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Christ and Satan

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   þæt wearð underne eorðbuendum,

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   þæt meotod hæfde miht and strengðo

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   ða he gefestnade foldan sceatas.

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   Seolfa he gesette sunnan and monan,

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   stanas and eorðan, stream ut on sæ,

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   wæter and wolcn, ðurh his wundra miht.

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   Deopne ymblyt clene ymbhaldeð

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   meotod on mihtum, and alne middangeard.

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   He selfa mæg sæ geondwlitan,

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    grundas in geofene, godes agen bearn,

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    and he ariman mæg rægnas scuran,

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    dropena gehwelcne. Daga enderim

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    seolua he gesette þurh his soðan miht.

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    Swa se wyrhta þurh his wuldres gast

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    serede and sette on six dagum

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    eorðan dæles, up on heofonum,

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    and heanne holm. Hwa is þæt ðe cunne

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    orðonc clene nymðe ece god?

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    Dreamas he gedelde, duguðe and geþeode,

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    Adam ærest, and þæt æðele cyn,

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    engla ordfruman, þæt þe eft forwarð.

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    ðuhte him on mode þæt hit mihte swa,

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    þæt hie weron seolfe swegles brytan,

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    wuldres waldend. Him ðær wirse gelamp,

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    ða heo in helle ham staðeledon,

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    an æfter oðrum, in þæt atole scref,

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    þær heo brynewelme bidan sceolden

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    saran sorge, nales swegles leoht

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    habban in heofnum heahgetimbrad,

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    ac gedufan sceolun in ðone deopan wælm

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    niðær under nessas in ðone neowlan grund,

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    gredige and gifre. God ana wat

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    hu he þæt scyldige werud forscrifen hefde!

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    Cleopað ðonne se alda ut of helle,

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    wriceð wordcwedas weregan reorde,

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    eisegan stefne: "Hwær com engla ðrym,

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    þe we on heofnum habban sceoldan?

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    þis is ðeostræ ham, ðearle gebunden

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    fæstum fyrclommum; flor is on welme

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    attre onæled. Nis nu ende feor

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    þæt we sceolun ætsomne susel þrowian,

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    wean and wergu, nalles wuldres blæd

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    habban in heofnum, hehselda wyn.

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    Hwæt, we for dryhtene iu dreamas hefdon,

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    song on swegle selrum tidum,

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    þær nu ymb ðone æcan æðele stondað,

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    heleð ymb hehseld, herigað drihten

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    wordum and wercum, and ic in wite sceal

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    bidan in bendum, and me bættran ham

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    for oferhygdum æfre ne wene."

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    ða him andsweradan atole gastas,

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    swarte and synfulle, susle begnornende:

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    "þu us gelærdæst ðurh lyge ðinne

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    þæt we helende heran ne scealdon.

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    ðuhte þe anum þæt ðu ahtest alles gewald,

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    heofnes and eorþan, wære halig god,

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    scypend seolfa. Nu earttu sceaðana sum,

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    in fyrlocan feste gebunden.

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    Wendes ðu ðurh wuldor ðæt þu woruld ahtest,

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    alra onwald, and we englas mid ðec.

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    Atol is þin onseon! Habbað we alle swa

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    for ðinum leasungum lyðre gefered.

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    Segdest us to soðe þæt ðin sunu wære

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    meotod moncynnes; hafustu nu mare susel!"

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    Swa firenfulle facnum wordum

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    heora aldorðægn on reordadon,

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    on cearum cwidum. Crist heo afirde,

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    dreamum bedelde. Hæfdan dryhtnes liht

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    for oferhygdum ufan forleton,

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    hæfdon hym to hyhte helle floras,

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    beornende bealo. Blace hworfon

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    scinnan forscepene, sceaðan hwearfedon,

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    earme æglecan, geond þæt atole scref,

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    for ðam anmedlan þe hie ær drugon.

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    Eft reordade oðre siðe

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    feonda aldor. Wæs þa forht agen,

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    seoððan he ðes wites worn gefelde.

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    He spearcade, ðonne he spreocan ongan

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    fyre and atre; ne bið swelc fæger dream

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    ðonne he in witum wordum indraf:

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    "Ic wæs iu in heofnum halig ængel,

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    dryhtene deore; hefde me dream mid gode,

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    micelne for meotode, and ðeos menego swa some.

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    þa ic in mode minum hogade

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    þæt ic wolde towerpan wuldres leoman,

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    bearn helendes, agan me burga gewald

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    eall to æhte, and ðeos earme heap

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    þe ic hebbe to helle ham geledde.

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    Wene þæt tacen sutol þa ic aseald wes on wærgðu,

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    niðer under nessas in ðone neowlan grund.

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    Nu ic eow hebbe to hæftum ham gefærde

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    alle of earde. Nis her eadiges tir,

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    wloncra winsele, ne worulde dream,

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    ne ængla ðreat, ne we upheofon

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    agan moten. Is ðes atola ham

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    fyre onæled. Ic eom fah wið god.

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    æce æt helle duru dracan eardigað,

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    hate on reðre; heo us helpan ne magon.

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    Is ðæs walica ham wites afylled;

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     nagan we ðæs heolstres þæt we us gehydan mægon

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