leoda landgeweorc         laþum beweredon
    scuccum ond scinnum.         Nu scealc hafa
    940
    þurh drihtnes miht         dæd gefremede
    e we ealle         ær ne meahton
    snyttrum besyrwan.         Hwæt, þæt secgan mæg
    efne swa hwylc mægþa         swa one magan cende
    æfter gumcynnum,         gyf heo gyt lyfa,
    945
    þæt hyre ealdmetod         este wære
    bearngebyrdo.         Nu ic, Beowulf, þec,
    secg betsta,         me for sunu wylle
    freogan on ferhþe;         heald for tela
    niwe sibbe.         Ne bi þe nænigra gad
    950
    worolde wilna,         þe ic geweald hæbbe.
    Ful oft ic for læssan         lean teohhode,
    hordweorþunge         hnahran rince,
    sæmran æt sæcce.         þu þe self hafast
    dædum gefremed         þæt þin dom lyfa
    955
    awa to aldre.         Alwalda þec
    gode forgylde,         swa he nu gyt dyde!"
    Beowulf maþelode,         bearn Ecþeowes:
    "We þæt ellenweorc         estum miclum,
    feohtan fremedon,         frecne genedon
    960
    eafo uncuþes.         Uþe ic swiþor
    þæt u hine selfne         geseon moste,
    feond on frætewum         fylwerigne.
    Ic hine hrædlice         heardan clammum
    on wælbedde         wriþan þohte,
    965
    þæt he for mundgripe         minum scolde
    licgean lifbysig,         butan his lic swice.
    Ic hine ne mihte,         þa metod nolde,
    ganges getwæman,         no ic him þæs georne ætfealh,
    feorhgenilan;         wæs to foremihtig
    970
    feond on feþe.         Hwæþere he his folme forlet
    to lifwraþe         last weardian,
    earm ond eaxle.         No þær ænige swa þeah
    feasceaft guma         frofre gebohte;
    no þy leng leofa         lageteona,
    975
    synnum geswenced,         ac hyne sar hafa
    mid nydgripe         nearwe befongen,
    balwon bendum.         ær abidan sceal
    maga mane fah         miclan domes,
    hu him scir metod         scrifan wille."
    980
    a wæs swigra secg,         sunu Eclafes,
    on gylpspræce         gugeweorca,
    siþan æþelingas         eorles cræfte
    ofer heanne hrof         hand sceawedon,
    feondes fingras.         Foran æghwylc wæs,
    985
    stira nægla gehwylc,         style gelicost,
    hæþenes handsporu         hilderinces,
    egl, unheoru.         æghwylc gecwæ
    þæt him heardra nan         hrinan wolde
    iren ærgod,         þæt æs ahlæcan
    990
    blodge beadufolme         onberan wolde.
    a wæs haten hreþe         Heort innanweard
    folmum gefrætwod.         Fela þæra wæs,
    wera ond wifa,         þe þæt winreced,
    gestsele gyredon.         Goldfag scinon
    995
    web æfter wagum,         wundorsiona fela
    secga gehwylcum         þara þe on swylc stara.
    Wæs þæt beorhte bold         tobrocen swie,
    eal inneweard         irenbendum fæst,
    heorras tohlidene.         Hrof ana genæs,
    1000
    ealles ansund,         þe se aglæca,
    fyrendædum fag,         on fleam gewand,
    aldres orwena.         No þæt ye by
    to befleonne,         fremme se þe wille,
    ac gesecan sceal         sawlberendra,
    1005
    nyde genydde,         niþa bearna,
    grundbuendra         gearwe stowe,
    þær his lichoma         legerbedde fæst
    swefeþ æfter symle.         þa wæs sæl ond mæl
    þæt to healle gang         Healfdenes sunu;
    1010
    wolde self cyning         symbel þicgan.
    Ne gefrægen ic þa mægþe         maran weorode
    ymb hyra sincgyfan         sel gebæran.
    Bugon þa to bence         blædagande,
    fylle gefægon;         fægere geþægon
    1015
    medoful manig         magas þara
    swihicgende         on sele þam hean,
    Hrogar ond Hroþulf.         Heorot innan wæs
    freondum afylled;         nalles facenstafas
    þeodscyldingas         þenden fremedon.
    1020
    Forgeaf þa Beowulfe         bearn Healfdenes
    segen gyldenne         sigores to leane;
    hroden hildecumbor,         helm ond byrnan,
    mære maþumsweord         manige gesawon
    beforan beorn beran.         Beowulf geþah
    1025
    ful on flette;         no he þære feohgyfte
    for sceotendum         scamigan orfte.
    Ne gefrægn ic freondlicor         feower madmas
    golde gegyrede         gummanna fela
    in ealobence         orum gesellan.
    1030
    Ymb þæs helmes hrof         heafodbeorge
    wirum bewunden         walu utan heold,
    þæt him fela laf         frecne ne meahton
    scurheard sceþan,         þonne scyldfreca
    ongean gramum         gangan scolde.
    1035
    Heht a eorla hleo         eahta mearas
    fætedhleore         on flet teon,
    in under eoderas.         þara anum stod
    sadol searwum fah,         since gewurþad;
    þæt wæs hildesetl         heahcyninges,
    1040
    onne sweorda gelac         sunu Healfdenes
    efnan wolde.         Næfre on ore læg
    widcuþes wig,         onne walu feollon.
    Ond a Beowulfe         bega gehwæþres
    eodor Ingwina         onweald geteah,
    1045
    wicga ond wæpna,         het hine wel brucan.
    Swa manlice         mære þeoden,
    hordweard hæleþa,         heaþoræsas geald
    mearum ond madmum,         swa hy næfre man lyh,
    se þe secgan wile         so æfter rihte.
    1050
    a gyt æghwylcum         eorla drihten
    þara þe mid Beowulfe         brimlade teah
    on þære medubence         maþum gesealde,
    yrfelafe,         ond þone ænne heht
    golde forgyldan,         þone e Grendel ær
    1055
    mane acwealde,         swa he hyra ma wolde,
    nefne him witig god         wyrd forstode
    ond æs mannes mod.         Metod eallum weold
    gumena cynnes,         swa he nu git de.
    Forþan bi andgit         æghwær selest,
    1060
    ferhes foreþanc.         Fela sceal gebidan
    leofes ond laþes         se þe longe her
    on yssum windagum         worolde bruce.
    þær wæs sang ond sweg         samod ætgædere
    fore Healfdenes         hildewisan,
    1065
    gomenwudu greted,         gid oft wrecen,
    onne healgamen         Hroþgares scop
    æfter medobence         mænan scolde
    be Finnes eaferum,         a hie se fær begeat,
    hæle Healfdena,         Hnæf Scyldinga,
    1070
    in Freswæle         feallan scolde.
    Ne huru Hildeburh         herian þorfte
    Eotena treowe;         unsynnum wear
    beloren leofum         æt þam lindplegan,
    bearnum ond brorum;         hie on gebyrd hruron,
    1075
    gare wunde.         þæt wæs geomuru ides!
    Nalles holinga         Hoces dohtor
    meotodsceaft bemearn,         syþan morgen com,
    a heo under swegle         geseon meahte
    morþorbealo maga,         þær heo ær mæste heold
    1080
    worolde wynne.         Wig ealle fornam
    Finnes þegnas         nemne feaum anum,
    þæt he ne mehte         on þæm meelstede
    wig Hengeste         wiht gefeohtan,
    ne þa wealafe         wige forþringan
    1085
    þeodnes egna;         ac hig him geþingo budon,
    þæt hie him oer flet         eal gerymdon,
    healle ond heahsetl,         þæt hie healfre geweald
    wi Eotena bearn         agan moston,
    ond æt feohgyftum         Folcwaldan sunu
    1090
    dogra gehwylce         Dene weorþode,
    Hengestes heap         hringum wenede
    efne swa swie         sincgestreonum
    fættan goldes,         swa he Fresena cyn
    on beorsele         byldan wolde.
    1095
    a hie getruwedon         on twa healfa
    fæste friouwære.         Fin Hengeste
    elne, unflitme         aum benemde
    þæt he þa wealafe         weotena dome
    arum heolde,         þæt ær ænig mon
    1100
    wordum ne worcum         wære ne bræce,
    ne þurh inwitsearo         æfre gemænden
    eah hie hira beaggyfan         banan folgedon
    eodenlease,         þa him swa geþearfod wæs;
    gyf þonne Frysna hwylc         frecnan spræce
    1105
    æs morþorhetes         myndgiend wære,
    þonne hit sweordes ecg         sean scolde.
    Ad wæs geæfned         ond icge gold
    ahæfen of horde.         Herescyldinga
    betst beadorinca         wæs on bæl gearu.
    1110
    æt þæm ade wæs         eþgesyne
    swatfah syrce,         swyn ealgylden,
    eofer irenheard,         æþeling manig
    wundum awyrded;         sume on wæle crungon.
    Het a Hildeburh         æt Hnæfes ade
    1115
    hire selfre sunu         sweoloe befæstan,
    banfatu bærnan         ond on bæl don
    eame on eaxle.         Ides gnornode,
    geomrode giddum.         Gurinc astah.
    Wand to wolcnum         wælfyra mæst,
    1120
    hlynode for hlawe;         hafelan multon,
    bengeato burston,         onne blod ætspranc,
    labite lices.         Lig ealle forswealg,
    gæsta gifrost,         þara e þær gu fornam
    bega folces;         wæs hira blæd scacen.
    1125
    Gewiton him a wigend         wica neosian,
    freondum befeallen,         Frysland geseon,
    hamas ond heaburh.         Hengest a gyt
    wælfagne winter         wunode mid Finne
    eal unhlitme.         Eard gemunde,
    1130
    þeah þe he ne meahte         on mere drifan
    hringedstefnan;         holm storme weol,
    won wi winde,         winter yþe beleac
    isgebinde,         oþæt oþer com
    gear in geardas,         swa nu gyt de,
    1135
    þa e syngales         sele bewitia,
    wuldortorhtan weder.         a wæs winter scacen,
    fæger foldan bearm.         Fundode wrecca,
    gist of geardum;         he to gyrnwræce
    swior þohte         þonne to sælade,
    1140
    gif he torngemot         þurhteon mihte
    þæt he Eotena bearn         inne gemunde.
    Swa he ne forwyrnde         woroldrædenne,
    þonne him Hunlafing         hildeleoman,
    billa selest,         on bearm dyde,
    1145
    þæs wæron mid Eotenum         ecge cue.
    Swylce ferhfrecan         Fin eft begeat
    sweordbealo slien         æt his selfes ham,
    siþan grimne gripe         Gulaf ond Oslaf
    æfter sæsie,         sorge, mændon,
    1150
    ætwiton weana dæl;         ne meahte wæfre mod
    forhabban in hreþre.         a wæs heal roden
    feonda feorum,         swilce Fin slægen,
    cyning on corþre,         ond seo cwen numen.
    Sceotend Scyldinga         to scypon feredon
    1155
    eal ingesteald         eorcyninges,
    swylce hie æt Finnes ham         findan meahton
    sigla, searogimma.         Hie on sælade
    drihtlice wif         to Denum feredon,
    læddon to leodum.         Leo wæs asungen,
    1160
    gleomannes gyd.         Gamen eft astah,
    beorhtode bencsweg;         byrelas sealdon
    win of wunderfatum.         þa cwom Wealhþeo for
    gan under gyldnum beage,         þær þa godan twegen
    sæton suhtergefæderan;         þa gyt wæs hiera sib ætgædere,
    1165
    æghwylc orum trywe.         Swylce þær Unferþ þyle
    æt fotum sæt frean Scyldinga;         gehwylc hiora his ferhþe treowde,
    þæt he hæfde mod micel,         þeah þe he his magum nære
    arfæst æt ecga gelacum.         Spræc a ides Scyldinga:
    "Onfoh þissum fulle,         freodrihten min,
    1170
    sinces brytta!         þu on sælum wes,
    goldwine gumena,         ond to Geatum spræc
    mildum wordum,         swa sceal man don.
    Beo wi Geatas glæd,         geofena gemyndig,
    nean ond feorran         þu nu hafast.
    1175
    Me man sægde         þæt þu e for sunu wolde
    hererinc habban.         Heorot is gefælsod,
    beahsele beorhta;         bruc þenden þu mote
    manigra medo,         ond þinum magum læf
    folc ond rice,         þonne u for scyle
    1180
    metodsceaft seon.         Ic minne can
    glædne Hroþulf,         þæt he þa geogoe wile
    arum healdan,         gyf þu ær þonne he,
    wine Scildinga,         worold oflætest;
    wene ic þæt he mid gode         gyldan wille
    1185
    uncran eaferan,         gif he þæt eal gemon,
    hwæt wit to willan         ond to wormyndum
    umborwesendum ær         arna gefremedon."
    Hwearf þa bi bence         þær hyre byre wæron,
    Hreric ond Hromund,         ond hæleþa bearn,
    1190
    giogo ætgædere;         þær se goda sæt,
    Beowulf Geata,         be þæm gebrorum twæm.
    Him wæs ful boren         ond freondlaþu
    wordum bewægned,         ond wunden gold
    estum geeawed,         earmreade twa,
    1195
    hrægl ond hringas,         healsbeaga mæst
    þara þe ic on foldan         gefrægen hæbbe.
    Nænigne ic under swegle         selran hyrde
    hordmaum hæleþa,         syþan Hama ætwæg
    to þære byrhtan byrig         Brosinga mene,
    1200
    sigle ond sincfæt;         searonias fleah
    Eormenrices,         geceas ecne ræd.
    þone hring hæfde         Higelac Geata,
    nefa Swertinges,         nyhstan sie,
    siþan he under segne         sinc ealgode,
    1205
    wælreaf werede;         hyne wyrd fornam,
    syþan he for wlenco         wean ahsode,
    fæhe to Frysum.         He þa frætwe wæg,
    eorclanstanas         ofer ya ful,
    rice þeoden;         he under rande gecranc.
    1210
    Gehwearf þa in Francna fæþm         feorh cyninges,
    breostgewædu         ond se beah somod;
    wyrsan wigfrecan         wæl reafedon
    æfter gusceare,         Geata leode,
    hreawic heoldon.         Heal swege onfeng.
    1215
    Wealheo maþelode,         heo fore þæm werede spræc:
    "Bruc isses beages,         Beowulf leofa,
    hyse, mid hæle,         ond þisses hrægles neot,
    þeodgestreona,         ond geþeoh tela,
    cen þec mid cræfte         ond þyssum cnyhtum wes
    1220
    lara lie;         ic þe þæs lean geman.
    Hafast þu gefered         þæt e feor ond neah
    ealne wideferhþ         weras ehtiga,
    efne swa side         swa sæ bebuge,
    windgeard, weallas.         Wes þenden þu lifige,
    1225
    æþeling, eadig.         Ic þe an tela
    sincgestreona.         Beo þu suna minum
    dædum gedefe,         dreamhealdende.
    Her is æghwylc eorl         oþrum getrywe,
    modes milde,         mandrihtne hold;
    1230
    þegnas syndon geþwære,         þeod ealgearo,
    druncne dryhtguman         do swa ic bidde."
    Eode þa to setle.         þær wæs symbla cyst;
    druncon win weras.         Wyrd ne cuþon,
    geosceaft grimme,         swa hit agangen wear
    1235
    eorla manegum,         syþan æfen cwom
    ond him Hroþgar gewat         to hofe sinum,
    rice to ræste.         Reced weardode
    unrim eorla,         swa hie oft ær dydon.
    Bencþelu beredon;         hit geondbræded wear
    1240
    beddum ond bolstrum.         Beorscealca sum
    fus ond fæge         fletræste gebeag.
    Setton him to heafdon         hilderandas,
    bordwudu beorhtan;         þær on bence wæs
    ofer æþelinge         yþgesene
    1245
    heaþosteapa helm,         hringed byrne,
    þrecwudu þrymlic.         Wæs þeaw hyra
    þæt hie oft wæron         an wig gearwe,
    ge æt ham ge on herge,         ge gehwæþer þara,
    efne swylce mæla         swylce hira mandryhtne
    1250
    þearf gesælde;         wæs seo þeod tilu.
    Sigon þa to slæpe.         Sum sare angeald
    æfenræste,         swa him ful oft gelamp,
    siþan goldsele         Grendel warode,
    unriht æfnde,         oþþæt ende becwom,
    1255
    swylt æfter synnum.         þæt gesyne wearþ,
    widcuþ werum,         þætte wrecend þa gyt
    lifde æfter laþum,         lange þrage,
    æfter guceare.         Grendles modor,
    ides, aglæcwif,         yrmþe gemunde,
    1260
    se þe wæteregesan         wunian scolde,
    cealde streamas,         siþan Cain wear
    to ecgbanan         angan breþer,
    fæderenmæge;         he þa fag gewat,
    morþre gemearcod,         mandream fleon,
    1265
    westen warode.         þanon woc fela
    geosceaftgasta;         wæs þæra Grendel sum,
    heorowearh hetelic,         se æt Heorote fand
    wæccendne wer         wiges bidan.
    þær him aglæca         ætgræpe wear;
    1270
    hwæþre he gemunde         mægenes strenge,
    gimfæste gife         e him god sealde,
    ond him to anwaldan         are gelyfde,
    frofre ond fultum;         y he þone feond ofercwom,
    gehnægde helle gast.         þa he hean gewat,
    1275
    dreame bedæled,         deaþwic seon,
    mancynnes feond,         ond his modor þa gyt,
    gifre ond galgmod,         gegan wolde
    sorhfulne si,         sunu dea wrecan.
    Com þa to Heorote,         ær Hringdene
    1280
    geond þæt sæld swæfun.         þa ær sona wear
    edhwyrft eorlum,         siþan inne fealh
    Grendles modor.         Wæs se gryre læssa
    efne swa micle         swa bi mægþa cræft,
    wiggryre wifes,         be wæpnedmen,
    1285
    þonne heoru bunden,         hamere geþuren,
    sweord swate fah         swin ofer helme
    ecgum dyhttig         andweard scire.
    þa wæs on healle         heardecg togen
    sweord ofer setlum,         sidrand manig
    1290
    hafen handa fæst;         helm ne gemunde,
    byrnan side,         þa hine se broga angeat.
    Heo wæs on ofste,         wolde ut þanon,
    feore beorgan,         þa heo onfunden wæs.
    Hrae heo æþelinga         anne hæfde
    1295
    fæste befangen,         þa heo to fenne gang.
    Se wæs Hroþgare         hæleþa leofost
    on gesies had         be sæm tweonum,
    rice randwiga,         þone e heo on ræste abreat,
    blædfæstne beorn.         Næs Beowulf ær,
    1300
    ac wæs oþer in         ær geteohhod
    æfter maþumgife         mærum Geate.
    Hream wear in Heorote;         heo under heolfre genam
    cuþe folme;         cearu wæs geniwod,
    geworden in wicun.         Ne wæs þæt gewrixle til,
    1305
    þæt hie on ba healfa         bicgan scoldon
    freonda feorum.         þa wæs frod cyning,
    har hilderinc,         on hreon mode,
    syþan he aldorþegn         unlyfigendne,
    þone deorestan         deadne wisse.
    1310
    Hraþe wæs to bure         Beowulf fetod,
    sigoreadig secg.         Samod ærdæge
    eode eorla sum,         æþele cempa
    self mid gesium         þær se snotera bad,
    hwæþer him alwalda         æfre wille
    1315
    æfter weaspelle         wyrpe gefremman.
    Gang a æfter flore         fyrdwyre man
    mid his handscale         (healwudu dynede),
    þæt he þone wisan         wordum nægde
    frean Ingwina,         frægn gif him wære
    1320
    æfter neodlaum         niht getæse.
    Hrogar maþelode,         helm Scyldinga:
    "Ne frin þu æfter sælum!         Sorh is geniwod
    Denigea leodum.         Dead is æschere,
    Yrmenlafes         yldra broþor,
    1325
    min runwita         ond min rædbora,
    eaxlgestealla,         onne we on orlege
    hafelan weredon,         þonne hniton feþan,
    eoferas cnysedan.         Swylc scolde eorl wesan,
    æþeling ærgod,         swylc æschere wæs!
    1330
    Wear him on Heorote         to handbanan
    wælgæst wæfre;         ic ne wat hwæder
    atol æse wlanc         eftsias teah,
    fylle gefægnod.         Heo þa fæhe wræc
    þe þu gystran niht         Grendel cwealdest
    1335
    þurh hæstne had         heardum clammum,
    forþan he to lange         leode mine
    wanode ond wyrde.         He æt wige gecrang
    ealdres scyldig,         ond nu oþer cwom
    mihtig manscaa,         wolde hyre mæg wrecan,
    1340
    ge feor hafa         fæhe gestæled
    (þæs þe þincean mæg         þegne monegum,
    se þe æfter sincgyfan         on sefan greoteþ),
    hreþerbealo hearde;         nu seo hand lige,
    se þe eow welhwylcra         wilna dohte.
    1345
    Ic þæt londbuend,         leode mine,
    selerædende,         secgan hyrde
    þæt hie gesawon         swylce twegen
    micle mearcstapan         moras healdan,
    ellorgæstas.         æra oer wæs,
    1350
    þæs þe hie gewislicost         gewitan meahton,
    idese onlicnæs;         oer earmsceapen
    on weres wæstmum         wræclastas træd,
    næfne he wæs mara         þonne ænig man oer;
    þone on geardagum         Grendel nemdon
    1355
    foldbuende.         No hie fæder cunnon,
    hwæþer him ænig wæs         ær acenned
    dyrnra gasta.         Hie dygel lond
    warigea, wulfhleoþu,         windige næssas,
    frecne fengelad,         ær fyrgenstream
    1360
    under næssa genipu         niþer gewite,
    flod under foldan.         Nis þæt feor heonon
    milgemearces         þæt se mere stande;
    ofer þæm hongia         hrinde bearwas,
    wudu wyrtum fæst         wæter oferhelma.
    1365
    þær mæg nihta gehwæm         niwundor seon,
    fyr on flode.         No þæs frod leofa
    gumena bearna,         þæt þone grund wite;
    eah þe hæstapa         hundum geswenced,
    heorot hornum trum,         holtwudu sece,
    1370
    feorran geflymed,         ær he feorh sele,
    aldor on ofre,         ær he in wille
    hafelan hydan.         Nis þæt heoru stow!
    þonon ygeblond         up astige
    won to wolcnum,         þonne wind styreþ,
    1375
    la gewidru,         oþæt lyft drysmaþ,
    roderas reota.         Nu is se ræd gelang
    eft æt þe anum.         Eard git ne const,
    frecne stowe,         ær þu findan miht
    felasinnigne secg;         sec gif þu dyrre.
    1380
    Ic þe þa fæhe         feo leanige,
    ealdgestreonum,         swa ic ær dyde,
    wundnum golde,         gyf þu on weg cymest."
    Beowulf maþelode,         bearn Ecgþeowes:
    "Ne sorga, snotor guma;         selre bi æghwæm
    1385
    þæt he his freond wrece,         þonne he fela murne.
    Ure æghwylc sceal         ende gebidan
    worolde lifes;         wyrce se þe mote
    domes ær deaþe;         þæt bi drihtguman
    unlifgendum         æfter selest.
    1390
    Aris, rices weard,         uton raþe feran
    Grendles magan         gang sceawigan.
    Ic hit þe gehate,         no he on helm losaþ,
    ne on foldan fæþm,         ne on fyrgenholt,
    ne on gyfenes grund,         ga þær he wille.
    1395
    ys dogor þu         geþyld hafa
    weana gehwylces,         swa ic þe wene to."
    Ahleop a se gomela,         gode þancode,
    mihtigan drihtne,         þæs se man gespræc.
    þa wæs Hrogare         hors gebæted,
    1400
    wicg wundenfeax.         Wisa fengel
    geatolic gende;         gumfeþa stop
    lindhæbbendra.         Lastas wæron
    æfter waldswaþum         wide gesyne,
    gang ofer grundas,         þær heo gegnum for
    1405
    ofer myrcan mor,         magoþegna bær
    þone selestan         sawolleasne
    þara þe mid Hrogare         ham eahtode.
    Ofereode þa         æþelinga bearn
    steap stanhlio,         stige nearwe,
    1410
    enge anpaas,         uncu gelad,
    neowle næssas,         nicorhusa fela.
    He feara sum         beforan gengde
    wisra monna         wong sceawian,
    oþþæt he færinga         fyrgenbeamas
    1415
    ofer harne stan         hleonian funde,
    wynleasne wudu;         wæter under stod
    dreorig ond gedrefed.         Denum eallum wæs,
    winum Scyldinga,         weorce on mode
    to geþolianne,         egne monegum,
    1420
    oncy eorla gehwæm,         syþan æscheres
    on þam holmclife         hafelan metton.
    Flod blode weol         (folc to sægon),
    hatan heolfre.         Horn stundum song
    fuslic fyrdleo.         Feþa eal gesæt.
    1425
    Gesawon a æfter wætere         wyrmcynnes fela,
    sellice sædracan,         sund cunnian,
    swylce on næshleoum         nicras licgean,
    a on undernmæl         oft bewitiga
    sorhfulne si         on seglrade,
    1430
    wyrmas ond wildeor;         hie on weg hruron,
    bitere ond gebolgne,         bearhtm ongeaton,
    guhorn galan.         Sumne Geata leod
    of flanbogan         feores getwæfde,
    ygewinnes,         þæt him on aldre stod
    1435
    herestræl hearda;         he on holme wæs
    sundes þe sænra,         e hyne swylt fornam.
    Hræþe wear on yum         mid eoferspreotum
    heorohocyhtum         hearde genearwod,
    nia genæged,         ond on næs togen,
    1440
    wundorlic wægbora;         weras sceawedon
    gryrelicne gist.         Gyrede hine Beowulf
    eorlgewædum,         nalles for ealdre mearn.
    Scolde herebyrne         hondum gebroden,
    sid ond searofah,         sund cunnian,
    1445
    seo e bancofan         beorgan cuþe,
    þæt him hildegrap         hreþre ne mihte,
    eorres inwitfeng,         aldre gesceþan;
    ac se hwita helm         hafelan werede,
    se þe meregrundas         mengan scolde,
    1450
    secan sundgebland         since geweorad,
    befongen freawrasnum,         swa hine fyrndagum
    worhte wæpna smi,         wundrum teode,
    besette swinlicum,         þæt hine syþan no
    brond ne beadomecas         bitan ne meahton.
    1455
    Næs þæt þonne mætost         mægenfultuma
    þæt him on earfe lah         yle Hrogares;
    wæs þæm hæftmece         Hrunting nama.
    þæt wæs an foran         ealdgestreona;
    ecg wæs iren,         atertanum fah,
    1460
    ahyrded heaþoswate;         næfre hit æt hilde ne swac
    manna ængum         þara þe hit mid mundum bewand,
    se e gryresias         gegan dorste,
    folcstede fara;         næs þæt forma si
    þæt hit ellenweorc         æfnan scolde.
    1465
    Huru ne gemunde         mago Ecglafes,
    eafoþes cræftig,         þæt he ær gespræc
    wine druncen,         þa he þæs wæpnes onlah
    selran sweordfrecan.         Selfa ne dorste
    under ya gewin         aldre geneþan,
    1470
    drihtscype dreogan;         þær he dome forleas,
    ellenmærum.         Ne wæs þæm orum swa,
    syþan he hine to gue         gegyred hæfde.
    Beowulf maelode,         bearn Ecgþeowes:
    "Geþenc nu, se mæra         maga Healfdenes,
    1475
    snottra fengel,         nu ic eom sies fus,
    goldwine gumena,         hwæt wit geo spræcon,
    gif ic æt þearfe         þinre scolde
    aldre linnan,         þæt u me a wære
    forgewitenum         on fæder stæle.
    1480
    Wes þu mundbora         minum magoþegnum,
    hondgesellum,         gif mec hild nime;
    swylce þu a madmas         þe þu me sealdest,
    Hrogar leofa,         Higelace onsend.
    Mæg þonne on þæm golde ongitan         Geata dryhten,
    1485
    geseon sunu Hrædles,         þonne he on þæt sinc stara,
    þæt ic gumcystum         godne funde
    beaga bryttan,         breac þonne moste.
    Ond þu Unfer læt         ealde lafe,
    wrætlic wægsweord,         widcune man
    1490
    heardecg habban;         ic me mid Hruntinge
    dom gewyrce,         oþe mec dea nime."
    æfter þæm wordum         Wedergeata leod
    efste mid elne,         nalas ondsware
    bidan wolde;         brimwylm onfeng
    1495
    hilderince.         a wæs hwil dæges
    ær he þone grundwong         ongytan mehte.
    Sona þæt onfunde         se e floda begong
    heorogifre beheold         hund missera,
    grim ond grædig,         þæt þær gumena sum
    1500
    ælwihta eard         ufan cunnode.
    Grap þa togeanes,         gurinc gefeng
    atolan clommum.         No þy ær in gescod
    halan lice;         hring utan ymbbearh,
    þæt heo þone fyrdhom         urhfon ne mihte,
    1505
    locene leoosyrcan         laþan fingrum.
    Bær þa seo brimwylf,         þa heo to botme com,
    hringa þengel         to hofe sinum,
    swa he ne mihte,         no he þæs modig wæs,
    wæpna gewealdan,         ac hine wundra þæs fela
    1510
    swencte on sunde,         sædeor monig
    hildetuxum         heresyrcan bræc,
    ehton aglæcan.         a se eorl ongeat
    þæt he in nisele         nathwylcum wæs,
    þær him nænig wæter         wihte ne sceþede,
    1515
    ne him for hrofsele         hrinan ne mehte
    færgripe flodes;         fyrleoht geseah,
    blacne leoman,         beorhte scinan.
    Ongeat þa se goda         grundwyrgenne,
    merewif mihtig;         mægenræs forgeaf
    1520
    hildebille,         hond sweng ne ofteah,
    þæt hire on hafelan         hringmæl agol
    grædig guleo.         a se gist onfand
    þæt se beadoleoma         bitan nolde,
    aldre sceþan,         ac seo ecg geswac
    1525
    eodne æt þearfe;         olode ær fela
    hondgemota,         helm oft gescær,
    fæges fyrdhrægl;         a wæs forma si
    deorum madme,         þæt his dom alæg.
    Eft wæs anræd,         nalas elnes læt,
    1530
    mæra gemyndig         mæg Hylaces.
    Wearp a wundenmæl         wrættum gebunden
    yrre oretta,         þæt hit on eoran læg,
    sti ond stylecg;         strenge getruwode,
    mundgripe mægenes.         Swa sceal man don,
    1535
    þonne he æt gue         gegan þence
    longsumne lof,         na ymb his lif ceara.
    Gefeng þa be eaxle         (nalas for fæhe mearn)
    Gugeata leod         Grendles modor;
    brægd þa beadwe heard,         þa he gebolgen wæs,
    1540
    feorhgenilan,         þæt heo on flet gebeah.
    Heo him eft hraþe         andlean forgeald
    grimman grapum         ond him togeanes feng;
    oferwearp þa werigmod         wigena strengest,
    feþecempa,         þæt he on fylle wear.
    1545
    Ofsæt þa þone selegyst         ond hyre seax geteah,
    brad ond brunecg,         wolde hire bearn wrecan,
    angan eaferan.         Him on eaxle læg
    breostnet broden;         þæt gebearh feore,
    wi ord ond wi ecge         ingang forstod.
    1550
    Hæfde a forsiod         sunu Ecgþeowes
    under gynne grund,         Geata cempa,
    nemne him heaobyrne         helpe gefremede,
    herenet hearde,         ond halig god
    geweold wigsigor;         witig drihten,
    1555
    rodera rædend,         hit on ryht gesced
    yelice,         syþan he eft astod.
    Geseah a on searwum         sigeeadig bil,
    eald sweord eotenisc,         ecgum þyhtig,
    wigena weormynd;         þæt wæs wæpna cyst,
    1560
    buton hit wæs mare         onne ænig mon oer
    to beadulace         ætberan meahte,
    god ond geatolic,         giganta geweorc.
    He gefeng þa fetelhilt,         freca Scyldinga
    hreoh ond heorogrim         hringmæl gebrægd,
    1565
    aldres orwena,         yrringa sloh,
    þæt hire wi halse         heard grapode,
    banhringas bræc.         Bil eal urhwod
    fægne flæschoman;         heo on flet gecrong.
    Sweord wæs swatig,         secg weorce gefeh.
    1570
    Lixte se leoma,         leoht inne stod,
    efne swa of hefene         hadre scine
    rodores candel.         He æfter recede wlat;
    hwearf þa be wealle,         wæpen hafenade
    heard be hiltum         Higelaces egn,
    1575
    yrre ond anræd.         Næs seo ecg fracod
    hilderince,         ac he hraþe wolde
    Grendle forgyldan         guræsa fela
    ara þe he geworhte         to Westdenum
    oftor micle         onne on ænne si,
    1580
    þonne he Hrogares         heorgeneatas
    sloh on sweofote,         slæpende fræt
    folces Denigea         fyftyne men
    ond oer swylc         ut offerede,
    lalicu lac.         He him þæs lean forgeald,
    1585
    reþe cempa,         to æs þe he on ræste geseah
    guwerigne         Grendel licgan
    aldorleasne,         swa him ær gescod
    hild æt Heorote.         Hra wide sprong,
    syþan he æfter deae         drepe þrowade,
    1590
    heorosweng heardne,         ond hine þa heafde becearf.
    Sona þæt gesawon         snottre ceorlas,
    þa e mid Hrogare         on holm wliton,
    þæt wæs ygeblond         eal gemenged,
    brim blode fah.         Blondenfeaxe,
    1595
    gomele ymb godne,         ongeador spræcon
    þæt hig þæs æelinges         eft ne wendon
    þæt he sigehreig         secean come
    mærne þeoden;         þa æs monige gewear
    þæt hine seo brimwylf         abroten hæfde.
    1600
    a com non dæges.         Næs ofgeafon
    hwate Scyldingas;         gewat him ham þonon
    goldwine gumena.         Gistas setan
    modes seoce         ond on mere staredon,
    wiston ond ne wendon         þæt hie heora winedrihten
    1605
    selfne gesawon.         þa þæt sweord ongan
    æfter heaþoswate         hildegicelum,
    wigbil wanian.         þæt wæs wundra sum,
    þæt hit eal gemealt         ise gelicost,
    onne forstes bend         fæder onlæte,
    1610
    onwinde wælrapas,         se geweald hafa
    sæla ond mæla;         þæt is so metod.
    Ne nom he in þæm wicum,         Wedergeata leod,
    mamæhta ma,         þeh he þær monige geseah,
    buton þone hafelan         ond þa hilt somod
    1615
    since fage.         Sweord ær gemealt,
    forbarn brodenmæl;         wæs þæt blod to þæs hat,
    ættren ellorgæst         se þær inne swealt.
    Sona wæs on sunde         se þe ær æt sæcce gebad
    wighryre wrara,         wæter up þurhdeaf.
    1620
    Wæron ygebland         eal gefælsod,
    eacne eardas,         þa se ellorgast
    oflet lifdagas         ond þas lænan gesceaft.
    Com þa to lande         lidmanna helm
    swimod swymman;         sælace gefeah,
    1625
    mægenbyrþenne         þara þe he him mid hæfde.
    Eodon him þa togeanes,         gode þancodon,
    rylic þegna heap,         þeodnes gefegon,
    þæs þe hi hyne gesundne         geseon moston.
    a wæs of þæm hroran         helm ond byrne
    1630
    lungre alysed.         Lagu drusade,
    wæter under wolcnum,         wældreore fag.
    Ferdon for þonon         feþelastum
    ferhþum fægne,         foldweg mæton,
    cuþe stræte.         Cyningbalde men
    1635
    from þæm holmclife         hafelan bæron
    earfolice         heora æghwæþrum,
    felamodigra;         feower scoldon
    on þæm wælstenge         weorcum geferian
    to þæm goldsele         Grendles heafod,
    1640
    oþæt semninga         to sele comon
    frome fyrdhwate         feowertyne
    Geata gongan;         gumdryhten mid
    modig on gemonge         meodowongas træd.
    a com in gan         ealdor egna,
    1645
    dædcene mon         dome gewurþad,
    hæle hildedeor,         Hrogar gretan.
    þa wæs be feaxe         on flet boren
    Grendles heafod,         þær guman druncon,
    egeslic for eorlum         ond þære idese mid,
    1650
    wliteseon wrætlic;         weras on sawon.
    Beowulf maþelode,         bearn Ecgþeowes:
    "Hwæt! we þe þas sælac,         sunu Healfdenes,
    leod Scyldinga,         lustum brohton
    tires to tacne,         þe þu her to locast.
    1655
    Ic þæt unsofte         ealdre gedigde
    wigge under wætere,         weorc geneþde
    earfolice;         ætrihte wæs
    gu getwæfed,         nyme mec god scylde.
    Ne meahte ic æt hilde         mid Hruntinge
    1660
    wiht gewyrcan,         þeah þæt wæpen duge;
    ac me geue         ylda waldend
    þæt ic on wage geseah         wlitig hangian
    eald sweord eacen         (oftost wisode
    winigea leasum),         þæt ic y wæpne gebræd.
    1665
    Ofsloh a æt þære sæcce,         þa me sæl ageald,
    huses hyrdas.         þa þæt hildebil
    forbarn brogdenmæl,         swa þæt blod gesprang,
    hatost heaþoswata.         Ic þæt hilt þanan
    feondum ætferede,         fyrendæda wræc,
    1670
    deacwealm Denigea,         swa hit gedefe wæs.
    Ic hit þe þonne gehate,         þæt þu on Heorote most
    sorhleas swefan         mid þinra secga gedryht
    ond þegna gehwylc         þinra leoda,
    dugue ond iogoþe,         þæt þu him ondrædan ne þearft,
    1675
    þeoden Scyldinga,         on þa healfe,
    aldorbealu eorlum,         swa þu ær dydest."
    a wæs gylden hilt         gamelum rince,
    harum hildfruman,         on hand gyfen,
    enta ærgeweorc;         hit on æht gehwearf
    1680
    æfter deofla hryre         Denigea frean,
    wundorsmiþa geweorc,         ond þa þas worold ofgeaf
    gromheort guma,         godes ondsaca,
    morres scyldig,         ond his modor eac,
    on geweald gehwearf         woroldcyninga
    1685
    æm selestan         be sæm tweonum
    ara þe on Scedenigge         sceattas dælde.
    Hrogar maelode,         hylt sceawode,
    ealde lafe,         on æm wæs or writen
    fyrngewinnes,         syþan flod ofsloh,
    1690
    gifen geotende,         giganta cyn
    (frecne geferdon);         þæt wæs fremde þeod
    ecean dryhtne;         him þæs endelean
    þurh wæteres wylm         waldend sealde.
    Swa wæs on æm scennum         sciran goldes
    1695
    þurh runstafas         rihte gemearcod,
    geseted ond gesæd         hwam þæt sweord geworht,
    irena cyst,         ærest wære,
    wreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah.         a se wisa spræc
    sunu Healfdenes         (swigedon ealle):
    1700
    "þæt, la, mæg secgan         se þe so ond riht
    freme on folce,         feor eal gemon,
    eald edhelweard,         þæt es eorl wære
    geboren betera!         Blæd is aræred
    geond widwegas,         wine min Beowulf,
    1705
    in ofer þeoda gehwylce.         Eal þu hit geþyldum healdest,
    mægen mid modes snyttrum.         Ic þe sceal mine gelæstan
    freode, swa wit furum spræcon.         u scealt to frofre weorþan
    eal langtwidig         leodum þinum,
    hæleum to helpe.         Ne wear Heremod swa
    1710
    eaforum Ecgwelan,         Arscyldingum;
    ne geweox he him to willan,         ac to wælfealle
    ond to deacwalum         Deniga leodum;
    breat bolgenmod         beodgeneatas,
    eaxlgesteallan,         oþþæt he ana hwearf,
    1715
    mære þeoden,         mondreamum from.
    eah þe hine mihtig god         mægenes wynnum,
    eafeþum stepte,         ofer ealle men
    for gefremede,         hwæþere him on ferhþe greow
    breosthord blodreow.         Nallas beagas geaf
    1720
    Denum æfter dome;         dreamleas gebad
    þæt he þæs gewinnes         weorc þrowade,
    leodbealo longsum.         u þe lær be þon,
    gumcyste ongit;         ic þis gid be þe
    awræc wintrum frod.         Wundor is to secganne
    1725
    hu mihtig god         manna cynne
    þurh sidne sefan         snyttru brytta,
    eard ond eorlscipe;         he ah ealra geweald.
    Hwilum he on lufan         læte hworfan
    monnes modgeþonc         mæran cynnes,
    1730
    sele him on eþle         eorþan wynne
    to healdanne,         hleoburh wera,
    gede him swa gewealdene         worolde dælas,
    side rice,         þæt he his selfa ne mæg
    for his unsnyttrum         ende geþencean.
    1735
    Wuna he on wiste;         no hine wiht dwele
    adl ne yldo,         ne him inwitsorh
    on sefan sweorce,         ne gesacu ohwær
    ecghete eowe,         ac him eal worold
    wende on willan         (he þæt wyrse ne con),
    1740
    oþæt him on innan         oferhygda dæl
    weaxe ond wrida.         þonne se weard swefe,
    sawele hyrde;         bi se slæp to fæst,
    bisgum gebunden,         bona swie neah,
    se þe of flanbogan         fyrenum sceote.
    1745
    þonne bi on hreþre         under helm drepen
    biteran stræle         (him bebeorgan ne con),
    wom wundorbebodum         wergan gastes;
    þince him to lytel         þæt he lange heold,
    gytsa gromhydig,         nallas on gylp sele
    1750
    fædde beagas,         ond he þa forgesceaft
    forgyte ond forgyme,         þæs þe him ær god sealde,
    wuldres waldend,         weormynda dæl.
    Hit on endestæf         eft gelimpe
    þæt se lichoma         læne gedreose,
    1755
    fæge gefealle;         feh oþer to,
    se þe unmurnlice         madmas dæleþ,
    eorles ærgestreon,         egesan ne gyme.
    Bebeorh þe one bealoni,         Beowulf leofa,
    secg betsta,         ond þe þæt selre geceos,
    1760
    ece rædas;         oferhyda ne gym,
    mære cempa.         Nu is þines mægnes blæd
    ane hwile.         Eft sona bi
    þæt þec adl oe ecg         eafoþes getwæfe,
    oe fyres feng,         oe flodes wylm,
    1765
    oe gripe meces,         oe gares fliht,
    oe atol yldo;         oe eagena bearhtm
    forsite ond forsworce;         semninga bi
    þæt ec, dryhtguma,         dea oferswye.
    Swa ic Hringdena         hund missera
    1770
    weold under wolcnum         ond hig wigge beleac
    manigum mægþa         geond þysne middangeard,
    æscum ond ecgum,         þæt ic me ænigne
    under swegles begong         gesacan ne tealde.
    Hwæt, me þæs on eþle         edwenden cwom,
    1775
    gyrn æfter gomene,         seoþan Grendel wear,
    ealdgewinna,         ingenga min;
    ic þære socne         singales wæg
    modceare micle.         þæs sig metode þanc,
    ecean dryhtne,         þæs e ic on aldre gebad
    1780
    þæt ic on þone hafelan         heorodreorigne
    ofer ealdgewin         eagum starige!
    Ga nu to setle,         symbelwynne dreoh
    wigge weorþad;         unc sceal worn fela
    maþma gemænra,         siþan morgen bi."
    1785
    Geat wæs glædmod,         geong sona to
    setles neosan,         swa se snottra heht.
    þa wæs eft swa ær         ellenrofum
    fletsittendum         fægere gereorded
    niowan stefne.         Nihthelm geswearc
    1790
    deorc ofer dryhtgumum.         Dugu eal aras.
    Wolde blondenfeax         beddes neosan,
    gamela Scylding.         Geat unigmetes wel,
    rofne randwigan,         restan lyste;
    sona him seleþegn         sies wergum,
    1795
    feorrancundum,         for wisade,
    se for andrysnum         ealle beweotede
    þegnes þearfe,         swylce þy dogore
    heaþoliende         habban scoldon.
    Reste hine þa rumheort;         reced hliuade
    1800
    geap ond goldfah;         gæst inne swæf
    oþþæt hrefn blaca         heofones wynne
    bliheort bodode.         a com beorht scacan
            scaþan onetton,
    wæron æþelingas         eft to leodum
    1805
    fuse to farenne;         wolde feor þanon
    cuma collenferh         ceoles neosan.
    Heht þa se hearda         Hrunting beran
    sunu Ecglafes,         heht his sweord niman,
    leoflic iren;         sægde him þæs leanes þanc,
    1810
    cwæ, he þone guwine         godne tealde,
    wigcræftigne,         nales wordum log
    meces ecge;         þæt wæs modig secg.
    Ond þa sifrome,         searwum gearwe
    wigend wæron;         eode weor Denum
    1815
    æþeling to yppan,         þær se oþer wæs,
    hæle hildedeor         Hrogar grette.
    Beowulf maþelode,         bearn Ecgþeowes:
    "Nu we sæliend         secgan wylla,
    feorran cumene,         þæt we fundiaþ
    1820
    Higelac secan.         Wæron her tela
    willum bewenede;         þu us wel dohtest.
    Gif ic þonne on eorþan         owihte mæg
    þinre modlufan         maran tilian,
    gumena dryhten,         onne ic gyt dyde,
    1825
    gugeweorca,         ic beo gearo sona.
    Gif ic þæt gefricge         ofer floda begang,
    þæt þec ymbsittend         egesan þywa,
    swa þec hetende         hwilum dydon,
    ic e þusenda         þegna bringe,
    1830
    hæleþa to helpe.         Ic on Higelac wat,
    Geata dryhten,         þeah e he geong sy,
    folces hyrde,         þæt he mec fremman wile
    wordum ond worcum,         þæt ic þe wel herige
    ond þe to geoce         garholt bere,
    1835
    mægenes fultum,         þær e bi manna þearf.
    Gif him þonne Hreþric         to hofum Geata
    geþinge, þeodnes bearn,         he mæg þær fela
    freonda findan;         feorcyþe beo
    selran gesohte         þæm þe him selfa deah."
    1840
    Hrogar maþelode         him on ondsware:
    "þe þa wordcwydas         wigtig drihten
    on sefan sende;         ne hyrde ic snotorlicor
    on swa geongum feore         guman þingian.
    þu eart mægenes strang         ond on mode frod,
    1845
    wis wordcwida.         Wen ic talige,
    gif þæt gegange,         þæt e gar nyme,
    hild heorugrimme,         Hreþles eaferan,
    adl oþe iren         ealdor inne,
    folces hyrde,         ond þu þin feorh hafast,
    1850
    þæt þe Sægeatas         selran næbben
    to geceosenne         cyning ænigne,
    hordweard hæleþa,         gyf þu healdan wylt
    maga rice.         Me þin modsefa
    lica leng swa wel,         leofa Beowulf.
    1855
    Hafast þu gefered         þæt þam folcum sceal,
    Geata leodum         ond Gardenum,
    sib gemæne,         ond sacu restan,
    inwitniþas,         þe hie ær drugon,
    wesan, þenden ic wealde         widan rices,
    1860
    maþmas gemæne,         manig oþerne
    godum gegretan         ofer ganotes bæ;
    sceal hringnaca         ofer heafu bringan
    lac ond luftacen.         Ic þa leode wat
    ge wi feond ge wi freond         fæste geworhte,
    1865
    æghwæs untæle         ealde wisan."
    a git him eorla hleo         inne gesealde,
    mago Healfdenes,         maþmas XII;
    het hine mid þæm lacum         leode swæse
    secean on gesyntum,         snude eft cuman.
    1870
    Gecyste þa         cyning æþelum god,
    þeoden Scyldinga,         egn betstan
    ond be healse genam;         hruron him tearas,
    blondenfeaxum.         Him wæs bega wen,
    ealdum infrodum,         oþres swior,
    1875
    þæt hie seoan no         geseon moston,
    modige on meþle.         Wæs him se man to þon leof
    þæt he þone breostwylm         forberan ne mehte,
    ac him on hreþre         hygebendum fæst
    æfter deorum men         dyrne langa
    1880
    beorn wi blode.         Him Beowulf þanan,
    gurinc goldwlanc,         græsmoldan træd
    since hremig;         sægenga bad
    agendfrean,         se þe on ancre rad.
    þa wæs on gange         gifu Hrogares
    1885
    oft geæhted;         þæt wæs an cyning,
    æghwæs orleahtre,         oþþæt hine yldo benam
    mægenes wynnum,         se þe oft manegum scod.
    Cwom þa to flode         felamodigra,
    hægstealdra heap,         hringnet bæron,
    1890
    locene leoosyrcan.         Landweard onfand
    eftsi eorla,         swa he ær dyde;
    no he mid hearme         of hlies nosan
    gæstas grette,         ac him togeanes rad,
    cwæ þæt wilcuman         Wedera leodum
    1895
    scaþan scirhame         to scipe foron.
    þa wæs on sande         sægeap naca
    hladen herewædum,         hringedstefna,
    mearum ond mamum;         mæst hlifade
    ofer Hrogares         hordgestreonum.
    1900
    He þæm batwearde         bunden golde
    swurd gesealde,         þæt he syþan wæs
    on meodubence         maþme þy weorþra,
    yrfelafe.         Gewat him on naca
    drefan deop wæter,         Dena land ofgeaf.
    1905
    þa wæs be mæste         merehrægla sum,
    segl sale fæst;         sundwudu þunede.
    No þær wegflotan         wind ofer yum
    sies getwæfde;         sægenga for,
    fleat famigheals         for ofer ye,
    1910
    bundenstefna         ofer brimstreamas,
    þæt hie Geata clifu         ongitan meahton,
    cuþe næssas.         Ceol up geþrang
    lyftgeswenced,         on lande stod.
    Hraþe wæs æt holme         hyweard geara,
    1915
    se þe ær lange tid         leofra manna
    fus æt faroe         feor wlatode;
    sælde to sande         sidfæþme scip,
    oncerbendum fæst,         þy læs hym yþa rym
    wudu wynsuman         forwrecan meahte.
    1920
    Het þa up beran         æþelinga gestreon,
    frætwe ond fætgold;         næs him feor þanon
    to gesecanne         sinces bryttan,
    Higelac Hreþling,         þær æt ham wuna
    selfa mid gesium         sæwealle neah.
    1925
    Bold wæs betlic,         bregorof cyning,
    heah in healle,         Hygd swie geong,
    wis, welþungen,         þeah e wintra lyt
    under burhlocan         gebiden hæbbe,
    Hæreþes dohtor;         næs hio hnah swa þeah,
    1930
    ne to gnea gifa         Geata leodum,
    maþmgestreona.         Mod þryo wæg,
    fremu folces cwen,         firen ondrysne.
    Nænig þæt dorste         deor geneþan
    swæsra gesia,         nefne sinfrea,
    1935
    þæt hire an dæges         eagum starede,
    ac him wælbende         weotode tealde
    handgewriþene;         hraþe seoþan wæs
    æfter mundgripe         mece geþinged,
    þæt hit sceadenmæl         scyran moste,
    1940
    cwealmbealu cyan.         Ne bi swylc cwenlic þeaw
    idese to efnanne,         þeah e hio ænlicu sy,
    þætte freouwebbe         feores onsæce
    æfter ligetorne         leofne mannan.
    Huru þæt onhohsnode         Hemminges mæg;
    1945
    ealodrincende         oer sædan,
    þæt hio leodbealewa         læs gefremede,
    inwitnia,         syan ærest wear
    gyfen goldhroden         geongum cempan,
    æelum diore,         syan hio Offan flet
    1950
    ofer fealone flod         be fæder lare
    sie gesohte;         ær hio syan well
    in gumstole,         gode, mære,
    lifgesceafta         lifigende breac,
    hiold heahlufan         wi hæleþa brego,
    1955
    ealles moncynnes         mine gefræge
    þone selestan         bi sæm tweonum,
    eormencynnes.         Foram Offa wæs
    geofum ond guum,         garcene man,
    wide geweorod,         wisdome heold
    1960
    eel sinne;         þonon Eomer woc
    hæleum to helpe,         Hemminges mæg,
    nefa Garmundes,         nia cræftig.
    Gewat him a se hearda         mid his hondscole
    sylf æfter sande         sæwong tredan,
    1965
    wide waroas.         Woruldcandel scan,
    sigel suan fus.         Hi si drugon,
    elne geeodon,         to æs e eorla hleo,
    bonan Ongenþeoes         burgum in innan,
    geongne gucyning         godne gefrunon
    1970
    hringas dælan.         Higelace wæs
    si Beowulfes         snude gecyed,
    þæt ær on worig         wigendra hleo,
    lindgestealla,         lifigende cwom,
    heaolaces hal         to hofe gongan.
    1975
    Hrae wæs gerymed,         swa se rica bebead,
    feegestum         flet innanweard.
    Gesæt þa wi sylfne         se a sæcce genæs,
    mæg wi mæge,         syan mandryhten
    þurh hleoorcwyde         holdne gegrette,
    1980
    meaglum wordum.         Meoduscencum hwearf
    geond þæt healreced         Hærees dohtor,
    lufode a leode,         liwæge bær
    hæleum to handa.         Higelac ongan
    sinne geseldan         in sele þam hean
    1985
    fægre fricgcean         (hyne fyrwet bræc,
    hwylce Sægeata         sias wæron):
    "Hu lomp eow on lade,         leofa Biowulf,
    þa u færinga         feorr gehogodest
    sæcce secean         ofer sealt wæter,
    1990
    hilde to Hiorote?         Ac u Hrogare
    widcune wean         wihte gebettest,
    mærum eodne?         Ic æs modceare
    sorhwylmum sea,         sie ne truwode
    leofes mannes;         ic e lange bæd
    1995
    þæt u þone wælgæst         wihte ne grette,
    lete Sudene         sylfe geweoran
    gue wi Grendel.         Gode ic þanc secge
    þæs e ic e gesundne         geseon moste."
    Biowulf maelode,         bearn Ecgioes:
    2000
    "þæt is undyrne,         dryhten Higelac,
    micel gemeting,         monegum fira,
    hwylc orleghwil         uncer Grendles
    wear on am wange,         þær he worna fela
    Sigescyldingum         sorge gefremede,
    2005
    yrme to aldre.         Ic æt eall gewræc,
    swa begylpan ne þearf         Grendeles maga
    ænig ofer eoran         uhthlem þone,
    se e lengest leofa         laan cynnes,
    facne bifongen.         Ic ær furum cwom
    2010
    to am hringsele         Hrogar gretan;
    sona me se mæra         mago Healfdenes,
    syan he modsefan         minne cue,
    wi his sylfes sunu         setl getæhte.
    Weorod wæs on wynne;         ne seah ic widan feorh
    2015
    under heofones hwealf         healsittendra
    medudream maran.         Hwilum mæru cwen,
    friusibb folca,         flet eall geondhwearf,
    bædde byre geonge;         oft hio beahwrian
    secge sealde,         ær hie to setle geong.
    2020
    Hwilum for dugue         dohtor Hrogares
    eorlum on ende         ealuwæge bær;
    þa ic Freaware         fletsittende
    nemnan hyrde,         þær hio nægled sinc
    hæleum sealde.         Sio gehaten is,
    2025
    geong, goldhroden,         gladum suna Frodan;
    hafa þæs geworden         wine Scyldinga,
    rices hyrde,         ond þæt ræd tala,
    þæt he mid y wife         wælfæha dæl,
    sæcca gesette.         Oft seldan hwær
    2030
    æfter leodhryre         lytle hwile
    bongar buge,         þeah seo bryd duge!
    Mæg þæs þonne ofþyncan         eodne Heaobeardna
    ond þegna gehwam         þara leoda,
    þonne he mid fæmnan         on flett gæ,
    2035
    dryhtbearn Dena,         dugua biwenede;
    on him gladia         gomelra lafe,
    heard ond hringmæl         Heaabeardna gestreon
    þenden hie am wæpnum         wealdan moston,
    oæt hie forlæddan         to am lindplegan
    2040
    swæse gesias         ond hyra sylfra feorh.
    þonne cwi æt beore         se e beah gesyh,
    eald æscwiga,         se e eall geman,
    garcwealm gumena         (him bi grim sefa),
    onginne geomormod         geongum cempan
    2045
    þurh hrera gehygd         higes cunnian,
    wigbealu weccean,         ond þæt word acwy:
    'Meaht u, min wine,         mece gecnawan
    þone þin fæder         to gefeohte bær
    under heregriman         hindeman sie,
    2050
    dyre iren,         þær hyne Dene slogon,
    weoldon wælstowe,         syan Wiergyld læg,
    æfter hæleþa hryre,         hwate Scyldungas?
    Nu her þara banena         byre nathwylces
    frætwum hremig         on flet gæ,
    2055
    morres gylpe,         ond þone maþum byre,
    þone þe u mid rihte         rædan sceoldest.'
    Mana swa ond myndga         mæla gehwylce
    sarum wordum,         oæt sæl cyme
    þæt se fæmnan þegn         fore fæder dædum
    2060
    æfter billes bite         blodfag swefe,
    ealdres scyldig;         him se oer þonan
    losa lifigende,         con him land geare.
    þonne bio abrocene         on ba healfe
    asweord eorla;         syan Ingelde
    2065
    wealla wælnias,         ond him wiflufan
    æfter cearwælmum         colran weora.
    þy ic Heaobeardna         hyldo ne telge,
    dryhtsibbe dæl         Denum unfæcne,
    freondscipe fæstne.         Ic sceal for sprecan
    2070
    gen ymbe Grendel,         þæt u geare cunne,
    sinces brytta,         to hwan syan wear
    hondræs hælea.         Syan heofones gim
    glad ofer grundas,         gæst yrre cwom,
    eatol, æfengrom,         user neosan,
    2075
    ær we gesunde         sæl weardodon.
    þær wæs Hondscio         hild onsæge,
    feorhbealu fægum;         he fyrmest læg,
    gyrded cempa;         him Grendel wear,
    mærum maguþegne         to mubonan,
    2080
    leofes mannes         lic eall forswealg.
    No y ær ut a gen         idelhende
    bona blodigto,         bealewa gemyndig,
    of am goldsele         gongan wolde,
    ac he mægnes rof         min costode,
    2085
    grapode gearofolm.         Glof hangode
    sid ond syllic,         searobendum fæst;
    sio wæs oroncum         eall gegyrwed
    deofles cræftum         ond dracan fellum.
    He mec þær on innan         unsynnigne,
    2090
    dior dædfruma,         gedon wolde
    manigra sumne;         hyt ne mihte swa,
    syan ic on yrre         uppriht astod.
    To lang ys to reccenne         hu ic am leodsceaan
    yfla gehwylces         ondlean forgeald;
    2095
    þær ic, þeoden min,         þine leode
    weorode weorcum.         He on weg losade,
    lytle hwile         lifwynna breac;
    hwæþre him sio swire         swae weardade
    hand on Hiorte,         ond he hean onan
    2100
    modes geomor         meregrund gefeoll.
    Me þone wælræs         wine Scildunga
    fættan golde         fela leanode,
    manegum mamum,         syan mergen com
    ond we to symble         geseten hæfdon.
    2105
    þær wæs gidd ond gleo.         Gomela Scilding,
    felafricgende,         feorran rehte;
    hwilum hildedeor         hearpan wynne,
    gomenwudu grette,         hwilum gyd awræc
    so ond sarlic,         hwilum syllic spell
    2110
    rehte æfter rihte         rumheort cyning.
    Hwilum eft ongan,         eldo gebunden,
    gomel guwiga         giogue cwian,
    hildestrengo;         hreer inne weoll,
    þonne he wintrum frod         worn gemunde.
    2115
    Swa we þær inne         ondlangne dæg
    niode naman,         oæt niht becwom
    oer to yldum.         þa wæs eft hrae
    gearo gyrnwræce         Grendeles modor,
    siode sorhfull;         sunu dea fornam,
    2120
    wighete Wedra.         Wif unhyre
    hyre bearn gewræc,         beorn acwealde
    ellenlice;         þær wæs æschere,
    frodan fyrnwitan,         feorh ugenge.
    Noer hy hine ne moston,         syan mergen cwom,
    2125
    deawerigne,         Denia leode,
    bronde forbærnan,         ne on bæl hladan
    leofne mannan;         hio þæt lic ætbær
    feondes fæmum         under firgenstream.
    þæt wæs Hrogare         hreowa tornost
    2130
    þara þe leodfruman         lange begeate.
    þa se eoden mec         ine life
    healsode hreohmod,         þæt ic on holma geþring
    eorlscipe efnde,         ealdre genede,
    mæro fremede;         he me mede gehet.
    2135
    Ic a æs wælmes,         þe is wide cu,
    grimne gryrelicne         grundhyrde fond;
    þær unc hwile wæs         hand gemæne,
    holm heolfre weoll,         ond ic heafde becearf
    in am gusele         Grendeles modor
    2140
    eacnum ecgum,         unsofte þonan
    feorh oferede.         Næs ic fæge þa gyt,
    ac me eorla hleo         eft gesealde
    mama menigeo,         maga Healfdenes.
    Swa se eodkyning         þeawum lyfde.
    2145
    Nealles ic am leanum         forloren hæfde,
    mægnes mede,         ac he me mamas geaf,
    sunu Healfdenes,         on minne sylfes dom;
    a ic e, beorncyning,         bringan wylle,
    estum geywan.         Gen is eall æt e
    2150
    lissa gelong;         ic lyt hafo
    heafodmaga         nefne, Hygelac, ec."
    Het a in beran         eaforheafodsegn,
    heaosteapne helm,         hare byrnan,
    gusweord geatolic,         gyd æfter wræc:
    2155
    "Me is hildesceorp         Hrogar sealde,
    snotra fengel,         sume worde het
    þæt ic his ærest e         est gesægde;
    cwæ þæt hyt hæfde         Hiorogar cyning,
    leod Scyldunga         lange hwile;
    2160
    no y ær suna sinum         syllan wolde,
    hwatum Heorowearde,         þeah he him hold wære,
    breostgewædu.         Bruc ealles well!"
    Hyrde ic þæt þam frætwum         feower mearas
    lungre, gelice,         last weardode,
    2165
    æppelfealuwe;         he him est geteah
    meara ond mama.         Swa sceal mæg don,
    nealles inwitnet         orum bregdon
    dyrnum cræfte,         dea renian
    hondgesteallan.         Hygelace wæs,
    2170
    nia heardum,         nefa swye hold,
    ond gehwæer orum         hroþra gemyndig.
    Hyrde ic þæt he one healsbeah         Hygde gesealde,
    wrætlicne wundurmaum,         one þe him Wealheo geaf,
    eodnes dohtor,         þrio wicg somod
    2175
    swancor ond sadolbeorht;         hyre syan wæs
    æfter beahege         breost geweorod.
    Swa bealdode         bearn Ecgeowes,
    guma guum cu,         godum dædum,
    dreah æfter dome,         nealles druncne slog
    2180
    heorgeneatas;         næs him hreoh sefa,
    ac he mancynnes         mæste cræfte
    ginfæstan gife,         þe him god sealde,
    heold hildedeor.         Hean wæs lange,
    swa hyne Geata bearn         godne ne tealdon,
    2185
    ne hyne on medobence         micles wyrne
    drihten Wedera         gedon wolde;
    swye wendon         þæt he sleac wære,
    æeling unfrom.         Edwenden cwom
    tireadigum menn         torna gehwylces.
    2190
    Het a eorla hleo         in gefetian,
    heaorof cyning,         Hreles lafe
    golde gegyrede;         næs mid Geatum a
    sincmaþum selra         on sweordes had;
    þæt he on Biowulfes         bearm alegde
    2195
    ond him gesealde         seofan þusendo,
    bold ond bregostol.         Him wæs bam samod
    on am leodscipe         lond gecynde,
    eard, eelriht,         orum swior
    side rice         þam ær selra wæs.
    2200
    Eft þæt geiode         ufaran dogrum
    hildehlæmmum,         syan Hygelac læg
    ond Heardrede         hildemeceas
    under bordhreoan         to bonan wurdon,
    a hyne gesohtan         on sigeþeode
    2205
    hearde hildefrecan,         Heaoscilfingas,
    nia genægdan         nefan Hererices,
    syan Beowulfe         brade rice
    on hand gehwearf;         he geheold tela
    fiftig wintra         (wæs a frod cyning,
    2210
    eald eþelweard),         oæt an ongan
    deorcum nihtum         draca ricsian,
    se e on heaum hofe         hord beweotode,
    stanbeorh steapne;         stig under læg,
    eldum uncu.         þær on innan giong
    2215
    nia nathwylc,         se e neh gefeng
    hænum horde,         hond ......,
    since fahne.         He þæt syan ......,
    þeah e he slæpende         besyred wurde
    þeofes cræfte;         þæt sie iod onfand,
    2220
    bufolc beorna,         þæt he gebolgen wæs.
    Nealles mid gewealdum         wyrmhord abræc
    sylfes willum,         se e him sare gesceod,
    ac for þreanedlan         þeow nathwylces
    hælea bearna         heteswengeas fleah,
    2225
    ærnes þearfa,         ond ær inne fealh,
    secg synbysig,         sona onfunde
    þæt þær am gyste         gryrebroga stod;
    hwære earmsceapen        
            ...sceapen
    2230
            þa hyne se fær begeat.
    Sincfæt ......;         þær wæs swylcra fela
    in am eorhuse         ærgestreona,
    swa hy on geardagum         gumena nathwylc,
    eormenlafe         æþelan cynnes,
    2235
    þanchycgende         þær gehydde,
    deore mamas.         Ealle hie dea fornam
    ærran mælum,         ond se an a gen
    leoda dugue,         se ær lengest hwearf,
    weard winegeomor,         wende þæs ylcan,
    2240
    þæt he lytel fæc         longgestreona
    brucan moste.         Beorh eallgearo
    wunode on wonge         wæteryum neah,
    niwe be næsse,         nearocræftum fæst.
    þær on innan bær         eorlgestreona
    2245
    hringa hyrde         hordwyrne dæl,
    fættan goldes,         fea worda cwæ:
    "Heald þu nu, hruse,         nu hæle ne moston,
    eorla æhte!         Hwæt, hyt ær on e
    gode begeaton.         Gudea fornam,
    2250
    feorhbealo frecne,         fyra gehwylcne
    leoda minra,         þara e þis lif ofgeaf,
    gesawon seledream.         Ic nah hwa sweord wege
    oe feormie         fæted wæge,
    dryncfæt deore;         dugu ellor sceoc.
    2255
    Sceal se hearda helm         hyrsted golde
    fætum befeallen;         feormynd swefa,
    þa e beadogriman         bywan sceoldon,
    ge swylce seo herepad,         sio æt hilde gebad
    ofer borda gebræc         bite irena,
    2260
    brosna æfter beorne.         Ne mæg byrnan hring
    æfter wigfruman         wide feran,
    hæleum be healfe.         Næs hearpan wyn,
    gomen gleobeames,         ne god hafoc
    geond sæl swinge,         ne se swifta mearh
    2265
    burhstede beate.         Bealocwealm hafa
    fela feorhcynna         for onsended!"
    Swa giomormod         gioho mænde
    an æfter eallum,         unblie hwearf
    dæges ond nihtes,         oæt deaes wylm
    2270
    hran æt heortan.         Hordwynne fond
    eald uhtsceaa         opene standan,
    se e byrnende         biorgas sece,
    nacod nidraca,         nihtes fleoge
    fyre befangen;         hyne foldbuend
    2275
    swie ondræda.         He gesecean sceall
    hord on hrusan,         þær he hæen gold
    wara wintrum frod,         ne by him wihte y sel.
    Swa se eodsceaa         þreo hund wintra
    heold on hrusan         hordærna sum,
    2280
    eacencræftig,         oæt hyne an abealch
    mon on mode;         mandryhtne bær
    fæted wæge,         frioowære bæd
    hlaford sinne.         a wæs hord rasod,
    onboren beaga hord,         bene getiad
    2285
    feasceaftum men.         Frea sceawode
    fira fyrngeweorc         forman sie.
    þa se wyrm onwoc,         wroht wæs geniwad;
    stonc a æfter stane,         stearcheort onfand
    feondes fotlast;         he to for gestop
    2290
    dyrnan cræfte         dracan heafde neah.
    Swa mæg unfæge         eae gedigan
    wean ond wræcsi,         se e waldendes
    hyldo gehealdeþ!         Hordweard sohte
    georne æfter grunde,         wolde guman findan,
    2295
    þone þe him on sweofote         sare geteode,
    hat ond hreohmod         hlæw oft ymbehwearf
    ealne utanweardne,         ne ær ænig mon
    on þære westenne;         hwære wiges gefeh,
    beaduwe weorces,         hwilum on beorh æthwearf,
    2300
    sincfæt sohte.         He þæt sona onfand
    æt hæfde gumena sum         goldes gefandod,
    heahgestreona.         Hordweard onbad
    earfolice         oæt æfen cwom;
    wæs a gebolgen         beorges hyrde,
    2305
    wolde se laa         lige forgyldan
    drincfæt dyre.         þa wæs dæg sceacen
    wyrme on willan;         no on wealle læg,
    bidan wolde,         ac mid bæle for,
    fyre gefysed.         Wæs se fruma egeslic
    2310
    leodum on lande,         swa hyt lungre wear
    on hyra sincgifan         sare geendod.
    a se gæst ongan         gledum spiwan,
    beorht hofu bærnan;         bryneleoma stod
    eldum on andan.         No ær aht cwices
    2315
    la lyftfloga         læfan wolde.
    Wæs þæs wyrmes wig         wide gesyne,
    nearofages ni         nean ond feorran,
    hu se gusceaa         Geata leode
    hatode ond hynde;         hord eft gesceat,
    2320
    dryhtsele dyrnne,         ær dæges hwile.
    Hæfde landwara         lige befangen,
    bæle ond bronde,         beorges getruwode,
    wiges ond wealles;         him seo wen geleah.
    þa wæs Biowulfe         broga gecyed
    2325
    snude to soe,         þæt his sylfes ham,
    bolda selest,         brynewylmum mealt,
    gifstol Geata.         þæt am godan wæs
    hreow on hrere,         hygesorga mæst;
    wende se wisa         þæt he wealdende
    2330
    ofer ealde riht,         ecean dryhtne,
    bitre gebulge.         Breost innan weoll
    þeostrum geþoncum,         swa him geþywe ne wæs.
    Hæfde ligdraca         leoda fæsten,
    ealond utan,         eorweard one
    2335
    gledum forgrunden;         him æs gukyning,
    Wedera þioden,         wræce leornode.
    Heht him þa gewyrcean         wigendra hleo
    eallirenne,         eorla dryhten,
    wigbord wrætlic;         wisse he gearwe
    2340
    þæt him holtwudu         helpan ne meahte,
    lind wi lige.         Sceolde lændaga
    æþeling ærgod         ende gebidan,
    worulde lifes,         ond se wyrm somod,
    þeah e hordwelan         heolde lange.
    2345
    Oferhogode a         hringa fengel
    þæt he þone widflogan         weorode gesohte,
    sidan herge;         no he him þa sæcce ondred,
    ne him þæs wyrmes wig         for wiht dyde,
    eafo ond ellen,         foron he ær fela
    2350
    nearo neende         nia gedigde,
    hildehlemma,         syan he Hrogares,
    sigoreadig secg,         sele fælsode
    ond æt gue forgrap         Grendeles mægum
    laan cynnes.         No þæt læsest wæs
    2355
    hondgemota,         þær mon Hygelac sloh,
    syan Geata cyning         gue ræsum,
    freawine folca         Freslondum on,
    Hreles eafora         hiorodryncum swealt,
    bille gebeaten.         þonan Biowulf com
    2360
    sylfes cræfte,         sundnytte dreah;
    hæfde him on earme         ana XXX
    hildegeatwa,         þa he to holme beag.
    Nealles Hetware         hremge þorfton
    feewiges,         þe him foran ongean
    2365
    linde bæron;         lyt eft becwom
    fram þam hildfrecan         hames niosan.
    Oferswam a siolea bigong         sunu Ecgeowes,
    earm anhaga,         eft to leodum;
    þær him Hygd gebead         hord ond rice,
    2370
    beagas ond bregostol,         bearne ne truwode
    þæt he wi ælfylcum         eþelstolas
    healdan cue,         a wæs Hygelac dead.
    No y ær feasceafte         findan meahton
    æt am æelinge         ænige inga,
    2375
    þæt he Heardrede         hlaford wære
    oe þone cynedom         ciosan wolde;
    hwære he him on folce         freondlarum heold,
    estum mid are,         oæt he yldra wear,
    Wedergeatum weold.         Hyne wræcmæcgas
    2380
    ofer sæ sohtan,         suna Ohteres;
    hæfdon hy forhealden         helm Scylfinga,
    þone selestan         sæcyninga
    þara e in Swiorice         sinc brytnade,
    mærne þeoden.         Him þæt to mearce wear;
    2385
    he þær for feorme         feorhwunde hleat
    sweordes swengum,         sunu Hygelaces,
    ond him eft gewat         Ongenioes bearn
    hames niosan,         syan Heardred læg,
    let one bregostol         Biowulf healdan,
    2390
    Geatum wealdan.         þæt wæs god cyning!
    Se æs leodhryres         lean gemunde
    uferan dogrum,         Eadgilse wear
    feasceaftum freond,         folce gestepte
    ofer sæ side         sunu Ohteres,
    2395
    wigum ond wæpnum;         he gewræc syan
    cealdum cearsium,         cyning ealdre bineat.
    Swa he nia gehwane         genesen hæfde,
    slira geslyhta,         sunu Ecgiowes,
    ellenweorca,         o one anne dæg
    2400
    þe he wi þam wyrme         gewegan sceolde.
    Gewat þa XIIa sum         torne gebolgen
    dryhten Geata         dracan sceawian.
    Hæfde þa gefrunen         hwanan sio fæh aras,
    bealoni biorna;         him to bearme cwom
    2405
    maþumfæt mære         þurh æs meldan hond.
    Se wæs on am reate         þreotteoa secg,
    se æs orleges         or onstealde,
    hæft hygegiomor,         sceolde hean onon
    wong wisian.         He ofer willan giong
    2410
    to æs e he eorsele         anne wisse,
    hlæw under hrusan         holmwylme neh,
    ygewinne;         se wæs innan full
    wrætta ond wira.         Weard unhiore,
    gearo gufreca,         goldmamas heold,
    2415
    eald under eoran.         Næs þæt ye ceap
    to gegangenne         gumena ænigum!
    Gesæt a on næsse         niheard cyning,
    þenden hælo abead         heorgeneatum,
    goldwine Geata.         Him wæs geomor sefa,
    2420
    wæfre ond wælfus,         wyrd ungemete neah,
    se one gomelan         gretan sceolde,
    secean sawle hord,         sundur gedælan
    lif wi lice,         no þon lange wæs
    feorh æþelinges         flæsce bewunden.
    2425
    Biowulf maþelade,         bearn Ecgeowes:
    "Fela ic on giogoe         guræsa genæs,
    orleghwila;         ic þæt eall gemon.
    Ic wæs syfanwintre,         þa mec sinca baldor,
    freawine folca,         æt minum fæder genam;
    2430
    heold mec ond hæfde         Hreel cyning,
    geaf me sinc ond symbel,         sibbe gemunde.
    Næs ic him to life         lara owihte,
    beorn in burgum,         þonne his bearna hwylc,
    Herebeald ond Hæcyn         oe Hygelac min.
    2435
    Wæs þam yldestan         ungedefelice
    mæges dædum         morþorbed stred,
    syan hyne Hæcyn         of hornbogan,
    his freawine,         flane geswencte,
    miste mercelses         ond his mæg ofscet,
    2440
    broor oerne         blodigan gare.
    þæt wæs feohleas gefeoht,         fyrenum gesyngad,
    hrere hygemee;         sceolde hwære swa þeah
    æeling unwrecen         ealdres linnan.
    Swa bi geomorlic         gomelum ceorle
    2445
    to gebidanne,         þæt his byre ride
    giong on galgan,         þonne he gyd wrece,
    sarigne sang,         þonne his sunu hanga
    hrefne to hrore,         ond he him helpe ne mæg,
    eald ond infrod,         ænige gefremman.
    2450
    Symble bi gemyndgad         morna gehwylce
    eaforan ellorsi;         ores ne gyme
    to gebidanne         burgum in innan
    yrfeweardas,         þonne se an hafa
    þurh deaes nyd         dæda gefondad.
    2455
    Gesyh sorhcearig         on his suna bure
    winsele westne,         windge reste
    reote berofene.         Ridend swefa,
    hæle in homan;         nis þær hearpan sweg,
    gomen in geardum,         swylce ær iu wæron.
    2460
    Gewite þonne on sealman,         sorhleo gæle
    an æfter anum;         þuhte him eall to rum,
    wongas ond wicstede.         Swa Wedra helm
    æfter Herebealde         heortan sorge
    weallende wæg.         Wihte ne meahte
    2465
    on am feorhbonan         fæghe gebetan;
    no y ær he þone heaorinc         hatian ne meahte
    laum dædum,         þeah him leof ne wæs.
    He a mid þære sorhge,         þe him swa sar belamp,
    gumdream ofgeaf,         godes leoht geceas,
    2470
    eaferum læfde,         swa de eadig mon,
    lond ond leodbyrig,         þa he of life gewat.
    þa wæs synn ond sacu         Sweona ond Geata
    ofer wid wæter,         wroht gemæne,
    hereni hearda,         syan Hreel swealt,
    2475
    oe him Ongeneowes         eaferan wæran
    frome, fyrdhwate,         freode ne woldon
    ofer heafo healdan,         ac ymb Hreosnabeorh
    eatolne inwitscear         oft gefremedon.
    þæt mægwine         mine gewræcan,
    2480
    fæhe ond fyrene,         swa hyt gefræge wæs,
    þeah e oer his         ealdre gebohte,
    heardan ceape;         Hæcynne wear,
    Geata dryhtne,         gu onsæge.
    þa ic on morgne gefrægn         mæg oerne
    2485
    billes ecgum         on bonan stælan,
    þær Ongenþeow         Eofores niosa.
    Guhelm toglad,         gomela Scylfing
    hreas hildeblac;         hond gemunde
    fæho genoge,         feorhsweng ne ofteah.
    2490
    Ic him þa mamas,         þe he me sealde,
    geald æt gue,         swa me gifee wæs,
    leohtan sweorde;         he me lond forgeaf,
    eard, eelwyn.         Næs him ænig þearf
    þæt he to Gifum         oe to Gardenum
    2495
    oe in Swiorice         secean þurfe
    wyrsan wigfrecan,         weore gecypan.
    Symle ic him on fean         beforan wolde,
    ana on orde,         ond swa to aldre sceall
    sæcce fremman,         þenden þis sweord þola,
    2500
    þæt mec ær ond si         oft gelæste.
    Syan ic for dugeum         Dæghrefne wear
    to handbonan,         Huga cempan;
    nalles he a frætwe         Frescyninge,
    breostweorunge,         bringan moste,
    2505
    ac in compe gecrong         cumbles hyrde,
    æþeling on elne;         ne wæs ecg bona,
    ac him hildegrap         heortan wylmas,
    banhus gebræc.         Nu sceall billes ecg,
    hond ond heard sweord,         ymb hord wigan."
    2510
    Beowulf maelode,         beotwordum spræc
    niehstan sie:         "Ic genede fela
    gua on geogoe;         gyt ic wylle,
    frod folces weard,         fæhe secan,
    mæru fremman,         gif mec se mansceaa
    2515
    of eorsele         ut gesece."
    Gegrette a         gumena gehwylcne,
    hwate helmberend,         hindeman sie,
    swæse gesias:         "Nolde ic sweord beran,
    wæpen to wyrme,         gif ic wiste hu
    2520
    wi am aglæcean         elles meahte
    gylpe wigripan,         swa ic gio wi Grendle dyde.
    Ac ic ær heaufyres         hates wene,
    orees ond attres;         foron ic me on hafu
    bord ond byrnan.         Nelle ic beorges weard
    2525
    forfleon fotes trem,         ac unc furur sceal
    weoran æt wealle,         swa unc wyrd geteo,
    metod manna gehwæs.         Ic eom on mode from
    þæt ic wi þone guflogan         gylp ofersitte.
    Gebide ge on beorge         byrnum werede,
    2530
    secgas on searwum,         hwæer sel mæge
    æfter wælræse         wunde gedygan
    uncer twega.         Nis þæt eower si
    ne gemet mannes,         nefne min anes,
    þæt he wi aglæcean         eofoo dæle,
    2535
    eorlscype efne.         Ic mid elne sceall
    gold gegangan,         oe gu nime,
    feorhbealu frecne,         frean eowerne!"
    Aras a bi ronde         rof oretta,
    heard under helme,         hiorosercean bær
    2540
    under stancleofu,         strengo getruwode
    anes mannes.         Ne bi swylc earges si!
    Geseah a be wealle         se e worna fela,
    gumcystum god,         gua gedigde,
    hildehlemma,         þonne hnitan fean,
    2545
    stondan stanbogan,         stream ut þonan
    brecan of beorge.         Wæs þære burnan wælm
    heaofyrum hat;         ne meahte horde neah
    unbyrnende         ænige hwile
    deop gedygan         for dracan lege.
    2550
    Let a of breostum,         a he gebolgen wæs,
    Wedergeata leod         word ut faran,
    stearcheort styrmde;         stefn in becom
    heaotorht hlynnan         under harne stan.
    Hete wæs onhrered,         hordweard oncniow
    2555
    mannes reorde;         næs ær mara fyrst
    freode to friclan.         From ærest cwom
    oru aglæcean         ut of stane,
    hat hildeswat.         Hruse dynede.
    Biorn under beorge         bordrand onswaf
    2560
    wi am gryregieste,         Geata dryhten;
    a wæs hringbogan         heorte gefysed
    sæcce to seceanne.         Sweord ær gebræd
    god gucyning,         gomele lafe,
    ecgum unslaw;         æghwærum wæs
    2565
    bealohycgendra         broga fram orum.
    Stimod gestod         wi steapne rond
    winia bealdor,         a se wyrm gebeah
    snude tosomne;         he on searwum bad.
    Gewat a byrnende         gebogen scrian,
    2570
    to gescipe scyndan.         Scyld wel gebearg
    life ond lice         læssan hwile
    mærum þeodne         þonne his myne sohte,
    ær he þy fyrste,         forman dogore
    wealdan moste         swa him wyrd ne gescraf
    2575
    hre æt hilde.         Hond up abræd
    Geata dryhten,         gryrefahne sloh
    incgelafe,         þæt sio ecg gewac
    brun on bane,         bat unswior
    þonne his iodcyning         þearfe hæfde,
    2580
    bysigum gebæded.         þa wæs beorges weard
    æfter heauswenge         on hreoum mode,
    wearp wælfyre;         wide sprungon
    hildeleoman.         Hresigora ne gealp
    goldwine Geata;         gubill geswac,
    2585
    nacod æt nie,         swa hyt no sceolde,
    iren ærgod.         Ne wæs þæt ee si,
    þæt se mæra         maga Ecgeowes
    grundwong þone         ofgyfan wolde;
    sceolde ofer willan         wic eardian
    2590
    elles hwergen,         swa sceal æghwylc mon
    alætan lændagas.         Næs a long to on
    þæt a aglæcean hy         eft gemetton.
    Hyrte hyne hordweard         (hreer æme weoll)
    niwan stefne;         nearo rowode,
    2595
    fyre befongen,         se e ær folce weold.
    Nealles him on heape         handgesteallan,
    æelinga bearn,         ymbe gestodon
    hildecystum,         ac hy on holt bugon,
    ealdre burgan.         Hiora in anum weoll
    2600
    sefa wi sorgum;         sibb æfre ne mæg
    wiht onwendan         þam e wel þence.
    Wiglaf wæs haten         Weoxstanes sunu,
    leoflic lindwiga,         leod Scylfinga,
    mæg ælfheres;         geseah his mondryhten
    2605
    under heregriman         hat þrowian.
    Gemunde a a are         þe he him ær forgeaf,
    wicstede weligne         Wægmundinga,
    folcrihta gehwylc,         swa his fæder ahte.
    Ne mihte a forhabban;         hond rond gefeng,
    2610
    geolwe linde,         gomel swyrd geteah,
    þæt wæs mid eldum         Eanmundes laf,
    suna Ohteres.         þam æt sæcce wear,
    wræccan wineleasum,         Weohstan bana
    meces ecgum,         ond his magum ætbær
    2615
    brunfagne helm,         hringde byrnan,
    eald sweord etonisc;         þæt him Onela forgeaf,
    his gædelinges         gugewædu,
    fyrdsearo fuslic,         no ymbe a fæhe spræc,
    þeah e he his broor bearn         abredwade.
    2620
    He frætwe geheold         fela missera,
    bill ond byrnan,         oæt his byre mihte
    eorlscipe efnan         swa his ærfæder;
    geaf him a mid Geatum         gugewæda,
    æghwæs unrim,         þa he of ealdre gewat,
    2625
    frod on forweg.         þa wæs forma si
    geongan cempan,         þæt he gue ræs
    mid his freodryhtne         fremman sceolde.
    Ne gemealt him se modsefa,         ne his mæges laf
    gewac æt wige;         þæt se wyrm onfand,
    2630
    syan hie togædre         gegan hæfdon.
    Wiglaf maelode,         wordrihta fela
    sægde gesium         (him wæs sefa geomor):
    "Ic æt mæl geman,         þær we medu þegun,
    þonne we geheton         ussum hlaforde
    2635
    in biorsele,         e us as beagas geaf,
    þæt we him a gugetawa         gyldan woldon
    gif him þyslicu         þearf gelumpe,
    helmas ond heard sweord.         e he usic on herge geceas
    to yssum sifate         sylfes willum,
    2640
    onmunde usic mæra,         ond me þas mamas geaf,
    þe he usic garwigend         gode tealde,
    hwate helmberend,         þeah e hlaford us
    þis ellenweorc         ana aohte
    to gefremmanne,         folces hyrde,
    2645
    for am he manna mæst         mæra gefremede,
    dæda dollicra.         Nu is se dæg cumen
    þæt ure mandryhten         mægenes behofa,
    godra gurinca;         wutun gongan to,
    helpan hildfruman,         þenden hyt sy,
    2650
    gledegesa grim.         God wat on mec
    þæt me is micle leofre         þæt minne lichaman
    mid minne goldgyfan         gled fæmie.
    Ne þynce me gerysne         þæt we rondas beren
    eft to earde,         nemne we æror mægen
    2655
    fane gefyllan,         feorh ealgian
    Wedra eodnes.         Ic wat geare
    þæt næron ealdgewyrht,         þæt he ana scyle
    Geata dugue         gnorn þrowian,
    gesigan æt sæcce;         urum sceal sweord ond helm,
    2660
    byrne ond beaduscrud,         bam gemæne."
    Wod þa þurh þone wælrec,         wigheafolan bær
    frean on fultum,         fea worda cwæ:
    "Leofa Biowulf,         læst eall tela,
    swa u on geogufeore         geara gecwæde
    2665
    þæt u ne alæte         be e lifigendum
    dom gedreosan.         Scealt nu dædum rof,
    æeling anhydig,         ealle mægene
    feorh ealgian;         ic e fullæstu."
    æfter am wordum         wyrm yrre cwom,
    2670
    atol inwitgæst,         ore sie
    fyrwylmum fah         fionda niosian,
    lara manna;         ligyum for.
    Born bord wi rond,         byrne ne meahte
    geongum garwigan         geoce gefremman,
    2675
    ac se maga geonga         under his mæges scyld
    elne geeode,         þa his agen wæs
    gledum forgrunden.         þa gen gucyning
    mæra gemunde,         mægenstrengo sloh
    hildebille,         þæt hyt on heafolan stod
    2680
    niþe genyded;         Nægling forbærst,
    geswac æt sæcce         sweord Biowulfes,
    gomol ond grægmæl.         Him þæt gifee ne wæs
    þæt him irenna         ecge mihton
    helpan æt hilde;         wæs sio hond to strong,
    2685
    se e meca gehwane,         mine gefræge,
    swenge ofersohte,         þonne he to sæcce bær
    wæpen wundrum heard;         næs him wihte e sel.
    þa wæs þeodsceaa         þriddan sie,
    frecne fyrdraca,         fæha gemyndig,
    2690
    ræsde on one rofan,         þa him rum ageald,
    hat ond heaogrim,         heals ealne ymbefeng
    biteran banum;         he geblodegod wear
    sawuldriore,         swat yum weoll.
    a ic æt þearfe gefrægn         þeodcyninges
    2695
    andlongne eorl         ellen cyan,
    cræft ond cenu,         swa him gecynde wæs.
    Ne hedde he þæs heafolan,         ac sio hand gebarn
    modiges mannes,         þær he his mæges healp,
    þæt he þone nigæst         nioor hwene sloh,
    2700
    secg on searwum,         þæt æt sweord gedeaf,
    fah ond fæted,         þæt æt fyr ongon
    swerian syan.         þa gen sylf cyning
    geweold his gewitte,         wællseaxe gebræd
    biter ond beaduscearp,         þæt he on byrnan wæg;
    2705
    forwrat Wedra helm         wyrm on middan.
    Feond gefyldan         (ferh ellen wræc),
    ond hi hyne þa begen         abroten hæfdon,
    sibæelingas.         Swylc sceolde secg wesan,
    þegn æt earfe!         þæt am þeodne wæs
    2710
    siast sigehwila         sylfes dædum,
    worlde geweorces.         a sio wund ongon,
    þe him se eordraca         ær geworhte,
    swelan ond swellan;         he þæt sona onfand,
    þæt him on breostum         bealonie weoll
    2715
    attor on innan.         a se æeling giong
    þæt he bi wealle         wishycgende
    gesæt on sesse;         seah on enta geweorc,
    hu a stanbogan         stapulum fæste
    ece eorreced         innan healde.
    2720
    Hyne þa mid handa         heorodreorigne,
    þeoden mærne,         þegn ungemete till
    winedryhten his         wætere gelafede,
    hilde sædne,         ond his helm onspeon.
    Biowulf maþelode         (he ofer benne spræc,
    2725
    wunde wælbleate;         wisse he gearwe
    þæt he dæghwila         gedrogen hæfde,
    eoran wynne;         a wæs eall sceacen
    dogorgerimes,         dea ungemete neah):
    "Nu ic suna minum         syllan wolde
    2730
    gugewædu,         þær me gifee swa
    ænig yrfeweard         æfter wurde
    lice gelenge.         Ic as leode heold
    fiftig wintra;         næs se folccyning,
    ymbesittendra         ænig ara,
    2735
    þe mec guwinum         gretan dorste,
    egesan eon.         Ic on earde bad
    mælgesceafta,         heold min tela,
    ne sohte searonias,         ne me swor fela
    aa on unriht.         Ic æs ealles mæg
    2740
    feorhbennum seoc         gefean habban;
    for am me witan ne earf         waldend fira
    mororbealo maga,         þonne min sceace
    lif of lice.         Nu u lungre geong
    hord sceawian         under harne stan,
    2745
    Wiglaf leofa,         nu se wyrm lige,
    swefe sare wund,         since bereafod.
    Bio nu on ofoste,         þæt ic ærwelan,
    goldæht ongite,         gearo sceawige
    swegle searogimmas,         þæt ic y seft mæge
    2750
    æfter maumwelan         min alætan
    lif ond leodscipe,         þone ic longe heold."
    a ic snude gefrægn         sunu Wihstanes
    æfter wordcwydum         wundum dryhtne
    hyran heaosiocum,         hringnet beran,
    2755
    brogdne beadusercean         under beorges hrof.
    Geseah a sigehreig,         þa he bi sesse geong,
    magoþegn modig         maumsigla fealo,
    gold glitinian         grunde getenge,
    wundur on wealle,         ond þæs wyrmes denn,
    2760
    ealdes uhtflogan,         orcas stondan,
    fyrnmanna fatu         feormendlease,
    hyrstum behrorene;         þær wæs helm monig
    eald ond omig,         earmbeaga fela
    searwum gesæled.         Sinc eae mæg,
    2765
    gold on grunde,         gumcynnes gehwone
    oferhigian,         hyde se e wylle.
    Swylce he siomian geseah         segn eallgylden
    heah ofer horde,         hondwundra mæst,
    gelocen leoocræftum;         of am leoma stod,
    2770
    þæt he þone grundwong         ongitan meahte,
    wræte giondwlitan.         Næs æs wyrmes þær
    onsyn ænig,         ac hyne ecg fornam.
    a ic on hlæwe gefrægn         hord reafian,
    eald enta geweorc,         anne mannan,
    2775
    him on bearm hladon         bunan ond discas
    sylfes dome;         segn eac genom,
    beacna beorhtost.         Bill ær gescod
    (ecg wæs iren)         ealdhlafordes
    þam ara mama         mundbora wæs
    2780
    longe hwile,         ligegesan wæg
    hatne for horde,         hioroweallende
    middelnihtum,         oþæt he morre swealt.
    Ar wæs on ofoste,         eftsies georn,
    frætwum gefyrred;         hyne fyrwet bræc,
    2785
    hwæer collenfer         cwicne gemette
    in am wongstede         Wedra þeoden
    ellensiocne,         þær he hine ær forlet.
    He a mid þam mamum         mærne þioden,
    dryhten sinne,         driorigne fand
    2790
    ealdres æt ende;         he hine eft ongon
    wæteres weorpan,         oþæt wordes ord
    breosthord þurhbræc.        
    gomel on giohe         (gold sceawode):
    "Ic ara frætwa         frean ealles anc,
    2795
    wuldurcyninge,         wordum secge,
    ecum dryhtne,         þe ic her on starie,
    þæs e ic moste         minum leodum
    ær swyltdæge         swylc gestrynan.
    Nu ic on mama hord         mine bebohte
    2800
    frode feorhlege,         fremma gena
    leoda þearfe;         ne mæg ic her leng wesan.
    Hata heaomære         hlæw gewyrcean
    beorhtne æfter bæle         æt brimes nosan;
    se scel to gemyndum         minum leodum
    2805
    heah hlifian         on Hronesnæsse,
    þæt hit sæliend         syan hatan
    Biowulfes biorh,         a e brentingas
    ofer floda genipu         feorran drifa."
    Dyde him of healse         hring gyldenne
    2810
    þioden þristhydig,         þegne gesealde,
    geongum garwigan,         goldfahne helm,
    beah ond byrnan,         het hyne brucan well:
    "þu eart endelaf         usses cynnes,
    Wægmundinga.         Ealle wyrd forsweop
    2815
    mine magas         to metodsceafte,
    eorlas on elne;         ic him æfter sceal."
    þæt wæs þam gomelan         gingæste word
    breostgehygdum,         ær he bæl cure,
    hate heaowylmas;         him of hrere gewat
    2820
    sawol secean         sofæstra dom.
    a wæs gegongen         guman unfrodum
    earfolice,         þæt he on eoran geseah
    þone leofestan         lifes æt ende
    bleate gebæran.         Bona swylce læg,
    2825
    egeslic eordraca         ealdre bereafod,
    bealwe gebæded.         Beahhordum leng
    wyrm wohbogen         wealdan ne moste,
    ac hine irenna         ecga fornamon,
    hearde, heaoscearde         homera lafe,
    2830
    þæt se widfloga         wundum stille
    hreas on hrusan         hordærne neah.
    Nalles æfter lyfte         lacende hwearf
    middelnihtum,         mamæhta wlonc
    ansyn ywde,         ac he eoran gefeoll
    2835
    for æs hildfruman         hondgeweorce.
    Huru þæt on lande         lyt manna ah,
    mægenagendra,         mine gefræge,
    þeah e he dæda gehwæs         dyrstig wære,
    þæt he wi attorsceaan         oree geræsde,
    2840
    oe hringsele         hondum styrede,
    gif he wæccende         weard onfunde
    buon on beorge.         Biowulfe wear
    dryhtmama dæl         deae forgolden;
    hæfde æghwæer         ende gefered
    2845
    lænan lifes.         Næs a lang to on
    þæt a hildlatan         holt ofgefan,
    tydre treowlogan         tyne ætsomne.
    a ne dorston ær         dareum lacan
    on hyra mandryhtnes         miclan þearfe,
    2850
    ac hy scamiende         scyldas bæran,
    gugewædu,         þær se gomela læg,
    wlitan on Wilaf.         He gewergad sæt,
    feecempa,         frean eaxlum neah,
    wehte hyne wætre;         him wiht ne speow.
    2855
    Ne meahte he on eoran,         eah he ue wel,
    on am frumgare         feorh gehealdan,
    ne æs wealdendes         wiht oncirran;
    wolde dom godes         dædum rædan
    gumena gehwylcum,         swa he nu gen de.
    2860
    þa wæs æt am geongan         grim ondswaru
    ebegete         þam e ær his elne forleas.
    Wiglaf maelode,         Weohstanes sunu,
    sec, sarigfer         (seah on unleofe):
    "þæt, la, mæg secgan         se e wyle so specan
    2865
    þæt se mondryhten         se eow a mamas geaf,
    eoredgeatwe,         þe ge þær on standa,
    þonne he on ealubence         oft gesealde
    healsittendum         helm ond byrnan,
    þeoden his þegnum,         swylce he þrydlicost
    2870
    ower feor oe neah         findan meahte,
    þæt he genunga         gugewædu
    wrae forwurpe,         a hyne wig beget.
    Nealles folccyning         fyrdgesteallum
    gylpan þorfte;         hwære him god ue,
    2875
    sigora waldend,         þæt he hyne sylfne gewræc
    ana mid ecge,         þa him wæs elnes þearf.
    Ic him lifwrae         lytle meahte
    ætgifan æt gue,         ond ongan swa þeah
    ofer min gemet         mæges helpan;
    2880
    symle wæs þy sæmra,         þonne ic sweorde drep
    ferhgenilan,         fyr unswior
    weoll of gewitte.         Wergendra to lyt
    þrong ymbe þeoden,         þa hyne sio þrag becwom.
    Nu sceal sincþego         ond swyrdgifu,
    2885
    eall eelwyn         eowrum cynne,
    lufen alicgean;         londrihtes mot
    þære mægburge         monna æghwylc
    idel hweorfan,         syan æelingas
    feorran gefricgean         fleam eowerne,
    2890
    domleasan dæd.         Dea bi sella
    eorla gehwylcum         þonne edwitlif!"
    Heht a þæt heaoweorc         to hagan biodan
    up ofer ecgclif,         þær þæt eorlweorod
    morgenlongne dæg         modgiomor sæt,
    2895
    bordhæbbende,         bega on wenum,
    endedogores         ond eftcymes
    leofes monnes.         Lyt swigode
    niwra spella         se e næs gerad,
    ac he solice         sægde ofer ealle:
    2900
    "Nu is wilgeofa         Wedra leoda,
    dryhten Geata,         deabedde fæst,
    wuna wælreste         wyrmes dædum.
    Him on efn lige         ealdorgewinna
    sexbennum seoc;         sweorde ne meahte
    2905
    on am aglæcean         ænige þinga
    wunde gewyrcean.         Wiglaf site
    ofer Biowulfe,         byre Wihstanes,
    eorl ofer orum         unlifigendum,
    healde higemæum         heafodwearde
    2910
    leofes ond laes.         Nu ys leodum wen
    orleghwile,         syan underne
    Froncum ond Frysum         fyll cyninges
    wide weore.         Wæs sio wroht scepen
    heard wi Hugas,         syan Higelac cwom
    2915
    faran flotherge         on Fresna land,
    þær hyne Hetware         hilde genægdon,
    elne geeodon         mid ofermægene,
    þæt se byrnwiga         bugan sceolde,
    feoll on fean,         nalles frætwe geaf
    2920
    ealdor dugoe.         Us wæs a syan
    Merewioingas         milts ungyfee.
    Ne ic to Sweoeode         sibbe oe treowe
    wihte ne wene,         ac wæs wide cu
    þætte Ongenio         ealdre besnyede
    2925
    Hæcen Hreþling         wi Hrefnawudu,
    þa for onmedlan         ærest gesohton
    Geata leode         Guscilfingas.
    Sona him se froda         fæder Ohtheres,
    eald ond egesfull,         ondslyht ageaf,
    2930
    abreot brimwisan,         bryd ahredde,
    gomela iomeowlan         golde berofene,
    Onelan modor         ond Ohtheres,
    ond a folgode         feorhgenilan,
    oæt hi oeodon         earfolice
    2935
    in Hrefnesholt         hlafordlease.
    Besæt a sinherge         sweorda lafe,
    wundum werge,         wean oft gehet
    earmre teohhe         ondlonge niht,
    cwæ, he on mergenne         meces ecgum
    2940
    getan wolde,         sum on galgtreowum
    fuglum to gamene.         Frofor eft gelamp
    sarigmodum         somod ærdæge,
    syan hie Hygelaces         horn ond byman,
    gealdor ongeaton,         þa se goda com
    2945
    leoda dugoe         on last faran.
    Wæs sio swatswau         Sweona ond Geata,
    wælræs weora         wide gesyne,
    hu a folc mid him         fæhe towehton.
    Gewat him a se goda         mid his gædelingum,
    2950
    frod, felageomor,         fæsten secean,
    eorl Ongenþio,         ufor oncirde;
    hæfde Higelaces         hilde gefrunen,
    wlonces wigcræft,         wires ne truwode,
    þæt he sæmannum         onsacan mihte,
    2955
    heaoliendum         hord forstandan,
    bearn ond bryde;         beah eft þonan
    eald under eorweall.         þa wæs æht boden
    Sweona leodum,         segn Higelaces
    freoowong þone         for ofereodon,
    2960
    syan Hrelingas         to hagan þrungon.
    þær wear Ongeniow         ecgum sweorda,
    blondenfexa,         on bid wrecen,
    þæt se þeodcyning         afian sceolde
    Eafores anne dom.         Hyne yrringa
    2965
    Wulf Wonreding         wæpne geræhte,
    þæt him for swenge         swat ædrum sprong
    for under fexe.         Næs he forht swa eh,
    gomela Scilfing,         ac forgeald hrae
    wyrsan wrixle         wælhlem þone,
    2970
    syan eodcyning         þyder oncirde.
    Ne meahte se snella         sunu Wonredes
    ealdum ceorle         ondslyht giofan,
    ac he him on heafde         helm ær gescer,
    þæt he blode fah         bugan sceolde,
    2975
    feoll on foldan;         næs he fæge þa git,
    ac he hyne gewyrpte,         þeah e him wund hrine.
    Let se hearda         Higelaces þegn
    bradne mece,         þa his broor læg,
    eald sweord eotonisc,         entiscne helm
    2980
    brecan ofer bordweal;         a gebeah cyning,
    folces hyrde,         wæs in feorh dropen.
    a wæron monige         þe his mæg wrion,
    ricone arærdon,         a him gerymed wear
    þæt hie wælstowe         wealdan moston.
    2985
    þenden reafode         rinc oerne,
    nam on Ongenio         irenbyrnan,
    heard swyrd hilted         ond his helm somod,
    hares hyrste         Higelace bær.
    He am frætwum feng         ond him fægre gehet
    2990
    leana mid leodum,         ond gelæste swa;
    geald þone guræs         Geata dryhten,
    Hreles eafora,         þa he to ham becom,
    Iofore ond Wulfe         mid ofermamum,
    sealde hiora gehwærum         hund þusenda
    2995
    landes ond locenra beaga         (ne orfte him a lean owitan
    mon on middangearde),         syan hie a mæra geslogon,
    ond a Iofore forgeaf         angan dohtor,
    hamweorunge,         hyldo to wedde.
    þæt ys sio fæho         ond se feondscipe,
    3000
    wælni wera,         æs e ic wen hafo,
    þe us secea to         Sweona leoda,
    syan hie gefricgea         frean userne
    ealdorleasne,         þone e ær geheold
    wi hettendum         hord ond rice
    3005
    æfter hælea hryre,         hwate Scildingas,
    folcred fremede         oe furur gen
    eorlscipe efnde.         Nu is ofost betost
    þæt we þeodcyning         þær sceawian
    ond þone gebringan,         þe us beagas geaf,
    3010
    on adfære.         Ne scel anes hwæt
    meltan mid þam modigan,         ac þær is mama hord,
    gold unrime         grimme geceapod,
    ond nu æt siestan         sylfes feore
    beagas gebohte.         þa sceall brond fretan,
    3015
    æled þeccean,         nalles eorl wegan
    maum to gemyndum,         ne mæg scyne
    habban on healse         hringweorunge,
    ac sceal geomormod,         golde bereafod,
    oft nalles æne         elland tredan,
    3020
    nu se herewisa         hleahtor alegde,
    gamen ond gleodream.         Foron sceall gar wesan
    monig, morgenceald,         mundum bewunden,
    hæfen on handa,         nalles hearpan sweg
    wigend weccean,         ac se wonna hrefn
    3025
    fus ofer fægum         fela reordian,
    earne secgan         hu him æt æte speow,
    þenden he wi wulf         wæl reafode."
    Swa se secg hwata         secggende wæs
    lara spella;         he ne leag fela
    3030
    wyrda ne worda.         Weorod eall aras;
    eodon unblie         under Earnanæs,
    wollenteare         wundur sceawian.
    Fundon a on sande         sawulleasne
    hlimbed healdan         þone þe him hringas geaf
    3035
    ærran mælum;         þa wæs endedæg
    godum gegongen,         þæt se gucyning,
    Wedra þeoden,         wundordeae swealt.
    ær hi þær gesegan         syllicran wiht,
    wyrm on wonge         wierræhtes þær
    3040
    lane licgean;         wæs se legdraca
    grimlic, gryrefah,         gledum beswæled.
    Se wæs fiftiges         fotgemearces
    lang on legere,         lyftwynne heold
    nihtes hwilum,         nyer eft gewat
    3045
    dennes niosian;         wæs a deae fæst,
    hæfde eorscrafa         ende genyttod.
    Him big stodan         bunan ond orcas,
    discas lagon         ond dyre swyrd,
    omige, þurhetone,         swa hie wi eoran fæm
    3050
    þusend wintra         þær eardodon.
    þonne wæs þæt yrfe,         eacencræftig,
    iumonna gold         galdre bewunden,
    þæt am hringsele         hrinan ne moste
    gumena ænig,         nefne god sylfa,
    3055
    sigora socyning,         sealde þam e he wolde
    (he is manna gehyld)         hord openian,
    efne swa hwylcum manna         swa him gemet uhte.
    þa wæs gesyne         þæt se si ne ah
    þam e unrihte         inne gehydde
    3060
    wræte under wealle.         Weard ær ofsloh
    feara sumne;         þa sio fæh gewear
    gewrecen wralice.         Wundur hwar þonne
    eorl ellenrof         ende gefere
    lifgesceafta,         þonne leng ne mæg
    3065
    mon mid his magum         meduseld buan.
    Swa wæs Biowulfe,         þa he biorges weard
    sohte, searonias;         seolfa ne cue
    þurh hwæt his worulde gedal         weoran sceolde.
    Swa hit o domes dæg         diope benemdon
    3070
    þeodnas mære,         þa æt þær dydon,
    þæt se secg wære         synnum scildig,
    hergum geheaerod,         hellbendum fæst,
    wommum gewitnad,         se one wong strude,
    næs he goldhwæte         gearwor hæfde
    3075
    agendes est         ær gesceawod.
    Wiglaf maelode,         Wihstanes sunu:
    "Oft sceall eorl monig         anes willan
    wræc adreogan,         swa us geworden is.
    Ne meahton we gelæran         leofne þeoden,
    3080
    rices hyrde,         ræd ænigne,
    þæt he ne grette         goldweard þone,
    lete hyne licgean         þær he longe wæs,
    wicum wunian         o woruldende;
    heold on heahgesceap.         Hord ys gesceawod,
    3085
    grimme gegongen;         wæs þæt gifee to swi
    þe one þeodcyning         þyder ontyhte.
    Ic wæs þær inne         ond þæt eall geondseh,
    recedes geatwa,         þa me gerymed wæs,
    nealles swæslice         si alyfed
    3090
    inn under eorweall.         Ic on ofoste gefeng
    micle mid mundum         mægenbyrenne
    hordgestreona,         hider ut ætbær
    cyninge minum.         Cwico wæs þa gena,
    wis ond gewittig;         worn eall gespræc
    3095
    gomol on geho         ond eowic gretan het,
    bæd þæt ge geworhton         æfter wines dædum
    in bælstede         beorh þone hean,
    micelne ond mærne,         swa he manna wæs
    wigend weorfullost         wide geond eoran,
    3100
    þenden he burhwelan         brucan moste.
    Uton nu efstan         ore sie,
    seon ond secean         searogimma geþræc,
    wundur under wealle;         ic eow wisige,
    þæt ge genoge         neon sceawia
    3105
    beagas ond brad gold.         Sie sio bær gearo,
    ædre geæfned,         þonne we ut cymen,
    ond þonne geferian         frean userne,
    leofne mannan,         þær he longe sceal
    on æs waldendes         wære geþolian."
    3110
    Het a gebeodan         byre Wihstanes,
    hæle hildedior,         hælea monegum,
    boldagendra,         þæt hie bælwudu
    feorran feredon,         folcagende,
    godum togenes:         "Nu sceal gled fretan,
    3115
    weaxan wonna leg         wigena strengel,
    þone e oft gebad         isernscure,
    þonne stræla storm         strengum gebæded
    scoc ofer scildweall,         sceft nytte heold,
    feergearwum fus         flane fulleode."
    3120
    Huru se snotra         sunu Wihstanes
    acigde of corre         cyninges þegnas
    syfone tosomne,         þa selestan,
    eode eahta sum         under inwithrof
    hilderinca;         sum on handa bær
    3125
    æledleoman,         se e on orde geong.
    Næs a on hlytme         hwa þæt hord strude,
    syan orwearde         ænigne dæl
    secgas gesegon         on sele wunian,
    læne licgan;         lyt ænig mearn
    3130
    þæt hi ofostlice         ut geferedon
    dyre mamas.         Dracan ec scufun,
    wyrm ofer weallclif,         leton weg niman,
    flod fæmian         frætwa hyrde.
    þa wæs wunden gold         on wæn hladen,
    3135
    æghwæs unrim,         æþeling boren,
    har hilderinc         to Hronesnæsse.
    Him a gegiredan         Geata leode
    ad on eoran         unwaclicne,
    helmum behongen,         hildebordum,
    3140
    beorhtum byrnum,         swa he bena wæs;
    alegdon a tomiddes         mærne þeoden
    hæle hiofende,         hlaford leofne.
    Ongunnon þa on beorge         bælfyra mæst
    wigend weccan;         wudurec astah,
    3145
    sweart ofer swioole,         swogende leg
    wope bewunden         (windblond gelæg),
    oþæt he a banhus         gebrocen hæfde,
    hat on hrere.         Higum unrote
    modceare mændon,         mondryhtnes cwealm;
    3150
    swylce giomorgyd         Geatisc meowle
            bundenheorde
    song sorgcearig         swie geneahhe
    þæt hio hyre heofungdagas         hearde ondrede,
    wælfylla worn,         werudes egesan,
    3155
    hyno ond hæftnyd.         Heofon rece swealg.
    Geworhton a         Wedra leode
    hleo on hoe,         se wæs heah ond brad,
    wægliendum         wide gesyne,
    ond betimbredon         on tyn dagum
    3160
    beadurofes becn,         bronda lafe
    wealle beworhton,         swa hyt weorlicost
    foresnotre men         findan mihton.
    Hi on beorg dydon         beg ond siglu,
    eall swylce hyrsta,         swylce on horde ær
    3165
    nihedige men         genumen hæfdon,
    forleton eorla gestreon         eoran healdan,
    gold on greote,         þær hit nu gen lifa
    eldum swa unnyt         swa hit æror wæs.
    þa ymbe hlæw riodan         hildediore,
    3170
    æþelinga bearn,         ealra twelfe,
    woldon ceare cwian         ond kyning mænan,
    wordgyd wrecan         ond ymb wer sprecan;
    eahtodan eorlscipe         ond his ellenweorc
    duguum demdon,         swa hit gedefe bi
    3175
    þæt mon his winedryhten         wordum herge,
    ferhum freoge,         þonne he for scile
    of lichaman         læded weoran.
    Swa begnornodon         Geata leode
    hlafordes hryre,         heorgeneatas,
    3180
    cwædon þæt he wære         wyruldcyninga
    manna mildust         ond monwærust,
    leodum liost         ond lofgeornost.

