Andreas

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

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wuldorcyninges word. Geweotan ða ða witigan þry
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modige mearcland tredan. Forlætan moldern wunigean
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open eorðscræfu, woldon hie ædre gecyðan
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frumweorca fæder. þa þæt folc gewearð
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egesan geaclod, þær þa æðelingas
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wordum weorðodon wuldres aldor.
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Hie ða ricene het rices hyrde
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to eadwelan oþre siðe
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secan mid sybbe swegles dreamas,
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ond þæs to widan feore willum neotan.
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Nu ðu miht gehyran, hyse leofesta,
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hu he wundra worn wordum cyðde,
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swa þeah ne gelyfdon larum sinum
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modblinde menn. Ic wat manig nu gyt
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mycel mære spell ðe se maga fremede,
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rodera rædend, ða ðu aræfnan ne miht,
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hreðre behabban, hygeþances gleaw."
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þus Andreas ondlangne dæg
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herede hleoðorcwidum haliges lare,
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oððæt hine semninga slæp ofereode
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on hronrade heofoncyninge neh.
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ða gelædan het lifes brytta
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ofer yða geþræc englas sine,
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fæðmum ferigean on fæder wære
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leofne mid lissum ofer lagufæsten,
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oððæt sæwerige slæp ofereode.
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þurh lyftgelac on land becwom
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to þære ceastre þe him cining engla
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ða þa aras siðigean,
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eadige on upweg, eðles neosan.
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Leton þone halgan be herestræte
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swefan on sybbe under swegles hleo,
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bliðne bidan burhwealle neh,
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his niðhetum, nihtlangne fyrst,
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oðþæt dryhten forlet dægcandelle
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scire scinan. Sceadu sweðerodon,
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wonn under wolcnum. þa com wederes blæst,
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hador heofonleoma, ofer hofu blican.
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Onwoc þa wiges heard, (wang sceawode),
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fore burggeatum. Beorgas steape,
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hleoðu hlifodon, ymbe harne stan
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tigelfagan trafu, torras stodon,
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windige weallas. þa se wisa oncneow
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þæt he Marmedonia mægðe hæfde
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siðe gesohte, swa him sylf bebead,
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þa he him fore gescraf, fæder mancynnes.
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Geseh he þa on greote gingran sine,
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beornas beadurofe, biryhte him
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swefan on slæpe. He sona ongann
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wigend weccean, ond worde cwæð:
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"Ic eow secgan mæg soð orgete,
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þæt us gystrandæge on geofones stream
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ofer arwelan æðeling ferede.
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In þam ceole wæs cyninga wuldor,
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waldend werðeode. Ic his word oncneow,
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þeh he his mægwlite bemiðen hæfde."
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Him þa æðelingas ondsweorodon,
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geonge gencwidum, gastgerynum:
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"We ðe, Andreas, eaðe gecyðað
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sið userne, þæt ðu sylfa miht
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ongitan gleawlice gastgehygdum.
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Us sæwerige slæp ofereode.
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þa comon earnas ofer yða wylm
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faran on flyhte, feðerum hremige,
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us ofslæpendum sawle abrugdon,
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mid gefean feredon flyhte on lyfte,
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brehtmum bliðe, beorhte ond liðe.
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Lissum lufodon ond in lofe wunedon,
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þær wæs singal sang ond swegles gong,
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wlitig weoroda heap ond wuldres þreat.
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Utan ymbe æðelne englas stodon,
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þegnas ymb þeoden, þusendmælum,
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heredon on hehðo halgan stefne
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dryhtna dryhten. Dream wæs on hyhte.
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We ðær heahfæderas halige oncneowon
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ond martyra mægen unlytel,
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sungon sigedryhtne soðfæstlic lof,
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dugoð domgeorne. þær wæs Dauid mid,
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eadig oretta, Essages sunu,
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for Crist cumen, cining Israhela.
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Swylce we gesegon for suna meotudes,
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æðelum ecne, eowic standan,
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twelfe getealde, tireadige hæleð.
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Eow þegnodon þrymsittende,
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halige heahenglas. ðam bið hæleða well
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þe þara blissa brucan moton.
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þær wæs wuldres wynn, wigendra þrym,
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æðelic onginn, næs þær ænigum gewinn.
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þam bið wræcsið witod, wite geopenad,
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þe þara gefeana sceal fremde weorðan,
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hean hwearfian, þonne heonon gangaþ."
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þa wæs modsefa myclum geblissod
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haliges on hreðre, syðþan hleoðorcwide
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gingran gehyrdon, þæt hie god wolde
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onmunan swa mycles ofer menn ealle,
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ond þæt word gecwæð wigendra hleo:
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"Nu ic, god dryhten, ongiten hæbbe
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þæt ðu on faroðstræte feor ne wære,
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cyninga wuldur, þa ic on ceol gestah,
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ðeh ic on yðfare, engla þeoden,

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