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

1. 1100

   to foddurþege feores ongyldan;

2. 1101

   hluton hellcræftum, hæðengildum

3. 1102

   teledon betwinum. ða se tan gehwearf

4. 1103

   efne ofer ænne ealdgesiða,

5. 1104

   se wæs uðweota eorla dugoðe,

6. 1105

   heriges on ore. Hraðe siððan wearð

7. 1106

   fetorwrasnum fæst, feores orwena.

8. 1107

   Cleopode þa collenferhð cearegan reorde,

9. 1108

   cwæð he his sylfes sunu syllan wolde

10. 1109

    on æhtgeweald, eaforan geongne,

11. 1110

    lifes to lisse. Hie ða lac hraðe

12. 1111

    þegon to þance. þeod wæs oflysted,

13. 1112

    metes modgeomre, næs him to maðme wynn,

14. 1113

    hyht to hordgestreonum. Hungre wæron

15. 1114

    þearle geþreatod, swa se ðeodsceaða

16. 1115

    reow ricsode. þa wæs rinc manig,

17. 1116

    guðfrec guma, ymb þæs geongan feorh

18. 1117

    breostum onbryrded. To þam beadulace

19. 1118

    wæs þæt weatacen wide gefrege,

20. 1119

    geond þa burh bodad beorne manegum,

21. 1120

    þæt hie þæs cnihtes cwealm corðre gesohton,

22. 1121

    duguðe ond eogoðe, dæl onfengon

23. 1122

    lifes to leofne. Hie lungre to þæs,

24. 1123

    hæðene herigweardas, here samnodan

25. 1124

    ceastrewarena. Cyrm upp astah

26. 1125

    ða se geonga ongann geomran stefne,

27. 1126

    gehæfted for herige, hearmleoð galan,

28. 1127

    freonda feasceaft, friðes wilnian.

29. 1128

    Ne mihte earmsceapen are findan,

30. 1129

    freoðe æt þam folce, þe him feores wolde,

31. 1130

    ealdres geunnan. Hæfdon æglæcan

32. 1131

    sæcce gesohte. Sceolde sweordes ecg,

33. 1132

    scerp ond scurheard, of sceaðan folme,

34. 1133

    fyrmælum fag, feorh acsigan.

35. 1134

    ða þæt Andrea earmlic þuhte,

36. 1135

    þeodbealo þearlic to geðolianne,

37. 1136

    þæt he swa unscyldig ealdre sceolde

38. 1137

    lungre linnan. Wæs se leodhete

39. 1138

    þrist ond þrohtheard. þrymman sceocan,

40. 1139

    modige maguþegnas, morðres on luste,

41. 1140

    woldon æninga, ellenrofe,

42. 1141

    on þam hysebeorðre heafolan gescenan,

43. 1142

    garum agetan. Hine god forstod,

44. 1143

    halig of hehðo, hæðenum folce.

45. 1144

    Het wæpen wera wexe gelicost

46. 1145

    on þam orlege eall formeltan,

47. 1146

    þy læs scyldhatan sceððan mihton,

48. 1147

    egle ondsacan, ecga þryðum.

49. 1148

    Swa wearð alysed of leodhete,

50. 1149

    geong of gyrne. Gode ealles þanc,

51. 1150

    dryhtna dryhtne, þæs ðe he dom gifeð

52. 1151

    gumena gehwylcum, þara þe geoce to him

53. 1152

    seceð mid snytrum. þær bið symle gearu

54. 1153

    freod unhwilen, þam þe hie findan cann.

55. 1154

    þa wæs wop hæfen in wera burgum,

56. 1155

    hlud heriges cyrm. Hreopon friccan,

57. 1156

    mændon meteleaste, meðe stodon,

58. 1157

    hungre gehæfte. Hornsalu wunedon,

59. 1158

    weste winræced, welan ne benohton

60. 1159

    beornas to brucanne on þa bitran tid,

61. 1160

    gesæton searuþancle sundor to rune

62. 1161

    ermðu eahtigan. Næs him to eðle wynn.

63. 1162

    Fregn þa gelome freca oðerne:

64. 1163

    "Ne hele se ðe hæbbe holde lare,

65. 1164

    on sefan snyttro! Nu is sæl cumen,

66. 1165

    þrea ormæte, is nu þearf mycel

67. 1166

    þæt we wisfæstra wordum hyran."

68. 1167

    þa for þære dugoðe deoful ætywde,

69. 1168

    wann ond wliteleas, hæfde weriges hiw.

70. 1169

    Ongan þa meldigan morþres brytta,

71. 1170

    hellehinca, þone halgan wer

72. 1171

    wiðerhycgende, ond þæt word gecwæð:

73. 1172

    "Her is gefered ofer feorne weg

74. 1173

    æðelinga sum innan ceastre,

75. 1174

    ellþeodigra, þone ic Andreas

76. 1175

    nemnan herde. He eow neon gesceod

77. 1176

    ða he aferede of fæstenne

78. 1177

    manncynnes ma þonne gemet wære.

79. 1178

    Nu ge magon eaðe oncyðdæda

80. 1179

    wrecan on gewyrhtum. Lætað wæpnes spor

81. 1180

    iren ecgheard, ealdorgeard sceoran,

82. 1181

    fæges feorhhord. Gað fromlice

83. 1182

    þæt ge wiðerfeohtend wiges gehnægan."

84. 1183

    Him þa Andreas agef ondsware:

85. 1184

    "Hwæt, ðu þristlice þeode lærest,

86. 1185

    bældest to beadowe! Wæst þe bæles cwealm,

87. 1186

    hatne in helle, ond þu here fysest,

88. 1187

    feðan to gefeohte. Eart ðu fag wið god,

89. 1188

    dugoða demend. Hwæt, ðu deofles stræl,

90. 1189

    icest þine yrmðo. ðe se ælmihtiga

91. 1190

    heanne gehnægde, ond on heolstor besceaf,

92. 1191

    þær þe cyninga cining clamme belegde,

93. 1192

    ond þe syððan a Satan nemdon,

94. 1193

    ða ðe dryhtnes a deman cuðon."

95. 1194

    ða gyt se wiðermeda wordum lærde

96. 1195

    folc to gefeohte, feondes cræfte:

97. 1196

    "Nu ge gehyrað hæleða gewinnan,

98. 1197

    se ðyssum herige mæst hearma gefremede.

99. 1198

    ðæt is Andreas, se me on fliteð

100. 1199

     wordum wrætlicum for wera menigo."

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