Christ A, B, C

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 1,664 sections

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werum ond wifum, a to worulde forð
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in þam uplican engla dreame
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mid soðfæder symle wunian."
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Eala earendel, engla beorhtast,
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ofer middangeard monnum sended,
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ond soðfæsta sunnan leoma,
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torht ofer tunglas, þu tida gehwane
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of sylfum þe symle inlihtes!
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Swa þu, god of gode gearo acenned,
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sunu soþan fæder, swegles in wuldre
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butan anginne æfre wære,
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swa þec nu for þearfum þin agen geweorc
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bideð þurh byldo, þæt þu þa beorhtan us
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sunnan onsende, ond þe sylf cyme
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þæt ðu inleohte þa þe longe ær,
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þrosme beþeahte ond in þeostrum her,
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sæton sinneahtes; synnum bifealdne
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deorc deaþes sceadu dreogan sceoldan.
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Nu we hyhtfulle hælo gelyfað
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þurh þæt word godes weorodum brungen,
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þe on frymðe wæs fæder ælmihtigum
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efenece mid god, ond nu eft gewearð
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flæsc firena leas, þæt seo fæmne gebær
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geomrum to geoce. God wæs mid us
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gesewen butan synnum; somod eardedon
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mihtig meotudes bearn ond se monnes sunu
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geþwære on þeode. We þæs þonc magon
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secgan sigedryhtne symle bi gewyrhtum,
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þæs þe he hine sylfne us sendan wolde.
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Eala gæsta god, hu þu gleawlice
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mid noman ryhte nemned wære
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Emmanuhel, swa hit engel gecwæð
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ærest on Ebresc! þæt is eft gereht,
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rume bi gerynum: "Nu is rodera weard,
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god sylfa mid us." Swa þæt gomele gefyrn
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ealra cyninga cyning ond þone clænan eac
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sacerd soðlice sægdon toweard,
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swa se mæra iu, Melchisedech,
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gleaw in gæste godþrym onwrah
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eces alwaldan. Se wæs æ bringend,
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lara lædend, þam longe his
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hyhtan hidercyme, swa him gehaten wæs,
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þætte sunu meotudes sylfa wolde
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gefælsian foldan mægðe,
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swylce grundas eac gæstes mægne
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siþe gesecan. Nu hie softe þæs
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bidon in bendum hwonne bearn godes
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cwome to cearigum. Forþon cwædon swa,
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suslum geslæhte: "Nu þu sylfa cum,
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heofones heahcyning. Bring us hælolif,
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werigum witeþeowum, wope forcymenum,
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bitrum brynetearum. Is seo bot gelong
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eal æt þe anum ...... oferþearfum.
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Hæftas hygegeomre hider ...es;
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ne læt þe behindan, þonne þu heonan cyrre,
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mænigo þus micle, ac þu miltse on us
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gecyð cynelice, Crist nergende,
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wuldres æþeling, ne læt awyrgde ofer us
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onwald agan. Læf us ecne gefean
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wuldres þines, þæt þec weorðien,
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weoroda wuldorcyning, þa þu geworhtes ær
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hondum þinum. þu in heannissum
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wunast wideferh mid waldend fæder."
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"Eala Ioseph min, Iacobes bearn,
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mæg Dauides, mæran cyninges,
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nu þu freode scealt fæste gedælan,
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alætan lufan mine!" "Ic lungre eam
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deope gedrefed, dome bereafod,
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forðon ic worn for þe worde hæbbe
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sidra sorga ond sarcwida,
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hearmes gehyred, ond me hosp sprecað,
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tornworda fela. Ic tearas sceal
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geotan geomormod. God eaþe mæg
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gehælan hygesorge heortan minre,
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afrefran feasceaftne. Eala fæmne geong,
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mægð Maria!" Hwæt bemurnest ðu,
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cleopast cearigende? Ne ic culpan in þe,
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incan ænigne, æfre onfunde,
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womma geworhtra, ond þu þa word spricest
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swa þu sylfa sie synna gehwylcre
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firena gefylled." Ic to fela hæbbe
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þæs byrdscypes bealwa onfongen!
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Hu mæg ic ladigan laþan spræce,
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oþþe ondsware ænige findan
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wraþum towiþere? Is þæt wide cuð
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þæt ic of þam torhtan temple dryhtnes
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onfeng freolice fæmnan clæne,
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womma lease, ond nu gehwyrfed is
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þurh nathwylces. Me nawþer deag,
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secge ne swige. Gif ic soð sprece,
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þonne sceal Dauides dohtor sweltan,
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stanum astyrfed. Gen strengre is
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þæt ic morþor hele; scyle manswara,
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laþ leoda gehwam lifgan siþþan,
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fracoð in folcum." þa seo fæmne onwrah
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ryhtgeryno, ond þus reordade:
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"Soð ic secge þurh sunu meotudes,
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gæsta geocend, þæt ic gen ne conn
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þurh gemæcscipe monnes ower,
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ænges on eorðan, ac me eaden wearð,

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