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Christ A, B, C

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

  1. 1200

    ond eal ða earfeðu þe he fore ældum adreag,

  2. 1201

    forþon þe he wolde þæt we wuldres eard

  3. 1202

    in ecnesse agan mosten?

  4. 1203

    Swa þam bið grorne on þam grimman dæge

  5. 1204

    domes þæs miclan, þam þe dryhtnes sceal,

  6. 1205

    deaðfirenum forden, dolg sceawian,

  7. 1206

    wunde ond wite. On werigum sefan

  8. 1207

    geseoð sorga mæste, hu se sylfa cyning

  9. 1208

    mid sine lichoman lysde of firenum

  10. 1209

    þurh milde mod, þæt hy mostun manweorca

  11. 1210

    tome lifgan, ond tires blæd

  12. 1211

    ecne agan. Hy þæs eðles þonc

  13. 1212

    hyra waldende wita ne cuþon;

  14. 1213

    forþon þær to teonum þa tacen geseoð

  15. 1214

    orgeatu on gode, ungesælge,

  16. 1215

    þonne Crist siteð on his cynestole,

  17. 1216

    on heahsetle, heofonmægna god,

  18. 1217

    fæder ælmihtig. Folca gehwylcum

  19. 1218

    scyppend scinende scrifeð bi gewyrhtum,

  20. 1219

    eall æfter ryhte rodera waldend.

  21. 1220

    ðonne beoð gesomnad on þa swiþran hond

  22. 1221

    þa clænan folc, Criste sylfum

  23. 1222

    gecorene bi cystum, þa ær sinne cwide georne

  24. 1223

    lustum læstun on hyra lifdagum,

  25. 1224

    ond þær womsceaþan on þone wyrsan dæl

  26. 1225

    fore scyppende scyrede weorþað,

  27. 1226

    hateð him gewitan on þa winstran hond,

  28. 1227

    sigora soðcyning, synfulra weorud.

  29. 1228

    þær hy arasade reotað ond beofiað

  30. 1229

    fore frean forhte, swa fule swa gæt,

  31. 1230

    unsyfre folc, arna ne wenað.

  32. 1231

    ðonne bið gæsta dom fore gode sceaden

  33. 1232

    wera cneorissum, swa hi geworhtun ær,

  34. 1233

    þær bið on eadgum eðgesyne

  35. 1234

    þreo tacen somod, þæs þe hi hyra þeodnes wel

  36. 1235

    wordum ond weorcum willan heoldon.

  37. 1236

    An is ærest orgeate þær

  38. 1237

    þæt hy fore leodum leohte blicaþ,

  39. 1238

    blæde ond byrhte ofer burga gesetu.

  40. 1239

    Him on scinað ærgewyrhtu,

  41. 1240

    on sylfra gehwam sunnan beorhtran.

  42. 1241

    Oþer is to eacan ondgete swa some,

  43. 1242

    þæt hy him in wuldre witon waldendes giefe,

  44. 1243

    ond on seoð, eagum to wynne,

  45. 1244

    þæt hi on heofonrice hlutre dreamas

  46. 1245

    eadge mid englum agan motun.

  47. 1246

    ðonne bið þridde, hu on þystra bealo

  48. 1247

    þæt gesælige weorud gesihð þæt fordone

  49. 1248

    sar þrowian, synna to wite,

  50. 1249

    weallendne lig, ond wyrma slite

  51. 1250

    bitrum ceaflum, byrnendra scole.

  52. 1251

    Of þam him aweaxeð wynsum gefea,

  53. 1252

    þonne hi þæt yfel geseoð oðre dreogan,

  54. 1253

    þæt hy þurh miltse meotudes genæson.

  55. 1254

    ðonne hi þy geornor gode þonciað

  56. 1255

    blædes ond blissa þe hy bu geseoð,

  57. 1256

    þæt he hy generede from niðcwale

  58. 1257

    ond eac forgeaf ece dreamas;

  59. 1258

    bið him hel bilocen, heofonrice agiefen.

  60. 1259

    Swa sceal gewrixled þam þe ær wel heoldon

  61. 1260

    þurh modlufan meotudes willan.

  62. 1261

    ðonne bið þam oþrum ungelice

  63. 1262

    willa geworden. Magon weana to fela

  64. 1263

    geseon on him selfum, synne genoge

  65. 1264

    atolearfoða ær gedenra.

  66. 1265

    þær him sorgendum sar oðclifeð,

  67. 1266

    þroht þeodbealu, on þreo healfa.

  68. 1267

    An is þara þæt hy him yrmþa to fela,

  69. 1268

    grim helle fyr, gearo to wite

  70. 1269

    ondweard seoð, on þam hi awo sculon,

  71. 1270

    wræc winnende, wærgðu dreogan.

  72. 1271

    þonne is him oþer earfeþu swa some

  73. 1272

    scyldgum to sconde, þæt hi þær scoma mæste

  74. 1273

    dreogað fordone. On him dryhten gesihð

  75. 1274

    nales feara sum firenbealu laðlic,

  76. 1275

    ond þæt ællbeorhte eac sceawiað

  77. 1276

    heofonengla here, ond hæleþa bearn,

  78. 1277

    ealle eorðbuend ond atol deofol,

  79. 1278

    mircne mægencræft, manwomma gehwone

  80. 1279

    magun þurh þa lichoman, leahtra firene,

  81. 1280

    geseon on þam sawlum. Beoð þa syngan flæsc

  82. 1281

    scandum þurhwaden swa þæt scire glæs,

  83. 1282

    þæt mon yþæst mæg eall þurhwlitan.

  84. 1283

    ðonne bið þæt þridde þearfendum sorg,

  85. 1284

    cwiþende cearo, þæt hy on þa clænan seoð,

  86. 1285

    hu hi fore goddædum glade blissiað,

  87. 1286

    þa hy, unsælge, ær forhogdun

  88. 1287

    to donne þonne him dagas læstun;

  89. 1288

    ond be hyra weorcum wepende sar

  90. 1289

    þæt hi ær freolice fremedon unryht.

  91. 1290

    Geseoð hi þa betran blæde scinan;

  92. 1291

    ne bið him hyra yrmðu an to wite,

  93. 1292

    ac þara oþerra ead to sorgum,

  94. 1293

    þæs þe hy swa fægre gefean on fyrndagum

  95. 1294

    ond swa ænlice anforletun,

  96. 1295

    þurh leaslice lices wynne,

  97. 1296

    earges flæschoman idelne lust.

  98. 1297

    þær hi ascamode, scondum gedreahte,

  99. 1298

    swiciað on swiman; synbyrþenne,

  100. 1299

    firenweorc berað, on þæt þa folc seoð.

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