    Judith

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         tweode
    gifena in ys ginnan grunde.      Heo ar a gearwe funde
    mundbyrd æt am mæran þeodne,      þa heo ahte mæste þearfe,
    hyldo þæs hehstan deman,      þæt he hie wi þæs hehstan brogan
    5
    gefriode, fryma waldend.      Hyre æs fæder on roderum
    torhtmod tie gefremede,      þe heo ahte trumne geleafan
    a to am ælmihtigan.      Gefrægen ic a Holofernus
    winhatan wyrcean georne      ond eallum wundrum þrymlic
    girwan up swæsendo.      To am het se gumena baldor
    10
    ealle a yldestan egnas;      hie æt ofstum miclum
    ræfndon, rondwiggende,      comon to am rican þeodne
    feran, folces ræswan.      þæt wæs þy feoran dogore
    þæs e Iudith hyne,      gleaw on geonce,
    ides ælfscinu,      ærest gesohte.
    15
    Hie a to am symle      sittan eodon,
    wlance to wingedrince,      ealle his weagesias,
    bealde byrnwiggende.      þær wæron bollan steape
    boren æfter bencum gelome,      swylce eac bunan ond orcas
    fulle fletsittendum;      hie þæt fæge þegon,
    20
    rofe rondwiggende,      þeah æs se rica ne wende,
    egesful eorla dryhten.      a wear Holofernus,
    goldwine gumena,      on gytesalum,
    hloh ond hlydde,      hlynede ond dynede,
    þæt mihten fira bearn      feorran gehyran
    25
    hu se stimoda      styrmde ond gylede,
    modig ond medugal,      manode geneahhe
    bencsittende      þæt hi gebærdon wel.
    Swa se inwidda      ofer ealne dæg
    dryhtguman sine      drencte mid wine,
    30
    swimod sinces brytta,      oþæt hie on swiman lagon,
    oferdrencte his dugue ealle,      swylce hie wæron deae geslegene,
    agotene goda gehwylces.      Swa het se gumena aldor
    fylgan fletsittendum,      oþæt fira bearnum
    nealæhte niht seo þystre.      Het a nia geblonden
    35
    þa eadigan mæg      ofstum fetigan
    to his bedreste      beagum gehlæste,
    hringum gehrodene.      Hie hrae fremedon,
    anbyhtscealcas,      swa him heora ealdor bebead,
    byrnwigena brego,      bearhtme stopon
    40
    to am gysterne,      þær hie Iudithe
    fundon ferhgleawe,      ond a fromlice
    lindwiggende      lædan ongunnon
    þa torhtan mæg      to træfe þam hean,
    þær se rica hyne      reste on symbel
    45
    nihtes inne,      nergende la,
    Holofernus.      þær wæs eallgylden
    fleohnet fæger      ymbe þæs folctogan
    bed ahongen,      þæt se bealofulla
    mihte wlitan þurh,      wigena baldor,
    50
    on æghwylcne      þe ær inne com
    hælea bearna,      ond on hyne nænig
    monna cynnes,      nyme se modiga hwæne
    nie rofra      him þe near hete
    rinca to rune gegangan.      Hie a on reste gebrohton
    55
    snude a snoteran idese;      eodon a stercedferhe,
    hæle heora hearran cyan      þæt wæs seo halige meowle
    gebroht on his burgetelde.      þa wear se brema on mode
    blie, burga ealdor,      þohte a beorhtan idese
    mid widle ond mid womme besmitan.      Ne wolde þæt wuldres dema
    60
    geafian, þrymmes hyrde,      ac he him þæs inges gestyrde,
    dryhten, dugea waldend.      Gewat a se deofulcunda,
    galferh gumena reate     
    bealofull his beddes neosan,      þær he sceolde his blæd forleosan
    ædre binnan anre nihte;      hæfde a his ende gebidenne
    65
    on eoran unswæslicne,      swylcne he ær æfter worhte,
    þearlmod eoden gumena,      þenden he on ysse worulde
    wunode under wolcna hrofe.      Gefeol a wine swa druncen
    se rica on his reste middan,      swa he nyste ræda nanne
    on gewitlocan.      Wiggend stopon
    70
    ut of am inne      ofstum miclum,
    weras winsade,      þe one wærlogan,
    lane leodhatan,      læddon to bedde
    nehstan sie.      þa wæs nergendes
    þeowen þrymful,      þearle gemyndig
    75
    hu heo þone atolan      eaost mihte
    ealdre benæman      ær se unsyfra,
    womfull, onwoce.      Genam a wundenlocc
    scyppendes mæg      scearpne mece,
    scurum heardne,      ond of sceae abræd
    80
    swiran folme;      ongan a swegles weard
    be naman nemnan,      nergend ealra
    woruldbuendra,      ond þæt word acwæ:
    "Ic e, fryma god      ond frofre gæst,
    bearn alwaldan,      biddan wylle
    85
    miltse þinre      me þearfendre,
    rynesse rym.      þearle ys me nu a
    heorte onhæted      ond hige geomor,
    swye mid sorgum gedrefed.      Forgif me, swegles ealdor,
    sigor ond sone geleafan,      þæt ic mid þys sweorde mote
    90
    geheawan þysne morres bryttan;      geunne me minra gesynta,
    þearlmod þeoden gumena.      Nahte ic þinre næfre
    miltse þon maran þearfe.      Gewrec nu, mihtig dryhten,
    torhtmod tires brytta,      þæt me ys þus torne on mode,
    hate on hrere minum."      Hi a se hehsta dema
    95
    ædre mid elne onbryrde,      swa he de anra gehwylcne
    herbuendra      þe hyne him to helpe sece
    mid ræde ond mid rihte geleafan.      þa wear hyre rume on mode,
    haligre hyht geniwod;      genam a þone hæenan mannan
    fæste be feaxe sinum,      teah hyne folmum wi hyre weard
    100
    bysmerlice,      ond þone bealofullan
    listum alede,      lane mannan,
    swa heo æs unlædan      eaost mihte
    wel gewealdan.      Sloh a wundenlocc
    þone feondsceaan      fagum mece,
    105
    heteþoncolne,      þæt heo healfne forcearf
    þone sweoran him,      þæt he on swiman læg,
    druncen ond dolhwund.      Næs a dead þa gyt,
    ealles orsawle;      sloh a eornoste
    ides ellenrof      ore sie
    110
    þone hæenan hund,      þæt him þæt heafod wand
    for on a flore.      Læg se fula leap
    gesne beæftan,      gæst ellor hwearf
    under neowelne næs      ond ær genyerad wæs,
    susle gesæled      syan æfre,
    115
    wyrmum bewunden,      witum gebunden,
    hearde gehæfted      in hellebryne
    æfter hinsie.      Ne earf he hopian no,
    þystrum forylmed,      þæt he onan mote
    of am wyrmsele,      ac ær wunian sceal
    120
    awa to aldre      butan ende for
    in am heolstran ham,      hyhtwynna leas.
    Hæfde a gefohten      foremærne blæd
    Iudith æt gue,      swa hyre god ue,
    swegles ealdor,      þe hyre sigores onleah.
    125
    þa seo snotere mæg      snude gebrohte
    þæs herewæan      heafod swa blodig
    on am fætelse      þe hyre foregenga,
    blachleor ides,      hyra begea nest,
    eawum geungen,      þyder on lædde,
    130
    ond hit þa swa heolfrig      hyre on hond ageaf,
    higeoncolre,      ham to berenne,
    Iudith gingran sinre.      Eodon a gegnum þanonne
    þa idesa ba      ellenþriste,
    oþæt hie becomon,      collenferhe,
    135
    eadhreige mæg,      ut of am herige,
    þæt hie sweotollice      geseon mihten
    þære wlitegan byrig      weallas blican,
    Bethuliam.      Hie a beahhrodene
    feelaste      for onettan,
    140
    o hie glædmode      gegan hæfdon
    to am wealgate.      Wiggend sæton,
    weras wæccende      wearde heoldon
    in am fæstenne,      swa am folce ær
    geomormodum      Iudith bebead,
    145
    searooncol mæg,      þa heo on si gewat,
    ides ellenrof.      Wæs a eft cumen
    leof to leodum,      ond a lungre het
    gleawhydig wif      gumena sumne
    of ære ginnan byrig      hyre togeanes gan,
    150
    ond hi ofostlice      in forleton
    þurh æs wealles geat,      ond þæt word acwæ
    to am sigefolce:      "Ic eow secgan mæg
    þoncwyre þing,      þæt ge ne þyrfen leng
    murnan on mode.      Eow ys metod blie,
    155
    cyninga wuldor;      þæt gecyed wear
    geond woruld wide,      þæt eow ys wuldorblæd
    torhtlic toweard      ond tir gifee
    þara læa      þe ge lange drugon."
    þa wurdon blie      burhsittende,
    160
    syan hi gehyrdon      hu seo halige spræc
    ofer heanne weall.      Here wæs on lustum.
    Wi þæs fæstengeates      folc onette,
    weras wif somod,      wornum ond heapum,
    reatum ond rymmum      þrungon ond urnon
    165
    ongean a þeodnes mæg      þusendmælum,
    ealde ge geonge.      æghwylcum wear
    men on ære medobyrig      mod areted,
    syan hie ongeaton      þæt wæs Iudith cumen
    eft to ele,      ond a ofostlice
    170
    hie mid eamedum      in forleton.
    þa seo gleawe het,      golde gefrætewod,
    hyre inenne      þancolmode
    þæs herewæan      heafod onwrian
    ond hyt to behe      blodig ætywan
    175
    þam burhleodum,      hu hyre æt beaduwe gespeow.
    Spræc a seo æele      to eallum þam folce:
    "Her ge magon sweotole,      sigerofe hæle,
    leoda ræswan,      on æs laestan
    hæenes heaorinces      heafod starian,
    180
    Holofernus      unlyfigendes,
    þe us monna mæst      morra gefremede,
    sarra sorga,      ond þæt swyor gyt
    ycan wolde,      ac him ne ue god
    lengran lifes,      þæt he mid læum us
    185
    eglan moste;      ic him ealdor oþrong
    þurh godes fultum.      Nu ic gumena gehwæne
    þyssa burgleoda      biddan wylle,
    randwiggendra,      þæt ge recene eow
    fysan to gefeohte.      Syan fryma god,
    190
    arfæst cyning,      eastan sende
    leohtne leoman,      bera linde for,
    bord for breostum      ond byrnhomas,
    scire helmas      in sceaena gemong,
    fyllan folctogan      fagum sweordum,
    195
    fæge frumgaras.      Fynd syndon eowere
    gedemed to deae,      ond ge dom agon,
    tir æt tohtan,      swa eow getacnod hafa
    mihtig dryhten      þurh mine hand."
    þa wear snelra werod      snude gegearewod,
    200
    cenra to campe.      Stopon cynerofe
    secgas ond gesias,      bæron sigeþufas,
    foron to gefeohte      for on gerihte,
    hæle under helmum,      of ære haligan byrig
    on æt dægred sylf.      Dynedan scildas,
    205
    hlude hlummon.      þæs se hlanca gefeah
    wulf in walde,      ond se wanna hrefn,
    wælgifre fugel.      Wistan begen
    þæt him a þeodguman      þohton tilian
    fylle on fægum;      ac him fleah on last
    210
    earn ætes georn,      urigfeera,
    salowigpada      sang hildeleo,
    hyrnednebba.      Stopon heaorincas,
    beornas to beadowe,      bordum beeahte,
    hwealfum lindum,      þa e hwile ær
    215
    eleodigra      edwit þoledon,
    hæenra hosp.      Him þæt hearde wear
    æt am æscplegan      eallum forgolden,
    Assyrium,      syan Ebreas
    under gufanum      gegan hæfdon
    220
    to am fyrdwicum.      Hie a fromlice
    leton for fleogan      flana scuras,
    hildenædran,      of hornbogan,
    strælas stedehearde;      styrmdon hlude
    grame gufrecan,      garas sendon
    225
    in heardra gemang.      Hæle wæron yrre,
    landbuende,      laum cynne,
    stopon styrnmode,      stercedferhe,
    wrehton unsofte      ealdgenilan
    medowerige;      mundum brugdon
    230
    scealcas of sceaum      scirmæled swyrd,
    ecgum gecoste,      slogon eornoste
    Assiria      oretmæcgas,
    nihycgende,      nanne ne sparedon
    þæs herefolces,      heanne ne ricne,
    235
    cwicera manna      þe hie ofercuman mihton.
    Swa a magoþegnas      on a morgentid
    ehton eleoda      ealle þrage,
    oþæt ongeaton      a e grame wæron,
    æs herefolces      heafodweardas,
    240
    þæt him swyrdgeswing      swilic eowdon
    weras Ebrisce.      Hie wordum þæt
    þam yldestan      ealdorþegnum
    cyan eodon,      wrehton cumbolwigan
    ond him forhtlice      færspel bodedon,
    245
    medowerigum      morgencollan,
    atolne ecgplegan.      þa ic ædre gefrægn
    slegefæge hæle      slæpe tobredon
    ond wi þæs bealofullan      burgeteldes
    werigferhe      hwearfum þringan,
    250
    Holofernus.      Hogedon aninga
    hyra hlaforde      hilde bodian,
    æron e him se egesa      on ufan sæte,
    mægen Ebrea.      Mynton ealle
    þæt se beorna brego      ond seo beorhte mæg
    255
    in am wlitegan træfe      wæron ætsomne,
    Iudith seo æele      ond se galmoda,
    egesfull ond afor.      Næs eah eorla nan
    þe one wiggend      aweccan dorste
    oe gecunnian      hu one cumbolwigan
    260
    wi a halgan mæg      hæfde geworden,
    metodes meowlan.      Mægen nealæhte,
    folc Ebrea,      fuhton þearle
    heardum heoruwæpnum,      hæfte guldon
    hyra fyrngeflitu,      fagum swyrdum,
    265
    ealde æfoncan;      Assyria wear
    on am dægeweorce      dom geswirod,
    bælc forbiged.      Beornas stodon
    ymbe hyra þeodnes træf      þearle gebylde,
    sweorcendferhe.      Hi a somod ealle
    270
    ongunnon cohhetan,      cirman hlude
    ond gristbitian,      gode orfeorme,
    mid toon torn þoligende.      þa wæs hyra tires æt ende,
    eades ond ellendæda.      Hogedon þa eorlas aweccan
    hyra winedryhten;      him wiht ne speow.
    275
    þa wear si ond late      sum to am arod
    þara beadorinca,      þæt he in þæt burgeteld
    niheard nede,      swa hyne nyd fordraf.
    Funde a on bedde      blacne licgan
    his goldgifan      gæstes gesne,
    280
    lifes belidenne.      He þa lungre gefeoll
    freorig to foldan,      ongan his feax teran,
    hreoh on mode,      ond his hrægl somod,
    ond þæt word acwæ      to am wiggendum
    þe ær unrote      ute wæron:
    285
    "Her ys geswutelod      ure sylfra forwyrd,
    toweard getacnod      þæt þære tide ys
    mid nium neah gerungen,      þe we sculon nyde losian,
    somod æt sæcce forweoran.      Her li sweorde geheawen,
    beheafdod healdend ure."      Hi a hreowigmode
    290
    wurpon hyra wæpen of dune,      gewitan him werigferhe
    on fleam sceacan.      Him mon feaht on last,
    mægeneacen folc,      o se mæsta dæl
    þæs heriges læg      hilde gesæged
    on am sigewonge,      sweordum geheawen,
    295
    wulfum to willan      ond eac wælgifrum
    fuglum to frofre.      Flugon a e lyfdon,
    lara lindwerod.      Him on laste for
    sweot Ebrea      sigore geweorod,
    dome gedyrsod;      him feng dryhten god
    300
    fægre on fultum,      frea ælmihtig.
    Hi a fromlice      fagum swyrdum,
    hæle higerofe,      herpa worhton
    þurh lara gemong,      linde heowon,
    scildburh scæron.      Sceotend wæron
    305
    gue gegremede,      guman Ebrisce;
    þegnas on a tid      þearle gelyste
    gargewinnes.      þær on greot gefeoll
    se hyhsta dæl      heafodgerimes
    Assiria      ealdordugue,
    310
    laan cynnes.      Lythwon becom
    cwicera to cye.      Cirdon cynerofe,
    wiggend on wiertrod,      wælscel on innan,
    reocende hræw.      Rum wæs to nimanne
    londbuendum      on am laestan,
    315
    hyra ealdfeondum      unlyfigendum
    heolfrig herereaf,      hyrsta scyne,
    bord ond bradswyrd,      brune helmas,
    dyre madmas.      Hæfdon domlice
    on am folcstede      fynd oferwunnen
    320
    eelweardas,      ealdhettende
    swyrdum aswefede.      Hie on swae reston,
    þa e him to life      laost wæron
    cwicera cynna.      þa seo cneoris eall,
    mæga mærost,      anes mones fyrst,
    325
    wlanc, wundenlocc,      wagon ond læddon
    to ære beorhtan byrig,      Bethuliam,
    helmas ond hupseax,      hare byrnan,
    gusceorp gumena      golde gefrætewod,
    mærra madma      þonne mon ænig
    330
    asecgan mæge      searoþoncelra;
    eal þæt a eodguman      þrymme geeodon,
    cene under cumblum      on compwige
    þurh Iudithe      gleawe lare,
    mæg modigre.      Hi to mede hyre
    335
    of am sifate      sylfre brohton,
    eorlas æscrofe,      Holofernes
    sweord ond swatigne helm,      swylce eac side byrnan
    gerenode readum golde,      ond eal þæt se rinca baldor
    swimod sinces ahte      oe sundoryrfes,
    340
    beaga ond beorhtra mama,      hi þæt þære beorhtan idese
    ageafon gearoþoncolre.      Ealles æs Iudith sægde
    wuldor weroda dryhtne,      þe hyre weormynde geaf,
    mære on moldan rice,      swylce eac mede on heofonum,
    sigorlean in swegles wuldre,      þæs þe heo ahte sone geleafan
    345
    to am ælmihtigan;      huru æt þam ende ne tweode
    þæs leanes þe heo lange gyrnde.      æs sy am leofan drihtne
    wuldor to widan aldre,      þe gesceop wind ond lyfte,
    roderas ond rume grundas,      swylce eac ree streamas
    ond swegles dreamas,      urh his sylfes miltse.

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    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 51

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    fore ænigre      egesan næfde,
    ne him fultum þær      fæstne gelyfde;
    ac he on his welan spede      wræste getruwode,
    and on idel gylp      ealra geornost.
    5
    Ic þonne swa elebeam      up weaxende
    on godes huse      ece gewene,
    and on milde mod      mines drihtnes,
    and me þæt to worulde      wat to helpe.
    Ic þe andette      awa to feore
    10
    on þære worulde      e þu geworhtest her;
    forþan þu eart se gooda,      gleaw on gesyhe,
    þe þinne held curan,      þara haligra.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 52

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    On his heortan cwæ      unhydig sum,
    ungleawlice,      þætte god nære;
    heo onsceoniendlice      syndon gewordene
    and heora willan      wrae besmitene.
    5
    Næs þa goddoend      se þe god wiste,
    ne an furum      ealra wære.
    þa of heofenum beseah      halig drihten
    ofer manna bearn,      hwæer his mihta a
    andgyt ænig      ealra hæfde,
    10
    oe god wolde      georne secan.
    Ealle heo on ane      idelnesse
    symle besegan;      þa wæs so nan mann
    þe god wolde      georne wyrcan;
    ne an furþum      ealra wære.
    15
    Ac ge þæs ealle ne magon      andgyt habban
    þe unrihtes      elne wyrcea
    and min folc freta      swa fælne hlaf,
    ne hio god wylla      georne ciegan;
    þær hio forhtiga,      frecnes egesan
    20
    æniges ne þurfon.     
    Forþam manna ban      mihtig drihten
    liste tosceade,      þa him licia;
    beo þa gehyrwede      þe forhycggea god.
    Hwylc Israela      ece hælu
    25
    syle of Sione      nyme sylfa god,
    þonne he his folc      fægere alyse
    of hæftnyde,      halig drihten?
    þonne Iacob by      on glædum sælum
    and Israelas      ealle blie.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 53

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    On þinum þam haligan naman,      gedo me halne, god;
    alys me fram laum      þurh þin leofe mægen.
    God, min gebed      gearuwe gehyre,
    and earum onfoh      min agen word.
    5
    Forþam me fremde oft      facne gestodon,
    sohtan mine sawle      swie strange,
    and na heom god setton      gleawne on gesyhe.
    Efne me þonne god      gleawe fultume,
    is andfengea      ece drihten
    10
    sawle minre;      he me swican ne wile.
    Afyr me fæcne yfel      feonda minra,
    and hi sofæst toweorp      syan wide.
    Ic e lustum      lace cweme,
    and naman þinne      niode swylce
    15
    geara andette,      foron ic hine goodne wat.
    Forþon þu me alysdest,      lifes ealdor,
    of earfoum      eallum symble,
    ealle mine fynd      eagum ofersawe.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 54

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gehyr min gebed,      halig drihten,
    ne forseoh æfre      sariges bene;
    beheald me holdlice      and gehyr me eac.
    Grimme ic eom begangen;      foron ic gnornige
    5
    and me forhtige      feondes stefne
    and fyrenfulra      fæcne nias.
    Foram me on sah      unrihtes feala;
    wurdon me þa on yrre      yfele and hefige.
    Ys me on hrere heah      heorte gedrefed
    10
    and me fealle on      fyrhtu deaes.
    Egsa me and fyrhtu      ealne forcwomon,
    and me beþeahton      þeostru nigrim.
    Ic þa on mode cwæ,      hwa me sealde
    to fleogenne      fieru swa culfran,
    15
    and ic þonne ricene      reste syan.
    Efne ic feor gewite,      fleame dæle,
    and on westene      wunode lange,
    bide þæs beornes      þe me bete eft
    modes mindom      and mægenes hreoh.
    20
    Hat nu todælan,      drihten usser,
    heora geeode      geond þas woruld wide;
    foron ic þær on unriht      oft locade,
    and wiercwyda      wearn gehyrde;
    drugon þæt on burgum      dæges and nihtes.
    25
    þunie him gewinnes wearn      ofer wealles hrof
    and heom on midle wese      man and inwit
    and unsofæstnys      ealle wealde.
    Næfre on his weorþige      wea aspringe,
    mearce mansceat,      man inwides;
    30
    forþon gif me min feond      fæcne wyrge,
    ic þæt abere      blie mode.
    þeah þe þa ealle      e me a feodon,
    wordum wyrigen      and wearn sprecan,
    ic me wi heora hete      hyde sneome.
    35
    þu eart se man      þe me wære
    on anmede,      and æghwæs cu
    latteow lustum;      and wyt gelome eac
    æton swetne mete      samed ætgædere,
    and on godes huse      gangan swylce
    40
    mid geþeahtunge      þine and mine.
    Hi ofer cume      unþinged dea,
    astigon heo on helle      heonan lifigende.
    Foram on heora gasthusum      is gramlic inwit,
    and on hiora midle      man inwitstæf.
    45
    Ic solice      to sylfum drihtne
    cleopode on corre,      and me culice
    gehyrde      hælend drihten.
    Ic on æfenne,      eac on mergenne
    and on midne dæg,      mægene sæcge
    50
    and bodie,      þæt þu blie me
    mine stefne      stie gehyre.
    A u symle      sawle mine
    lustum alyse,      laum wiferige,
    foron me manige ymb      mægene syrewa.
    55
    þæt gehyre god      and hi gehyne eac,
    þe ær worulde wæs      and nu wuna ece.
    Nis him onwendednes      on woruldlife,
    ne him godes fyrhtu      georne ondræda.
    Heo besmita      swylce his sylfes
    60
    þa gewitnesse,      þær hi woh fremedon;
    foron hi synt on yrre      ut adælde,
    ne hi sylfe wel      geseon æfre,
    foron hit wæs his heortan      gehygde neah.
    Hi word hira      wel gesmyredon
    65
    ele anlicast;      eft gewurdon
    on gescotfeohta      scearpe garas.
    Sete on drihten      þin so gehygd;
    he þe butan fracoum      fede syan.
    Ne syle he sofæstum      syan to feore
    70
    þæt him yþende mod      innan hrere;
    u arlease      ealle gelædest
    on soe forwyrd      seaes deopes.
    Se blodhreowa wer      bealuinwites
    fæcne gefylled      ne fæger lif
    75
    on middum feore      gemete ahwær;
    ic me on minne drihten      deorne getreowige.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 55

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Miltsa me drihten,      foron me man trede,
    and me ealne dæg      mid unrihte
    fynd onfeohta      þurh facensearu.
    And me fæcne treda      feondas mine,
    5
    do þæt ealne dæg      fram ærmergene.
    Foron monige synd      e to me feohta;
    wene ic me wrae to e,      wuldres drihten.
    Ic wealdend god      wordum herige,
    and on god swylce      georne gelyfe,
    10
    þæt minre spræce      sped folgie
    æghwæs ealne dæg;      eac ic swylce
    on god drihten      gearewe gewene;
    nis me ege mannes      for ahwæer.
    Hwæt, me ealne dæg      mine agen word
    15
    sylfne socon,      swyþe oncuon,
    and wier me      wæran georne
    on yfel heora geeaht      ealle onwende.
    On eardia,      þa e swa þencea
    þæt heo gehyden      hælun mine,
    20
    swa min sawl bad      þæt u swylce heo
    for nahwæer      nowiht hæle;
    on yrre þu folc      eall gereatast.
    Ic nu leofum gode      lif min secge,
    sette on inre gesyhe      sarige tearas,
    25
    swa ic e on gehate      hæfde geneahhige.
    þonne on hinderling      hweorfa mine
    feondas fæcne,      onne ic me freou to e
    wordum wilnige;      ic wat and can,
    þæt þu min god      gleawe wære.
    30
    Ic on god min word      georne herige,
    and on god swylce      georne gelyfe,
    and ic ealne dæg      ecne drihten
    wordum weorige;      ne me wiht an site
    egesan awiht      æniges mannes.
    35
    On me synd, mihtig god,      þæt ic þe min gehat
    on herenesse      hyldo gylde;
    forþon u mine sawle      of swyltdeaes
    laþum wilæddest,      dydest lof stunde,
    aweredest mine eagan      wraum tearum
    40
    and mine fet      fæle beweredest,
    þæt ic gearewe      gode licode
    on lifigendra      leohte eallum.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 56

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Miltsa min, god,      and me milde weor,
    forþon min sawel on þe      swye getrywe,
    and ic on fægerum scuan      fiera inra
    gewicie,      oþæt gewite for
    5
    and unriht me      eall beglide.
    Heonan ic cleopige      to heahgode
    and to wealdendgode,      e me wel dyde.
    He þa of heofenum      hider onsende
    þe me alysde,      laþum wiferede,
    10
    sealde on edwit      þe me ær trædan.
    Sende mihtig god      his milde gehigd
    and his sofæst mod      samod ætgædere,
    and mine sawle      sona alysde
    of leon hwelpum      ree gemanan;
    15
    wæs ic slæpende      sare gedrefed.
    Synd me manna bearn      mihtigum toum
    wæpenstrælas,      þa me wundedon;
    wæron hyra tungan getale      teonan gehwylcre
    and to yfele gehwam      ungemet scearpe.
    20
    Ahefe þe ofer heofenas,      halig drihten;
    is wuldur in      wide and side
    ofer as eorþan      ealle mære.
    Fotum heo minum      fæcne grine
    grame gearwodon,      and geornlice
    25
    mine sawle      swye onbigdon.
    Hi deopne sea      dulfon widne,
    þær ic eagum      on locade,
    and hi on one ylcan      eft gefeollan.
    Gearo is min heorte      þæt ic gode cweme;
    30
    gearo is min heorte      þæt ic gode swylce
    sealmas singe,      soword sprece.
    Aris, wuldur min,      wynpsalterium,
    and ic on ærmergene      eac arise
    and min hearpe      herige drihten.
    35
    Ic þe on folcum      frine drihten
    ecne andete,      eac geond þeode
    sealmas singe      swie geneahhige.
    Foron þin mildheortnes      is mycel wi heofenas,
    is in sofæstnes      swylce wi wolcnum.
    40
    Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas,      halig drihten;
    is ofer ealle      eoran swylce
    þines wuldres wlite      wide and side.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 57

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gif ge so sprecan      symble wyllen,
    dema manna bearn      domum rihtum.
    Eft ge on heortan      hogedon inwit,
    worhton wrae;      forþan æs wite eft
    5
    on eowre handa      hefige geeode.
    Ge firenfulle      fremde wurdon,
    syan hi on worlde      wæron acende
    and heo on life      lygeword spæcon.
    Yrre heom becume      anlic nædran,
    10
    a aspide      ylde nemna;
    seo hi deafe de,      dytte hyre earan,
    þæt heo nele gehyran      heahgaldor sum
    þæt snotre men      singa wi attrum.
    God heora toas      grame gescæne,
    15
    þa hi on mue      mycle habba;
    tolyse leona mægen      lungre drihten.
    Ac hi forweoran      wætere gelicost,
    þonne hit yrnende      eore forswelge;
    swa his bogan bende,      oþæt bitere eft
    20
    adl on sete,      swa his geearnuncg by.
    Swa weax melte,      gif hit by wearmum neah
    fyre gefæstnad,      swa heo fealla on þæt;
    hi sunnan ne geseo      syan æfre.
    æron eowre treowu      telgum blowe,
    25
    wæstmum weaxe,      ær him wol becime,
    þæt heo beo on yrre      ealle forswelgene.
    Sofæst blissa,      þonne he si ongan,
    hu þa arleasan      ealle forweora,
    and his handa weh      on hæþenra
    30
    and þæra fyrenfulra      fæcnum blode.
    And þonne man cweþe      on his modsefan:
    "þis is wæstm      wises and goodes,
    þe his sofæst weorc      symble læste;"
    hi on eoran god      ealle gedeme.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 58

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ahrede me, halig god,      hefiges nies
    feonda minra,      e me feohta to;
    alys me fram laum      þe me lungre on
    risan willa,      nyme þu me ræd geofe.
    5
    Genere me fram niþe      nahtfremmendra
    þe her unrihtes      ealle wyrcea,
    and me wi blodhreowes weres      bealuwe gehæle.
    þi nu mine sawle      swiþe bysige
    feondas mine      fæcne ofþryhtun,
    10
    and me strange eac      stundum ongunnon;
    ne me unrihtes on      awiht wistan,
    ne ic firene eac      fremde drihtne.
    Gif ic on unriht bearn,      ic þæs eft geswac;
    on minne geanryne,      aris u, drihten, nu,
    15
    and u sylfa gesyhst,      þæt ic swa dyde;
    þu eart mægena god,      mihtig drihten,
    and Israela god      æghwær æt þearfe.
    Beheald holdlice,      hu þu hrae wylle
    geneosian      nia bearna
    20
    ealra eoda      æghwær landes;
    ne þu hweere on mode      milde weorest
    eallum e unriht      elne wyrcea.
    Hi æt æfene eft      in gecyrra,
    þonne hy heardne      hungor þolia,
    25
    swa hundas ymbga      hwommas ceastre.
    Efne hi habba on mue      milde spræce,
    is him on welerum      wra sweord and scearp.
    þonne gehyre hwylc,      hwæt hyra hyge sece?
    And u hi, drihten, dest      deope to bysmre;
    30
    nafast þu for awiht      ealle þeoda.
    Ic mine strenge on e      strange gehealde,
    foron þu me god eart      geara andfencgea,
    and mildheortnes      mines drihtnes
    me fægere becom,      þær me wæs freondes þearf.
    35
    Min se goda god, ætyw me      þin agen good
    for minum feondum,      þe me feale syndun;
    ne do hy to deadan,      þy læs hi dollice
    þinre æ geban      anforlæton.
    Ac þu hi wide todrif      þurh þines wordes mægen,
    40
    and hi wrae toweorp,      wealdend min drihten.
    Ys hyra mues scyld      manworda feala,
    a hi mid welerum      wrae aspræcan;
    wærun hi on oferhygde      ealle gescende,
    þa hi on lige      lange feredon;
    45
    foron hi on ende      yrre forgripe
    and hi syþþan ne beo      samod ætgædere.
    Syan hi wisslice witon,      þætte wealde god
    ofer middangeard      manna cynnes
    and ealra eac      eoran gemæru.
    50
    Hi on æfenne      eft gecyrra
    and heardne eac      hungor olia,
    swa hundas ymbga      hwommas ceastre.
    Efne hi to æte      ut gewita,
    þær hi towrecene      wide hweorfa;
    55
    gif hi fulle ne beo,      fela gnornia.
    Ic þonne ine strengþu      stundum singe
    and in milde mod      morgena gehwylce.
    Foron þu min andfengea      æghwær wære
    and ic helpe æt e      hæfde symble,
    60
    þonne me costunge      cnysedon geneahhige;
    þu eart fultum min,      ic e fela singe.
    Foron þu me, god, eart      geara andfengea
    and mildheortnes,      mihtig drihten.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 59

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu us todrife,      drihten user,
    and us towurpe      geond werþeoda,
    yrre us wurde      and eft milde.
    Eoran u onhrerdest,      ealle gedrefdest;
    5
    hæl hyre wunde,      nu heo ahrered is.
    Feala u ætywdest      folce inum
    heardra wisan      and hi hraþe æfter
    mid wynsume      wine drenctest.
    þu becnuncge      beorhte sealdest
    10
    þam þe ege inne      elne healda,
    þæt hi him gebeorgen      bogan and stræle
    and wæron alysede      leofe þine.
    Do me þin seo swyre hand      symle halne;
    gehyr me, halig god.      Hwæt, u holdlice
    15
    on inre halignesse      her aspræce:
    "And ic blissie,      ba gedæle
    Sicimam et Conuallem,      a samod wæron
    on Metiboris      mihtum spedige.
    Min is Galaad,      gleaw Mannases
    20
    and Effrem ys      æele strengþu
    heafdes mines      her on foldan.
    Cyninc ys me      Iuda cu;
    is me Moab      mines hyhtes hwer,
    and ic aenige eac      on Idumea,
    25
    min gescy sende,      and me syan gedo
    Allophilas      ealle gewylde."
    Hwylc gelæde me      leofran on ceastre
    weallum beworhte?      Hwa wyle swylce me
    in Idumea      eac gelædan?
    30
    Ac ne eart þu se sylfa god,      e us swa drife?
    Ne ga u us on mægene,      mihtig drihten.
    Syle us nu on earfoum      æelne fultum,
    foron hælu by      her on eoran
    manna gehwylces      mægene idel.
    35
    Us sceal mægenes gemet      mihtig drihten
    sofæst syllan,      and he sona mæg
    ure fynd gedon      fracoþe to nahte.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 60

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gehyr, halig god,      hraþe mine bene,
    beheald mine gebed      holde mode.
    Nu ic of eoran      utgemærum
    cleopige to þe,      nu me caru beate
    5
    heard æt heortan,      help min nu þa;
    ahefe me holdlice      on halne stan.
    þu me gelæddest      mid lufan hyhte,
    wære me se stranga tor      sti wi feondum.
    Ic eardige      awa to feore
    10
    on inum selegesceote;      þær me softe by,
    þær ic beo fægere beþeaht      fierum inum.
    Foron u gehyrdest,      halig drihten,
    hu min gebed to e      beorhte eode;
    yrfe þu sealdest      anra gehwylcum,
    15
    se þe naman inne      þurh neod forhta.
    Dæg by ofer dæge,      þær by gedefe cynincg;
    beo his winter eac      wynnum iced,
    o þone dæg þe he      on drihtnes sceal
    on ansyne      andweard gangan,
    20
    and þær to worlde      wunian ece.
    Hwylc sece þæt      þe sofæst by?
    Swa ic naman inum      neode singe,
    þæt ic min gehat      her agylde
    of dæge on dæg,      swa hit gedefe wese.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 61

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic mine sawle      symble wylle
    full gleawlice      gode underþeodan;
    æt him is hælu min      her eall gelancg.
    Hwæt, he is god min      and gearu hælend;
    5
    is he fultum min,      ic ne forhtige wiht.
    onne ge mid mane      men ongunnon,
    ealle ge a to deadan      dædun sona,
    swa ge awurpon      wah of stofne.
    Swa ge mine are      ealle þohton
    10
    wrae toweorpan,      wide urnon
    þurstige mue;      þæne bletsadan
    and one wyrgedan      wrae mid heortan.
    Hwæere ic me soe      sawle mine
    to gode hæfde      georne geeoded;
    15
    he minre geylde      þingum wealde.
    Hwæt, he is god min      and gleaw hælend
    and fultum is;      ne mæg ic hine ahwær befleon.
    On gode stande      min gearu hælu
    and wuldor min      and wyn mycel;
    20
    me is halig hyht      on hine swylce.
    Hycge him halig folc      hælu to drihtne;
    do eowre heortan hige      hale and clæne,
    foron eow god stande      georne on fultum.
    Hwæere ge, manna bearn,      manes unlyt
    25
    wyrcea on wægum      and woh do,
    and eow beswica      sylfe oftast,
    þær ge idel gylp      on þam ilcan fremma.
    Nella ge gewenan      welan unrihte
    oþþe to reaflace      ræda þencean.
    30
    þeah þe eow wealan to      wearnum flowen,
    nyllan ge eow on heortan þa      hige staelian;
    æne ic god spræcan      gearuwe gehyrde
    and þæt treowe ongeat      tidum gemeldad.
    Miht is drihtnes      ofer middangeard
    35
    and him þæs to worlde      wuldor stande
    and mildheortness,      þæt he manna gehwam
    æfter his agenum      earnungum deme,
    efne swa he wyrce      on worldlife.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 62

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    God min, god min,      ic þe gearuwe to
    æt leohte gehwam      lustum wacie.
    Min sawl on e      swye þyrste
    and min flæsc on e      fæste getreowe.
    5
    On westene      and on wege swylce
    and on wæterflodum      wene ic swie,
    þæt ic e on halgum      her ætywe,
    þæt ic þin wuldur and mægen      wis sceawige.
    Ys þin milde mod      micele betere
    10
    þonne þis læne lif      þe we lifia on;
    weleras e mine      wynnum heria.
    Swa ic e on minum life      lustum bletsige
    and ic on naman þinum      neode swylce
    mine handa þwea      halgum gelome.
    15
    Ys sawl min      swetes gefylled,
    swa seo fætte gelynd,      fægeres smeoruwes;
    weleras mine      wynnum swylce
    þinne naman nu a      neode heria.
    Swa ic þin gemynd      on modsefan
    20
    on minre reste      rihte begange,
    and on ærmergen on e      eac gewene,
    foron þu me on fultum      fæste gestode.
    Ic beo fægere beþeaht      fierum þinum
    and hiht on on      hæbbe georne,
    25
    foron min sawl on e      soe getreoweþ;
    me in seo swire onfencg      symble æt earfe.
    Foron hi on idel      ealle syan
    sohton synlice      sawle mine,
    and geond eorscræfu      eodon geneahhe;
    30
    nu hi wæran geseald      under sweordes hand,
    syndon fracue nu      foxes dælas.
    Kynincg sceal on drihtne      clæne blisse
    hluttre habban,      and hine heria eac
    ealle þa e on hine      aas sweria;
    35
    forþon synt gemyrde      muas ealle
    þa unriht spreca      ahwær landes.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 63

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gehyr min gebed,      halig drihten,
    nu me costunge      cnyssa geneahhe,
    and wi egesan      yfeles feondes
    mine sawle gescyld      symle æt þearfe.
    5
    þu me oft aweredest      wyrigra gemotes
    and fram þære menegeo      þe man woldon
    and unrihte      æghwær fremman.
    þa heora tungan teo      teonan gehwylce
    sweorde efenscearpe      and heora swine bogan,
    10
    and unscyldige mid þy      scotian þencea.
    Hi hine samnuncga      scearpum strelum
    on scotia,      egsan ne habba,
    ac hi mid wraum      wordum trymma
    and sare spreca:      Hwa gesyh usic?
    15
    Swa hi smeaga oft      swiost unriht
    and on þam ilcan      eft forweora,
    þær hi mamria      man and unriht.
    Gange man manig      modig on heortan,
    oþæt hine ahefe      hælend drihten.
    20
    Syndon hyra wita      scytelum cilda
    æghwæs onlicost;      ne him awiht þon ma
    heora tungan nu      teonan on sitta.
    Ealle synd gedrefede      þe hi on sio;
    sceal him manna gehwylc      man ondrædan
    25
    and weorc godes      wide mærsian
    and his weorc ongitan      mid wisdome.
    Se sofæsta      symble on drihten
    blissa baldlice,      bote gewene,
    and hine heria eac      heortan clæne.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 64

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þe gedafena,      drihten user,
    þæt þe man on Sion      swye herige
    and on Hierusalem      gylde and gehate.
    Gehyr min gebed,      halig drihten,
    5
    for e sceal ælc flæsc      for siian.
    Synfulra word      swyþe ofer usic
    fræcne foran;      þu gefultuma
    urum misdædum,      mihta wealdend.
    He weore eadig,      se þe hine ece god
    10
    cystum geceose      and hine clæne hafa,
    and on his earduncgstowum      earda syan.
    Ealle we in hus      ecum godum
    fægere fylla;      fæste is þin templ
    ece and wræclic      awa to feore.
    15
    Gehyr us, hælend god,      þu eart hyht ealra
    þe on ysse eoran      utan syndon
    oþþe feor on sæ      foldum wunia.
    þinre mihte sculon      muntas hyran,
    swylce þu gedrefest      deope wælas
    20
    þæt by ormætum      yþa hlude
    and hi uneae mæg      ænig aræfnan.
    þeoda him ondræda      þinne egesan,
    þe eard nyma      utan landes;
    for þinum wundrum      forhte weora.
    25
    ærmorgenes gancg      wi æfentid
    ealle þa deman      drihten healde;
    eoran u gefyllest      eceum wæstmum,
    þæt heo welig weorþe      wera cneorissum.
    Beo godes streamas      gode wætere
    30
    fæste gefylde,      þanan feorhnere
    finda foldbuend,      swa him fægere oft
    gegearewadest,      god lifigende.
    Wæter yrnende      wæstme tyddra;
    mænige on moldan      manna cynnes
    35
    on cneorisse      cende weora,
    and blissia,      blowa and growa
    þurh dropunge      deawes and renes.
    þonne þu geares hring      mid gyfe bletsast
    and þine fremsumnesse wylt      folcum dælan,
    40
    þonne beo þine feldas      fylde mid wæstmum.
    þonne on wæstmum      weora mæsted,
    and mid wynngrafe      weaxa geswiru.
    Hi beo gegyrede      godre wulle,
    eowdesceapum;      cuma eadilic
    45
    wæstm on wangas      weorlic on hwætum;
    þonne hi cynlice to e      cleopia sona,
    and þe þonne lustum      lofe þancia.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 65

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ealle eorbuend      ecne drihten
    wordum wislicum      wide herian,
    and his naman secgea      neode mid sealmum
    and him wuldres lof      wide sylla.
    5
    And gode secgea,      hu his þa goodan weorc
    syndon wundorlice      wide geond eoran,
    and eac on menigeo      mægenes þines
    þine feondas þe      fæcne leoga.
    Geweorie      wuldres ealdor
    10
    eall eos eorþe,      ecne drihten;
    and þe singe eac,      secge geneahhie,
    þæt þin nama is      ofer eall nia bearn
    se hehsta      hæleþa cynnes.
    Cuma nu and geseo,      hu cyme weorc
    15
    drihten worhte;      synt his domas eac
    swiþe egeslice      ofer eall ylda bearn.
    He mæg onwendan      wætera rye,
    þæt þas deopan sæ      drige weora,
    and þa strangan mæg      streamas swylce
    20
    gefeterian,      þæt þu mid fote miht
    on treddian      eoran gelice.
    His mægen wealde      ofer eall manna cyn
    on ecnesse      awa to feore,
    and he ofer ealle þeode      eagum wlite;
    25
    þa hine on yrre      æghwær gebringa,
    ne beo þa on him sylfum      syan ahafene.
    Bletsigen þeoda      blie mode
    ealle eorbuend      ecne drihten
    and mid stefne lof      strang asecgean.
    30
    He mine sawle      sette to life,
    ne læte mine fet      lae hreran.
    Ure costade god      clæne fyre
    soe dome,      swa man seolfor de,
    þonne man hit aseoe      swye mid fyre.
    35
    þu us on grame swylce      gryne gelæddest,
    and us bealuwa fela      on bæce stande;
    settest us mænige eac      men ofer heafod.
    We þuruh fyr fara      and þuruh floda þrym,
    and u us on colnesse      clæne gelæddest.
    40
    Ic on þin hus      halig gange
    and þær tidum þe      tifer onsecge;
    þær ic min gehat      mid hyge gylde,
    þæt mine weleras ær      wise gedældan.
    þas ic mid mue aspræc      mine æt þearfe,
    45
    þær me costunge      cnyssedan geneahhe,
    þæt ic e on tifrum      teala forgulde
    ealle þa gehat,      þe ic æfre her
    mid minum welerum      wis todælde.
    Gehyra me      and her cuma;
    50
    ic eow mid soþe      secgean wylle,
    gif ge godes egesan      georne habba,
    hu mycel he dyde      minre sawle.
    þuruh his mihte ic      mue cleopige
    oþþe mine tungan      tidum blissade.
    55
    Gif ic me unrihtes oncneow      awiht on heortan,
    ne wite me þæt,      wealdend drihten.
    Foron me gehyrde      hælend drihten,
    and minre stefne beheold      strange bene.
    Drihten si gebletsad,      þe he ne dyde æfre
    60
    nyme he mine bene      bealde gehyrde,
    ne his milde mod      me dyde fremde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 66

