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   ond ealle þa menigo þe þe mid wuniað

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   on nearonedum. þe is neorxnawang,

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   blæda beorhtost, boldwela fægrost,

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   hama hyhtlicost, halegum mihtum

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   torht ontyned. þær ðu tyres most,

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   to widan feore willan brucan.

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   Geþola þeoda þrea! Nis seo þrah micel

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   þæt þe wærlogan witebendum,

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   synnige ðurh searocræft, swencan motan.

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    Ic þe Andreas ædre onsende

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    to hleo ond to hroðre in þas hæðenan burg.

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    He ðe alyseð of þyssum leodhete.

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    Is to þære tide tælmet hwile

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    emne mid soðe seofon ond twentig

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    nihtgerimes, þæt ðu of nede most,

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    sorgum geswenced, sigore gewyrðod,

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    hweorfan of henðum in gehyld godes."

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    Gewat him þa se halga helm ælwihta,

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    engla scyppend, to þam uplican

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    eðelrice. He is on riht cyning,

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    staðolfæst styrend, in stowa gehwam.

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    ða wæs Matheus miclum onbryrded

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    niwan stefne. Nihthelm toglad,

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    lungre leorde. Leoht æfter com,

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    dægredwoma. Duguð samnade,

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    hæðne hildfrecan, heapum þrungon,

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    (guðsearo gullon, garas hrysedon),

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    bolgenmode, under bordhreoðan.

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    Woldon cunnian hwæðer cwice lifdon

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    þa þe on carcerne clommum fæste

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    hleoleasan wic hwile wunedon,

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    hwylcne hie to æte ærest mihton

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    æfter fyrstmearce feores berædan.

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    Hæfdon hie on rune ond on rimcræfte

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    awriten, wælgrædige, wera endestæf,

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    hwænne hie to mose meteþearfendum

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    on þære werþeode weorðan sceoldon.

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    Cirmdon caldheorte, (corðor oðrum getang),

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    reðe ræsboran. Rihtes ne gimdon,

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    meotudes mildse. Oft hira mod onwod

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    under dimscuan deofles larum,

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    þonne hie unlædra eafeðum gelyfdon.

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    Hie ða gemetton modes glawne,

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    haligne hæle, under heolstorlocan

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    bidan beadurofne þæs him beorht cyning,

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    engla ordfruma, unnan wolde.

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    ða wæs first agan frumrædenne

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    þinggemearces butan þrim nihtum,

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    swa hit wælwulfas awriten hæfdon

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    þæt hie banhringas abrecan þohton,

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    lungre tolysan lic ond sawle,

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    ond þonne todælan duguðe ond geogoðe,

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    werum to wiste ond to wilþege,

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    fæges flæschoman. Feorh ne bemurndan,

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    grædige guðrincas, hu þæs gastes sið

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    æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde.

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    Swa hie symble ymb þritig þing gehedon

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    nihtgerimes; wæs him neod micel

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    þæt hie tobrugdon blodigum ceaflum

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    fira flæschoman him to foddorþege.

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    þa wæs gemyndig, se ðe middangeard

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    gestaðelode strangum mihtum,

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    hu he in ellþeodigum yrmðum wunode,

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    belocen leoðubendum, þe oft his lufan adreg

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    for Ebreum ond Israhelum;

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    swylce he Iudea galdorcræftum

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    wiðstod stranglice. þa sio stefn gewearð

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    gehered of heofenum, þær se halga wer

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    in Achaia, Andreas, wæs,

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    (leode lærde on lifes weg),

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    þa him cirebaldum cininga wuldor,

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    meotud mancynnes, modhord onleac,

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    weoruda drihten, ond þus wordum cwæð:

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    "ðu scealt feran ond frið lædan,

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    siðe gesecan, þær sylfætan

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    eard weardigað, eðel healdaþ

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    morðorcræftum. Swa is þære menigo þeaw

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    þæt hie uncuðra ængum ne willað

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    on þam folcstede feores geunnan

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    syþþan manfulle on Mermedonia

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    onfindaþ feasceaftne. þær sceall feorhgedal,

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    earmlic ylda cwealm, æfter wyrþan.

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    ðær ic seomian wat þinne sigebroðor

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    mid þam burgwarum bendum fæstne.

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    Nu bið fore þreo niht þæt he on þære þeode sceal

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    fore hæðenra handgewinne

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    þurh gares gripe gast onsendan,

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    ellorfusne, butan ðu ær cyme."

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    ædre him Andreas agef andsware:

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    "Hu mæg ic, dryhten min, ofer deop gelad

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    fore gefremman on feorne weg

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    swa hrædlice, heofona scyppend,

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    wuldres waldend, swa ðu worde becwist?

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    ðæt mæg engel þin eað geferan,

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    halig of heofenum con him holma begang,

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    sealte sæstreamas ond swanrade,

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    waroðfaruða gewinn ond wæterbrogan,

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    wegas ofer widland. Ne synt me winas cuðe,

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    eorlas elþeodige, ne þær æniges wat

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     hæleða gehygdo, ne me herestræta

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