Christ A, B, C

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cyninge.
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ðu eart se weallstan þe ða wyrhtan iu
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wiðwurpon to weorce. Wel þe geriseð
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þæt þu heafod sie healle mærre,
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ond gesomnige side weallas
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fæste gefoge, flint unbræcne,
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þæt geond eorðb... ...g eall eagna gesihþe
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wundrien to worlde wuldres ealdor.
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Gesweotula nu þurh searocræft þin sylfes weorc,
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soðfæst, sigorbeorht, ond sona forlæt
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weall wið wealle. Nu is þam weorce þearf
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þæt se cræftga cume ond se cyning sylfa,
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ond þonne gebete, nu gebrosnad is,
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hus under hrofe. He þæt hra gescop,
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leomo læmena; nu sceal liffrea
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þone wergan heap wraþum ahreddan,
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earme from egsan, swa he oft dyde.
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Eala þu reccend ond þu riht cyning,
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se þe locan healdeð, lif ontyneð,
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eadga... upwegas, oþrum forwyrneð
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wlitigan wilsiþes, gif his weorc ne deag.
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Huru we for þearfe þas word sprecað,
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ond m... ...giað þone þe mon gescop
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þæt he ne ...ete... ...ceose weorðan
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cearfulra þing, þe we in carcerne
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sittað sorgende, sunnan wenað,
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hwonne us liffrea leoht ontyne,
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weorðe ussum mode to mundboran,
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ond þæt tydre gewitt tire bewinde,
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gedo usic þæs wyrðe, þe he to wuldre forlet,
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þa we heanlice hweorfan sceoldan
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to þis enge lond, eðle bescyrede.
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Forþon secgan mæg, se ðe soð spriceð,
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þæt he ahredde, þa forhwyrfed wæs,
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frumcyn fira. Wæs seo fæmne geong,
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mægð manes leas, þe he him to meder geceas;
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þæt wæs geworden butan weres frigum,
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þæt þurh bearnes gebyrd bryd eacen wearð.
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Nænig efenlic þam, ær ne siþþan,
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in worlde gewearð wifes gearnung;
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þæt degol wæs, dryhtnes geryne.
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Eal giofu gæstlic grundsceat geondspreot;
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þær wisna fela wearð inlihted
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lare longsume þurh lifes fruman
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þe ær under hoðman biholen lægon,
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witgena woðsong, þa se waldend cwom,
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se þe reorda gehwæs ryne gemiclað
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ðara þe geneahhe noman scyppendes
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þurh horscne had hergan willað.
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Eala sibbe gesihð, sancta Hierusalem,
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cynestola cyst, Cristes burglond,
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engla eþelstol, ond þa ane in þe
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saule soðfæstra simle gerestað,
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wuldrum hremge. Næfre wommes tacn
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in þam eardgearde eawed weorþeð,
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ac þe firina gehwylc feor abugeð,
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wærgðo ond gewinnes. Bist to wuldre full
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halgan hyhtes, swa þu gehaten eart.
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Sioh nu sylfa þe geond þas sidan gesceaft,
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swylce rodores hrof rume geondwlitan
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ymb healfa gehwone, hu þec heofones cyning
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siðe geseceð, ond sylf cymeð,
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nimeð eard in þe, swa hit ær gefyrn
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witgan wisfæste wordum sægdon,
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cyðdon Cristes gebyrd, cwædon þe to frofre,
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burga betlicast. Nu is þæt bearn cymen,
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awæcned to wyrpe weorcum Ebrea,
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bringeð blisse þe, benda onlyseð
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niþum genedde. Nearoþearfe conn,
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hu se earma sceal are gebidan.
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Eala wifa wynn geond wuldres þrym,
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fæmne freolicast ofer ealne foldan sceat
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þæs þe æfre sundbuend secgan hyrdon,
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arece us þæt geryne þæt þe of roderum cwom,
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hu þu eacnunge æfre onfenge
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bearnes þurh gebyrde, ond þone gebedscipe
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æfter monwisan mod ne cuðes.
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Ne we soðlice swylc ne gefrugnan
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in ærdagum æfre gelimpan,
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þæt ðu in sundurgiefe swylce befenge,
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ne we þære wyrde wenan þurfon
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toweard in tide. Huru treow in þe
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weorðlicu wunade, nu þu wuldres þrym
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bosme gebære, ond no gebrosnad wearð
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mægðhad se micla. Swa eal manna bearn
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sorgum sawað, swa eft ripað,
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cennað to cwealme. Cwæð sio eadge mæg
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symle sigores full, sancta Maria:
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"Hwæt is þeos wundrung þe ge wafiað,
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ond geomrende gehþum mænað,
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sunu Solimæ somod his dohtor?
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Fricgað þurh fyrwet hu ic fæmnan had,
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mund minne geheold, ond eac modor gewearð
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mære meotudes suna. Forþan þæt monnum nis
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cuð geryne, ac Crist onwrah
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in Dauides dyrre mægan
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þæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded,
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wærgða aworpen, ond gewuldrad is
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se heanra had. Hyht is onfangen
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þæt nu bletsung mot bæm gemæne,

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