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Miltsa us, mihtig drihten,      and us on mode eac
    gebletsa nu;      beorhte leohte
    þinne andwlitan,      and us on mode weor
    þuruh þine mycelnesse      milde and blie.
    5
    And we þæs on eoran      andgyt habba,
    ure wegas wide      geond þas wereode
    on þinre hælo      healdan motan.
    Folc þe andette;      þu eart fæle god,
    and þe andetten      ealle þeoda.
    10
    Hæbbe þæs gefean      folca æghwylc
    and blissien      bealde þeoda,
    þæs þe þu hi on rihtum      rædum demest
    and eorbuende      ealle healdest.
    Folc þe andetten      fælne drihten
    15
    and þe andetten      ealle þeoda.
    Ge him eore syle      æþele wæstme;
    gebletsige us      blie drihten
    and user god      eac bletsige;
    hæbbe his egesan eall      eorþan gemæru.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 67

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Arise god,      ricene weore
    his feonda gehwylc      fæste toworpen;
    fleo his ansyne,      þa þe hine feodan ær.
    Rece hi gelicast      ricene geteoria;
    5
    swa fram fyre weax      flowe and mylte,
    swa þa fyrenfullan      frecne forweora;
    habba sofæste      symbel ece.
    Hi ansyne      ecean drihtnes
    habba beorhtlice      blisse and sibbe.
    10
    Singa soum gode      sealmas geneahhige,
    and his naman swylce      neode heria;
    do sifæt þæs      seftne and rihtne,
    þe he sylfa astah      ofer sunnan up,
    þam is to naman      nemned drihten.
    15
    Wesa ge on his gesyhþe      symble blie,
    and on his ansyne wesan      ealle gedrefde,
    þa þe wydewum syn      wrae æt dome
    oþþe steopcildum wesen      strange fæderas.
    Drihten is on his stowe      dema halig,
    20
    se þe eardian de      anes modes
    and on hiora huse      healde blisse;
    Se þe on his mægenes      mihte gelæde
    þæt he þa gehæftan      hæle sniome,
    and þa to yrre beo      ealle gecigde
    25
    and eardia      on eorscræfum.
    þonne god gange      for his þæt gleawe folc,
    oe geond westena      wide fera,
    þanon eore by      eall onhrered.
    For ansyne      ecean drihtnes
    30
    heofenas droppeta;      hrusan forhtia
    for Israela godes      egesan þrymme.
    Wilsumne regn      wolcen brincge,
    and þonne ascade god      sundoryrfe;
    eall þu þa gefremest      þurh þine fæste miht.
    35
    þine wihte on þam      wynnum lifia;
    þu þin swete good      sealdest þearfum.
    God gife gleaw word      godspellendum,
    syle him modes mægen      se þe is mihtig kynincg
    and wlites wealdend;      oft weorlic reaf
    40
    on huse men      her gedæla.
    Gif ge slæpa      samod on clero,
    fieru beoþ culfran      fægeres seolfres
    and hire bæc scine      beorhtan golde.
    þonne hi se heofonlica kynincg      her toscade,
    45
    syþþan hi on Selmon      snawe weora.
    Gebeorh godes      bringe to genihte
    wæstme weorlice      and wel þicce.
    Forþon ge onfo      fægerum beorge,
    þær ge to genihte      genioma wæstme;
    50
    se is wealdendgode      wel liciendlic,
    on þam wi ende      earda drihten.
    Wærun godes cræta      gegearwedra
    tyn þusendo      geteled rime,
    mænigfeald þusend      modblissiendra.
    55
    Drihten is on þam      dædum spedig;
    on heanesse astah,      hæftned lædde,
    þa on hæftnede      hwile micele
    lange lifdon,      and wæs lacgeofa
    ofer middangeard      manna bearnum.
    60
    Ne magon þær eard niman      ungeleafe menn;
    wese of dæge on dæg      drihten user,
    se goda god,      georne gebletsad.
    Sylle us gesundne      sifæt drihten;
    ure hælend god      helpe usser
    65
    and us æt deae eac      drihten gehealde.
    Hwæere wealdend god      wihycgendra
    heafdas feonda      her gescæne,
    and he tofylle      feaxes scadan
    þara þe her on scyldum      swærum eodon.
    70
    Of Basan, cwæ      bealde drihten,
    ic me on sæ deopre      sniome onwende,
    oþþæt þin fot weore      fæste on blode.
    Hundes tungan      habba feondas,
    from þam þine gangas      wæron gesewene;
    75
    wærun godes mines      gangas rihte,
    soes kynincges      symble on halgum.
    þyder ealdormen      ofstum coman,
    and gegaderade      gleowe sungon
    on þæra manna      midle geongra
    80
    on tympanis      togenum strengum,
    and on ciricean      Crist, drihten god
    bealde bletsige      bearn Israela.
    þær Benniamines synt      bearn on geogoe
    and ealdormenn      eac of Iudan,
    85
    þe latteow wæs      for þara leoda,
    and ealdras eac      of Zabulone
    and Neptalim      niode swylce.
    Bebeod þinum mægene;      þu eart mihtig god;
    and þin weorc on us      mid wisdome
    90
    getryme on þinum temple      tidum gehalgod;
    þæt ys on Hierusalem,      þyder e gyfe læda
    of feorwegum      foldan kynincgas.
    On wuda þu wildeor      wordum þreatast
    and fearra gemot      under folcum;
    95
    ne beo ut fram þe      æfre atynde,
    þa þe seolfres beo      since gecoste.
    Toweorp þu þa eoda     

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 68

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Do me halne, god,      forþon hreoh wæter
    to minum feore inn      flowe and gange;
    eom ic on lame oflegd,      hafa lytle sped.
    Com ic on sæs hricg,      þær me sealt wæter
    5
    hreoh and hopig      holme besencte.
    þær ic werigmod      wann and cleopode,
    þæt me grame syndan      goman hase;
    by me æt þam earon      eagon wigangen;
    hwæere ic on god minne      gearewe gewene.
    10
    Hiora is mycle ma      þonne ic me hæbbe
    on heafde nu      hæra feaxes,
    þe me earwunga      ealle feogea.
    Ofer me syndon      þa þe me ehton,
    fæstum folmum      for gestrangad
    15
    feondas mine,      and ic for agef
    unrihtlice      þa þe ic ne reafude ær.
    þu wast, wuldres god,      þæt ic eom unwis hyges,
    ne wæren þe bemiene      mine scylde.
    Ne sceolon æt me      ænige habban
    20
    sceame sceandlice      þe þines sies her
    ful bealdlice      bida, drihten.
    þu eart mægena god;      ne sceal æt me
    ænige unare      ahwær findan,
    þe e Israela god      ahwær secea.
    25
    Forþon ic edwit for þe      oft aræfnade
    and me hleorsceame      hearde becwoman,
    and ic framþe wear      fæderenbrorum,
    wæs unmæge gyst      modorcildum.
    Forþon me þines huses      heard ellenwod
    30
    æt ormæte      and me eac fela
    þinra edwita      on gefeollon.
    þonne ic minum feore      fæsten gesette,
    eall hi me þæt on edwit      eft oncyrdan.
    Gif ic mine gewæda      on witehrægl
    35
    cyme cyrde,      cwædan hi syþþan,
    þæt ic him wæfersyn      wære eallum.
    Me wierwearde      wæron ealle,
    þa him sæton      sundor on portum;
    spræcon me wrae,      þa þe win druncon.
    40
    Ic þonne min gebed      to þe, mihtig drihten,
    tidum sende      teala liciendlic,
    and þu me þonne on mænigeo      miltsa þinra
    gehyre me hlutre      hælu þine.
    Alys me of lame,      þe læs ic weorþe lange fæst,
    45
    and me feondum afyrr,      frea ælmihtig;
    ado me of deope      deorces wæteres,
    þe læs me besencen      sealte flodas.
    Ne me huru forswelge      segrundes deop
    ne me se sea      supe mid mue.
    50
    Gehyr, drihten, me,      forþon gedefe is
    þin milde mod      mannum fremsum,
    and for mænigeo      miltsa þinra
    geseoh on me      swylce, drihten.
    Ne acyr þu æfre fram þinum cnihte      þin clæne gesyh,
    55
    forþan me feondas to      feohta geneahhe;
    gehyr me hrædlice      and me help freme.
    Beheald mine sawle      and hi hrædlice
    alys and wifere      laþum feondum.
         arscame;
    60
    for þinre ansyne      ealle syndon
    þe feondas me      fæcne wurdon.
    Min heorte gebad      hearmedwit feala
    and yrmu mænig      eac aræfnede;
    næfde eorla þæs      ænig sorge;
    65
    frefrend ic sohte,      findan ic ne mihte.
    Hi minne mete      mengdan wi geallan
    and þa gedrugadne      drenctan mid ecede.
    Wese heora beod fore him      wended on grine
    and on edlean yfel      and on æwisce.
    70
    Syn hiora eagan      eac adimmad,
    þæt hi geseon ne magon      syþþan awiht;
    weore heora bæc swylce      abeged eac.
    Ageot ofer hi      þin þæt grame yrre,
    and æbylignes eac      yrres þines
    75
    hi forgripe      gramhicgende.
    Wese wic heora      weste and idel;
    ne on heora eele ne sy      þinc oneardiendes.
    Forþon hi ealra      ehtan ongunnon,
    e þu him earfou      ænig geafe,
    80
    and me wean ecton      minra wunda sar.
    Asete him þa unriht to      þe hi geearnedan,
    and mid unrihte      ær geworhton,
    and hi on þin sofæst weorc      syþþan ne gangan.
    Syn hi adilgad      of gedefra eac
    85
    þæra lifigendra      leofra bocum;
    ne wesen hi mid sofæstum      syþþan awritene.
    Ic me sylfa eam      sarig þearfa,
    and me andwlita onfeng      ecean drihtnes,
    se me holdlice      hælde sona.
    90
    Nu ic naman drihtnes      neode herige
    and hine mid lofsange      læde swylce.
    Ic þam leofan gode      licie swyþor
    þonne æele cealf,      þeah þe him upp aga
    horn on heafde      oe hearde cleo.
    95
    Geseo þæt and gefeo,      sarie þearfan,
    secea drihten      and eower sawl leofa.
    Forþam þa þearfendan      þriste drihten
    gehyre holdlice;      nyle he gehæfte eac
    on heora neode      na forhycgan.
    100
    Herige hine swylce      heofen and eore,
    side sæflodas      and þa him syndon on.
    Forþon Sione god      symble hæle;
    beo mænige byrig      mid Iudeum
    eft getimbrade,      þær hi eard nima.
    105
    þær hi yrfestol      eft gesitta
    and hiora eþel begyta      esnas drihtenes,
    and his naman      neode lufia,
    þær eardia      awa to feore.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 69

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wes, drihten god,      deore fultum;
    beheald, drihten, me,      and me hrae syþþan
    gefultuma      æt feorhþearfe.
    þonne beo gescende      and scame dreoga,
    5
    þa þe mine fynd      fæcne wæron
    and mine sawle      sohton mid nie.
    Hi on hinderlincg      hweorfa and cyrra;
    ealle hiora scamien,      þe me yfel hogedon.
    And heora æfstu eac      ealle sceamien,
    10
    þe me word cwædon:      "Weg la, weg la!"
    Habban þa mid wynne      weore blisse,
    þa þe secean      symble drihten,
    and symble cween:      "Sy þin miht, drihten!"
    and þine hælu      holde lufigean.
    15
    Ic eom wædla      and worldþearfa;
    gefultuma me, god,      frea ælmihtig.
    þu me fultum eart      fæste, drihten,
    eart alysend min;      ne lata þu awiht.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 70

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic on þe, god drihten,      gearuwe gewene;
    ne weore ic on ealdre      æfre gescended;
    þu me sniome alys      þuruh þine þa swiþeran miht.
    Ahyld me þin eare to      holde mode,
    5
    and me lustum alys      and me lungre weor
    on god drihten      georne þeccend
    and on trume stowe,      þæt þu me teala hæle.
    Forþon þu me, god, wære      geara trymmend,
    freoa fultumiend;      alys me feondum nu,
    10
    and me of folmum afere      firenwyrcendra,
    þe þine æ      efnan nella;
    syndon unrihtes      ealle wyrcende.
    Forþon þu me eart fæle geþyld      fæste, drihten
    wære me on geogue hyht      gleaw æt fryme.
    15
    Ic of modur hrife      mundbyrd on þe
    þriste hæfde;      þu eart þeccend min;
    on þe ic singge nu      symble and geneahhie.
    Ic eom swa forebeacen      folce manegum,
    and þu me eart fultum strang      fæste æt þearfe.
    20
    Sy min mu and min mod      mægene gefylled,
    þæt ic þin lof mæge      lustum singan
    and wuldur þin      wide mærsian
    and þe ealne dæg      æghwær herian.
    Ne aweorp þu me,      wuldres ealdor,
    25
    þonne me ylde tid      on gesige;
    þonne me mægen and mod      mylte on hrere,
    ne forlæt þu me,      lifiende god.
    Oft me feala cwædon      feondas yfele,
    and sætendan      sawle minre
    30
    and on anre geþeaht      eodan togædere.
    Cweþa culice:      "Wuton cunnian,
    hwænne hine god læte      swa swa gymeleasne;
    þonne we hine forgripen      and his geara ehtan;
    syþþan he ne hæbbe      helpend ænne."
    35
    Ne ofgif þu me huru,      god ælmihtig;
    beseoh þu me, so god,      symble on fultum.
    Beo gedrette,      eac gescende,
    þa mine sawle ær      swyþust tældun;
    by þam scand and sceamu      þe me syrwedan yfel.
    40
    Ic me symble on god      swiost getreowige,
    ofer eall þin lof      lengest hihte.
    Min mu sæge      þine mægenspede
    and þin sofæst weorc      swyþust mære,
    sæge þe ealne dæg      ece hælu.
    45
    Forþon ic ne ongeat      grame ceapunga,
    ac ic on þine þa myclan      mihte gange.
    Ic þine sofæstnesse geman      symble, drihten;
    þu me ara, god,      ærest lærdest
    of geoguhade;      nu ic eom gomel wintrum.
    50
    A ic wundor þin      weorþlic sægde,
    and ic þæt wi oryldu      awa fremme;
    ne forlæt þu me,      lifigende god,
    Oæt ic þines earmes      eall asecge
    stiþe strence      þisse cneorisse,
    55
    eallum þam teohhe,      þe nu toweard ys,
    þines mihtes þrym,      and þæt mære so,
    þæt u on heofenum, god,      heah geworhtest
    wundur wræclicu;      nis þe, wuldres cyning,
    ænig æfre gelic,      ece drihten.
    60
    Oft þu me ætywdest      earfoes feala
    on costunge      cura manna,
    and me yfela feala      oft oncnyssedest;
    þonne þu yrre þin      eft oncyrdest
    and me of neowelnesse eft      neoan alysdest
    65
    þysse eoran,      þe we on buia.
    ær þu þin sofæst weorc      sniome tobræddest,
    þonne þu gehwyrfdest      and hulpe min,
    and me getrymedest      þæt ic teala mihte;
    forþon ic þe andette,      ece drihten,
    70
    and þe on sealmfatum      singe be hearpan,
    Israela god,      ece and halig.
    Mine weleras gefeo,      wynnum lofia,
    þonne ic þe singe,      sigora wealdend,
    and min sawl eac,      þa þu sylf lysdest.
    75
    Swylce min tunge      tidum mærde
    þin sofæst weorc;      scende wæron ealle
    þe me yfel to      ær gesohton.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 71

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Syle dom þinne,      drihten, kyninge;
    suna cynincges syle,      þæt he so healde.
    Dem þu þin folc      deore mid soe,
    heald þine þearfan      holde mid dome.
    5
    Onfon beorgas eac      beorhtre sibbe
    on þinum folce      fægere blisse
    and geswyru eac      soþum dædum.
    On his sofæstnesse      swylce deme
    on folce      fyrhte þearfan,
    10
    swylce he þearfena bearn      þriste hæle.
    He þa hermcweend      hyne and byge,
    se mid sunnan wuna      swylce mid monan,
    þurh ealra worulda woruld      wuna him ece.
    He þonne astige,      swa se stranga ren
    15
    fealle on flys her,      and swa fæger dropa
    þe on þas eoran      upon dreopa.
    On his agenum dagum      ypped weoreþ
    syb sofæstnes      swie genihtsum,
    oþþæt by ahafen      hluttor mona.
    20
    He þonne wealde      wera cneorissum
    be sæ tweonum,      sidum ricum,
    and fram streamracum      styre him eallum
    oþ þysse eoran      utgemæru.
    Hine Sigelwearas      secea ealle
    25
    and his feondas      foldan liccigea.
    Cuma of Tharsis      tires eadige
    and of ealandum      utan kynincgas;
    þa him eardgyfu      æele bringa
    of Arabia,      eac of Saba;
    30
    ealle him leoda      lacum cwema.
    Hine weoria      worulde kyningas
    þa on eorwege      ealle syndan;
    ealle þeoda hine      weoria georne.
    Forþon he alyse      lungre þearfan,
    35
    þæt him se welega ne mæg      wiht onsittan,
    and þæne wædlan,      þe on worulde næf
    ahwær elles      ænigne fultum.
    He helpe þearfan,      swylce eac wædlan,
    and he þearfigendra      sawla gehæle.
    40
    He of mansceatte      and of mane eac
    sniome hiora sawle      softe alysde;
    ys his nama for him      neode gebyrhted.
    He lyfa leodum,      him by lungre seald;
    of Arabia gold      eorlas læda;
    45
    hine weorþia      wera cneoressa
    and hine ealne dæg      eac bletsia.
    þonne æele getrym      eoran wearda,
    bi se beorht ahafen      ofer beorgas up;
    ofer Libanum      licgea his yþa,
    50
    and on burgum beoþ      blostmum fægere
    swa on eoran heg      ute on lande.
    þonne by his nama      ofer eall nia bearn
    and to widan feore      weore gebletsod;
    ær sunnan his nama      sofæst stande,
    55
    by his setl ær      swylce þonne mona.
    And him by eorþan cynn      eall gebletsad;
    ealle hine þeoda      þriste heria.
    Wese Israhela      ece drihten
    and hiora sylfra god      symble gebletsad,
    60
    se þe wundor mycel      wyrce ana;
    si his mihta nama      mode gebletsad
    on ecnesse      awa to worlde.
    And þeos eore si      eall gefylled,
    þurh his wuldres miht.      Wese swa, wese swa!

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 72

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hu god is ece god      mid Israhelum,
    þam þe mid heortan      hycgea rihte;
    me fornean syndon      losode nu a
    ealle on foldan      fota gangas.
    5
    Forþon ic fæstlice      fyrenwyrcende
    oft elnade;      noldun earme mid him
    sibbe secean,      sohton fyrene.
    Forþon hira deaes by      deorc endestæf,
    ne heora wites bi      wislic trymnes.
    10
    Ne synd hi on miclum      manna gewinnum,
    and hi mid manna ne beo      mægene beswungene.
    Forþon hi oferhygd nam      ungemete swyþe,
    þurh þæt hira unriht wear      eall untyned.
    þanon for becom      fæcne unriht,
    15
    swa swa hit of gelynde      lungre cwome,
    and hi on heortan      hogedon and þohton,
    hu hi fyrmest      facen and unriht
    on hean huse      hraost acwædon.
    Hwæt, hi on heofon setton      hyge hyra muþes,
    20
    and hira tungan      tugon ofer eoran.
    Forþon min folc hider      fægere hweorfe,
    þær hi fulle dagas      finda sona.
    And þonne cwædon:      "Hu weore þis cu gode
    oþþe þeos gewitness      weoreþ on heagum?"
    25
    þi nu fyrenfulle      foldan æhta
    and þysse worulde welan      wynnum namon.
    þa ic on mode cwæ      minum sona,
    þeah þe ic on me ingcan      ænne ne wiste,
    hu ic mine heortan      heolde mid soe,
    30
    and mine handa þwoh,      þær ic hete nyste,
    and ic wæs ealne dæg      eac geswungen,
    wæs me leawfinger      be leohtne dæg.
    Gif ic sylf cwæde      and sæcge eac,
    swa þe bearn weora      geboren syþþan,
    35
    þa ylcan ic      ær foreteode.
    Ic þæs wende,      þæt ic mid wisdome
    full gleawlice      ongitan mihte,
    hu þis gewinn      wolde gangan,
    oþþæt ic on his hus      halig gange
    40
    and ic þa nehstan ongite      neode syþþan.
    Hwæere þu him for inwite      yfel befæle,
    awurpe hi wrae,      þa hi wendan ær,
    þæt hi wæron alysde,      laum wiferede.
    Nu syndon hi gewordene      wrae tolysde,
    45
    and semninga      sneome forwurdon
    for unrihte      þe hi ær dydon,
    swa fram slæpe hwylc      swærum arise.
    And hi on byrig drihtnes      bealde habba
    hiora ansyne,      and þu hi eae miht
    50
    to nawihte      forniman sneome.
    Ys minre heortan hige      hluttor and clæne,
    wærun mine ædra      ealle tolysde,
    and ic to nawihte eom      nyde gebiged,
    swa ic þæt be owihte      ær ne wiste.
    55
    Ic eom anlic mid þe      anum neate
    and ic symble mid þe      syþþan hwæere.
    þu mine swyþran hand      sylfa gename,
    and me mid þinon willan      well gelæddest,
    and me þa mid wuldres      welan gename.
    60
    Hwæt mæg me wierhabban      on heofonrice?
    Hwæt wolde ic fram þe      wyrcean ofer eorþan?
    Me is heorte and flæsc      hearde geteorad;
    ys me heortan gehygd      hyldu drihtnes
    and ece dæl      awa to worulde.
    65
    Forþan þa forweorþa,      þe hira wynne to þe
    habban noldan,      ne heora hyge settan;
    huru þu forleosest      þa forhealda þe.
    Min is ætfele      mihtigum drihtne;
    good is swylce,      þæt ic on god drihten
    70
    minne hiht sette,      healde fæste.
    And ic eall þin lof      eft asecge
    Sione dohtrum      on hire sylfre durum.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 73

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    For hwan þu us, ece god,      æfre woldest
    æt ende fram þe      ahwær drifan?
    Is þin yrre strang      and egesa mycel
    ofer þin agen      eowde sceapa.
    5
    Gemun þin mannweorod,      þæt þu, mihtig god,
    æt fruman ærest      fægere geworhtest.
    þu þines yrfes      æþele gyrde
    sylfa alysdest      and Sione byrig,
    on þam ilcan þu      eard gename;
    10
    hefe þu þine handa      and hyn hiora oferhygd;
    feala wyrgnessa      wrae feondas
    þinum þam halgum      hefige brohtan;
    gylpa gramhydige,      þa þin geo ehtan
    and on þinra wica      wunia midle.
    15
    Settan hiora tacen,      soþe ne ongeaton,
    swa hi on wege      wyrcean sceoldon
    wundorbeacen,      swa hi on wudu dydan.
    Hi mid æxum duru      elne curfan,
    and mid twyecgum      teoledan georne
    20
    þæt hi mid adesan      ealle towurpan.
    þa hi þæt þin fægere hus      fyre forbærndan
    and on eorstede      eac gewemdan,
    þæt þinum naman gewearþ      niode cenned.
    Cwædan on heortan:      "Wutan cuman ealle
    25
    and ure magas mid us;      wutun þyder gemot habban
    and symbeldagas      swylce drihtnes
    on eorwege      ealle towurpan.
    Ne we sweotul tacen      us geseo ænig,
    ne we on ænige wisan      witegan habba,
    30
    þæt us andgytes ma      æfre secgen."
    Wilt þu hu lange,      wealdend drihten,
    edwit þolian      yfelum feondum
    and naman þinne      nu bysmria
    þa wiþerweardan      wraþe wi ende?
    35
    For hwan awendest þu      wuldres ansyne
    æfre fram us,      eac þa swyran hand
    of þinum sceate      sylfa wi ende?
    Usser god kynincg,      geara þu worhtest,
    ær woruld wære,      wise hælu
    40
    on þisse eorþan      efenmidre.
    þu on þines mægenes      mihte spedum
    sæ gesettest,      swylce gebræce
    þæt dracan heafod      deope wætere.
    þu þæs myclan dracan      mihtum forcome
    45
    and his þæt hearde      heafod gescændest,
    sealdest Siglhearwum      syan to mose.
    þu sylfa eac      toslite wyllas
    and hlynnende      hlude streamas
    on æthane      ealle adrigdest.
    50
    þu dæg settest      and deorce niht,
    swylce þu gesettest      sunnan and monan;
    ealle þu geworhtest      eoran gemæru,
    sumor þu and lencten      swylce geworhtest.
    Wes þu gemyndig      manna bearna,
    55
    þæra gesceafta      þe þu gesceope e;
    fynd ætwita      fæcne drihtne,
    unwis folc ne wat      þinne wyrne naman.
    Ne syle þu unscyldigra      sawla deorum
    þe þe andetta      earme þearfan;
    60
    þara þu on ealdre ne forgit,      ece drihten.
    Geseoh þu nu sylfa, god,      so is gecyed,
    nu þin gewitnes ys      wel gefylled,
    hu deorce beo      dagas on eoran
    þam þe unrihtes      æghwær wyrcea.
    65
    Ne by se eadmoda      æfre gecyrred,
    þeah þe wædla      and þearfa he wyle
    naman þinne      neode herian.
    Aris, drihten god,      dem þine nu
    ealde intingan;      eac wes gemyndig,
    70
    hu þe unwise      edwita fela
    þurh ealne dæg      oft aspræcon.
    Ne forgit huru      godra manna
    sora stefna,      þa þe secea þe;
    fyll þa oferhydigan,      a e feogea þe,
    75
    and eft to þe      ealle stiga.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 74

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    We þe andetta,      ecne drihten,
    and þe andetta      ealle þeoda
    and naman þinne      neode ciegen.
    Ic þin wundur eall      wræclic sæcge,
    5
    swa ic fæstlicast mæg      befon wordum,
    and eac so      symble deme.
    Eore is gemolten      and hire eardend mid;
    ic þonne hire swyre      symble getrymme.
    Ic to yflum cwæ      oft nalæs seldan:
    10
    "Nelle ge unriht      ænig fremman
    and agyltan, þæt hi      ne gulpan þæs.
    Ne ahebba ge to hea      eowre hygeþancas,
    ne ge wi gode æfre      gramword sprecan."
    Forþon eastan ne cyme      gumena ænig,
    15
    ne of westwegum      wera cneorissa,
    ne of þissum westum      widum morum;
    forþon him is dema      drihten sylfa.
    Sumne he gehyne,      sumne ahefe sniome;
    forþon se wines steap      on waldendes handa
    20
    fægere gefylled is;      þæs onfeh þe he ann.
    þonne he of þysum on þæt      þonne oncerre,
    nyle he þa dærstan him      don unbryce;
    forþam sculon ealle      drincan synfulle,
    þa on þysse foldan      fyrene wyrcea;
    25
    ic þonne worulde gefean      wynnum healde,
    and Iacobes gode      georne singe.
    Ealra fyrenfulra      fyhtehornas
    ic bealdlice      gebrece sniome;
    swyþe beo ahafene      þa sofæstan.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 75

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    God wæs geara cu      mid Iudeum,
    and his æþele nama      mid Israelum.
    Is on sibbe his stow      soþe behealden,
    and he on Sione      swylce earda.
    5
    þær he hornbogan      hearde gebende,
    and sweord and sceld      æt gescotfeohta.
    þu wræclice      wundrum onlyhtest
    fram þam eceum hider      æelum beorgum;
    ealle synt yrre,      þa þe unwise
    10
    heora heortan hige      healda mid dysige;
    hi slæp hiora      swæfun unmurne;
    ne þær wiht fundan,      þa þe welan sohtan,
    þæs þe hi on handum      hæfdan godes.
    For þinre þrea      þriste ongunnon,
    15
    Iacobes god,      georne slepan,
    þa þe on horsum      hwilon wæron;
    is þin egesa mycel;      hwylc mæg æfre þe,
    gif þu yrre byst,      ahwær wistandan?
    þonne þu of heofenum dom      hider on eorþan
    20
    mid gescote sendest,      þonne hio swyþe beofa;
    onne to dome      drihten arise,
    þæt he on eoran do      ealle hale
    þe he mildheorte      mete and finde.
    Forþon e mannes geþoht      mægen andette,
    25
    and þonne þa lafe      lustum þence,
    þæt ic þe symbeldæg      sette and gyrwe.
    Gehata nu drihtne,      and him hrae gylda
    eowrum þam godan      gode georne;
    ealle þe on ymbhwyrfte      ahwær syndan,
    30
    him gyfe bringen      gode and clæne.
    To þam egsan sceal      æghwylc habban,
    þe wera gastum      wealde and healde;
    eorcynincgum      se ege stande.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 76

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic mid stefne ongann      styrman to drihtne,
    and he me gehyrde      and beheold sona.
    Ic on earfodæge      ecne drihten
    sohte mid handum      swyþe geneahhe,
    5
    and ic on niht for him      neode eode;
    næs ic on þam sie      beswicen awiht.
    And ic swie wisoc      sawle minre
    fælre frofre;      þa ic fæste god
    gemyndgade,      þær ic hæfde mæstne hiht.
    10
    Swye ic begangen wæs      and min sylfes gast
    wæs hwonlice      ormod worden,
    wæron eagan mine      eac mid wæcceum
    werded swyþe;      ne spræc ic worda feala.
    þa ic ealde dagas      eft geþohte,
    15
    hæfde me ece gear      ealle on mode.
    Ic þa mid heortan ongann      hycggean nihtes;
    wæs min gast on me      georne gebysgad.
    þa ic sylfa cwæ:      "Ic to soe wat,
    nele þis ece god      æfre toweorpan
    20
    ne us witnian      for his weldædum,
    oe wiþ ende      æfre to worulde
    his milde mod      mannum afyrran
    on woruldlife      wera cneorissum.
    Ne by æfre god      ungemyndig,
    25
    þæt he miltsige      manna cynne,
    oþþe on yrre      æfre wille
    his milde mod      mannum dyrnan."
    And ic selfa cwæ:      "Nu ic sona ongann
    þas geunwendnes      wenan ærest
    30
    þara hean handa      haligan drihtnes,
    weorca wræclicra      worda gemyndig,
    þæt he æt fruman wundor      fæger geworhte."
    þa ic metegian ongan      mænigra weorca,
    hu ic me on eallum þam      eaust geheolde;
    35
    on eallum þinum weorcum      ic wæs smeagende,
    swylce ic on þinum gehylde      sylf begangen.
    Ys weruda god      on wege halgum;
    hwylc is mihtig god      butan ure se mæra god?
    þu eart ana god,      þe æghwylc miht
    40
    wundor gewyrcean      on woruldlife.
    Eft þu þine mihte      mænige cydest
    folcum on foldan;      þu wiferedes eac
    Israhela bearn      of ægyptum.
    Hwæt, þe, wuldres god,      wæter sceawedon
    45
    and þe gesawon      sealte yþa;
    forhte wurdan      flodas gedrefde,
    wæs sweg micel      sealtera wætera.
    Sealdon weorlice      wolcnas stefne
    þurh þine stræle      strange foran;
    50
    wæs þunurradstefn      strang on hweole.
    þonne ligette      lixan cwoman,
    eall ymbhwyrft      eoran onhrerdan.
    Wærun wegas þine      on widne sæ
    and þine stige      ofer strang wæter;
    55
    ne bi þær eþe þin spor      on to findanne.
    Folc þin u feredest      swa fæle sceap
    þurh Moyses      mihtige handa
    and Aarones      ealle gesunde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 77

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Geheald þu, min folc,      mine fæste æ;
    ahylda eowre earan,      þæt ge holdlice
    mines mues word      mihte gehyran.
    Ic on anlicnessum      ærest ontyne
    5
    mines sylfes mu,      secggean onginne,
    þa on worldricum      wæron æt fryme.
    Ealle þa we oncneowan,      cu ongeaton,
    and ure fæderas us      æror sægdon.
    Noldan hi þa swie      heora synna dyrnan,
    10
    ac ylda gehwylc      orum cyde.
    Sægdon lof symble      leofum drihtne
    and his þa myclan miht,      mænigu wundur,
    þa he geworhte      wera cneorissum.
    He aweahte      gewitnesse
    15
    on Iacobe      goode and strange,
    and Israhelum      æ gesette.
    þa he fæste bebead      fæderum ussum,
    þæt hi heora bearnum      budun and sægdun,
    and cinn orum      cyden and mærden.
    20
    Gif bearn wære      geboren þam fæder,
    him sceolde se yldra      eall gesæcgan,
    þæt hi gleawne hiht      to gode hæfdan,
    and his weorlicu      weorc gemundon,
    and godes bebodu      georne heoldan.
    25
    Ne wesen hi on facne      fæderum gelice;
    þæt wæs earfocynn      yrre and ree;
    næfdon heora heortan      hige gestaelod;
    nis to wenanne,      þætte wolde god
    hiora gasta mid him      gyman awiht.
    30
    Effremes bearn      ærest ongunnan
    of bogan stræle      bitere sendan,
    þæs hi on wiges dæge      wendon æfter.
    Ne heoldan hi      halgan drihtnes
    gewitnesse,      ne his weorca æ
    35
    awiht wislice      woldan begangan.
    Ealra goddæda      hi forgiten hæfdon,
    and þara wundra,      þe he worhte ær,
    þara heora yldran      on locadan.
    He on ægypta      agenum lande
    40
    him worhte fore      wundur mære
    and on Campotanea      eac mid soe.
    He sæ toslat,      sealte yþa
    gefæstnade,      and hi foran þurh.
    Him wisode      wolcen unlytel
    45
    daga æghwylce,      swa hit drihten het,
    and him ealle niht      oer beacen
    fyres leoma      folcnede heold.
    He on westene      wide ædran
    him of stane let,      strange burnan.
    50
    Of þam wæter cwoman      weorude to helpe,
    swyþe wynlice      wætera þrye.
    þa hi hira firene      furþur ehtan,
    and hine on yrre      eft gebrohtan,
    heora heafodweard      holdne on lande.
    55
    Hi þa on heortan      hogedon to nie,
    and geornlice      godes costadan,
    bædan hiora feorum      foddur geafe,
    and gramlice      be gode spræcan:
    "Ac we þæs ne wena,      þæt us witig god
    60
    mæge bringan to      beod gegearwod
    on þisum westene      widum and sidum,
    þeah þe he of stane      streamas lete
    wæter on willan      wynnum flowan,
    Ne we hwæere wena,      þæt he wihte mæge
    65
    mid hlafe þis folc      her afedan."
    Syþþan þæt gehyrde      halig drihten,
    he ylde þa gyt      and eft gespræc;
    wæs gegleded fyr      on Iacobe
    and his yrre barn      on Israhelas,
    70
    Forþon þe hi ne woldon      wordum drihtnes
    lustum gelyfan,      lare forhogedon.
    Het he þa widan duru      wolcen ontynan
    hea of heofenum      and hider rignan
    manna to mose      manna cynne,
    75
    sealde him heofenes hlaf      hider on foldan,
    and engla hlaf      æton mancynn,
    and hwætenne      hæfdon to genihte.
    And awehte þa      windas of heofenum,
    Auster ærest      and þa Affricum.
    80
    Him þa eac feoll ufan      flæsc to genihte;
    swa sand sæs      oe þiss swearte dust
    coman gefirade      fugelas swylce.
    And on middan þa wic      manige feollan
    and ymb hiora selegescotu      swie geneahhe.
    85
    Swie ætan      and sade wurdan,
    and hiora lusta      lifdan hwile;
    næron hi bescyrede      sceattes willan.
    þa gyt hi on mue      heora mete hæfdon,
    þa him on becwom      yrre drihtnes
    90
    and heora mænige      mane swultan,
    æele Israhela      eac forwurdan.
    In eallum hi þissum      ihtan synne,
    and noldan his wundrum      wel gelyfan.
    Hi heora dagena tid      dædun idle
    95
    and heora geara gancg      eac unnytte.
    þonne he hi sare sloh,      þonne hi sohton hine,
    and ær leohte to him      lustum cwoman.
    Syan hi ongeaton,      þæt wæs god heora
    fæle fultum,      freond æt þearfe;
    100
    wæs hea god      heora alysend,
    Hi hine lufedan      lease mue,
    ne þæs on heortan      hogedan awiht.
    Næs him on hrere      heorte clæne,
    ne hi on gewitnesse      wisne hæfdon,
    105
    on hiora fyrhþe      fæstne geleafan.
    He þonne is mildheort      and manwære
    hiora fyrendædum,      nolde hi to flymum gedon.
    He þa manige fram him      mangewyrhtan
    yrre awende,      eall ne wolde
    110
    þurh hatne hyge      hæleum cyþan.
    And he gemunde      þæt hi wæran moldan and flæsc
    gast gangende,      næs se geancyr eft.
    Hi hine on westenne      wordum and dædum
    on yrre mod      eft gebrohtan,
    115
    aweahtan hine on eoran      oft butan wætere.
    Oft hi grimlice      godes costodan
    and Israhela god      eac abulgan.
    Na gemynd hæfdan,      hu his seo mycle hand
    on gewindæge      werede and ferede.
    120
    He ægypti      egesan geþywde
    mid feala tacna      and forebeacna
    in Campotaneos;      þæt wæs cu werum.
    þær he wæterstreamas      wende to blode;
    ne meahte wæter drincan      wihta ænig.
    125
    Sette him heard wite,      hundes fleogan,
    and hi ætan eac      yfle tostan;
    hæfdan hi eallunga      ut aworpen.
    Sealde erucan,      yfelan wyrme,
    let hiora wyrta      wæstme forslitan,
    130
    and hiora gram gewinn      hæfdan gærshoppan.
    Heora wingeardas      wraþe hægle
    nede fornamon;      nænig moste
    heora hrorra hrim      æpla gedigean.
    Sealde heora neat eac      swylce hæglum,
    135
    and heora æhta      ealle fyre.
    He æbylige on hi      bitter and yrre,
    sarlic sende      o sawlhord
    and þæt wi yfele      englas sende.
    He him weg worhte      wraan yrres,
    140
    ne he heora sawlum dea      swie ne sparude
    and heora neat      nicwealm forswealh.
    He þa on þam folce      frumbearna gehwylc
    on ægiptum      eall acwealde
    and frumwæstme      folce Chames.
    145
    þa he his folc genam      swa fæle sceap,
    lædde geliccast      leofe eowde
    þurh westenas      wegas uncue.
    And he hi on hihte      holdre lædde;
    næs him on fyrhtu      feondes egsa,
    150
    ac ealle þa      yþa fornamon.
    He hi þa gelædde      on leofre byrig
    and haligre,      a his hand begeat.
    And he manige for him      mære þeode
    awearp of wicum,      sealde him weste land,
    155
    þæt hi mid tane      getugan rihte.
    þa Israelas      æhte gesætan
    hrores folces,      þa hi heanne god
    gebysmredan,      noldon his bebodu
    fæste healdan.     
    160
    Hi awendan aweg,      nalæs wel dydan,
    swa heora fæderas      beforan heoldan,
    and on wiermede      wendan and cyrdan.
    Swa hi his yrre      oft aweahtan,
    þonne hi oferhydig      up ahofan,
    165
    and him wohgodu      worhtan and grofun.
    þa þæt gehyrde      halig drihten,
    he hi forhogode,      and hrae syþþan
    Israhela cynn      egsan geyde.
    And he þa swa gelome wisoc      snytruhuse,
    170
    wæs his agen hus,      þær he eard genam
    ær mid mannum,      mihtig hæfde.
    He hi þa on hæftnyd      hean gesealde
    and heora fæger folc      on feondes hand.
    Sealde þa his swæs folc      sweorde under ecge,
    175
    and his yrfe eac      eall forhogode.
    Heora geogue eac      grimme lige
    fyr fæmade;      fæmnan ne wæran
    geonge begrette,      þeah e hi grame swultan.
    Wæran sacerdas heora      sweordum abrotene;
    180
    ne þæt heora widwan      wepan mostan.
    þa wear aweaht      wealdend drihten,
    swa he slæpende      softe reste
    oe swa weor man      wine druncen.
    He þa his feondas sloh      and him ætfæste eac
    185
    ece edwit      awa to feore.
    And he georne wisoc      Iosepes huse,
    ne þon ær geceas      Effremes cynn,
    ac he geceas Iudan him      geswæs frumcynn
    on Sione byrig,      þær him wæs symble leof.
    190
    He þa anhornan      ealra gelicast
    his halige hus      her on eoran
    getimbrade;      het æt teala syan
    on worldrice      wunian ece.
    And him a Dauid geceas,      deorne esne,
    195
    and genam hine æt eowde      ute be sceapum,
    fostur feormade;      he him onfencg hrae.
    He þonne fede      folc Iacobes
    and Israhela      yrfelafe.
    And he hi þonne butan facne      fede syþþan,
    200
    and his folmum syþþan      hi for læde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 78

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Comon on in yrfe,      ece drihten,
    fremde þeode,      þa þin fæle hus,
    ealh haligne      yfele gewemdan.
    Settan Hierusalem      samod anlicast
    5
    swa in æppelbearu      ane cytan;
    swylce hi setton      swylt þinum esnum,
    sealdon flæsc heora      fuglum to mose,
    haligra lic      hundum and deorum.
    Hi þara bearna blod      on byrig leton
    10
    swa man gute wæter      ymb Hierusalem;
    blodige lagan,      nahtan byrgendas.
    We synd gewordene      wera cneorissum
    eallum edwitstæf      ymbsittendum,
    þe us ahwær neah      nu a syndon.
    15
    Hu wilt þu, wuldres god,      wra yrre þin
    on ende fram us      æfre oncyrran?
    Is nu onbærned      biter þin yrre
    on inum folce      fyre hatre.
    Ageot yrre þin      on þæt rice
    20
    and on cneowmagas      þe ne cunnan e,
    ne naman þinne      neode cigea.
    Forþon hi Iacob      geara ætan,
    and his wicstede      westan gelome.
    Ne gemune þu to oft,      mihta wealdend,
    25
    ealdra unrihta      þe we oft fremedon,
    ac we hrae begytan      hyldo ine,
    forþon we earfende      þearle syndon.
    Gefultuma us,      frea ælmihtig,
    and alys us,      lifigende god;
    30
    weor urum synnum      sefte and milde
    for naman þinum      neode and aare.
    þy læs æfre cwean      ore þeoda,
    hæene herigeas,      "Hwær com eower halig god?"
    and us þæt on eagum      oftust worpen,
    35
    þær manna wese      mæst ætgædere.
    Wrec agen blod      esna þinra,
    þæt wæs sarlice agoten,      þær þu gesawe to;
    geonge for e      gnornendra care
    þara þe on feterum      fæste wæran.
    40
    æfter ines earmes      æelum mægene
    gegang þa deaa bearn      þe hi dema nu.
    Gyld nu gramhydigum,      swa hi geearnedan,
    on sceat hiora      seofonfealde wrace,
    forþon hi edwit on þe      ealle hæfdon.
    45
    We þin folc wærun      and fæle sceap
    eowdes þines;      we e andetta,
    and þe to worulde      wuldur sæcgea
    and þe on worulda woruld      wordum heria.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 79

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu þe Israela      æelum cynne
    reccest and rædest,      u nu recene beheald,
    þu e Ioseph swa sceap      gramum wilæddest.
    u e sylfa nu      sittest ofer cherubin,
    5
    æteow fore Effraim      eac Mannasse
    and Beniamin,      nu we bidda þe.
    Awece þine mihte      and mid wuldre cum,
    and us hale do      her on eoran.
    Gehweorf us, mægena god,      and us mildne æteow
    10
    þinne andwlitan;      ealle we beo hale.
    Eala u, mægena god,      mære drihten,
    hu lange yrsast þu      on þines esnes gebed?
    Tyhst us and fedest      teara hlafe,
    and us drincan gifest      deorcum tearum
    15
    manna gehwylcum      on gemet rihtes.
    þu us asettest      on sarcwide
    urum neahmannum;      nu we cunnion,
    hu us mid fraceum      fynd bysmria.
    Gehweorf us, mægena god,      and us mildne æteow
    20
    þinne andwlitan;      ealle we beo hale.
    þu of ægyptum      ut alæddest
    wræstne wingeard,      wurpe þeode
    and þone ylcan ær      eft asettest.
    þu him weg beforan      worhtest rihtne,
    25
    and his wyrtruman      wræstne settest,
    þanon eore wear      eall gefylled.
    His se brada scua      beorgas þeahte,
    and his tanas astigun      godes cedderbeam.
    Ealle þa telgan      e him of hlida,
    30
    þu æt sæstreamas      sealte gebræddest,
    and hi to flodas      for aweaxa.
    Forhwan þu towurpe      weallfæsten his?
    Wealde his winbyrig      eall þæt on wege fær.
    Hine utan of wuda      eoferas wrota,
    35
    and wilde deor      westa and fretta.
    Gehweorf nu, mægena god,      milde and spedig
    þine ansyne      ufan of heofenum;
    gewite and beseoh      wingeard þisne,
    þæt he mid rihte      ræde gange,
    40
    þæne in seo swire      sette æt fryme,
    and ofer mannes sunu,      þe þu his mihte ær
    under e getrymedest,      tires wealdend.
    Fyr onbærne,      folm þurhdelfe;
    fram ansyne      egsan ines
    45
    ealle þa on ealdre      yfele forweora.
    Si þin seo swire hand      ofer sone wer
    and ofer mannes sunu;      þu his mihta e
    geagnadest,      ealle getrymedest,
    weoruda drihten;      ne gewita we fram e.
    50
    Ac þu us wel cwica,      wealdend mihtig;
    we naman þinne      neode cigea.
    Gehweorf us, mægena     

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 80

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    gif þu, Israhel, a wylt      elne gehyran.
    Gif þu, Israhel,      me anum gehyrst,
    ne by god on þe      niwe gemeted,
    ne þu fremedne god      sylfa gebiddest.
    5
    Ic eom þin god,      e geara þe
    of ægypta      eorþan alædde.
    Ontyn þinne mu      and ic hine teala fylle;
    nele min folc mine stefne      æfre gehyran,
    ne me Israhel behealdan      holde mode.
    10
    Ac hi lifian het      lustum heortena
    swa him leofust wæs,      leode þeodum,
    æfter hiora willum      wynnum miclum.
    þær min agen folc,      Israhela cynn,
    me mid gehygde      hyran cuan,
    15
    oþþe on wegas mine      woldan gangan,
    þonne ic hiora fynd      fylde and hynde,
    and þæt mycle mægen      minra handa
    heora ehtendas      ealle fornam.
    Him fynd godes      fæcne leoga;
    20
    by hiora yfele tid      awa to feore.
    He hi fedde      mid fætre lynde,
    hwæte and hunige,      þæt him halig god
    sealde of stane,      oþþæt hi sæde wæron.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 81

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    God mihtig stod      godum on gemange,
    and he hi on midle      mægene tosceade.
    Hu lange deme ge      domas unrihte,
    and ge onfo ansyna      synnwyrcendra?
    5
    Dema steopcildum      domas soe
    and eadmedum      eac þæt sylfe,
    wædlum and earfum      wel sofæstum.
    Ge of firenfulra      fæcnum handum
    þearfan and wædlan      þriste alysa.
    10
    Ne ongeatan hi      ne geara wistan,
    ac hi on ystrum      þrage eodan;
    ealle abeofedan      eoran staþelas.
    Ic ærest cwæ:      "Ge synd uppe godu,
    ealle uphea,      and æele bearn.
    15
    Ge þonne swelta      samod mid mannum,
    swa ealdormann      an gefealle."
    Aris drihten, nu!      Dem eorware,
    forþan þu eart erfeweard      ealra eoda.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 82

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwylc is þe gelic,      ece drihten?
    Ne swiga u,      ne þe sylfne bewere.
    Forþon þine feond      fæcne forwurdan,
    þa e fæste ær      feodan, drihten,
    5
    and heora heafod wi þe      hofan swie.
    Hi on inum folce him      facengeswipere
    syredan and feredan,      and to swice hogedon,
    and ehtunga      ealle hæfdon,
    hu hi þine halgan      her yfeladan.
    10
    Cwædan culice:      "Wutun cuman ealle
    and hi towyrpan      geond werþeoda,
    þæt ne sy gemyndig      manna ænig,
    hu Israhela naman      ænig nemne."
    Forþon hi an geþeaht      ealle ymbsætan,
    15
    and gewitnesse wi þe      wise gesettan.
    Selegesceotu synd      onsægd in Idumea
    and Ismæhelita,      eac synt Moabes,
    Ammon and Ammalech,      Agareni,
    swylce Gebal      and grame manige
    20
    fremde þeoda mid eardiendum      folce on Tyrum.
    Cwom samod mid am      swylce Assur;
    ealle on wegum      æghwær syndon
    on leodstefnum      Loes bearnum.
    Do him nu swa u dydest      dagum Madiane
    25
    and Sisare,      swylce Iabin;
    ealle þa namon      ændor wylle
    and Cisone      clæne hlimme;
    wurdan þa earme      eorþan to meohxe.
    Sete heora ealdormenn      swa u Oreb dydest,
    30
    Zeb and Zebee      and Salmanaa,
    and heora ealdrum      eallum swylce;
    ealle þa on an      ær gecwædon,
    þæt hi halignesse godes      her gesettan.
    Sete hi nu, min god,      samod anlice
    35
    swa se wægnes hweol      oþþe windes healm,
    and swa færincga      fyr wudu byrne,
    oe swa lig frete      lungre morhæ,
    Swa þu hi on yrre      ehtest and drefest,
    þæt hi on hrernesse      hraþe forweora.
    40
    Gedo þæt hiora ansyn      awa sceamige,
    þonne hi naman þinne      neode secea.
    Ealle beo georette,      eac gescende,
    and on weoruldlife      weorþa gedrefde,
    þonne hi naman þinne      neode secea.
    45
    þu ana eart      ofer ealle heah
    eorbuende,      ece drihten.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 83

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Synd me wic þine      weore and leofe,
    mægena drihten;      a ic on mode þæs
    willum hæfde,      þet ic him wunude onn.
    Heorte min and flæsc      hyhta georne
    5
    on þone lifigendan      leofan drihten;
    him eac spedlice      spearuwa hus begyte,
    and tidlice      turtle nistla,
    þær hio afede      fugelas geonge.
    Wærun wigbedu þin,      weoruda drihten;
    10
    þu eart drihten min      and deore cynincg.
    Eadige weora,      þa þe eardia
    on þinum husum,      halig drihten,
    and þe on worulda woruld,      wealdend, heria.
    þæt by eadig wer,      se þe him oerne
    15
    fultum ne sece      nymþe fælne god,
    and þæt on heortan hige      healde fæste,
    gesete him þæt sylfe      on isse sargan dene,
    þær hi teara      teonan cnyssa
    on þam sylfan stede      þe þu him settest her.
    20
    Brohte him bletsunge      se e him beorhte æ
    soe sette;      syþþan eodan
    of mægene on mægen;      þær wæs miht gesawen
    on Sionbeorge      soes drihtnes.
    Gehyr min gebed,      halig drihten,
    25
    þu eart mære god,      mildum earum,
    and Iacobes      god se mæra.
    Beseoh drihten nu,      scyldend usser;
    oncnaw onsyne      cristes þines.
    Betere is micle      to gebidanne
    30
    anne dæg mid þe      þonne oera
    on þeodstefnum      þusend mæla.
    Ic me þæs wyrce      and wel ceose,
    þæt ic hean gange      on hus godes,
    þonne ic on fyrenfulra      folce eardige.
    35
    Forþon god lufa      geornast ealles,
    þæt man si mildheort      mode sofæst,
    þonne him god gyfe      gyfe and wuldur.
    Nele god æfre      gode bedælan,
    þa e heortan gehygd      healda clæne;
    40
    þæt bi eadig mann,      se þe him ecean godes
    to mundbyrde      miht gestreone.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 84

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu bletsadest,      blie drihten,
    foldan fæle,      and afyrdest eac
    of Iacobe      þa graman hæftned.
    Unriht þu forlete      eallum þinum folce,
    5
    and heora fyrene      fæste hæle.
    Eall þu þin yrre      ere gedydest,
    na u ure gyltas      egsan gewræce.
    Gehweorf us hrae,      hælend drihten,
    and þin yrre fram us      eac oncyrre,
    10
    þæt u us ne weore      wra on mode.
    Ne wrec þu þin yrre      wrae mode
    of cynne on cynn      and on cneorisse;
    gecyr us georne to e,      Crist ælmihtig,
    and in folc on e      gefeo swie.
    15
    æteow us milde mod,      mihtig drihten,
    and us þine hæle syle      her to genihte.
    Syþþan ic gehyre,      hwæt me halig god
    on minum modsefan      mælan wille;
    sybbe he his folces      sece geornast,
    20
    and swiust to þam      þe hine secea.
    Hwæere he is mid soe      forswie neah
    þam þe egsan his      elne healda,
    hæle mid hyldo,      and him her syle
    ure eoran      æele wuldor.
    25
    Him ganga ongean      gleawe cræftas,
    mildheortnesse mod      and mihte so,
    and hine sybbe lufu      swylce clyppe.
    Up of eoran cwom      æþelast soa,
    beseah sofæstnes      samod of heofenum.
    30
    Syle us fremsum god      fægere drihten,
    þonne us eore syle      æele wæstmas.
    Hine sofæstnes      symble foregange
    and on weg sette      wise gangas.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 85

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ahyld me þin eare,      halig drihten;
    foron ic eom wædla,      þu me wel gehyr,
    and ic sylfa eom      sorhfull þearfa.
    Geheald mine sawle,      foron ic halig eom;
    5
    hæl þinne scealc,      forþon ic e hihte to.
    Miltsa me drihten,      þonne ic mægene to e
    þurh ealne dæg      elne cleopade;
    do þines scealces      sawle blie,
    foron ic hi to e      hebbe genehhige.
    10
    Foron þu eart wynsum,      wealdend drihten;
    is þin milde mod      mycel and genihtsum
    eallum þam þe þe      elne cigea.
    þu mid earum onfoh,      ece drihten,
    min agen gebed,      and eac beheald,
    15
    hu ic stefne to e      stundum cleopige.
    þonne me on dæge      deorc earfoe
    carelice cnyssedan,      þonne ic cleopode to e;
    forþon þu me gehyrdest      holde mode.
    Nis þe goda ænig      on gumrice
    20
    ahwær efne gelic,      ece drihten,
    ne e weorc magon      wyrcean anlic.
    Ealle þu geworhtest      wera cneorissa,
    þa þe weoria,      wuldres aldor,
    and naman drihtnes      neode cigea.
    25
    Foran u eart se mycla      mihtiga drihten,
    þe wundor miht      wyrcean ana.
    Gelæd, drihten, me      on þinne leofne weg,
    and ic on þinum soe      syþþan gancge.
    Heorte min ahlyhhe,      þonne ic inne halgan naman
    30
    forhtige me on ferhe,      for andette
    mid ealre heortan hyge,      þæt þu eart, halig god,
    nemned drihten,      and we naman þinne
    on ecnesse      a weorien.
    Ys þin mildheortnes mycel      ofer me, drihten,
    35
    and þu mine sawle      swylce alysdest
    of helwarena      hinderþeostrum.
    God min se leofa,      gramhydige me
    mid unrihte      oft onginna,
    and gesamnincge      swimihtigra
    40
    sohton mine sawle      swyþe geneahhe;
    ne do him for awiht      egsan drihtnes.
    Hwæt, þu eart, min drihten god,      dædum mildheort,
    þenden geyldig,      þearle sofæst.
    Beseoh nu on me,      and me syþþan weor
    45
    milde on mode,      mihtig drihten;
    geteoh hrore meaht      hysse þinum;
    do þinre þeowan sunu,      drihten, halne.
    Do gedefe mid me,      drihten, tacen,
    and þæt god ongitan,      þa me georne ær
    50
    fæste feodan,      habban for sceame.
    Forþon þu me wære fultum      fæste, drihten,
    and me frefredest,      frea ælmihtig.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 86

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Healda his staelas      halige beorgas;
    lufude Sione duru      symble drihten
    ofer Iacobes wic      goode ealle.
    Wærun wuldurlice wi þe      wel acweene,
    5
    þæt þu si cymast      ceastra drihtnes;
    eac ic gemyndige      þa mæran Raab
    and Babilonis      begea gehwæeres.
    Efne fremde cynn      foran of Tyrum,
    folc Sigelwara      naman þær fæstne eard.
    10
    Modor Sion      "man" cwæ ærest,
    and hire mære gewear      mann on innan,
    and he hi þa hehstan      her staelade.
    Drihten þæt on gewritum      dema sægde
    þam þe frumsprecend      folces wæron,
    15
    eallum swylce,      þe hire on wæron.
    Swa ure ealra bliss      eardhæbbendra
    on anum þe      ece stande.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 87

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu eart me, drihten god,      dyre hælend;
    ic on dæge to e      dygle cleopode,
    and on niht fore þe      neode swylce.
    Gange min ingebed      on þin gleawe gesih;
    5
    ahyld eare þin      and gehyr min gebed.
    Foron is sawl min      sares and yfeles
    fæste gefylled;      is min feorh swylce
    to helldore      hylded geneahhe.
    Wena þæs sume,      þæt ic on wrane sea
    10
    mid fyrenwyrhtum      feallan sceolde;
    ic eom men gelic      mære geworden,
    þe mid deadum bi      betweox deae freo.
    Swa gewundade      wrae slæpe
    syn þonne geworpene      on widne hlæw,
    15
    þær hiora gymynde      men ne wænan,
    swa hi syn fram þinre handa      heane adrifene.
    Hi me asetton      on sea hinder,
    þær wæs deorc þeostru      and deaþes scua.
    þær me wæs yrre þin      on acyþed,
    20
    and þu me oferhige on      ealle gelæddest.
    Feor u me dydest      freondas cuþe;
    settan me symble,      þær me unswæsost wæs;
    eam ic swære geseald,      þær ic ut swican ne mæg.
    Eagan me syndon      unhale nu
    25
    geworden for wædle;      ic me to wuldres gode
    þuruh ealne dæg      elne clypige
    and mine handa to þe      hebbe and enige.
    Ne huru wundur      wyrcea deade,
    oþþe hi listum      læceas weccean
    30
    and hi andettan þe      ealle syþþan.
    Ne on eostrum ne mæg      þances gehygdum
    ænig wislicu      wundur oncnawan,
    oe þin sofæstnes      si on þam lande
    þe ofergytnes      on eardige.
    35
    Cwist þu, oncnawa hi      wundru ine
    on am dimmum      deorcan ystrum,
    oe ine rihtwisnesse      recene gemete
    on ofergyttolnesse      manna ænig?
    Ic me to e,      ece drihten,
    40
    mid modgehygde      mægene clypade,
    and min gebed      morgena gehwylce
    fore sylfne þe      sofæst becume.
    Forhwan u min gebed      æfre woldest,
    so god, wisacan,      oe þinre gesihe me
    45
    on þissum ealdre      æfre wyrnan?
    Wædla ic eom on gewinne,      worhte swa on geogue;
    ahafen ic wæs and gehyned,      hwæere næs gescended.
    Oft me þines yrres      egsa geeowde,
    and me broga þin      bitere gedrefde.
    50
    Hi me ealne dæg      utan ymbsealdan,
    swa wæterflodas      wæron ætsomne.
    þu me afyrdest      frynd þa nehstan
    and mine cue eac      cwicu geyrmdest.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 88

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mildheortnesse þine,      mihtig drihten,
    ic on ecnesse      awa singe;
    fram cynne on cynn      and on cneorisse
    ic þine sofæstnesse      secge geneahhe
    5
    on minum muþe      manna cynne.
    Forþon þa u cwæde      cue worde,
    þæt on ecnesse      awa wære
    þin milde mod      micel getimbrad
    heah on heofenum      hælea bearnum
    10
    and þin sofestnes      symble gearwad.
    Ic minum gecorenum      cue gesette,
    hu min gewitnes      wolde gangan;
    ic Dauide      dyrum esne
    on asware      ær benemde,
    15
    þæt ic his cynne      and cneowmagum
    on ecnesse      a geworhte
    ful sefte seld,      þæt hi sæton on.
    Heofenas andetta,      halig drihten,
    hu wundor þin      wræclic stande,
    20
    and þa halgan eac      hergea on cyricean
    þine sofæstnesse,      secgea geneahhige.
    Nis under wolcnum,      weoroda drihten,
    ænig anlic,      ne e ænig by
    betweox godes bearnum      gyt gelicra.
    25
    þu bist gewuldrad god,      þær bi wisra geeaht
    and haligra      heah gemetincg,
    micel and egeslic      ofer eall manna bearn,
    a e on ymbhwyrfte      ahwær syndon.
    þu eart mægena god,      mihtig drihten;
    30
    nis þe ealra gelic      ahwær on spedum,
    is þin sofæstnes      symble æghwær.
    þu wide sæs      wealdest mihtum;
    þu his yþum miht      ana gesteoran,
    onne hi on wæge      wind onhrere.
    35
    þu miht oferhydige      eae mid wunde
    heane gehnægean;      hafast u heah mægen
    þines earmes sped      wi ealle fynd.
    Heofonas þu wealdest,      hrusan swylce;
    eoran ymbehwyrft      eall þu gesettest.
    40
    þu nordæl and sæ      niode gesceope,
    Tabor et Hermon      on naman inum;
    hi mid strencge eac      upp ahebba
    þinne swiþran earm      swylce, drihten.
    Wesan hea mihte      handa þinre
    45
    ahafen ofer hæleas;      halig seo swyre is,
    þines setles dom      so gegearwod.
    Mildheortnes and sofæstnes      mægene forganga
    þinne andwlitan;      þæt bi eadig folc
    þe can naman inne      neode herigean.
    50
    þa on inum leohte      lifigea and ganga
    þe him ansyn þin      ær onlihte,
    and on naman þinum      neode swylce
    beo ealne dæg      eac on blisse
    and þine sofæstnesse      symble æghwær.
    55
    Forþon þu heora mægenes eart      mærost wuldor,
    and we þinum weldædum      wurdan ahafene.
    Us an nime      ece drihten
    and Israhela cyning      eac se halga.
    þonne u ofer ealle      undearnunga
    60
    þine bearn sprecest      and bealde cwyst:
    "Ic me on þyssum folce      fultum sette
    ofermihtigne,      þone ic me ær geceas.
    Ic me deorne scealc      Dauid gemette
    and hine halige ele      handum smyrede.
    65
    Heo him fultume      and min fæle earm,
    and hine mid mycle      mægene geswye.
    Ne mæg him ænig facen      feond æteglan,
    ne unrihtes bearn      ænig scean.
    Of his ansyne      ealle ic aceorfe,
    70
    þa e him feondas      fæcne syndon,
    and his ehtendas      ealle geflyme.
    Hine sofæstnes min      samod ætgædere
    and mildheortnes min      mægene healde,
    and on naman minum      neode swylce
    75
    his horn bi ahafen,      heane on mihtum.
    And ic his swiran hand      settan þence,
    þæt he sæstreamum      syþþan wealde.
    He me him to fælum      fæder gecygde:
    'Wæs me andfencge, god,      ecere hælu.'
    80
    And ic þonne frumbearn      for asette
    ofer eorcyningas      ealra heahstne.
    Ic him to widan feore      wille gehealdan
    min milde mod      and him miht syllan,
    mine gewitnesse      weore and getreowe.
    85
    Ic to widan feore      wyrce syan
    þin heahsetl      hror and weorlic
    swa heofones dagas      her mid mannum.
    Gif mine bearn nella      mine bebodu efnan
    ne mine domas      dædum healdan,
    90
    Gif hi mine rihtwisnessa      fracoe gewemma
    and hi mine bebodu      blie ne healda,
    þonne ic heora unriht gewrece      egsan gyrde
    and hiora synne      swinglum forgylde.
    Ne ic him mildheortnesse      mine wille
    95
    fægere afyrran,      ac him for swa þeah
    mine sofæstnesse      syllan þence.
    Ic æne swor      a on halgum,
    þæt ic Dauide      dæda ne leoge,
    þæt on ecnesse      his agen cynn
    100
    wuna on wicum;      bi him weorlic setl
    on minre gesihe      sunnan anlic
    and swa mona      meahte on heofenum,
    þe is ece gewita      æhwær getreowe."
    þu þonne wisoce      soþum criste
    105
    and hine forhogodest,      hwile yldest
    and awendest fram him      gewitnesse
    esnes þines;      ealle gewemdest
    his halignesse      her on eoran.
    Ealle þu his weallas      wide todældest,
    110
    towurpe fæsten his      for folcegsan.
    Hine þa towurpon      wegferende,
    and he on edwit wear      ymbsittendum.
    Handa þu ahofe      heah ehtendra,
    gebrohtest his feondas      fæcne on blisse.
    115
    Fultum þu him afyrdest      fagan sweordes,
    nafa æt gefeohte      fælne helpend.
    þu hine of clænnesse      clæne alysdest,
    setl his gesettest      sorglic on eoran.
    þu his dagena tid      deorce gescyrtest
    120
    and mid sarlicre      sceame onmettest.
    Wilt þu hu lange,      wealdend drihten,
    yrre þin acyan      swa onæled fyr?
    Gemune, mære god,      hwæt si min lytle sped;
    ne huru u manna bearn      on middangeard
    125
    to idelnesse      æfre geworhtest.
    Hwylc is manna,      þæt feores neote,
    and hwæþere on ende      dea ne gesceawige;
    oe hwylc manna is,      þæt his agene
    fram helle locum      sawle generige?
    130
    Hwær is seo ealde nu,      ece drihten,
    micel mildheortness,      þe þu mancynne
    and Dauide      deope ae
    þurh þines sylfes      so benemdest?
    Gemune þinra esna      edwitspræce,
    135
    þa him fraculice      fremde þeode
    utan ætywa,      ore mæge.
    Cweþa him þæt edwit,      ece drihten,
    feondas þine,      fæste ætwita
    and þæt þinum criste      becweþa swie.
    140
    A sy gebletsad      ece drihten
    to widan feore.      Wese swa, wese swa!

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 89

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu eart fristol us      fæste, drihten,
    of cynne on cynne      and on cneorisse.
    æron munta gesceaft      ofer middangeard
    oe ymbhwyrft      eoran wære
    5
    oþþe world wære,      þu eart, wuldres god.
    Ne ahwyrf þu fram mænn      heah eadmedu;
    and þu culice      cwæde sylfa:
    "Ic manna bearnum      mod onwende."
    For þinum eagum,      ece drihten,
    10
    þusend wintra bi      þon anlicast,
    swa geostran dæg      gegan wære;
    And swa hi on niht hyrdnesse      neode beganga,
    ne heora winterrim      for wiht ne do.
    Morgen gewite      swa gemolsnad wyrt;
    15
    ore morgene      eft geblowe
    and geefne swa,      oþþæt æfen cyme,
    þonne forwisna,      weore to duste.
    Forþon we on þinum yrre      ealle forwurdon,
    wæron on þinum hathige      hearde gedrefde.
    20
    þu ure unriht      eall asettest,
    þær þu sylfa      to eagum locadest,
    and ure worulde þu      eac gestaelodest
    on alihtincge      andwlitan þines.
    Forþam e ure dagas      ealle geteorudun,
    25
    and we on þinum yrre synt      swie gewæhte.
    Wæran anlicast      ure winter
    geongewifran,      þonne hio geornast bi,
    þæt heo afære      fleogan on nette;
    beo ure geardagas      gnornscendende,
    30
    þeah þe heora hundred seo      samod ætgædere.
    Gif on mihtigum      mannum geweore,
    þæt hi hundehtatig      ylda gebiden,
    ealle þe þær ofer beo      æfre getealde
    wintra on worulde,      þa beo gewinn and sar.
    35
    Us manwærnes becwom      micel ofer ealle
    and we on þam gefean      forhte gewurdan.
    Hwa æs so me cann      sæcgean ænig,
    hu þines yrres      egsa stande
    and seo micle miht?      Nis þæt mann ænig
    40
    þe þa ariman      rihte cunne.
    Do us þa þine swiran hand,      drihten, cue,
    þam þe on snytrum syn      swye getyde,
    and þa heora heortan      healda clæne.
    Gehweorf us hwæthwiga,      halig drihten;
    45
    wes þinum scealcum      wel eabede.
    We synd gefyllede      fægere on mergenne
    þinre mildheortnesse;      þæs we on mode nu
    habba ealle dagas      æþele blisse.
    We gefeo swylce      for þon fægerum dagum,
    50
    on þam þu us to eadmedum      ealle gebrohtest,
    and for am gearum þe we on gesawon      yfela feala.
    Beseoh on þine scealcas      swæsum eagum
    and on þin agen weorc,      ece drihten,
    and heora bearn gerece      blie mode.
    55
    Wese us beorhtnes ofer      blian drihtnes,
    ures þæs godan godes      georne ofer ealle;
    gerece ure handgeweorc      heah ofer usic.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 90

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Me earda æt      æþele fultum
    þæs hehstan      heofonrices weard,
    þe me æt wuna      awa to feore.
    Ic to drihtne cwæ:      "þu me dyre eart
    5
    fæle fultum;      hæbbe ic freond on him,
    min se goda god,      and ic on e geare hycge."
    Foron he me alysde      of laum grine,
    huntum unholdum,      hearmum worde.
    He me mid his gesculdrum      sceade beþeahte;
    10
    forþon ic under firum      fæle hihte.
    Hwæt, me sofæstnes min      scylde wi feondum,
    ne u þe nihtegsan      nede ondrædest.
    Ne forhtast þu e on dæge      flan on lyfte,
    þæt þe þurhgangan      garas on eostrum,
    15
    oe on midne dæg      mære deoful.
    Fealle þe on þa wynstran      wergra þusend,
    and eac geteledra      tyn þusendo
    on þine þa swiran,      and þe ne sceae ænig.
    Hwæere þu æs eagan      eall sceawadest,
    20
    gesege fyrenfulra      frecne wite.
    þu me eart se hehsta hyht,      halig drihten;
    þu me fristol on e      fæstne settest.
    Ne mæg þe ænig yfel      egle weoran,
    ne heard sweopu      huse þinum
    25
    on neaweste      nahwær sceþþan.
    Forþon he his englum bebead,      þæt hi mid earmum þe
    on heora handum      heoldan georne,
    þæt þu wilwega      wealdan mostest.
    And þe on folmum      feredan swylce,
    30
    þe læs þu fræcne on stan      fote spurne.
    þu ofer aspide miht      eae gangan,
    and bealde nu      basiliscan tredan,
    and leon and dracan      liste gebygean.
    Foron he hyhte to me,      ic hine hrae lyse,
    35
    niode hine scylde,      nu he cue naman minne.
    He cigde me,      and ic hine culice
    hold gehyrde,      and hine hrae syþþan
    of earfoþum      ut alysde.
    Ic hine generige      and his naman swylce
    40
    gewuldrige      geond ealle wereoda,
    and him lifdagas      lange sylle,
    swylce him mine hælu      holde ætywe.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 91

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    God is, þæt man drihtne      geara andette
    and neodlice      his naman asinge,
    þone heahestan      hælea cynnes;
    And þonne on morgene      mægene sæcge,
    5
    hu he milde wear      manna cynne,
    and his soe      sæcge nihtes.
    Hwæt, ic on tyn strengum      getogen hæfde,
    hu ic þe on psalterio      singan mihte
    oe þe mid hearpan      hlyste cweman,
    10
    foron þu me on þinum weorcum      wisum lufadest;
    hihte ic to þinra handa      halgum dædum.
    Hu micle synt þine mægenweorc,      mihtig drihten;
    wærun þine geancas      þearle deope.
    Wonhydig wer      þæs wiht ne cann,
    15
    ne þæs andgit hafa      ænig dysigra.
    þonne for cuma      fyrenfulra reat,
    heap synnigra      hige onlic;
    ealle þær ætywa,      þa e unrihtes
    on weoruldlife      worhtan geornast,
    20
    þæt hi forwordene      weoren syþþan
    on worulda woruld      and to widan feore.
    þu on ecnesse      awa, drihten,
    heahesta bist,      heofonrices weard.
    þi nu ine feond      fæcne, drihten,
    25
    on eorwege      ealle forweorþa,
    and weora towrecene      wide ealle,
    þa þe unrihtes      æror worhtan.
    þonne anhorna      ealra gelicost,
    min horn weore      ahafen swie
    30
    and mine yldo beo      æghwær genihtsum.
    And eage þin      eac sceawode,
    hwær fynd mine      fæcne wæran,
    and mine wergend      wrae gehyrde
    efne þin agen      eare swylce.
    35
    Se sofæsta      samed anlicast
    beorht on blædum      blowe swa palma,
    and swa Libanes beorh      lide and growe.
    Setta nu georne      on godes huse,
    þæt ge on his wicum      wel geblowan.
    40
    Nu gyt syndan manige      manna swylce,
    þe hiom yldo gebidan      ær to genihte,
    and þa mid geþylde      þenden sægdan,
    Cwædon, þæt wære sofæst      sylfa drihten
    and hine unrihtes      awyht ne heolde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 92

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Drihten hine gegyrede      gode strenge,
    and hine þa mid micle      mægene begyrde.
    Drihten rixa,      dema usser,
    and hine mid weorlice      wlite gegyrede.
    5
    And þa ymbhwyrft      eorþan getrymede,
    swa folde stod      fæste syþþan.
    Gearu is þin setl,      and þu, ece god,
    ær worulde fruman,      wunast butan ende.
    Hofan heora stefne      streamas, drihten,
    10
    hofan and hlynsadan      hludan reorde
    fram wæterstefnum      widra manigra.
    Wræclice syndon      wægea gangas,
    þonne sæstreamas      swiust flowa;
    swa is wundorlic      wealdend usser
    15
    halig drihten      on heanessum.
    þin gewitnes is      weorcum geleafsum,
    and mid soe is      swie getreowed.
    Huse þinum      halig gedafena,
    drihten usser,      and dagas lange.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 93

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu eart wracena god,      and þu miht wrecan swylce,
    ana gefreogan      æghwylcne mann.
    Ahefe þe on ellen,      eorþan dema,
    gyld oferhydigum,      swa hi ær grame worhton.
    5
    Hu lange fyrenwyrhtan      foldan wealda
    oþþe manwyrhtan      morre gylpa?
    Hi oftust spreca,      unnyt sæcgea
    and woh meldia,      wyrcea unriht.
    Folc hi þin, drihten,      fæcne gehyndan,
    10
    and yrfe þin      eall forcoman.
    æleodige men,      earme wydewan,
    steopcilda feala      stundum acwealdon.
    Sægdan and cwædan,      þæt ne gesawe
    drihten æfre,      dyde swa he wolde,
    15
    ne þæt Iacobes god      ongitan cue.
    Onfinda þæt and ongeota      þe on folce nu
    unwiseste      ealra syndon;
    dysige hwæthwygu      deope þæt oncnawan.
    Se e ærest ealdum      earan worhte,
    20
    hu se oferhleour      æfre wurde?
    And him eagena gesyh      eallum sealde
    and he scearpe ne mæge      gesceawian?
    And se þe ege healde      eallum þeodum,
    and his þrea ne si      þær for awiht,
    25
    se þe men lære      micelne wisdom?
    God ealle cann      guman geancas
    eorbuendra,      foron hi idle synt.
    þæt bi eadig mann,      þe þu hine, ece god,
    on þinre sore æ      sylfa getyhtest
    30
    and hine þeodscipe      inne lærest
    and him yfele dagas      ealle gebeorgest,
    oþæt bi frecne sea      þam fyrenfullan
    deop adolfen      deorc and ystre.
    Næfre widrife      drihten ure
    35
    his agen folc,      ne his yrfe þon ma
    on ealdre wile      æfre forlætan.
    Hwylc þonne gena      gehwyrfed by,
    þæt he on unriht      eft ne cyrre;
    oe hwylc nyme me,      þæt ic man fleo
    40
    and mid rihtheortum      rædes þence?
    Hwylc arise mid me,      þæt ic riht fremme
    and wi awyrgedum      winne and stande,
    þe unrihtes      ealle wyrcea?
    Nyme me drihten,      dema usser,
    45
    gefultumede      fægere æt þearfe,
    wenincga min sawl      sohte helle.
    Gif ic þæs sægde,      þæt min sylfes fot
    ful sarlice      asliden wære,
    þa me mildheortnes      mihtigan drihtnes
    50
    gefultumede,      þæt ic feorh ahte.
    æfter þære menigeo      minra sara
    þe me ær on ferhe      fæste gestodan,
    þa me þine frofre      fægere, drihten,
    gesibbedan      sawle mine.
    55
    Ne ætfylige þe ahwær      facen ne unriht;
    u gefæstnast      facen sares;
    hi sofæste      sneome gehæfta
    and heora sawle      ofslean þencea,
    blod sofæstra      bitere ageotan.
    60
    Foron me is geworden      wealdend drihten
    to fristole      fæst and gestaelad;
    is me fultum his      fæst on drihtne.
    þonne him gylde      god ælmihtig
    ealle þa unriht      e hi geearnedan,
    65
    and on heora facne      fæste todrife
    drihten eallmihtig,      dema sofæst.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 94

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Cuma nu togædere,      wutun cweman gode,
    wynnum drihten      wealdend herigean,
    urum hælende      hyldo gebeodan.
    Wutun his ansyne      ærest secean,
    5
    þæt we andettan      ure fyrene
    and we sealmas him      singan mid wynne.
    Foron is se micla god      mihtig drihten
    and se micla cynincg      ofer eall manna godu.
    Foron ne widrife      drihten usser
    10
    his agen folc      æfre æt þearfe;
    he þas heahbeorgas      healde swylce.
    Eac he sæs wealde      and he sette þone;
    worhte his folme eac      foldan drige.
    Cuma him fore      and cneow bigea
    15
    on ansyne      ures drihtnes,
    and him wepan fore      e us worhte ær.
    Foron he is drihten god,      dema usser;
    wærun we his fæle folc      and his fægere sceap,
    þa he on his edisce      ær afedde.
    20
    Gif ge to dæge      drihtnes stefne
    holde gehyran,      næfre ge heortan geþanc
    deorce forhyrden      drihtnes willan.
    Swa on grimnesse      fyrn geara dydan
    on þam wraan dæge      and on westenne,
    25
    þær min urh facen      fæderas eowre
    þisse cneorisse      cunnedan georne,
    þær hi cunnedan,      cu ongeaton
    and min sylfes weorc      gesawon mid eagum.
    Nu ic feowertig      folce þyssum
    30
    wintra rimes      wunade neah,
    aa and symble cwæ      and eac swa oncneow,
    þæt hi on heortan      hyge dysegedan.
    Hi wegas mine      wihte ne oncneowan,
    þæt ic ær on yrre      ae benemde,
    35
    gif hi on mine reste      ricene eodon.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 95

