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1. 600

   secgen dryhtne þonc duguða gehwylcre

2. 601

   þe us sið ond ær simle gefremede

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   þurh monigfealdra mægna geryno.

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   He us æt giefeð ond æhta sped,

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   welan ofer widlond, ond weder liþe

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   under swegles hleo. Sunne ond mona,

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   æþelast tungla eallum scinað,

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   heofoncondelle, hæleþum on eorðan.

9. 608

   Dreoseð deaw ond ren, duguðe weccaþ

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    to feorhnere fira cynne,

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    iecað eorðwelan. þæs we ealles sculon

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    secgan þonc ond lof þeodne ussum,

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    ond huru þære hælo þe he us to hyhte forgeaf,

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    ða he þa yrmpðu eft oncyrde

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    æt his upstige þe we ær drugon,

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    ond geþingade þeodbuendum

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    wið fæder swæsne fæhþa mæste,

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    cyning anboren. Cwide eft onhwearf

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    saulum to sibbe, se þe ær sungen wæs

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    þurh yrne hyge ældum to sorge:

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    "Ic þec ofer eorðan geworhte, on þære þu scealt yrmþum lifgan,

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    wunian in gewinne ond wræce dreogan,

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    feondum to hroþor fusleoð galan,

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    ond to þære ilcan scealt eft geweorþan,

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    wyrmum aweallen, þonan wites fyr

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    of þære eorðan scealt eft gesecan."

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    Hwæt, us þis se æþeling yðre gefremede

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    þa he leomum onfeng ond lichoman,

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    monnes magutudre! Siþþan meotodes sunu

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    engla eþel up gestigan

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    wolde, weoroda god, us se willa bicwom

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    heanum to helpe on þa halgan tid.

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    Bi þon giedd awræc Iob, swa he cuðe,

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    herede helm wera, hælend lofede,

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    ond mid siblufan sunu waldendes

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    freonoman cende, ond hine fugel nemde,

37. 636

    þone Iudeas ongietan ne meahtan

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    in ðære godcundan gæstes strengðu.

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    Wæs þæs fugles flyht feondum on eorþan

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    dyrne ond degol, þam þe deorc gewit

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    hæfdon on hreþre, heortan stænne.

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    Noldan hi þa torhtan tacen oncnawan

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    þe him beforan fremede freobearn godes,

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    monig mislicu, geond middangeard.

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    Swa se fæla fugel flyges cunnode;

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    hwilum engla eard up gesohte,

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    modig meahtum strang, þone maran ham,

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    hwilum he to eorþan eft gestylde,

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    þurh gæstes giefe grundsceat sohte,

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    wende to worulde. Bi þon se witga song:

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    "He wæs upp hafen engla fæðmum

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    in his þa miclan meahta spede,

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    heah ond halig, ofer heofona þrym."

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    Ne meahtan þa þæs fugles flyht gecnawan

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    þe þæs upstiges ondsæc fremedon,

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    ond þæt ne gelyfdon, þætte liffruma

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    in monnes hiw ofer mægna þrym,

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    halig from hrusan, ahafen wurde.

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    ða us geweorðade se þas world gescop,

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    godes gæstsunu, ond us giefe sealde,

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    uppe mid englum ece staþelas,

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    ond eac monigfealde modes snyttru

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    seow ond sette geond sefan monna.

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    Sumum wordlaþe wise sendeð

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    on his modes gemynd þurh his muþes gæst,

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    æðele ondgiet. Se mæg eal fela

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    singan ond secgan þam bið snyttru cræft

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    bifolen on ferðe. Sum mæg fingrum wel

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    hlude fore hæleþum hearpan stirgan,

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    gleobeam gretan. Sum mæg godcunde

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    reccan ryhte æ. Sum mæg ryne tungla

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    secgan, side gesceaft. Sum mæg searolice

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    wordcwide writan. Sumum wiges sped

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    giefeð æt guþe, þonne gargetrum

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    ofer scildhreadan sceotend sendað,

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    flacor flangeweorc. Sum mæg fromlice

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    ofer sealtne sæ sundwudu drifan,

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    hreran holmþræce. Sum mæg heanne beam

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    stælgne gestigan. Sum mæg styled sweord,

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    wæpen gewyrcan. Sum con wonga bigong,

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    wegas widgielle. Swa se waldend us,

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    godbearn on grundum, his giefe bryttað.

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    Nyle he ængum anum ealle gesyllan

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    gæstes snyttru, þy læs him gielp sceþþe

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    þurh his anes cræft ofer oþre forð.

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    ðus god meahtig geofum unhneawum,

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    cyning alwihta, cræftum weorðaþ

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    eorþan tuddor; swylce eadgum blæd

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    seleð on swegle, sibbe ræreþ

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    ece to ealdre engla ond monna;

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    swa he his weorc weorþað. Bi þon se witga cwæð

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    þæt ahæfen wæren halge gimmas,

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    hædre heofontungol, healice upp,

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    sunne ond mona. Hwæt sindan þa

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    gimmas swa scyne buton god sylfa?

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    He is se soðfæsta sunnan leoma,

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    englum ond eorðwarum æþele scima.

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    Ofer middangeard mona lixeð,

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    gæstlic tungol, swa seo godes circe

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     þurh gesomninga soðes ond ryhtes

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