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1. 500

   þæs þe hi swa leofne leng ne mostun

2. 501

   geseon under swegle. Song ahofun

3. 502

   aras ufancunde, æþeling heredun,

4. 503

   lofedun liffruman, leohte gefegun

5. 504

   þe of þæs hælendes heafelan lixte.

6. 505

   Gesegon hy ælbeorhte englas twegen

7. 506

   fægre ymb þæt frumbearn frætwum blican,

8. 507

   cyninga wuldor. Cleopedon of heahþu

9. 508

   wordum wrætlicum ofer wera mengu

10. 509

    beorhtan reorde: "Hwæt bidað ge,

11. 510

    Galilesce guman on hwearfte?

12. 511

    Nu ge sweotule geseoð soðne dryhten

13. 512

    on swegl faran; sigores agend

14. 513

    wile up heonan eard gestigan,

15. 514

    æþelinga ord, mid þas engla gedryht,

16. 515

    ealra folca fruma, fæder eþelstoll.

17. 516

    We mid þyslice þreate willað

18. 517

    ofer heofona gehlidu hlaford fergan

19. 518

    to þære beorhtan byrg mid þas bliðan gedryht,

20. 519

    ealra sigebearna þæt seleste

21. 520

    ond æþeleste, þe ge her on stariað

22. 521

    ond in frofre geseoð frætwum blican.

23. 522

    Wile eft swa þeah eorðan mægðe

24. 523

    sylfa gesecan side herge,

25. 524

    ond þonne gedeman dæda gehwylce

26. 525

    þara ðe gefremedon folc under roderum."

27. 526

    ða wæs wuldres weard wolcnum bifongen,

28. 527

    heahengla cyning, ofer hrofas upp,

29. 528

    haligra helm. Hyht wæs geniwad,

30. 529

    blis in burgum, þurh þæs beornes cyme.

31. 530

    Gesæt sigehremig on þa swiþran hand

32. 531

    ece eadfruma agnum fæder.

33. 532

    Gewitan him þa gongan to Hierusalem

34. 533

    hæleð hygerofe, in þa halgan burg,

35. 534

    geomormode, þonan hy god nyhst

36. 535

    up stigende eagum segun,

37. 536

    hyra wilgifan. þær wæs wopes hring,

38. 537

    torne bitolden; wæs seo treowlufu

39. 538

    hat æt heortan, hreðer innan weoll,

40. 539

    beorn breostsefa. Bidon ealle þær

41. 540

    þegnas þrymfulle þeodnes gehata

42. 541

    in þære torhtan byrig tyn niht þa gen,

43. 542

    swa him sylf bibead swegles agend,

44. 543

    ærþon up stige ealles waldend

45. 544

    on heofona gehyld. Hwite cwoman

46. 545

    eorla eadgiefan englas togeanes.

47. 546

    ðæt is wel cweden, swa gewritu secgað,

48. 547

    þæt him albeorhte englas togeanes

49. 548

    in þa halgan tid heapum cwoman,

50. 549

    sigan on swegle. þa wæs symbla mæst

51. 550

    geworden in wuldre. Wel þæt gedafenað

52. 551

    þæt to þære blisse, beorhte gewerede,

53. 552

    in þæs þeodnes burg þegnas cwoman,

54. 553

    weorud wlitescyne. Gesegon wilcuman

55. 554

    on heahsetle heofones waldend,

56. 555

    folca feorhgiefan, frætwum ealles waldend

57. 556

    middangeardes ond mægenþrymmes.

58. 557

    "Hafað nu se halga helle bireafod

59. 558

    ealles þæs gafoles þe hi geardagum

60. 559

    in þæt orlege unryhte swealg.

61. 560

    Nu sind forcumene ond in cwicsusle

62. 561

    gehynde ond gehæfte, in helle grund

63. 562

    duguþum bidæled, deofla cempan.

64. 563

    Ne meahtan wiþerbrogan wige spowan,

65. 564

    wæpna wyrpum, siþþan wuldres cyning,

66. 565

    heofonrices helm, hilde gefremede

67. 566

    wiþ his ealdfeondum anes meahtum,

68. 567

    þær he of hæfte ahlod huþa mæste

69. 568

    of feonda byrig, folces unrim,

70. 569

    þisne ilcan þreat þe ge her on stariað.

71. 570

    Wile nu gesecan sawla nergend

72. 571

    gæsta giefstol, godes agen bearn,

73. 572

    æfter guðplegan. Nu ge geare cunnon

74. 573

    hwæt se hlaford is se þisne here lædeð,

75. 574

    nu ge fromlice freondum togeanes

76. 575

    gongað glædmode. Geatu, ontynað!

77. 576

    Wile in to eow ealles waldend,

78. 577

    cyning on ceastre, corðre ne lytle,

79. 578

    fyrnweorca fruma, folc gelædan

80. 579

    in dreama dream, ðe he on deoflum genom

81. 580

    þurh his sylfes sygor. Sib sceal gemæne

82. 581

    englum ond ældum a forð heonan

83. 582

    wesan wideferh. Wær is ætsomne

84. 583

    godes ond monna, gæsthalig treow,

85. 584

    lufu, lifes hyht, ond ealles leohtes gefea."

86. 585

    Hwæt, we nu gehyrdan hu þæt hælubearn

87. 586

    þurh his hydercyme hals eft forgeaf,

88. 587

    gefreode ond gefreoþade folc under wolcnum,

89. 588

    mære meotudes sunu, þæt nu monna gehwylc

90. 589

    cwic þendan her wunað, geceosan mot

91. 590

    swa helle hienþu swa heofones mærþu,

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    swa þæt leohte leoht swa ða laþan niht,

93. 592

    swa þrymmes þræce swa þystra wræce,

94. 593

    swa mid dryhten dream swa mid deoflum hream,

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    swa wite mid wraþum swa wuldor mid arum,

96. 595

    swa lif swa deað, swa him leofre bið

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    to gefremmanne, þenden flæsc ond gæst

98. 597

    wuniað in worulde. Wuldor þæs age

99. 598

    þrynysse þrym, þonc butan ende!

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     ðæt is þæs wyrðe þætte werþeode

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