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Singa nu drihtne      sangas neowe;
    singe þeos eore eall      eceum drihtne.
    Singa nu drihtne,      and his sone naman
    bealde bletsia;      beornas sæcgea
    5
    fram dæge to dæge      drihtnes hælu.
    Secgea his wuldor      geond sigeþeode,
    and on eallum folcum      his fægere wundor.
    He is se mycla god;      forþon hine mæn sculon
    elne herian;      he is egeslic god
    10
    ofer ealle godu      eorbuendra.
    Syndon ealle hæþenu godu      hildedeoful;
    heofonas þænne worhte      halig drihten.
    Ys on þinre gesihe      so andetnes,
    fæger halignes      fæste gebletsad
    15
    and weorlic wlite      wuldres þines.
    Bringa nu drihtne      bu ætsomne
    wlite and are,      wuldor ridde,
    and þæt of hiora eele don      ealle þeode,
    þæt hi naman drihtenes      neode herigean.
    20
    Genima eow arlice lac      and in ganga
    on his wictunas;      weoria drihten
    on his þære halgan      healle geneahhige.
    For his ansyne sceal      eore beofian;
    secga nu on cynnum      and on cneorissum,
    25
    þæt from treowe becwom      tirfæst rice
    drihten ure;      dome he syþþan
    eoran ymbhwyrft      ealle gesette.
    He ferhtlic riht      folcum deme
    and on his yrre      ealle þeode.
    30
    Heofenas blissia,      hrusan swylce
    gefeo fæstlice,      and floda þrym;
    sealte sæstreamas      sæle habba.
    Habba feldas eac      fægere blisse
    and ealle þa þe on him      eard weardia;
    35
    wærun wudubearuwas      on wyndagum
    for andwlitan      ecean drihtnes,
    forþon he cwom      on cynerymme,
    þæt he þas eoran      ealle demde.
    þonne he ymbhwyrft      eoran folca
    40
    soe and rihte      syþþan deme.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 96

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Rixa nu mid rihte      rice drihten;
    is eore nu      eac on blisse,
    and þæs fægerne      gefean habba
    ealanda mænig      ut on garsæcge.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 97

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         stundum onginna
    fægnian mid folmum      on gefean ælcne;
    beorgas blissia,      beacen oncnawa,
    for ansyne      ecean drihtnes;
    5
    forþon he eadig com      eorþan to demanne.
    He ymbhwyrft      eorþan deme
    soe and rihte,      and his syndrig folc
    on rihtnesse      ræde gebringe.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 98

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Rixa drihten,      and he ree folc
    healde on yrre      ungemete swie;
    sitte ofer cherubin,      se þe sona mæg
    ana eorware      ealle onstyrian.
    5
    Drihten is on Sion,      dema se mæsta,
    heah and mære      ofer eall hælea folc.
    We andeta þinum      þam ecean naman,
    þæt he mid mannum is      mycel and egeslic,
    halig on helpe      hæleþa bearnum,
    10
    aare cyninges dom      æghwær lufade.
    þu gegearwadest      geara ærest,
    þæt þu recene, god,      rihte beeodest;
    þu on Iacobe      gode domas
    æt fruman worlde      fægere settest.
    15
    Ahebba haligne      heofena drihten,
    usserne god      ellencræfte,
    and his fota sceamul      for weorþia;
    forþon he halig is      hælea bearnum.
    Moyses et Aaron      mære gebroor,
    20
    soe sacerdas,      Samuhel ridda,
    þa gode his naman      neode cigdan.
    Hi cymlice      cigdon drihten,
    and he hi gehyrde      holde mode,
    spræc him wordum to      þurh wolcnes swyr.
    25
    Hi þa gewitnesse      wel geheoldon
    and his bebodu      beorhte efnedan,
    þa he him sealde      and sylfa bebead.
    þu gehyrdest hig,      halig drihten,
    and him, meahtig god,      milde wurde,
    30
    and heora æfþancan      ealle gewræce.
    Hebba urne god,      hælend drihten,
    and hine on halgum      her weoria
    mærum beorge;      foron his meahte synt
    and halig is      heofonrices weard.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 99

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nu ge mycle gefean      mihtigum drihtne
    eall þeos eore      elne hyre,
    and blisse gode      bealde þeowie.
    Ganga on ansyne      ealle blie;
    5
    wita wislice      þæt he is wealdend god;
    he us geworhte      and we his syndon.
    We his folc syndan      and his fæle sceap,
    a he on his edisce      ealle afedde;
    ga nu on his doru,      god andetta,
    10
    and hine weoria      on wictunum
    mid lofsangum      lustum myclum.
    Heria naman drihtnes,      forþon he is nium swæs;
    is þin milde mod      ofer manna bearn.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 100

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Mildheortnesse and dom      mihtigan drihtnes
    singe and secge,      and so ongyte
    on unwemmum wege,      hwænne þu me wylle to.
    Ic mid unbealuwe      ealre heortan
    5
    þurh in hus middan      halig eode.
    Ne sette ic me fore eagum      yfele wisan;
    ealle ic feode      facnes wyrcend,
    næs me wyngesi      wierweard heorte.
    Ic awyrgde fram me      wende and cyrde;
    10
    nolde ic hiora andgit      ænig habban,
    þe tælnessa      teonan geneahhige
    wi heora þam nehstan      ni ahofan;
    þara ic ehte      ealra mid nie.
    Oferhydegum eagum,      unsædre heortan,
    15
    nolde ic mid þæm men      minne mete icgean.
    Ofer geleaffulle      eorbugende
    eagan mine      georne sceawedun,
    hwær ic tirfæste      treowe funde,
    þa me symble mid      sæton and eodon;
    20
    he me holdlice      her egnade.
    Ne earda on midle      mines huses,
    þe oferhygd      up ahebbe
    oþþe unriht cweþan      elne wille.
    Ic on morgenne ofslea      manes wyrhtan
    25
    ealle þe unriht      elne worhtan
    and fyrena fela      gefremed habba;
    ealle ic þa of drihtnes      drife ceastre.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 101

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    u min gebed,      mære drihten,
    gehyr, heofenes weard,      and gehlyde min
    to e becume,      þeoda reccend.
    Na þu andwlitan      æfre þinne
    5
    awend fram me,      wuldres ealdor;
    gif ic geswenced sy,      þu swæs to me
    þin eare onhyld      and me ofestlice
    gehyr, heofenes weard,      helpys benan.
    Foron dagas mine      gedroren syndan
    10
    smece gelice,      and forspyrcende synd
    mine mearhcofan,      þæs þe me þince,
    swylce hi on cocerpannan      cocas gehyrstan.
    Ic eom hege gelic,      þam þe hrae weorna,
    onne hit by amawyn      mannes folmum;
    15
    is min heorte eac      hearde geswenced,
    foron ic ær forgeat,      þæt ic etan sceolde
    minne swetne hlaf;      foron me is swære stefn
    hefig gnorniende      heortan getenge,
    ætfeolen eac min ban      flæsce minum.
    20
    Ic geworden eom      pellicane gelic,
    se on westene wuna;      wat ic eac swie geare,
    þæt ic genemned eam      nihthrefne gelic,
    þe on scræfe earda,      and ic spearuwan swa some
    gelice gewear,      anlicum fugele.
    25
    Hwæt, me ealne dæg      edwitspræce on
    mine feondas      fæste brohtan,
    and a me heredan;      hi me hraþe æfter
    full swyþe eft      swerigean ongunnon.
    Foron ic anlic ætt      æscean hlafe,
    30
    and ic minne drinc      mengde wi tearum,
    For andwlitan      yrres þines;
    feor þu me ahofe      and gehnæctest eft.
    Dagas mine gedruran      swa se deorca scua,
    and ic hege gelic,      swa hit hrae weorna.
    35
    þu on ecnysse wunast      awa, drihten;
    wuna þin gemynd,      þenden woruld stande.
    Aris nu, mihtig god,      miltsa Sione;
    nu is hire helpe      heahsæl cumen.
    Forþon þæs þancunga      þine scealcas
    40
    ambyhtmæcgas      ealle hæfdan,
    foron þe þu stilice      stanum and eoran
    eallum ætgædere      ær miltsadest.
    Forþon neodlice      on naman inum
    ealle eorbuend      egsan habba,
    45
    and þin wuldor ongita      wise cyningas.
    Eft timbrade      ece drihten
    and gesette Sion      þurh his sylfes miht,
    ær wæs gesyne      his seo soe sped.
    Oft he þearfendra bene      ance gehyrde,
    50
    and he ne forhogode      heora hold gebed.
    a wislice      awriten standa
    and on cneoressum      cyed syndan,
    þæt he folc gesceop;      fægere drihten
    hera holdlice      hrore geþance.
    55
    Foron he fæstlice      for locade
    of his þam hean      halgan setle;
    drihten geseah of heofenum      her on eoran.
    He þa gehyrde      heahgnornunge
    þæra e gebundene      bitere wæron,
    60
    and a bealdlice      bearn alysde
    þara e ofslegene      sliþe wæran.
    þonne by on Sione sægd      so nama drihtnes,
    and his lof swylce,      leoda bearnum,
    on Hierusalem      gleawast and mærust.
    65
    Cuma folc syan      feorran togædere
    and ricu eac,      þæt hrae drihtne
    ful holdlice      hyran syþþan.
    He him andwyrde      eallum sona
    on wege worulde,      þær his gewis mægen
    70
    fæste stande:      "Ic þe feawe dagas
    minra mættra      mode secge,
    þæt þu me meaht on midle      minra dagena
    sona gecigean,      gif þu sylfa wylt."
    Earon þines anes gear      awa to feore.
    75
    æt fruman þu,      drihten, geworhtest
    eorþan frætwe      and upheofen;
    þæt is heahgeweorc      handa þinra.
    Sweotule þa forweora      and u sylf wunast;
    eall forwisna      wædum anlice,
    80
    and u hi onwendest,      swa man wrigels de,
    and hi beo to worulde      wended syþþan.
    þu þonne byst se ilca,      se þu ær wære;
    ne beo winter þin      wiht e sæmran.
    Bearn þinra scealca      her bu namon,
    85
    and þær eardedan      ealle þrage,
    and heora sylfra cynn      syan to feore
    on worulda woruld      well gerehtest.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 102

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Bletsa, mine sawle,      blie drihten,
    and eall min inneran      his þæne ecean naman.
    Bletsige, mine sawle,      bealde dryhten,
    ne wylt þu ofergeottul      æfre weoran
    5
    ealra goda,      þe he þe ær dyde.
    He þinum mandædum      miltsade eallum
    and þine adle      ealle gehælde.
    He alysde þin lif      leof of forwyrde,
    fylde þinne willan      fægere mid gode.
    10
    He þe gesigefæste      sore miltse
    and e mildheorte      mode getrymede;
    eart þu edneowe      earne gelicast
    on geogoe nu      gleawe geworden.
    Hafast þu milde mod,      mihta strange,
    15
    drihten, domas      eallum þe deope her
    and ful treaflice      teonan þolian.
    He his wegas dyde      wise and cue
    Moyse þam mæran      on mænige tid,
    swylce his willan eac      werum Israhela.
    20
    Mildheort þu eart and mihtig,      mode geþyldig,
    ece drihten,      swa þu a wære;
    is þin milde mod      mannum cyed.
    Nelle þu o ende      yrre habban,
    ne on ecnesse      e awa belgan.
    25
    Na þu be gewyrhtum,      wealdend, urum
    wommum wyrhtum      woldest us don,
    ne æfter urum unryhte      ahwær gyldan.
    Foron þu æfter heahweorce      heofenes þines
    mildheortnysse,      mihtig drihten,
    30
    lustum cydest,      þam þe lufedan þe.
    Swa þas foldan      fæme bewinde
    þes eastrodor      and æfter west,
    he betweonan þam      teonan and unriht
    us fram afyrde      æghwær symble.
    35
    Swa fæder ence      fægere his bearnum
    milde weoran,      swa us mihtig god,
    þam þe hine lufia,      lie weore,
    foran he ealle can      ure þearfe.
    Gemune, mihtig god,      þæt we synt moldan and dust;
    40
    beo mannes dagas      mawenum hege
    æghwær anlice,      eoran blostman,
    swa his lifdagas      læne syndan.
    þonne he gast ofgife,      syþþan hine gærsbedd sceal
    wunian widefyrh,      ne him man syan wat
    45
    ahwær elles      ænige stowe.
    þin mildheortnes,      mihtig drihten,
    þurh ealra worulda woruld      wislic stande,
    deorust and gedefust      ofer ealle þa þe ondræda him.
    Swa his sofæstnyss      swylce stande
    50
    ofer þara bearna bearn      þe his bebodu healda,
    and þæs gemynde      mycle habba,
    þæt heo his wisfæst word      wynnum efnan.
    On heofenhame      halig drihten
    his heahsetl      hror timbrade,
    55
    þanon he eorricum      eallum wealde.
    Ealle his englas      ecne drihten
    bletsian bealde,      heora bline frean,
    mægyn and mihta,      þa his mære word
    habba and healda      and hyge fremma.
    60
    Bletsian drihten      eall his bearna mægen
    and his egna reat,      þe þæt þence nu,
    þæt hi his willan      wyrcean georne.
    Eall his agen geweorc      ecne drihten
    on his agenum stede      eac bletsige,
    65
    þær him his egsa,      anweald, stande;
    bletsige min sawl      blie drihten.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 103

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Bletsa, mine sawle,      bliþe drihten;
    þu eart, min drihten god,      dædum swyþe,
    meahtum mære      ofer manna bearn.
    þu þe weorlice      wliteandette
    5
    gode gegyredest;      eart nu gleawlice
    swa limwædum      leohte gegyrwed.
    Heofen þu aenedest      hyde gelice,
    þone weardia ufan      wætra rye.
    He wolcen eac      worhte and sette,
    10
    þæt he mihte eae      upp astigan,
    se fotum trede      firu winda.
    He his englas de      æele gastas
    and his frome egnas      fyr byrnende.
    He gefæstnude      foldan staelas,
    15
    eoran eardas;      ne seo æfre nu
    on worulda world      weore ahylded.
    He nywolnessa      neoan swa swa ryfte
    him to gewæde      woruhte swylce;
    standa ofer mannum      muntas on wæterum.
    20
    þa him þrea þine      þearle ondræda,
    fleo forhtlice      þunres brogan
    þinre stefne      strangne egsan.
    Beorgas and feldas      ba astiga
    on þæne stede      þe þu gestaeludest him,
    25
    and on ære stowe      standa fæste;
    ne magon hi ofer gemære      mare gegangan,
    þæt hi ysse eorþan      awyht habban.
    Oft of denum yrna      deope wyllan,
    and of midle      munta swylce
    30
    wæter awealle,      wide flowe.
    Of þam eoran deor      ealle drinca,
    bida assan      eac on þurste;
    ofer þan heofonfugelas      healda eardas,
    senda of þam stanum      stefne mycle.
    35
    Beorgas onfo      blædum and wæstmum,
    ufan eorwæstme      ealle growa,
    swylce of wæstmum      weorca þinra
    eall eoran ci      ufan by gefylled.
    Swylce þu of foldan      fodder neatum
    40
    lætest alædan,      on þæm hi lif healda;
    wyrta þu geworhtest      to wrae manna.
    Eac þu him of eorþan      ut alæddest
    hlaf to helpe;      heortan manna
    must and windrinc      myclum blissa.
    45
    Ele andwlitan      eac gescyrpe
    and hlaf tryme      heortan mannes.
    Swylce þu gefyllest      fægrum blædum
    telgum treowwæstme;      tydra ealle,
    þa on Libanes      læda on beorge
    50
    cwice cederbeamas,      þa u culice
    sylfa gesettest;      on þam swylce nu
    mid heora spedum      spearwan nystla.
    Uphebbean hus      hiora agen is
    latteow on lande;      oft lane beorh
    55
    on hean muntum      heortas wunia;
    erinaces fleo      oft on stanas.
    Monan he geworhte      on þa mæran tid;
    sunne hire setlgang      sweotule healde.
    þystru u gesettest      on þearle niht,
    60
    on þære ealle wildeor      wide toeorna.
    And leon hwelpas      lange swylce
    grymetiga gnorne;      georne seca,
    þæt him grædigum æt      god gedeme.
    Syþþan up cume      æele sunne,
    65
    hi of sium eft      gesamnia
    and hi on holum      hyda hi georne.
    Mægenweorc on morgen      man onginne
    and þæt geenda      on æfynne.
    Mycel wærun þine weorc,      mihtig drihten,
    70
    ealle þa þu mid snyteru      sylfa worhtest;
    is þeos eore eac      eall gefylled
    þinra gesceafta,      scyppend mære.
    His is mycel sæ      and on gemærum wid,
    þær is unrim on      ealra cwycra
    75
    mycelra and mætra;      ofer æne mægene oft
    scipu scriende      scrinde fleota.
    Dracan þu þysne      dædum inum
    geheowadest,      hete syan
    his bysmere      brade healdan;
    80
    ealle to e,      ece drihten,
    ætes on eoran      eac wilnia.
    And him gesomnadum      swylce wylle
    þine þa halgan      hand ontynan,
    ealle hi gefyllan      fægere gode.
    85
    Gif þu þine ansyne fram him      æfre awendest,
    þonne hi gedrefde      deope weora,
    and him gast weore      georne afyrred;
    swylce teonlice      geteoria,
    on heora agen dust      æfter hweorfa.
    90
    Onsend þines sylfes gast,      sona weorþa
    geedniwad,      and þu eac scyppest
    eoran ansyne      ealle swylce.
    Wuldor si wide      weruda drihtne
    and on worulda woruld      wunie syan,
    95
    blissie on his weorcum      bealde drihten.
    He on as eoran      ealle loca,
    de hi for his egsan      ealle beofian;
    gif he mid his mihte      muntas hrine,
    hi ful ricene      reoca sona.
    100
    Ic on minum life      lustum drihtne
    singe solice      and secge eac,
    þenden ic wunige      on worulddreamum.
    Wese him herenes min      æt heortan wee,
    ic minne drihten      deorne lufige.
    105
    And þa fyrenfullan      frecne forweoraþ,
    þa on ysse eoran synt,      ealle sniome,
    þæt hio ne wunian      on worldlife.
    Bletsa, mine sawle,      blie drihten.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 104

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Andeta drihtne      and his ecne naman
    cega cymlice,      and cwyce secgea
    his wundorweorc      ofer ealle wereode.
    Singa him swylce      and salleta,
    5
    secga his wundor eall      wide mæru.
    Hergea his naman      niode swylce;
    heorte hygeclæne      hlutre blissa
    þam þe solice      seca dryhten.
    Seca ge drihten,      and ge syan beo
    10
    teonan gehwylce      ful trume æghwær;
    seca his ansyne      symble georne.
    Gemuna ge on mode,      hu he mænig wundor
    worhte wræclice,      wundur unlytel,
    and his muþes eac      mære domas.
    15
    Hwæt, he Abrahames cynn,      þe his esne wæs,
    geweorude      ofer werþeoda,
    and Iacobes bearn,      þone he geara geceas.
    He is ure drihten      dædum spedig;
    earun his domas      deore and mære
    20
    geond þisse eoran      æghwylcne dæl.
    He þæs on worulde      wear gemyndig,
    þæt he worde gecwæ      on gewitnesse,
    þæt heo on þusende      þæt sceoldan healdan,
    þære cneorisse      cwyc se þe lifde.
    25
    þæt he mid asware      to Abrahame
    and to Isaace      eac gesohte,
    and gleawlice      Iacobe bead,
    þæt awa to feore      Israheles cyn
    his gewitnesse      wel geheolde.
    30
    And him þa mid soe      sægde cweende:
    "Ic eowrum cynne      Khananea land
    on agene æht      yrfe gesylle."
    Næs þæt mære cynn      mycel on rime,
    ac on þam folce      feawe wæran ænige,
    35
    oæt bigengum      beornas onwocan;
    cynn æfter cynne      cende wæran,
    oþæt hio oer folc      egsan geiwdan.
    Ne let he him manna      mihte scean
    and he þearle for him      þrea geaf kyningum.
    40
    Ne sceolon ge mine þa halgan      hrinan ne gretan
    ne on mine witigan      werge settan.
    Cwom þa ofer eoran      ermu and hungor,
    wurdon wide menn      wædlan hlafes.
    He him snoterne beforan      sende æryst
    45
    ful wisne      wer to scealce,
    and þa bebohtan      bearn Iacobes
    Ioseph on geogue;      þær hine grame æryst
    hæfdon to hæfte,      oþþæt hine halig god
    þurh his worda      wisdom ahof.
    50
    Sende him so cyning      sweotule are,
    alysde hine lungre      and hine þam leodum þa
    to ealdormen      eallum sette.
    He sette hine on his huse      to hlafwearde,
    ealra him his æhta      anweald betæhte,
    55
    þæt he his ealdormen      ealle lærde,
    swa he his sylfes mod      geseted hæfde,
    and þa yldestan      ealle lærde,
    þæt heo wisdomes      word oncneowan.
    þær Israhel becwom      on Egypta,
    60
    and se goda      Iacob syþþan
    eft eardude      eoran Khanaan.
    He þæt eadige folc      ehte swye,
    and hio ofer heora feond      fæste getrymede.
    Hiora heortan he ongan      hwyrfan æryst,
    65
    þæt heo his folc      feodan swye
    and his esnum eac      inwit fremedan.
    þa he him þone mæran      Moyses sende,
    his sylfes scealc,      samod ætgædere
    and Aaron eac,      þone he ær geceas.
    70
    He sette on hi sylfe      sone wisdom
    worda and weorca      wundortacna
    and forebeacna,      þæt hio fromlice
    cydan cneomagum      cystum godum,
    oþæt heo geforan      folc Khananea.
    75
    He hi mid þystrum ongan      þrean æt frymþe,
    foron hio word heora      wel ne oncneowan.
    And heora wæter swylce      wende to blode,
    on am heora fisceas      frecne forwurdan.
    Sende on heora eorþan      ealle swylce
    80
    toscean teonlice,      þa teolum husum
    on cyninga cofum      cwyce eardedan.
    He sylfa cwæ;      sona cwoman
    mysci manige,      mid wæran gnættas,
    fleohcynnes feala      flugan on gemæru.
    85
    Sette him regnas      reþe swylce,
    hate of heofenum      hagol byrnende,
    se lige forgeaf      land Egypta.
    Syan forwurdan      heora wingeardas
    and ficbeamas;      furþor ne mihton
    90
    blæda bringan      ne bearwa treow.
    He þa syþþan cwæ;      sona cwoman
    gangan gærshoppan      and grame ceaferas;
    ne mihte þa on moldan      man geriman,
    þe þær on foldan      fræton wæstmas.
    95
    Syþþan he æfter sloh      æghwylc frumbearn
    þe on Egyptum wæs      ahwær acenned,
    and frumcynnes      heora frean swylce.
    And his þæt gode folc      golde and seolfre
    geweorþade      and hi wislice
    100
    leofe lædde;      næs þæra leoda a
    ænig untrum      yldra ne gingra.
    Wurdon him Egyptas      æfter blie,
    syan hi on fore      folc sceawedan,
    foron him þær egesa      angryslic stod.
    105
    He hi wolcne bewreah,      wraum ahredde,
    het him neode      nihta gehwylce
    fyrenne beam      beforan wisian.
    Flæsces hi bædon,      fuglas coman,
    of garsecge      ganetas fleogan,
    110
    and hi heofonhlafe      halige gefylde.
    Het him of stane      streamas flowan,
    wæter on willan;      na him gewættan fot,
    þa hi on Iordane      gengdan æfter.
    Ac he wæs þæra worda      wel gemyndig,
    115
    halig heofenes weard,      þe he hleorade
    to Abrahame,      his agenum hysse.
    And his folc lædde      fægere on blisse
    and his þone gecorenan      heap clæne on wynne.
    Sealde þam leodum      landes anweald
    120
    on agene æht      ore þeode
    and hi folca gewinn      fremdra gesæton.
    þær hi heoldan      halige domas
    and his sofæst word      swylce georne,
    and his æbebod      awa to feore.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 105

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic andette      ecum drihtne,
    georne am gleawan,      foran ic hine godne wat;
    forþon he his mildheortnysse      mannum cyde,
    on ysse worulde      wis gestande.
    5
    Hwylc mæg æfre      mihta drihtnes
    asprecan and aspyrian,      oe spedlice
    eall his lofmægen      leode gehyran
    and his gehyrnesse      her oncnawan?
    Eadige beo æghwær,      þa e a wylla
    10
    soe domas      sylfe efnan,
    on ealle tid      æghwæs healdan
    heora sofæstnysse      symble mid dædum.
    Gemune us, drihten,      on modsefan
    for hycgende      folces þines,
    15
    and us mid hælo      her geneosa.
    And us tidlice      teala sceawige,
    ceose mid gecorenum,      þenden we cwice lifgen,
    þæt we mid þinre eode      þær blissian
    and þæt yrfe þin      æghwær herige.
    20
    We gefyrnedan      mid urum fæderum ær,
    and we unsofæste      ealle wæron
    and unrihtes      æghwær worhtan.
    Fæderas ure      fæste ne oncneowan
    ealle þa wundor      þe u on Egyptum
    25
    worhtest wræclice,      wundor unlytel;
    næron hi gemyndige      miltsa þinra,
    þa u him on ære mæge      manige cydest.
    Hi bysmredan,      þa hi on brad wæter
    on þone readan sæ      randas bæron,
    30
    þær u hi alysdest,      lifes ealdor,
    and hi generedest      on naman þinum,
    þa u þine miht      mycle cydest.
    þær u readne sæ      ricene geywdest,
    and þær wæron      þa wareas drige,
    35
    and hi betweonum wætera      weallas læddest,
    swa hi on westenne      wæron on drigum.
    Swa hi alysde      lifes ealdor
    of heora feonda      fæcnum handum,
    and of feogendra      folmum swylce,
    40
    and heora feondas      flod adrencte,
    þæt þæra æfre ne com      an spellboda.
    Syan hi his wordon      wel gelyfdan
    and him lofsangum      lustum cwemdan,
    and þæs eft hrae      ealle forgeaton,
    45
    weorca wræclicra;      na hi wel syþþan
    his geæhtunge      ahwær heoldan.
    Hi on westenne      wrae ongunnan
    gitsunge began      and gramlice
    heora godes þær      geare costedan.
    50
    He him been sniome      brohte and sealde,
    sende on heora muþas      mete to genihte.
    Ongunnon hi on þam wicum      wrae swylce
    mærne Moyses      ma bysmrian
    and Aaron mid      eac þone halgan.
    55
    þa eore togaan      and eall forswealh
    on deope forwyrd      Dathanes weorod
    and Abirones      eall ætgædere.
    þær fyr abarn      frecne swylce
    on heora gemetinge,      and þær maansceaan
    60
    þa synfullan      sniome forbærnde.
    Hi on Choreb swylce      cealf ongunnan
    him to godgylde      georne wyrcean,
    onwendan heora wuldor      on þæne wyrsan had
    hæenstyrces      hig etendes.
    65
    Godes hi forgeaton,      þe hi of gramra ær
    feonda folmum      frecne generede,
    þe on Egyptum      æele wundur
    and on Chananea      cymu worhte
    and recene wundur      on þam readan sæ.
    70
    þa hi wolde toweorpan      wuldres aldor,
    þær heora Moyses      mægene ne hulpe;
    he þæt folc forstod      feonda mægene;
    foron he him his yrre      of acyrde,
    þæt he hi ne towurpe      geond werþeoda.
    75
    Ne hi for awyht      eorþan cyste
    þa selestan      geseon woldan,
    ne his wordum eac      woldan gelyfan;
    ac hi granedan      and grame spræcan,
    noldan his wordum      wel gehyran.
    80
    He his handa ahof      and hi hrae wolde
    on þam westenne      wide todrifan
    and heora swæs cynn      sendan on wid land.
    Hi Belphegor      bædon are,
    æton deadra lac,      swa hit gedefe ne wæs.
    85
    And hi bysmredon      bealde drihten
    on heora gemetincge      mægene ealle,
    and þær healicne      on hryre gefremedan.
    Hi þæs feondætes      Finees awerede,
    þa he on þam folce      feondgyld gebræc;
    90
    he þæs hæl gehleat      and helpe fand
    of cynna gehwam      and on cneorisse.
    Eac hi gefremedan      oer bysmer,
    þær hi wiercwyde      wæteres hæfdon;
    þær Moyses wear      mægene gebysgad
    95
    for heora yfelum,      swa he oftor wæs,
    on his gaste gram;      ne mihte him godes willan
    mid his welerum      wisne getæcean.
    Noldan hi toworpan      wrae þeode,
    swa him drihten ær      dema sægde,
    100
    ac hi wi manfullum      mengdan þeode
    and leornedan      la weorc gode
    and sceuccgyldum      swyþe guldan;
    him þæt eall gewear      to æswyce.
    Ongunnan heora bearn      blotan feondum,
    105
    sceuccum onsæcgean      suna and dohter;
    agutan blod swylce      bearna feala,
    þa unscyldige      ealle wærun,
    syþan hi gecuran      Chananea god.
    þanon eorþe wear      eall mid blode
    110
    mane gemenged,      misdædum fah.
    Eall hi forheoldan      heahweorc godes;
    foran him yrre wear      ece drihten
    and he his yrfe      eall forhogode.
    He hi on handgeweald      hæenum sealde
    115
    and heora weoldan,      þa him wyrrest ær
    on feondscipe      fæste gestodon.
    Heora costedan      cuþe feondas
    and under handum      hynþe þoledan;
    hi alysde oft      lifes ealdor.
    120
    Hi hine on geþeahte      oft abylgdan;
    wæron on unrihtum      oft gehynde.
    Swa he furum oncneow,      þæt heora fynd ehtan,
    he heora bene      bealde gehyrde.
    þonne he his wordgebeot      well gemunde;
    125
    hreaw hine sona,      þonne hi hynþa drugan,
    æfter his miltsa      menigu godes.
    Syan he him sealde      sona miltse,
    þær hi on gesawon      ealle ætgædere,
    þe ehtend him      ær gestodan.
    130
    Do us hale nu,      halig drihten,
    and us, se goda god,      georne gesamna
    of widwegum,      þær we wean dreoga,
    þæt we þinne naman      nede motan
    þone halgestan      her andettan
    135
    and we on lofe þinum      lungre weoran
    ofer wereode      wuldre geherede.
    Wese Israhela god      aa gebletsad
    on worulda woruld,      wealdend drihten,
    and þæt fægere becwee      folca æghwylc;
    140
    wese swa, wese swa      þurh eall wide ferh.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 106

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic andette      ecne drihten,
    þæne goodan god,      foran ic hine gleawne wat;
    is his mildheortnes      mycel to worulde.
    Secge þæt nu a,      þæt hi sylfa god
    5
    alysde, lifes weard,      laum of handa,
    and hi of sidfolcum      gesamnade.
    Fram uppgange      æryst sunnan
    oþþæt heo gewite      on westrodur
    and fram sæ noran      swycedan geond westen;
    10
    ne meahton ceastre weg      cune mittan,
    þe hi eardunge      on genaman.
    Hæfde hi hungor and þurst      heard gewyrded,
    þæt him frecne on      feorh aolude.
    And hi þa on þære costunge      cleopedan to dryhtne,
    15
    and he hi of þam earfeum      eallum alysde.
    Hi þa gelædde      lifes ealdor,
    þær hi on rihtne weg      ricene eodan,
    oþæt hi culice      on becwoman
    to hiora cestre      eardungstowe.
    20
    Foron hi mildheortnesse      mihtigan drihtnes
    ealle andetta,      and eac sæcgea
    mycel wundur hys      manna bearnum.
    Foron he gesede      sawle idle,
    and þa hungrian      her mid godum
    25
    fæste gefylle      to feore syþþan,
    þa þe her on ystrum      þrage sæton
    and on deaes scuan      deorcum lifdan,
    gebundene      bealuwe feterum
    on wædle wrace      and on iserne.
    30
    Foron hi dydan      drihtnes spræce
    æghwæs ægype,      and his geeaht swylce
    þæs heahstan him      hæfdan on bysmer.
    Hiora heorte wæs      hean on gewinnum
    and untrume      ealle wæran,
    35
    næfdan þa on foldan      fultum ænne.
    Hi on costunge      cleopedan to drihtne,
    and he hi of þam earfoum      eallum alysde.
    And he hi of þam þystrum      þanon alædde
    and of deaes scuan      deorcum generede
    40
    and heora bendas towearp      bitre sneome.
    Foran hi mildheort mod      mihtigan drihtnes
    ealle andettan,      and eac cweþan
    mycel wundur his      ofer manna bearn.
    Foron he æren dor      eae gescæne
    45
    and iserne steng      ana gebige.
    He hi of unrihtum      ealle swylce
    þam wraan wege      wis alæde,
    þær hi wæron on woo      ær wrae besmitene.
    Hi onhysctan      æghwylcne mete,
    50
    mode mægen heora,      o unmihte,
    þæt hy wi deaa duru      drencyde wæran.
    þa hi on costunge      cleopedan to drihtne,
    and he hi of þam earfoþum      eallum alysde.
    He him wisfæstlic      word onsende,
    55
    þurh þæt hi hrædlice      hælde wæron
    and of heora forwyrde      wurdan generede.
    Foron hi nu andettan      ecum drihtne,
    þæt he milde wear      manna cynne;
    mycel ys his wundur      ofer manna bearn.
    60
    Hi him sculon laces lof      lustum bringan,
    and his weorc wynsum      wide sæcgean.
    þa þe sæ secea,      mid scipe lia,
    wyrcea weorc mænig      on wæterryþum.
    Hi drihtnes weorc      digul gesawon
    65
    and his wundra wearn      on wætergrundum.
    Gif he sylfa cwy,      sona ætstanda
    ystige gastas      ofer egewylmum,
    beo heora yþa      up astigene.
    þa to heofenum up      heah astiga,
    70
    nyþer gefealla      under neowulne grund;
    oft þa on yfele      eft aþinda.
    Gedrefede þa      deope syndan,
    hearde onhrerede      her anlicast,
    hu druncen hwylc      gedwæs spyrige;
    75
    ealle heora snytru beo      yfele forglendred.
    Hi on costunge      cleopedan to drihtne,
    and he hi of earfeum      eallum alysde.
    He yste mæg      eae oncyrran,
    þæt him windes hweou      weore smylte,
    80
    and þa ye      eft swygia,
    bliþe weora,      þa þe brimu weþa.
    And he hi on hælo      hyþe gelædde,
    swa he hira willan      wyste fyrmest,
    and he hig of earfoum      eallum alysde.
    85
    Hi andettan      ealle drihtne,
    hu he milde wear      manna cynne;
    mære synd his wundur      ofer manna bearn.
    Foron hine on cyrcean      cristenes folces
    hean ahebba,      and him hælu and lof
    90
    on sotelum sofæstra      secgean to worulde.
    He on westenne      wynne streamas
    sofæst sette,      þær he sarig folc
    geewde þurste      þa blissade.
    He a weaxendan      wende eoran
    95
    on sealtne mersc      for synndædum
    þara eardendra,      þe hire on lifdan.
    Westen he geworhte      on widne mere,
    and swylce eoran      eac butan wætre
    on utgange      æþelast burnan.
    100
    þær he hungrium      ham staelude,
    and þær gesetton      swylce ceastre,
    þær hi eard namon      awa syþþan.
    Hi wingeardas      wyrcean ongunnon,
    sæde seowan,      syþþan growan
    105
    lungre land heora      aloden wæstmum.
    þa he bletsade,      and hi brade þa
    weoxan weorlice,      wide greowan;
    næs heora neata      nan geyfelad.
    Oft hi fea wurdan      feondum geswencte
    110
    fram þære costunge      þe him becwom æfter,
    sares and yfeles,      þe hi syþþan begeat.
    Syan hi forhogedan      halige lare;
    hiora ealdormen      ealle wæron
    sare beswicene,      swicedan oftust
    115
    and on wegas werige      wendan hwilum of.
    þær he þearfendra      þa miltsude,
    and hi of wædle      wean alysde,
    sette heora staol      sceapum anlice.
    Syþþan þæt sofæste geseo,      sniome æfter
    120
    blie weora,      beot geþencea,
    þæt unrihta gehwylc      eft oncyrre
    and his sylfes mu      symble hemne.
    Hwylc is wisra nu      wel snotera,
    þe þas mid gehygde      healdan cunne,
    125
    and milde mod      mihtigan drihtnes
    full gleawlice      ongite syþþan?

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 107

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ys min heorte gearu,      halig drihten,
    gearu is min heorte,      þæt ic gode cweme,
    sealmas singe      soþum drihtne.
    Aris nu, wuldur min,      þæt ic wynlice
    5
    on psalterio      þe singan mote,
    and ic e on hleore      hearpan swylce
    on ærmergen      eac gecweme.
    Ic þe andette,      ece drihten,
    on folca gehwam      fægrum wordum,
    10
    and ic þe on eodum      on þanc mote
    sealmas singan      swyþe geneahhe.
    Is þin mildheort mod      mycel o heofenas
    ahafen healice      ofer hælea bearn;
    ys þin sofæstnes      seted oþ wolcen.
    15
    Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas,      halig drihten;
    is wuldur in      wide swylce
    ofer þas eoran      ealle mære,
    and þine þa gecorenan wesan      clæne and alysde.
    Do me þin swyre hand      swylce halne
    20
    and me gehyre,      hælynd drihten,
    þe on halgum sprece      her on eoran:
    "And ic blissige,      bu gedæle,
    þa selegesceotu,      þa on Sycimam nu
    and on Metibor      mære standa.
    25
    Min is Galaad,      gearwe Mannases,
    is Effrem his      agen brour
    efne heah strengu      heafdes mines.
    Ic me to cyninge      cenne Iudas,
    syndan me Moabitingas      magas swylce;
    30
    ic Idumea      ealle cenne
    and min gescy þyder      sendan þence;
    syndan me fremde cynn      fæste underþeoded."
    Hwylc gelæde me      on lifes byrig
    fæste getrymede,      þæt ic for þanon
    35
    on Idumea wese      eft gelæded?
    Hwæt, þu eart se sylfa god,      þe us synnige iu
    adrife fram dome;      ne do þu æfre swa,
    þæt þu of urum mægene      mod acyrre.
    Syle us on earfoum      æþelne fultum;
    40
    forþon hælu by      her on eoran
    manna gehwylces      mægene idel.
    Us sceal mægenes gemet      mihtig drihten
    sofæst syllan,      and he sona mæg
    ure feond gedon      fracuþe to nawihte.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 108

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nelle ic lofes þines,      lifigende god,
    geswigian,      þeah þe me synfulra
    inwitfulra muas      on ganian.
    Hio þa innwit feala      ywdan on tungan,
    5
    and me wrara wearn      worda spræcon,
    fæcne firenlicu,      and afuhtan me
    ealle earwunga      ungemete swye.
    Hi me wi lufan      laþum dædum
    torne telnysse      teodan mænige;
    10
    ic him a gebæd      ungemete georne.
    Hi me yfel settan      a wi goode
    and feounge      for minre lufan.
    Gesete him synnfulle      symble to ealdrum,
    stande him on þa swyþeran hand      swylce deoful.
    15
    Gange of dome gehwam      deope gehyned,
    and him his gebed      hweorfe to fyrenum.
    Gewure him weste      eall his onwunung
    and on hys eardungstowe      næfre gewurþe
    þæt þær on gewunige      awiht lifigendes.
    20
    Wesan him dagas deorce      and dimme and feawe,
    and his bisceophad      brucan feondas.
    Weoran his agene bearn      ealle steopcild
    and his wif wyre      wydewe hreowlic.
    Syn his bearn swylce      toboren wide,
    25
    and he ut weorpe      earme þearfan,
    þonne hi to his huse      hleowes wilnian.
    Ealle his æhta      unholde fynd
    rice reemann      rycene gedæle,
    and his feoh onfon      fremde handa.
    30
    Ne him ahwær wese      ænig fultum,
    ne his steopcildum      stande to helpe.
    Gangan ealle his bearn      on ece forwyrd,
    and on anum cneowe      eall gewyre
    his nama nyhsta      nede adilgad.
    35
    Eall þæt unriht      þe his ealdras ær
    manes gefremedan,      on gemynd cume
    and on ansyne      ures drihtnes;
    ne adilgode wesan      deorce fyrene,
    þa his modur ær      mane fremede.
    40
    Wesan hi wi drihtne      dædum swylce,
    and hine adilgie      dome ealne
    of ysse eoran      awa to feore.
    Næs him milde gemynd      on modsefan,
    and he þearfendra      riste ehte;
    45
    symble þæt on heortan      hogode geornust,
    hu he mid searuwe      swylce acwealde.
    He wolde wergu      wyrcean georne,
    and hine seo ylce on      eft gesette;
    nolde he bletsunge      biddan ne tilian,
    50
    foron hio him wæs afyrred      of ferhcofan.
    He hine gegyrede      mid grame wyrgu,
    swa he hine wædum      wræstum geteode,
    and sio his inna      ywde swylce
    wan wætere gelic      and wynele,
    55
    se þe banes byrst      bete and hæle.
    Wese he hrægle gelic      þe her hrae ealda,
    and gyrdelse,      e hine man gelome gyrt.
    þis is weorc þara      þe oft wrae me
    trage tældan;      tyne hine dryhten
    60
    þam þe sar sprece      sawle minre.
    And þu, min drihten god,      do me þine nu
    mycle mildheortnesse      for þinum þam mæran naman,
    swa u oft þin milde mod      manegum cydest.
    Alys me, lifes weard,      forþan ic eom lama þearfa;
    65
    is me heorte on      hearde gedrefed.
    Ic eom scuan gelic      swyþe ahylded,
    olæded godum      swa se gærshoppa.
    Me synt cneowu swylce      cwicu unhale
    for fæstenum;      is min flæsc swylce
    70
    for fægrum ele      frecne onwended;
    eom ic to edwitstæfe      eallum geworden.
    Swa hi me gesawon,      sona hig wegdan,
    hrerdan heora heafod;      help min, drihten god,
    and me halne gedo,      hælynde Crist,
    75
    for þinre þære myclan      mildheortnysse.
    þæt hi so witan,      þæt si þin sylfes hand
    and þu þas gedydest,      drihten usser.
    Weoran þa awyrgde,      wes þu gebletsad;
    and þa þe me mid unryhte      ænige styrian,
    80
    and hi þær sceande      sylfe agon;
    wese þin esne on þe      ungemete blie.
    Syn a butan are      ealle gegyrede
    þe me tælnysse      teonan ætfæstan,
    and him si abrogden      swa of brechrægle
    85
    hiora sylfra sceamu      swyþust ealra.
    Ic on minum mue      mihta drihtnes
    ealle andette,      and eac swylce
    hine on midle      manna herige.
    He sylfa gestod      on a swyran hand,
    90
    þær he þearfendra      þinga teolode;
    he mine sawle      swylce gehealde
    wi ehtendra      egsan griman.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 109

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         hefige gefylle;
    heafod he gebrece      hælea mæniges
    and swa geweore      wide geond eoran.
    þa þe on wege weora,      wætres æt hlimman
    5
    deopes ondrinca;      beo þy dædfromran,
    and foron hiora heafod      hebba syþþan.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 110

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic andytte þe,      ece drihten,
    mid hyge ealle      heortan minre
    for gesamnuncge      þæra sofæstra
    and on gemetingum      mycel drihtnes weorc.
    5
    Swylce ic his willan      wylle georne
    swyþe secean,      samed andettan,
    hu his mægenþrymnes      mycellic stande
    and his sofæstnyss wuna      symble ece.
    He gemynd dyde      mærra wundra;
    10
    mildheort he is and modig;      mihtig drihten
    syle eallum mete      þam þe his ege habba.
    And he on worulde      wear gemyndig
    his gewitnesse,      þe he wel swylce
    myhtum miclum      and mærweorcum
    15
    fægrum gefylde      and to his folce cwæ,
    þæt he him wolde yrfe      ellþeodigra
    on agene æht      eall gesyllan.
    Ys his handgeweorc      hyge sofæstra,
    ryhte domas,      þa he ræran wyle;
    20
    wærun his bebodu      ealle treowfæste,
    on ealra weorulda weoruld      wurdan sofæste
    and on rihtnysse      ræda getrymede.
    He alysinge      leofum folce
    soe onsende      and him swylce bebead,
    25
    þæt hi on ecnysse      a syan
    his gewitnesse      well geheoldan
    and his þone halgan naman      hæfdan mid egsan.
    þæt by secga gehwam      snytru on fryme,
    þæt he godes egesan      gleawe healde,
    30
    and þæt by andgit good      eallum swylce
    þe hine wylla well      wyrcean and healdan.
    Herenes drihtnes      her sceal wunian,
    on worulda woruld      wynnum standan.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 111

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eadig by se wer      se þe him ege drihtnes
    on ferhcleofan      fæste gestande,
    and his bebod healde      bealde mid willan.
    He on eoran by      eadig and spedig,
    5
    and his cneorisse by      cyn gebletsad.
    Him wuldur and wela      wuna æt huse,
    by his soþfæstnys      swylce mære,
    þenden þysse worulde      wunaþ ænig dæl.
    Leoht wæs on leodum      leofum acyed,
    10
    þam þe on ystrum      þrage lifdan
    and hiora heortan      heoldan mid rihte;
    milde is on mode      mihtig dryhten,
    and he ys sofæst      symble æt þearfe.
    Glæd man gleawhydig,      god and mildheort,
    15
    sete sone dom      þurh his sylfes word,
    se on ecnysse      eadig stande.
    By on eceum gemynde      æghwylc þæra
    þe his soe and riht      symble healde,
    ne him on hlyste      mycelum ondræde
    20
    awiht on ealdre      yfeles syan.
    By his heorte gearo      hyhte to drihtne
    getrymed and getyhted,      þæt him teonan ne mæg
    fæcne ætfæstan      feonda ænig,
    ac he ealle forsyh      æghwær georne.
    25
    Se þe his æhta      ealle tostrede
    and þearfendum      þa gedæle,
    his sofæstnyss wuna      symble o ende;
    by his horn wended      her on wuldur.
    Swa þæt synfull gesyh,      sona yrsa,
    30
    toþum torn þola,      teonum grimeta,
    þearle þinde,      oþþæt þonne by,
    þæt fyrenfulra lust      fæcne forweore.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 112

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Herigean nu cnihtas      hælynd drihten,
    and naman dryhtnes      neode herigan.
    Wese nama dryhtnes      neode gebletsad
    of yssan for      awa to worulde.
    5
    Fram upgange      æryst sunnan
    oþæt heo wende      on westrodur
    ge sculon dryhtnes naman      dædum herigean.
    He is ofer ealle      ingeþeode
    se heahsta      hælea cynnes,
    10
    is ofer heofenas eac      ahafen his wuldur.
    Hwylc ys anlic      urum dryhtne,
    þam halgan gode,      þe on heofonrice
    eadig earda,      ofer ealle gesyh,
    þa eadmedu      æghwær begangæ
    15
    on eorwege,      up on heofenum?
    He of eoran mæg      þone unagan
    weccan to willan,      and of woruftorde
    þone þearfendan      þriste areccan,
    And hine on ealdordom      upp asettan
    20
    his folces fruman      on fæger lif.
    Se þe eard sete      unwæstmbærre
    on modor hus      manigra bearna;
    hio ofer hire suna      symbla and blissa.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 113

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þa ut eode      Israheles cynn
    and of ægyptum      ealle foran
    Iacobes hus      of gramum folce,
    þa elreordige      ealle wæron.
    5
    þa wæs geworden      werude Iudea,
    þæt heo hæl gehlutan      haliges syþþan;
    hæfdan ealdurdom      ofer Israhelas,
    mihta mære      and mycel rice.
    Swa heo sæ geseah,      he hio sniome fleah,
    10
    for him Iordanen      gengde on hinder.
    Hæfdan þær beorgas      blie sæle
    and rammum þa      restan gelice;
    wæron geswyru      swye on blisse,
    swa on sceapum beo      sceone lambru.
    15
    Hwæt wæs þe, sæ swiþa?      Forhwan fluge þu swa?
    Oe þu, Iordanen,      for hwi gengdest on bæcling?
    Beorgas wæron blie,      gebærdon swa rammas;
    wurdan gesweoru      on seledreame,
    swa on sceapum beo      sceone lambru.
    20
    For ansyne      ecan dryhtnes
    þeos eorþe sceal      eall abifigan
    and for Iacobes gode      geara forhtigean.
    He wende stan      on widne mere,
    and clifu cyrre      on cwicu swylce
    25
    wæteres wellan      mid his gewealdendre hand.
    Nalæs us, nalæs us,      nergend dryhten,
    ac we naman þinum      neode secgea
    wuldur wide      geond woruldricu,
    For inre þære myclan      mildheortnysse
    30
    and for þinre sofæstnysse      samed ætgædere,
    þy læs þæt æfre cwean      ore þeode:
    "Hwær is heora agen god      ahwær nu a?"
    Ys ure se halga god      on heofondreame
    uppe mid englum,      and he eall gede,
    35
    swa his willa by,      on woruldrice.
    þa wæron deofulgild      deorce hæþenra
    golde and seolfre,      þa her geara menn
    worhtan wigsmias      wræste mid folmum.
    þa mu habba,      and ne magon hwæþere
    40
    wiht hleorian      ne word sprecan;
    beo onforan eagan,      ne magon feor geseon.
    Earan habba swylce      and opene nose,
    ne magon eþian,      awyht gehyran.
    Handa hi habba,      ne hio hwæere magon
    45
    gegrapian      godes awiht,
    and fet habba,      ne magon feala gangan.
    Ne cleopiga hi care,      þeah þe hi ceolan habban,
    ne him hluttur gast      on hracan earda.
    Ac heo wæron þam wyrcendum      wel gelice
    50
    and æghwylcum,      þe him on treowa.
    Israhela hus      ærest on drihten
    helpe gehogedan,      holdne begeaton
    fælne fultum;      he hi wi feondum geheold.
    Aarones hus      eac on dryhten
    55
    leofne gelyfdan;      he him lie wear
    and him fultum gestod      fæste æt þearfe.
    þa e a wegen      egsan dryhtnes,
    hio hyht heora      habban on drihten,
    he him fultum      fæste gestande
    60
    and him scyldend by      symble æt þearfe.
    Weor þu ure gemyndig,      mihtig dryhten,
    and þine bletsunge      bring ofer us;
    þu gebletsudest      bearn Israheles,
    Aarones hus      eac gebletsadest;
    65
    þu gebletsadest      blie mode
    ealle þa þe on e      egsan hæfdan,
    mycle and mæte      ofer middangeard.
    Gemænigfealdige þis      mihtig dryhten
    ofer eow ealle      and ofer agene bearn.
    70
    Wesa ge fram gode      geara gebletsade,
    þam þe heofon worhte,      hrusan swylce;
    heofonas healde      halig dryhten,
    sealde þas moldan      manna bearnum.
    Næfre þe, dryhten,      deade heria,
    75
    ne ealle þa þe heonan      helle secea.
    Ac we lifigende      leofne dryhten
    balde bletsiga,      ne þæs blinna nu
    of yssan for      awa to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 114

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic lufie þe,      leofa drihten,
    forþan þu mines gebedes      bene gehyrdest.
    And þu þin eare to me      eadmodlice
    hold ahyldest      and gehyrdest me,
    5
    þa ic þe on dagum minum      dyrne cigde.
    þar me ymbsealde      swylde deaes,
    and me frecne ætfeah      fyrhtu helle.
    Me costung and sar      cnyssedan geneahhe,
    þonne ic naman drihtnes      nyde cigde.
    10
    Eala þu leofa god,      alys mine nu
    sawle on gesyntum;      ic to soþan wat,
    þæt þu wære mildheort,      mihtig dryhten,
    and ure god      æghwæs sofæst;
    mihta us þine      milde weoran.
    15
    Drihten gehealde      dome þa lytlan;
    ic hean gewear,      he me hrae lysde.
    Gecyr mine sawle      clæne on þine
    rædæs reste,      rice drihten;
    þu me wel dydest      on woruldlife.
    20
    Forþon þu mine sawle      sylfa generedyst,
    and hig of deopum      deaþe gelæddest;
    eagan mine wi tearum      æghwær geheolde
    and fet mine      wi færslide;
    ic gelicie      leofum drihtne
    25
    on lifigendra      lande nu a.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 115

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þæt gelyfde,      forþon ic lyt sprece;
    ic eom eadmede      ungemete swie.
    Swylce ic sylfa cwæ,      þa me swa uhte
    on modseofan      minum geþancum,
    5
    þæt wæron ealle menn      ungemete lease.
    Hwæt mæg ic to gode      gyldan dryhtne
    for eallum þam godum      þe he me ærur dyde?
    Ic her hælu calic      hæbbe befangen,
    and naman dryhtnes      neode cige.
    10
    Beorht ys and fæger      beacen dryhtne
    on his gesyhe      swylt haligra.
    Eala, ic eom þin agen      esne, dryhten,
    and þin swylce eom      scealc ombehte
    and þinre þeowan sunu      on e acenned.
    15
    þu me tobræce      bendas grimme,
    þæt ic þe laces lof      lustum secge.
    Ic min gehat      halgum dryhtne
    on his getynum      tidum gylde,
    þe ymb dryhtnes hus      deore syndan,
    20
    þær hit eagum folc      eall sceawia,
    and on Hierusalem      georne midre.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 116

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ealle þeode      ecne drihten
    mid hygecræfte      herigan wordum,
    and hine eall folc on efn      æelne herigan.
    Forþon his mildheortnyss      is mycel ofer us
    5
    torhtlice getrymed,      til mancynne,
    and sofæstnys      swylce dryhtnes
    wuna ece      awa to feore.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 117

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic andette      ecum dryhtne
    þam godan gode;      ic hine gleawne wat;
    ys his mildheortnys      mycel to worulde.
    þæt Israela cwæan      ealle nu a,
    5
    þe he is se goda god,      and gearu stande
    his mildheortnys      mære to worulde.
    Cwee Aarones hus      eac þæt sylfe;
    he ys se goda god,      and gearu stande
    his mildheortnys      mære to worulde.
    10
    Cwean ealle þæt      unforcue,
    þe him on stande      egsa dryhtnes;
    foron he ys se goda god,      and gearu stande
    his mildheortnys      mære on worulde.
    Ic on costunge      cigde to dryhtne,
    15
    and he me gehyrde      on heare brædu.
    Nu me fultum is      fæle dryhten,
    nis me ege mannes      for ahwæer.
    Nu me fultum ys      fæle dryhten,
    ic fracuþe forseo      feondas mine.
    20
    God ys on dryhten      georne to þenceanne,
    þonne on mannan wese      mod to treowianne.
    God ys on dryhten      georne to hyhtanne,
    þonne on ealdormen      ahwær to treowianne.
    Ealle me ymbsealdon      side þeode,
    25
    and ic wæs on dryhtnes naman      deorum gehæled.
    Me ymbstodan      strange manige,
    and me godes nama on him      georne gehælde.
    þa hi me ymbsealdon      samod anlice
    swa beon bitere,      oe þu bærne eac
    30
    þornas þyre      þicce fyre,
    þær me nama dryhtnes      neode scylde.
    Ic wæs hearde cnyssed      and ic me helpe fand,
    þæt ic fæste ne feoll,      ac ic me frofre begeat,
    þa me dryhten onfeng,      swa hit gedefe wæs.
    35
    Me wæs strengu strang      stiþ on dryhtne
    and herenes heah,      and he me eac
    ys a to worulde      worden on hælu.
    A by blisse stefn      beorht gehyred
    on sofæstra      swæsum mue.
    40
    Dyde gedefe mægen      dryhtnes swyre,
    and me seo swyre      swylce drihtnes
    ahof hrædlice      æt heahþearfe.
    Ne swelte ic mid sare,      ac ic gesund lifige
    and weorc godes      wide secge.
    45
    Se clænsude,      se þe him clæne wæs;
    dryhten ælmihtig      nolde to deae me
    on ecnysse      æfre gesyllan.
    Undo me sniome duru      sofæstra eac,
    þær ic gange inn,      gode andette;
    50
    sofæste on þa duru      secea inngang.
    Ic þe andette,      ece dryhten,
    foron þu me gehyrdest      æt heahþearfe
    and me þa gewurde      wis on hælu.
    þone sylfan stan      þe hine swye ær
    55
    wyrhtan awurpan,      nu se geworden is
    hwommona heagost;      halig dryhten
    to wealles wrae      wis teofrade;
    þæt is urum eagum      eall wundorlic.
    þis ys se dæg      þe hine drihten us
    60
    wisfæst geworhte      wera cneorissum,
    eallum eortudrum      eadgum to blisse.
    Eala þu dryhten god,      do me halne;
    eala þu dryhten min,      do us gesunde.
    Gebletsad is, se þe com      ofer bearna gehwylc
    65
    on dryhtnes naman      dædum mærum;
    we eow æt godes huse      gearwe bletsia,
    nu us drihten god      deore onlyhte.
    Wutan us to symbeldæge      settan georne,
    and one gelome      lustum healdan
    70
    o wigbedes      wræste hornas.
    þu eart min dryhten god,      and ic dædum þe
    ecne andette;     
    þu eart min hælend god,      and ic herige e.
    Ic e andette      ecne dryhten,
    75
    foron þu me gehyrdest      æt heahþearfe,
    and þa wurde me      wis to hælu.
    Eac ic andette      eceum dryhtne,
    foron he ys se goda god,      and ic ful geare wat,
    þæt þin mildheortnyss      ys mycel to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 118

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eadige beo on wege,      þa þe unwemme
    on hiora dryhtnes æ      deore ganga.
    Eadige beo swylce,      þa þe a wylla
    his gewitnesse      wise smeagan,
    5
    and hine mid ealle      innancundum
    heortan hordcofan      helpe bidda.
    Ne magon manwyrhtan      mægene feran
    on his mærne weg,      mihtigan drihtnes.
    þu þine bebodu      bealde hete
    10
    ealle eorbuend      elne haldan.
    Ic þæs la wisce,      þæt wegas mine
    on inum willan      weorþan gereahte,
    þæt ic þin agen bebod      elne healde.
    Ne beo ic þonne on ealdre      æfre gescynded,
    15
    gif ic on ealle þine bebodu      elne locie.
    Ic þe andette,      ece dryhten,
    mid minre heortan      holde geþance
    on þan þe ic geleornode      and gelæstan mæg,
    þæt ic þine domas      dædum healde.
    20
    And ic þine sofæstnysse      swylce mote
    on hyge healdan,      þæt þu huru me
    on yssum ealdre      ænne ne forlæte.
    On hwan mæg se iunga      on godne weg
    rihtran þe rædran      ræd gemittan,
    25
    þonne he þine wisan      word gehealde?
    Ic þe mid ealre      innancundre
    heortan sece;      ne þu huru me
    fram þinum bebodum      feor adrife.
    Foron ic on minre heortan      hydde georne,
    30
    þæt ic þinre spræce      sped gehealde,
    þy læs e ic gefremme      fyrene ænige.
    þu eart gebletsud,      bliþe dryhten;
    lær me mid lufan,      hu ic læste well
    and ic þine sofæstnysse      sweotule cunne.
    35
    Ic on minum welerum      wordum secge
    ealles þines mues      meahte domas.
    And ic on wege swylce      wynnum gange,
    þær ic ine gewitnesse      wat ful clæne,
    swa ic ealra welena      willum bruce.
    40
    Swa ic on þine sofæstnysse      soe getreowe,
    þæt ic ne weore      worda þinra
    ealra ofergittul      awa to feore.
    Ic on þinre sofæstnysse      symble meteode,
    þæt ic þine wislicu      word geheolde.
    45
    Gild þinum esne      gode dæde;
    ic on lifdagum      lustum healde
    þinra worda waru      mid wisdome.
    Onwreoh þu mine eagan,      þæt ic wel mæge
    on þinre æ      eall sceawian
    50
    wundur wræclicu,      þa þu worhtyst ær.
    Ic eom on eoran      earm bigenga;
    ne do þu me dyrne      þine þa deoran bebodu.
    þæt sawul min      symble wilna,
    þæt ic þin sofæst word      gesund mote
    55
    on ealle tid      elne healdan.
    þu oferhydige      ealle þreadest,
    þa þu awyrgde      wistest gearuwe
    and þine bebodu      efnan noldan.
    Afyr þu fram me      facen and edwit,
    60
    oe ic oferhydige      awiht wylle;
    foran ic þine gewitnesse      wylle secan.
    Ac nu ealdormenn      ealle ætgædere
    sæton on seldum,      swyþe spræcon,
    and wi me wraum      wordum scirdan;
    65
    hwæþere þin esne      elnes teolode,
    þæt he þine soe word      snotur beeode.
    Me wæs þin gewitnys      wyr and getreowe,
    and ic hi on mode      metegie georne
    and me to frofre wat,      þæt ic for heonun
    70
    his sofæstnysse      sece georne.
    ætfealh min sawul      flore geneahhige;
    do me æfter þinum wordum      wel gecwician.
    Ic þe wegas mine      wise secge,
    and þu me gehyrdest      holde mode;
    75
    lær me on life,      hu ic lengest mæge
    þine sofæstnysse      selest gehealdan.
    þu me sofæstnysse weg      swylce getacna,
    þæt ic on þinum wundrum      me wel begange.
    Min sawl aslep,      þa me sorh begeat
    80
    for langunga;      læt me nu þa
    on þinum wordum      weoran trumne.
    Afyr fram me      unryhte wegas,
    and me on þinre æ geweorþ      ealles milde.
    Ic me wise geceas      wegas sofæste;
    85
    ne weore ic þinra doma      gedweled æfre.
    Swa ic fæste ætfealh,      þæt ic for heonun
    þine gewitnysse      wel geheolde;
    ne wylt þu me on ealdre      æfre gescyndan.
    Nu ic on wisne weg      worda þinra
    90
    rene rinne,      and þu rice nu
    mine heortan geheald      on hyge brade.
    æ þu me sete,      ece dryhten,
    þæt ic on sofæste wegas      symble gange
    and ic þa secan      symble mote.
    95
    Syle me andgit eac,      þæt ic æ þine
    smeage mid soe,      swylce healde
    on ealre minre heortan      holde mode.
    Gelæd me on stige,      þær ic stæpe mine
    on þinum bebodum      bryce hæbbe,
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    foran ic hy mid soe      symble wolde.
    Ahyld mine heortan,      þæt ic halige nu
    on þine gewitnysse      wise gecyrre;
    nalæs me gitsung      forniman mote.
    Gewend þu mine eagan,      þy læs ic weorc idel
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    gese þurh synne,      ac me on sone weg
    þinne þone leofan      læde cwiculice.
    Sete inum esne      oer swylce,
    þæt he þine spræce      sped leornige
    and þa on ege þinum      ealle healde.
    110
    þu me scealt edwitt min      of awyrpan,
    þæt me to incan      ahwær gange;
    forþon ic eom on þinum domum      gedefe glæd.
    Efne ic þine bebodu      bealde wolde
    wis wylle gegan;      wene ic swylce,
    115
    þæt þu me on rihtes      ræd gecwycige.
    And me ofer cume,      ece dryhten,
    þæt milde mod,      mære hælu
    æfter þinre spræce      spowendlice.
    And ic andwyrde      þam þe me edwitstafas
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    wordum wra cweþa,      þæt ic gewene on e
    and on þinum wordum      wære hæbbe.
    Ne afyr þu me æfre      fæle spræce,
    þa ic me on mue      mægene hæbbe,
    and ic sofæst word      on sylfan healde,
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    þæt ic on inra doma      dæde getreowige.
    And ic æ þine      efne and healde,
    and to worulde on ære      wunian mote
    and on ecnysse      efnan and healdan.
    And ic on bealde      brædu gange,
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    foran ic þine gewitnysse      wel getrymede.
    And ic þæt fore cyningum      cyan mote,
    þær hig eagum      on locian,
    hu me þin gewitnyss ys      weor and getreowe,
    and on am ne beon      æfre gescynded.
    135
    And ic on þinum bebodum      bealde mote
    gemetegian      swyþe mærne ræd,
    forþan ic hi on lufan minre      lange hæfde.
    And ic mine handa      hof gelome,
    þær ic þine bebodu      bryce lufade,
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    þa ic mid ysse þeode      þearle begange,
    and on ine socwydas      symble ic getreowige.
    Gemun nu, dryhten,      þines wordes,
    on þam þu me þinum      þeowe hyht gesealdest.
    þas ic me on frofre      fæste hæbbe
    145
    on minum eamedum      ungemete swye,
    foron me þin spræc      spedum cwycade.
    Oftust ofermodige      unriht fremma,
    oþþæt hi on eoran      ealle forweora;
    ic þinre æ      a folgode.
    150
    Ic wæs gemyndig      mærra doma
    þinra geþancol,      eoden dryhten,
    þæt ic on worulde æt e      wurde afrefred.
    Me wear gemolten      mod on hrere
    for fyrenfulra      facendædum,
    155
    þa hi æ þine      anforleton.
    Ac me to sange      symble hæfde,
    hu ic þine sofæstnysse      selest heolde,
    þær ic on elelande      ahte stowe.
    Nede ic þæt gemunde      nihta gehwylcre,
    160
    þæt ic naman þinne      nemde, dryhten,
    and ic æ þine      elne heolde.
    þas me andweardum      ealle gewurdan,
    forþon ic þine sofæstnysse      sohte georne.
    Me ys on dæle,      dryhten user,
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    cwide cynlice,      þæt ic cwic wylle
    þine æ healdan      elne mycle.
    Ic bidde þinre ansyne      ungemete georne
    mid ealre gehygde      heortan minre,
    þæt þu me on mode      milde weore
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    æfter þinre spræce      spowendlice.
    Swa ic wegas þine      wise þence
    to ferenne      fotum minum,
    þæt ic on þinre gewitnysse      wel gefere.
    Gearo ic eom symble,      nalæs grames modes,
    175
    þæt ic betst cunne      þine bebodu healdan.
    Me fyrenfulra      fæcne rapas
    ungemet geneahhie      oft beclyptan;
    næs ic ofergittul,      þæt ic æ þine
    mid hygecræfte      heolde and læste.
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    Ic æt midre niht      mæla gehwylce
    ricene arise,      and hrae gange
    þær ic e andette      eall ætgædere,
    secge þine domas      dædum rihte.
    Ic eom dælneomend      þe heom ondræda þe,
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    and þine halige bebodu      healda georne.
    þeos eore is      eall gefylled
    þinre mildheortnesse,      mihtig drihten;
    þine sofæstnesse      þu me swylce lær.
    þu ymb þinne esne      æghwær dydest
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    wel weorlice;      wene ic, drihten,
    þæt þu þin word wylle      wis gehealdan.
    þu me þeodscipe lær      þinne tilne
    and wisdomes      word to genihte,
    foron ic þin bebod      þriste gelyfde.
    195
    ærþon ic gehened      hean gewurde,
    ic agylte      ungemetum swie;
    hwæere ic þine spræce geheold      sped on mode.
    God þu eart, drihten,      and me god swylce
    on þinum tile gelær,      þæt ic teala cunne
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    þin sofæst weorc      symble healdan.
    Ys nu mænigfeald ofer me      man and unriht
    oferhydigra;      ic nu mid ealre
    minre heortan hige      hycge swie,
    þæt ic þin bebod      beorht atredde.
    205
    Ys heora heorte nu      her anlicast
    swa meoluc wese      mægene gerunnen;
    ic æ þine      ungemete georne
    on modsefan      minum healde.
    Selre me wæs and seftre,      þæt þu sylfa me
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    heane gehnægdest,      and ic hrae syþþan
    þin sofæst weorc      wel leornade.
    Me is micle betere,      þæt ic bebodu healde,
    ines mues gemet,      þonne mon me geofe
    geara usende      goldes and seolfres.
    215
    Handa me ine      holde geworhton
    and gehiwedan      mid higecræfte;
    syle me nu andgyt,      þæt ic eall mæge
    þine blie bebodu      beorhte leornian.
    þa e on feore forhtiga,      þa me on fægere geseo
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    and blissia,      bu geencea,
    þæt ic þinum wordum      wel getreowde.
    Ic þæt, dryhten, ongeat,      domas þine
    ree rihtwise,      and u ricene me
    on inre sofæstnesse dydest      samed eadmedne.
    225
    Wese þin milde mod      mihtum geswied,
    and me to frofre      fæste gestande,
    swa u on þinre spræce      sped gehete
    þinum agenum      esne æt þearfe.
    Cumen me ine miltsa      mihtum geswyþede,
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    and ic lange on þam      lifian mote;
    foron me is metegung      on modsefan,
    hu ic æ þine      efnast healde.
    Beon þa oferhydegan      ealle gescende,
    þe me unrihte      ahwær gretan;
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    ic þine bebodu      bealde gegange.
    Gehweorfen to me,      þa þe hyldu to e
    egsan ahtan,      and ealle þa
    e þine gewitnesse      wise cuan.
    Wese heorte min      on hige clæne
    240
    and ic on þin sofæst word      symble getreowige,
    þæt ic on ealdre ne wese      æfre gescended.
    Min saul gewear      swancur on mode,
    þær ic on þinre hælu      hogode and sohte,
    hu ic on þinum wordum      wel getrywade.
    245
    Eagan me swylce      eac teoredon,
    þær on þinre spræce      spede eodan;
    cwædon cynlice:      "Hwa cwicenne me
    on ysum ealdre      eft frefrade?"
    Ic eom nu geworden      werum anlicast,
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    swa þu on hrime setest      hlance cylle;
    ne eom ic ofergyttol,      þæt ic ealle nu
    þine sofæste weorc      smicere healde.
    Hwæt synt þinum esne      ealra dagena,
    þe þu mine ehtend for me      ealle gedeme?
    255
    Me manwyrhtan      manige on spellum
    sægdon solice;      na ic hit swa oncneow,
    swa hit þin æ hafa,      ece dryhten.
    Wærun þine ealle gebann      æele and sofæst;
    min ehtan oft      unrihtwyrhtan;
    260
    gefultuma me      fægere, drihten.
    Hio me lytle læs      laþe woldan
    isses eorweges      ende gescrifan;
    ic þin gebod      þa ne wolde
    on þysum ealdre      anforlætan.
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    æfter inre þære myclan      mildheortnesse
    weor me, mihtig god,      milde and blie;
    and ic gewitnesse      wel gehealde
    muþes þines,      þe þu men lærdest.
    On ecnesse      awa, drihten,
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    þin word wuna      weor on heofenum.
    And on worulda woruld      wuna ece for
    þin sofæstnes      swylce, dryhten.
    u þas eoran      ealle worhtest,
    swa heo nu to worulde      wunian encea;
    275
    þurh þinra dæda sped      dagas her gewunia,
    foron u ealles      anweald hafast.
    þær me þin æ      an ne hulpe,
    e ic on mode      minum hæfde,
    þonne ic wende      on woruldlife,
    280
    þæt ic on minum eadmedum      eall forwurde.
    Ne mæg ic þæs æfre forgytan      on ecnesse,
    nyme ic so word      symble gehealde;
    forþon ic culice on æm      her nu cwicu lifige.
    Ic eom þin hold scealc;      do u halne me,
    285
    foron ic þin so weorc      sece geneahhe.
    Me fyrenfulle      fæcne secea,
    wylla me lae      lifes asecean;
    ic ine gewitnesse      wat and sohte.
    Ic so geseah      and swylce wat,
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    ealre þysse worulde      wure ende;
    brad is þin gebann      and beorht swye.
    Hu ic æ þine,      ece drihten,
    lustum lufode;      ic þæt lange dyde,
    þæt ic þa on mode      metegade georne.
    295
    þu me snoterne gedydest      swylce ofer mine
    feondas on foldan      fæcne ealle;
    foron ic beorhtlice      þine bebodu læste.
    Ofer ealle þa      þe me ær lærdon,
    ic þæs hæfde andgyt      æghwær gleawast,
    300
    þæt ic þine gewitnesse      wise sohte.
    Ic þæt ofer yldran oncneow      and þæt a geheold,
    þæt ic þine bebodu      blie geheolde.
    Ic minum fotum      fæcne sias
    þa wraþan wegas      werede georne,
    305
    þæt ic þine word mihte      wel gehealdan.
    Na ic fram þinum domum      dædum swicade,
    foron þu me æbebod      ærest settest.
    Me is on gomum      god and swete
    þin agen word,      ece drihten;
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    hit is halwende,      hunige mycle
    and beobreade      betere and swetre.
    On bebodum inum      ic me betst oncneow,
    þæt ic unrihte wegas      ealle ofeode,
    foron þu me æ þine      ær gesettest.
    315
    þæt is fæle blacern      fotum minum,
    þæt ic þin word, drihten,      wel gehealde,
    and þæt ys þæt strange leoht      stige minre.
    Ic aas swor      and eac hycge,
    þæt ic sone dom      symble healde.
    320
    And ic eadmedu      ungemetum georne
    efnan þence;      forgif me, ece god,
    þæt ic æfter inum wordum      weore blie.
    Mines mues me      modes willa
    on heahsælum      hrae gebringe,
    325
    and me þine domas alær,      drihten, swylce.
    Is sawl min      symble on inum
    holdum handum,      ne ic þine þa halgan æ
    on ysum ealdre forgitan      æfre þence.
    Me firenfulle      fæcne gyrene
    330
    awriþan wrae,      and ne wolde ic
    fram þinum bebodum      feor geswican.
    Ic me eowde begeat,      æele hæbbe
    þine gewitnesse      wel getreowe
    on ecnesse      awa to feore;
    335
    þæt by heahbliss      heortan minre.
    Ahylde ic mine heortan      holde mode,
    þæt ic þin sofæst weorc      symble worhte;
    foron ic æs ece      edlean hæbbe.
    And ic synfulle      symble feode,
    340
    and ic æ þine      elne lufade.
    þu me fultumian scealt,      fæle gestandan
    and andfenga      æghwær æt earfe,
    and ic on þin word      wel getreowe.
    Gewita fram me,      þe awyrgede synt,
    345
    þenden ic godes bebodu      georne smeage.
    Onfoh me freondlice,      fæle drihten,
    æfter þam þe þu sylfa      sægdest and cwæde,
    þæt ic sceolde lifigan      lange rage;
    ne gescend me on sie,      nu ic þin swa onbad.
    350
    Gefultuma me fæste;      onne beo ic fægere hal,
    and ic þine sofæstnysse      symble þence.
    Ealle u forhogodest,      a e unrihtes
    wæran wyrhtan;      wat ic gearewe,
    þæt heo on unriht      ealle þohtan.
    355
    Ic oferhylmend      ealle getealde,
    þa on eoran her      yfele wæron,
    foron ic þine gewitnesse      wyre lufade.
    Gefæstna þinne egsan      flæsce minum,
    þæt ic me ondræde      domas ine.
    360
    Ic sone dom      symble worhte;
    ne syle þu me ehtendum      æfre minum.
    Onfoh þu þinum esne      fægere mid gode,
    þæt me oferhydige      æfre ne motan
    hearmcwyddian;      hyldo ne gyma.
    365
    Hwæt, me eagan mine      atule gewurdan,
    þær ic on inre hælo      hyldo sohte
    and on þinre spræce      sped sofæste.
    Do þinum agenum      esne swylce
    mycel milde mod,      and me mægene eac
    370
    þin sofæst word      sylfa lære.
    Ic eom esne þin;      syle andgit, þæt ic
    þine gewitnesse      wel leornige.
    þis is wynne tid,      þæt man eac wel do,
    drihten ure;      ne læt u dole æfre
    375
    þin æbebod      ahwær toweorpan.
    Foron ic þin bebod      beorhte lufode,
    a me georne synd      golde deorran,
    topazion þæra      teala gimma.
    Foron ic eall þin bebod      elne healde,
    380
    and ic unrihte wegas      ealle feoge.
    Wundorlic is in gewitnes,      wealdend dryhten;
    foron heo min sawl smea      and sece georne.
    Worda me þinra      wise onleohte,
    beorhtnesse blæcern,      and þu bealde sylest
    385
    andgit eallum      eorbuendum.
    Mu ic ontynde      minne wide,
    þæt me min oro      ut afæmde,
    þær ic in bebod      efnede mid willan.
    Beseoh þu on me,      and me syan hrae
    390
    mære gemiltsa,      swa u manegum dydest,
    þe naman þinne      nyde lufedon.
    Gerece u me swylce,      þæt ic on rihtne weg
    æfter þinre spræce      spedum gange,
    þy læs min ænig unriht      ahwær wealde.
    395
    Ahrede me hearmcwidum      heanra manna,
    þæt ic ine bebodu      bealde healde.
    Do þine ansyne      esne þinum
    leohte and leofe;      lær me syþþan,
    hu ic in sofæst word      selest gehealde.
    400
    Eagan mine gesawon,      hu ya gelaac,
    wid gang wætera,      wundrum gange;
    swa am ilcum by,      þe ær nella
    þinre æ bebod      elne healdan.
    Drihten is sofæst;      synd his domas eac
    405
    ree mid ræde      rihte gecyde.
    Hwæt, u sofæst weorc      symble hete
    on þinre gewitnesse      wel gehealdan;
    ealles forgeaton,      þa me grame wæron,
    worda þinra      and me wa dydan.
    410
    Me heard ehtnes      huses þines
    on bearme me      gebrohte oft,
    a þin word noldan      wel gehealdan,
    þa me feondas ær      fæste wæron.
    Is þin agen spræc      innan fyren,
    415
    sylf swiþe hat,      and symble a
    þin esne her      ealle lufade.
    Ic wæs on geogue,      grame me forhogedon;
    næs ic ofergittol      æfre hwæere,
    þæt ic þin so weorc      symble heolde.
    420
    Is þin sofæstnes      symble, drihten,
    seo sofæste,      and seo symble bi
    on ecnesse      awa to feore;
    is þin swylce æelnes      and æ sofæst.
    Me costunga      cnysdan geneahhe,
    425
    and nearonessa      naman gelome;
    ac ic þine bebodu      efnde and læste,
    eac on minum mode      hi metegade georne.
    Ys me þin gewitnes      weorast and rihtast,
    and a me on ece      andgyt hæbbe;
    430
    syle me a to soe,      and ic syþþan lifige.
    Ic mid ealle ongann      inngehygde
    heortan minre      hige to drihtne
    ceare cleopian;      he me cynlice
    hrae gehyrde,      hyldo cue,
    435
    þæt ic his sofæstnesse      sohte geneahhe.
    Ic cleopode to e;      do me culice
    halne, heahcyning,      heofona wealdend,
    hælende Crist;      ic þæt hicge nu,
    þæt ic ine bebodu      blie gehealde.
    440
    And ic e on ripe forecom,      and hrae swylce
    ceare cleopode;      þu me cynlice
    wel onfencge,      wistest gearwe,
    þæt ic on inum wordum      wel getruwade.
    þe eagan mine      eac forecoman;
    445
    on ærmergen      ic elne ongann
    þine spræce      spyrian georne.
    Gehyr mine stefne,      halig drihten,
    æfter inre þære myclan      mildheortnesse,
    and æfter þinum domum      do me halne.
    450
    Me syndon eahtend      ungemete neah aa
    and a synfullan;      syndan ealle hi
    fram æ þinre      unneah gewiten.
    Wes me swie neah,      wuldres drihten;
    synt ealle þine wegas      wise and cue.
    455
    Ic gewitnesse      wise þine
    ongeat gleawlice,      þæt þu geara hi
    on ecnesse      ær staþelodest.
    Ac min eamedu geseoh      eall ful georne,
    genere niode,      nu me ned belæg;
    460
    forþon ic wolde æ þine      elne healdan.
    Dem minne dom      and me deore alys;
    for þinre spræce,      do me spedlice
    and culice      cwicne nu a.
    Wærun fyrenfulle feor      fælre hælu;
    465
    foron hi þine sofæstnesse      secean noldan.
    Miltsa synt þine,      mihtig drihten;
    æfter þinum domum      do me cwicne.
    Ic manige geseah,      þe min ehton;
    nolde ic cwic æfre      swa þeah hwæere
    470
    þine gewitnesse      wræste forlætan.
    Ic manige geseah      men þa þe noldan
    heora friowære      fæste healdan,
    and ic þand wi þan      þe hi teala noldan
    þinre spræce      sped gehealdan.
    475
    Swylce ic sylf geseah,      þæt ic þin so bebod
    lustum lufige,      leofa drihten;
    on þinre mildheortnesse      me scealt acwician.
    þæt is weorlic fruma      worda þinra,
    þæt þær by so      symble meted,
    480
    and on ecnesse      awa to feore
    ealle þine domas synt      dædum gesede.
    Min earwunga      ehtan ongunnon
    ealdurmanna gehwylc      ungemete swie;
    wear me heorte forht,      þær ic þin halig word
    485
    on þinum egesan ærest      æelu tredde.
    Ic blissige      bealde mode
    ofer inre spræce      spede þa myclan,
    swa se bi blie,      se þe beorna reaf
    manige mete,      þær hit mannum losa.
    490
    And ic unrihta gehwylc      elne feode
    and onhyscte      æghwær georne;
    wolde ic æ þine      elne lufian.
    Swa ic þe seofon siþum      symble wolde
    leofum lustlice      lofsang cwean
    495
    daga æghwylce,      forþon ic þine domas wat
    on so fæste      smicere gefylde.
    þam bi sib mycel      þe him þence,
    þæt hi naman þinne      neode lufien;
    ne bi him æswic on þon      æfre to feore.
    500
    Ic þinre hælu bad,      halig drihten,
    and þine bebodu      bealde lufode.
    Hafa sawl min      so gehealden
    þinre gewitnesse      worda æghwylc,
    and ic þa lustum      lufade swie.
    505
    Heold ic þine bebodu      holde mode
    and þine gewitnesse      wordum trymede;
    foron ealle mine wegas      wise syndan
    on þinre gesihe      soe, drihten.
    Nu genealæce      neode minum
    510
    gebedum bealde,      þæt ic bidde nu
    on þinre gesihe      symble, drihten;
    æfter þinre spræce      syle me spedlice,
    þæt þu me generige      nia gehwylces.
    Ingange min ben,      ece drihten,
    515
    on þinre gesihe      symble æt þearfe;
    æfter þinre spræce      do spedlice,
    æt u me generige      nia gehwylces.
    Nu mine weleras e      wordum belcetta
    ymnas elne,      gif þu me ærest wylt
    520
    þine sofæstnesse      sylfa læran.
    Hwæt, tunge min      teala foresægde,
    hu þinre spræce      spede eodan;
    wærun eall þin bebodu      æghwær rihtwis.
    Syn me þine handa      on hælu nu,
    525
    and þæt domlice      gedon weore;
    foron ic þine bebodu geceas      bealde æt þearfe.
    Ic þinre hælu      her wilnade,
    drihten ælmihtig;      do me symble,
    þæt ic æ þine      elne metige.
    530
    Leofa sawl min      and þe lustum here,
    and me þine domas      dædum fultumia.
    Ic gedwelede      swa þæt dysige scep,
    þætte forweoran      wolde huru;
    la, sece þinne esne      elne, drihten;
    535
    foron ic þinra beboda ne forgeat      beorhtra æfre.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 119

