Azarias

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Him þa Azarias ingeþoncum
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hleoþrede halig þurh hatne lig,
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dreag dædum georn, dryhten herede,
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wis in weorcum, ond þas word acwæð:
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"Meotud allwihta, þu eart meahtum swið
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niþas to nerganne. Is þin noma mære,
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wlitig ond wuldorfæst ofer werþeode.
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Sindon þine domas on dæda gehwam
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soðe geswiðde ond gesigefæste,
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eac þine willan in woruldspedum
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ryhte mid ræde. Rodera waldend,
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geoca us georne, gæsta scyppend,
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ond þurh hyldo help, halig dryhten,
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nu we þec for þearfum ond for þreanydum
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ond fore eaðmedum arena biddaþ,
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lege bilegde. We þæs lifgende
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worhton in worulde, eac þon wom dydon
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yldran usse, in oferhygdum
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þin bibodu bræcon burgsittende,
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had oferhogedon halgan lifes.
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Wurdon we towrecene geond widne grund,
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heapum tohworfne, hylda lease;
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wæs ure lif geond londa fela
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fracuð ond gefræge foldbuendum.
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Nu þu usic bewræce in þas wyrrestan
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eorðcyninges æhtgewealda,
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in hæft heorogrimmes, sceolon we þær hæþenra
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þreanyd
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hæfdes
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to Abrahame ond to Isace
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ond Iacobe, gæsta scyppend.
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þu him gehete þurh hleoþorcwidas
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þæt þu hyra fromcynn on fyrndagum
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ycan wolde, þæt hit æfter him
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on cyneryce cenned wurde,
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yced on eorþan, þæt swa unrime,
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had to hebban, swa heofonsteorran
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bugað bradne hwearft oð brimflodas,
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swa waroþa sond ymb sealt wæter,
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yþe geond eargrund, þæt swa unrime
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ymb wintra hwearft weorðan sceolde.
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Fyl nu þa frumspræce, þeah þe user fea lifgen,
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wlitega þine wordcwidas ond ðin wuldor us.
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Gecyð cræft ond meaht, nu þec Caldeas
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ond eac fela folca gefregen habban
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þæt þu ana eart ece dryhten,
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sigerof settend ond soð meotod,
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wuldres waldend ond woruldsceafta."
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Swa se halga wer hergende wæs
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meotudes miltse, ond his modsefan
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rehte þurh reorde. ða of roderum wearð
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engel ælbeorhta ufon onsended,
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wlitescyne wer in his wuldorhoman,
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cwom him þa to are ond to ealdornere
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þurh lufan ond þurh lisse. Se þone lig tosceaf,
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halig ond heofonbeorht, hatan fyres,
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þæt se bittra bryne beorgan sceolde
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for þæs engles ege æfæstum þrim.
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Tosweop ond toswengde þurh swiðes meaht
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liges leoman, swa hyra lice ne scod,
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ac wæs in þam ofne, þa se engel cwom,
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windig ond wynsum, wedere onlicust,
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þonne on sumeres tid sended weorþeð
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dropena dreorung mid dæges hwile.
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Se wæs in þam fire for frean meahtum
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halgum to helpe. Wearð se hata lig
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todrifen ond todwæsced, þær þa dædhwatan
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þry mid geþoncum þeoden heredon,
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bædon bletsian bearn in worulde
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ealle gesceafte ecne dryhten,
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þeoda waldend. Swa hi þry cwædon,
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modum horsce, þurh gemæne word:
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"Bletsige þec, bilwit fæder,
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woruldsceafta wuldor ond weorca gehwylc,
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heofonas ond englas ond hluttor wæter,
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ond eal mægen eorþan gesceafta.
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Bletsige þec, soðfæst cyning, sunne ond mona,
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leohte leoman, lifgende god,
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hædre ond hlutre ond heofondreame
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wæstem weorðian. Ful oft þu, wuldorcyning,
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þurh lyft lætest leodum to freme
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mildne morgenren. Monig sceal siþþan
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wyrt onwæcnan, eac þon wudubearwas
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tanum tydrað. Trymmað eorðwelan,
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hleoð ond hluttrað. Næfre hlisan ah
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meotud þan maran þonne he wið monna bearn
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wyrceð weldædum. Wis bið se þe con
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ongytan þone geocend, þe us eall good syleð
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þe we habbað þenden we her beoð,
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ond us milde meotod mare gehateð,
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gif we geearniað, elne willað,
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ðonne feran sceal þurh frean hæse
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sundor anra gehwæs sawl of lice.
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Ond þec, god dryhten, gæstas hergen,
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byrnende fyr ond beorht sumor,
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wearme wederdagas, waldend manna,
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frean on ferðe. Fremest eorðwelan
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þurh monigne had, milde dryhten,
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ond þec dæg ond niht, domfæst cyning,
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lofigen ond lufigen, lux et tenebre,

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