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Christ and Satan

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 730 sections

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   in ðissum neowlan genipe. Hær is nedran swæg,

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   wyrmas gewunade. Is ðis wites clom

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   feste gebunden. Feond seondon reðe,

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   dimme and deorce. Ne her dæg lyhteð

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   for scedes sciman, sceppendes leoht.

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   Iu ahte ic gewald ealles wuldres,

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   ær ic moste in ðeossum atolan æðele gebidan

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   hwæt me drihten god deman wille,

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   fagum on flora. Nu ic feran com

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    deofla menego to ðissum dimman ham.

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    Ac ic sceal on flyge and on flyhte ðragum

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    earda neosan, and eower ma,

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    þe ðes oferhydes ord onstaldon.

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    Ne ðurfon we ðes wenan, þæt us wuldorcyning

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    æfre wille eard alefan,

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    æðel to æhte, swa he ær dyde,

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    ecne onwald; ah him alles gewald,

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    wuldres and wita, waldendes sunu.

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    Forðon ic sceal hean and earm hweorfan ðy widor,

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    wadan wræclastas, wuldre benemed,

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    duguðum bedeled, nænigne dream agan

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    uppe mid ænglum, þes ðe ic ær gecwæð

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    þæt ic wære seolfa swægles brytta,

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    wihta wealdend. Ac hit me wyrse gelomp!"

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    Swa se werega gast wordum sæde

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    his earfoðo ealle ætsomne,

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    fah in fyrnum, (fyrleoma stod

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    geond þæt atole scræf attre geblonden):

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    "Ic eom limwæstmum þæt ic gelutian ne mæg

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    on þyssum sidan sele, synnum forwundod.

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    Hwæt, her hat and ceald hwilum mencgað;

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    hwilum ic gehere hellescealcas,

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    gnornende cynn, grundas mænan,

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    niðer under næssum; hwilum nacode men

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    winnað ymb wyrmas. Is þes windiga sele

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    eall inneweard atole gefylled.

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    Ne mot ic hihtlicran hames brucan,

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    burga ne bolda, ne on þa beorhtan gescæft

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    ne mot ic æfre ma eagum starian.

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    Is me nu wyrsa þæt ic wuldres leoht

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    uppe mid englum æfre cuðe,

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    song on swegle, þær sunu meotodes

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    habbað eadige bearn ealle ymbfangen

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    seolfa mid sange. Ne ic þam sawlum ne mot

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    ænigum sceððan,

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    butan þam anum þe he agan nyle;

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    þa ic mot to hæftum ham geferian,

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    bringan to bolde in þone biteran grund.

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    Ealle we syndon ungelice

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    þonne þe we iu in heofonum hæfdon ærror

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    wlite and weorðmynt. Ful oft wuldres sweg

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    brohton to bearme bearn hælendes,

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    þær we ymb hine utan ealle hofan,

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    leomu ymb leofne, lofsonga word,

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    drihtne sædon. Nu ic eom dædum fah,

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    gewundod mid wommum; sceal nu þysne wites clom

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    beoran beornende in bæce minum,

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    hat on helle, hyhtwillan leas."

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    þa gyt feola cwiðde firna herde,

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    atol æglæca, ut of helle,

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    witum werig. Word spearcum fleah

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    attre gelicost, þonne he ut þorhdraf:

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    "Eala drihtenes þrym! Eala duguða helm!

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    Eala meotodes miht! Eala middaneard!

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    Eala dæg leohta! Eala dream godes!

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    Eala engla þreat! Eala upheofen!

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    Eala þæt ic eam ealles leas ecan dreames,

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    þæt ic mid handum ne mæg heofon geræcan,

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    ne mid eagum ne mot up locian,

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    ne huru mid earum ne sceal æfre geheran

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    þære byrhtestan beman stefne!

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    ðæs ic wolde of selde sunu meotodes,

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    drihten adrifan, and agan me þæs dreames gewald,

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    wuldres and wynne, me þær wyrse gelamp

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    þonne ic to hihte agan moste.

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    Nu ic eom asceaden fram þære sciran driht,

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    alæded fram leohte in þone laðan ham.

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    Ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan hu ic in ðæm becwom,

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    in þis neowle genip, niðsynnum fah,

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    aworpen of worulde. Wat ic nu þa

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    þæt bið alles leas ecan dreamas

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    se ðe heofencyninge heran ne þenceð,

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    meotode cweman. Ic þæt morðer sceal,

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    wean and witu and wrace dreogan,

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    goda bedæled, iudædum fah,

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    þæs ðe ic geþohte adrifan drihten of selde,

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    weoroda waldend; sceal nu wreclastas

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    settan sorhgcearig, siðas wide."

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    Hwearf þa to helle þa he gehened wæs,

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    godes andsaca; dydon his gingran swa,

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    gifre and grædige, þa hig god bedraf

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    in þæt hate hof þam is hel nama.

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    Forþan sceal gehycgan hæleða æghwylc

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    þæt he ne abælige bearn waldendes.

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    Læte him to bysne hu þa blacan feond

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    for oferhygdum ealle forwurdon.

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    Neoman us to wynne weoroda drihten,

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    uppe ecne gefean, engla waldend.

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    He þæt gecydde þæt he mægencræft hæfde,

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     mihta miccle, þa he þa mænego adraf,

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