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic me to drihtne      deorum cleopode,
    þonne me costunga      cnysdon geneahhe,
    and he me gehyrde      holde mode.
    Alys mine sawle,      lifes drihten,
    5
    of þam welerum      þe wom cween,
    and from þære tungan      þe teosu wylle.
    Hwæt bi þe ealles seald      oþþe eced swa
    from þære inwitfullan      yflan tungan?
    Strele beo scearpe,      strange and mihtige,
    10
    syan of gledon wesa      gearwe ahyrde.
    Wa me þære wyrde,      þæt min wynn alæg
    and min bigengea gewat      bryce on feorweg;
    sceal ic eard niman,      swa me ee nis,
    mid Cedaringum;      nis min cy þær,
    15
    þe mine sawle      swie beeode.
    Mid þam þe hi sibbe      swyþost feodan,
    ic sibbe mid him      soe hæfde;
    þonne ic him spedlice to      spræce and hi lærde,
    onne me earwunga      ealle onfuhtan.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 120

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hof ic mine eagan      to þam hean beorge,
    þær ic fultum fand      fælne æt þearfe.
    Is min fultum eac      fæger æt drihtne,
    se e heofon worhte,      hrusan swylce.
    5
    Ne sylle he þinne fot      on feondes geweald,
    ne hycge to slæpe      se e healde þe.
    Efne se on hygde      huru ne slæpe
    ne swefe swye,      se þe sceal healdan nu
    Israela folc      utan wi feondum.
    10
    Gehealde þe      halig drihten,
    and þin mundbora      mihtig weore
    ofer þa swiran hand      symble æt þearfe.
    Ne þe sunne on dæge      sol ne gebærne
    ne þe mona on niht      min ne geweore,
    15
    ac þe gehealde      halig drihten
    wy yfela gehwam      æghwær georne
    and ine sawle      swylce gehealde.
    Utgang þinne and ingang      ece drihten,
    sawla socynincg,      symble gehealde
    20
    of þisson for      awa to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 121

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic on yssum eom      eallum blie,
    þæt me culice to      acweden syndon,
    and on godes hus      gange syan.
    Wæron fæststealle      fotas mine
    5
    on þinum cafertunum,      þær ure cy wæs,
    on Hierusalem      geara ærest.
    Hierusalem,      geara u wære
    swa swa cymlic      ceaster getimbred,
    þær syndon dælas      on sylfre hire.
    10
    þær cneorisse      cende wæron
    cynn æfter cynne;      cuan þa drihten
    and on þære gewitnesse      wæran Israelas,
    þe his naman      neode sceoldon
    him andetnes      æghwær habban.
    15
    Oft hi þær on seldon      sæton æt domum;
    þu eart onne dema,      Dauides hus,
    þæt on heofenum siteþ      heah gestaelod.
    Bidda eow bealde      beorhtere sibbe,
    a e on Hierusalem      gode syndan;
    20
    and geniht agun,      þa þe neode þe
    on heora lufun      lustum healda.
    Si þe on þinum mægene sib      mæst and fyrmest,
    and on þinum torrum wese      tidum genihtsum.
    For mine broru      ic bidde nu,
    25
    and mine þa neahstan      nemne swylce,
    þæt we sibbe on e      symble habbon.
    And ic for mines godes huse      georne þingie,
    and to minum drihtne      deorum sece,
    þæt ic god æt him      begitan mote.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 122

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    To þe ic mine eagan hof,      ece drihten,
    þu þe heofonhamas      healdest and wealdest.
    Efne mine eagan synt      ealra gelicast
    þonne esne bi,      þonne ondrysnum
    5
    his hlaforde      here and cweme.
    And swa eagan ga      earmre þeowenan,
    þonne heo on hire hlæfdigean      handa loca,
    swa us synt eagan to e,      ece drihten,
    urum þam godan gode;      geare locia,
    10
    oþþæt us miltsige      mihta wealdend.
    Miltsa us nu a,      mihtig drihten,
    miltsa us swylce,      forþon we manegum synt
    forhogednessum      hearde gefylde.
    And we manegum synd      manna wordum
    15
    ure sawl      swie gefylled
    mid edwite,      oft and geneahhe,
    and us oferhydige forseo      oft and gelome.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 123

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nymþe us on wese      ece drihten,
    cweþa Israhelas      ealle nu a,
    nymþe us eardige on      awa drihten,
    þonne us manfulle      menn onginna;
    5
    wen is, þæt hi us lifigende      lungre wyllen
    sniome forsweolgan,      gif hi swa magon.
    þonne us ara manna      mod yrsade,
    and us wierwearde      wæron geneahhe;
    wen is, þæt hi us woldan      wætre gelice
    10
    sona gesupan,      gif hit swa wolde.
    Oft ure sawl      swyþe frecne
    hlimman gedegde      hludes wæteres;
    wene ic forþon,      þæt heo wel mæge
    þæt swyre mægen,      sawel usser,
    15
    wæteres wenan      æs wel gedegean.
    Drihten si gebletsad,      þe þæt ne dyde æfre,
    þæt us on hearde      hæftnyd sealde
    þam þe us mid toum      toteon woldan.
    Wærun ure sawla      samod anlice
    20
    niþa generede,      swa swa neodspearuwa
    of grames huntan      gryne losige.
    Grin bi on sadan      grame torænded,
    and we synd alysde      lifes wyre;
    we us naman drihtnes      neode habba
    25
    on fultume      fæstne and strangne,
    þæs þe heofon worhte,      hrusan swylce.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 124

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þa þe on drihten heora      dædum getreowa,
    hi beo on Sionbeorge      swyþe gelice;
    ne mæg hine on ealdre      ænig onhreran
    þe eardfæst by      on Hierusalem.
    5
    Hi synd mundbeorgas      micle ymbutan;
    halde heora ymbhwyrft      ece drihten
    of isson nu      awa to worulde.
    Næfre forlæte      lifes drihten
    firenfulra tan      furor gangan,
    10
    þonne he sofæstra      settan wylle.
    Ne he sofæste      swylce læte,
    þæt hi to unrihte      ahwær willen
    handum ræcean,      ac he him hraþe gylde;
    do þu, drihten, wel      þam þe gedefe her
    15
    hiora heortan riht      healda mid gode.
    þa e gearwe beo      to gramum bendum,
    eft hi gelæde      ece drihten
    mid þæm þe unriht      æghwær wyrcea;
    sibb si Israhelum      symble ofer ealle.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 125

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þonne drihten wyle      gedon æfter,
    þæt he of Sione      swære ahweorfe
    hæftned hefige,      syan we hrae weora
    afrefrede      fægere ealle.
    5
    Sona beo gefylde      mid gefean syþþan
    muas ure,      and we ma spreca,
    beo ure tungan      teala wynsume.
    þonne hi geond þeode      cwea þriste;
    æghwær hi gemiclade      mihtig drihten,
    10
    þa he him wundur mid      worhte seldlic;
    gemicla e swylce,      mihtig drihten,
    þæt þu wundur mid us      wyrce mære,
    and we bealde on þam      blie weoran.
    Gehweorf ure hæftned,      halig drihten,
    15
    swa suhealde      swiþe hlimman.
    þa her on tornlicum      tearum sawa,
    hi eft fægerum      gefean snia;
    gangende and ferende      georne wepa
    and heora sylfra sæd      snia æfter.
    20
    Cuma þonne mid cumendum      cue mid blisse
    and on heora sceafas bera,      swa hi gesamnedon.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 126

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nymþe hus timbrige      halig drihten,
    on idel gylp      ore winna
    þe þæs huses      hrof staelia.
    Nyme gehealde eac      halig drihten
    5
    ceastre mid cynnum,      ne mæg hi cynlice
    wæccende      weard gehealdan.
    Forhwan ge mid idelnesse      ealle arisa,
    æron leoht cume      leoda bearnum?
    Arisa nu ricene,      and hrae sitta,
    10
    þa e sares hlaf      swie æton.
    þonne he slæp syle      swie leofum;
    þæt is yrfe eac      ecean drihtnes
    and herde bearn,      þa her mannum beo
    of innae      ærest cende.
    15
    Swa seo stræle by      strangum and mihtigum
    hrorum on handa      heard ascyrped,
    swa lyra bearn      lungre gewita.
    þæt bi eadig wer,      se e a þence,
    þæt he his lust on on      leofne gefylle;
    20
    ne bi he on ealdre ealre      æfre gescended,
    þonne he on gaton grete      his grame feondas.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 127

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eadige syndon ealle      þe him ecne god
    drihten ondræda,      and his gedefne weg
    on hyra lifes tid      lustum ganga.
    þonne þu þines gewinnes      wæstme byrgest,
    5
    etest oretes,      and þu eadig leofast,
    and þe wel weore      on wynburgum.
    Beo þines wifes      welan gelice,
    swa on wingearde      weaxen berigean,
    and on þines huses      hwommum genihtsum.
    10
    Synd þine bearn swylce      samed anlicast,
    swa elebeamas      æþele weaxen,
    ymb þinne beod utan      blæda standen.
    Efne swa bi gebletsad      beorna æghwylc
    mann on moldan      þe him metodes ege
    15
    on his dædum      drihten forhta.
    þe of Sionbeorge      swylce drihten
    bealde bletsige,      and þu bruce eac
    on Hierusalem      goda gehwylces
    ealle lange dagas      lifes þines.
    20
    And þu þinra bearna      bearn sceawige,
    geseo samed gangan      sibb ofer Israhel.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 128

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft me fuhtan to      fynd on geogue,
    cwean Israhelas nu      eac þæt sylfe;
    oft me fuhtan to      fynd on geoguþe,
    ne mihton hi awiht æt me      æfre gewyrcean.
    5
    Ofer minum bæce      bitere ongunnon
    þa firenfullan      facen timbrian,
    and heora unriht      eft gelengdon.
    Drihten is sofæst,      and gede sniome,
    þæt he firenfullra      fæcne geancas
    10
    wis toweorpe;      weora gescende
    and hiora scamia      swiþust ealles,
    þa to Sione hete      swiost hæfdon.
    Wesen hi hige      her gelicast
    þam þe on huses þæce      heah aweaxe,
    15
    þæt bi forwisnad      wrae sona,
    ær hit afohten      foldan losige.
    Of þam he ne gefylle      folme æfre,
    þeah þe he hit mawe      micle elne;
    ne mid his sceafe ne mæg      sceat afyllan,
    20
    þeah þe he samnige      swie georne.
    And þæt ne cwean,      þa his cwide weoldan
    on ofergeate      æghwær hæbben:
    "Us gebletsige      bealde drihten
    and ofer eow wese      eac his bletsung;
    25
    we eow neodlice      on naman drihtnes
    swylce bletsia      blie mode."

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 129

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic of grundum to þe      geomur cleopode;
    drihten, drihten,      do þu nu a,
    þæt þu mines gebedes      bene gehyre.
    Wesan þine earan      eac gehyrende
    5
    and beheldende      mid hige swylce
    on eall gebedd      esnes þines.
    Gif þu ure unriht wilt      eall behealdan,
    drihten, drihten,      hwa gede æfre,
    þæt he þæt geefne      eall mid rihte?
    10
    Ys seo mildheortnes mid þe,      mihta wealdend,
    and ic for inre æ,      ece drihten,
    þas oþer eall      eae aræfnige.
    Hwæt, þæt sawl min      symble aræfnede,
    þæt ic on þinum wordum      me wel getreowde;
    15
    foron min sawl on þe      symble getreowe.
    Fram þære mæran      mergentide
    oþæt æfen cume      ylda bearnum,
    Israhelas on drihten      a getreowen.
    Foron is mildheortnesse      miht on drihtne
    20
    and he alyse      lustum ealle,
    þa e hiht on hine      habba fæste.
    He Israhelas      ealle alyse
    of unrihte      æghwær symble.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 130

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nis min heorte wi þe      ahafen, drihten,
    ne mine eagan wi þe      on oferhygde.
    Ne ic on mægene      miclum gange
    ne wundur ofer me      wunia ænig.
    5
    Ac ic mid eamedum      eall geþafige;
    is min sawl on on      swyþe gefeonde.
    Swa man æt meder      bi miclum feded,
    swa þu minre sawle      symble gyldest.
    Israhelas on drihten      a getreowigen
    10
    of yssum nu      awa to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 131

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gemune þu, drihten,      mærne Dauid
    and ealle his mannþwærnesse      micle and goode.
    Swa ic æt fryme geswor      ferhe wi drihten
    and gehat gehet,      he geheold teala
    5
    wi Iacobes      god þone mæran.
    þeah þe ic on mines huses      hyld gegange
    oþþe selegesceot      þænne swæs wese
    oe on min restbedd      ricene gestige,
    Gif ic minum eagum      unne slæpes,
    10
    oþþe minum breawum      beode hnappunga,
    oþþe ic on þunwange      þriste gereste,
    Oþþæt ic gemete      mære stowe
    drihtne gecorene,      dyre selegesceot
    Iacobes gode      georne gecweme.
    15
    Efne we þas eall      on Eufraten
    sæcgean gehyrdon,      syan gemitton
    forwel manegu      on wudufeldum.
    We on his selegesceot      swylce ganga,
    and þære stowe      stede aria
    20
    þær his fotas ær      fæste gestodan.
    Aris on þinre reste      recene, drihten;
    þu earce eart      eallhaligra.
    Synd þine sacerdas      on sofæstnesse
    gode gegierede,      and gleawe nu
    25
    þine þa halgan      her blissia.
    For þinum agenum      esne swylce,
    deorum Dauide,      þu ne do æfre,
    þæt þu andwlitan      ut oncyrre
    þines þæs halgan      her on eoran.
    30
    þæs deopne a      drihten aswor
    and þone mid soe      swylce getrymede,
    þæt he hine for hole      ær ne aswore,
    gehet Dauide,      swa he him dyde syþþan,
    þæt he weorlicne      wæstm gesette
    35
    þe of his innae      agenum cwome,
    ofer þin heahsetl;      gif nu healda well
    þines sylfes bearn      soe treowa
    and þa gewitnesse,      þe ic hig wel lære,
    þonne hiora suna      swylce motan
    40
    a þysse worulde      wynnum brucan
    and on þinum setle      sittan geneahhe.
    Foron him Sione geceas      sylfa drihten,
    and him to earde geceas      ærest æt fryme.
    þis is min rest,      þe ic recene nu
    45
    on worulda woruld      wunian þence,
    þær ic eard nime,      foron ic hi ær geceas.
    His wuduan ic      wordum bletsige
    and gesegnade,      sylle geneahhe
    heora hungrium      hlaf to fylle.
    50
    Ec his sacerdas      swylce mid hælu
    georne gegyrwe,      and gode eac
    his þa halgan her      habba blisse.
    þær ic Dauides horn      deorne bringe,
    for gelæde,      fægre gearuwe
    55
    byrnende blacern,      bere for minum
    criste gecorenum,      þe ic hine cune wat.
    Ic his feondas eac      facne gegyrwe
    mid scame swiust;      ofer hine scir cyme
    minra segnunga      sofæst blostma.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 132

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Efne hu glædlic bi      and god swylce,
    þætte brour on an      begen hicgen,
    þær hig ænne sculan      eard weardian.
    Swa unguentum mæg      æele wyrtcynn
    5
    heafde healdan      hrore stence,
    mid þy Aaron his beard      oftast smyrede.
    Seo nier astah      on his reafæs fnæd
    swa æþele deaw      on Hermone,
    se ofer Sionbeorge      sneome astige.
    10
    Forþon her bebead      halig drihten
    lifes bletsunga      lange to feore
    of þisson nu      awa to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 133

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Efne bletsien nu      blie drihten
    ealle his agene      onbyhtscealcas.
    Ge þe on godes huse      gearwe standa,
    and on cafertunum      Cristes huses
    5
    ures þæs halgan godes      held beganga.
    Hebba neodlice      nihta gehwylcere
    eowre handa      on halig lof
    and bletsia      balde drihten.
    Ge bletsige      blie drihten
    10
    of Sionbeorge      symble æt þearfe,
    se þe heofon worhte,      hrusan swylce.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 134

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Heria naman drihtenes,      neode swylce
    herigen hine his scealcas      swie ealle.
    Ge þe on godes huse      gleawe standa
    and on cafertunum      Cristes huses
    5
    þæs godan godes      gearwe syndan,
    Lofia ge drihten,      forþon he lungre is
    fæstræd and fremsum      fira æghwam;
    weoria his naman,      forþon he wyre is.
    Foron him godne geceas      Iacob drihten
    10
    and on agene æht      Israeles cynn.
    Ic þæt gearwe ongeat,      þæt is god and mycel
    drihten ure;      forþon him dom stande
    ofer ealle godu      eorbuendra.
    Ealle þa þe wolde,      worhte drihten
    15
    on heofonrice      and her on eoran,
    on sidum sæ      swylce on eallum,
    þær he dyrne wat      deorce grundas.
    And he fram þysse eoran      ende læde
    wolcen wræclicu,      wind and liget,
    20
    and þa to regne      recene wyrce,
    þe for læde      fægere windas
    of his goldhordum      godra manegum;
    se ægipta sloh      æele frumbearn
    æghwylc ealra      o þa nytenu.
    25
    He sigetacen      sende manegum
    forebeacn fæle      folce ægipta,
    and þa Pharaones      folce gecyde
    and his scealcum      samed ætgædere.
    Se sloh þeode folc      þearle manige,
    30
    and eac acwealde      cyningas strange.
    Wæs Seon efne      sum þara kynincga,
    and Og kyning,      se þe æror wæs
    on Basane      breme and mære.
    Sealde heora eardland      eall Israhelum
    35
    and heora yrfe      eac his folce.
    Ys þin nama, drihten,      nemned ece,
    and þin gemynd,      mihtig drihten,
    on ealra worulda woruld      wynnum stande.
    Forþon his folc deme      fægere drihten,
    40
    and he bi on his esnum      agenum frefriend.
    Beo deofolgyld      dysigra þeoda
    gold and seolfur,      þe her geota menn,
    and mid heora folmum      fægere wyrcea.
    þa mu habba,      and ne meldia wiht,
    45
    fægere eagan,      ne magon feor geseon.
    Earan habba,      ne hi awiht magon
    holdes gehyran,      þeah e him hleorige,
    and nose habba,      nawiht gestinca.
    Handa hi habba,      ne hi hwæere magon
    50
    gegrapian      godes awiht;
    habba fet swylce,      ne magon feala gangan.
    Ne hi on hracan awiht      hlude ne cleopia,
    ne him gast wara      gomum on mue.
    Synt anlice þæm      þe hi ær worhtan,
    55
    and ealle þa e on hi      æfre getreowa.
    Hus Israela      holdne drihten
    bletsien bealde,      biddan swylce
    þæt Aarones hus      ecne drihten
    blie bletsien;      beornas ealle,
    60
    þa on lifes hus      leof eardia,
    bletsien drihten      blie mode.
    þa þe him ondræden      drihtnes egsan,
    bletsien drihten      beornas ealle;
    se drihten is      deore gebletsad
    65
    of Sion sniome,      þe sofæst ær
    on Hierusalem      god eardode.
    Ic andette      ecum drihtne,
    foron he god is,      and ic ful gearwe wat,
    þæt he to worulde by      wis and mildheort.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 135

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eac ic andette      þam þe ece is
    ealra godena god,      foron ic hine godne wat.
    Andette ic swylce      þam þe ealra is
    drihtna drihten      dædum spedigast,
    5
    foron he god is,      and ic gearwe wat,
    þæt his mildheortnes      is mycel to worulde.
    He wundur dyde      weorþlic ana.
    Se heofon worhte,      hælea andgit.
    He eoran æfter wæter      ærest sette.
    10
    He leohtfatu      leodum ana
    micel geworhte      manna bearnum,
    Sette on miht dæges      mære sunnan,
    On miht nihte      monan and steorran.
    He ægyptas sloh      and eall heora frumbearn,
    15
    And he Israhelas      ealle olædde
    of ægyptum      ealle gesunde,
    On mihtigre      mære handa
    and on eallmihte      earmes swylce.
    He readne sæ      recene todælde,
    20
    Lædde Israhelas      ealle þurh midne.
    þær Pharaon gefeol,      and his fæge werud
    on þam readan sæ      recene forwurdan.
    He gewealdendlice      þuruh westen eft
    his þæt leofe folc      lædde swylce.
    25
    He of stanclife      stearce burnan
    leodum lædde      on leofne þanc.
    Swylce he acwealde      cyningas mycle.
    And he eac ofsloh      æele cyningas,
    weras wræclice,      þa þe weoruld heoldan.
    30
    þær Seon cyning      swylt dreorig fornam,
    þe Amorrea      anweald hæfde,
    And Og swylce,      þe æror wæs
    swyþe breme cyning      on Basane.
    Sealde heora eorþan      on yrfeland,
    35
    And þæt yrfe      on Israele,
    þe his esnas      agene wæron.
    Forþon ure eamedu      ece drihten
    gemyndgade,      and us mycel sealde.
    And he us aferede      feondum of handa,
    40
    þa e wrae      wæron ealle.
    He eac afede      flæscea æghwylc.
    Andeta nu ealle      þam ecean gode,
    þe on heofonum is      heah eardiende.
    And ge ealra godena gode      geara andetta,
    45
    forþan his mildheortnes      is mycel to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 136

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ofer Babilone      bradum streame,
    þær we sitta      and sare wepa,
    þonne we Sion gemunan      swie georne.
    On salig we sarige      swie gelome
    5
    ure organan      up ahengan.
    Forþon us þær frunon      fæcnum wordum,
    woh meldedan,      a us on weg læddan:
    "Singa us ymnum      ealdra sanga
    þe ge on Sione      sungan geneahhige."
    10
    Hu magon we singan      sangas drihtne
    on þære foldan      þe us fremde is?
    Gif ic þin, Hierusalem,      forgyten hæbbe,
    forgyte min seo swyre      symble æt þearfe;
    ætfeole min tunge      fæste gomum,
    15
    gif ic ofergittol þin      æfre weore,
    Gif ic ne forsette þe      symble æt fryme;
    ac ic on Hierusalem      georne blissie.
    Gemune þu, drihten,      manigra bearna,
    þe on Edom synt      eal lifigende,
    20
    þonne þu Hierusalem      gegodie;
    þa nu oft cwea:      "Wutun hi idle gedon,
    oþæt hi heora      eard geceosan."
    Hwæt, þu eart Babilone      bitere ætfæsted
    ænge and yfele,      hire earm dohter;
    25
    eadig by hwæere      se þe eft gylde
    þa þu him on ealdre      ær forgeafe
    and us eallum      eac gesealdest.
    Eadig by se þe nime      and eac sete
    his agen bearn      on þone æþelan stan.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 137

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þe andette,      ecne drihten,
    on minre gehygde      heortan ealre;
    foron þu ealle mine word      earum gehyrdest,
    þa ic mid mue      and mid mode cwee,
    5
    and on þinra engla      ealra gesihe
    ic þe singe      swie geneahhige.
    Eac ic þin tempel      tidum weorige,
    þæt halige hus,      holde mode,
    and þær þinne naman      on neod secge.
    10
    Ofer þine þa miclan      mildheortnesse
    and sofæstnesse      samed ætgædere,
    þu þinne þone halgan naman      neode gedydest,
    ofer us ealle      æghwær micelne.
    Swa hwylce daga      ic þe deorne cige,
    15
    gehyr me hwætlice,      and me hrae gedo
    micle mine sawle      on þines mægenes sped.
    Ealle þe andettan      eoran kyningas,
    foron þe hi gehyrdon      hlude reorde
    þines mues      þa mæran word;
    20
    þa on sangum      singan drihtne.
    Forþon þin wuldur is      wide geond eoran
    micel and mære,      ofer middaneard
    eart þu healice      ahafen, drihten;
    þu eadmodra      ealra locast
    25
    on heofonhame      her on eoran.
    þeah þe ic on midle      manes gange,
    þær me costunga      cnysdan geneahhe,
    a þu me weredest      wraþum feondum
    þe me woldan yrre      on acyan;
    30
    þu me geræhtest      recene mid handa
    and me þin swyre      sneome hælde.
    Drihten for me      dome gylde,
    is his mildheortnes      mycel on worulde;
    ne forseoh æfre,      þæt þu sylfa ær
    35
    mid þinum handum      her geworhtest.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 138

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þu min costadest      cynnum, drihten,
    and me ongeate      gleawe mode;
    þu min setl      swylce oncneowe,
    and minne ærist      æfter gecydest.
    5
    And mine geohtas eac      þriste oncneowe,
    feorran ongeate      fore mine,
    and mine gangas      gearwe atreddest
    and ealle mine wegas      wel foresawe,
    forþan me inwit næs      ahwær on tungan.
    10
    Efne þu, drihten,      eall oncneowe
    þa ærestan,      eac þa nehstan;
    þu me gehiwadest      handa þinre,
    me ofer heafod      holde gesettest.
    Wundorlic is geworden      þin wisdom eall,
    15
    se is beutan me      eac gestrangod;
    ne mæg ic him on neode      a neah cuman.
    Hwider mæg ic fram þinum gaste      gangan ahwær,
    oþþe þinne andwlitan befleon      eoran dæles?
    Gif ic on heofenas up      hea astige,
    20
    þu me þær on efn      andweard sittest;
    gif ic on helle gedo      hwyrft ænigne,
    þu me æt byst      efne rihte.
    Gif ic mine fieru gefo,      fleoge ær leohte,
    oþþæt ic beutan wese      eallum sæwum,
    25
    Hwæt, me þin hand þyder      ofer holma begang
    læde lustum,      and me lungre eft
    þin seo swire      þær gehende.
    Ic on mode cwæ      minum swylce:
    "Wen is, þæt me þystru      earle forgripen
    30
    and me on nihte      neode onlihte,
    þæt ic minum bleom      bregde neahhige."
    Ne beo þeostru deorc      butan þinre miht;
    þurh þa onlihtest niht,      þæt heo by dæge gelic.
    Swa þragum gæ      þeostru wi leohte,
    35
    forþon þu hi settest      swylce, drihten;
    canst mine ædre      ealle gearuwe,
    onfenge me fægere,      swa ic furum wæs
    of modur hrife      minre acenned.
    Ic þe andette,      ece drihten,
    40
    forþon þu mid egesan eart      eall gewuldrad,
    and þine weorc wæron      wræclice swyþe,
    þa min saul oncneow      sona georne.
    Nis min ban wi þe      deope behyded,
    þæt þu wislice      worhtest on diglum,
    45
    þeh min lichama      lytle rage
    on nierdælum      eoran wunige.
    Eagan þine gesawon      þæt ic ealles wæs
    unfrom on ferhþe;      eall þæt for heonan
    on þinum wisbocum      awriten stande.
    50
    Dagas syndon trymede,      swa hi drihten gesceop,
    ne mæg ænig on þam      awa lifigean;
    me synd arwyre      ealle swie,
    þe þine frynd wærun      fæste, drihten,
    is heora ealdordom      ungemete swie
    55
    on cneorissum      cu gestrangod.
    Gif ic hi recene nu      riman onginne,
    hi beo ofer sandcorn      sniome manige;
    syþþan ic arise      and recene nu gyt
    mid þe sylfum eom,      gif þu syþþan wylt
    60
    þa firenfullan      fyllan mid deae.
    Blodhreowe weras,      ge bebuga me,
    þe þæt on geþohtum      þencea cweende:
    "Wutun þurh idel searu      ealle tiligean,
    þæt we heora burh      tobrecan moton."
    65
    Ealle þa þe feodan      þurh facen god,
    ic hi feode nu      fæste mid nie,
    and ofer þine feondas beo      facne gebolgen.
    Swa ic hi mid rihte      recene feoge,
    forþon hi me feondas      fæcne wurdan.
    70
    Costa min, god,      swa hit cyn wese,
    and minre heortan gehygd      her gesceawa,
    þone fælan geþanc;      frine me syþþan
    and mine stige ongit      gestaelode.
    And þu sylfa geseoh,      gif ic on swiculne weg
    75
    oþþe on unrihte      ahwær eode;
    gelæd me þonne,      lifes ealdor,
    þæt ic on ecne weg      æghwær gange.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 139

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Genere me wi niþe      on naman þinum
    fram yfelum menn,      ece drihten,
    and fram þam were,      þe wom fremme.
    þa ealne dæg      inwit and facen
    5
    hycgea on heortan      þurh hearme geþoht,
    hi þæt to gefeohte georne      gefremed habba.
    And heora tungan      torncwidum
    neode serwa,      swa oft nædran do,
    and him aspidas,      ætrene wyrmas,
    10
    under welerum is      gewunad fæste.
    Geheald þu me, drihten,      wi hetenias
    and wi firenfulles      folmum swylce,
    and fram þam mannum      þe man fremmen,
    alys þu me lungre,      lifes ealdur.
    15
    þa on hyge þohtan,      þæt hi ahyltan me
    and minne gang      georne swylce,
    forhyddan oferhygde me      inwitgyrene,
    wraan wealsadan      wundnum rapum;
    woldan mine fotas      gefæstnian,
    20
    settan me swyce,      þær ic siþade.
    Ic þa to drihtne cwæ:      "þu me eart dyre god;
    gehyr min gebed,      halig drihten,
    nu ic stefne to þe      styrme hlude."
    Drihten, drihten,      þu eart gedefe mægen
    25
    hælo minre,      and þu min heafod scealt
    on gefeohtdæge      feondum awergean.
    Ne alyf þu me æfre      ofer lust minne
    on fyrenfulra      fæcne geancas,
    þa wierwearde me      wrae hycgea;
    30
    ne forlæt þu me      on lifdagum,
    þy læs hi ahafene ofer me      hwile weoren.
    Him ymb heafod      hefegast gewinna,
    þæt hi mid welerum      geworht habba,
    him þæt ilce sceal      on gesittan.
    35
    Eac hi fealla      on fyres glede,
    and þu hi mid fyre      facnes gehnegest,
    þæt hi þam yrmum      a ne wistanden.
    Se getynga wer      on teosuspræce,
    ne bi se ofer eorþan      gereaht ahwær;
    40
    unsofæstne wer      yfel gecnysse,
    oþþe he on eoran      eall forweore.
    Ic þæt gearuwe ongeat,      þæt gode de
    drihten domas,      þe on dagum þyssum
    wædlum weora,      wrece þearfendra.
    45
    So is hwæere,      sofæste nu
    þinne naman willa      þuruh neod herigean;
    scylan eard niman      on þinre ansyne,
    þa mid ræde her      rihte lifigea.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 140

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þe, drihten, to      dyrum clypige;
    gehyr me hrædlice      holdre stefne,
    þonne ic bene to þe      bidde ceare full.
    Sy on þinre gesihþe      mines sylfes gebed
    5
    ful recene gereht,      swa ricels by,
    þonne hit gifre      gleda bærna.
    Swylce is ahafenes      handa minra,
    þonne ic þe æfenlac      estum secge.
    Sete swæse geheald      swylce, drihten,
    10
    mue minum,      ne læt man sprecan,
    and æþele dor      ymbstandende,
    þæt on welerum      wisdom healde.
    Ne hyld þu mine heortan,      þæt ic hearme word
    þuruh inwitstæf      ut forlæte,
    15
    and ic lædend wese      lara firena.
    Ne ic æfre mid mannum      manfremmendum
    gemænnesse      micle hæbbe,
    ne on heora gecorenesse      becume æfre.
    Ac me sofæst      symble gerecce
    20
    and mildheorte      mode þreage;
    ele synfulra      æfre ne mote
    heafde minum      hrinan ahwær.
    Forþon min gebed nu gyt      becnum stande,
    þæt him on wisum is      wel lycendlice;
    25
    syndon hi æt strangum      stane forswolgene;
    noldan heora deman      mine gedefe word
    earan gehyran,      eft ne mihton.
    Swa unefne is      eorþe þicce,
    syndon þas moras      myclum asprotene,
    30
    swa ure ban syndon      bitere toworpene
    be helwarena      hæfteneodum.
    Forþon ic, drihten, on þe      dædum minum
    eagum and mode      æghwær gelyfe;
    ne ascuf þu fram me      sawle mine.
    35
    Geheald me wi þare gryne      þe me grame setton,
    þæt me ne beswice      synwyrcende,
    þa þe unrihtes      æghwær þencea.
    Fealla firenfulle      on heora fengnettum;
    ic me syndrig eom,      oþþæt ic swa fere.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 141

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Min stefn to þe      styrme, drihten,
    and ic mid strangere      stefne swylce
    eam biddende      bealde drihten.
    Ic mine bene      bealde swylce
    5
    on his gesihe      symble ageote,
    and mine earfeþu      ealle full georne
    fore him sylfum      sæcge geneahhe,
    Gif mine grame þencea      gast teorian,
    and þu mine stige      strange ongeate.
    10
    On þyssum grenan wege,      þe ic gange on,
    me oferhydige      æghwær setton
    gearwe grine;      geara ic sceawade,
    geseah on þa swyran,      ne me sylfne þær
    ænig mid gode      ongitan wolde.
    15
    a me eac frecne fram      fleam gedydan,
    næs þa þe mine sawle      secean wolde,
    þa ic to þe, drihten,      digle cleopode
    and sona cwæ:      "þu eart min se soa hiht;
    eart þu on lifigendra      lande swylce
    20
    se gedefa dæl,      drihten, æghwær."
    Beheald mine sawle,      hæleþa wealdend,
    forþon ic geeadmeded eom      ungemete swie.
    Alys me fram laþum;      hi me lungre synt
    ealle ofer me      ungemete strange.
    25
    Alæd me of carcernes      cluse swylce
    mine sawle,      þæt ic syþþan for
    þinne naman mote      neode sæcgean.
    Min sofæste      snotere bida,
    oþþæt þu me edlean      eft forgylde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 142

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Drihten, min gebed      deore gehyre,
    and mid earum onfoh      ungemetum georne
    mine halsunge;      heald me syan
    on þinre sofæstnesse      and me on soe gehyr.
    5
    Ne ga þu mid þinum esne      in to dome,
    forþon on þinre gesihe ne bi      sofæst ænig
    þe on isse foldan      feorhlif bere.
    Forþon mine sawle      swie feondas
    ealle ehtan      ungemete strange,
    10
    habba me gehnæged      heanne to eoran
    and min lif swylce      gelytlad is.
    Hi me on digle      deorce stowe
    settan sarlice      samed anlice,
    swa þu worulddeade      wrige mid foldan;
    15
    is me ænge gast      innan hreres,
    and me is heorte on      hearde gedrefed.
    þonne ic on mode      gemyndgade,
    hu me ærran dagas      oft alumpan,
    metegade on mode      ealle þine mæran weorc
    20
    and ymbe þine handgeweorc      hogode georne.
    þonne ic mine handa to þe      holde þenede
    and mine sawle      sette mid mode,
    swa eoran bi      ansyn wæteres;
    gehyr me hrædlice,      hæl me syþþan.
    25
    Nu me deope is,      drihten leofa,
    min sylfes gast      swær geworden,
    ne awend fram me,      wuldres ealdur,
    þine ansyne;      wese ic earmum gelic
    þe on sweartne grund      syþþan astiga.
    30
    Gedo þæt ic gehyre      holde on morgene
    þine mildheortnesse,      mihtig drihten,
    forþon ic hycge to e,      helpe gelyfe.
    Do me wegas wise,      þæt ic wite gearwe
    on hwylcne ic gange      gleawe mode;
    35
    nu ic to drihtnes      dome wille
    mine sawle      settan geornast.
    Afyrr me, frea drihten,      feondum minum;
    nu ic helpe to þe      holde gelyfe;
    lær me, hu ic þinne willan      wyrce and fremme,
    40
    forþon þu min god eart,      þu me god dydest.
    Me þin se goda gast      gleawe lædde,
    þæt ic on rihtne weg      rene ferde;
    for naman þines      neodweorunge,
    drihten usser,      do me halne,
    45
    þæt ic on inum rihte      rædfæst lifige.
    And þu of costunge      clæne alæddest
    sawle mine,      þær heo syan for
    on þinre mildheortnesse      mote wunian;
    and þu mine feondas      fæcne todrife,
    50
    and eac forleose      lara gehwylcne
    þe mine sawle      synne ætfæsten,
    forþon ic þin esne eom      agen symble.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 143

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Drihten is gebletsad,      min se deora god,
    þe mine handa      to hilde teah
    and mine fingras      to gefeohtanne.
    He is mildheortnes      min æt þearfe,
    5
    fri and fultum,      fæst andfengea
    and alysend is      lifes mines.
    Min þu mære eart      mihtig scyldend;
    ic hiht on e      hæbbe fæste,
    þæt þu me folc mænig      fægere underþeoddest.
    10
    Hwæt is se manna,      mihtig drihten,
    þe þu him culice      cyþan woldest,
    oe mannes sunu,      þæt hit gemet wære,
    þæt þu him aht wi      æfre hæfdest?
    Man by merwe gesceaft,      mihtum idel;
    15
    beo his dagas swylce      demde gelice,
    swa þu on scimiendre      sceade locige.
    Ahyld þine heofenas,      halig drihten,
    onhrin þissum muntum,      and hi hrae reoca.
    þine ligetta      leohta and beorhta,
    20
    and þu hi toweorpest      wide æfter;
    synd þine strele      strange swylce,
    and u hi gedrefed hafast      deope syþþan.
    Onsend þine handa      of heanessum,
    alys me and genere      wi lagustreamum
    25
    manegum wæterum      and wi manfolmum
    fremdra bearna      and frecenra.
    þara muas spreca      manidel word,
    bi hyra seo swire      symble abysgod,
    þæt hi unrihtes      elne tiligea.
    30
    Ic niwlice      niwne cantic
    þam godan gode      gleawne singe
    on psalterio,      þe him swynsa oft
    mid tyn strengum      getogen hearpe,
    on þære þe ic þe singe      swiþe geneahhe.
    35
    þu healdest and sylest      hælu cyningum;
    þu alysdest eac      leofne Dauid,
    þinne agenne      ombihtmæcg,
    of þam awyrgedan      wraan sweorde.
    Alys me and olæd      laþum wætrum,
    40
    manegum merestreamum,      mærum handum,
    þa me fremde bearn      fæcne syndan.
    þara muas spreca      manidel word,
    by hyra seo swire      symble abysgad,
    þæt hi unrihtes      awa tiligean.
    45
    þara bearn swylce      bogum æþelum
    settum beamum      samed anlice,
    standa on staule      stie wi geogue.
    Wærun heora dohtru      deore gesette
    and ymb frætwum      utan gegyrede,
    50
    efne anlicast      æþelum temple.
    Heora frumwæstme      fulle syndon,
    þæt hi rumlice      roccetta swie,
    of þissan on þæt      þonne wenda.
    Heora sceap wærun      swylce tydred
    55
    and on sifatum      swiþe genihtsum,
    heora oxan eac      ungemete fætte.
    Ne hreosa hi to hrusan      hearde gebiged,
    ne þær fernes is      folca mænegum,
    ne care micle      cleopia on worum.
    60
    Eadig bi þæt folc,      ore hata,
    þe him swa on foldan      fægre limpe;
    eadig bi þæt folc      þe ælmihtig wile
    drihten god      dema weoran.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 144

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic me heahne god      hæbbe to kyninge,
    and ic naman þinne      neode herige
    on ecnesse      awa to worulde.
    þuruh syndrige dagas      symble ic e bletsige,
    5
    and naman þinne      neode herige
    on ecnesse      awa to worulde.
    Mycel is drihten,      hine man mægene sceal
    holde mode      herian swie;
    nis his micelmodes      mægenes ende.
    10
    Cneorissa kynn      cwidum symble
    þin weorc herigen      wordum georne,
    and þine mihte eac      micle sæcgeon.
    Mycel mod and strang      þines mægenrymmes
    and þine halignesse      holdes modes
    15
    wise wordum spreca,      weredum secggea
    eall þin wundur      wide mære.
    And hi mægen swylce      mære and egeslic
    þinra wundra      wislic sæcgen
    and þine mægenstrengu      mærsien wide.
    20
    Gemune þines modes      þa miclan geniht,
    þinre wenesse      wise sæcgenum
    roccette      and ræd sprece,
    and þine sofæstnesse      sæcge geneahhe.
    Mildheort is drihten      and mannþwære
    25
    and geþyldig eac,      þearle mildheort.
    Swylce eallum is      ure drihten
    manna cynne      milde and blie;
    syndan his miltsa      ofer us mære weorc
    eall yldum cu      awa to feore.
    30
    Andetten þe, drihten,      ealle þine weorc
    and þe þine þa halgan      her bletsien.
    And hi þine mihte      manna bearnum
    cyþan mid cynnum      and mid cneorissum,
    þines mægenþrymmes      mære wuldur
    35
    riht and ree      rices þines.
    þæt þu cu gedydest      ofer cneorisse,
    þær synd manna bearn      manig ætsomne,
    and þæt þin miht is      ofer middaneard
    and þines rices      rædfæst wuldur.
    40
    Rice is þin, drihten,      ræde gefæstnod,
    and þu woruldricum      wealdest eallum;
    is þin anweald eac      ofer eorware
    of cynne on cynn      and on cneorissum.
    Drihten is on wordum      dædum getreowe
    45
    and on eallum his weorcum      wis and halig.
    Ahefe halig god      þa e hreosa ær,
    and he ealle arece      earme gebrocene.
    Eagan on þe      ealra, drihten,
    wisra gewena      wiste to genihte,
    50
    and þu him mete sylest      mæla gehwylce
    and þæs tidlice      tid gemearcast.
    Onhlidest u þine handa      and hi hrae fyllest,
    ealra wihta gehwam      wis bletsunga.
    Sofæst is drihten      on his sylfes wegum
    55
    eallum on eoran,      and he æfter þan
    on his weorcum is      wis and halig.
    Neah is drihten      niþum eallum
    þe hine mid soe hige      secea and ciega
    and his willan her      wyrcea georne
    60
    and his ege swylce      elne ræfna;
    he heora bene      bealde gehyre
    and hi hrædlice gede      hale sona.
    Ealle gehealde      halig drihten
    þe lufan wi hine      lustum healde,
    65
    and he synfulle      swylce todrife
    geond widwegas      wearnum ealle.
    Sceal lof drihtnes      on lust sprecan
    min mu mannum      mæla gehwylce,
    and flæsca gehwylc      þurh fæle word
    70
    his þone haligan naman      her bletsian
    on ecnesse      awa to feore.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 145

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Herige min sawl      hælend drihten,
    and ic on minum life      lustum drihten
    herige haligne      and holdum gode
    sealmas singe,      þenden ic sylf lifige.
    5
    Nelle ge on ealdurmenn      ane getreowian,
    ne on manna bearn;      nis þær mycel hælu.
    Heora gast gange,      gearwe onwende
    on þa eoran      þe hi of comon;
    of þam sylfan dæge      syþan forweora
    10
    ealle þa geþohtas      þe hi þohtan ær.
    þonne bi eadig      þe him æror wæs
    Iacobes god      geara fultumiend,
    and ær his hiht on god      hæfde fæste,
    Se þe heofon worhte,      hrusan swylce
    15
    and sidne sæ      samed ætgædere,
    and ealle þa þe him on      ahwær syndon.
    He his sofæst word      swylce gehealde,
    and on worulde his      wise domas
    de gedefe      þe her deorce ær
    20
    teonan manige      torne geþoledan;
    syle mete swylce      þe her murcne ær
    hungur heaugrimne      heardne geþoledan.
    Wrece to ræde      rice drihten
    þara manna bearn      þe ær man gebræc,
    25
    swylce þa gefetredan      fægre drihten
    lungre alyse      and him lif geofe,
    and blinde eac      bealde drihten
    on heora eagum      eft onleohte;
    sofæste drihten      swylce lufade.
    30
    þa eleodigan      ealle drihten
    lustum healde,      and lif geofe
    weodewum wencelum;      he hiom wel onfeh,
    fyrenfulra weg      frecne toweorpe.
    Rixa mid ræde      rice drihten
    35
    on ecnesse      awa to feore,
    and þin, Sione, god      symble to worulde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 146

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Heria drihten,      he is heah and good;
    singa him sealmas      swie geneahhe
    and hine wlitegum      wordum herigea.
    Eft Hierusalem      georne drihten
    5
    timbre tidum,      and to somna
    þa þe ut gewitan      of Israhelum.
    Se hæle eac      heortan geræste
    and heora unrotnesse      ealle gewrie.
    He recene mæg      riman steorran
    10
    and þa neodlice      be naman sona
    full culice      cigean ealle.
    Micel is ure      mihtig drihten,
    and his mægen is micel      and mihtum strang;
    ne his snytru mæg      secgean ænig,
    15
    on þyssum ealdre      æfre ariman.
    Milde mode      and manþwære
    he onfeh fægere,      and fyrenfulle
    wi eoran niþer      ealle gehnege.
    Onginna ge drihtne      geare andettan,
    20
    singa gode urum      gleawe be hearpan,
    Se þe heofen þece      hadrum wolcnum
    and regn þanon      recene sende
    þe þeos eore fram      æfter growe.
    He of beorgum ut      blæde læde,
    25
    hig to helpe      hælea bearnum,
    Se þe mete syle      manegum neatum,
    hrefnes briddum,      þonne heo hropende
    him cigea to,      cues æses.
    Nafast u to manna      mægene willan,
    30
    ne þe on þinum selegescotum      swie lica,
    þeah þe weras wyrcean      wræst on eoran.
    Ac wel lica      wuldres drihtne,
    þa þe hine him ondræda      dædum and wordum,
    and on his milde mod      mægene gewena.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 147

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Herige Hierusalem      georne drihten,
    here þu, Sion, swylce      þinne sone god.
    Forþon he getrymede      wi teonhete,
    þæt þu þine doru mihtest      bedon fæste,
    5
    and gebletsade      bearna æghwylc
    þe on innan þe      ahwær wæren.
    He þine gemæru      gemiclade,
    þu on utlandum      ahtest sibbe,
    and þe gesadade      mid þy selestan
    10
    hwætecynnes      holde lynde.
    He his spræce hider      spowendlice
    on þas eoran      ærest sende,
    and his word yrne      wundrum sniome.
    He snaw sende      samed anlice
    15
    swa þu wulle flys      wolcnum bringe,
    and þone toweorpe      wide swa æscean.
    He his cristallum      cynnum sende
    swylc swa hlafgebrece      of heofonwolcnum;
    for andwlitan celes      þær ænig ne mæg
    20
    him standan      stie mode.
    He his word sende      þuruh windes gast;
    blawe beorhtlice,      burnan flowe
    and to wætere      weore sniome.
    He his word eac      ær mid wisdome
    25
    godum Iacobe      geara foresægde,
    and Israhele      eac his domas.
    Ne dyde he ahwær swa      eldran cynne,
    þæt he him his domas      digle gecydde.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 148

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Heria ge on heofenum      hælend drihten,
    heria hlude      on heanessum.
    Heria hine ealle      engla reatas,
    lofige hine swylce      eall his leodmægen.
    5
    Herigen hine swylce      sunna and mona,
    æghwylc steorra      and þæt æele leoht.
    Heofenas hine heofena      herian georne,
    and þa wæter swylce      e ofer wolcnum synt
    on heofenhame,      herigen drihten.
    10
    Foron he sylfa cwæ,      sona wærun
    wræclice geworht      wætera ryþe,
    and gesceapene wærun,      þa he sylfa het.
    þa he on ecnesse      eall staelade
    and on worulda woruld      wolde healdan;
    15
    he sette bebod,      syþþan heo þæt heoldon.
    Herigen dracan swylce      drihten of eoran,
    and ealle neowelnessa      herian naman drihtnes.
    Fyr, forst, hægel      and gefeallen snaw,
    is and yste,      ealra gastas
    20
    þe his word willa      wyrcean georne,
    Muntas and geswyru,      micle beamas,
    þa þe mæst and wæstm      mannum bringa,
    and on eallum cedrum      cii alæded,
    Deor and neat,      do þæt sniome;
    25
    nifle nædran cynn      be naman ealle,
    and fugla cynn      fierum gescyrped,
    Eorcyningas eac      ealle swylce
    þe folcum her      fore wisien
    and ealdormen      ahwær syndan,
    30
    and ealle þe þas eorþan      ahwær deme.
    Beon ge, hægestealdas      and glade fæmnan,
    ealde and geonge      ealle ætsamne;
    herian naman drihtnes      mid neodlofe.
    Forþon his anes nama      ofer ealle is
    35
    ahafen healice      hælea ealra;
    is upp ahafen      his andetness
    heah ofer myclum      heofone and eoran.
    He horn hefe      holdes folces,
    he lofe leohte      leofe þa halgan;
    40
    wese awa fri      on Israhela
    fælum folce,      and hi for heonan
    on his neaweste      neode wunian.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 149

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Singa samheorte      sangas drihtne
    and him neowne sang      nu a singa;
    wese his herenes      on haligra
    clænre cyricean      cyed geneahhe.
    5
    Israhelas on hine      eac blissien,
    and Sione bearn      symble hihtan
    swiust ealra.     
    Herigen his naman      neode on reatum,
    on timpano      tidum heria
    10
    and on psalterio      singa georne.
    Foron on his folce is      fægere drihtne
    wel licendlic,      and he wynlice
    þam manþwærum syle      mære hælu.
    þonne on wuldre gefeo      wel þa halgan,
    15
    beo on heora husum      blie gedreme.
    Him on gomum bi      godes oft gemynd;
    heo þæs wislice      wynnum bruca,
    and sweord habbaþ      swylce on folmum.
    Mid þy hi wrecan þencea      wraum cynnum
    20
    and rea þearle      þeodum eawan.
    And hio bindan      balde þencea
    cyningas on campum,      and culice
    heora æelingas don      on isene bendas,
    þæt hio dom on him      deopne gecyan
    25
    and þæt mid wuldre      awriten stande:
    þis is haligra wuldor      her on eoran.

    The Paris Psalter: Psalm 150

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Heria on þam halgum      his holdne drihten,
    heria hine on his mægenes      mære hælu.
    Heria hine swylce      on his heahmihtum,
    heria hine æfter mode      his mægenþrymmes.
    5
    Heria hine on hleore      holdre beman

    The Meters of Boethius

    The Meters of Boethius: Proem

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    us ælfred us      ealdspell reahte,
    cyning Westsexna,      cræft meldode,
    leowyrhta list.      Him wæs lust micel
    æt he iossum leodum      leo spellode,
    5
    monnum myrgen,      mislice cwidas,
    þy læs ælinge      ut adrife
    selflicne secg,      þonne he swelces lyt
    gym for his gilpe.      Ic sceal giet sprecan,
    fon on fitte,      folccune ræd
    10
    hæleum secgean.      Hliste se þe wille!

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 1

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hit wæs geara iu      ætte Gotan eastan
    of Sciia      sceldas læddon,
    þreate geþrungon      þeodlond monig,
    setton suweardes      sigeþeoda twa;
    5
    Gotena rice      gearmælum weox.
    Hæfdan him gecynde      cyningas twegen,
    Rædgod and Aleric;      rice geþungon.
    þa wæs ofer Muntgiop      monig atyhted
    Gota gylpes full,      gue gelysted,
    10
    folcgewinnes.      Fana hwearfode
    scir on sceafte.      Sceotend þohton
    Italia      ealle gegongan,
    lindwigende.      Hi gelæstan swua
    efne from Muntgiop      o þone mæran wearo
    15
    þær Sicilia      sæstreamum in,
    eglond micel,      eel mærsa.
    a wæs Romana      rice gewunnen,
    abrocen burga cyst,      beadurincum wæs
    Rom gerymed.      Rædgot and Aleric
    20
    foron on æt fæsten;      fleah casere
    mid þam æþelingum      ut on Grecas.
    Ne meahte þa seo wealaf      wige forstandan
    Gotan mid gue;      giomonna gestrion
    sealdon unwillum      eþelweardas,
    25
    halige aas.      Wæs gehwæeres waa.
    þeah wæs magorinca      mod mid Grecum,
    gif hi leodfruman      læstan dorsten.
    Stod þrage on am.      þeod wæs gewunnen
    wintra mænigo,      oþæt wyrd gescraf
    30
    þæt þe eodrice      þegnas and eorlas
    heran sceoldan.      Wæs se heretema
    Criste gecnoden,      cyning selfa onfeng
    fulluhtþeawum.      Fægnodon ealle
    Romwara bearn      and him recene to
    35
    fries wilnedon.      He him fæste gehet
    þæt hy ealdrihta      ælces mosten
    wyre gewunigen      on þære welegan byrig,
    enden god wuolde      þæt he Gotena geweald
    agan moste.      He þæt eall aleag.
    40
    Wæs þæm æþelinge      Arrianes
    gedwola leofre      þonne drihtnes æ.
    Het Iohannes,      godne papan,
    heafde beheawon;      næs æt hærlic dæd.
    Eac þam wæs unrim      ores manes
    45
    þæt se Gota fremede      godra gehwilcum.
    a wæs ricra sum      on Rome byrig
    ahefen heretoga,      hlaforde leof,
    þenden cynestole      Creacas wioldon.
    þæt wæs rihtwis rinc,      næs mid Romwarum
    50
    sincgeofa sella      sian longe.
    He wæs for weorulde wis,      weormyna georn,
    beorn boca gleaw;      Boitius
    se hæle hatte      se þone hlisan geþah.
    Wæs him on gemynde      mæla gehwilce
    55
    yfel and edwit      þæt him eleodge
    kyningas cydon.      Wæs on Greacas hold,
    gemunde þara ara      and ealdrihta
    þe his eldran mid him      ahton longe,
    lufan and lissa.      Angan þa listum ymbe
    60
    encean þearflice,      hu he ider meahte
    Crecas oncerran,      þæt se casere eft
    anwald ofer hi      agan moste.
    Sende ærendgewrit      ealdhlafordum
    degelice,      and hi for drihtne bæd
    65
    ealdum treowum,      æt hi æft to him
    comen on þa ceastre,      lete Greca witan
    rædan Romwarum,      rihtes wyre
    lete þone leodscipe.      a þa lare ongeat
    eodric Amuling,      and þone þegn oferfeng,
    70
    heht fæstlice      folcgesias
    healdon þone hererinc.      Wæs him hreoh sefa,
    ege from am eorle.      He hine inne heht
    on carcernes      cluster belucan.
    þa wæs modsefa      miclum gedrefed
    75
    Boetius.      Breac longe ær
    wlencea under wolcnum;      he þy wyrs meahte
    þolian þa þrage,      þa hio swa þearl becom.
    Wæs þa ormod eorl,      are ne wende,
    ne on þam fæstene      frofre gemunde,
    80
    ac he neowol astreaht      nier of dune
    feol on þa flore,      fela worda spræc,
    forþoht earle;      ne wende þonan æfre
    cuman of æm clammum.      Cleopode to drihtne
    geomran stemne,      gyddode þus:

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 2

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt, ic lioa fela      lustlice geo
    sanc on sælum,      nu sceal siofigende,
    wope gewæged,      wreccea giomor,
    singan sarcwidas.      Me þios siccetung hafa
    5
    agæled, es geocsa,      þæt ic þa ged ne mæg
    gefegean swa fægre,      þeah ic fela gio þa
    sette socwida,      þonne ic on sælum wæs.
    Oft ic nu miscyrre      cue spræce,
    and þeah uncure      ær hwilum fond.
    10
    Me þas woruldsæla      welhwæs blindne
    on is dimme hol      dysine forlæddon,
    and me þa berypton      rædes and frofre
    for heora untreowum,      þe ic him æfre betst
    truwian sceolde.      Hi me to wendon
    15
    heora bacu bitere,      and heora blisse from.
    Forhwam wolde ge,      weoruldfrynd mine,
    secgan oe singan      þæt ic gesællic mon
    wære on weorulde?      Ne synt þa word so,
    nu þa gesæla ne magon      simle gewunigan.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 3

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    æala, on hu grimmum      and hu grundleasum
    seae swince      þæt sweorcende mod,
    þonne hit þa strongan      stormas beata
    weoruldbisgunga,      þonne hit winnende
    5
    his agen leoht      an forlæte,
    and mid uua forgit      þone ecan gefean,
    ring on þa iostro      isse worulde,
    sorgum geswenced.      Swa is þissum nu
    mode gelumpen,      nu hit mare ne wat
    10
    for gode godes      buton gnornunge
    fremdre worulde.      Him is frofre earf.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 4

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    æala, u scippend      scirra tungla,
    hefones and eoran!      u on heahsetle
    ecum ricsast,      and u ealne hræe
    hefon ymbhwearfest,      and urh ine halige miht
    5
    tunglu genedest      þæt hi e to hera.
    Swylce seo sunne      sweartra nihta
    iostro adwæsce      urh ine meht.
    Blacum leohte      beorhte steorran
    mona gemetga      urh inra meahta sped,
    10
    hwilum eac þa sunnan      sines bereafa
    beorhtan leohtes,      þonne hit gebyrigan mæg
    þæt swa geneahsne      nede weora.
    Swelce þone mæran      morgensteorran,
    þe we ore naman      æfensteorra
    15
    nemnan hera,      u genedest þone
    þæt he þære sunnan      si bewitige;
    geara gehwelce      he gongan sceal
    beforan feran.      Hwæt, u, fæder, wercest
    sumurlange dagas      swie hate,
    20
    þæm winterdagum      wundrum sceorta
    tida getiohhast.      u þæm treowum selest
    suan and westan,      þa ær se swearta storm
    noran and eastan      benumen hæfde
    leafa gehwelces      urh þone laran wind.
    25
    Eala hwæt, on eoran      ealla gesceafta
    hyra inre hæse,      do on heofonum swa some
    mode and mægne,      butan men anum,
    se wi inum willan      wyrce oftost.
    Wel la, u eca      and u ælmihtiga,
    30
    ealra gesceafta      sceppend and reccend,
    ara inum earmum      eoran tudre,
    monna cynne,      urh inra mehta sped.
    Hwi u, ece god,      æfre wolde
    þæt sio wyrd on gewill      wendan sceolde
    35
    yflum monnum      ealles swa swie?
    Hio ful oft dere      unscyldegum.
    Sitta yfele men      giond eorricu
    on heahsetlum,      halige þricca
    under heora fotum;      firum uncu
    40
    hwi sio wyrd swa wo      wendan sceolde.
    Swa sint gehydde      her on worulde
    geond burga fela      beorhte cræftas.
    Unrihtwise      eallum tidum
    habba on hospe      a þe him sindon
    45
    rihtes wisran,      rices wyrran;
    bi þæt lease lot      lange hwile
    bewrigen mid wrencum.      Nu on worulde her
    monnum ne deria      mane aas.
    Gif u nu, waldend, ne wilt      wirde steoran,
    50
    ac on selfwille      sigan lætest,
    þonne ic wat þætte wile      woruldmen tweogan
    geond foldan sceat      buton fea ane.
    Eala, min dryhten,      u þe ealle ofersihst
    worulde gesceafta,      wlit nu on moncyn
    55
    mildum eagum,      nu hi on monegum her
    worulde yum      wynna and swinca,
    earme eorwaran;      ara him nu a.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 5

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    u meaht be ære sunnan      sweotole geþencean
    and be æghwelcum      orum steorran
    þara þe æfter burgum      beorhtost scine.
    Gif him wan fore      wolcen hanga,
    5
    ne mægen hi swa leohtne      leoman ansendan,
    ær se þicca mist      þynra weore.
    Swa oft smylte sæ      suerne wind
    græge glashlutre      grimme gedrefe,
    þonne hie gemenga      micla ysta,
    10
    onhrera hronmere;      hrioh bi þonne
    seo þe ær gladu      onsiene wæs.
    Swa oft æspringe      ut awealle
    of clife harum      col and hlutor,
    and gereclice      rihte flowe,
    15
    irne wi his eardes,      o him on innan fel
    muntes mægenstan,      and him on middan gelige,
    atrendlod of æm torre.      He on tu sian
    tosceaden wyr,      scir bi gedrefed,
    burna geblonden,      broc bi onwended
    20
    of his rihtryne,      ryum toflowen.
    Swa nu þa þiostro      þinre heortan
    willa minre leohtan      lare wistondan
    and in modgeþonc      miclum gedrefan.
    Ac gif u nu wilnast,      þæt u wel mæge,
    25
    þæt soe leoht      sweotole oncnawan,
    leohte geleafan,      u forlætan scealt
    idle ofersæla,      unnytne gefean.
    þu scealt eac yfelne ege      an forlætan,
    woruldearfoa,      ne most u wesan for æm
    30
    ealles to ormod,      ne u e æfre ne læt
    wlenca gewæcan,      þe læs þu weore for him
    mid ofermettum      eft gescended,
    and to up ahafen      for orsorgum
    woruldgesælum,      ne eft to waclice
    35
    geortreowe      æniges godes,
    þonne þe for worulde      wierwearda mæs
    þinga þreage      and þu e selfum
    swiost onsitte.      Foræm simle bi
    se modsefa      miclum gebunden
    40
    mid gedrefnesse,      gif hine dreccean mot
    þissa yfla hwæer,      innan swencan.
    Foræm þa twegen tregan      teo tosomne
    wi þæt mod foran      mistes dwoleman,
    þæt hit seo ece ne mot      innan geondscinan
    45
    sunne for æm sweartum mistum,      æræm hi geswirad weoren.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 6

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    a se wisdom eft      wordhord onleac,
    sang socwidas,      and þus selfa cwæ:
    onne sio sunne      sweotolost scine,
    hadrost of hefone,      hræe bio aistrod
    5
    ealle ofir eoran      ore steorran,
    foræm hiora birhtu      ne bi auht
    to gesettane      wi þære sunnan leoht.
    onne smolte blæw      suan and westan
    wind under wolcnum.      þonne weaxe hrae
    10
    feldes blostman,      fægen þæt hi moton.
    Ac se stearca storm,      þonne he strong cym
    noran and eastan,      he genime hrae
    þære rosan wlite,      and eac þa ruman sæ
    norerne yst      nede gebæde,
    15
    þæt hio strange geondstyred      on stau beate.
    Eala, þæt on eoran      auht fæstlices
    weorces on worulde      ne wuna æfre!

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 7

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    a ongon se wisdom      his gewunan fylgan,
    gliowordum gol,      gyd æfter spelle,
    song socwida      sumne þa geta,
    cwæ þæt he ne herde      þæt on heane munt
    5
    monna ænig      meahte asettan
    healle hroffæste.      Ne þearf eac hælea nan
    wenan þæs weorces,      þæt he wisdom mæge
    wi ofermetta      æfre gemengan.
    Herdes þu æfre      þætte ænig mon
    10
    on sondbeorgas      settan meahte
    fæste healle?      Ne mæg eac fira nan
    wisdom timbran      þær ær woruldgitsung
    beorg oferbræde.      Baru sond willa
    ren forswelgan;      swa de ricra nu
    15
    grundleas gitsung      gilpes and æhta,
    gedrince to dryggum      dreosendne welan,
    and þeah þæs þearfan ne bi      þurst aceled.
    Ne mæg hæleþa gehwæm      hus on munte
    lange gelæstan,      foræm him lungre on
    20
    swift wind swape.      Ne bi sond þon ma
    wi micelne ren      manna ængum
    huses hirde,      ac hit hreosan wile,
    sigan sond æfter rene.      Swa bio anra gehwæs
    monna modsefan      miclum awegede,
    25
    of hiora stede styrede,      þonne hi strong drece
    wind under wolcnum      woruldearfoa,
    oþþe hi eft se rea      ren onhrere
    sumes ymbhogan,      ungemet gemen.
    Ac se e þa ecan      agan wille
    30
    soan gesæla,      he sceal swie flion
    isse worulde wlite,      wyrce him sian
    his modes hus,      þær he mæge findan
    eametta stan      unigmet fæstne,
    grundweal gearone;      se toglidan ne þearf,
    35
    þeah hit wecge wind      woruldearfoa
    oe ymbhogena      ormete ren,
    forþæm on þære dene      drihten selfa
    þara eadmetta      eardfæst wuniga,
    þær se wisdom a      wuna on gemyndum.
    40
    Foron orsorg lif      ealnig læda
    woruldmen wise      buton wendinge.
    þonne he eall forsih      eorlicu good,
    and eac þara yfela      orsorh wuna,
    hopa to þæm ecum      þe þær æfter cuma,
    45
    hine þonne æghwonan      ælmihtig good
    singallice      simle gehealde
    anwunigendne      his agenum
    modes gesælum      þurh metodes gife,
    þeah hine se wind      woruldearfoa
    50
    swie swence,      and hine singale
    gemen gæle,      þonne him grimme on
    woruldsæla wind      wrae blawe,
    þeah þe hine ealneg      se ymbhoga
    yssa woruldsæla      wrae drecce.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 8

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Sona swa se wisdom      þas word hæfde
    swetole areahte,      he þa sian ongan
    singan socwidas,      and þus selfa cwæ:
    Hwæt, sio forme eld      foldbuendum
    5
    geond eoran sceat      æghwam dohte,
    þa þa anra gehwæm      on eorwæstmum
    genoh uhte.      Nis hit nu a swelc!
    Næron þa geond weorulde      welige hamas,
    ne mislice      mettas ne drincas,
    10
    ne hi þara hrægla      huru ne gemdon
    þe nu drihtguman      diorost læta.
    Foræm hiora nænig      næs þa gieta,
    ne hi ne gesawon      sundbuende,
    ne ymbutan hi      awer ne herdon.
    15
    Hwæt, hi firenlusta      frece ne wæron,
    buton swa hi meahton      gemetlicost
    a gecynd began      þe him Crist gesceop,
    and hi æne on dæge      æton symle
    on æfentid      eoran wæstmas,
    20
    wudes and wyrta,      nalles win druncon
    scir of steape.      Næs þa scealca nan
    þe mete oe drinc      mængan cue,
    wæter wi hunige,      ne heora wæda þon ma
    sioloce siowian,      ne hi siarocræftum
    25
    godweb giredon,      ne hi gimreced
    setton searolice,      ac hi simle him
    eallum tidum      ute slepon
    under beamsceade,      druncon burnan wæter,
    calde wyllan.      Nænig cepa ne seah
    30
    ofer eargeblond      ellendne wearod,
    ne huru ymbe sciphergas      scealcas ne herdon,
    ne furum fira nan      ymb gefeoht sprecan.
    Næs eos eore besmiten      awer þa geta
    beornes blode      þe hine bill rude,
    35
    ne furum wundne wer      weoruldbuende
    gesawan under sunnan.      Nænig sian wæs
    weor on weorulde,      gif mon his willan ongeat
    yfelne mid eldum;      he wæs æghwæm la.
    Eala, þær hit wurde      oe wolde god
    40
    þæt on eoran nu      ussa tida
    geond þas widan weoruld      wæren æghwæs
    swelce under sunnan.      Ac hit is sæmre nu,
    þæt eos gitsunc hafa      gumena gehwelces
    mod amerred,      þæt he maran ne rec,
    45
    ac hit on witte      weallende byrn.
    Efne sio gitsung      þe nænne grund hafa
    swearte swæfe      sumes onlice
    efne þam munte      þe nu monna bearn
    Etne hata.      Se on iglonde
    50
    Sicilia      swefle byrne,
    þæt mon helle fyr      hate wide,
    forþæm hit symle bi      sinbyrnende,
    and ymbutan hit      ora stowa
    blate forbærn      biteran lege.
    55
    Eala, hwæt se forma      feohgitsere
    wære on worulde,      se þas wongstedas
    grof æfter golde      and æfter gimcynnum.
    Hwæt, he frecnu gestreon      funde mænegum
    bewrigen on weorulde,      wætere oe eoran.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 9

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt, we ealle witon      hwelce ærleste
    ge neah ge feor      Neron worhte,
    Romwara cyning,      þa his rice wæs
    hehst under heofonum,      to hryre monegum.
    5
    Wælhreowes gewed      wæs ful wide cu,
    unrihthæmed,      arleasta fela,
    man and moror,      misdæda worn,
    unrihtwises      inwidþoncas.
    He het him to gamene      geara forbærnan
    10
    Romana burig,      sio his rices wæs
    ealles eelstol.      He for unsnyttrum
    wolde fandian      gif þæt fyr meahte
    lixan swa leohte      and swa longe eac,
    read rasettan,      swa he Romane
    15
    secgan geherde      þæt on sume tide
    Troia burg      ofertogen hæfde
    lega leohtost,      lengest burne
    hama under hefonum.      Næs þæt herlic dæd,
    þæt hine swelces gamenes      gilpan lyste,
    20
    þa he ne earnade      elles wuhte,
    buton þæt he wolde      ofer weriode
    his anes huru      anwald cyan.
    Eac hit gesælde      æt sumum cierre
    æt se ilca het      ealle acwellan
    25
    þa ricostan      Romana witan
    and þa æþelestan      eorlgebyrdum
    þe he on þæm folce      gefrigen hæfde,
    and on uppan      agene broor
    and his modor mid      meca ecgum,
    30
    billum ofbeatan.      He his bryde ofslog
    self mid sweorde,      and he symle wæs
    micle þe blira      on breostcofan
    þonne he swylces morres      mæst gefremede.
    Nalles sorgode      hwæer sian a
    35
    mihtig drihten      ametan wolde
    wrece be gewyrhtum      wohfremmendum,
    ac he on fere fægn      facnes and searuwa
    wælriow wunode.      Wiold emne swa þeah
    ealles þisses mæran      middangeardes,
    40
    swa swa lyft and lagu      land ymbclyppa,
    garsecg embegyrt      gumena rice,
    secgea sitlu,      su, east and west,
    o a normestan      næssan on eoran;
    eall þæt Nerone      nede oe lustum,
    45
    heaorinca gehwilc,      heran sceolde.
    He hæfde him to gamene,      þonne he on gylp astag,
    hu he eorcyningas      yrmde and cwelmde.
    Wenst u þæt se anwald      eae ne meahte
    godes ælmihtiges      þone gelpscaan
    50
    rice berædan      and bereafian
    his anwaldes      urh þa ecan meaht,
    oe him his yfeles      elles gestioran?
    Eala, gif he wolde,      æt he wel meahte,
    þæt unriht him      eae forbiodan!
    55
    Eawla, þæt se hlaford      hefig gioc slepte
    sware on þa swyran      sinra egena,
    ealra ara hælea      þe on his tidum
    geond þas lænan worold      liban sceoldon.
    He on unscyldgum      eorla blode
    60
    his sweord selede      swie gelome;
    ær wæs swie sweotol,      þæt we sædon oft,
    þæt se anwald ne de      awiht godes
    gif se wel nele      þe his geweald hafa.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 10

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gif nu hælea hwone      hlisan lyste,
    unnytne gelp      agan wille,
    þonne ic hine wolde      wordum biddan
    þæt he hine æghwonon utan      ymbeþohte,
    5
    sweotole ymbsawe,      su, east and west,
    hu widgil sint      wolcnum ymbutan
    heofones hwealfe.      Higesnotrum mæg
    eae incan      þæt þeos eore sie
    eall for æt oer      unigmet lytel;
    10
    þeah hio unwisum      widgel þince,
    on stede stronglic      steorleasum men,
    þeah mæg þone wisan      on gewitlocan
    þære gitsunge      gelpes scamian,
    onne hine þæs hlisan      heardost lyste,
    15
    and he þeah ne mæg      þone tobredan
    ofer as nearowan      nænige inga
    eoran sceatas;      is æt unnet gelp!
    Eala, ofermodan,      hwi eow a lyste
    mid eowrum swiran      selfra willum
    20
    þæt swære gioc      symle underlutan?
    Hwy ge ymb æt unnet      ealnig swincen,
    þæt ge þone hlisan      habban tilia
    ofer ioda ma      þonne eow þearf sie?
    þeah eow nu gesæle      þæt eow su oe nor
    25
    þa ytmestan      eorbuende
    on monig iodisc      miclum herien,
    eah hwa æele sie      eorlgebyrdum,
    welum geweorad,      and on wlencum io,
    duguum diore,      dea þæs ne scrife,
    30
    þonne him rum forlæt      rodora waldend,
    ac he þone welegan      wædlum gelice
    efnmærne gede      ælces þinges.
    Hwær sint nu þæs wisan      Welandes ban,
    þæs goldsmies,      þe wæs geo mærost?
    35
    Forþy ic cwæ þæs wisan      Welandes ban,
    fory ængum ne mæg      eorbuendra
    se cræft losian      þe him Crist onlæn.
    Ne mæg mon æfre þy e      ænne wræccan
    his cræftes beniman,      þe mon oncerran mæg
    40
    sunnan onswifan,      and isne swiftan rodor
    of his rihtryne      rinca ænig.
    Hwa wat nu þæs wisan      Welandes ban,
    on hwelcum hi hlæwa      hrusan þeccen?
    Hwær is nu se rica      Romana wita,
    45
    and se aroda,      þe we ymb spreca,
    hiora heretoga,      se gehaten wæs
    mid þæm burgwarum      Brutus nemned?
    Hwær is eac se wisa      and se weorgeorna
    and se fæstræda      folces hyrde,
    50
    se wæs uwita      ælces inges,
    cene and cræftig,      æm wæs Caton nama?
    Hi wæron gefyrn      forgewitene;
    nat nænig mon      hwær hi nu sindon.
    Hwæt is hiora here      buton se hlisa an?
    55
    Se is eac to lytel      swelcra lariowa,
    foræm þa magorincas      maran wyre
    wæron on worulde.      Ac hit is wyrse nu,
    þæt geond þas eoran      æghwær sindon
    hiora gelican      hwon ymbspræce,
    60
    sume openlice      ealle forgitene,
    þæt hi se hlisa      hiwcue ne mæg
    foremære weras      for gebrengan.
    þeah ge nu wenen      and wilnigen
    þæt ge lange tid      libban moten,
    65
    hwæt iow æfre þy bet      bio oe þince?
    Foræm þe nane forlet,      þeah hit lang ince,
    dea æfter dogorrime,      þonne he hæf drihtnes leafe.
    Hwæt þonne hæbbe      hæleþa ænig,
    guma æt þæm gilpe,      gif hine gegripan mot
    70
    se eca dea      æfter þissum worulde?

