Christ A, B, C
- 1100
ðonne sio reade rod ofer ealle
- 1101
swegle scineð on þære sunnan gyld.
- 1102
On þa forhtlice firenum fordone,
- 1103
swearte synwyrcend, sorgum wlitað,
- 1104
geseoð him to bealwe þæt him betst bicwom,
- 1105
þær hy hit to gode ongietan woldan.
- 1106
Ond eac þa ealdan wunde ond þa openan dolg
- 1107
on hyra dryhtne geseoð dreorigferðe,
- 1108
swa him mid næglum þurhdrifan niðhycgende
- 1109
þa hwitan honda ond þa halgan fet,
- 1110
ond of his sidan swa some swat forletan,
- 1111
þær blod ond wæter bu tu ætsomne
- 1112
ut bicwoman fore eagna gesyhð,
- 1113
rinnan fore rincum, þa he on rode wæs.
- 1114
Eall þis magon him sylfe geseon þonne,
- 1115
open, orgete, þæt he for ælda lufan,
- 1116
firenfremmendra, fela þrowade.
- 1117
Magun leoda bearn leohte oncnawan
- 1118
hu hine lygnedon lease on geþoncum,
- 1119
hysptun hearmcwidum, ond on his hleor somod
- 1120
hyra spatl speowdon. Spræcon him edwit,
- 1121
ond on þone eadgan ondwlitan swa some
- 1122
helfuse men hondum slogun,
- 1123
folmum areahtum ond fystum eac,
- 1124
ond ymb his heafod heardne gebigdon
- 1125
beag þyrnenne, blinde on geþoncum,
- 1126
dysge ond gedwealde. Gesegun þa dumban gesceaft,
- 1127
eorðan ealgrene ond uprodor,
- 1128
forhte gefelan frean þrowinga,
- 1129
ond mid cearum cwiðdun, þeah hi cwice næron,
- 1130
þa hyra scyppend sceaþan onfengon
- 1131
syngum hondum. Sunne wearð adwæsced,
- 1132
þream aþrysmed; þa sio þeod geseah
- 1133
in Hierusalem godwebba cyst
- 1134
þæt ær ðam halgan huse sceolde
- 1135
to weorþunga weorud sceawian;
- 1136
ufan eall forbærst þæt hit on eorþan læg
- 1137
on twam styccum. þæs temples segl,
- 1138
wundorbleom geworht to wlite þæs huses,
- 1139
sylf slat on tu, swylce hit seaxes ecg
- 1140
scearp þurhwode. Scire burstan
- 1141
muras ond stanas monge æfter foldan,
- 1142
ond seo eorðe eac, egsan myrde,
- 1143
beofode on bearhtme, ond se brada sæ
- 1144
cyðde cræftes meaht ond of clomme bræc
- 1145
up yrringa on eorþan fæðm,
- 1146
ge on stede scynum steorran forleton
- 1147
hyra swæsne wlite. On þa sylfan tid
- 1148
heofon hluttre ongeat hwa hine healice
- 1149
torhtne getremede tungolgimmum;
- 1150
forþon he his bodan sende, þa wæs geboren ærest
- 1151
gesceafta scircyning. Hwæt, eac scyldge men
- 1152
gesegon to soðe, þy sylfan dæge
- 1153
þe on þrowade, þeodwundor micel,
- 1154
þætte eorðe ageaf þa hyre on lægun.
- 1155
Eft lifgende up astodan
- 1156
þa þe heo ær fæste bifen hæfde,
- 1157
deade bibyrgde, þe dryhtnes bibod
- 1158
heoldon on hreþre. Hell eac ongeat,
- 1159
scyldwreccende, þæt se scyppend cwom,
- 1160
waldende god, þa heo þæt weorud ageaf,
- 1161
hloþe of ðam hatan hreþre. Hyge wearð mongum blissad,
- 1162
sawlum sorge toglidene. Hwæt, eac sæ cyðde
- 1163
hwa hine gesette on sidne grund,
- 1164
tirmeahtig cyning; forþon he hine tredne him
- 1165
ongean gyrede, þonne god wolde
- 1166
ofer sine yðe gan. Eahstream ne dorste
- 1167
his frean fet flode bisencan,
- 1168
ge eac beamas onbudon hwa hy mid bledum sceop,
- 1169
monge, nales fea, ða mihtig god
- 1170
on hira anne gestag þær he earfeþu
- 1171
geþolade fore þearfe þeodbuendra,
- 1172
laðlicne deað leodum to helpe.
- 1173
ða wearð beam monig blodigum tearum
- 1174
birunnen under rindum, reade ond þicce;
- 1175
sæp wearð to swate. þæt asecgan ne magun
- 1176
foldbuende þurh frod gewit,
- 1177
hu fela þa onfundun þa gefelan ne magun
- 1178
dryhtnes þrowinga, deade gesceafte.
- 1179
þa þe æþelast sind eorðan gecynda,
- 1180
ond heofones eac heahgetimbro,
- 1181
eall fore þam anum unrot gewearð,
- 1182
forhtafongen. þeah hi ferðgewit
- 1183
of hyra æþelum ænig ne cuþen,
- 1184
wendon swa þeah wundrum, þa hyra waldend for
- 1185
of lichoman. Leode ne cuþon,
- 1186
modblinde men meotud oncnawan,
- 1187
flintum heardran, þæt hi frea nerede
- 1188
fram hellcwale halgum meahtum,
- 1189
alwalda god. þæt æt ærestan
- 1190
foreþoncle men from fruman worulde
- 1191
þurh wis gewit, witgan dryhtnes,
- 1192
halge higegleawe, hæleþum sægdon,
- 1193
oft, nales æne, ymb þæt æþele bearn,
- 1194
ðæt se earcnanstan eallum sceolde
- 1195
to hleo ond to hroþer hæleþa cynne
- 1196
weorðan in worulde, wuldres agend,
- 1197
eades ordfruma, þurh þa æþelan cwenn.
- 1198
Hwæs weneð se þe mid gewitte nyle
- 1199
gemunan þa mildan meotudes lare,
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