Andreas

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

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Is þon geliccost swa he on landsceare
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stille stande, þær hine storm ne mæg,
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wind awecgan, ne wæterflodas
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brecan brondstæfne, hwæðere on brim snoweð
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snel under segle. ðu eart seolfa geong,
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wigendra hleo, nalas wintrum frod,
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hafast þe on fyrhðe, faroðlacende,
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eorles ondsware. æghwylces canst
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worda for worulde wislic andgit."
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Him ondswarode ece dryhten:
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"Oft þæt gesæleð, þæt we on sælade,
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scipum under scealcum, þonne sceor cymeð,
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brecað ofer bæðweg, brimhengestum.
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Hwilum us on yðum earfoðlice
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gesæleð on sæwe, þeh we sið nesan,
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frecne geferan. Flodwylm ne mæg
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manna ænigne ofer meotudes est
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lungre gelettan: ah him lifes geweald,
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se ðe brimu bindeð, brune yða
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ðyð ond þreatað. He þeodum sceal
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racian mid rihte, se ðe rodor ahof
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ond gefæstnode folmum sinum,
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worhte ond wreðede, wuldras fylde
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beorhtne boldwelan, swa gebledsod wearð
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engla eðel þurh his anes miht.
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Forþan is gesyne, soð orgete,
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cuð oncnawen, þæt ðu cyninges eart
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þegen geþungen, þrymsittendes,
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forþan þe sona sæholm oncneow,
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garsecges begang, þæt ðu gife hæfdes
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haliges gastes. Hærn eft onwand,
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aryða geblond. Egesa gestilde,
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widfæðme wæg. Wædu swæðorodon
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seoðþan hie ongeton þæt ðe god hæfde
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wære bewunden, se ðe wuldres blæd
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gestaðolade strangum mihtum."
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þa hleoðrade halgan stefne
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cempa collenferhð, cyning wyrðude,
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wuldres waldend, ond þus wordum cwæð:
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"Wes ðu gebledsod, brego mancynnes,
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dryhten hælend! A þin dom lyfað!
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Ge neh ge feor is þin nama halig,
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wuldre gewlitegad ofer werþeoda,
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miltsum gemærsod. Nænig manna is
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under heofonhwealfe, hæleða cynnes,
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ðætte areccan mæg oððe rim wite
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hu ðrymlice, þeoda baldor,
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gasta geocend, þine gife dælest.
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Huru is gesyne, sawla nergend,
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þæt ðu þissum hysse hold gewurde
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ond hine geongne geofum wyrðodest,
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wis on gewitte ond wordcwidum.
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Ic æt efenealdum æfre ne mette
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on modsefan maran snyttro."
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Him ða of ceole oncwæð cyninga wuldor,
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frægn fromlice fruma ond ende:
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"Saga, þances gleaw þegn, gif ðu cunne,
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hu ðæt gewurde be werum tweonum,
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þæt ða arleasan inwidþancum,
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Iudea cynn wið godes bearne
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ahof hearmcwide. Hæleð unsælige
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no ðær gelyfdon in hira liffruman,
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grome gealgmode, þæt he god wære,
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þeah ðe he wundra feala weorodum gecyðde,
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sweotulra ond gesynra. Synnige ne mihton
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oncnawan þæt cynebearn, se ðe acenned wearð
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to hleo ond to hroðre hæleða cynne,
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eallum eorðwarum. æþelinge weox
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word ond wisdom, ah he þara wundra a,
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domagende, dæl nænigne
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frætre þeode beforan cyðde."
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Him ða Andreas agef andsware:
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"Hu mihte þæt gewyrðan in werþeode,
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þæt ðu ne gehyrde hælendes miht,
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gumena leofost, hu he his gif cyðde
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geond woruld wide, wealdendes bearn?
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Sealde he dumbum gesprec, deafe gehyrdon,
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healtum ond hreofum hyge blissode,
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ða þe limseoce lange wæron,
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werige, wanhale, witum gebundene,
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æfter burhstedum blinde gesegon.
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Swa he on grundwæge gumena cynnes
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manige missenlice men of deaðe
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worde awehte. Swylce he eac wundra feala
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cynerof cyðde þurh his cræftes miht.
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He gehalgode for heremægene
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win of wætere ond wendan het,
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beornum to blisse, on þa beteran gecynd.
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Swylce he afedde of fixum twam
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ond of fif hlafum fira cynnes
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fif ðusendo. Feðan sæton,
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reonigmode, reste gefegon,
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werige æfter waðe, wiste þegon,
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menn on moldan, swa him gemedost wæs.
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Nu ðu miht gehyran, hyse leofesta,
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hu us wuldres weard wordum ond dædum
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lufode in life, ond þurh lare speon
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to þam fægeran gefean, þær freo moton,
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eadige mid englum, eard weardigan,
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þa ðe æfter deaðe dryhten secað."

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