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 11

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    An sceppend is      butan ælcum tweon.
    Se is eac wealdend      woruldgesceafta,
    heofones and eoran      and heare
    and ealra þara      þe ær in wunia,
    5
    ungesæwenlicra,      and eac swa same
    ara e we eagum      on locia,
    ealra gesceafta.      Se is ælmihtig,
    þæm olecca      ealle gesceafte
    þe þæs ambehtes      awuht cunnon,
    10
    ge eac swa same      þa æs auht nyton
    þæt hi þæs eodnes      þeowas sindon.
    Se us gesette      sido and þeawas,
    eallum gesceaftum      unawendende,
    singallice      sibbe gecynde,
    15
    þa þa he wolde,      þæt þæt he wolde,
    swa lange swa he wolde      þæt hit wesan sceolde.
    Swa hit eac to worulde      sceal wunian for,
    forþæm æfre ne magon      þa unstillan
    woruldgesceafta      weoran gestilde,
    20
    of æm ryne onwend      e him rodera weard
    endebyrdes      eallum gesette.
    Hæf se alwealda      ealle gesceafta
    gebæt mid his bridle,      hafa butu gedon,
    ealle gemanode      and eac getogen,
    25
    þæt hi ne moten      ofer metodes est
    æfre gestillan,      ne eft eallunga
    swior stirian,      þonne him sigora weard
    his gewealdleer      wille onlæten.
    He hafa þe bridle      butu befangen
    30
    heofon and eoran      and eall holma begong.
    Swa hæf geheaærod      hefonrices weard
    mid his anwealde      ealle gesceafta,
    þæt hiora æghwilc      wi oer win,
    and þeah winnende      wreia fæste,
    35
    æghwilc oer      utan ymbclyppe,
    þy læs hi toswifen.      Foræm hi symle sculon
    one ilcan ryne      eft gecyrran
    þe æt fryme      fæder getiode,
    and swa edniwe      eft gewioran.
    40
    Swa hit nu faga,      frean ealdgeweorc,
    þætte winnende      wierweard gesceaft
    fæste sibbe      for anhealda.
    Swa nu fyr and wæter,      folde and lagustream,
    manigu oru gesceaft      efnswie him
    45
    giond þas widan worulde      winna betweox him,
    and swa þeah magon      hiora þegnunga
    and geferscipe      fæste gehealdan.
    Nis hit no þæt an      þæt swa eae mæg
    wierweard gesceaft      wesan ætgædere
    50
    symbel geferan,      ac hit is sellicre
    þæt hiora ænig ne mæg      butan oþrum bion.
    Ac sceal wuhta gehwilc      wierweardes hwæthwugu
    habban under heofonum,      þæt his hige durre
    gemetgian,      ær hit to micel weore.
    55
    Hæf se ælmihtiga      eallum gesceaftum
    æt gewrixle geset      þe nu wunian sceal,
    wyrta growan,      leaf grenian,
    þæt on hærfest eft      hrest and wealuwa.
    Winter bringe      weder ungemet cald,
    60
    swifte windas.      Sumor æfter cyme,
    wearm gewideru.      Hwæt, þa wonnan niht
    mona onlihte,      oæt monnum dæg
    sunne bringe      giond þas sidan gesceaft.
    Hæf se ilca god      eoran and wætere
    65
    mearce gesette.      Merestream ne dear
    ofer eoran sceat      eard gebrædan
    fisca cynne      butan frean leafe,
    ne hio æfre ne mot      eoran þyrscwold
    up ofersteppan,      ne a ebban þon ma
    70
    foldes mearce      oferfaran moton.
    þa gesetnessa      sigora wealdend,
    lifes leohtfruma,      læt þenden he wile
    geond þas mæran gesceaft      mearce healden.
    Ac þonne se eca      and se ælmihtiga
    75
    þa gewealdleeru      wile onlætan
    efne þara bridla      þe he gebætte mid
    his agen weorc      eall æt fryme,
    (þæt is wierweardnes      wuhte gehwelcre
    þe we mid þæm bridle      becnan tilia);
    80
    gif se ioden læt      þa toslupan,
    sona hi forlæta      lufan and sibbe,
    æs geferscipes      freondrædenne;
    tilaþ anra gehwilc      agnes willan,
    woruldgesceafta      winna betweox him,
    85
    oæt ios eore      eall forweore,
    and eac swa same      ora gesceafta
    weora him selfe      sian to nauhte.
    Ac se ilca god,      se þæt eall metga,
    se gefeh fela      folca tosomne,
    90
    and mid freondscipe      fæste gegadra,
    gesamna sinscipas,      sibbe gemenge,
    clænlice lufe.      Swa se cræftga eac
    geferscipas      fæste gesamna,
    þæt hi hiora freondscipe      for on symbel
    95
    untweofealde      treowa gehealda,
    sibbe samrade.      Eala, sigora god,
    wære þis moncyn      miclum gesælig,
    gif hiora modsefa      meahte weoran
    staolfæst gereaht      þurh þa strongan meaht,
    100
    and geendebyrd,      swa swa ora sint
    woruldgesceafta.      Wære hit, la, þonne
    murge mid monnum,      gif hit meahte swa.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 12

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Se þe wille wyrcan      wæstmbære lond,
    atio of æm æcere      ærest sona
    fearn and þornas      and fyrsas swa same,
    wiod þa þe willa      welhwær derian
    5
    clænum hwæte,      þy læs he cia leas
    licge on æm lande.      Is leoda gehwæm
    ios oru bysen      efnbehefu,
    þæt is, þætte ynce      þegna gehwelcum
    huniges bibread      healfe þy swetre,
    10
    gif he hwene ær      huniges teare
    bitres onbyrge.      Bi eac swa same
    monna æghwilc      micle þy fægenra
    lies weres,      gif hine lytle ær
    stormas gestonda      and se stearca wind
    15
    noran and eastan.      Nænegum þuhte
    dæg on þonce,      gif sio dimme niht
    ær ofer eldum      egesan ne brohte.
    Swa þinc anra gehwæm      eorbuendra
    sio soe gesæl      symle e betere
    20
    and þy wynsumre,      þe he wita ma,
    heardra hena,      her adreoge.
    þu meaht eac mycle þy e      on modsefan
    soa gesæla      sweotolor gecnawan,
    and to heora cye      becuman sian,
    25
    gif þu up atyhs      ærest sona
    and u awyrtwalast      of gewitlocan
    leasa gesæla,      swa swa londes ceorl
    of his æcere lyc      yfel weod monig.
    Sian ic e secge      þæt þu sweotole meaht
    30
    soa gesæla      sona oncnawan,
    and þu æfre ne recst      æniges inges
    ofer þa ane,      gif þu hi ealles ongitst.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 13

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic wille mid giddum      get gecyan
    hu se ælmihtga      ealla gesceafta
    bryr mid his bridlum,      beg ider he wile
    mid his anwalde,      ge endebyrd
    5
    wundorlice      wel gemetga.
    Hafa swa geheaorad      heofona wealdend,
    utan befangen      ealla gesceafta,
    geræped mid his racentan,      þæt hi aredian ne magon
    þæt hi hi æfre him      of aslepen;
    10
    and þeah wuhta gehwilc      wriga toheald
    sidra gesceafta,      swie onhelded
    wi þæs gecyndes      þe him cyning engla,
    fæder æt fryme,      fæste getiode.
    Swa nu þinga gehwilc      iderweard funda
    15
    sidra gesceafta,      buton sumum englum
    and moncynne,      þara micles to feola
    woroldwuniendra      win wi gecynde.
    þeah nu on londe      leon gemete,
    wynsume wiht      wel atemede,
    20
    hire magister      miclum lufige,
    and eac ondræde      dogora gehwelce,
    gif hit æfre gesæl      þæt hio æniges
    blodes onbyrge,      ne earf beorna nan
    wenan þære wyrde      þæt hio wel sian
    25
    hire taman healde,      ac ic tiohhie
    þæt hio æs niwan taman      nauht ne gehicgge,
    ac one wildan gewunan      wille geþencan
    hire eldrena;      ongin eorneste
    racentan slitan,      ryn, grymetigan,
    30
    and ærest abit      hire agenes
    huses hirde,      and hrae sian
    hælea gehwilcne      þe hio gehentan mæg.
    Nele hio forlætan      libbendes wuht,
    neata ne monna,      nim eall þæt hio fint.
    35
    Swa do wudufuglas;      þeah hi wel sien,
    tela atemede,      gif hi on treowum weora
    holte tomiddes,      hræe bio forsewene
    heora lareowas,      þe hi lange ær
    tydon and temedon.      Hi on treowum wilde
    40
    ealdgecynde      a for sian
    willum wunia,      þeah him wolde hwilc
    heora lareowa      listum beodan
    þone ilcan mete      þe he hi æror mid
    tame getede.      Him þa twigu þinca
    45
    emne swa merge      þæt hi þæs metes ne rec,
    inc him to on wynsum      þæt him se weald oncwy;
    þonne hi gehera      hleorum brægdan
    ore fugelas,      hi heora agne
    stefne styria;      stuna eal geador
    50
    welwynsum sanc,      wudu eallum oncwy.
    Swa bi eallum treowum      þe him on æele bi
    þæt hit on holte      hyhst geweaxe;
    þeah u hwilcne boh      byge wi eoran,
    he bi upweardes,      swa u an forlætst
    55
    widu on willan,      went on gecynde.
    Swa de eac sio sunne,      þonne hio on sige weore,
    ofer midne dæg,      merecondel scyf
    on ofdæle,      uncune weg
    nihtes genee,      nor eft and east;
    60
    eldum otewe,      brenc eorwarum
    morgen meretorhtne.      Hio ofer moncyn stih
    a upweardes,      o hio eft cyme
    þær hire yfemes bi      eard gecynde.
    Swa swa ælc gesceaft      ealle mægene
    65
    geond as widan woruld      wriga and higa,
    ealle mægene      eft symle onlyt,
    wi his gecyndes      cym to, onne hit mæg.
    Nis nu ofer eoran      ænegu gesceaft
    þe ne wilnie      þæt hio wolde cuman
    70
    to þam earde      þe hio of becom;
    þæt is orsorgnes      and ecu rest,
    þæt is openlice      ælmihti god.
    Nis nu ofer eoran      ænegu gesceaft
    þe ne hwearfige,      swa swa hweol de,
    75
    on hire selfre.      Foron hio swa hwearfa,
    þæt hio eft cume      þær hio æror wæs;
    þonne hio ærest sie      utan behwerfed,
    þonne hio ealles wyr      utan becerred,
    hio sceal eft don      þæt hio ær dyde,
    80
    and eac wesan      þæt hio æror wæs.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 14

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt bi æm welegan      woruldgitsere
    on his mode e bet,      þeah he micel age
    goldes and gimma      and gooda gehwæs,
    æhta unrim,      and him mon erigen scyle
    5
    æghwelce dæg      æcera usend,
    eah es middangeard      and þis manna cyn
    sy under sunnan      su, west and east
    his anwalde      eall underieded?
    Ne mot he þara hyrsta      hionane lædan
    10
    of isse worulde      wuhte þon mare,
    hordgestreona,      onne he hier brohte.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 15

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    eah hine nu se yfela      unrihtwisa
    Neron cynincg      niwan gescerpte
    wlitegum wædum      wundorlice,
    golde geglengde      and gimcynnum,
    5
    þeah he wæs on worulde      witena gehwelcum
    on his lifdagum      la and unweor,
    fierenfull.      Hwæt, se feond swa eah
    his diorlingas      duguum stepte.
    Ne mæg ic þeah gehycgan      hwy him on hige þorfte
    10
    a y sæl wesan;      þeah hi sume hwile
    gecure butan cræftum      cyninga dysegast,
    næron hy y weorran      witena ænegum.
    eah hine se dysega      do to cyninge,
    hu mæg þæt gesceadwis      scealc gereccan
    15
    þæt he him y selra      sie oe þince?

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 16

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Se þe wille anwald agon,      onne sceal he ærest tilian
    þæt he his selfes      on sefan age
    anwald innan,      þy læs he æfre sie
    his unþeawum      eall underyded,
    5
    ado of his mode      mislicra fela
    þara ymbhogona      þe him unnet sie,
    læte sume hwile      siofunga ana
    erma sinra.      þeah him eall sie
    þes middangeard,      swa swa merestreamas
    10
    utan belicga,      on æht gifen,
    efne swa wide      swa swa westmest nu
    an iglond lig      ut on garsecg,
    þær nængu bi      niht on sumera
    ne wuhte þon ma      on wintra dæg
    15
    toteled tidum,      þæt is Tile haten;
    þeah nu anra hwa      ealles wealde
    þæs iglandes,      and eac þonan
    o Indeas      eastewearde;
    þeah he nu þæt eall      agan mote,
    20
    hwy bi his anwald      auhte y mara,
    gif he sian nah      his selfes geweald
    ingeances,      and hine eorneste
    wel ne bewarena      wordum and dædum
    wi a unþeawas      þe we ymb spreca?

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 17

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt, eorwaran      ealle hæfden,
    foldbuende,      fruman gelicne;
    hi of anum twæm      ealle comon,
    were and wife,      on woruld innan,
    5
    and hi eac nu get      ealle gelice
    on woruld cuma,      wlance and heane.
    Nis þæt nan wundor,      foræm witan ealle
    þæt an god is      ealra gesceafta,
    frea moncynnes,      fæder and scippend.
    10
    Se ære sunnan leoht      sele of heofonum,
    monan and þyssum      mærum steorrum.
    Se milda metod      gesceop men on eoran,
    and gesamnade      sawle to lice
    æt fruman ærest,      folc under wolcnum
    15
    emnæele gesceop      æghwilcne mon.
    Hwy ge þonne æfre      ofer ore men
    ofermodigen      buton andweorce,
    nu ge unæelne      nænigne meta?
    Hwy ge eow for æþelum      up ahebben,
    20
    nu on þæm mode bi      monna gehwilcum
    þa rihtæþelo      þe ic e recce ymb,
    nales on æm flæsce      foldbuendra?
    Ac nu æghwilc mon      þe mid ealle bi
    his unþeawum      underieded,
    25
    he forlæt ærest      lifes frumsceaft
    and his agene      æþelo swa selfe,
    and eac þone fæder      þe hine æt fruman gesceop.
    Foræm hine anæþela      ælmihtig god,
    þæt he unæþele      a for þanan
    30
    wyr on weorulde,      to wuldre ne cym.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eala æt se yfla      unrihta gede
    wraa willa      wohhæmetes,
    þæt he mid ealle gedræf      anra gehwylces
    monna cynnes      mod fulneah on.
    5
    Hwæt, sio wilde beo,      þeah wis sie,
    anunga sceal      eall forweoran
    gif hio yrringa      awuht stinge.
    Swa sceal sawla gehwilc      sian losian,
    gif se lichoma      forlegen weore
    10
    unrihthæmede,      bute him ær cume
    hreow to heortan,      ær he hionan wende.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 19

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eala, þæt is hefig dysig,      hyge ymbe se e wile,
    and frecenlic      fira gehwilcum
    þæt a earman men      mid ealle gedwæle,
    of æm rihtan wege      recene alæded.
    5
    Hwæer ge willen      on wuda secan
    gold æt reade      on grenum triowum?
    Ic wat swa eah      þæt hit witena nan
    þider ne sece,      foræm hit þær ne wex,
    ne on wingeardum      wlitige gimmas.
    10
    Hwy ge nu ne settan      on sume dune
    fiscnet eowru,      þonne eow fon lyste
    leax oe cyperan?      Me gelicost inc
    þætte ealle witen      eorbuende
    þoncolmode      æt hi þær ne sint.
    15
    Hwæþer ge nu willen      wæþan mid hundum
    on sealtne sæ,      þonne eow secan lyst
    heorotas and hinda?      þu gehicgan meaht
    þæt ge willa a      on wuda secan
    oftor micle      þonne ut on sæ.
    20
    Is æt wundorlic,      þæt we witan ealle,
    þæt mon secan sceal      be sæwaroe
    and be eaofrum      æþele gimmas,
    hwite and reade      and hiwa gehwæs.
    Hwæt, hi eac witon      hwær hi eafiscas
    25
    secan þurfan,      and swylcra fela
    weoruldwelena;      hi þæt wel do,
    geornfulle men,      geara gehwilce.
    Ac æt is earmlicost      ealra þinga
    þæt þa dysegan sint      on gedwolan wordene,
    30
    efne swa blinde      þæt hi on breostum ne magon
    eae gecnawan      hwær þa ecan good,
    soa gesæla,      sindon gehydda.
    Forþæm hi æfre ne lyst      æfter spyrian,
    secan þa gesæla.      Wena samwise
    35
    þæt hi on is lænan mægen      life findan
    soa gesæla,      þæt is selfa god.
    Ic nat hu ic mæge      nænige inga
    ealles swa swie      on sefan minum
    hiora dysig tælan      swa hit me don lyste,
    40
    ne ic þe swa sweotole      gesecgan ne mæg,
    foræm hi sint earmran      and eac dysegran,
    ungesæligran,      þonne ic þe secgan mæge.
    Hi wilnia      welan and æhta
    and weorscipes      to gewinnanne;
    45
    þonne hi habba      þæt hiora hige sece,
    wena þonne      swa gewitlease
    æt hi þa soan      gesæla hæbben.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 20

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eala, min drihten,      þæt þu eart ælmihtig,
    micel, modilic,      mærþum gefræge,
    and wundorlic      witena gehwylcum.
    Hwæt, u, ece god,      ealra gesceafta
    5
    wundorlice      wel gesceope,
    ungesewenlica,      and eac swa same
    gesewenlicra      softe wealdest
    scirra gesceafta      mid gesceadwisum
    mægne and cræfte.      þu þysne middangeard
    10
    from fruman ærest      for o ende
    tidum totældes,      swa hit getæsost wæs,
    endebyrdes,      þæt hi æghwæer
    ge ær fara      ge eft cuma.
    þu þe unstilla      agna gesceafta
    15
    to inum willan      wislice astyrest,
    and þe self wunæst      swie stille
    unanwendendlic      a for simle.
    Nis nan mihtigra      ne nan mærra
    ne geond ealle þa gesceaft      efnlica þin,
    20
    ne þe ænig nedþearf      næs æfre giet
    ealra þara weorca      þe þu geworht hafast;
    ac mid þinum willan      þu hit worhtes eall,
    and mid anwalde      þinum agenum
    weorulde geworhtest      and wuhta gehwæt,
    25
    þeah e nænegu      nedearf wære
    eallra þara mærþa.      Is æt micel gecynd
    þines goodes,      þenc ymb se e wile,
    foron hit is eall an      ælces þincges,
    þu and þæt in good.      Hit is þin agen,
    30
    foræm hit his utan      ne com auht to e,
    ac ic georne wat      þæt in goodnes is,
    ælmihtig good,      eall mid e selfum.
    Hit is ungelic      urum gecynde;
    us is utan cymen      eall þa we habba
    35
    gooda on grundum      from gode selfum.
    Næfst þu to ænegum      andan genumenne,
    foram þe nan þing nis      þin gelica,
    ne huru ænig      ælcræftigre,
    foræm þu ealgood      anes geþeahte
    40
    þines geþohtest,      and hi þa worhtest.
    Næs æror e      ænegu gesceaft
    þe auht oe nauht      auer worhte,
    ac u butan bysne,      brego moncynnes,
    ælmihtig god,      eall geworhtest
    45
    þing þearle good;      eart þe selfa
    þæt hehste good.      Hwæt, u, halig fæder,
    æfter þinum willan      woruld gesceope,
    isne middangeard,      meahtum þinum,
    weorada drihten,      swa þu woldest self,
    50
    and mid inum willan      wealdest ealles;
    foræm þu, soa god,      selfa dælest
    gooda æghwilc.      Foræm þu geara ær
    ealla gesceafta      ærest gesceope
    swie gelice,      sumes hwære þeah
    55
    ungelice,      nemdest eall swa eah
    mid ane noman      ealle togædre
    woruld under wolcnum.      Hwæt, þu, wuldres god,
    þone anne naman      eft todældes,
    fæder, on feower;      wæs þara folde an
    60
    and wæter oer      worulde dæles,
    and fyr is þridde      and feowere lyft;
    þæt is eall weoruld      eft togædere.
    Habba þeah þa feower      frumstol hiora,
    æghwilc hiora      agenne stede,
    65
    þeah anra hwilc      wi oer sie
    miclum gemenged,      and mid mægne eac
    fæder ælmihtiges      fæste gebunden
    gesiblice      softe togædre
    mid bebode þine,      bilewit fæder,
    70
    þætte heora ænig      ores ne dorste
    mearce ofergangan      for metodes ege;
    ac geþweorod sint      egnas togædre,
    cyninges cempan,      cele wi hæto,
    wæt wi drygum,      winna hwære.
    75
    Wæter and eore      wæstmas brenga;
    þa sint on gecynde      cealda ba twa,
    wæter wæt and ceald.      Wangas ymbelicga,
    eore ælgreno,      eac hwære ceald.
    Lyft is gemenged,      forþæm hio on middum wuna;
    80
    nis þæt nan wundor      þæt hio sie wearm and ceald,
    wæt wolcnes tier,      winde geblonden,
    foræm hio is on midle,      mine gefræge,
    fyres and eoran.      Fela monna wat
    þætte yfemest is      eallra gesceafta
    85
    fyr ofer eoran,      folde neoemest.
    Is þæt wundorlic,      weroda drihten,
    þæt u mid geþeahte      þinum wyrcest
    þæt u þæm gesceaftum      swa gesceadlice
    mearce gesettest,      and hi gemengdest eac.
    90
    Hwæt, u þæm wættere      wætum and cealdum
    foldan to flore      fæste gesettest,
    foræm hit unstille      æghwider wolde
    wide toscrian      wac and hnesce.
    Ne meahte hit on him selfum,      so ic geare wat,
    95
    æfre gestandan,      ac hit sio eore hylt
    and swelge eac      be sumum dæle,
    þæt hio siþan mæg      for æm sype weoran
    geleht lyftum.      Foræm leaf and gærs
    bræd geond Bretene,      blowe and growe
    100
    eldum to are.      Eore sio cealde
    breng wæstma fela      wundorlicra,
    foræm hio mid þæm wætere      weora geþawened.
    Gif þæt nære,      þonne hio wære
    fordrugod to duste      and todrifen sian
    105
    wide mid winde,      swa nu weora oft
    axe giond eoran      eall toblawen.
    Ne meahte on ære eoran      awuht libban,
    ne wuhte þon ma      wætres brucan,
    on eardian      ænige cræfte
    110
    for cele anum,      gif þu, cyning engla,
    wi fyre hwæthwugu      foldan and lagustream
    ne mengdest togædre,      and gemetgodest
    cele and hæto      cræfte þine,
    þæt þæt fyr ne mæg      foldan and merestream
    115
    blate forbærnan,      þeah hit wi ba twa sie
    fæste gefeged,      fæder ealdgeweorc.
    Ne þinc me þæt wundur      wuhte þe læsse
    þæt ios eore mæg      and egorstream,
    swa ceald gesceaft,      cræfta nane
    120
    ealles adwæscan      þæt þæt him on innan stica
    fyres gefeged      mid frean cræfte.
    þæt is agen cræft      eagorstreames,
    wætres and eorþan,      and on wolcnum eac,
    and efne swa same      uppe ofer rodere.
    125
    þonne is þæs fyres      frumstol on riht,
    eard ofer eallum      orum gesceaftum
    gesewenlicum      geond þisne sidan grund;
    þeah hit wi ealla sie      eft gemenged
    weoruldgesceafta,      þeah waldan ne mot
    130
    þæt hit ænige      eallunga fordo
    butan þæs leafe      þe us þis lif tiode,
    þæt is se eca      and se ælmihtga.
    Eore is hefigre      orum gesceaftum,
    þicre geþuren,      foræm hio þrage stod
    135
    ealra gesceafta      under niemæst,
    buton þæm rodere,      þe þas ruman gesceaft
    æghwylce dæge      utan ymbhwyrfe,
    and þeah þære eoran      æfre ne orine,
    ne hire on nanre ne mot      near þonne on ore
    140
    stowe gestæppan;      strice ymbutan
    ufane and neoane,      efenneah gehwæer.
    æghwilc gesceaft      þe we ymb spreca
    hæf his agenne      eard onsundran,
    bi þeah wi þæm orum      eac gemenged.
    145
    Ne mæg hira ænig      butan orum bion.
    þeah hi unsweotole      somod eardien,
    swa nu eore and wæter      earfotæcne
    unwisra gehwæm      wunia on fyre,
    þeah hi sindan      sweotole þæm wisum.
    150
    Is þæt fyr swa same      fæst on þæm wætre
    and on stanum eac      stille geheded
    earfohawe,      is hwære þær.
    Hafa fæder engla      fyr gebunden
    efne to þon fæste      þæt hit fiolan ne mæg
    155
    eft æt his ele,      þær þæt oer fyr
    up ofer eall þis      eardfæst wuna.
    Sona hit forlæte      þas lænan gesceaft,
    mid cele ofercumen,      gif hit on cye gewit,
    and þeah wuhta gehwilc      wilna þiderweard
    160
    þær his mæge bi      mæst ætgædre.
    þu gestaoladest      þurh þa strongan meaht,
    weroda wuldorcyning,      wundorlice
    eoran swa fæste      þæt hio on ænige
    healfe ne helde;      ne mæg hio hider ne þider
    165
    sigan þe swior      þe hio symle dyde.
    Hwæt, hi þeah eorlices      auht ne halde,
    is þeah efnee      up and of dune
    to feallanne      foldan isse,
    þæm anlicost      þe on æge bi,
    170
    gioleca on middan,      glide hwære
    æg ymbutan.      Swa stent eall weoruld
    stille on tille,      streamas ymbutan,
    lagufloda gelac,      lyfte and tungla,
    and sio scire scell      scrie ymbutan
    175
    dogora gehwilce;      dyde lange swa.
    Hwæt, þu, ioda god,      riefalde on us
    sawle gesettest,      and hi sian eac
    styrest and stihtest      þurh a strongan meaht,
    þæt hire þy læsse      on æm lytlan ne bi
    180
    anum fingre      þe hire on eallum bi
    þæm lichoman.      Foræm ic lytle ær
    sweotole sæde      þæt sio sawl wære
    þriefald gesceaft      þegna gehwilces,
    foræm uwitan      ealle segga
    185
    ætte an gecynd      ælcre saule
    irsung sie,      oer wilnung;
    is sio ridde gecynd      þæm twæm betere,
    sio gesceadwisnes.      Nis æt scandlic cræft,
    foræm hit nænig hafa      neat buton monnum.
    190
    Hæf þa ora twa      unrim wuhta;
    hæf þa wilnunga      welhwilc neten
    and þa yrsunga      eac swa selfe.
    Fory men habbæ      geond middangeard
    eorgesceafta      ealla oferþungen,
    195
    foræm e hi habba,      þæs e hi nabba,
    þone ænne cræft      þe we ær nemdon.
    Sio gesceadwisnes      sceal on gehwelcum
    þære wilnunge      waldan semle,
    and irsunge      eac swa selfe;
    200
    hio sceal mid geþeahte      þegnes mode,
    mid andgite,      ealles waldan.
    Hio is þæt mæste mægen      monnes saule
    and se selesta      sundorcræfta.
    Hwæt, þu a saule,      sigora waldend,
    205
    þeoda þrymcyning,      þus gesceope,
    þæt hio hwearfode      on hire selfre
    hire utan ymb,      swa swa eal de
    rineswifte rodor,      recene ymbscrie
    dogora gehwilce      drihtnes meahtum
    210
    þisne middangeard.      Swa de monnes saul,
    hweole gelicost,      hwærfe ymbe hy selfe,
    oft smeagende      ymb as eorlican
    drihtnes gesceafta      dagum and nihtum.
    Hwilum ymb hi selfe      secende smea,
    215
    hwilum eft smea      ymb þone ecan god,
    sceppend hire.      Scriende fær,
    hweole gelicost,      hwærf ymb hi selfe.
    þonne hio ymb hire scyppend      mid gescead smea,
    hio bi up ahæfen      ofer hi selfe,
    220
    ac hio bi eallunga      an hire selfre,
    þonne hio ymb hi selfe      secende smea;
    hio bi swie fior      hire selfre beneoan,
    þonne hio þæs lænan      lufa and wundra
    eorlicu þing      ofer ecne ræd.
    225
    Hwæt, þu, ece god,      eard forgeafe
    saulum on heofonum,      selest weorlica
    ginfæsta gifa,      god ælmihtig,
    be geearnunga      anra gehwelcre.
    Ealle hi scina      urh þa sciran neaht
    230
    hadre on heofonum,      na hwære þeah
    ealle efenbeorhte.      Hwæt, we oft gesio
    hadrum nihtum      þætte heofonsteorran
    ealle efenbeorhte      æfre ne scina.
    Hwæt, þu, ece god,      eac gemengest
    235
    þa heofoncundan      hider wi eoran,
    saula wi lice;      sian wunia
    þis eorlice      and þæt ece samod,
    saul in flæsce.      Hwæt, hi simle to e
    hionan fundia;      foræm hi hider of e
    240
    æror comon,      sculon eft to e.
    Sceal se lichama      last weardigan
    eft on eoran,      foræm he ær of hire
    weox on weorulde.      Wunedon ætsomne
    efen swa lange      swa him lyfed wæs
    245
    from þæm ælmihtigan,      þe hi æror gio
    gesomnade,      þæt is so cining.
    Se þas foldan gesceop      and hi gefylde þa
    swie mislicum,      mine gefræge,
    neata cynnum,      nergend user.
    250
    He hi sian asiow      sæda monegum
    wuda and wyrta      weorulde sceatum.
    Forgif nu, ece god,      urum modum,
    þæt hi moten to þe,      metod alwuhta,
    þurg þas earfou      up astigan,
    255
    and of þisum bysegum,      bilewit fæder,
    þeoda waldend,      to e cuman,
    and þonne mid openum      eagum moten
    modes ures,      urh inra mægna sped,
    æwelm gesion      eallra gooda,
    260
    þæt þu eart selfa      sigedrihten god,
    ge þa eagan hal      ures modes,
    þæt we hi on e selfum      sian moten
    afæstnian.      Fæder engla, todrif
    þone þiccan mist      þe þrage nu
    265
    wi þa eagan foran      usses modes
    hangode hwyle,      hefig and þystre.
    Onliht nu þa eagan      usses modes
    mid þinum leohte,      lifes waldend,
    foræm þu eart sio birhtu,      bilewit fæder,
    270
    soes leohtes,      and þu selfa eart
    sio fæste ræst,      fæder ælmihtig,
    eallra sofæstra.      Hwæt, þu softe gedest
    þæt hi e selfne      gesion moten.
    þu eart eallra þinga,      þeoda waldend,
    275
    fruma and ende.      Hwæt, þu, fæder engla,
    eall þing birest      eelice
    buton geswince.      þu eart selfa weg
    and latteow eac      lifgendra gehwæs,
    and sio wlitige stow      þe se weg to lig,
    280
    þe ealle to      a fundia
    men of moldan      on þa mæran gesceaft.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 21

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wel la, monna bearn      geond middangeard,
    friora æghwilc      fundie to
    þæm ecum gode      þe we ymb spreca,
    and to þæm gesælum      þe we secga ymb.
    5
    Se e onne nu sie      nearwe gehefted
    mid þisses mæran      middangeardes
    unnyttre lufe,      sece him eft hræe
    fulne friodom,      þæt he for cume
    to þæm gesælum      saula rædes.
    10
    Forþæm þæt is sio an rest      eallra geswinca,
    hyhtlicu hy      heaum ceolum
    modes usses,      meresmylta wic.
    þæt is sio an hy      þe æfre bi
    æfter þam yum      ura geswinca,
    15
    ysta gehwelcre,      ealnig smylte.
    þæt is sio fristow      and sio frofor an
    eallra yrminga      æfter þissum
    weoruldgeswincum.      þæt is wynsum stow
    æfter þyssum yrmum      to aganne.
    20
    Ac ic georne wat      þætte gylden mam,
    sylofren sincstan,      searogimma nan,
    middangeardes wela      modes eagan
    æfre ne onlyhta,      auht ne gebeta
    hiora scearpnesse      to þære sceawunga
    25
    sora gesæla,      ac hi swior get
    monna gehwelces      modes eagan
    ablenda on breostum,      þonne hi hi beorhtran gedon.
    Foræm æghwilc ing      þe on þys andweardan
    life lica      lænu sindon,
    30
    eorlicu þing      a fleondu.
    Ac þæt is wundorlic      wlite and beorhtnes
    þe wuhta gehwæs      wlite geberhte,
    and æfter þæm      eallum wealde.
    Nele se waldend      æt forweoran scylen
    35
    saula usse,      ac he hi selfa wile
    leoman onlihtan,      lifes wealdend.
    Gif þonne hælea hwilc      hlutrum eagum
    modes sines      mæg æfre ofsion
    hiofones leohtes      hlutre beorhto,
    40
    þonne wile he secgan      þæt ære sunnan sie
    beorhtnes þiostro      beorna gehwylcum
    to metanne      wi þæt micle leoht
    godes ælmihtiges;      þæt is gasta gehwæm
    ece butan ende      eadegum saulum.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 22

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Se þe æfter rihte      mid gerece wille
    inweardlice      æfter spyrian
    swa deoplice,      þæt hit todrifan ne mæg
    monna ænig,      ne amerran huru
    5
    ænig eorlic incg,      he ærest sceal
    secan on him selfum      þæt he sume hwile
    ymbutan hine      æror sohte.
    Sece þæt sian      on his sefan innan,
    and forlæte an,      swa he oftost mæge,
    10
    ælcne ymbhogan      y him unnet sie,
    and gesamnige,      swa he swiost mæge,
    ealle to þæm anum      his ingeonc,
    gesecge his mode      þæt hit mæg findan
    eall on him innan      þæt hit oftost nu
    15
    ymbutan hit      ealneg sece,
    gooda æghwylc.      He ongit sian
    yfel and unnet      eal þæt he hæfde
    on his incofan      æror lange
    efne swa sweotole      swa he on þa sunnan mæg
    20
    eagum andweardum      on locian,
    and he eac ongit      his ingeþonc
    leohtre and berhtre      þonne se leoma sie
    sunnan on sumera,      þonne swegles gim,
    hador heofontungol,      hlutrost scine.
    25
    Foræm þæs lichoman      leahtras and hefignes
    and þa unþeawas      eallunga ne magon
    of mode ation      monna ænegum
    rihtwisnesse,      eah nu rinca hwæm
    þæs lichoman      leahtras and hefignes
    30
    and unþeawas      oft bysigen
    monna modsefan,      mæst and swiost
    mid þære yflan      oforgiotolnesse;
    mid gedwolmiste      dreorigne sefan
    fortih mod foran      monna gehwelces,
    35
    þæt hit swa beorhte ne mot      blican and scinan
    swa hit wolde,      gif hit geweald ahte;
    þeah bi sum corn      sædes gehealden
    symle on ære saule      sofæstnesse,
    þenden gadertang wuna      gast on lice.
    40
    æs sædes corn      bi symle aweaht
    mid ascunga,      eac sian mid
    goodre lare,      gif hit growan sceal.
    Hu mæg ænig man      andsware findan
    inga æniges,      þegen mid gesceade,
    45
    þeah hine rinca hwilc      rihtwislice
    æfter frigne      gif he awuht nafa
    on his modsefan      mycles ne lytles
    rihtwisnesse      ne geradscipes?
    Nis þeah ænig man      þætte ealles swa
    50
    þæs geradscipes      swa bereafod sie
    þæt he andsware      ænige ne cunne
    findan on ferhe,      gif he frugnen bi.
    Foræm hit is riht spell      þæt us reahte gio
    ald uwita,      ure Platon;
    55
    he cwæ þætte æghwilc      ungemyndig
    rihtwisnesse      hine hræe sceolde
    eft gewendan      into sinum
    modes gemynde;      he mæg sian
    on his runcofan      rihtwisnesse
    60
    findan on ferhte      fæste gehydde
    mid gedræfnesse      dogora gehwilce
    modes sines      mæst and swiost,
    and mid hefinesse      his lichoman,
    and mid þæm bisgum      þe on breostum styre
    65
    mon on mode      mæla gehwylce.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 23

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Sie æt la on eoran      ælces inges
    gesælig mon,      gif he gesion mæge
    þone hlutrestan      heofontorhtan stream,
    æelne æwelm      ælces goodes,
    5
    and of him selfum      one sweartan mist,
    modes þiostro,      mæg aweorpan.
    We sculon eah gita      mid godes fylste
    ealdum and leasum      inne ingeonc
    betan bispellum,      þæt u e bet mæge
    10
    aredian to rodorum      rihte stige
    on one ecan eard      ussa saula.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 24

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic hæbbe firu      fugle swiftran,
    mid æm ic fleogan mæg      feor fram eoran
    ofer heane hrof      heofones þisses,
    ac ær ic nu moste      mod geferan,
    5
    inne ferlocan,      ferum minum,
    oæt u meahte      þisne middangeard,
    ælc eorlic ing,      eallunga forsion.
    Meahtes ofer rodorum      gereclice
    feerum lacan,      feor up ofer
    10
    wolcnu windan,      wlitan sian
    ufan ofer ealle.      Meahtes eac faran
    ofer æm fyre      e fela geara
    for lange betweox      lyfte and rodere,
    swa him æt fryme      fæder getiode.
    15
    u meahtest e sian      mid ære sunnan
    faran betweox      orum tunglum.
    Meahtest e full recen      on æm rodere ufan
    sian weoran,      and onne samtenges
    æt æm ælcealdan      anum steorran,
    20
    se yfmest is      eallra tungla,
    one Saturnus      sundbuende
    hata under heofonum;      he is se cealda
    eallisig tungl,      yfemest wandra
    ofer eallum ufan      orum steorrum.
    25
    Sian u onne      one up a hafast
    for oferfarenne,      u meaht feorsian;
    onne bist u sian      sona ofer uppan
    rodere ryneswiftum.      Gif u on riht færest,
    e one hehstan heofon      behindan lætst,
    30
    onne meaht u sian      soes leohtes
    habban þinne dæl,      onan an cyning
    rume ricsa      ofer roderum up
    and under swa same      eallra gesceafta,
    weorulde walde.      þæt is wis cyning,
    35
    þæt is se e walde      giond werioda
    ealra ora      eoran cyninga,
    se mid his bridle      ymbebæted hæf
    ymbhwyrft ealne      eoran and heofones.
    He his gewaldleer      wel gemetga,
    40
    se stiore a      þurg a strongan meaht
    æm hrædwæne      heofones and eoran.
    Se an dema      is gestæig,
    unawendendlic,      wlitig and mære.
    Gif u weorest      on wege rihtum
    45
    up to æm earde,      þæt is æele stow,
    eah u hi nu geta      forgiten hæbbe,
    gif u æfre eft      þær an cymest,
    onne wilt þu secgan      and sona cwean:
    "is is eallunga      min agen cy,
    50
    eard and eel.      Ic wæs ær hionan
    cumen and acenned      urh isses cræftgan meaht.
    Nylle ic æfre      hionan ut witan,
    ac ic symle her      softe wille
    mid fæder willan      fæste stondan."
    55
    Gif e onne æfre      eft geweore
    þæt u wilt oe most      weorolde iostro
    eft fandian,      u meaht eae gesion
    unrihtwise      eoran cyningas
    and þa ofermodan      ore rican
    60
    e þis werige folc      wyrst tucia,
    þæt hi symle bio      swie earme,
    unmehtige      ælces inges,
    emne a ilcan      þe þis earme folc
    sume hwile nu      swiost ondrædæ.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 25

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Geher nu an spell      be æm ofermodum
    unrihtwisum      eoran cyningum,
    a her nu manegum      and mislicum
    wædum wlitebeorhtum      wundrum scina
    5
    on heahsetlum,      hrofe getenge,
    golde gegerede      and gimcynnum,
    utan ymbestandne      mid unrime
    egna and eorla.      þa bio gehyrste
    mid heregeatwum      hildetorhtum,
    10
    sweordum and fetelum      swie geglengde,
    and þegnia      rymme micle
    ælc orum,      and hi ealle him
    onan mid y rymme      þreatia gehwider
    ymbsittenda      ora eoda;
    15
    and se hlaford ne scrif,      e æm here walde,
    freonde ne feonde,      feore ne æhtum,
    ac he reigmod      ræst on gehwilcne,
    wedehunde      wuhta gelicost;
    bi to up ahæfen      inne on mode
    20
    for æm anwalde      þe him anra gehwilc
    his tirwina      to fultema.
    Gif mon onne wolde      him awindan of
    þæs cynegerelan      claa gehwilcne,
    and him þonne oftion      ara egnunga
    25
    and þæs anwaldes      e he ær hæfde,
    onne meaht u gesion      þæt he bi swie gelic
    sumum ara gumena      þe him geornost nu
    mid egnungum      ringa ymbeutan;
    gif he wyrsa ne bi,      ne wene ic his na beteran.
    30
    Gif him þonne æfre      unmendlinga
    weas geberede      þæt him wurde oftogen
    þrymmes and wæda      and þegnunga
    and æs anwaldes      þe we ymbe spreca,
    gif him ænig þara      ofhende wyr,
    35
    ic wat þæt him þynce      þæt he þonne sie
    becropen on carcern,      oe colice
    racentan geræped.      Ic gereccan mæg
    þæt of ungemete      ælces inges,
    wiste and wæda,      wingedrinces,
    40
    and of swetmettum,      swiost weaxa
    þære wrænnesse      wodrag micel;
    sio swie gedræf      sefan ingehygd
    monna gehwelces,      þonan mæst cyme
    yfla ofermetta,      unnetta saca.
    45
    þonne hi gebolgene weora,      him wyr on breostum inne
    beswungen sefa on hrare      mid æm swian welme
    hatheortnesse,      and hree sian
    unrotnesse      eac geræped,
    hearde gehæfted.      Him sian ongin
    50
    sum tohopa      swie leogan
    þæs gewinnes wræce;      wilna þæt irre
    anes and ores;      him þæt eall gehæt
    his recelest,      rihtes ne scrife.
    Ic e sæde ær      on isse selfan bec
    55
    þæt sumes goodes      sidra gesceafta
    anlepra ælc      a wilnode
    for his agenum      ealdgecynde.
    Unrihtwise      eoran cyningas
    ne magon æfre þurhtion      awuht goodes
    60
    for æm yfle      þe ic e ær sæde.
    Nis æt nan wundor,      foræm hi willa hi
    þæm uneawum      þe ic e ær nemde,
    anra gehwelcum,      a undereodan.
    Sceal onne nede      nearwe gebugan
    65
    to ara hlaforda      hæftedome,
    þe he hine eallunga ær      underþiodde.
    æt is wyrse get,      þæt he winnan nyle
    wi æm anwalde      ænige stunde;
    þær he wolde a      winnan onginnan,
    70
    and þonne on æm gewinne      þurhwunian for,
    þonne næfde he      nane scylde,
    eah he oferwunnen      weoran sceolde.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 26

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic þe mæg eae      ealdum and leasum
    spellum andreccan      spræce gelice
    efne isse ilcan      þe wit ymb spreca.
    Hit gesælde gio      on sume tide
    5
    æt Aulixes      under hæfde
    æm casere      cynericu twa.
    He wæs þracia      ioda aldor
    and Retie      rices hirde.
    Wæs his freadrihtnes      folccu nama,
    10
    Agamemnon,      se ealles weold
    Creca rices.      Cu wæs wide
    þæt on þa tide      Troia gewin
    wear under wolcnum.      For wiges heard
    Creca drihten      campsted secan,
    15
    Aulixes mid,      an hund scipa
    lædde ofer lagustream,      sæt longe ær
    tyn winter full.      þa sio tid gelomp
    þæt hi æt rice      geræht hæfdon,
    diore gecepte      drihten Creca
    20
    Troia burg      tilum gesium.
    a a Aulixes      leafe hæfde,
    racia cining,      þæt he þonan moste,
    he let him behindan      hyrnde ciolas
    nigon and hundnigontig,      nænigne þonan
    25
    merehengesta      ma þonne ænne
    ferede on fifelstream,      famigbordon,
    rierere ceol;      þæt bi æt mæste
    Creciscra scipa.      þa wear ceald weder,
    stearc storma gelac;      stunede sio brune
    30
    y wi ore,      ut feor adraf
    on Wendelsæ      wigendra scola
    up on þæt igland      þær Apolines
    dohtor wunode      dægrimes worn.
    Wæs se Apollinus      æeles cynnes,
    35
    Iobes eafora,      se wæs gio cyning.
    Se licette      litlum and miclum
    gumena gehwylcum      þæt he good wære,
    hehst and halgost;      swa se hlaford þa
    þæt dysige folc      on gedwolan lædde,
    40
    oæt him gelyfde      leoda unrim,
    foræm he wæs mid rihte      rices hirde,
    hiora cynecynnes.      Cu is wide
    þæt on a tide      þeoda æghwilc
    hæfdon heora hlaford      for one hehstan god,
    45
    and weorodon      swa swa wuldres cining,
    gif he to æm rice wæs      on rihte boren.
    Wæs þæs Iobes fæder      god eac swa he;
    Saturnus one      sundbuende
    heton, hælea bearn.      Hæfdon a mæga
    50
    ælcne æfter orum      for ecne god.
    Sceolde eac wesan      Apollines
    dohtor diorboren,      dysiges folces,
    gumrinca gyden;      cue galdra fela,
    drifan drycræftas.      Hio gedwolan fylgde
    55
    manna swiost      manegra þioda,
    cyninges dohtor;      sio Circe wæs
    haten for herigum.      Hio ricsode
    on æm iglonde      þe Aulixes,
    cining þracia,      com ane to
    60
    ceole lian.      Cu wæs sona
    eallre þære mænige      þe hire mid wunode
    æþelinges si.      Hio mid ungemete
    lissum lufode      limonna frean,
    and he eac swa same      ealle mægne
    65
    efne swa swie      hi on sefan lufode,
    þæt he to his earde      ænige nyste
    modes mynlan      ofer mæg giunge;
    ac he mid þæm wife      wunode sian,
    oæt him ne meahte      monna ænig
    70
    egna sinra      þær mid wesan,
    ac hi for æm yrmum      eardes lyste;
    mynton forlætan      leofne hlaford.
    a ongunnon wercan      wereoda spell,
    sædon þæt hio sceolde      mid hire scinlace
    75
    beornas forbredan,      and mid balocræftum
    wraum weorpan      on wildra lic
    cyninges þegnas,      cyspan sian
    and mid racentan eac      ræpan mænigne.
    Sume hi to wulfum wurdon,      ne meahton þonne word forbringan,
    80
    ac hio þragmælum      ioton ongunnon.
    Sume wæron eaforas,      a grymetedon
    onne hi sares hwæt      siofian scioldon.
    þa e leon wæron      ongunnon lalice
    yrrenga ryn      a onne hi sceoldon
    85
    clipian for corre.      Cnihtas wurdon,
    ealde ge giunge,      ealle forhwerfde
    to sumum diore,      swelcum he æror
    on his lifdagum      gelicost wæs,
    butan þam cyninge,      þe sio cwen lufode.
    90
    Nolde þara oþra      ænig onbitan
    mennisces metes,      ac hi ma lufedon
    diora drohta,      swa hit gedefe ne wæs.
    Næfdon hi mare      monnum gelices
    eorbuendum      onne ingeþonc;
    95
    hæfde anra gehwylc      his agen mod,
    þæt wæs þeah swie      sorgum gebunden
    for æm earfoum      þe him on sæton.
    Hwæt, a dysegan men      þe ysum drycræftum
    longe gelyfdon,      leasum spellum,
    100
    wisson hwære      þæt þæt gewit ne mæg
    mod onwendan      monna ænig
    mid drycræftum,      þeah hio gedon meahte
    þæt a lichoman      lange þrage
    onwend wurdon.      Is þæt wundorlic
    105
    mægencræft micel      moda gehwilces
    ofer lichoman      lænne and sænne.
    Swylcum and swylcum      þu meaht sweotole ongitan
    þæt æs lichoman      listas and cræftas
    of æm mode cuma      monna gehwylcum,
    110
    anlepra ælc.      þu meaht eae ongitan
    þætte ma dere      monna gehwelcum
    modes uneaw      þonne mettrymnes
    lænes lichoman.      Ne þearf leoda nan
    wenan þære wyrde      þæt þæt werige flæsc
    115
    þæt mod mæge      monna æniges
    eallunga to him      æfre onwendan,
    ac þa uneawas      ælces modes
    and þæt ingeþonc      ælces monnes
    þone lichoman      lit þider hit wile.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 27

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwy ge æfre scylen      unrihtfioungum
    eower mod drefan,      swa swa mereflodes
    yþa hrera      iscalde sæ,
    wecgga for winde?      Hwy owite ge
    5
    wyrde eowre      þæt hio geweald nafa?
    Hwy ge þæs deaes      þe eow drihten gesceop
    gebidan ne magon      bitres gecyndes,
    nu he eow ælce dæg      onet toweard?
    Ne magon ge gesion      þæt he symle spyre
    10
    æfter æghwelcum      eoran tudre,
    diorum and fuglum?      Dea eac swa same
    æfter moncynne      geond isne middangeard,
    egeslic hunta,      a bi on wae;
    nyle he ænig swæ      æfre forlætan
    15
    ær he gehede      þæt he hwile ær
    æfter spyrede.      Is þæt earmlic þing
    þæt his gebidan ne magon      burgsittende,
    ungesælige men;      hine ær willa
    foran to sciotan,      swa swa fugla cyn
    20
    oe wildu dior;      þa winna betwuh,
    æghwylc wolde      oer acwellan.
    Ac þæt is unriht      æghwelcum men
    þæt he oerne      inwitþoncum
    fioge on fære,      swa swa fugl oe dior,
    25
    ac þæt wære rihtost,      þætte rinca gehwylc
    orum gulde      edlean on riht,
    weorc be geweorhtum      weoruldbuendum
    þinga gehwilces,      þæt is, þæt he lufige
    godra gehwilcne      swa he geornost mæge,
    30
    mildsige yflum,      swa we ær spræcon.
    He sceal þone monnan      mode lufian,
    and his unþeawas      ealle hatian
    and ofsnian,      swa he swiost mæge.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 28

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwa is on eoran      nu unlærdra
    þe ne wundrige      wolcna færeldes,
    rodres swifto,      ryne tunglo,
    hu hy ælce dæge      utan ymbhwerfe
    5
    eallne middangeard?      Hwa is moncynnes
    þæt ne wundrie      ymb þas wlitegan tungl,
    hu hy sume habba      swie micle
    scyrtran ymbehwerft,      sume scria leng
    utan ymb eall is?      An þara tungla
    10
    woruldmen hata      wænes þisla;
    þa habba scyrtran      scrie and færelt,
    ymbhwerft læssan,      onne oru tungl,
    foræm hi þære eaxe      utan ymbhweorfe,
    þone norende      nean ymbcerre.
    15
    On ære ilcan      eaxe hwerfe
    eall ruma rodor,      recene scrie,
    suheald swife,      swift, untiorig.
    Hwa is on weorulde      þæt ne wafige,
    buton þa ane      þe hit ær wisson,
    20
    þætte mænig tungul      maran ymbhwyrft
    hafa on heofonum,      sume hwile eft
    læsse gelia,      þa þe laca ymb
    eaxe ende      oe micle
    mare gefera      þa hire middre ymbe
    25
    þearle þræge?      þara is gehaten
    Saturnus sum,      se hæf ymb þritig
    wintergerimes      weoruld ymbcirred.
    Boetes eac      beorhte scine,
    oer steorra,      cyme efne swa same
    30
    on þone ilcan stede      eft ymb þritig
    geargerimes,      ær he gio a wæs.
    Hwa is weoruldmonna      þæt ne wafige,
    hu sume steorran      o a sæ fara
    under merestreamas,      þæs e monnum inc?
    35
    Swa eac sume wena      þæt sio sunne do,
    ac se wena nis      wuhte þe sora.
    Ne bi hio on æfen      ne on ærmorgen
    merestreame þe near      e on midne dæg,
    and þeah monnum þync      þæt hio on mere gange
    40
    under sæswife,      þonne hio on setl glide.
    Hwa is on weorulde      þæt ne wundrige
    fulles monan,      þonne he færinga
    wyr under wolcnum      wlites bereafad,
    beþeaht mid þiostrum?      Hwa þegna ne mæge
    45
    eac wafian      ælces stiorran,
    hwy hi ne scinen      scirum wederum
    beforan ære sunnan,      swa hi symle do
    middelnihtum      wi þone monan foran,
    hadrum heofone?      Hwæt, nu hælea fela
    50
    swelces and swelces      swie wundra,
    and ne wundria      þætte wuhta gehwilc,
    men and netenu,      micelne habba
    and unnetne      andan betweoh him,
    swie singalne.      Is þæt sellic þincg,
    55
    þæt hi ne wundria      hu hit on wolcnum oft
    þearle þunra,      þragmælum eft
    anforlæte,      and eac swa same
    y wi lande      ealneg winne,
    wind wi wæge.      Hwa wundra þæs
    60
    oe oþres eft,      hwi þæt is mæge
    weoran of wætere;      wlitetorht scine
    sunna swegle hat;      sona gecerre
    ismere ænlic      on his agen gecynd,
    weore to wætre.      Ne þinc þæt wundor micel
    65
    monna ænegum      þæt he mægge gesion
    dogora gehwilce,      ac æt dysie folc
    þæs hit seldnor gesih      swior wundra,
    þeah hit wisra gehwæm      wundor ince
    on his modsefan      micle læsse.
    70
    Unstaolfæste      ealneg wena
    þæt þæt ealdgesceaft      æfre ne wære
    þæt hi seldon gesio,      ac swior giet
    weoruldmen wena      þæt hit weas come,
    niwan gesælde,      gif hiora nængum hwylc
    75
    ær ne oeowde;      is þæt earmlic þinc.
    Ac gif hiora ænig      æfre weore
    to on firwetgeorn      þæt he fela ongin
    leornian lista,      and him lifes weard
    of mode abrit      þæt micle dysig
    80
    æt hit oferwrigen mid      wunode lange,
    þonne ic wæt geare      þæt hi ne wundria
    mæniges þinges      þe monnum nu
    wæfo and wunder      welhwær þynce.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 29

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gif u nu wilnige      weorulddrihtnes
    heane anwald      hlutre mode
    ongitan giorne,      gem almægene
    heofones tunglu,      hu hi him healda betwuh
    5
    sibbe singale,      dydon swa lange.
    Swa hi gewenede      wuldres aldor
    æt frumsceafte      þæt sio fyrene ne mot
    sunne gesecan      snawcealdes weg,
    monan gemæro.      Hwæt, a mæran tungl
    10
    auer ores rene      a ne gehrine
    ær þæm þæt oer      of gewite.
    Ne huru se stiorra      gestigan wile
    westdæl wolcna,      þone wise men
    Ursa nemna;      ealle stiorran
    15
    siga æfter sunnan      samod mid rodere
    under eoran grund,      he ana stent.
    Nis þæt nan wundor;      he is wundrum fæst,
    upende neah      eaxe æs roderes.
    onne is an steorra      ofer ore beorht,
    20
    cyme eastan up      ær þonne sunne;
    þone monna bearn      morgenstiorra
    hata under heofonum,      foræm he hæleþum dæg
    boda æfter burgum,      brenge æfter
    swegeltorht sunne      samad eallum dæg.
    25
    Is se forrynel      fæger and sciene,
    cyme eastan up      ær for sunnan
    and eft æfter sunnan      on setl glide,
    west under weorulde.      Werioda his
    noman onwenda      þonne niht cyme,
    30
    hata hine ealle      æfenstiorra.
    Se bi þære sunnan swiftra;      sian hi on setl gewita,
    ofirne þæt æþele tungol,      oþæt he be eastan weore
    eldum oewed      ær þonne sunne.
    Habba æele tungol      emne gedæled
    35
    dæg and nihte      drihtnes meahtum,
    sunna and mona,      swie geþwære,
    swa him æt frymþe      fæder getiohhode.
    Ne þearft þu no wenan      þæt a wlitegan tungl
    æs þeowdomes      aroten weore
    40
    ær domes dæge;      de sian ymbe
    moncynnes fruma      swa him gemet þince,
    foron hi be healfe      heofones þisses
    on ane ne læt      ælmihtig god,
    þy læs hi ora fordyden      æþela gesceafta,
    45
    ac se eca god      ealla gemetga
    sida gesceafta,      softa geþwera.
    Hwilum æt drige      drif þone wætan,
    hwylum he gemenge,      metodes cræfte,
    cile wi hæto;      hwilum cerre eft
    50
    on uprodor      ælbeorhta leg,
    leoht on lyfte;      lige him behindan
    hefig hrusan dæl,      þeah hit hwilan ær
    eore sio cealde      oninnan hire
    heold and hydde      haliges meahtum.
    55
    Be þæs cyninges gebode      cyme geara gehwæt,
    eore bringe      æghwylc tudor,
    and se hata sumor      hælea bearnum
    geara gehwilce      giere and drige
    geond sidne grund      sæd and bleda,
    60
    hærfest to honda      herbuendum,
    ripa rece.      Ren æfter þæm
    swylce hagal and snaw      hrusan lecca
    on wintres tid,      weder unhiore.
    Foræm eore onfeh      eallum sædum,
    65
    gede þæt hi growa      geara gehwilce;
    on lenctentid      leaf up sprytta.
    Ac se milda metod      monna bearnum
    on eoran fet      eall þætte growe,
    wæstmas on weorolde,      wel forbrenge
    70
    hit þonne he wile,      heofona waldend,
    and eowa eft      eorbuendum,
    nim þonne he wile,      nergende god.
    And þæt hehste good      on heahsetle
    site self cyning,      and þios side gesceaft
    75
    þena and iowa.      He þonan walde
    þæm geweltlerum      weoruldgesceafta.
    Nis þæt nan wundor;      he is weroda god,
    cyning and drihten      cwucera gehwelces,
    æwelm and fruma      eallra gesceafta,
    80
    wyrhta and sceppend      weorulde þisse,
    wisdom and æ      woruldbuendra.
    Ealla gesceafta      on his ærendo
    hionane he sende,      hæt eft cuman.
    Gif he swa gestæig      ne staolade
    85
    ealla gesceafta,      æghwylc hiora
    wrae tostencte      weoran sceolden,
    æghwilc hiora      ealle to nauhte
    weoran sceoldon      wrae toslopena,
    þeah þa ane lufe      ealla gesceafta
    90
    heofones and eoran      hæbben gemæne,
    þæt hi þiowien      swilcum þiodfruman,
    and fægnia      þæt hiora fæder wealde.
    Nis þæt nan wundor,      foræm wuhta nan
    æfre ne meahte      elles wunian,
    95
    gif hi eallmægene      hiora ordfruman
    ne þiowoden,      þeodne mærum.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Omerus wæs      east mid Crecum
    on æm leodscipe      leoa cræftgast,
    Firgilies      freond and lareow,
    þæm mæran sceope      magistra betst.
    5
    Hwæt, se Omerus      oft and gelome
    þære sunnan wlite      swie herede,
    æelo cræftas      oft and gelome
    leoum and spellum      leodum reahte.
    Ne mæg hio þeah gescinan,      þeah hio sie scir and beorht,
    10
    ahwærgen neah      ealla gesceafta;
    ne furum þa gesceafta      e hio gescinan mæg
    endemes ne mæg      ealla geondlihtan
    innan and utan.      Ac se ælmihtega
    waldend and wyrhta      weorulde gesceafta
    15
    his agen weorc      eall geondwlite,
    endemes þurhsyh      ealla gesceafta.
    æt is sio soe      sunne mid rihte,
    be æm we magon singan      swylc butan lease.

    The Meters of Boethius: Meter 31

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt, u meaht ongitan,      gif his e geman lyst,
    þætte mislice      manega wuhta
    geond eoran fara      ungelice;
    habba blioh and fær,      bu ungelice,
    5
    and mægwlitas      manegra cynna
    cu and uncu.      Creopa and snica,
    eall lichoma      eoran getenge,
    nabba hi æt firum fultum,      ne magon hi mid fotum gangan,
    eoran brucan,      swa him eaden wæs.
    10
    Sume fotum twam      foldan pea,
    sume fierfete,      sume fleogende
    winda under wolcnum.      Bi eah wuhta gehwylc
    onhnigen to hrusan,      hnipa of dune,
    on weoruld wlite,      wilna to eoran,
    15
    sume nedþearfe,      sume neodfræce.
    Man ana gæ      metodes gesceafta
    mid his andwlitan      up on gerihte.
    Mid y is getacnod      þæt his treowa sceal
    and his modgeþonc      ma up þonne nier
    20
    habban to heofonum,      þy læs he his hige wende
    nier swa ær nyten.      Nis þæt gedafenlic,
    þæt se modsefa      monna æniges
    nierheald wese      and þæt neb upweard!

    The Battle of Finnsburh

    Verse Indeterminate Unknown

         ...nas byrna?"
    Hnæf hleoþrode a,      heaþogeong cyning:
    "Ne is ne daga eastan,      ne her draca ne fleoge,
    ne her isse healle      hornas ne byrna.
    5
    Ac her forþ bera;      fugelas singa,
    gylle græghama,      guwudu hlynne,
    scyld scefte oncwy.      Nu scyne þes mona
    waol under wolcnum.      Nu arisa weadæda
    e isne folces ni      fremman willa.
    10
    Ac onwacnigea nu,      wigend mine,
    habba eowre linda,      hicgeaþ on ellen,
    winna on orde,      wesa onmode!"
    a aras mænig goldhladen egn,      gyrde hine his swurde.
    a to dura eodon      drihtlice cempan,
    15
    Sigefer and Eaha,      hyra sword getugon,
    and æt oþrum durum      Ordlaf and Guþlaf,
    and Hengest sylf      hwearf him on laste.
    a gyt Garulf      Guere styrde
    æt he swa freolic feorh      forman siþe
    20
    to ære healle durum      hyrsta ne bære,
    nu hyt niþa heard      anyman wolde,
    ac he frægn ofer eal      undearninga,
    deormod hæleþ,      hwa a duru heolde.
    "Sigeferþ is min nama," cweþ he,      "ic eom Secgena leod,
    25
    wreccea wide cu;      fæla ic weana gebad,
    heardra hilda.      e is gyt her witod
    swæþer u sylf to me      secean wylle."
    a wæs on healle      wælslihta gehlyn;
    sceolde cellod bord      cenum on handa,
    30
    banhelm berstan      (buruhelu dynede),
    o æt ære gue      Garulf gecrang,
    ealra ærest      eorbuendra,
    Gulafes sunu,      ymbe hyne godra fæla,
    hwearflicra hræw.      Hræfen wandrode,
    35
    sweart and sealobrun.      Swurdleoma stod,
    swylce eal Finnsburuh      fyrenu wære.
    Ne gefrægn ic næfre wurþlicor      æt wera hilde
    sixtig sigebeorna      sel gebæran,
    ne nefre swetne medo      sel forgyldan
    40
    onne Hnæfe guldan      his hægstealdas.
    Hig fuhton fif dagas,      swa hyra nan ne feol
    drihtgesia,      ac hig a duru heoldon.
    a gewat him wund hæle      on wæg gangan,
    sæde þæt his byrne      abrocen wære,
    45
    heresceorp unhror,      and eac wæs his helm yrel.
    a hine sona frægn      folces hyrde,
    hu a wigend hyra      wunda genæson,
    oe hwæþer æra hyssa     

    Waldere A

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

            hyrde hyne georne:
    "Huru Welande...         worc ne geswice
    monna ænigum         ara e Mimming can
    heardne gehealdan.         Oft æt hilde gedreas
    5
    swatfag and sweordwund         secg æfter orum.
    ætlan ordwyga,         ne læt in ellen nu gy...
    gedreosan to dæge,         dryhtscipe
            is se dæg cumen
    þæt u scealt aninga         oer twega,
    10
    lif forleosan         oe l... ...gne dom
    agan mid eldum,         ælfheres sunu.
    Nalles ic e, wine min,         wordum cide,
    y ic e gesawe         æt am sweordplegan
    urh edwitscype         æniges monnes
    15
    wig forbugan         oe on weal fleon,
    lice beorgan,         eah þe lara fela
    inne byrnhomon         billum heowun,
    ac u symle furor         feohtan sohtest,
    mæl ofer mearce;         y ic e metod ondred,
    20
    þæt u to fyrenlice         feohtan sohtest
    æt am ætstealle         ores monnes,
    wigrædenne.         Weora e selfne
    godum dædum,         enden in god recce.
    Ne murn u for i mece;         e wear mama cyst
    25
    gifee to geoce,         mid y u Guhere scealt
    beot forbigan,         æs e he as beaduwe ongan
    ...d unryhte         ærest secan.
    Forsoc he am swurde         and am syncfatum,
    beaga mænigo,         nu sceal bega leas
    30
    hworfan from isse hilde,         hlafurd secan
    ealdne edhel         oe her ær swefan,
    gif he a"

    Waldere B

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         "...ce bæteran
    buton am anum      e ic eac hafa
    on stanfate      stille gehided.
    Ic wat þæt hit ohte      eodric Widian
    5
    selfum onsendon,      and eac sinc micel
    mama mid i mece,      monig ores mid him
    golde gegirwan      (iulean genam),
    þæs e hine of nearwum      Nihades mæg,
    Welandes bearn,      Widia ut forlet;
    10
    urh fifela gewe... ...ld      for onette."
    Waldere ma... ...lode,      wiga ellenrof,
    hæfde him on handa      hildefrofre,
    gubilla gripe,      gyddode wordum:
    "Hwæt! u huru wendest,      wine Burgenda,
    15
    þæt me Hagenan hand      hilde gefremede
    and getwæmde ...ewigges.      Feta, gyf u dyrre,
    æt us heauwerigan      hare byrnan.
    Stande me her on eaxelum      ælfheres laf,
    god and geapneb,      golde geweorod,
    20
    ealles unscende      æelinges reaf
    to habbanne,      þonne hand were
    feorhhord feondum.      Ne bi fah wi me,
    þonne ...... unmægas      eft ongynna,
    mecum gemeta,      swa ge me dydon.
    25
    eah mæg sige syllan      se e symle by
    recon and rædfest      ryh... ...a gehwilces.
    Se e him to am halgan      helpe gelife,
    to gode gioce,      he þær gearo finde
    gif a earnunga      ær geence.
    30
    þonne moten wlance      welan britnian,
    æhtum wealdan,      þæt is"

    The Battle of Maldon

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

         brocen wurde.
    Het þa hyssa hwæne      hors forlætan,
    feor afysan,      and for gangan,
    hicgan to handum      and to hige godum.
    5
    þa þæt Offan mæg      ærest onfunde,
    þæt se eorl nolde      yrho geþolian,
    he let him þa of handon      leofne fleogan
    hafoc wi þæs holtes,      and to þære hilde stop;
    be þam man mihte oncnawan      þæt se cniht nolde
    10
    wacian æt þam wige,      þa he to wæpnum feng.
    Eac him wolde Eadric      his ealdre gelæstan,
    frean to gefeohte,      ongan þa for beran
    gar to guþe.      He hæfde god geþanc
    þa hwile þe he mid handum      healdan mihte
    15
    bord and bradswurd;      beot he gelæste
    þa he ætforan his frean      feohtan sceolde.
    a þær Byrhtno ongan      beornas trymian,
    rad and rædde,      rincum tæhte
    hu hi sceoldon standan      and þone stede healdan,
    20
    and bæd þæt hyra randas      rihte heoldon
    fæste mid folman,      and ne forhtedon na.
    þa he hæfde þæt folc      fægere getrymmed,
    he lihte þa mid leodon      þær him leofost wæs,
    þær he his heorwerod      holdost wiste.
    25
    þa stod on stæe,      stilice clypode
    wicinga ar,      wordum mælde,
    se on beot abead      brimliþendra
    ærænde to þam eorle,      þær he on ofre stod:
    "Me sendon to þe      sæmen snelle,
    30
    heton e secgan      þæt þu most sendan rae
    beagas wi gebeorge;      and eow betere is
    þæt ge þisne garræs      mid gafole forgyldon,
    þon we swa hearde      hilde dælon.
    Ne þurfe we us spillan,      gif ge spedaþ to þam;
    35
    we willa wi þam golde      gri fæstnian.
    Gyf þu þat gerædest,      þe her ricost eart,
    þæt þu þine leoda      lysan wille,
    syllan sæmannum      on hyra sylfra dom
    feoh wi freode,      and niman fri æt us,
    40
    we willaþ mid þam sceattum      us to scype gangan,
    on flot feran,      and eow friþes healdan."
    Byrhtno maþelode,      bord hafenode,
    wand wacne æsc,      wordum mælde,
    yrre and anræd      ageaf him andsware:
    45
    "Gehyrst þu, sælida,      hwæt þis folc sege?
    Hi willa eow to gafole      garas syllan,
    ættrynne ord      and ealde swurd,
    þa heregeatu      þe eow æt hilde ne deah.
    Brimmanna boda,      abeod eft ongean,
    50
    sege þinum leodum      miccle laþre spell,
    þæt her stynt unforcu      eorl mid his werode,
    þe wile gealgean      eþel þysne,
    æþelredes eard,      ealdres mines,
    folc and foldan.      Feallan sceolon
    55
    hæþene æt hilde.      To heanlic me þince
    þæt ge mid urum sceattum      to scype gangon
    unbefohtene,      nu ge þus feor hider
    on urne eard      in becomon.
    Ne sceole ge swa softe      sinc gegangan;
    60
    us sceal ord and ecg      ær geseman,
    grim guplega,      ær we gofol syllon."
    Het þa bord beran,      beornas gangan,
    þæt hi on þam eastee      ealle stodon.
    Ne mihte þær for wætere      werod to þam orum;
    65
    þær com flowende      flod æfter ebban,
    lucon lagustreamas.      To lang hit him þuhte,
    hwænne hi togædere      garas beron.
    Hi þær Pantan stream      mid prasse bestodon,
    Eastseaxena ord      and se æschere.
    70
    Ne mihte hyra ænig      oþrum derian,
    buton hwa þurh flanes flyht      fyl gename.
    Se flod ut gewat;      þa flotan stodon gearowe,
    wicinga fela,      wiges georne.
    Het þa hælea hleo      healdan þa bricge
    75
    wigan wigheardne,      se wæs haten Wulfstan,
    cafne mid his cynne,      þæt wæs Ceolan sunu,
    þe one forman man      mid his francan ofsceat
    þe þær baldlicost      on þa bricge stop.
    þær stodon mid Wulfstane      wigan unforhte,
    80
    ælfere and Maccus,      modige twegen,
    þa noldon æt þam forda      fleam gewyrcan,
    ac hi fæstlice      wi a fynd weredon,
    þa hwile þe hi wæpna      wealdan moston.
    þa hi þæt ongeaton      and georne gesawon
    85
    þæt hi þær bricgweardas      bitere fundon,
    ongunnon lytegian þa      lae gystas,
    bædon þæt hi upgang      agan moston,
    ofer þone ford faran,      feþan lædan.
    a se eorl ongan      for his ofermode
    90
    alyfan landes to fela      laþere eode.
    Ongan ceallian þa      ofer cald wæter
    Byrhtelmes bearn      (beornas gehlyston):
    "Nu eow is gerymed,      ga ricene to us,
    guman to guþe;      god ana wat
    95
    hwa þære wælstowe      wealdan mote."
    Wodon þa wælwulfas      (for wætere ne murnon),
    wicinga werod,      west ofer Pantan,
    ofer scir wæter      scyldas wegon,
    lidmen to lande      linde bæron.
    100
    þær ongean gramum      gearowe stodon
    Byrhtno mid beornum;      he mid bordum het
    wyrcan þone wihagan,      and þæt werod healdan
    fæste wi feondum.      þa wæs feohte neh,
    tir æt getohte.      Wæs seo tid cumen
    105
    þæt þær fæge men      feallan sceoldon.
    þær wear hream ahafen,      hremmas wundon,
    earn æses georn;      wæs on eorþan cyrm.
    Hi leton þa of folman      feolhearde speru,
    gegrundene      garas fleogan;
    110
    bogan wæron bysige,      bord ord onfeng.
    Biter wæs se beaduræs,      beornas feollon
    on gehwæere hand,      hyssas lagon.
    Wund wear Wulfmær,      wælræste geceas,
    Byrhtnoes mæg;      he mid billum wear,
    115
    his swuster sunu,      swie forheawen.
    þær wear wicingum      wiþerlean agyfen.
    Gehyrde ic þæt Eadweard      anne sloge
    swie mid his swurde,      swenges ne wyrnde,
    þæt him æt fotum      feoll fæge cempa;
    120
    þæs him his eoden      þanc gesæde,
    þam burþene,      þa he byre hæfde.
    Swa stemnetton      stihicgende
    hysas æt hilde,      hogodon georne
    hwa þær mid orde      ærost mihte
    125
    on fægean men      feorh gewinnan,
    wigan mid wæpnum;      wæl feol on eoran.
    Stodon stædefæste;      stihte hi Byrhtno,
    bæd þæt hyssa gehwylc      hogode to wige
    þe on Denon wolde      dom gefeohtan.
    130
    Wod þa wiges heard,      wæpen up ahof,
    bord to gebeorge,      and wi þæs beornes stop.
    Eode swa anræd      eorl to þam ceorle,
    ægþer hyra orum      yfeles hogode.
    Sende a se særinc      suþerne gar,
    135
    þæt gewundod wear      wigena hlaford;
    he sceaf þa mid am scylde,      þæt se sceaft tobærst,
    and þæt spere sprengde,      þæt hit sprang ongean.
    Gegremod wear se gurinc;      he mid gare stang
    wlancne wicing,      þe him þa wunde forgeaf.
    140
    Frod wæs se fyrdrinc;      he let his francan wadan
    þurh æs hysses hals,      hand wisode
    þæt he on þam færsceaan      feorh geræhte.
    a he oþerne      ofstlice sceat,
    þæt seo byrne tobærst;      he wæs on breostum wund
    145
    þurh a hringlocan,      him æt heortan stod
    ætterne ord.      Se eorl wæs þe bliþra,
    hloh þa, modi man,      sæde metode þanc
    æs dægweorces      þe him drihten forgeaf.
    Forlet þa drenga sum      daro of handa,
    150
    fleogan of folman,      þæt se to for gewat
    þurh one æþelan      æþelredes þegen.
    Him be healfe stod      hyse unweaxen,
    cniht on gecampe,      se full caflice
    bræd of þam beorne      blodigne gar,
    155
    Wulfstanes bearn,      Wulfmær se geonga,
    forlet forheardne      faran eft ongean;
    ord in gewod,      þæt se on eorþan læg
    þe his þeoden ær      þearle geræhte.
    Eode þa gesyrwed      secg to þam eorle;
    160
    he wolde þæs beornes      beagas gefecgan,
    reaf and hringas      and gerenod swurd.
    þa Byrhtno bræd      bill of scee,
    brad and bruneccg,      and on þa byrnan sloh.
    To raþe hine gelette      lidmanna sum,
    165
    þa he þæs eorles      earm amyrde.
    Feoll þa to foldan      fealohilte swurd;
    ne mihte he gehealdan      heardne mece,
    wæpnes wealdan.      þa gyt þæt word gecwæ
    har hilderinc,      hyssas bylde,
    170
    bæd gangan for      gode geferan;
    ne mihte þa on fotum leng      fæste gestandan.
    He to heofenum wlat:     
    "Geþancie þe,      eoda waldend,
    ealra þæra wynna      þe ic on worulde gebad.
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    Nu ic ah, milde metod,      mæste þearfe
    þæt þu minum gaste      godes geunne,
    þæt min sawul to e      siian mote
    on þin geweald,      þeoden engla,
    mid friþe ferian.      Ic eom frymdi to þe
    180
    þæt hi helsceaan      hynan ne moton."
    a hine heowon      hæene scealcas
    and begen þa beornas      þe him big stodon,
    ælfno and Wulmær      begen lagon,
    a onemn hyra frean      feorh gesealdon.
    185
    Hi bugon þa fram beaduwe      þe þær beon noldon.
    þær wear Oddan bearn      ærest on fleame,
    Godric fram guþe,      and þone godan forlet
    þe him mænigne oft      mear gesealde;
    he gehleop þone eoh      þe ahte his hlaford,
    190
    on þam gerædum      þe hit riht ne wæs,
    and his broru mid him      begen ærndon,
    Godwine and Godwig,      guþe ne gymdon,
    ac wendon fram þam wige      and þone wudu sohton,
    flugon on þæt fæsten      and hyra feore burgon,
    195
    and manna ma      þonne hit ænig mæ wære,
    gyf hi þa geearnunga      ealle gemundon
    þe he him to duguþe      gedon hæfde.
    Swa him Offa on dæg      ær asæde
    on þam meþelstede,      þa he gemot hæfde,
    200
    þæt þær modiglice      manega spræcon
    þe eft æt þearfe      þolian noldon.
    þa wear afeallen      þæs folces ealdor,
    æþelredes eorl;      ealle gesawon
    heorgeneatas      þæt hyra heorra læg.
    205
    þa ær wendon for      wlance þegenas,
    unearge men      efston georne;
    hi woldon þa ealle      oer twega,
    lif forlætan      oe leofne gewrecan.
    Swa hi bylde for      bearn ælfrices,
    210
    wiga wintrum geong,      wordum mælde,
    ælfwine þa cwæ,      he on ellen spræc:
    "Gemunan þa mæla      þe we oft æt meodo spræcon,
    þonne we on bence      beot ahofon,
    hæle on healle,      ymbe heard gewinn;
    215
    nu mæg cunnian      hwa cene sy.
    Ic wylle mine æþelo      eallum gecyþan,
    þæt ic wæs on Myrcon      miccles cynnes;
    wæs min ealda fæder      Ealhelm haten,
    wis ealdorman,      woruldgesælig.
    220
    Ne sceolon me on þære þeode      þegenas ætwitan
    þæt ic of isse fyrde      feran wille,
    eard gesecan,      nu min ealdor lige
    forheawen æt hilde.      Me is þæt hearma mæst;
    he wæs æger min mæg      and min hlaford."
    225
    þa he for eode,      fæhe gemunde,
    þæt he mid orde      anne geræhte
    flotan on þam folce,      þæt se on foldan læg
    forwegen mid his wæpne.      Ongan þa winas manian,
    frynd and geferan,      þæt hi for eodon.
    230
    Offa gemælde,      æscholt asceoc:
    "Hwæt þu, ælfwine, hafast      ealle gemanode
    þegenas to þearfe,      nu ure þeoden li,
    eorl on eoran.      Us is eallum þearf
    þæt ure æghwylc      oþerne bylde
    235
    wigan to wige,      þa hwile þe he wæpen mæge
    habban and healdan,      heardne mece,
    gar and godswurd.      Us Godric hæf,
    earh Oddan bearn,      ealle beswicene.
    Wende þæs formoni man,      þa he on meare rad,
    240
    on wlancan þam wicge,      þæt wære hit ure hlaford;
    forþan wear her on felda      folc totwæmed,
    scyldburh tobrocen.      Abreoe his angin,
    þæt he her swa manigne      man aflymde!"
    Leofsunu gemælde      and his linde ahof,
    245
    bord to gebeorge;      he þam beorne oncwæ:
    "Ic þæt gehate,      þæt ic heonon nelle
    fleon fotes trym,      ac wille furor gan,
    wrecan on gewinne      minne winedrihten.
    Ne þurfon me embe Sturmere      stedefæste hælæ
    250
    wordum ætwitan,      nu min wine gecranc,
    þæt ic hlafordleas      ham siie,
    wende fram wige,      ac me sceal wæpen niman,
    ord and iren."      He ful yrre wod,
    feaht fæstlice,      fleam he forhogode.
    255
    Dunnere þa cwæ,      daro acwehte,
    unorne ceorl,      ofer eall clypode,
    bæd þæt beorna gehwylc      Byrhtno wrece:
    "Ne mæg na wandian      se þe wrecan þence
    frean on folce,      ne for feore murnan."
    260
    þa hi for eodon,      feores hi ne rohton;
    ongunnon þa hiredmen      heardlice feohtan,
    grame garberend,      and god bædon
    þæt hi moston gewrecan      hyra winedrihten
    and on hyra feondum      fyl gewyrcan.
    265
    Him se gysel ongan      geornlice fylstan;
    he wæs on Norhymbron      heardes cynnes,
    Ecglafes bearn,      him wæs æscfer nama.
    He ne wandode na      æt þam wigplegan,
    ac he fysde for      flan genehe;
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    hwilon he on bord sceat,      hwilon beorn tæsde,
    æfre embe stunde      he sealde sume wunde,
    þa hwile e he wæpna      wealdan moste.
    þa gyt on orde stod      Eadweard se langa,
    gearo and geornful,      gylpwordum spræc
    275
    þæt he nolde fleogan      fotmæl landes,
    ofer bæc bugan,      þa his betera leg.
    He bræc þone bordweall      and wi þa beornas feaht,
    oþæt he his sincgyfan      on þam sæmannum
    wurlice wrec,      ær he on wæle lege.
    280
    Swa dyde æþeric,      æþele gefera,
    fus and forgeorn,      feaht eornoste.
    Sibyrhtes broor      and swie mænig oþer
    clufon cellod bord,      cene hi weredon;
    bærst bordes lærig,      and seo byrne sang
    285
    gryreleoa sum.      þa æt gue sloh
    Offa þone sælidan,      þæt he on eoran feoll,
    and ær Gaddes mæg      grund gesohte.
    Rae wear æt hilde      Offa forheawen;
    he hæfde eah geforþod      þæt he his frean gehet,
    290
    swa he beotode ær      wi his beahgifan
    þæt hi sceoldon begen      on burh ridan,
    hale to hame,      oe on here crincgan,
    on wælstowe      wundum sweltan;
    he læg egenlice      eodne gehende.
    295
    a wear borda gebræc.      Brimmen wodon,
    gue gegremode;      gar oft þurhwod
    fæges feorhhus.      For þa eode Wistan,
    þurstanes sunu,      wi þas secgas feaht;
    he wæs on geþrange      hyra þreora bana,
    300
    ær him Wigelines bearn      on þam wæle læge.
    þær wæs sti gemot;      stodon fæste
    wigan on gewinne,      wigend cruncon,
    wundum werige.      Wæl feol on eorþan.
    Oswold and Eadwold      ealle hwile,
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    begen þa gebroþru,      beornas trymedon,
    hyra winemagas      wordon bædon
    þæt hi þær æt earfe      þolian sceoldon,
    unwaclice      wæpna neotan.
    Byrhtwold maþelode      bord hafenode
    310
    (se wæs eald geneat),      æsc acwehte;
    he ful baldlice      beornas lærde:
    "Hige sceal þe heardra,      heorte þe cenre,
    mod sceal þe mare,      þe ure mægen lytla.
    Her li ure ealdor      eall forheawen,
    315
    god on greote.      A mæg gnornian
    se e nu fram þis wigplegan      wendan þence.
    Ic eom frod feores;      fram ic ne wille,
    ac ic me be healfe      minum hlaforde,
    be swa leofan men,      licgan þence."
    320
    Swa hi æþelgares bearn      ealle bylde,
    Godric to guþe.      Oft he gar forlet,
    wælspere windan      on þa wicingas,
    swa he on þam folce      fyrmest eode,
    heow and hynde,      oþæt he on hilde gecranc.
    325
    Næs þæt na se Godric      þe a gue forbeah

    The Battle of Brunanburh

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Her æþelstan cyning,      eorla dryhten,
    beorna beahgifa,      and his broþor eac,
    Eadmund æþeling,      ealdorlangne tir
    geslogon æt sæcce      sweorda ecgum
    5
    ymbe Brunanburh.      Bordweal clufan,
    heowan heaþolinde      hamora lafan,
    afaran Eadweardes,      swa him geæþele wæs
    from cneomægum,      þæt hi æt campe oft
    wiþ laþra gehwæne      land ealgodon,
    10
    hord and hamas.      Hettend crungun,
    Sceotta leoda      and scipflotan
    fæge feollan,      feld dænnede
    secga swate,      siþan sunne up
    on morgentid,      mære tungol,
    15
    glad ofer grundas,      godes condel beorht,
    eces drihtnes,      o sio æþele gesceaft
    sah to setle.      þær læg secg mænig
    garum ageted,      guma norþerna
    ofer scild scoten,      swilce Scittisc eac,
    20
    werig, wiges sæd.      Wesseaxe for
    ondlongne dæg      eorodcistum
    on last legdun      laþum þeodum,
    heowan herefleman      hindan þearle
    mecum mylenscearpan.      Myrce ne wyrndon
    25
    heardes hondplegan      hæleþa nanum
    þæra þe mid Anlafe      ofer æra gebland
    on lides bosme      land gesohtun,
    fæge to gefeohte.      Fife lægun
    on þam campstede      cyningas giunge,
    30
    sweordum aswefede,      swilce seofene eac
    eorlas Anlafes,      unrim heriges,
    flotan and Sceotta.      þær geflemed wear
    Normanna bregu,      nede gebeded,
    to lides stefne      litle weorode;
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    cread cnear on flot,      cyning ut gewat
    on fealene flod,      feorh generede.
    Swilce þær eac se froda      mid fleame com
    on his cyþþe nor,      Costontinus,
    har hilderinc,      hreman ne þorfte
    40
    mæca gemanan;      he wæs his mæga sceard,
    freonda gefylled      on folcstede,
    beslagen æt sæcce,      and his sunu forlet
    on wælstowe      wundun forgrunden,
    giungne æt gue.      Gelpan ne þorfte
    45
    beorn blandenfeax      bilgeslehtes,
    eald inwidda,      ne Anlaf þy ma;
    mid heora herelafum      hlehhan ne þorftun
    þæt heo beaduweorca      beteran wurdun
    on campstede      cumbolgehnastes,
    50
    garmittinge,      gumena gemotes,
    wæpengewrixles,      þæs hi on wælfelda
    wiþ Eadweardes      afaran plegodan.
    Gewitan him þa Norþmen      negledcnearrum,
    dreorig daraa laf,      on Dinges mere
    55
    ofer deop wæter      Difelin secan,
    eft Iraland,      æwiscmode.
    Swilce þa gebroþer      begen ætsamne,
    cyning and æþeling,      cyþþe sohton,
    Wesseaxena land,      wiges hremige.
    60
    Letan him behindan      hræw bryttian
    saluwigpadan,      þone sweartan hræfn,
    hyrnednebban,      and þane hasewanpadan,
    earn æftan hwit,      æses brucan,
    grædigne guhafoc      and þæt græge deor,
    65
    wulf on wealde.      Ne wear wæl mare
    on þis eiglande      æfre gieta
    folces gefylled      beforan þissum
    sweordes ecgum,      þæs þe us secga bec,
    ealde uwitan,      siþþan eastan hider
    70
    Engle and Seaxe      up becoman,
    ofer brad brimu      Brytene sohtan,
    wlance wigsmiþas,      Wealas ofercoman,
    eorlas arhwate      eard begeatan.

