Andreas

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

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"Næbbe ic fæted gold ne feohgestreon,
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welan ne wiste ne wira gespann,
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landes ne locenra beaga, þæt ic þe mæge lust ahwettan,
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willan in worulde, swa ðu worde becwist."
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Him þa beorna breogo, þær he on bolcan sæt,
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ofer waroða geweorp wiðþingode:
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"Hu gewearð þe þæs, wine leofesta,
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ðæt ðu sæbeorgas secan woldes,
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merestreama gemet, maðmum bedæled,
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ofer cald cleofu ceoles neosan?
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Nafast þe to frofre on faroðstræte
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hlafes wiste ne hlutterne
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drync to dugoðe. Is se drohtað strang
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þam þe lagolade lange cunnaþ."
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ða him Andreas ðurh ondsware,
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wis on gewitte, wordhord onleac:
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"Ne gedafenað þe, nu þe dryhten geaf
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welan ond wiste ond woruldspede,
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ðæt ðu ondsware mid oferhygdum,
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sece sarcwide. Selre bið æghwam
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þæt he eaðmedum ellorfusne
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oncnawe cuðlice, swa þæt Crist bebead,
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þeoden þrymfæst. We his þegnas synd
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gecoren to cempum. He is cyning on riht,
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wealdend ond wyrhta wuldorþrymmes,
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an ece god eallra gesceafta,
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swa he ealle befehð anes cræfte,
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hefon ond eorðan, halgum mihtum,
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sigora selost. He ðæt sylfa cwæð,
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fæder folca gehwæs, ond us feran het
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geond ginne grund gasta streonan:
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'Farað nu geond ealle eorðan sceatas
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emne swa wide swa wæter bebugeð,
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oððe stedewangas stræte gelicgaþ.
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Bodiað æfter burgum beorhtne geleafan
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ofer foldan fæðm. Ic eow freoðo healde.
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Ne ðurfan ge on þa fore frætwe lædan,
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gold ne seolfor. Ic eow goda gehwæs
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on eowerne agenne dom est ahwette.'
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Nu ðu seolfa miht sið userne
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gehyran hygeþancol. Ic sceal hraðe cunnan
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hwæt ðu us to duguðum gedon wille."
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Him þa ondswarode ece dryhten:
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"Gif ge syndon þegnas þæs þe þrym ahof
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ofer middangeard, swa ge me secgaþ,
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ond ge geheoldon þæt eow se halga bead,
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þonne ic eow mid gefean ferian wille
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ofer brimstreamas, swa ge benan sint."
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þa in ceol stigon collenfyrhðe,
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ellenrofe, æghwylcum wearð
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on merefaroðe mod geblissod.
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ða ofer yða geswing Andreas ongann
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mereliðendum miltsa biddan
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wuldres aldor, ond þus wordum cwæð:
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"Forgife þe dryhten domweorðunga,
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willan in worulde ond in wuldre blæd,
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meotud manncynnes, swa ðu me hafast
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on þyssum siðfæte sybbe gecyðed!"
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Gesæt him þa se halga helmwearde neah,
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æðele be æðelum. æfre ic ne hyrde
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þon cymlicor ceol gehladenne
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heahgestreonum. Hæleð in sæton,
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þeodnas þrymfulle, þegnas wlitige.
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ða reordode rice þeoden,
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ece ælmihtig, heht his engel gan,
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mærne maguþegn, ond mete syllan,
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frefran feasceafte ofer flodes wylm,
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þæt hie þe eað mihton ofer yða geþring
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drohtaþ adreogan. þa gedrefed wearð,
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onhrered hwælmere. Hornfisc plegode,
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glad geond garsecg, ond se græga mæw
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wælgifre wand. Wedercandel swearc,
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windas weoxon, wægas grundon,
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streamas styredon, strengas gurron,
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wædo gewætte. Wæteregsa stod
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þreata þryðum. þegnas wurdon
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acolmode. ænig ne wende
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þæt he lifgende land begete,
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þara þe mid Andreas on eagorstream
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ceol gesohte. Næs him cuð þa gyt
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hwa þam sæflotan sund wisode.
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Him þa se halga on holmwege
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ofer argeblond, Andreas þa git,
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þegn þeodenhold, þanc gesægde,
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ricum ræsboran, þa he gereordod wæs:
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"ðe þissa swæsenda soðfæst meotud,
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lifes leohtfruma, lean forgilde,
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weoruda waldend, ond þe wist gife,
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heofonlicne hlaf, swa ðu hyldo wið me
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ofer firigendstream freode gecyðdest!
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Nu synt geþreade þegnas mine,
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geonge guðrincas. Garsecg hlymmeð,
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geofon geotende. Grund is onhrered,
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deope gedrefed, duguð is geswenced,
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modigra mægen myclum gebysgod."
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Him of helman oncwæð hæleða scyppend:
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"Læt nu geferian flotan userne,
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lid to lande ofer lagufæsten,
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ond þonne gebidan beornas þine,
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aras on earde, hwænne ðu eft cyme."

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