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Aldhelm

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 17 sections

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   þus me gesette sanctus et iustus

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   beorn boca gleaw, bonus auctor,

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   Ealdelm, æþele sceop, etiam fuit

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   ipselos on æðele Angolsexna,

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   byscop on Bretene. Biblos ic nu sceal,

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   ponus et pondus pleno cum sensu,

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   geonges geanoðe geomres iamiamque,

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   secgan soð, nalles leas, þæt him symle wæs

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   euthenia oftor on fylste,

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    æne on eðle ec ðon ðe se is

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    yfel on gesæd. Etiam nusquam

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    ne sceal ladigan labor quem tenet

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    encratea, ac he ealneg sceal

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    boethia biddan georne

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    þurh his modes gemind micro in cosmo,

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    þæt him drihten gyfe dinams on eorðan,

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    fortis factor, þæt he forð simle

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