    The Capture of the Five Boroughs

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Her Eadmund cyning,      Engla þeoden,
    mæcgea mundbora,      Myrce geeode,
    dyre dædfruma,      swa Dor scadeþ,
    Hwitanwyllesgeat      and Humbra ea,
    5
    brada brimstream.      Burga fife,
    Ligoraceaster      and Lincylene
    and Snotingaham,      swylce Stanford eac
    and Deoraby.      Dæne wæran æror
    under Normannum      nyde gebegde
    10
    on hæþenra      hæfteclommum
    lange þrage,      oþ hie alysde eft
    for his weorþscipe      wiggendra hleo,
    afera Eadweardes,      Eadmund cyning.

    The Coronation of Edgar

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Her Eadgar wæs,      Engla waldend,
    corre miclum      to cyninge gehalgod
    on ære ealdan byrig,      Acemannesceastre;
    eac hi igbuend      ore worde
    5
    beornas Baan nemnaþ.      þær wæs blis micel
    on þam eadgan dæge      eallum geworden,
    þone nia bearn      nemna and ciga
    Pentecostenes dæg.      þær wæs preosta heap,
    micel muneca reat,      mine gefrege,
    10
    gleawra gegaderod.      And a agangen wæs
    tyn hund wintra      geteled rimes
    fram gebyrdtide      bremes cyninges,
    leohta hyrdes,      buton ær to lafe þa get
    wæs wintergeteles,      þæs e gewritu secga,
    15
    seofon and twentig;      swa neah wæs sigora frean
    usend aurnen,      a þa is gelamp.
    And him Eadmundes      eafora hæfde
    nigon and XX,      niweorca heard,
    wintra on worulde,      a þis geworden wæs,
    20
    and þa on am XXX wæs      eoden gehalgod.

    The Death of Edward

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Her Eadward kingc,      Engla hlaford,
    sende soþfæste      sawle to Criste
    on godes wæra,      gast haligne.
    He on worulda her      wunode þrage
    5
    on kyneþrymme,      cræftig ræda,
    XXIIII,      freolic wealdend,
    wintra gerimes,      weolan britnode,
    and healfe tid,      hælea wealdend,
    weold wel geþungen      Walum and Scottum
    10
    and Bryttum eac,      byre æelredes,
    Englum and Sexum,      oretmægcum,
    swa ymbclyppa      cealde brymmas,
    þæt eall Eadwarde,      æelum kinge,
    hyrdon holdlice      hagestealde menn.
    15
    Wæs a bliemod      bealuleas kyng,
    þeah he lange ær,      lande bereafod,
    wunode wræclastum      wide geond eoran,
    syan Cnut ofercom      kynn æelredes
    and Dena weoldon      deore rice
    20
    Engla landes      XXVIII
    wintra gerimes,      welan brytnodon.
    Syan for becom      freolice in geatwum
    kyningc kystum god,      clæne and milde,
    Eadward se æela,      eel bewerode,
    25
    land and leode,      oþæt lungre becom
    dea se bitera,      and swa deore genam
    æþelne of eoran;      englas feredon
    soþfæste sawle      innan swegles leoht.
    And se froda swa þeah      befæste þæt rice
    30
    heahþungenum menn,      Harolde sylfum,
    æþelum eorle,      se in ealle tid
    hyrde holdlice      hærran sinum
    wordum and dædum,      wihte ne agælde
    þæs þe þearf wæs      þæs þeodkyninges.

    Durham

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Is eos burch breome      geond Breotenrice,
    steppa gestaolad,      stanas ymbutan
    wundrum gewæxen.      Weor ymbeornad,
    ea yum stronge,      and er inne wuna
    5
    feola fisca kyn      on floda gemonge.
    And ær gewexen is      wudafæstern micel;
    wuniad in em wycum      wilda deor monige,
    in deope dalum      deora ungerim.
    Is in ere byri eac      bearnum gecyed
    10
    e arfesta      eadig Cudberch
    and es clene      cyninges heafud,
    Osuualdes, Engle leo,      and Aidan biscop,
    Eadberch and Eadfri,      æele geferes.
    Is er inne midd heom      æelwold biscop
    15
    and breoma bocera Beda,      and Boisil abbot,
    e clene Cudberte      on gechee
    lerde lustum,      and he his lara wel genom.
    Eardiæ æt em eadige      in in em minstre
    unarimeda      reliquia,
    20
    ær monia wundrum gewura,      es e writ segge,
    midd ene drihnes wer      domes bide.

    The Rune Poem

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    feoh byþ frofur         fira gehwylcum.
    Sceal eah manna gehwylc         miclun hyt dælan
    gif he wile for drihtne         domes hleotan.
    ur byþ anmod         and oferhyrned,
    5
    felafrecne deor,         feohteþ mid hornum,
    mære morstapa;         þæt is modig wuht.
    dhorn byþ earle scearp;         egna gehwylcum
    anfeng ys yfyl,         ungemetun reþe
    manna gehwylcun         e him mid reste.
    10
    os byþ ordfruma         ælcre spræce,
    wisdomes wraþu         and witena frofur,
    and eorla gehwam         eadnys and tohiht.
    rad byþ on recyde         rinca gehwylcum
    sefte, and swiþhwæt         am e sitteþ on ufan
    15
    meare mægenheardum         ofer milpaþas.
    cen byþ cwicera gehwam         cuþ on fyre,
    blac and beorhtlic,         byrneþ oftust
    ær hi æþelingas         inne restaþ.
    gifu gumena byþ         gleng and herenys,
    20
    wraþu and wyrþscype,         and wræcna gehwam
    ar and ætwist         e byþ oþra leas.
    wen ne bruceþ         e can weana lyt,
    sares and sorge,         and him sylfa hæfþ
    blæd and blysse         and eac byrga geniht.
    25
    haegl byþ hwitust corna;         hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
    wealcaþ hit windes scuras,         weorþeþ hit to wætere syan.
    nyd byþ nearu on breostan,         weorþeþ hi eah oft niþa bearnum
    to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre,         gif hi his hlystaþ æror.
    is byþ oferceald,         ungemetum slidor,
    30
    glisnaþ glæshluttur,         gimmum gelicust,
    flor forste geworuht,         fæger ansyne.
    ger byþ gumena hiht,         on god læteþ,
    halig heofones cyning,         hrusan syllan
    beorhte bleda         beornum and earfum.
    35
    eoh byþ utan         unsmeþe treow,
    heard, hrusan fæst,         hyrde fyres,
    wyrtrumun underwreþyd,         wyn on eþle.
    peordh byþ symble         plega and hlehter
    wlancum         ar wigan sittaþ
    40
    on beorsele         bliþe ætsomne.
    eolhx secg eard hæfþ         oftust on fenne,
    wexe on wature,         wundaþ grimme,
    blode brene         beorna gehwylcne
    e him ænigne         onfeng gede.
    45
    sigel semannum         symble biþ on hihte,
    onn hi hine feriaþ         ofer fisces beþ,
    oþ hi brimhengest         bringeþ to lande.
    tir biþ tacna sum,         healde trywa wel
    wiþ æþelingas,         a biþ on færylde,
    50
    ofer nihta genipu         næfre swiceþ.
    beorc byþ bleda leas,         bereþ efne swa eah
    tanas butan tudder,         biþ on telgum wlitig,
    heah on helme         hrysted fægere,
    geloden leafum,         lyfte getenge.
    55
    eh byþ for eorlum         æþelinga wyn,
    hors hofum wlanc,         ær him hæleþ ymbe,
    welege on wicgum,         wrixlaþ spræce,
    and biþ unstyllum         æfre frofur.
    man byþ on myrgþe         his magan leof;
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    sceal þeah anra gehwylc         orum swican,
    for am dryhten wyle         dome sine
    þæt earme flæsc         eorþan betæcan.
    lagu byþ leodum         langsum geþuht,
    gif hi sculun neþan         on nacan tealtum,
    65
    and hi sæyþa         swyþe bregaþ,
    and se brimhengest         bridles ne gyme.
    ing wæs ærest         mid Eastdenum
    gesewen secgun,         oþ he sian eft
    ofer wæg gewat,         wæn æfter ran;
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    us heardingas         one hæle nemdun.
    edhel byþ oferleof         æghwylcum men,
    gif he mot ær rihtes         and gerysena on
    brucan on bolde         bleadum oftast.
    daeg byþ drihtnes sond,         deore mannum,
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    mære metodes leoht,         myrgþ and tohiht
    eadgum and earmum,         eallum brice.
    ac byþ on eorþan         elda bearnum
    flæsces fodor,         fereþ gelome
    ofer ganotes bæþ;         garsecg fandaþ
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    hwæþer ac hæbbe         æþele treowe.
    aesc biþ oferheah,         eldum dyre,
    stiþ on staþule,         stede rihte hylt,
    eah him feohtan on         firas monige.
    yr byþ æþelinga         and eorla gehwæs
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    wyn and wyrþmynd,         byþ on wicge fæger,
    fæstlic on færelde,         fyrdgeatewa sum.
    ior byþ eafix,         and eah a bruceþ
    fodres on foldan,         hafaþ fægerne eard,
    wætre beworpen,         ær he wynnum leofaþ.
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    ear byþ egle         eorla gehwylcun,
    onn fæstlice         flæsc onginneþ,
    hraw colian,         hrusan ceosan
    blac to gebeddan;         bleda gedreosaþ,
    wynna gewitaþ,         wera geswicaþ.

    Solomon and Saturn

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Hwæt! Ic iglanda         eallra hæbbe
    boca onbyrged         þurh gebregdstafas,
    larcræftas onlocen         Libia and Greca,
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    swylce eac istoriam         Indea rices.
    Me þa treahteras         tala wisedon
    on þam micelan bec        
            M... ...ces heardum.
    Swylce ic næfre on eallum þam fyrngewrytum         findan ne mihte
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    soe samnode.         Ic sohte þa git
    hwylc wære modes         oe mægenþrymmes,
    elnes oe æhte         oe eorlscipes
    se gepalmtwigoda         Pater Noster.
    Sille ic þe ealle,         sunu Dauides,
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    þeoden Israela,         XXX punda
    smætes goldes         and mine suna twelfe,
    gif þu mec gebringest         þæt ic si gebryrded
    urh þæs cantices cwyde         Cristes linan,
    gesemes mec mid soe,         and ic mec gesund fare,
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    wende mec on willan         on wæteres hrigc
    ofer Coferflod         Caldeas secan."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Unlæde bi on eorþan,         unnit lifes,
    wese wisdomes,         wealla swa nieten,
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    feldgongende         feoh butan gewitte,
    se þurh one cantic ne can         Crist geherian.
    Wora he windes full,         worpa hine deofol
    on domdæge,         draca egeslice,
    bismorlice,         of blacere liran
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    irenum aplum;         ealle beo aweaxen
    of edwittes         ia heafdum.
    þonne him bi leofre         onne eall eos leohte gesceaft,
    gegoten fram am grunde         goldes and seolfres,
    feersceatum full         feohgestreona,
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    gif he æfre æs organes         owiht cue.
    Fraco he bi onne and fremede         frean ælmihtigum,
    englum ungelic         ana hwearfa."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac hwa mæg eaost         ealra gesceafta
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    a halgan duru         heofona rices
    torhte ontynan         on getælrime?"
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "æt gepalmtwigede         Pater Noster
    heofonas ontyne,         halige geblissa,
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    metod gemiltsa,         moror gefylle,
    adwæsce deofles fyr,         dryhtnes onæle.
    Swylce u miht mid y beorhtan gebede         blod onhætan,
    æs deofles dreor,         þæt him dropan stiga,
    swate geswied,         seofan intingum,
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    egesfullicran         onne seo ærene gripu,
    onne heo for XII fyra         tydernessum
    ofer gleda gripe         gifrust wealle.
    Foron hafa se cantic         ofer ealle Cristes bec
    widmærost word;         he gewritu lære,
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    stefnum steore,         and him stede healde
    heofona rices,         heregeatewa wige."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac hulic is se organ         ingemyndum
    to begonganne         am e his gast wile
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    meltan wi morre,         mergan of sorge,
    asceadan of scyldum?         Huru him scippend geaf
    wuldorlicne wlite.         Mec æs on worolde full oft
    fyrwit frine,         fus gewite,
    mod gemenge.         Nænig manna wat,
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    hælea under hefenum,         hu min hige dreose,
    bysig æfter bocum;         hwilum me bryne stige,
    hige heortan neah         hædre wealle."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Gylden is se godes cwide,         gimmum astæned,
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    hafa sylfren leaf;         sundor mæg æghwylc
    urh gastes gife         godspel secgan.
    He bi seofan snytro         and saule hunig
    and modes meolc,         mærþa gesælgost.
    He mæg a saule         of siennihte
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    gefeccan under foldan,         næfre hie se feond to æs nier
    feterum gefæstna;         eah he hie mid fiftigum
    clusum beclemme,         he one cræft brice
    and a orancas         ealle toslite.
    Hungor he ahiee,         helle gestrude,
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    wylm toweorpe,         wuldor getimbre.
    He is modigra         middangearde,
    staole strengra         onne ealra stana gripe.
    Lamena he is læce,         leoht wincendra,
    swilce he is deafra duru,         dumbra tunge,
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    scyldigra scyld,         scyppendes seld,
    flodes ferigend,         folces nerigend,
    ya yrfeweard,         earmra fisca
    and wyrma welm,         wildeora holt,
    on westenne weard,         weormynta geard.
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    And se e wile geornlice         one godes cwide
    singan solice,         and hine siemle wile
    lufian butan leahtrum,         he mæg one laan gæst,
    feohtende feond,         fleonde gebrengan,
    gif u him ærest on ufan         ierne gebrengest
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    prologa prima,         am is peordh P nama.
    Hafa gumæcga         gierde lange,
    gyldene gade,         and a one grymman feond
    swimod sweopa,         and him on swae fylge
    ac A ofermægene         and hine eac ofslih.
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    tir T hine teswa         and hine on a tungan stica,
    wræste him æt woddor         and him a wongan briece.
    eh E hiene yfla,         swa he a wile
    ealra feonda gehwane         fæste gestondan.
    onne hiene on unanc rad R         ieorrenga gesece,
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    bocstafa brego,         bregde sona
    feond be am feaxe,         læte flint brecan
    scines sconcan;         he ne besceawa no
    his leomona li,         ne bi him læce god.
    Wende he hiene onne under wolcnum,         wigsteall sece,
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    heolstre behelmed.         Huru him bi æt heartan wa,
    onne he hangiende         helle wisce,
    æs ængestan         eelrices.
    onne hine forcinna         a cirican getuinnas,
    nyd N and os O samod         æghwæer brenge
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    sweopan of sie;         sargia hwile
    fremdne flæschoman,         feorh ne bemurna.
    onne sigel S cyme,         engla geræswa,
    wuldores stæf,         wrane gegripe
    feond be am fotum,         læte foreweard hleor
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    on strangne stan,         stregda toas
    geond helle heap.         Hyde hine æghwylc
    æfter sceades sciman;         sceaa bi gebisigod,
    Satanes egn         swie gestilled.
    Swilce hiene q Q and ur V         cwealme gehnæga,
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    frome folctogan,         fara him togegnes,
    habba leoht speru,         lange sceaftas,
    swimode sweopan,         swenga ne wyrna,
    deorra dynta;         him bi æt deofol la.
    onne hine I and lagu L         and se yrra cen C
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    gue begyrda         (geap stæf wige
    biterne brogan),         biga sona
    helle hæftling,         æt he on hinder gæ.
    onne hiene feoh F and man M         utan ymbringa,
    scyldigne sceaan,         habba scearp speru,
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    atole earhfare,         æled læta
    on æs feondes feax         flana stregdan,
    biterne brogan;         banan heardlice
    grimme ongielda,         æs hie oft gilp breca.
    onne hine æt niehstan         nearwe stille
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    ger G se geapa,         one god sende
    freondum on fultum,         fære æfter daeg D
    fifmægnum full.         Fyr bi se ridda
    stæf stræte neah,         stille bide.
    haegl H onette,         engel hine scierpe,
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    Cristes cempan,         on cwicum wædum
    godes spyrigendes         geonges hrægles.
    onne hine on lyfte         lifgetwinnan
    under tungla getrumum         tuigena ordum,
    sweopum seolfrynum,         swie wealla,
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    oæt him ban blica,         bleda ædran;
    gartorn geota         gifrum deofle.
    Mæg simle se godes cwide         gumena gehwylcum
    ealra feonda gehwane         fleondne gebrengan
    urh mannes mu,         manfulra heap
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    sweartne geswencan,         næfre hie æs syllice
    bleoum bregda.         æfter bancofan
    feerhoman onfo,         hwilum flotan gripa;
    hwilum hie gewenda         in wyrmes lic
    stronges and sticoles,         stinge nieten,
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    feldgongende         feoh gestrude.
    Hwilum he on wætere         wicg gehnæge,
    hornum geheawe,         oæt him heortan blod,
    famig flodes bæ,         foldan gesece.
    Hwilum he gefetera         fæges mannes,
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    handa gehefega,         onne he æt hilde sceall
    wi la werud         lifes tiligan;
    awrite he on his wæpne         wællnota heap,
    bealwe bocstafas,         bill forscrife,
    meces mæro.         Foron nænig man scile
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    oft orances         ut abredan
    wæpnes ecgge,         eah e him se wlite cweme,
    ac symle he sceal singan,         onne he his sweord geteo,
    Pater Noster,         and æt palmtreow
    biddan mid blisse,         æt him bu gife
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    feorh and folme,         onne his feond cyme."
    "...... swice,         ær he so wite,
    æt a sienfullan         saula sticien
    mid hettendum         helle tomiddes.
    Hate onne heahcining         helle betynan,
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    fyres fulle,         and a feondas mid."
    Hæfde a se snotra         sunu Dauides
    forcumen and forcyed         Caldea eorl.
    Hwære was on sælum         se e of sie cwom
    feorran gefered;         næfre ær his ferh ahlog.
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    Hwæt! Ic flitan gefrægn         on fyrndagum
    modgleawe men,         middangeardes ræswan,
    gewesan ymbe hira wisdom;         wyrs de se e lieh
    oe æs soes ansæce.         Saloman was bremra,
    eah e Saturnus         sumra hæfde,
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    bald breosttoga,         boca cæga,
    leornenga locan.         land eall geondhwearf,
    Indea mere,         east Corsias,
    Persea rice,         Palestinion,
    Niniuen ceastre         and nor Predan,
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    Meda maumselas,         Marculfes eard,
    Saulus rice,         swa he su lige
    ymbe Geallboe         and ymb Geador nor,
    Filistina flet,         fæsten Creca,
    wudu Egipta,         wæter Mathea,
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    cludas Coreffes,         Caldea rice,
    Creca cræftas,         cynn Arabia,
    lare Libia,         lond Syria,
    Pitinia,         Buanasan,
    Pamhpilia,         Pores gemære,
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    Macedonia,         Mesopotamie,
    Cappadocia,         Cristes eel,
    Hieryhco, Galilea,         Hierusalem
            "oe ic swigie,
    nyttes hycgge,         eah ic no sprece.
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    Wat ic onne, gif u gewitest         on Wendelsæ
    ofer Coforflod         cye secean,
    æt u wille gilpan         æt u hæbbe gumena bearn
    forcumen and forcyed.         Wat ic æt wæron Caldeas
    gue æs gielpne         and æs goldwlonce,
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    mæra æs modige,         ær to am moning gelomp
    su ymbe Sanere feld.         Sæge me from am lande
    ær nænig fyra ne mæg         fotum gestæppan."
    Saturnus cuæ:        
    "Se mæra was haten         sæliende
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    weallende Wulf,         wereodum cu
    Filistina,         freond Nebrondes.
    He on am felda ofslog         XXV
    dracena on dægred,         and hine a dea offeoll;
    foran a foldan ne mæg         fira ænig,
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    one mercstede,         mon gesecan,
    fugol gefleogan,         ne on ma foldan neat.
    anon atercynn         ærest gewurdon
    wide onwæcned,         a e nu weallende
    urh attres oro         ingang ryma.
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    Git his sweord scine         swie gescæned,
    and ofer a byrgenna         blica a hieltas."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Dol bi se e gæ         on deop wæter,
    se e sund nafa         ne gesegled scip
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    ne fugles flyht,         ne he mid fotum ne mæg
    grund geræcan;         huru se godes cunna
    full dyslice,         dryhtnes meahta."
    Saturnus cuæ:        
    "Ac hwæt is se dumba,         se e on sumre dene reste?
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    Swie snyttra,         hafa seofon tungan;
    hafa tungena gehwylc         XX orda,
    hafa orda gehwylc         engles snytro,
    ara e wile anra hwylc         uppe bringan,
    æt u ære gyldnan gesiehst         Hierusalem
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    weallas blican         and hiera winrod lixan,
    sofæstra segn.         Saga hwæt ic mæne."
    Salomon cuæ:        
    "Bec sindon breme,         bodia geneahhe
    weotodne willan         am e wiht hyge.
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    Gestranga hie and gestaelia         staolfæstne geoht,
    amyrga modsefan         manna gehwylces
    of reamedlan         isses lifes."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Bald bi se e onbyrege         boca cræftes;
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    symle bi e wisra         e hira geweald hafa."
    Salomon cuæ:        
    "Sige hie onsenda         sofæstra gehwam,
    hælo hye,         am e hie lufa."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
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    "An wise is         on woroldrice
    ymb a me fyrwet bræc         L wintra
    dæges and niehtes         urh deop gesceaft;
    geomrende gast         de nu gena swa,
    æron me geunne         ece dryhten
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    æt me geseme         snoterra monn."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "So is æt u sagast;         seme ic e recene
    ymb a wrætlican wiht.         Wilt u æt ic e secgge?
    An fugel site         on Filistina
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    middelgemærum;         munt is hine ymbutan,
    geap gylden weall.         Georne hine healda
    witan Filistina,         wena æs e naht is,
    æt hiene him scyle eall eod         on genæman
    wæpna ecggum;         hie æs wære cunnon,
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    healda hine niehta gehwylce         noran and suan
    on twa healfa         tu hund wearda.
    Se fugel hafa         IIII heafdu
    medumra manna,         and he is on middan hwælen;
    geowes he hafa fieru         and griffus fet,
    280
    lige lonnum fæst,         loca unhiere,
    swie swinge         and his searo hringe,
    gille geomorlice         and his gyrn sefa,
    wylle hine on am wite,         wuna unlustum,
    singge syllice;         seldum æfre
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    his leoma licgga.         Longa hine hearde,
    ynce him æt sie ria XXX         usend wintra
    ær he domdæges         dynn gehyre.
    Nyste hine on ære foldan         fira ænig
    eoran cynnes,         æron ic hine ana onfand
    290
    and hine a gebendan het         ofer brad wæter,
    æt hine se modega heht         Melotes bearn,
    Filistina fruma,         fæste gebindan,
    lonnum belucan         wi leodgryre.
    one fugel hata         feorbuende,
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    Filistina fruman,         uasa mortis."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac hwæt is æt wundor         e geond as worold fære,
    styrnenga gæ,         staolas beate,
    awece wopdropan,         winne oft hider?
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    Ne mæg hit steorra ne stan         ne se steapa gimm,
    wæter ne wildeor         wihte beswican,
    ac him on hand gæ         heardes and hnesces,
    micles and mætes;         him to mose sceall
    gegangan geara gehwelce         grundbuendra,
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    lyftfleogendra,         laguswemmendra,
    ria reoteno         usendgerimes."
    Salomon cuæ:        
    "Yldo beo on eoran         æghwæs cræftig;
    mid hiendre         hildewræsne,
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    rumre racenteage,         ræce wide,
    langre linan,         lisse eall æt heo wile.
    Beam heo abreote         and bebrice telgum,
    astyre standendne         stefn on sie,
    afille hine on foldan;         frite æfter am
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    wildne fugol.         Heo oferwige wulf,
    hio oferbide stanas,         heo oferstige style,
    hio abite iren mid ome,         de usic swa."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac forhwon fealle se snaw,         foldan behyde,
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    bewrih wyrta ci,         wæstmas getige,
    gey hie and gereata,         æt hie rage beo
    cealde geclungne?         Full oft he gecosta eac
    wildeora worn,         wætum he oferbricge,
    gebryce burga geat,         baldlice fere,
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    reafa"        
    "swior micle         onne se swipra ni
    se hine gelæde         on a laan wic
    mid a fræcnan         feonde to willan."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
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    "Nieht bi wedera iestrost,         ned bi wyrda heardost,
    sorg bi swarost byren,         slæp bi deae gelicost."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Lytle hwile         leaf beo grene;
    onne hie eft fealewia,         fealla on eoran
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    and forweornia,         weora to duste.
    Swa onne gefealla         a e fyrena ær
    lange læsta,         lifia him in mane,
    hyda heahgestreon,         healda georne
    on fæstenne         feondum to willan,
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    and wena wanhogan         æt hie wille wuldorcining,
    ælmihtig god,         ece gehiran."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Sona bi gesiene,         sian flowan mot
    y ofer eall lond,         ne wile heo awa æs
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    sies geswican,         sioan hire se sæl cyme,
    æt heo domes dæges         dyn gehiere."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Wa bi onne issum modgum monnum,         am e her nu mid mane lengest
    lifia on isse lænan gesceafte.         Ieo æt ine leode gecydon;
    350
    wunnon hie wi dryhtnes miehtum,         foron hie æt worc ne gedegdon.
    Ne sceall ic e hwære, broor, abelgan;         u eart swie bittres cynnes,
    eorre eormenstrynde.         Ne beyrn u in a inwitgecyndo!"
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Saga u me, Salomon cyning,         sunu Dauides,
    355
    hwæt beo a feowere         fægæs rapas?"
    Salomon cuæ:        
    "Gewurdene wyrda,        
    æt beo a feowere         fæges rapas."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    360
    "Ac hwa deme onne         dryhtne Criste
    on domes dæge,         onne he deme eallum gesceaftum?"
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Hwa dear onne dryhtne deman,         e us of duste geworhte,
    nergend of niehtes wunde?         Ac sæge me hwæt nærende wæron."
    365
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac forhwon ne mot seo sunne         side gesceafte
    scire geondscinan?         Forhwam besceade heo
    muntas and moras         and monige ec
    weste stowa?         Hu geweore æt?"
    370
    Salomon cuæ:        
    "Ac forhwam næron eorwelan         ealle gedæled
    leodum gelice?         Sum to lyt hafa,
    godes grædig;         hine god sete
    urh geearnunga         eadgum to ræste."
    375
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac forhwan beo a gesias         somod ætgædre,
    wop and hleahtor?         Full oft hie weorgeornra
    sæla toslita;         hu gesæle æt?"
    Salomon cuæ:        
    380
    "Unlæde bi and ormod         se e a wile
    geomrian on gihe;         se bi gode fracoast."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Forhwon ne moton we onne ealle         mid onmedlan
    gegnum gangan         in godes rice?"
    385
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Ne mæg fyres feng         ne forstes cile,
    snaw ne sunne         somod eardian,
    aldor geæfnan,         ac hira sceal anra gehwylc
    onlutan and onliigan         e hafa læsse mægn."
    390
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac forhwon onne leofa         se wyrsa leng?
    Se wyrsa ne wat         in woroldrice
    on his mægwinum         maran are."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    395
    "Ne mæg mon forildan         ænige hwile
    one deoran si,         ac he hine adreogan sceall."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac hu gegange æt?         Gode oe yfle,
    onne hie beo urh ane         idese acende,
    400
    twegen getwinnas,         ne bi hira tir gelic.
    Oer bi unlæde on eoran,         oer bi eadig,
    swie leoftæle         mid leoda duguum;
    oer leofa         lytle hwile,
    swice on isse sidan gesceafte,         and onne eft mid sorgum gewite.
    405
    Fricge ic ec, hlaford Salomon,         hwæres bi hira folgo betra?"
    Salomon cuæ:        
    "Modor ne ræde,         onne heo magan cenne,
    hu him weore geond worold         widsi sceapen.
    Oft heo to bealwe         bearn afede,
    410
    seolfre to sorge,         sian dreoge
    his earfou         orlegstunde.
    Heo æs afran sceall         oft and gelome
    grimme greotan,         onne he geong fære,
    hafa wilde mod,         werige heortan,
    415
    sefan sorgfullne,         slide geneahhe,
    werig, wilna leas,         wuldres bedæled,
    hwilum higegeomor         healle wearda,
    leofa leodum feor;         loca geneahhe
    fram am unlædan         agen hlaford.
    420
    Foran nah seo modor geweald,         onne heo magan cenne,
    bearnes blædes,         ac sceall on gebyrd faran
    an æfter anum;         æt is eald gesceaft."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac forhwan nele monn him on giogoe         georne gewyrcan
    425
    deores dryhtscipes         and dædfruman,
    wadan on wisdom,         winnan æfter snytro?"
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Hwæt! Him mæg eadig eorl         eae geceosan
    on his modsefan         mildne hlaford,
    430
    anne æeling.         Ne mæg don unlæde swa."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    "Ac forhwam winne is wæter         geond woroldrice,
    dreoge deop gesceaft?         Ne mot on dæg restan,
    neahtes ney,         cræfte ty,
    435
    cristna and clænsa         cwicra manigo,
    wuldre gewlitiga.         Ic wihte ne cann
    forhwan se stream ne mot         stillan neahtes."
    "his lifes fæme.         Simle hit bi his lareowum hyrsum;
    full oft hit eac æs deofles         dugo gehnæge,
    440
    ær weotena bi         worn gesamnod.
    onne snottrum men         snæd oglide,
    a he be leohte gesih,         lute æfter,
    gesegna and gesyfle         and him sylf frite.
    Swilc bi seo an snæd         æghwylcum men
    445
    selre micle,         gif heo gesegnod bi,
    to ycgganne,         gif he hit geencan cann,
    onne him sie seofon daga         symbelgereordu.
    Leoht hafa heow and had         haliges gastes,
    Cristes gecyndo;         hit æt gecye full oft.
    450
    Gif hit unwitan         ænige hwile
    healda butan hæftum,         hit urh hrof wæde,
    bryce and bærne         boldgetimbru,
    seoma steap and geap,         stige on lenge,
    clymme on gecyndo,         cunna hwænne mote
    455
    fyr on his frumsceaft         on fæder geardas,
    eft to his ele,         anon hit æror cuom.
    Hit bi eallenga         eorl to gesihe,
    am e gedælan can         dryhtnes ecelan,
    foron nis nænegu gecynd         cuiclifigende,
    460
    ne fugel ne fisc         ne foldan stan,
    ne wæteres wylm         ne wudutelga,
    ne munt ne mor         ne es middangeard,
    æt he for ne sie         fyrenes cynnes."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    465
    "Full oft ic frode menn         fyrn gehyrde
    secggan and swerian         ymb sume wisan,
    hwæer wære twegra         butan tweon strengra,
    wyrd e warnung,         onne hie winna oft
    mid hira reamedlan,         hwæerne areote ær.
    470
    Ic to soon wat;         sægdon me geara
    Filistina witan,         onne we on geflitum sæton,
    bocum tobræddon         and on bearm legdon,
    meelcwidas mengdon,         moniges fengon,
    æt nære nænig manna         middangeardes
    475
    æt meahte ara twega         tuion aspyrian."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Wyrd bi wended hearde,         wealle swie geneahhe;
    heo wop wece,         heo wean hlade,
    heo gast scy,         heo ger byre,
    480
    and hwære him mæg wissefa         wyrda gehwylce
    gemetigian,         gif he bi modes gleaw
    and to his freondum wile         fultum secan,
    eh hwære godcundes         gæstes brucan."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    485
    "Ac hwæt wite us         wyrd seo swie,
    eallra fyrena fruma,         fæho modor,
    weana wyrtwela,         wopes heafod,
    frumscylda gehwæs         fæder and modor,
    deaes dohtor?         Ac tohwan drohta heo mid us?
    490
    Hwæt! Hie wile lifigende         late areotan,
    æt heo urh fyrena geflitu         fæho ne tydre."
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "Nolde gæd geador         in godes rice
    eadiges engles         and æs ofermodan;
    495
    oer his dryhtne hierde,         oer him ongan wyrcan urh dierne cræftas
    segn and side byrnan,         cwæ æt he mid his gesium wolde
    hian eall heofona rice         and him onne on healfum sittan,
    tydran him mid y teoan dæle,         oæt he his tornes ne cue
    ende urh insceafte.         a wear se æelra eoden
    500
    gedrefed urh æs deofles gehygdo;         forlet hine a of dune gehreosan,
    afielde hine a         under foldan sceatas,
    heht hine ær fæste gebindan.         æt sindon a usic feohta on.
    Foron is witena gehwam         wopes eaca.
    a æt eadig onfand         engla dryhten,
    505
    æt heo leng mid hine         lare ne namon,
    aweorp hine a of am wuldre         and wide todraf,
    and him bebead         bearn heofonwara
    æt hie ec scoldon         a enden hie lifdon
    wunian in wylme,         wop rowian,
    510
    heaf under hefonum,         and him helle gescop,
    wælcealde wic         wintre beeahte,
    wæter in sende         and wyrmgeardas,
    atol deor monig         irenum hornum,
    blodige earnas         and blace nædran,
    515
    urst and hungor         and earle gewin,
    egna egesan,         unrotnesse;
    and æghwylc him issa earfea         ece stonde
    butan edwende         a enden hie lifiga."
    Saturnus cwæ:        
    520
    "Is onne on isse foldan         fira ænig
    eoran cynnes,         ara e man age,
    e dea abæde,         ær se dæg cyme
    æt sie his calendcwide         arunnen
    and hine mon annunga         ut abanne?"
    525
    Salomon cwæ:        
    "æghwylcum men         engel onsende
    dryhten heofona         onne dæg styre;
    se sceall behealdan         hu his hyge wille;
    grædig growan         in godes willan,
    530
    murnan metodes rym,         mid y e hit dæg bi.
    onne hine ymbeganga         gastas twegen;
    oer bi golde glædra,         oer bi grundum sweartra,
    oer cyme        
            ofer ære stylenan helle;
    535
    oer hine lære         æt he lufan healde,
    metodes miltse,         and his mæga ræd,
    oer hine tyhte         and on tæso lære,
    ywe him and yppe         earmra manna
    misgemynda,         and urh æt his mod hwete,
    540
    læde hine and læce         and hine geond land spane,
    oæt his ege bi,         æfancum full,
    urh earmra scyld         yrre geworden.
    Swa onne feohte se feond         on feower gecynd,
    oæt he gewende         on a wyrsan hand
    545
    deofles dædum         dæglongne fyrst,
    and æs willan wyrc         e hine on woh spane.
    Gewite onne wepende         on weg faran
    engel to his earde         and æt eall saga:
    'Ne meahte ic of ære heortan         heardne aringan
    550
    stylenne stan;         stica him tomiddes'"

    The Mologium

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Crist wæs acennyd,      cyninga wuldor,
    on midne winter,      mære þeoden,
    ece ælmihtig,      on þy eahteoan dæg
    Hælend gehaten,      heofonrices weard.
    5
    Swa þa sylfan tiid      side herigeas,
    folc unmæte,      habba foreweard gear,
    for þy se kalend us      cyme geþincged
    on þam ylcan dæge      us to tune,
    forma mona;      hine folc mycel
    10
    Ianuarius      gerum heton.
    And þæs embe fif niht      þætte fulwihttiid
    eces drihtnes      to us cyme,
    þæne twelfta dæg      tireadige,
    hæle heaurofe,      hata on Brytene,
    15
    in foldan her.      Swylce emb feower wucan
    þætte Solmona      sige to tune
    butan twam nihtum,      swa hit getealdon geo,
    Februarius fær,      frode gesiþas,
    ealde ægleawe.      And þæs embe ane niht
    20
    þæt we Marian      mæssan healda,
    cyninges modor,      forþan heo Crist on þam dæge,
    bearn wealdendes,      brohte to temple.
    ænne þæs emb fif niht      þæt afered by
    winter of wicum,      and se wigend þa
    25
    æfter seofentynum      swylt þrowade
    nihtgerimes,      nergendes þegen,
    Mathias mære,      mine gefræge,
    þæs þe lencten on tun      geliden hæfde,
    werum to wicum.      Swylce eac is wide cu
    30
    ymb III and twa      þeodum gewelhwær
    his cyme kalend      ceorlum and eorlum
    (butan þænne bises      geboden weore
    feoran geare;      þænne he furor cyme
    ufor anre niht      us to tune),
    35
    hrime gehyrsted      hagolscurum fær
    geond middangeard      Martius ree,
    Hlyda healic.      ænne se halga þæs
    emb XI niht      æþele scynde
    Gregorius      in godes wære,
    40
    breme in Brytene.      Swylce Benedictus
    embe nigon niht þæs      nergend sohte,
    heard and higestrang,      þæne heria wel
    in gewritum wise,      wealdendes þeow
    rincas regolfæste.      Swylce eac rimcræftige
    45
    on þa ylcan tiid      emniht healda,
    foran wealdend god      worhte æt fryme
    on þy sylfan dæge      sunnan and monan.
    Hwæt, ymb feower niht      fæder onsende,
    þæs þe emnihte      eorlas healda,
    50
    heahengel his,      se hælo abead
    Marian mycle,      þæt heo meotod sceolde
    cennan, kyninga betst,      swa hit gecyed wear
    geond middangeard;      wæs þæt mære wyrd,
    folcum gefræge!      Swylce emb feower and þreo
    55
    nihtgerimes,      þætte nergend sent
    Aprelis mona,      on þam oftust cym
    seo mære tiid      mannum to frofre,
    drihtnes ærist;      þænne dream gerist
    wel wide gehwær,      swa se witega sang:
    60
    "þis is se dæg      þæne drihten us
    wisfæst worhte,      wera cneorissum,
    eallum eorwarum      eadigum to blisse."
    Ne magon we þa tide      be getale healdan
    dagena rimes,      ne drihtnes stige
    65
    on heofenas up,      forþan þe hwearfa aa
    wisra gewyrdum,      ac sceal wintrum frod
    on circule      cræfte findan
    halige dagas.      Sculan we hwæere gyt
    martira gemynd      ma areccan,
    70
    wrecan wordum for,      wisse gesingan,
    þæt embe nihgontyne      niht and fifum,
    þæs þe Eastermona      to us cyme,
    þæt man reliquias      ræran onginne,
    halige gehyrste;      þæt is healic dæg,
    75
    bentiid bremu.      Swylce in burh raþe
    embe siex niht þæs,      smicere on gearwum,
    wudum and wyrtum      cyme wlitig scrian
    þrymilce on tun,      þearfe bringe
    Maius micle      geond menigeo gehwær.
    80
    Swa þi ylcan dæge      æþele geferan,
    Philippus and Iacob,      feorh agefan,
    modige magoþegnas      for meotudes lufan.
    And þæs embe twa niht      þætte tæhte god
    Elenan eadigre      æþelust beama,
    85
    on þam þrowode      þeoden engla
    for manna lufan,      meotud on galgan
    be fæder leafe.      Swylce ymb fyrst wucan
    butan anre niht      þætte yldum bring
    sigelbeorhte dagas      sumor to tune,
    90
    wearme gewyderu.      þænne wangas hrae
    blostmum blowa,      swylce blis astih
    geond middangeard      manigra hada
    cwicera cynna,      cyninge lof secga
    mænifealdlice,      mærne brema,
    95
    ælmihtigne.      þæs emb eahta and nigon
    dogera rimes      þætte drihten nam
    in oer leoht      Agustinus,
    bline on breostum,      þæs þe he on Brytene her
    eamode him      eorlas funde
    100
    to godes willan,      swa him se gleawa bebead
    Gregorius.      Ne hyrde ic guman a fyrn
    ænigne ær      æfre bringan
    ofer sealtne mere      selran lare,
    bisceop bremran.      Nu on Brytene rest
    105
    on Cantwarum      cynestole neah,
    mynstre mærum.      þænne mona bring
    ymb twa and feower      tiida lange
    ærra Lia      us to tune,
    Iunius on geard,      on þam gim astih
    110
    on heofenas up      hyhst on geare,
    tungla torhtust,      and of tille agrynt,
    to sete sige.      Wyle syan leng
    grund behealdan      and gangan lator
    ofer foldan wang      fægerust leohta,
    115
    woruldgesceafta.      þænne wuldres þegn
    ymb þreotyne,      þeodnes dyrling,
    Iohannes in geardagan      wear acenned,
    tyn nihtum eac;      we þa tiid healda
    on midne sumor      mycles on æþelum.
    120
    Wide is geweorod,      swa þæt wel gerist,
    haligra tid      geond hælea bearn,
    Petrus and Paulus.      Hwæt, þa apostolas,
    þeodenholde,      þrowedon on Rome
    ofer midne sumor,      miccle gewisse,
    125
    furor fif nihtum,      folcbealo þrealic,
    mærne martyrdom;      hæfdon mænige ær
    wundra geworhte      geond wærþeoda,
    swylce hi æfter þam      unrim fremedon
    swutelra and gesynra      þurh sunu meotudes,
    130
    ealdorþegnas.      þænne ædre cym
    emb twa niht þæs      tidlice us
    Iulius mona,      on þam Iacobus
    ymb feower niht      feorh gesealde
    ond twentigum,      trum in breostum,
    135
    frod and fæstræd      folca lareow,
    Zebedes afera.      And þæs symle scriþ
    ymb seofon niht þæs      sumere gebrihted
    Weodmona on tun,      welhwær bringe
    Agustus      yrmenþeodum
    140
    hlafmæssan dæg.      Swa þæs hærfest cym
    ymbe oer swylc      butan anre wanan,
    wlitig, wæstmum hladen;      wela by geywed
    fægere on foldan.      þænne for gewat
    ymb þreo niht þæs      þeodne getrywe
    145
    þurh martyrdom,      mære diacon,
    Laurentius,      hæf nu lif wiþan
    mid wuldorfæder      weorca to leane.
    Swylce þæs ymb fif niht      fægerust mæga,
    wifa wuldor,      sohte weroda god
    150
    for suna sibbe,      sigefæstne ham
    on neorxnawange;      hæfde nergend þa
    fægere fostorlean      fæmnan forgolden
    ece to ealdre.      þænne ealling by
    ymb tyn niht þæs      tiid geweorad
    155
    Bartholomeus      in Brytene her,
    wyrd welþungen.      Swylce eac wide by
    eorlum geypped      æþelinges dea
    ymb feower niht,      se þe fægere iu
    mid wætere oferwearp      wuldres cynebearn,
    160
    wiga weorlice.      Be him wealdend cwæ
    þæt nan mærra man      geond middangeard
    betux wife and were      wurde acenned.
    Ond þæs ymbe þreo niht      geond þeoda feala
    þætte Haligmon,      heleþum geþinged,
    165
    fere to folce,      swa hit foregleawe,
    ealde uþwitan,      æror fundan,
    Septembres fær,      and þy seofoþan dæg
    þæt acenned wear      cwena selost,
    drihtnes modor.      þænne dagena worn
    170
    ymbe þreotyne      þegn unforcu,
    godspelles gleaw,      gast onsende
    Matheus his      to metodsceafte,
    in ecne gefean.      þænne ealling cym
    ymb þreo niht þæs      þeodum wide
    175
    emnihtes dæg,      ylda bearnum.
    Hwæt, we weoria      wide geond eoran
    heahengles tiid      on hærfeste,
    Michaheles,      swa þæt menigo wat,
    fif nihtum ufor      þæs þe folcum by,
    180
    eorlum geywed      emnihtes dæg.
    And þæs embe twa niht      þæt se teoa mon
    on folc fere,      frode geþeahte,
    October on tun      us to genihte,
    Winterfylle,      swa hine wide ciga
    185
    igbuende      Engle and Seaxe,
    weras mid wifum.      Swylce wigena tiid
    ymb twentig þæs      twegra healda
    and seofon nihtum      samod ætgædere
    on anne dæg.      We þa æþelingas
    190
    fyrn gefrunan      þæt hy foremære,
    Simon and Iudas,      symble wæron,
    drihtne dyre;      forþon hi dom hlutan,
    eadigne upweg.      And þæs ofstum bring
    embe feower niht,      folce genihtsum,
    195
    Blotmona on tun,      beornum to wiste,
    Nouembris,      nia bearnum
    eadignesse,      swa nan oer na de
    mona maran      miltse drihtnes.
    And þy ylcan dæge      ealra we healda
    200
    sancta symbel      þara þe si oe ær
    worhtan in worulde      willan drihtnes.
    Syþþan wintres dæg      wide gange
    on syx nihtum,      sigelbeortne genim
    hærfest mid herige      hrimes and snawes,
    205
    forste gefeterad,      be frean hæse,
    þæt us wunian ne moton      wangas grene,
    foldan frætuwe.      þæs ymb feower niht
    þætte Martinus      mære geleorde,
    wer womma leas      wealdend sohte,
    210
    upengla weard.      þænne embe eahta niht
    and feowerum      þætte fan gode
    besenctun on sægrund      sigefæstne wer,
    on brime haran,      þe iu beorna fela
    Clementes oft      clypia to þearfe.
    215
    And þæs embe seofon niht,      sigedrihtne leof,
    æþele Andreas      up on roderum
    his gast ageaf      on godes wære,
    fus on forweg.      þænne folcum bring
    morgen to mannum      mona to tune,
    220
    Decembris      drihta bearnum,
    ærra Iula.      Swylce emb eahta and twelf
    nihtgerimes      þætte nergend sylf
    þristhydigum      Thomase forgeaf
    wi earfeum      ece rice,
    225
    bealdum beornwigan      bletsunga his.
    þænne emb feower niht      þætte fæder engla
    his sunu sende      on þas sidan gesceaft
    folcum to frofre.      Nu ge findan magon
    haligra tiida      þe man healdan sceal,
    230
    swa bebuge gebod      geond Brytenricu
    Sexna kyninges      on þas sylfan tiid.

    Maxims II

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Cyning sceal rice healdan.      Ceastra beo feorran gesyne,
    oranc enta geweorc,      þa þe on þysse eoran syndon,
    wrætlic weallstana geweorc.      Wind by on lyfte swiftust,
    þunar by þragum hludast.      þrymmas syndan Cristes myccle,
    5
    wyrd by swiost.      Winter by cealdost,
    lencten hrimigost      (he by lengest ceald),
    sumor sunwlitegost      (swegel by hatost),
    hærfest hreeadegost,      hæleum bringe
    geres wæstmas,      þa þe him god sende.
    10
    So bi switolost,      sinc by deorost,
    gold gumena gehwam,      and gomol snoterost,
    fyrngearum frod,      se þe ær feala gebide.
    Weax bi wundrum clibbor.      Wolcnu scria.
    Geongne æþeling sceolan      gode gesias
    15
    byldan to beaduwe      and to beahgife.
    Ellen sceal on eorle,      ecg sceal wi hellme
    hilde gebidan.      Hafuc sceal on glofe
    wilde gewunian,      wulf sceal on bearowe,
    earm anhaga,      eofor sceal on holte,
    20
    tomægenes trum.      Til sceal on ele
    domes wyrcean.      Daro sceal on handa,
    gar golde fah.      Gim sceal on hringe
    standan steap and geap.      Stream sceal on yum
    mencgan mereflode.      Mæst sceal on ceole,
    25
    segelgyrd seomian.      Sweord sceal on bearme,
    drihtlic isern.      Draca sceal on hlæwe,
    frod, frætwum wlanc.      Fisc sceal on wætere
    cynren cennan.      Cyning sceal on healle
    beagas dælan.      Bera sceal on hæe,
    30
    eald and egesfull.      Ea of dune sceal
    flodgræg feran.      Fyrd sceal ætsomne,
    tirfæstra getrum.      Treow sceal on eorle,
    wisdom on were.      Wudu sceal on foldan
    blædum blowan.      Beorh sceal on eorþan
    35
    grene standan.      God sceal on heofenum,
    dæda demend.      Duru sceal on healle,
    rum recedes mu.      Rand sceal on scylde,
    fæst fingra gebeorh.      Fugel uppe sceal
    lacan on lyfte.      Leax sceal on wæle
    40
    mid sceote scrian.      Scur sceal on heofenum,
    winde geblanden,      in þas woruld cuman.
    þeof sceal gangan þystrum wederum.      þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian
    ana innan lande.      Ides sceal dyrne cræfte,
    fæmne hire freond gesecean,      gif heo nelle on folce geþeon
    45
    þæt hi man beagum gebicge.      Brim sceal sealte weallan,
    lyfthelm and laguflod      ymb ealra landa gehwylc,
    flowan firgenstreamas.      Feoh sceal on eoran
    tydran and tyman.      Tungol sceal on heofenum
    beorhte scinan,      swa him bebead meotud.
    50
    God sceal wi yfele,      geogo sceal wi yldo,
    lif sceal wi deaþe,      leoht sceal wi þystrum,
    fyrd wi fyrde,      feond wi orum,
    la wi laþe      ymb land sacan,
    synne stælan.      A sceal snotor hycgean
    55
    ymb þysse worulde gewinn,      wearh hangian,
    fægere ongildan      þæt he ær facen dyde
    manna cynne.      Meotod ana wat
    hwyder seo sawul sceal      syan hweorfan,
    and ealle þa gastas      þe for gode hweorfa
    60
    æfter deadæge,      domes bida
    on fæder fæme.      Is seo forgesceaft
    digol and dyrne;      drihten ana wat,
    nergende fæder.      Næni eft cyme
    hider under hrofas,      þe þæt her for so
    65
    mannum secge      hwylc sy meotodes gesceaft,
    sigefolca gesetu,      þær he sylfa wuna.

    A Proverb from Winfrid's Time

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Oft daedlata      dome foreldit,
    sigisitha gahuem,      suuyltit thi ana.

    The Judgment Day II

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Hwæt! Ic ana sæt      innan bearwe,
    mid helme beþeht,      holte tomiddes,
    þær þa wæterburnan      swegdon and urnon
    on middan gehæge,      eal swa ic secge.
    5
    Eac þær wynwyrta      weoxon and bleowon
    innon þam gemonge      on ænlicum wonge,
    and þa wudubeamas      wagedon and swegdon
    þurh winda gryre;      wolcn wæs gehrered,
    and min earme mod      eal wæs gedrefed.
    10
    þa ic færinga,      forht and unrot,
    þas unhyrlican fers      onhefde mid sange,
    eall swylce þu cwæde,      synna gemunde,
    lifes leahtra,      and þa langan tid,
    þæs dimman cyme      deaes on eoran.
    15
    Ic ondræde me eac      dom þone miclan
    for mandædum      minum on eoran,
    and þæt ece ic eac      yrre ondræde me
    and synfulra gehwam      æt sylfum gode,
    and hu mihtig frea      eall manna cynn
    20
    todæle and todeme      þurh his dihlan miht.
    Ic gemunde eac      mære drihtnes
    and þara haligra      on heofonan rice,
    swylce earmsceapenra      yfel and witu.
    Ic gemunde þis mid me,      and ic mearn swie,
    25
    and ic murcnigende cwæ,      mode gedrefed:
    "Nu ic eow, æddran,      ealle bidde
    þæt ge wylspringas      wel ontynan,
    hate of hleorum,      recene to tearum,
    þænne ic synful slea      swie mid fyste,
    30
    breost mine beate      on gebedstowe,
    and minne lichaman      lecge on eoran
    and geearnade sar      ealle ic gecige.
    Ic bidde eow      benum nu a
    þæt ge ne wandian      wiht for tearum,
    35
    ac dreorige hleor      drecca mid wope
    and sealtum dropum      sona ofergeotaþ,
    and geopenia man      ecum drihtne.
    Ne þær owiht      inne ne belife
    on heortscræfe      heanra gylta,
    40
    þæt hit ne sy dægcu,      þæt þæt dihle wæs,
    openum wordum      eall abæred,
    breostes and tungan      and flæsces swa some.
    is is an hæl      earmre sauwle
    and þam sorgiendum      selest hihta,
    45
    þæt he wunda her      wope gecye
    uplicum læce,      se ana mæg
    aglidene mod      gode gehælan
    and ræplingas      recene onbindan,
    ne mid swiran his      swyþe nele brysan
    50
    wanhydige mod      wealdend engla,
    ne þone wlacan smocan      waces fleaxes
    wyle waldend Crist      wætere gedwæscan.
    Hu ne gesceop þe se scaþa      scearplice bysne
    þe mid Criste wæs      cwylmed on rode,
    55
    hu micel forstent      and hu mære is
    seo soe hreow      synna and gylta?
    Se sceaþa wæs on rode      scyldig and manful,
    mid undædum      eall gesymed;
    he drihtene swa þeah,      deae gehende,
    60
    his bena bebead      breostgehigdum.
    He mid lyt wordum      ac geleaffullum
    his hæle begeat      and help recene,
    and in gefor      þa ænlican geatu
    neorxnawonges      mid nerigende.
    65
    Ic acsige þe, la,      earme geþanc,
    hwi latast þu swa lange,      þæt þu e læce ne cyþst,
    oe hwi swigast þu,      synnigu tunge,
    nu þu forgifnesse hæfst      gearugne timan,
    nu þe ælmihtig      earum atihtum,
    70
    heofonrices weard,      gehyre mid lustum?
    Ac se dæg cyme      onne deme god
    eoran ymbhwyrft;      þu ana scealt
    gyldan scad wordum      wi scyppend god,
    and þam rican frean      riht agyldan.
    75
    Ic lære þæt þu beo hrædra      mid hreowlicum tearum,
    and þæt yrre forfoh      eces deman.
    Hwæt ligst þu on horwe      leahtrum afylled,
    flæsc, mid synnum?      Hwi ne feormast þu
    mid teara gyte      torne synne?
    80
    Hwi ne bidst þu þe      beþunga and plaster,
    lifes læcedomes      æt lifes frean?
    Nu þu scealt greotan,      tearas geotan,
    þa hwile tima sy      and tid wopes;
    nu is halwende      þæt man her wepe
    85
    and dædbote do      drihtne to willan.
    Glæd bi se godes sunu,      gif þu gnorn þrowast
    and þe sylfum demst      for synnum on eoran,
    ne heofenes god      hena and gyltas
    ofer ænne syþ wrecan wile      ænigum men.
    90
    Ne scealt þu forhyccan      heaf and wopas
    and forgifnesse      gearugne timan.
    Gemyne eac on mode,      hu micel is þæt wite
    þe þara earmra by      for ærdædum,
    oþþe hu egeslice      and hu andrysne
    95
    heahþrymme cyningc      her wile deman
    anra gehwylcum      be ærdædum,
    oþþe hwylce forebeacn      feran onginna
    and Cristes cyme      cyþa on eoran.
    Eall eore bifa,      eac swa þa duna
    100
    dreosa and hreosa,     
    and beorga hliu      buga and mylta,
    and se egeslica sweg      ungerydre sæ
    eall manna mod      miclum gedrefe.
    Eal bi eac upheofon     
    105
    sweart and gesworcen,      swie geþuxsa,
    deorc and dimhiw,      and dwolma sweart.
    þonne stedelease      steorran hreosa,
    and seo sunne forswyrc      sona on morgen,
    ne se mona næf      nanre mihte wiht,
    110
    þæt he þære nihte      genipu mæge flecgan.
    Eac þonne cuma hider      ufon of heofone
    deabeacnigende tacn,      brega þa earman;
    þonne cuma upplice      eoredheapas,
    stiþmægen astyred,      stylla embutan
    115
    eal engla werod,      ecne behlæna,
    one mæran metod      mihte and þrymme.
    Sitt þonne sigelbeorht      swegles brytta
    on heahsetle,      helme beweorod.
    We beo færinga      him beforan brohte,
    120
    æghwanum cumene      to his ansyne,
    þæt gehwylc underfo     
    dom be his dædum      æt drihtne sylfum.
    Ic bidde, man, þæt þu gemune      hu micel bi se broga
    beforan domsetle      drihtnes þænne;
    125
    stent hergea mæst      heortleas and earh,
    amasod and amarod,      mihtleas, afæred.
    þænne samod becuma      of swegles hleo
    eall engla werod,      ecne ymtrymma.
    þænne bi geban micel,      and aboden þider
    130
    eal Adames cnosl      eorbuendra
    þe on foldan wear      feded æfre
    oe modar gebær      to manlican,
    oþþe þa þe wæron      oe woldon beon
    oþþe towearde      geteald wæron awiht.
    135
    onne eallum beo      ealra gesweotolude
    digle geþancas      on þære dægtide,
    eal þæt seo heorte      hearmes geþohte
    oe seo tunge      to teonan geclypede
    oþþe mannes hand      manes gefremede
    140
    on þystrum scræfum      þinga on eoran;
    eal þæt hwæne sceamode      scylda on worulde,
    þæt he ænigum men      ypte oe cyde,
    þonne bi eallum      open ætsomne,
    gelice alyfed      þæt man lange hæl.
    145
    Ufenan eall þis      eac by gefylled
    eal uplic lyft      ættrenum lige.
    Fær fyr ofer eall,      ne by þær nan foresteal,
    ne him man na ne mæg      miht forwyrnan;
    eal þæt us þinc æmtig      eahgemearces
    150
    under roderes ryne,      readum lige
    bi emnes mid þy      eal gefylled.
    onne fyren lig      blawe and brasla,
    read and reae,      ræsct and efeste,
    hu he synfullum      susle gefremme;
    155
    ne se wrecenda bryne      wile forbugan
    oe ænigum þær      are gefremman,
    buton he horwum sy      her afeormad,
    and þonne þider cume,      þearle aclænsad.
    þonne fela mæga,      folca unrim,
    160
    heora sinnigan breost      swilice beata
    forhte mid fyste      for fyrenlustum.
    þær beo þearfan      and þeodcyningas,
    earm and eadig,      ealle beo afæred;
    þær hæf ane lage      earm and se welega,
    165
    foron hi habba ege      ealle ætsomne.
    æt ree flod      ræscet fyre
    and biterlice      bærn a earman saula,
    and heora heortan      horxlice wyrmas,
    synscyldigra,      ceorfa and slita.
    170
    Ne mæg þær æni man      be agnum gewyrhtum
    gedyrstig wesan,      deman gehende,
    ac ealle þurhyrn      oga ætsomne,
    breostgehyda      and se bitera wop,
    and þær stænt astifad,      stane gelicast,
    175
    eal arleas heap      yfeles on wenan.
    Hwæt dest þu, la, flæsc?      Hwæt dreogest þu nu?
    Hwæt miht þu on þa tid      þearfe gewepan?
    Wa þe nu, þu þe þeowast      þissere worulde,
    and her glæd leofast      on galnysse
    180
    and þe mid stium astyrest      sticelum þæs gælsan!
    Hwi ne forhtas þu      fyrene egsan,
    and þe sylfum ondræd      swilice witu,
    a deoflum geo      drihten geteode,
    awyrgedum gastum,      weana to leane?
    185
    þa oferswia      sefan and spræce
    manna gehwylces      for micelnysse.
    Nænig spræc mæg beon,      spellum areccan
    ænegum on eoran      earmlice witu,
    fulle stowa      fyres on grunde,
    190
    þe wæs in grimmum      susle on helle.
    þær synt to sorge      ætsomne gemenged
    se þrosma lig      and se þrece gicela,
    swie hat and ceald      helle tomiddes.
    Hwilum þær eagan      ungemetum wepa
    195
    for þæs ofnes bryne      (eal he is bealuwes full);
    hwilum eac þa teþ for miclum cyle      manna þær gryrra.
    þis atule gewrixl      earmsceapene men
    on worulda woruld      wenda þær inne
    betwyx forsworcenum      sweartum nihtum
    200
    and weallendes pices      wean and þrosme.
    þær nan stefn styre      butan stearcheard
    wop and wanung,      nawiht elles;
    ne bi þær ansyn gesewen      ænigre wihte,
    butan þara cwelra      þe cwylma a earman.
    205
    Ne bi þær inne      aht gemeted
    butan lig and cyle      and lalic ful;
    hy mid nosan ne magon      naht geswæccan
    butan unstences      ormætnesse.
    þær beo þa wanigendan      welras gefylde
    210
    ligspiwelum bryne      lalices fyres,
    and hy wælgrimme      wyrmas slita
    and heora ban gnaga      brynigum tuxlum.
    Ufenon eal þis      bi þæt earme breost
    mid bitere care      breged and swenced,
    215
    for hwi fyrngende flæsc      on þas frecnan tid
    hym selfum swa fela      synna geworhte,
    þæt hit on cweartern      cwylmed wurde,
    þær a atelan synd      ecan witu;
    þær leohtes ne leoht      lytel sperca
    220
    earmum ænig,      ne þær arfæstnes
    ne sib ne hopa      ne swige geglada
    ne þara wependra      worn wihte.
    Flyh frofor aweg;      ne bi þær fultum nan
    þæt wi þa biteran þing      gebeorh mæge fremman.
    225
    Ne bi þær ansyn gemet      ænigre blisse,
    ac þær bi angryslic      ege and fyrhtu
    and sari mod,      swilic gristbigtung;
    þær bi unrotnes      æghwær wælhreow,
    adl and yrre      and æmelnes,
    230
    and þær synnge eac      sauwle on lige
    on blindum scræfe      byrna and yrna.
    þonne deriende      gedwina heonone
    þysse worulde gefean,      gewita mid ealle;
    þonne druncennes      gedwine mid wistum,
    235
    and hleahter and plega      hleapa ætsomne,
    and wrænnes eac      gewite heonone,
    and fæsthafolnes      feor gewite,
    uncyst onweg      and ælc gælsa
    scyldig scyndan      on sceade þonne,
    240
    and se earma flyh      uncræftiga slæp
    sleac mid sluman      slincan on hinder.
    onne blindum beseah      biterum ligum
    earme on ende      þæt unalyfed is nu;
    leofest on life      la bi þænne,
    245
    and þæt werige mod      wenda þa gyltas
    swie mid sorgum      and mid sargunge.
    Eala, se bi gesælig      and ofersælig
    and on worulda woruld      wihta gesæligost,
    se þe mid gesyntum      swylce cwyldas
    250
    and witu mæg      wel forbugon,
    and samod blie      on woruld ealle
    his þeodne geþeon,      and þonne mot
    habban heofonrice;      þæt is hihta mæst.
    þær niht ne genim      næfre þeostrum
    255
    þæs heofenlican      leohtes sciman;
    ne cym þær sorh ne sar      ne geswenced yld,
    ne þær ænig geswinc      æfre gelimpe,
    oe hunger oþþe þurst      oe heanlic slæp,
    ne bi þær fefur ne adl      ne færlic cwyld,
    260
    nanes liges gebrasl      ne se lalica cyle.
    Nis þær unrotnes      ne þær æmelnys,
    ne hryre ne caru      ne hreoh tintrega,
    ne bi þær liget      ne lalic storm,
    winter ne þunerrad      ne wiht cealdes,
    265
    ne þær hagulscuras      hearde mid snawe,
    ne bi þær wædl ne lyre      ne deaes gryre
    ne yrm ne agnes      ne ænigu gnornung,
    ac þær samod ricxa      sib mid spede,
    and arfæstnes      and ece god,
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    wuldor and wurmynt,     
    swylce lof and lif      and leoflic geþwærnes.
    Ufenan eal þis      ece drihten
    him ealra goda gehwylc      glædlice ena,
    þær a andweard      ealle weoraþ
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    and fehþ and geblyssa      fæder ætsomne,
    wuldraþ and wel hylt,     
    fægere frætua      and freolice lufa
    and on heofonsetle      hean geregna.
    His sunu blie,      sigores brytta,
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    syl anra gehwam      ece mede,
    heofonlice hyrsta,      þæt is healic gifu,
    gemang þam ænlican      engla werode
    and þæra haligra      heapum and þreatum.
    þær hy beo geþeode      þeodscipum on gemang
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    betwyx heahfæderas      and halige witegan,
    blissiendum modum,      byrgum tomiddes,
    þær þa ærendracan synd      ælmihtiges godes,
    and betweoh rosena      reade heapas,
    þær symle scina.     
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    þær þæra hwittra      hwyrf mædenheap,
    blostmum behangen,      beorhtost wereda,
    þe ealle læt      ænlicu godes drut,
    seo frowe þe us      frean acende,
    metod on moldan,      meowle seo clæne.
    295
    þæt is Maria,      mædena selast;
    heo let þurh þa scenan      scinendan ricu,
    gebletsodost ealra,      þæs breman fæder,
    betweox fæder and sunu,      freolicum werede,
    and betwyx þære ecan      uplicum sibbe
    300
    rice rædwitan,      rodera weardas.
    Hwæt mæg beon heardes      her on life,
    gif þu wille secgan      so þæm e frine,
    wi þam þu mote      gemang þam werode
    eardian unbleoh      on ecnesse,
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    and on upcundra      eadegum setlum
    brucan blinesse      butan ende for?"

    An Exhortation to Christian Living

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Nu lære ic þe      swa man leofne sceal.
    Gif þu wille þæt blowende      rice gestigan,
    þænne beo þu eadmod      and ælmesgeorn,
    wis on wordum,      and wæccan lufa
    5
    on hyge halgum      on þas hwilwendan tid,
    blie mode,      and gebedum filige
    oftost symle      þær þu ana sy.
    Foran þæt halige gebed      and seo hluttre lufu
    godes and manna      and seo ælmessylen
    10
    and se miccla hopa      to þinum hælende,
    þæt he þine synna      adwæscan wylle,
    and eac oþera fela     
    godra weorca      glenga and bringa
    þa sofæstan      sauwle to reste
    15
    on þa uplican      eadignesse.
    Wyrc þæt þu wyrce,      word oe dæda,
    hafa metodes ege      on gemang symle;
    þæt is witodlice      wisdomes ord,
    þæt þu þæt ece leoht      eal ne forleose.
    20
    þeos woruld is æt ende,      and we synd wædlan gyt
    heofena rices;      þæt is hefig byrden.
    And þeah þu æfter þinum ende      eall gesylle
    þæt þu on eoran      ær gestryndes
    goda gehwylces,      wylle gode cweman,
    25
    ne mihtu mid þæm eallum      sauwle þine
    ut alysan,      gif heo inne wyr
    feondum befangen,      frofre bedæled,
    welena forwyrned;      ac þu wuldres god,
    ece ælmihtigne,      ealninga bidde
    30
    þæt he þe ne forlæte      laum to handa,
    feondum to frofre,      ac þu fleoh þanan,
    syle ælmessan      oft and gelome
    digolice;      þæt bi drihtnes lac
    gumena gehwylces      þe on god gelyf.
    35
    Ceapa þe mid æhtum      eces leohtes,
    þy læs þu forweore,      þænne þu hyra geweald nafast
    to syllanne.      Hit bi swie yfel
    manna gehwilcum      þæt he micel age,
    gif he him god ne ondræt     
    40
    swior micle      þonne his sylfes gewil.
    Warna þe georne      wi þære wambe fylle,
    forþan heo þa unþeawas      ealle gesomna
    þe þære saule      swiost deria,
    þæt is druncennes      and dyrnegeligere,
    45
    ungemet wilnung      ætes and slæpes;
    þa man mæg mid fæstenum     
    and forhæfdnessum      heonon adrifan,
    and mid cyricsocnum      cealdum wederum
    eadmodlice      ealluncga biddan
    50
    heofena drihten      þæt he þe hæl gife,
    milde mundbora,      swa him gemet þince.
    And ondræd þu e      dihle wisan,
    nearwe geþancas,      þe on niht becuma,
    synlustas foroft      swie fremman
    55
    earfolice,      þy þu earhlice scealt
    gyltas þine      swie bemurnan,
    har hilderinc;      hefie þe incaþ
    synna þine.      Forþam þu sylf ongyte
    þæt þu alætan scealt      læne staþelas,
    60
    eard and eþel.      Uncu bi þe þænne
    tohwan þe þin drihten      gedon wille,
    þænne þu lengc ne most      lifes brucan,
    eardes on eþle,      swa þu ær dydest,
    blissum hremi.      Nu þu e beorgan scealt,
    65
    and wi feonda gehwæne      fæste healdan
    sauwle þine;      a hi winna
    embe þæt     
    dæges and nihtes      ongean drihtnes lif.
    þu miht hy gefleman,      gif þu filian wilt
    70
    larum minum,      swa ic lære þe
    digollice      þæt þu on dægred oft
    ymbe þinre sauwle ræd      swie smeage,
    hu þu þæt ece leoht      æfre begytan mæge,
    sie gesecan;      þu scealt glædlice swie swincan
    75
    wi þæs uplican      eþelrices
    dæges and nihtes,      þu scealt druncen fleon
    and þa oferfylle      ealle forlætan.
    Gif þu wilt þa upplican      eardwic ceosan,
    þænne scealt þu hit on eoran      ær geþencan,
    80
    and þu þe sylfne      swie gebindan
    and þa unþeawas      ealle forlætan
    þe þu on þis life ær      lufedest and feddest.

    A Summons to Prayer

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þænne gemiltsa þe, N.,      mundum qui regit,
    eoda þrymcyningc      thronum sedentem
    a butan ende     
    saule þinre     
    5
    Geunne þe on life      auctor pacis
    sibbe gesæla,      salus mundi,
    metod se mæra      magna uirtute,
    and se sofæsta      summi filius
    fo on fultum,      factor cosmi,
    10
    se of æþelre wæs      uirginis partu
    clæne acenned      Christus in orbem,
    metod þurh Marian,      mundi redemptor,
    and þurh þæne halgan gast.      Uoca frequenter
    bide helpes hine,      clemens deus,
    15
    se onsended wæs      summo de throno
    and þære clænan      clara uoce
    þa gebyrd bodade      bona uoluntate
    þæt heo scolde cennan      Christum regem,
    ealra cyninga cyningc,      casta uiuendo.
    20
    and þu þa sofæstan      supplex rogo,
    fultumes bidde friclo      uirginem almum,
    and þær æfter to      omnes sancti
    blimod bidde,      beatus et iustus,
    þæt hi ealle þe      unica uoce
    25
    þingian to þeodne      thronum regentem,
    ecum drihtne,      alta polorum,
    þæt he þine saule,      summus iudex,
    onfo freolice,      factor aeternus,
    and he gelæde      luce perhennem,
    30
    þær eadige      anime sancte
    rice resta      regna caelorum.

