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Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 1,722 sections

1. 1000

   ond þær in eode, elnes gemyndig,

2. 1001

   hæle hildedeor. Hæðene swæfon,

3. 1002

   dreore druncne, deaðwang rudon.

4. 1003

   Geseh he Matheus in þam morðorcofan,

5. 1004

   hæleð higerofne under heolstorlocan,

6. 1005

   secgan dryhtne lof, domweorðinga

7. 1006

   engla ðeodne. He ðær ana sæt

8. 1007

   geohðum geomor in þam gnornhofe.

9. 1008

   Geseh þa under swegle swæsne geferan,

10. 1009

    halig haligne. Hyht wæs geniwad.

11. 1010

    Aras þa togenes, gode þancade

12. 1011

    þæs ðe hie onsunde æfre moston

13. 1012

    geseon under sunnan. Syb wæs gemæne

14. 1013

    bam þam gebroðrum, blis edniwe.

15. 1014

    æghwæðer oðerne earme beþehte,

16. 1015

    cyston hie ond clypton. Criste wæron begen

17. 1016

    leofe on mode. Hie leoht ymbscan

18. 1017

    halig ond heofontorht. Hreðor innan wæs

19. 1018

    wynnum awelled. þa worde ongan

20. 1019

    ærest Andreas æðelne geferan

21. 1020

    on clustorcleofan mid cwide sinum

22. 1021

    gretan godfyrhtne, sæde him guðgeðingu,

23. 1022

    feohtan fara monna: "Nu is þis folc on luste,

24. 1023

    hæleð hyder on

25. 1024

    gewyrht eardes neosan."

26. 1025

    æfter þyssum wordum wuldres þegnas,

27. 1026

    begen þa gebroðor, to gebede hyldon,

28. 1027

    sendon hira bene fore bearn godes.

29. 1028

    Swylce se halga in þam hearmlocan

30. 1029

    his god grette ond him geoce bæd,

31. 1030

    hælend helpe, ær þan hra crunge

32. 1031

    fore hæðenra hildeþrymme,

33. 1032

    ond þa gelædde of leoðobendum

34. 1033

    fram þam fæstenne on frið dryhtnes

35. 1034

    tu ond hundteontig geteled rime,

36. 1035

    swylce feowertig,

37. 1036

    generede fram niðe, (þær he nænigne forlet

38. 1037

    under burglocan bennum fæstne),

39. 1038

    ond þær wifa þa gyt, weorodes to eacan,

40. 1039

    anes wana þe fiftig

41. 1040

    forhte gefreoðode. Fægen wæron siðes,

42. 1041

    lungre leordan, nalas leng bidon

43. 1042

    in þam gnornhofe guðgeþingo.

44. 1043

    Gewat þa Matheus menigo lædan

45. 1044

    on gehyld godes, swa him se halga bebead.

46. 1045

    Weorod on wilsið wolcnum beþehte,

47. 1046

    þe læs him scyldhatan scyððan comon

48. 1047

    mid earhfare, ealdgeniðlan.

49. 1048

    þær þa modigan mid him mæðel gehedan,

50. 1049

    treowgeþoftan, ær hie on tu hweorfan.

51. 1050

    ægðer þara eorla oðrum trymede

52. 1051

    heofonrices hyht, helle witu

53. 1052

    wordum werede. Swa ða wigend mid him,

54. 1053

    hæleð higerofe, halgum stefnum

55. 1054

    cempan coste cyning weorðadon,

56. 1055

    wyrda waldend, þæs wuldres ne bið

57. 1056

    æfre mid eldum ende befangen.

58. 1057

    Gewat him þa Andreas inn on ceastre

59. 1058

    glædmod gangan, to þæs ðe he gramra gemot,

60. 1059

    fara folcmægen, gefrægen hæfde,

61. 1060

    oððæt he gemette be mearcpaðe

62. 1061

    standan stræte neah stapul ærenne.

63. 1062

    Gesæt him þa be healfe, hæfde hluttre lufan,

64. 1063

    ece upgemynd engla blisse;

65. 1064

    þanon basnode under burhlocan

66. 1065

    hwæt him guðweorca gifeðe wurde.

67. 1066

    þa gesamnedon side herigeas,

68. 1067

    folces frumgaras. To þam fæstenne

69. 1068

    wærleasra werod wæpnum comon,

70. 1069

    hæðne hildfrecan, to þæs þa hæftas ær

71. 1070

    under hlinscuwan hearm þrowedon.

72. 1071

    Wendan ond woldon wiðerhycgende

73. 1072

    þæt hie on elþeodigum æt geworhton,

74. 1073

    weotude wiste. Him seo wen gelah,

75. 1074

    syððan mid corðre carcernes duru

76. 1075

    eorre æscberend opene fundon,

77. 1076

    onhliden hamera geweorc, hyrdas deade.

78. 1077

    Hie þa unhyðige eft gecyrdon,

79. 1078

    luste belorene, laðspell beran,

80. 1079

    sægdon þam folce þæt ðær feorrcundra,

81. 1080

    ellreordigra, ænigne to lafe

82. 1081

    in carcerne cwicne ne gemetton,

83. 1082

    ah þær heorodreorige hyrdas lagan,

84. 1083

    gæsne on greote, gaste berofene,

85. 1084

    fægra flæschaman. þa wearð forht manig

86. 1085

    for þam færspelle folces ræswa,

87. 1086

    hean, hygegeomor, hungres on wenum,

88. 1087

    blates beodgastes. Nyston beteran ræd,

89. 1088

    þonne hie þa belidenan him to lifnere

90. 1089

    deade gefeormedon. Duruþegnum wearð

91. 1090

    in ane tid eallum ætsomne

92. 1091

    þurh heard gelac hildbedd styred.

93. 1092

    ða ic lungre gefrægn leode tosomne

94. 1093

    burgwaru bannan. Beornas comon,

95. 1094

    wiggendra þreat, wicgum gengan,

96. 1095

    on mearum modige, mæðelhegende,

97. 1096

    æscum dealle. þa wæs eall geador

98. 1097

    to þam þingstede þeod gesamnod.

99. 1098

    Leton him þa betweonum taan wisian

100. 1099

     hwylcne hira ærest oðrum sceolde

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