    The Lord's Prayer II

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Pater noster. þu eart ure fæder,      ealles wealdend,
    cyninc on wuldre.      Foram we clypia to þe,
    are bidda,      nu þu yþost miht
    5
    sawle alysan.      þu hig sændest ær
    þurh þine æþelan hand      in to þam flæsce;
    ac hwar cym heo nu,     
    buton þu, engla god,      eft hig alyse,
    sawle of synnum      þurh þine soan miht?
    10
    Qui es in celis. u eart on heofonum      hiht and frofor,
    blissa beorhtost;      ealle abuga to þe,
    þinra gasta þrym,      anre stæfne
    clypia to Criste,      cweþa ealle þus:
    15
    "Halig eart þu, halig,      heofonengla cyningc,
    drihten ure,      and þine domas synd
    rihte and rume,      ræca efne gehwam,
    æghwilcum men      agen gewyrhta.
    Wel bi am þe wyrc      willan þinne!"
    20
    Sanctificetur nomen tuum. Swa is gehalgod      þin heah nama
    swie mærlice      manegum gereordum,
    twa and hundseofontig,      þæs þe secga bec,
    þæt þu, engla god,      ealle gesettest
    25
    ælcere þeode      þeaw and wisan.
    þa wurþia þin weorc      wordum and dædum,
    þurh gecynd clypia      and Crist heria
    and þin lof læda,      lifigenda god,
    swa þu eart geæþelod      geond ealle world.
    30
    Adueniat regnum tuum. Cum nu and mildsa,      mihta waldend,
    and us þin rice alyf,      rihtwis dema,
    earda selost      and ece lif,
    þar we sibbe and lufe      samod gemeta,
    35
    eagena beorhtnysse      and ealle mirhe,
    þar bi gehyred      þin halige lof
    and þin micele miht,      mannum to frofre,
    swa þu, engla god,      eallum blissast.
    Fiat uoluntas tua.
    40
    Gewure þin willa,      swa þu, waldend, eart
    ece geopenod      geond ealle world,
    and þu þe silf eart      sofæst dema,
    rice rædbora,      geond rumne grund.
    Swa þin heahsetl is      heah and mære,
    45
    fæger and wurlic,      swa þin fæder worhte,
    æþele and ece,      þar u on sittest
    on sinre swiran healf.      þu eart sunu and fæder,
    ana ægþer;      swa is þin æþele gecynd
    micclum gemærsod,      and þu monegum helpst,
    50
    ealra cyninga þrym,      clypast ofer ealle.
    Bi þin wuldorword      wide gehyred,
    þonne þu þine fyrde      fægere geblissast,
    sylest miht and mund      micclum herige,
    and þe þancia      þusenda fela,
    55
    eal engla þrym,      anre stæfne.
    Sicut in celo. Swa þe on heofonum      heahþrymnesse
    æþele and ece      a þancia,
    clæne and gecorene      Cristes þegnas,
    60
    singa and bidda      sofæstne god
    are and gifnesse      ealre þeode;
    þonne þu him tiast,      tyreadig cyningc,
    swa þu eadmod eart      ealre worlde.
    Sy þe þanc and lof      þinre mildse,
    65
    wuldor and willa;      þu gewurod eart
    on heofonrice,      heah casere,
    Et in terra. and on eoran,      ealra cyninga
    help and heafod,      halig læce,
    70
    ree and rihtwis,      rumheort hlaford.
    þu geæþelodest þe      ealle gesceafta,
    and tosyndrodest hig      sian on manega,
    sealdest ælcre gecynde      agene wisan
    and a þine mildse      ofer manna bearn.
    75
    Panem nostrum cotidianum. Swa mid sibbe      sænst urne hlaf
    dæghwamlice      dugue þinre,
    rihtlice dælest     
    mete þinum mannum      and him mare gehætst
    80
    æfter forsie,      þines fæder rice,
    þæt wæs on fruman      fægere gegearwod,
    earda selost      and ece lif,
    gif we so and riht      symle gelæsta.
    Da nobis hodie.
    85
    Syle us to dæg,      drihten, þine
    mildse and mihta      and ure mod gebig,
    þanc and þeawas,      on þin gewil.
    Bewyrc us on heortan      haligne gast
    fæste on innan,      and us fultum sile,
    90
    þæt we moton wyrcan      willan þinne
    and þe betæcan,      tyreadig cyningc,
    sawle ure      on þines silfes hand.
    Et dimitte nobis debita nostra.
    Forgif us ure synna,      þæt us ne scamige eft,
    95
    drihten ure,      þonne þu on dome sitst
    and ealle men      up arisa
    þe fram wife and fram were      wurdon acænned.
    Beo þa gebrosnodon      ban mid þam flæsce
    ealle ansunde      eft geworden;
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    þar we swutollice      sian oncnawa
    eal þæt we geworhton      on worldrice,
    betere and wyrse,      þar beo buta geara.
    Ne magon we hit na dyrnan,      for am þe hit drihten wat,
    and þar gewitnesse beo      wuldormicele,
    105
    heofonwaru and eorwaru,      helwaru þridde.
    þonne bi egsa      geond ealle world,
    þar man us tyhha on dæg      twegen eardas,
    drihtenes are      oe deofles þeowet,
    swa hwaer we geearnia      her on life,
    110
    þa hwile þe ure mihta      mæste wæron.
    Sicut et dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Ac þonne us alyse      lifigende god
    sawle ure,      swa we her forgifa
    earmon mannum      þe wi us agilt.
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    Et ne nos inducas in temtationem. And na us þu ne læt      lae beswican
    on costunga,      cwellan and bærnan
    sawla ure,      þeah we sinna fela
    didon for ure disige      dæges and nihtes,
    120
    idele spræce      and unrihte weorc,
    þine bodu bræcon.      We þe bidda nu,
    ælmihtig god,      are and gifnesse;
    ne læt swa heanlice      þin handgeweorc
    on endedæge      eal forwuran,
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    Set libera nos a malo.
    ac alys us of yfele.      Ealle we beþurfon
    godes gifnesse;      we agylt habba
    and swie gesingod.      We e, sofæstan god,
    heria and lofia,      swa þu, hælend, eart
    130
    cynebearn gecydd      cwycum and deadum,
    æþele and ece      ofer ealle þingc.
    þu miht on anre hand      eae befealdan
    ealne middaneard.      Swilc is mære cyningc.
    Amen.
    135
    Sy swa þu silf wilt,      sofæst dema;
    we þe, engla god,      ealle heria,
    swa þu eart gewurod      a on worlda for.

    The Gloria I

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gloria. Sy þe wuldor and lof      wide geopenod
    geond ealle þeoda,      þanc and wylla,
    mægen and mildse      and ealles modes lufu,
    5
    sofæstra sib,      and ines sylfes dom
    worulde gewlitegod,      swa u wealdan miht
    eall eoran mægen      and uplyfte,
    wind and wolcna.      Wealdest eall on riht.
    Patri et filio et spiritui sancto.
    10
    þu eart frofra fæder      and feorhhyrde,
    lifes latteow,      leohtes wealdend,
    asyndrod fram synnum,      swa in sunu mære
    þurh clæne gecynd,      cyning ofer ealle,
    beald gebletsod,      boca lareow,
    15
    heah higefrofer      and halig gast.
    Sicut erat in principio. Swa wæs on fruman      frea mancynnes
    ealre worulde      wlite and frofer,
    clæne and cræftig.      þu gecyddest þæt
    20
    þa u, ece god,      ana gewrohtest
    þurh halige miht      heofonas and eoran,
    eardas and uplyft      and ealle þing.
    þu settest on foldan      swye feala cynna
    and tosyndrodost hig      syon on mænego;
    25
    þu gewrohtest, ece god,      ealle gesceafta
    on syx dagum,      and on þone seofoan þu gerestest.
    þa wæs geforad      þin fægere weorc,
    and u sunnandæg      sylf halgodest
    and gemærsodest hine      manegum to helpe.
    30
    þone heahan dæg      healda and freoiaþ
    ealle þa e cunnon      cristene þeawas,
    halige heortlufan      and æs hehstan gebod;
    on drihtnes namon      se dæg is gewurod.
    Et nunc et semper.
    35
    And nu and symble      þine soan weorc
    and in mycele miht      manegum swytela,
    swa þine cræftas heo      cyaþ wide
    ofer ealle woruld;      ece standeþ
    godes handgeweorc,      growe swa u hete.
    40
    Ealle þe heria      halige dreamas
    clænre stefne      and cristene bec,
    eall middaneard,      and we men cweþa
    on grunde her:      "Gode lof and anc,
    ece willa,      and in agen dom!"
    45
    Et is secula seculorum. And on worulda woruld      wuna and rixa
    cyning innan wuldre      and his þa gecorenan,
    heahþrymnesse      haliges gastes,
    wlitige englas      and wuldorgyfe,
    50
    soe sibbe,      sawla þancung,
    modes miltse.      þær is seo mæste lufu;
    haligdomes      heofonas syndon
    þurh þine ecan word      æghwær fulle,
    swa syndon þine mihta      ofer middangeard
    55
    swutele and gesyne,      þæt u hy sylf worhtest.
    Amen. We þæt solice      secga ealle:
    þurh clæne gecynd      þu eart cyning on riht,
    clæne and cræftig.      þu gecyddest þæt
    60
    þa u, mihtig god,      man geworhtest
    and him on dydest      oru and sawul,
    sealdest word and gewitt      and wæstma gecynd,
    cyddest þine cræftas.      Swylc is Cristes miht!

    The Lord's Prayer III

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Pater noster qui es in celis. Fæder manncynnes,      frofres ic þe bidde,
    halig drihten,      þu e on heofonum eart.
    Sanctificetur nomen tuum.
    5
    þæt sy gehalgod,      hygecræftum fæst,
    þin nama nu a,      neriende Crist,
    in urum ferhlocan      fæste gestaelod.
    Adueniat regnum tuum. Cume nu to mannum,      mihta wealdend,
    10
    þin rice to us,      rihtwis dema,
    and in geleafa      in lifdæge
    Fiat uolontas tua sicut in celo et in terra. on urum mode      mære þurhwunige.
    And þin willa mid us      weore gelæsted
    15
    on eardunge      eoran rices,
    swa hluttor is      in heofonwuldre,
    wynnum gewlitegod      a to worulde for.
    Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie. Syle us nu to dæge,      drihten gumena,
    20
    heofena heahcyning,      hlaf urne,
    þone u onsendest      sawlum to hæle
    on middaneard      manna cynnes;
    þæt is se clæna      Crist, drihten god.
    Et dimitte nobis debita nostra.
    25
    Forgyf us, gumena weard,      gyltas and synna,
    and ure leahtras alet,      lices wunda
    and mandæda,      swa we mildum wi e,
    ælmihtigum gode,      oft abylgea,
    Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
    30
    swa swa we forlæta      leahtras on eorþan
    þam þe wi us      oft agylta,
    and him womdæde      witan ne þenca
    for earnunge      ecan lifes.
    Et no nos inducas in temptationem.
    35
    Ne læd þu us to wite      in wean sorge
    ne in costunge,      Crist nerigende,
    þy læs we arlease      ealra þinra mildsa
    þurh feondscipe      fremde weoran.
    Sed libera nos a malo.
    40
    And wi yfele gefreo      us eac nu a
    feonda gehwylces;      we in ferhlocan,
    þeoden engla,      anc and wuldor,
    so sigedrihten,      secga georne,
    þæs e þu us milde      mihtum alysdest
    45
    fram hæftnyde      hellewites.
    Amen. Weore þæt.     

    The Creed

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem. ælmihtig fæder      up on rodore,
    þe a sciran gesceaft      sceope and worhtest
    and eoran wang      ealne gesettest,
    5
    ic þe ecne god      ænne gecenne,
    lustum gelyfe.      þu eart lifes frea,
    engla ordfruma,      eoran wealdend,
    and u garsecges      grundas geworhtest,
    and þu a menegu canst      mærra tungla.
    10
    Et in Iesum Christum filium eius unicum, dominum nostrum. Ic on sunu þinne      sone gelyfe,
    hælendne cyning,      hider asendne
    of am uplican      engla rice,
    þone Gabriel,      godes ærendraca,
    15
    sanctan Marian      sylfre gebodode.
    Ides unmæne,      heo þæt ærende
    onfeng freolice,      and e fæder sylfne
    under breostcofan      bearn acende.
    Næs ær gefremmed      firen æt giftum,
    20
    ac þær halig gast      handgyft sealde,
    þære fæmnan bosm      fylde mid blisse,
    and heo culice      cende swa mærne
    eorbuendum      engla scyppend,
    se to frofre gewear      foldbuendum,
    25
    and ymbe Bethleem      bodedan englas
    þæt acenned wæs      Crist on eoran.
    Passus sub Pontio Pilato. a se pontisca      Pilatus weold
    under Romwarum      rices and doma,
    30
    þa se deora frea      dea þrowade,
    on gealgan stah,      gumena drihten,
    þone geomormod      Iosep byrigde,
    and he of helle      hue gefette,
    of þam suslhofe,      sawla manega,
    35
    het a uplicne      eþel secan.
    Tertia die resurrexit a mortuis. þæs þy riddan dæge      þeoda wealdend
    aras, rices frea,      recene of moldan,
    and he XL daga      folgeras sine
    40
    runum arette,      and a his rice began,
    þone uplican      eel secan,
    cwæ þæt he nolde      nænne forlætan
    þe him for ofer þæt      fylian wolde
    and mid fæstum sefan      freode gelæstan.
    45
    Credo in spiritum sanctum. Ic haligne gast      hihte beluce,
    emne swa ecne      swa is aor gecweden,
    fæder oe freobearn,      folca gereordum.
    Ne synd þæt þreo godas,      þriwa genemned,
    50
    ac is an god,      se e ealle hafa
    þa þry naman      þinga gerynum,
    so and sigefæst      ofer side gesceaft,
    wereda wuldorgyfa,      wlanc and ece.
    Sanctum ecclesiam catholicam.
    55
    Eac ic gelyfe      þæt syn leofe gode
    þe þurh ænne geþanc      ealdor heria,
    heofona heahcyning      her for life,
    Sanctorum communionem. and ic gemænscipe      mærne getreowe
    60
    þinra haligra      her for life.
    Remissionem peccatorum. Lisse ic gelyfe      leahtra gehwylces,
    Carnis resurrectionem. and ic þone ærest      ealra getreowe,
    65
    flæsces on foldan      on þa forhtan tid,
    Et uitam eternam. þær u ece lif      eallum dælest,
    swa her manna gehwylc      metode gecwema.

    Fragments of Psalms

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 5

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Verba mea auribus percipe, domine; intellege clamorem meum.
    Word þu min onfoh,         wuldres ealdor,
    and mid earum gehyr,         ece drihten.
    Intende uoci orationis mææ, rex meus et deus meus.
    Ongyt mine clypunga         cuum gereorde,
    beheald min gebed         holdum mode;
    5
    þu eart min cyning         and eac ece god.
    Quoniam ad te orabo: Domine, mane exaudies uocem meam.
    Foron ic to e,         ece drihten,
    soum gebidde,         and u symble gehyr
    morgena gehwylce         mine stefne.
    Mane adstabo tibi et uidebo, quoniam nos deus uolens iniquitatem tu es.
    Ic þe æt stande         ær on morgen
    10
    and e sylfne geseo;         foron ic to soe wat
    þæt u unriht ne wilt         ænig, drihten.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 101

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te perueniat.
    þu min gebed,         mære drihten,
    gehyr, heofones weard,         and gehlyde min
    to e becume,         þeoda reccend.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 102

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Benedic, anima mea, domino, et omnia interiora mea nomen sanctum eius.
    Bletsa, mine sawle,         blie drihten,
    and eall min inneran         his þone ecan naman.
    Benedic, anima mea, domino, et noli obliuisci omnes retributiones eius.
    Bletsige, mine sawle,         bealde drihten,
    ne wilt u ofergeotul         æfre weoran
    5
    ealra goda         þe he e ær dyde.
    Qui propitiatur omnibus iniquitatibus tuis, qui sanat omnes languores tuos.
    He þinum mandædum         miltsade eallum
    and ine adle         ealle gehælde.
    Qui redemit de interitu uitam tuam, qui sanat in bonis desiderium tuum.
    Se alysde þin lif         leof of forwyrde,
    fylde þinne willan         fægere mid gode.
    10
    Qui coronat te in miseratione et misericordia; renouabitur sicut aquile iuuentus tua.
    He e gesigefæste         sore mildse
    and e mildheorte         mode getrymede;
    eart u edniwe         earne gelicost
    on geogue nu         gleaw geworden.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 118

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Uiuet anima mea et laudabit te, et iudicia tua adiuuabunt me.
    Leofa sawul min         and e lustum here,
    and me þine domas         dædum fultumia.
    Erraui sicut ouis que perierat; require seruum tuum, domine, quia mandata tua non sum oblitus.
    Ic gedwelede         swa þæt dysige sceap,
    þæt e forwuran         wolde huru;
    5
    la, sec þinne esne         elne, drihten,
    foron ic inra beboda ne forgeat         beorhtra æfre.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 121

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Fiat pax in uirtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.
    Sy e on inum mægne sib         mæst and fyrmest,
    and on þinum torrum wese         tidum genihtsum.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 139

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eripe me, domine, ab homine malo; a uiro iniquo libera me.
    Genere me wi niþe         on naman þinum,
    fram yfelum men,         ece drihten.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 140

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Dirigatur, domine, ad te oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo.
    Sy on inre gesihe         mines sylfes gebed
    full ricene gereht,         swa recels bi,
    þonne hit gifre         gleda bærna.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 19

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Domine, saluum fac regem, et exaudi nos in die qui inuocauerimus te.
    Do, drihten, cyng         dædum halne,
    and us eac gehyr         holdum mode,
    swylce we e daga,         drihten, cigen.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 24

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Uias tuas, domine, notas fac mihi, et semitas tuas edoce me.
    Do me wegas þine         wise, drihten,
    and me inra stiga         stapas eac gelær.
    Dirige me in ueritate tua, et doce me, quia tu es deus salutaris meus et te sustinui tota die.
    Gerece me on ræde         and me ricene gelær,
    þæt ic on þinre sofæstnysse         simble lyfige.
    5
    Reminiscrere miserationum tuarum, domine, et misericordiæ tuæ, quæ a seculo sunt.
    Wes u gemyndig         miltsa þinra,
    þe u, drihten, dydest         syan dagas wæron,
    and u wislice         þas woruld gesettest.
    Delicta iuuentutis meæ, et ignorantias meas ne memineris, domine; secundum magnam misericordiam tuam memor esto mei, deus.
    Ne gemynega þu me         minra fyrena
    gramra to georne,         þe ic geong dyde
    10
    and me uncue         æghwær wæron;
    for inre þære myclan         mildheortnysse
    weor gemyndig min,         mihtig drihten.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 27

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Saluum fac populum tuum, domine, et benedic hereditati tuæ , et rege eos et extolle illos usque in aeternum.
    Hal do þin folc,         halig drihten,
    and in yrfe eac         eal gebletsa;
    rece þu heo swylce         and on riht ahefe,
    þæt hi on worulde         wynnum lifigen.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 32

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Fiat misericordia tua, domine, super nos, quemadmodum sperauimus in te.
    Wese þin mildheortnys,         mihtig drihten,
    wel ofer us,         swa we wena on e.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 40

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ego dixi, Domine, miserere mei; sana animam meam, quia peccaui tibi.
    Ic nu mægene cwee:         "Miltsa me, drihten,
    hæl mine sawle,         foron me hreowe nu
    þæt ic firene on e         fremede geneahhige."

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 43

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Exsurge, domine, adiuua nos, et libera nos propter nomen tuum.
    Aris, drihten, nu         and us ricene do
    fælne fultum,         and us æt feondum ahrede,
    foron we naman þinne         nyde lufia.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 50

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Miserere mei, deus, secundam magnam misericordiam tuam.
    Mildsa me, mihtig drihten,         swa u manegum dydest,
    æfter inre þære mycelan         mildheortnysse.
    Auerte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
    Awend þine ansyne         a fram minum
    fræcnum fyrenum,         and nu for heonon
    5
    eall min unriht adwæsc         æghwær symle.
    Cor mundum crea in me, deus, et spiritum rectum innoua in uisceribus meis.
    Syle me, halig god,         heortan clæne,
    and rihtne gast,         god, geniwa
    on minre gehigde         huru, min drihten.
    Ne proicias me a facie tua, et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
    Ne awyrp þu me,         wuldres ealdor,
    10
    fram inre ansyne         æfre to feore,
    ne huru on weg aber         þone halgan gast,
    þæt he me færinga         fremde wyre.
    Redde michi lætitiam salutaris tui, et spiritu principali confirma me.
    Syle me þinre hælu         holde blisse,
    and me ealdorlice         æþele gaste
    15
    on inne willan getryme,         weroda drihten.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 53

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Deus, in momine tuo saluum me fac, et in uirtute tua libera me.
    On þinum þam halgan naman,         gedo me halne, god;
    alys me fram laum         þurh þin leofe mægen.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 58

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Eripe me de inimicis meis, deus meus, et ab insurgentibus in me libera me.
    Ahrede me, halig god,         hefiges nies
    feonda minra,         þe me feohta to;
    alys me fram laum         þe me lungre on
    risan willa,         nymþe þu me ræd gife.
    5
    Eripe me de operantibus iniquitatem, et de uiris sanguinum salua me.
    Genere me fram nie         nahtfremmendra
    þe her unrihtes         ealle wyrcea,
    and me wi blodhreowes weres         bealuwe gehæle.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 60

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Sic psalmum dicam nomini tuo, deus, in seculum seculi, ut reddam uota mea de die in diem.
    Swa ic naman þinum         neode singe,
    þæt ic min gehat         her agylde
    of dæge on dæg,         swa hit gedefe wese.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 64

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Exaudi nos, deus salutaris noster, spes omnium finium terre et in mari longe.
    Gehyr us, hælend god,         þu eart hiht ealra
    þe on isse eoran         utan syndon
    oe feor on sæ         foldum wunia.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 69

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Deus, in adiutorium meum intende; domine, ad adiuuandum me festina.
    Wes, drihten god,         deore fultum;
    beheald, drihten, me,         and me hrae syan
    gefultuma         æt feorhþearfe.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 70

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Repleatur os meum laude tua, ut possim cantare gloriam tuam, tota die magnificentiam tuam.
    Sy min mu and min mod         mægne gefylled,
    þæt ic þin lof mæge         lustum singan
    and wuldor in         wide mærsian
    and e ealne dæg         æghwær herian.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 79

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Domine deus uirtutum, conuerte nos et ostende faciem tuam, et salui erimus.
    Gehweorf us, mægna god,         and us milde æteow
    þinne andwlitan;         ealle we beo hale.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 84

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Conuerte nos, deus salutaris noster, et auerte iram tuam a nobis.
    Gehweorf us hrae,         hælend drihten,
    and in yrre fram us         eac oncyrre.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 87

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Et ego ad te, domine, clamaui, et mane oratio mea preueniet te.
    Ic me to e,         ece drihten,
    mid modgehygde         mægne clypode,
    and min gebed         morgena gehwylce
    fore sylfne e         sofæst becume.

    Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 89

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Conuertere, domine, aliquantulum, et deprecabilis esto super seruos tuos.
    Gehweorf us hwæthwygu,         halig drihten;
    wes inum scealcum         wel eabene.
    Respice in seruos tuos et in opera tua, domine, et dirige filios eorum.
    Geseoh þine scealcas         swæsum eagum,
    and on þin agen weorc,         ece drihten,
    5
    and heora bearn gerece         blium mode.
    Et sit splendor domini dei nostri super nos, et opera manuum nostrarum dirige super nos, et opus manuum nostrarum dirige.
    Wese us beorhtnys ofer         blian drihtnes,
    ures þæs godan godes         georne ofer ealle;
    gerece ure handgeweorc         heah ofer usic.

    The Kentish Hymn

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wuton wuldrian      weorada dryhten
    halgan hlioorcwidum,      hiofenrices weard,
    lufian liofwendum,      lifes agend,
    and him simle sio      sigefest wuldor
    5
    uppe mid ænglum,      and on eoran sibb
    gumena gehwilcum      goodes willan.
    We e heria      halgum stefnum
    and þe blætsia,      bilewit feder,
    and e þancia,      þioda walden,
    10
    ines weorlican      wuldordreames
    and inra miclan      mægena gerena,
    e u, god dryhten,      gastes mæhtum
    hafest on gewealdum      hiofen and eoran,
    an ece feder,      ælmehtig god.
    15
    u eart cyninga cyningc      cwicera gehwilces,
    u eart sigefest sunu      and so helend
    ofer ealle gesceft      angla and manna.
    u, dryhten god,      on dreamum wunast
    on ære upplican      æelan ceastre,
    20
    frea folca gehwæs,      swa u æt fruman wære
    efeneadig bearn      agenum fæder.
    u eart heofenlic lioht      and æt halige lamb,
    e u manscilde      middangeardes
    for þinre arfestnesse      ealle towurpe,
    25
    fiond geflæmdest,      follc generedes,
    blode gebohtest      bearn Israela,
    a u ahofe      urh æt halige triow
    inre rowunga      riostre senna,
    þæt u on hæahsetle      heafena rices
    30
    sitest sigehræmig      on a swiran hand
    inum godfæder,      gasta gemyndig.
    Mildsa nu, meahtig,      manna cynne,
    and of leahtrum ales      ine a liofan gesceft,
    and us hale gedo,      helea sceppend,
    35
    nia nergend,      for ines naman are.
    u eart solice      simle halig,
    and u eart ana      æce dryhten,
    and u ana bist      eallra dema
    cwucra ge deadra,      Crist nergende,
    40
    foran u on rymme ricsast      and on rinesse
    and on annesse,      ealles waldend,
    hiofena heahcyninc,      haliges gastes
    fegere gefelled      in fæder wuldre.

    Psalm 50

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Dauid wæs haten      diormod hæle,
    Israela brega,      æelæ and rice,
    cyninga cynost,      Criste liofost.
    Wæs he under hiofenum      hearpera mærost
    5
    ara we an folcum      gefrigen hæbben.
    Sangere he wæs sofæstest,      swie geancol
    to ingienne      þiodum sinum
    wi þane mildostan      manna sceppend.
    Wæs se dryhtnes iowa      Dauid æt wige
    10
    so sigecempa,      searocyne man,
    casere creaftig,      þonne cumbulgebrec
    on gewinndagum      weoran scoldan.
    Hweere him geiode,      swa ful oft gede
    þætte godferhte      gylt gefræmma
    15
    þurh lichaman      lene geohtas.
    Gelamp þæt him mon ansende      saula neriend,
    witgan mid wordum,      weorada dominus,
    and secgan het,      selfum gecyan
    ymb his womdeda      waldendes doom,
    20
    þæt se fruma wære      his feores sceldig,
    for am þe he Uriam het      aldre beneman,
    fromne ferdrinc      fere beserode,
    and him Bezabe      brohte to wife
    for gitsunga,      þe he godes eorre
    25
    þurh his selfes weorc      sona anfunde.
    Him a ingode      þioda aldor,
    Dauid georne,      and to dryhtne gebæd,
    and his synna hord      selfa ontende,
    gyltas georne      gode andhette,
    30
    weoruda dryhtne,      and us wordum spæc:
    Miserere mei deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. "Miltsa u me, meahta walden,      nu u wast manna geohtas,
    help u, hælend min,      handgeweorces
    þines anes,      ælmehtig god,
    35
    efter þinre ære miclan      mildhiortnesse.
    Et secundum multitudinem miserationem tuarum dele iniquitatem meam. Ond eac efter menio      miltsa inra,
    dryhten weoruda,      adilga min unriht
    to forgefenesse      gaste minum.
    40
    Amplius laua me ab iniustitia mea et a delicta mea munda mæ. Aweah me of sennum,      saule fram wammum,
    gasta sceppend,      geltas geclansa,
    þa e ic on aldre      æfre gefremede
    urh lichaman      lere geohtas.
    45
    Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego agnosco et delictum meum coram me est semper. Foran ic unriht min      eal oncnawe,
    and eac synna gehwær      selfum æt eagan,
    firendeda gerec      beforan stande,
    scelda scina;      forgef me, sceppen min,
    50
    lifes liohtfruma,      inre lufan blisse.
    Tibi soli peccaui et malum coram te feci ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis et uincas dum iudicaris. Nu ic anum e      oft syngode,
    and yfela feola      eac gefræmede,
    gelta gramhegdig,      ic e, gasta breogo,
    55
    helende Crist,      helpe bidde,
    æt me forgefene      gastes wunde
    an forgesceaft      feran mote,
    þy ine wordcwidas      weoran gefelde,
    æt u ne wilnast      weora æniges dea;
    60
    ac u synfulle      simle lærdes
    æt hio cerrende      Criste herdon
    and hiom lif mid e      langsum begeton,
    swilce u æt dome,      dryhten, oferswidest
    ealra synna cynn,      saula neriend.
    65
    Ecce enim iniquitatibus. Ic on unrihtum      eac an in synnum
    geeacnod wæs.      u æt ana wast,
    mæhtig dryhten,      hu me modor gebær
    in scame and in sceldum;      forgef me, sceppend min,
    70
    æt ic fram æm synnum      selfa gecerre,
    þa e mine ældran      ær geworhtan
    and ic selfa eac      sioan beeode.
    Ecce enim ueritatem. Ac u, selua god,      so an lufast;
    75
    þy ic e mid benum      biddan wille
    lifes and lisse,      liohtes aldor,
    foran u me uncue      eac an derne
    þinre snetera hord      selfa ontendes.
    Asperies me ysopo et mundabor.
    80
    u me, meahtig god,      milde and blie
    þurh ysopon      ealne ahluttra,
    þonne ic geclænsod      Criste hero,
    and eac ofer snawe      self scinende
    þinre sibbe lufan      sona gemete.
    85
    Auditui meo dabis gaudium. Ontyn nu, elmehtig,      earna hleoor,
    þæt min gehernes      hehtful weore
    on gefean blise      forweard to e;
    anne bio on wenne,      waldend, simle
    90
    þa gebrocenan ban,      bilwit dominus,
    a þe on hænum ær      hwile wæron.
    Auerte faciem tuam a peccatis meis et omnes. Ahwerf nu fram synnum,      saula neriend,
    and fram misdedum      minra gylta
    95
    þine ansione,      ælmeahtig god,
    and urh miltsunga      meahta þinra
    u unriht min      eall adilga.
    Cor mundum crea in me deus et spiritum rectum. æc u, dryhten Crist,      clene hiortan
    100
    in me, mehtig god,      modswine geanc
    to olienne      inne willan
    and to healdenne      halige domas,
    and u rihtne gast,      rodera waldend,
    in fere minum      feste geniowa.
    105
    Ne proicias me a facie tuae et spiritum sanctum tuum. Ne aweorp u me,      weoruda dryhten,
    fram ansione      ealra þinra miltsa,
    ne ane godan fram me      gast haligne
    aferre, domine,      frea ælmeahtig,
    110
    þinra arna me      eal ne bescerwe.
    Redde mihi letitiam. Sæle nu blise me,      bilewit dominus,
    þinre hælo heht,      helm alwihta,
    and me, lifgende      liohtes hiorde,
    115
    gaste ine,      god selfa, getreme,
    æt ic aldorlice      a for sioan
    to inum willan      weoran mote.
    Doceam iniquos uias tuas et impii ad te. Simle ic ine weogas      wanhogan lærde,
    120
    æt hio arlease      eft gecerdan
    to hiora selfra      saula hiorde,
    god selfa, to e      gastes mundberd
    urh sibbe lufan      seocan scoldan.
    Libera me de sanguinibus.
    125
    Befreo me an fere,      fæder mancynnes,
    fram blodgete      and bealanium,
    god lifigende,      gylta geclansa,
    helo and helpend,      hiofenrices weard;
    anne tunge min      triowfest blissa
    130
    for ines selfes      sofestnesse.
    Domine labia mea aperies et os meum adnuntiauit. Ontyn nu, waldend god,      weoloras mine;
    swa min mu sioan      mæhte ine
    and lof georne      liodum to blise,
    135
    so sigedryhten,      secgende wæs.
    Quoniam si uoluisses. Ic e onsegednesse      sona brohte,
    weoruda dryhtne,      er u wolde swa,
    a u þæt ne lufedest,      lifes bretta,
    140
    æt ic e bernelac      brengan moste
    deadra neata,      dryhtne to willan.
    Sacrificium deo spiritus contribulatus. Ac e micle ma,      mehtig dryhten,
    lifiende Crist,      liicwere bi
    145
    se gehnysta gast,      hiorte geclansod
    and geeadmeded      ingeþancum;
    a u, ælmæhtig,      æfre ne æwest.
    Benigne fact domine in bona uoluntate. Gedoo nu fræmsume      frofre ine
    150
    to inum godan      gastes willan,
    ætte Sione dun      sigefest weore,
    and weallas Sion      wynfeste getremed,
    Hierusolime,      god lifiende.
    Tunc acceptabis sacrificium.
    155
    Swa þu, frea meahtig,      anfehst siþan
    liofwende lac      lioda þinra,
    hælend manna;      hio æt halige cealf
    on wigbed þin      willum asetta,
    liohtes aldor.      Forgef me, lifigende
    160
    meotod mancynnes,      mæhtig dominus,
    æt a sorhfullan      saule wunde,
    þa e ic on ælde      uel on giogee
    in flæschaman      gefremed hæbbe
    leahtra hegeleasra,      mid lufan þinre
    165
    gastæ forgeofene      glidan mote."
    Swæ þingode      þiode aldor,
    Dauid to dryhtne,      deda gemyndig,
    þæt hine mehtig god      mannum to frofre
    æs cynedomes,      Crist neriende,
    170
    waldende god,      weorne munde.
    Foron he gebette      balania hord
    mid eamede      ingeþance,
    a e he on fere      gefremed hæfde,
    gastes wunde.      Forgef us, god mæahtig,
    175
    þæt we synna hord      simle oferwinnan
    and us geearnian      æce dreamas
    an lifigendra      landes wenne.
    Amen.

    The Gloria II

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wuldor sy e and wurmynt,      wereda drihten,
    fæder on foldan,      fægere gemæne,
    mid sylfan sunu      and soum gaste.
    Amen.

    A Prayer

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    æla, drihten leof!      æla, dema god!
    Geara me,      ece waldend.
    Ic wat mine saule      synnum forwundod;
    gehæl þu hy,      heofena drihten,
    5
    and gelacna þu hy,      lifes ealdor,
    forþan u eest miht      ealra læca
    æra þe gewurde      side oe wyde.
    æla, frea beorhta,      folkes scippend!
    Gemilsa þyn mod      me to gode,
    10
    sile þyne are      þynum earminge.
    Se by earming      þe on eoran her
    dæiges and nihtes      deofle campa
    and hys willan wyrc;      wa him þære mirige,
    þonne he a handlean      hafa and sceawa,
    15
    bute he þæs yfeles      ær geswyce.
    Se by eadig,      se þe on eoran her
    dæiges and nyhtes      drihtne hyræ
    and a hys willan wyrc;      wel hym þæs geweorkes,
    onne he a handlean      hafa and sceawa,
    20
    gyf he ealteawne      ende gedreoge.
    æla, leohtes leoht!      æla, lyfes wynn!
    Getiþa me,      tireadig kyning,
    þonne ic minre sawle      swegles bydde,
    ece are.      þu eart eae, god,
    25
    hæfst and waldest     
    ana ofer ealle      eoran and heofonas
    syddra gesceafta.      u eart so meotod,
    ana ofer ealle      eorbugende,
    swilce on heofonum up      þu eart hælend god.
    30
    Ne mæg þe aherian      hælea ænig;
    þeh us gesomnie      geond sidne grund,
    men ofer moldan,      geond ealne middaneard,
    ne mage we næfre asæcgan,      ne þæt soe witan,
    hu þu æele eart,      ece drihten.
    35
    Ne þeah engla werod      up on heofenum
    snotra tosomne      sæcgan ongunnon,
    ne magon hy næfre areccean,      ne þæt gerim wytan,
    hu þu mære eart,      mihtig drihten.
    Ac is wunder mycel,      wealdend engla,
    40
    gif þu hit sylfa wast,      sigores ealdor,
    hu þu mære eart,      mihtig and mægenstrang,
    ealra kyninga kyning,      Crist lifiende,
    ealra worulda scippend,      wealdend engla,
    ealra dugeþa dugu,      drihten hælend.
    45
    u eart se æela      þe on ærdagum
    ealra femnena wyn      fægere akende
    on Bethleem ære byrig      beornum to frofre,
    eallum to are      ylda bearnum,
    þam þe gelyfa      on lyfiendne god
    50
    and on þæt ece leoht      uppe on roderum.
    yn mægen ys swa mære,      mihtig drihten,
    swa þæt ænig ne wat      eorbuende
    þa deopnesse      drihtnes mihta,
    ne þæt ænig ne wat      engla hades
    55
    þa heahnisse      heofena kyninges.
    Ic þe andette,      ælmihtig god,
    þæt ic gelyfe on þe,      leofa hælend,
    þæt þu eart se miccla      and se mægenstranga
    and se eadmoda      ealra goda
    60
    and se ece kyning      ealra gesceafta,
    and ic eom se litla for þe      and se lyra man,
    se her syngige      swie genehhe,
    dæges and nihtes      do, swa ic ne sceolde,
    hwile mid weorce,      hwile mid worde,
    65
    hwile mid geþohte,      þearle scyldi,
    inwitnias      oft and gelome.
    Ac ic þe halsige nu,      heofena drihten,
    and gebidde me to þe,      bearna selost,
    þæt u gemilsige me,      mihtig drihten,
    70
    heofena heahkyning      and se halga gast,
    and gefylste me,      fæder ælmihtig,
    þæt ic þinne willan      gewyrcean mæge,
    ær ic of þysum lænan      lyfe gehweorfe.
    Ne forweorn þu me,      wuldres drihten,
    75
    ac getyþa me,      tyreadig kyning,
    læt me mid englum      up siian,
    sittan on swegle,     
    herian heofonas god      haligum reorde
    a butan ende.      Amen.

    Thureth

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic eom halgungboc;      healde hine dryhten
    þe me fægere þus      frætewum belegde.
    þure to þance      þus het me wyrcean,
    to loue and to wure,      þam þe leoht gesceop.
    5
    Gemyndi is he      mihta gehwylcre
    þæs þe he on foldan      gefremian mæg,
    and him geþancie      þeoda waldend
    þæs þe he on gemynde      madma manega
    wyle gemearcian      metode to lace;
    10
    and he sceal ece lean      ealle findan
    þæs þe he on foldan      fremaþ to ryhte.

    Aldhelm

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þus me gesette      sanctus et iustus
    beorn boca gleaw,      bonus auctor,
    Ealdelm, æþele sceop,      etiam fuit
    ipselos
    on æele      Angolsexna,
    5
    byscop on Bretene.      Biblos ic nu sceal,
    ponus et pondus      pleno cum sensu,
    geonges geanoe      geomres iamiamque,
    secgan so, nalles leas,      þæt him symle wæs
    euthenia      oftor on fylste,
    10
    æne on ele      ec on e se is
    yfel on gesæd.      Etiam nusquam
    ne sceal ladigan      labor quem tenet
    encratea,      ac he ealneg sceal
    boethia      biddan georne
    15
    þurh his modes gemind      micro in cosmo,
    þæt him drihten gyfe      dinams on eoran,
    fortis factor,      þæt he for simle

    The Seasons for Fasting

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wæs on ealddagum      Israheala folc
    þurh Moysen,      mærne lareow,
    anlyht and gelared,      swa hine lifes frea,
    heofna heahcyning,      her on life
    5
    þurh his sylfes word      sette for leodum,
    rincum to ræde,      and him runa gescead
    sylfum asæde,      hu he þone soþan weg
    leofum leodscipe      læran sceolde.
    þa se leoda fruma      larum fyligde
    10
    heofena heahcyninges,      and þa hæleþ samod,
    swa hie on leodscipe      lærede wæron;
    gyf hie wancule      weorc ongunnon,
    heom þæs of heofonum      hearm to leane
    asende sigora god,      and hie sona to him
    15
    fryþa wilnodan      and þær fundon raþe,
    gif hie leohtras heora      letan gewyrpan.
    Feala is mægena      þe sio mære þeod
    on þam herescype      heold and worhte,
    þendan hie lifes frean      lufian woldon;
    20
    ac him se ende wear      earm and þrealic,
    þa hie besyredon      sylfne dryhten,
    on beam setton      and to byrgenne
    gedemdon;      he þær bedigled wæs,
    and þy þryddan dæge      þeodum ætywed.
    25
    We þæt gehyrdon      hæleþa mænige
    on bocstafum      breman and writan,
    þæt hie fæstenu      feower heoldon
    and þonne offredan      unmæne neat,
    þæt is lamb oþþe styrc,      leofum to tacne
    30
    þe for worulde wæs      womma bedæled.
    Ac arisan ongan      rices ealdor
    of byrgenne,      blæda gefylled,
    and mid heofenwarum      ham gesohte,
    eard mid englum,      and us eallum þone
    35
    hyht and gehate,      gyf we his willaþ
    þurh rihtne sefan      rædum fyligan.
    Na þær in cume      atele gefylled,
    womme gewesed,      ac scal on wyrd sceacan.
    Nu we herian sceolan      her for life
    40
    deorne dædfruman,      and him geara gerim
    ælmesdædum      ure gefyllan,
    and on fæstenum,      swa se froda iu
    Moyses mælde,      and we þa mearce sceolan
    heoldan higefæste      mid Anglum,
    45
    swa hie gebrefde us      beorn on Rome,
    Gregorius,      gumena papa.
    We þæt forme sceolan      fæsten heowan
    on þære ærestan      wucan lengtenes,
    on þam monþe      þe man Martius
    50
    geond Romwara      rice nemne,
    and þær twelfe sceolan      torhtum dihte
    runa gerædan      in þæs rican hofe,
    heofona heahcyninges,      herian mid sange,
    wlancne weorþian      wuldres bryttan.
    55
    Ofer þa Eastertid      oþer fæsten
    ys to bremenne      Brytena leodum
    mid gelicum lofe,      þe gelesen hafa
    on þære wucan      þe æfter cume
    þam sunnandæge      þe geond sidne wang
    60
    Pentecostenes dæg      preostas nemna,
    on þam monþe,      þæs þe me þince,
    þe man Iunius      gearum nemde.
    onne is þæt þrydde      þinga gehwelces
    fæsten on foldan      fyra bearnum
    65
    dihte gelicum      on þam deoran hofe
    to brymenne      beorhtum sange
    on þære wucan      þe ærur by
    emnihtes dæge      ælda beornum,
    on þam monþe,      mine gefræge,
    70
    þe man September      genemne.
    We þæt feorþe sceolen      fæsten gelæstan
    on þære wucan      þe bi ærur full
    dryhtnes gebyrde,      and we mid deornum scylan
    wordum and weorcum      wuldres cyninge
    75
    in þa ylcan tid      eallum gemynde
    þeodne deman      þinga gehwylces,
    efne swa swa ærran,      and þone arwesan
    leofne leoda frean      lifes biddan.
    On þissum fæstenum      is se feorþa dæg
    80
    and sixta samod      seofoþa getinge
    to gelæstanne      lifes ealdre
    and to bremenne      boca gerynum
    emb þa nigoþan tyd;      nan is on eorþan,
    butan hine unhæl      an geþreatige,
    85
    þe mot, hæt, oþþe wæt      ærur þingan,
    þæs þe us boca dom      þeodlic deme.
    Gif þe þonne secgan      suþan cymene
    bryttan Franca,      þæt þu gebann sceole
    her on eorþan      ænig healdan,
    90
    þæs þe Moyses iu      mælde to leodum,
    na þu þæs andfeng      æfre gewyrþe,
    ac þu þæt sylfe heald      þæt þe suþan com
    from Romana      rices hyrde,
    Gregoriæ,      gumena papa.
    95
    þus he gesette      sylf ond dyhte
    þa þenunga,      þeodlareow,
    fæstendtida;      we þam forþ nu gyt
    geond Engla land      estum filia.
    Swa he æt þæm setle      sylfa gedemde,
    100
    sancte Petres      preostas syþþan
    lange lifes tyd      leordun þæt sylfe,
    þæt þu oþrum ne scealt      æfre filian.
    Eac we feowertig daga      fæsten healden
    ær þæm æriste      ures dryhtnes,
    105
    þæt nu lengtentid      leoda nemna,
    and hit ærest ongan      eorl se goda,
    mære Moyses,      ær he on munt styge;
    he þæt fæsten heold      feowertig daga
    and nyhta samod,      swa he nahtes anbat
    110
    ær he þa deoran æ      dryhtnes anfenge.
    Him þær gesealde      sylfe dryhten
    bremne boca cræft,      bæle behlæned,
    of his haligan      handa gescrifene,
    het hine leodum þone      leoran and tæcan
    115
    elda orþancum      eallum to tacne,
    þæt we mid fæstene magon      freode gewinnan
    and þa deopan      dryhtnes gerynu,
    þa þe leoran sceolan      leoda gehwylce,
    gif us þære duguþe hwæt      dryhten sylle.
    120
    Eft Helias,      eorl se mæra,
    him on westene      wiste geþigede,
    þær him symbelbread      somod mid wætere
    dryhtnes engla sum      dihte togeanes,
    and se gestrangud wear      styþum gyfle
    125
    to gefæstenne      feowertig daga
    and nihta samod,      swa he nahtes anbat
    ær he on Horeb dun      hali ferde.
    Uton þæt gerine      rihte gehicgan,
    þæt se mæra þegen      mihta ne hæfde
    130
    to astigenne      stæppon on ypplen
    ær him þæt symbel wearþ      seald fram engle.
    We sint on westene      wuldres blisse
    on þæm ænete      ealra gefeana;
    nu is helpes tid,      halig dryhten,
    135
    hu we munt þinne      mærne gestygan.
    Sint for englas geteald      eorþbugendum
    þa þe dryhtnes word      dædum læra.
    We þa andlifene      ofstum þycgen
    and þone deoran wist,      dryhtnes lare;
    140
    uton fæstan swa      fyrene dædum
    on forhæfenesse      her for life,
    þæt we þæs muntes mægen      mærþa gestigan
    swa se ealda dyde      Elias iu.
    Is to hicganne      hu se halga gewat
    145
    of þissum wangstede      wuldres neosian;
    hine fyren scryd      feower mærum
    wlangum wicgum      on weg ferede
    on neorxnawong,      þær us nergend Crist
    gehaten hafa      ham mid blisse,
    150
    gif we þæt fæsten her      fyrena gelæsta
    and þone uplican      æþel seca.
    Nu wæs æt nehstan      þæt us nergend Crist,
    halig heofenes weord,      heolp and lærde.
    He hine dyppan let      deorum þweale,
    155
    fulwihtes bæe,      fyrena bedæled,
    and he feowertig daga      firsude mettas,
    eac nihta swa feala      nanuht gyltig,
    leodum to lare,      þæt hie on lengten sceolan
    efen feowertig daga      fæsten hewan.
    160
    Hine costude þær      Cristes gewinna
    on þæm ænete      eald and fræte,
    geseah mærne frean      mannum gelicne
    and þa wenan ongann,      wommes gemyndig,
    þæt he stræla his      stellan mihte
    165
    on þam lichoman;      næs þæs leahtra nan,
    ac on hinder gewat      hearmes brytta,
    and þær englas hyra      ealdor sohtan.
    Higesynnig man,      gyf þe susla weard
    costian durre,      þonne he Crist dyde,
    170
    wereda wulderfrean,      womma leasne,
    ne mæg he þæs inne      ahwæt scotian
    gif he myrcels næfþ      manes æt egum,
    ac he on hinder scriþ,      and þe halig
    englas ærfæste      æghwær helpa,
    175
    gif þu dryhtnes her      dædum fylgest.
    Hæbbe we nu gemearcod      hu þa mæran iu
    feowertig daga      fæsten hewdon,
    and we bebeoda      þurh beorn godes
    þæt manna gehwilc      þe for moldan wuna
    180
    ær þam æreste      ures dryhtnes
    efen feowertig daga      fæsten hewe
    oþ þa nigoþan tid,      and he na bruce
    flæsces oþþe fyrna,      þæ læs þe he fah wese.
    Sceolan sacerdas      singan mæssan,
    185
    dæghwamlice      dryhten biddan
    on þam fæstenne      þæt he freond wese
    folce gynd foldan,      and þa fyrna sceolan
    þam sacerdan      secgan gehwilce
    and þa dymnissa      dædum betan
    190
    wordes and weorces,      wuldres ealdor
    þurh ælmesdæde      eall gegladian.
    þonne is þearf micel      þeoda mænium
    þæt þa sacerdos      sylfe ne gyltan,
    ne on leahtrum hiora      ligegen to fæste.
    195
    Hwa mæg þyngian      þreale hwilcum
    wiþ his arwesan,      gyf he him ærur hæf
    bitere onbolgen,      and þæs bote ne de,
    ac þa æbyligþe      ealdere wrohte,
    dæghwamlice      dædum niwa?
    200
    Gyf se sacerd hine      sylfne ne cunne
    þurh dryhtnes ege      dugeþum healdan,
    nu þa, folces mann,      fyrna ne gyme
    þe gehalgod mann      her gefremme,
    ac þu lare scealt      lustum fremman
    205
    ryhthicgennde      þe he to ræde tæch,
    drince he him þæt drofe      oe þæt dæghluttre
    wæter of wege,      þæt is wuldres lare.
    Ac ic secgan mæg,      sorgum hremig,
    hu þa sacerdas      sace niwia,
    210
    dæghwamlice      dryhten gremia
    and mid æfeste      ælcne forlæda
    þe him fylian wyle      folces manna;
    sona hie on mergan      mæssan synga
    and forþegide,      þurste gebæded,
    215
    æfter tæppere      teoþ geond stræta.
    Hwæt! Hi leaslice      leogan ongynna
    and þone tæppere      tyhtaþ gelome,
    secgaþ þæt he synleas      syllan mote
    ostran to æte      and æþele wyn
    220
    emb morgentyd,      þæs þe me þinge
    þæt hund and wulf      healda þa ilcan
    wisan on worulde      and ne wiglia
    hwæne hie to mose fon,      mæa bedæled.
    Hi þonne sittende      sadian aginna,
    225
    sinne sema,      sylla gelome,
    cwea goddlife      gumena gehwilcum
    þæt wines dreng      welhwa mote,
    siþþan he mæssan hafa,      meþig þicgan,
    etan ostran eac      and oþerne
    230
    fisc of flode     

    Caedmon's Hymn: Northumbrian Version

    Verse Early Anglian

    Nu scylun hergan      hefaenricaes uard,
    metudæs maecti      end his modgidanc,
    uerc uuldurfadur,      sue he uundra gihuaes,
    eci dryctin,      or astelidæ.
    5
    He aerist scop      aelda barnum
    heben til hrofe,      haleg scepen;
    tha middungeard      moncynnæs uard,
    eci dryctin,      æfter tiadæ
    firum foldu,      frea allmectig.

    Caedmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version

    Verse Early Saxon

    Nu sculon herigean      heofonrices weard,
    meotodes meahte      and his modgeþanc,
    weorc wuldorfæder,      swa he wundra gehwæs,
    ece drihten,      or onstealde.
    5
    He ærest sceop      eoran bearnum
    heofon to hrofe,      halig scyppend;
    þa middangeard      moncynnes weard,
    ece drihten,      æfter teode
    firum foldan,      frea ælmihtig.

    Bede's Death Song: Northumbrian Version

    Verse Early Anglian

    Fore thaem neidfaerae      naenig uuiurthit
    thoncsnotturra,      than him tharf sie
    to ymbhycggannae      aer his hiniongae
    huaet his gastae      godaes aeththa yflaes
    5
    aefter deothdaege      doemid uueorthae.

    Bede's Death Song: The Hague Version

    Verse Early Saxon

    Fore aem nedfere      nenig wiore
    onosnottorra      on him earf riae
    to ymbhycgenne      aer his hinionge
    hwet his gaste      godes oe yfles
    5
    ester deadege      doemed wiore.

    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
    5
    æfter deaþe heonon      demed weorþe.

    The Leiden Riddle

    Verse Early

    Mec se ueta uong,      uundrum freorig,
    ob his innaae      aerest cændæ.
    Ni uaat ic mec biuorthæ      uullan fliusum,
    herum erh hehcraeft,      hygionc....
    5
    Uundnae me ni bia ueflæ,      ni ic uarp hafæ,
    ni erih reatun giraec      ret me hlimmith,
    ne me hrutendu      hrisil scelfath,
    ni mec ouana      aam sceal cnyssa.
    Uyrmas mec ni auefun      uyrdi craeftum,
    10
    a i geolu godueb      geatum fraetuath.
    Uil mec huethrae suae      eh uidæ ofaer eoru
    hatan mith helium      hyhtlic giuæde;
    ni anoegun ic me aerigfaerae      egsan brogum,
    eh i n... ...n siæ      niudlicae ob cocrum.

    Latin-English Proverbs

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ardor frigesscit,      nitor squalescit,
    amor abolescit,      lux obtenebrescit
    .
    Hat acola,      hwit asola,
    leof alaaþ,      leoht aystra.
    5
    Senescunt omnia      que eterna non sunt.
    æghwæt forealda      þæs þe ece ne by.

    Metrical Preface to the Pastoral Car

    Verse Early Saxon

    þis ærendgewrit      Agustinus
    ofer sealtne sæ      suan brohte
    iegbuendum,      swa hit ær fore
    adihtode      dryhtnes cempa,
    5
    Rome papa.      Ryhtspell monig
    Gregorius      gleawmod gindwod
    urh sefan snyttro,      searoonca hord.
    Foræm he monncynnes      mæst gestriende
    rodra wearde,      Romwara betest,
    10
    monna modwelegost,      mærum gefrægost.
    Sian min on englisc      ælfred kyning
    awende worda gehwelc,      and me his writerum
    sende su and nor,      heht him swelcra ma
    brengan bi ære bisene,      æt he his biscepum
    15
    sendan meahte,      foræm hi his sume orfton,
    a e lædenspræce      læste cuon.

    Metrical Epilogue to the Pastoral Care

    Verse Early Saxon

    is is nu se wæterscipe      e us wereda god
    to frofre gehet      foldbuendum.
    He cwæ æt he wolde      æt on worulde for
    of æm innoum      a libbendu
    5
    wætru fleowen,      e wel on hine
    gelifden under lyfte.      Is hit lytel tweo
    æt æs wæterscipes      welsprynge is
    on hefonrice,      æt is halig gæst.
    onan hine hlodan      halge and gecorene,
    10
    sian hine gierdon      a e gode herdon
    urh halga bec      hider on eoran
    geond manna mod      missenlice.
    Sume hine weria      on gewitlocan,
    wisdomes stream,      welerum gehæfta,
    15
    æt he on unnyt      ut ne toflowe.
    Ac se wæl wuna      on weres breostum
    urh dryhtnes giefe      diop and stille.
    Sume hine læta      ofer landscare
    rium torinnan;      nis æt rædlic ing,
    20
    gif swa hlutor wæter,      hlud and undiop,
    toflowe æfter feldum      o hit to fenne wer.
    Ac hlada iow nu drincan,      nu iow dryhten geaf
    æt iow Gregorius      gegiered hafa
    to durum iowrum      dryhtnes welle.
    25
    Fylle nu his fætels,      se e fæstne hider
    kylle brohte,      cume eft hræe.
    Gif her egna hwelc      yrelne kylle
    brohte to ys burnan,      bete hine georne,
    y læs he forsceade      scirost wætra,
    30
    oe him lifes drync      forloren weore.

    The Metrical Preface to Waerferth's Translation of Gregory's Dialogues

    Verse Late Saxon

         ...e e me rædan ance,
    he in me findan mæg,      gif hine feola lyste
    gastlices lifes      godre biesene,
    þæt he ful eaþe mæg      upp gestigan
    5
    to am heofonlican hame,      þar by a hyht and wyn,
    blis on burgum,      þam þe bearn godes
    sielfes hiora eagum      geseon motan.
    þæt mæg se mon begytan,      se þe his modgeanc
    æltowe byþ,      and þonne þurh his ingehygd
    10
    to þissa haligra      helpe geliefe,
    ond hiora bisene fulga,      swa þeos boc saga.
    Me awritan het      Wulfstan bisceop,
    þeow and þearfa      þæs þe alne þrym aof,
    and eac walden is      wihta gehwelcre,
    15
    an ece god      eallra gesceafta.
    Bideþ þe se bisceop,      se þe as boc begeat
    þe þu on þinum handum nu      hafast and sceawast,
    þæt þu him to þeossum halgum      helpe bidde,
    þe heora gemynd her on      gemearcude siendon,
    20
    and þæt him god ællmihtig     
    forgyu... þa gyltas      þe he geo worhte,
    and eac rese mid him,      se e ah ealles rices geweald,
    and eac swa his beahgifan,      þe him as bysene forgeaf,
    þæt is se selesa      sinces brytta,
    25
    ælfryd mid Englum,      ealra cyninga
    þara þe he si oe ær fore      secgan hyrde,
    oe he iorcyninga ær      ænigne gefrugne.

    The Metrical Epilogue to MS 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Bidde ic eac      æghwylcne mann,
    brego, rices weard,      þe þas boc ræde
    and þa bredu befo,      fira aldor,
    þæt gefyrrige þone writre      wynsum cræfte
    5
    þe as boc awrat      bam handum twam,
    þæt he mote manega gyt      mundum synum
    geendigan,      his aldre to willan,
    and him þæs geunne      se e ah ealles geweald,
    rodera waldend,      þæt he on riht mote
    10
    o his daga ende      drihten herigan.
    Amen.      Geweorþe þæt.

    Unknown

    Not specified

    Rod is min nama.      Geo ic ricne cyning
    bær byfigynde,      blode bestemed.
    þas rode het æþlmær wyrican and Aelwold hys beroþor
    Criste to lofe for ælfrices saule hyra beroþor.

    The Metrical Charms

    Metrical Charm 1: For Unfruitful Land

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Her ys seo bot, hu u meaht þine æceras betan gif hi
    nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þær hwilc ungedefe þing on gedon bi
    on dry oe on lyblace. Genim þonne on niht, ær hyt
    dagige, feower tyrf on feower healfa þæs landes, and gemearca
    5
    hu hy ær stodon. Nim þonne ele and hunig and beorman,
    and ælces feos meolc þe on þæm lande sy, and ælces treow-
    cynnes dæl þe on þæm lande sy gewexen, butan heardan
    beaman, and ælcre namcuþre wyrte dæl, butan glappan anon,
    and do þonne haligwæter ær on, and drype þonne þriwa on
    10
    þone staol þara turfa, and cweþe onne as word: Crescite,
    wexe, et multiplicamini, and gemænigfealda, et replete , and
    gefylle, terre, þas eoran. In nomine patris et filii et spiritus
    sancti sit benedicti
    . And Pater Noster swa oft swa þæt oer.
    And bere siþþan a turf to circean, and mæssepreost asinge
    15
    feower mæssan ofer þan turfon, and wende man þæt grene to
    an weofode, and siþþan gebringe man þa turf þær hi ær
    wæron ær sunnan setlgange. And hæbbe him gæworht of
    cwicbeame feower Cristes mælo and awrite on ælcon ende:
    Matheus and Marcus, Lucas and Iohannes. Lege þæt
    20
    Cristes mæl on þone pyt neoþeweardne, cwee onne: Crux
    Matheus, crux Marcus, crux Lucas, crux sanctus Iohannes
    .
    Nim onne þa turf and sete ær ufon on and cweþe onne
    nigon siþon þas word, Crescite, and swa oft Pater Noster,
    and wende þe þonne eastweard, and onlut nigon sion
    25
    eadmodlice, and cwe þonne þas word:
    Eastweard ic stande,      arena ic me bidde,
    bidde ic þone mæran domine,      bidde one miclan drihten,
    bidde ic one haligan      heofonrices weard,
    eoran ic bidde      and upheofon
    30
    and a soþan      sancta Marian
    and heofones meaht      and heahreced,
    þæt ic mote þis gealdor      mid gife drihtnes
    toum ontynan      þurh trumne geþanc,
    aweccan þas wæstmas      us to woruldnytte,
    35
    gefyllan þas foldan      mid fæste geleafan,
    wlitigigan þas wancgturf,      swa se witega cwæ
    þæt se hæfde are on eorþrice,      se þe ælmyssan
    dælde domlice      drihtnes þances.
    Wende þe þonne III sunganges, astrece þonne on andlang
    40
    and arim þær letanias and cwe þonne: Sanctus, sanctus,
    sanctus oþ ende. Sing þonne Benedicite aþenedon earmon
    and Magnificat and Pater Noster III, and bebeod hit Criste
    and sancta Marian and þære halgan rode to lofe and to
    weorþinga and to are þam þe þæt land age and eallon þam þe
    45
    him undereodde synt. onne þæt eall sie gedon, þonne
    nime man uncuþ sæd æt ælmesmannum and selle him twa
    swylc, swylce man æt him nime, and gegaderie ealle his
    sulhgeteogo togædere; borige þonne on þam beame stor and
    finol and gehalgode sapan and gehalgod sealt. Nim þonne
    50
    þæt sæd, sete on þæs sules bodig, cwe þonne:
    Erce, Erce, Erce,      eorþan modor,
    geunne þe se alwalda,      ece drihten,
    æcera wexendra      and wridendra,
    eacniendra      and elniendra,
    55
    sceafta hehra,      scirra wæstma,
    and þæra bradan      berewæstma,
    and þæra hwitan      hwætewæstma,
    and ealra      eorþan wæstma.
    Geunne him      ece drihten
    60
    and his halige,      þe on heofonum synt,
    þæt hys yrþ si gefriþod      wi ealra feonda gehwæne,
    and heo si geborgen      wi ealra bealwa gehwylc,
    þara lyblaca      geond land sawen.
    Nu ic bidde one waldend,      se e as woruld gesceop,
    65
    þæt ne sy nan to þæs cwidol wif      ne to þæs cræftig man
    þæt awendan ne mæge      word þus gecwedene.
    þonne man þa sulh for drife and þa forman furh onsceote,
    cwe þonne:
    Hal wes þu, folde,      fira modor!
    70
    Beo þu growende      on godes fæþme,
    fodre gefylled      firum to nytte.
    Nim þonne ælces cynnes melo and abacæ man innewerdre
    handa bradnæ hlaf and gecned hine mid meolce and mid
    haligwætere and lecge under þa forman furh. Cweþe þonne:
    75
    Ful æcer fodres      fira cinne,
    beorhtblowende,      þu gebletsod weorþ
    þæs haligan noman      þe as heofon gesceop
    and as eorþan      þe we on lifiaþ;
    se god, se þas grundas geworhte,      geunne us growende gife,
    80
    þæt us corna gehwylc      cume to nytte.
    Cwe þonne III Crescite in nomine patris, sit benedicti.
    Amen
    and Pater Noster þriwa.

    Metrical Charm 2: The Nine Herbs Charm

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gemyne u, mucgwyrt,      hwæt þu ameldodest,
    hwæt þu renadest      æt Regenmelde.
    Una þu hattest,      yldost wyrta.
    u miht wi III      and wi XXX,
    5
    þu miht wiþ attre      and wi onflyge,
    þu miht wiþ þam laþan      e geond lond fær.
    Ond þu, wegbrade,      wyrta modor,
    eastan openo,      innan mihtigu;
    ofer e crætu curran,      ofer e cwene reodan,
    10
    ofer e bryde bryodedon,      ofer þe fearras fnærdon.
    Eallum þu þon wistode      and wistunedest;
    swa u wistonde      attre and onflyge
    and þæm laan      þe geond lond fere.
    Stune hætte þeos wyrt,      heo on stane geweox;
    15
    stond heo wi attre,      stuna heo wærce.
    Stie heo hatte,      wistuna heo attre,
    wrece heo wraan,      weorpe ut attor.
    þis is seo wyrt      seo wiþ wyrm gefeaht,
    þeos mæg wi attre,      heo mæg wi onflyge,
    20
    heo mæg wi am laþan      e geond lond fereþ.
    Fleoh þu nu, attorlae,      seo læsse a maran,
    seo mare þa læssan,      oæt him beigra bot sy.
    Gemyne þu, mæge,      hwæt þu ameldodest,
    hwæt u geændadest      æt Alorforda;
    25
    þæt næfre for gefloge      feorh ne gesealde
    syþan him mon mægan      to mete gegyrede.
    þis is seo wyrt      e wergulu hatte;
    as onsænde seolh      ofer sæs hrygc
    ondan attres      oþres to bote.
    30
    as VIIII magon      wi nygon attrum.
    Wyrm com snican,      toslat he man;
    a genam Woden      VIIII wuldortanas,
    sloh a þa næddran,      þæt heo on VIIII tofleah.
    þær geændade      æppel and attor,
    35
    þæt heo næfre ne wolde      on hus bugan.
    Fille and finule,      felamihtigu twa,
    þa wyrte gesceop      witig drihten,
    halig on heofonum,      þa he hongode;
    sette and sænde      on VII worulde
    40
    earmum and eadigum      eallum to bote.
    Stond heo wi wærce,      stuna heo wi attre,
    seo mæg wi III      and wi XXX,
    wi feondes hond      and wi færbregde,
    wi malscrunge      manra wihta.
    45
    Nu magon þas VIIII wyrta      wi nygon wuldorgeflogenum,
    wi VIIII attrum      and wi nygon onflygnum,
    wi y readan attre,      wi y runlan attre,
    wi y hwitan attre,      wi y wedenan attre,
    wi y geolwan attre,      wi y grenan attre,
    50
    wi y wonnan attre,      wi y wedenan attre,
    wi y brunan attre,      wi y basewan attre,
    wi wyrmgeblæd,      wi wætergeblæd,
    wi þorngeblæd,      wi þystelgeblæd,
    wi ysgeblæd,      wi attorgeblæd,
    55
    gif ænig attor cume      eastan fleogan
    oe ænig noran      cume
    oe ænig westan      ofer wereode.
    Crist stod ofer adle      ængan cundes.
    Ic ana wat      ea rinnende
    60
    þær þa nygon nædran      nean behealda;
    motan ealle weoda nu      wyrtum aspringan,
    sæs toslupan,      eal sealt wæter,
    onne ic þis attor      of e geblawe.
    Mugcwyrt, wegbrade þe eastan open sy, lombescyrse,
    65
    attorlaan, magean, netelan, wudusuræppel, fille and finul,
    ealde sapan. Gewyrc a wyrta to duste, mængc wiþ þa
    sapan and wiþ þæs æpples gor. Wyrc slypan of wætere
    and of axsan, genim finol, wyl on þære slyppan and beþe mid
    æggemongc, þonne he þa sealfe on do, ge ær ge æfter. Sing
    70
    þæt galdor on ælcre þara wyrta, III ær he hy wyrce and
    on þone æppel ealswa; ond singe þon men in þone mu and
    in þa earan buta and on a wunde þæt ilce gealdor, ær he
    þa sealfe on do.

    Metrical Charm 3: Against a Dwarf

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wi dweorh man sceal niman VII lytle oflætan, swylce
    man mid ofra, and writan þas naman on ælcre oflætan:
    Maximianus, Malchus, Iohannes, Martimianus, Dioni-
    sius, Constantinus, Serafion. þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt
    5
    her æfter cwe, man sceal singan, ærest on þæt wynstre
    eare, þænne on þæt swire eare, þænne bufan þæs mannes
    moldan. And ga þænne an mædenman to and ho hit on
    his sweoran, and do man swa þry dagas; him bi sona sel.
    Her com in gangan,      in spiderwiht,
    10
    hæfde him his haman on handa,      cwæ þæt þu his hæncgest wære,
    legde þe his teage an sweoran.      Ongunnan him of þæm lande liþan;
    sona swa hy of þæm lande coman,      þa ongunnan him a liþu colian.
    þa com in gangan      dweores sweostar;
    þa geændade heo      and aas swor
    15
    æt næfre þis æm adlegan      derian ne moste,
    ne þæm þe þis galdor      begytan mihte,
    oe þe þis galdor      ongalan cuþe.
    Amen. Fia.

    Metrical Charm 4: For a Sudden Stich

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wi færstice feferfuige and seo reade netele, e þurh
    ærn inwyx, and wegbrade; wyll in buteran.
    Hlude wæran hy, la, hlude,      a hy ofer þone hlæw ridan,
    wæran anmode,      a hy ofer land ridan.
    5
    Scyld u e nu, þu ysne ni      genesan mote.
    Ut, lytel spere,      gif her inne sie!
    Stod under linde,      under leohtum scylde,
    þær a mihtigan wif      hyra mægen beræddon
    and hy gyllende      garas sændan;
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    ic him oerne      eft wille sændan,
    fleogende flane      forane togeanes.
    Ut, lytel spere,      gif hit her inne sy!
    Sæt smi,      sloh seax lytel,
    iserna,      wundrum swie.
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    Ut, lytel spere,      gif her inne sy!
    Syx smias sætan,      wælspera worhtan.
    Ut, spere,      næs in, spere!
    Gif her inne sy      isernes dæl,
    hægtessan geweorc,      hit sceal gemyltan.
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    Gif u wære on fell scoten      oe wære on flæsc scoten
    oe wære on blod scoten     
    oe wære on li scoten,      næfre ne sy in lif atæsed;
    gif hit wære esa gescot      oe hit wære ylfa gescot
    oe hit wære hægtessan gescot,      nu ic wille in helpan.
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    þis e to bote esa gescotes,      is e to bote ylfa gescotes,
    is e to bote hægtessan gescotes;      ic in wille helpan.
    Fleoh þær      on fyrgenheafde.
    Hal westu,      helpe in drihten!
    Nim þonne þæt seax, ado on wætan.

    Metrical Charm 5: For Loss of Cattle

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    þonne þe mon ærest secge þæt þin ceap sy losod, þonne
    cwe þu ærest, ær þu elles hwæt cweþe:
    Bæleem hatte seo buruh      þe Crist on acænned wæs,
    seo is gemærsod      geond ealne middangeard;
    5
    swa þyos dæd for monnum      mære gewurþe
    þurh þa haligan Cristes rode! Amen. Gebide þe þonne
    þriwa east and cweþ þonne þriwa: Crux Christi ab oriente
    reduca
    . Gebide þe þonne þriwa west and cwe þonne
    þriwa: Crux Christi ab occidente reducat. Gebide þe
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    þonne þriwa su and cweþ þriwa: Crux Christi ab austro
    reducat
    . Gebide þonne þriwa nor and cwe þriwa: Crux
    Christi ab aquilone reduca, crux Christi abscondita est et
    inuenta est.
    Iudeas Crist ahengon, dydon dæda þa
    wyrrestan, hælon þæt hy forhelan ne mihtan. Swa þeos
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    dæd nænige þinga forholen ne wurþe þurh þa haligan
    Cristes rode. Amen.

    Metrical Charm 6: For Delayed Birth

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Se wifman, se hire cild afedan ne mæg, gange to gewitenes
    mannes birgenne and stæppe þonne þriwa ofer þa byrgenne
    and cweþe þonne þriwa þas word:
    þis me to bote      þære laþan lætbyrde,
    5
    þis me to bote      þære swæran swærbyrde,
    þis me to bote      þære laan lambyrde.
    And þonne þæt wif seo mid bearne and heo to hyre hlaforde
    on reste ga, þonne cweþe heo:
    Up ic gonge,      ofer þe stæppe
    10
    mid cwican cilde,      nalæs mid cwellendum,
    mid fulborenum,      nalæs mid fægan.
    And þonne seo modor gefele þæt þæt bearn si cwic, ga
    þonne to cyrican, and þonne heo toforan þan weofode cume,
    cweþe þonne:
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    Criste, ic sæde,      þis gecyþed!
    Se wifmon, se hyre bearn afedan ne mæge, genime heo
    sylf hyre agenes cildes gebyrgenne dæl, wry æfter þonne on
    blace wulle and bebicge to cepemannum and cweþe þonne:
    Ic hit bebicge,      ge hit bebicgan,
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    þas sweartan wulle      and þysse sorge corn.
    Se wifman, se ne mæge bearn afedan, nime þonne anes
    bleos cu meoluc on hyre handæ and gesupe þonne mid hyre
    muþe and gange þonne to yrnendum wætere and spiwe þær
    in þa meolc and hlade þonne mid þære ylcan hand þæs
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    wæteres mu fulne and forswelge. Cweþe þonne þas word:
    Gehwer ferde ic me þone mæran      maga þihtan,
    mid þysse mæran      mete þihtan;
    þonne ic me wille habban      and ham gan.
    þonne heo to þan broce ga, þonne ne beseo heo, no ne eft
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    þonne heo þanan ga, and þonne ga heo in oþer hus oþer heo
    ut ofeode and þær gebyrge metes.

    Metrical Charm 7: For the Water-Elf Disease

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Gif mon biþ on wæterælfadle, þonne beoþ him þa hand-
    næglas wonne and þa eagan tearige and wile locian niþer.
    Do him þis to læcedome: eoforþrote, cassuc, fone nioþo-
    weard, eowberge, elehtre, eolone, merscmealwan crop,
    5
    fenminte, dile, lilie, attorlaþe, polleie, marubie, docce, ellen,
    felterre, wermod, streawbergean leaf, consolde; ofgeot mid
    ealaþ, do hæligwæter to, sing þis gealdor ofer þriwa:
    Ic benne awrat      betest beadowræda,
    swa benne ne burnon,      ne burston,
    10
    ne fundian,      ne feologan,
    ne hoppettan,      ne wund waxsian,
    ne dolh diopian;      ac him self healde halewæge,
    ne ace þe þon ma,      þe eorþan on eare ace.
    Sing þis manegum siþum: Eorþe þe onbere eallum hire
    15
    mihtum and mægenum. þas galdor mon mæg singan on
    wunde.

    Metrical Charm 8: For a Swarm of Bees

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wi ymbe nim eorþan, oferweorp mid þinre swiþran
    handa under þinum swiþran fet, and cwet:
    Fo ic under fot,      funde ic hit.
    Hwæt, eore mæg      wi ealra wihta gehwilce
    5
    and wi andan      and wi æminde
    and wi þa micelan      mannes tungan.
    And wion forweorp ofer greot, þonne hi swirman, and cwe:
    Sitte ge, sigewif,      siga to eorþan!
    Næfre ge wilde      to wuda fleogan.
    10
    Beo ge swa gemindige      mines godes,
    swa bi manna gehwilc      metes and eþeles.

    Metrical Charm 9: For Loss of Cattle

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ne forstolen ne forholen nanuht, þæs e ic age, þe ma e
    mihte Herod urne drihten. Ic geþohte sancte Eadelenan
    and ic geþohte Crist on rode ahangen; swa ic þence þis feoh
    to findanne, næs to ofeorrganne, and to witanne, næs to
    5
    owyrceanne, and to lufianne, næs to olædanne.
    Garmund,      godes egen,
    find þæt feoh      and fere þæt feoh
    and hafa þæt feoh      and heald þæt feoh
    and fere ham þæt feoh.     
    10
    þæt he næfre næbbe landes,      þæt he hit olæde,
    ne foldan,      þæt hit oferie,
    ne husa,      þæt he hit ohealde.
    Gif hyt hwa gedo,      ne gedige hit him næfre!
    Binnan þrym nihtum      cunne ic his mihta,
    15
    his mægen and his mihta      and his mundcræftas.
    Eall he weornige,      swa syre wudu weornie,
    swa breel seo swa þystel,     
    se e is feoh      ofergean þence
    oe is orf      oehtian ence.
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    Amen.

    Metrical Charm 10: For Loss of Cattle

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    is man sceal cwean onne his ceapa hwilcne man for-
    stolenne. Cwy ær he ænyg oþer word cwee:
    Bethlem hattæ seo burh      e Crist on geboren wes,
    seo is gemærsod      ofer ealne middangeard;
    5
    swa eos dæd wyrþe      for monnum mære,
    per crucem Christi! And gebide þe onne þriwa east and
    cwe þriwa: Crux Christi ab oriente reducat. And III
    west and cwe: Crux Christi ab occidente reducat. And
    III su and cwe: Crux Christi a meridie reducant. And
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    III nor and cwe: Crux Christi abscondita sunt et inuenta
    est
    . Iudeas Crist ahengon, gedidon him dæda þa wyrstan;
    hælon þæt hi forhelan ne mihton. Swa næfre eos dæd
    forholen ne wyre per crucem Christi.

    Metrical Charm 11: A Journey Charm

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Ic me on þisse gyrde beluce      and on godes helde bebeode
    wi þane sara stice,      wi þane sara slege,
    wi þane grymma gryre,     
    wi ane micela egsa      þe bi eghwam la,
    5
    and wi eal þæt la      þe in to land fare.
    Sygegealdor ic begale,      sigegyrd ic me wege,
    wordsige and worcsige.      Se me dege;
    ne me mere ne gemyrre,      ne me maga ne geswence,
    ne me næfre minum feore      forht ne gewurþe,
    10
    ac gehæle me ælmihtig and sunu      and frofre gast,
    ealles wuldres      wyrig dryhten,
    swa swa ic gehyrde      heofna scyppende.
    Abrame and Isace     
    and swilce men,      Moyses and Iacob,
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    and Dauit and Iosep     
    and Evan and Annan      and Elizabet,
    Saharie and ec Marie,      modur Cristes,
    and eac þæ gebroþru,      Petrus and Paulus,
    and eac þusend      þinra engla
    20
    clipige ic me to are      wi eallum feondum.
    Hi me ferion and friþion      and mine fore nerion,
    eal me gehealdon,      me gewealdon,
    worces stirende;      si me wuldres hyht,
    hand ofer heafod,      haligra rof,
    25
    sigerofra sceolu,      sofæstra engla.
    Biddu ealle      bliu mode
    þæt me beo Matheus helm,      Marcus byrne,
    leoht, lifes rof,      Lucos min swurd,
    scearp and scirecg,      scyld Iohannes,
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    wuldre gewlitegod      wælgar Serafhin.
    For ic gefare,      frind ic gemete,
    eall engla blæd,      eadiges lare.
    Bidde ic nu sigeres god      godes miltse,
    sifæt godne,      smylte and lihte
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    windas on waroþum.      Windas gefran,
    circinde wæter      simble gehælede
    wi eallum feondum.      Freond ic gemete wi,
    þæt ic on þæs ælmihtgian fri      wunian mote,
    belocun wi þam laþan,      se me lyfes eht,
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    on engla blæd      gestaþelod,
    and inna halre hand      heofna rices,
    þa hwile þe ic on þis life      wunian mote.
    Amen.

    Metrical Charm 12: Against a Wen

    Verse Indeterminate Saxon

    Wenne, wenne,      wenchichenne,
    her ne scealt þu timbrien,      ne nenne tun habben,
    ac þu scealt north eonene      to þan nihgan berhge,
    þer þu hauest, ermig,      enne broþer.
    5
    He þe sceal legge      leaf et heafde.
    Under fot wolues,      under ueþer earnes,
    under earnes clea,      a þu geweornie.
    Clinge þu      alswa col on heorþe,
    scring þu      alswa scerne awage,
    10
    and weorne      alswa weter on anbre.
    Swa litel þu gewurþe      alswa linsetcorn,
    and miccli lesse      alswa anes handwurmes hupeban,
    and alswa litel þu gewurþe      þet þu nawiht gewurþe.