Christ and Satan
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hæftas of ðæm hean selde. Gemunan we þone halgan drihten,
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ecne in wuldre mid alra gescefta ealdre;
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ceosan us eard in wuldre mid ealra cyninga cyninge,
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se is Crist genemned;
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beoran on breostum bliðe geþohtas,
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sibbe and snytero; gemunan soð and riht,
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þonne we to hehselde hnigan þencað,
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and þone anwaldan ara biddan.
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þonne behofað se ðe her wunað
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weorulde wynnum þæt him wlite scine
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þonne he oðer lif eft geseceð,
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fægere land þonne þeos folde seo;
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is þær wlitig and wynsum, wæstmas scinað,
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beorhte ofer burgum. þær is brade lond,
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hyhtlicra ham in heofonrice,
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Criste gecwemra. Uta cerran þider
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þær he sylfa sit, sigora waldend,
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drihten hælend, in ðæm deoran ham,
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and ymb þæt hehsetl hwite standað
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engla feðan and eadigra,
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halige heofenþreatas herigað drihten
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wordum and weorcum. Heora wlite scineð
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geond ealra worulda woruld mid wuldorcyninge.
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ða get ic furðor gefregen feond ondetan;
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wæs him eall ful strang wom and witu; hæfdon wuldorcyning
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for oferhigdum anforlæten;
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cwædon eft hraðe oðre worde:
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"Nu is gesene þæt we syngodon
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uppe on earde. Sceolon nu æfre þæs
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dreogan domlease gewinn drihtnes mihtum.
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Hwæt, we in wuldres wlite wunian moston
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þær we halgan gode heran woldon,
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and him sang ymb seld secgan sceoldon
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þusendmælum. þa we þær wæron,
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wunodon on wynnum, geherdon wuldres sweg,
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beman stefne. Byrhtword aras
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engla ordfruma, and to þæm æþelan
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hnigan him sanctas; sigetorht aras
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ece drihten, ofer us gestod
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and gebletsode bilewitne heap
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dogra gehwilcne, and his se deora sunu,
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gasta scyppend. God seolfa wæs
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eallum andfeng þe ðær up becom,
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and hine on eorðan ær gelefde.
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þa ðæs ofþuhte þæt se þeoden wæs
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strang and stiðmod. Ongan ic þa steppan forð
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ana wið englum, and to him eallum spræc:
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'Ic can eow læran langsumne ræd,
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gif ge willað minre mihte gelefan.
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Uta oferhycgan helm þone micclan,
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weroda waldend, agan us þis wuldres leoht,
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eall to æhte. þis is idel gylp
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þæt we ær drugon ealle hwile.'
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ða gewearð usic þæt we woldon swa
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drihten adrifan of þam deoran ham,
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cyning of cestre. Cuð is wide
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þæt wreclastas wunian moton,
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grimme grundas. God seolfa him
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rice haldeð. He is ana cyning,
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þe us eorre gewearð, ece drihten,
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meotod mihtum swið. Sceal nu þeos menego her
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licgan on leahtrum, sume on lyft scacan,
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fleogan ofer foldan; fyr bið ymbutan
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on æghwylcum, þæh he uppe seo.
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Ne mot he þam sawlum þe ðær secað up,
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eadige of eorþan æfre gehrinan,
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ah ic be hondum mot hæþenre sceale
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gripan to grunde, godes andsacan.
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Sume sceolon hweorfan geond hæleða land
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and unsibbe oft onstyrian
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monna mægðum geond middaneard.
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Ic her geþolian sceal þinga æghwylces,
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bitres niðæs beala gnornian,
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sic and sorhful, þæs ic seolfa weold,
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þonne ic on heofonum ham staðelode,
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hwæðer us se eca æfre wille
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on heofona rice ham alefan,
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eðel to æhte, swa he ær dyde."
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Swa gnornedon godes andsacan,
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hate on helle. Him wæs hælend god
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wrað geworden for womcwidum.
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Forþon mæg gehycgan, se ðe his heorte deah,
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þæt he him afirre frecne geþohtas,
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laðe leahtras, lifigendra gehwylc.
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Gemunan symle on mode meotodes strengðo;
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gearwian us togenes grene stræte
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up to englum, þær is se ælmihtiga god.
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And us befæðman wile freobearn godes,
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gif we þæt on eorðan ær geþencað,
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and us to þam halgan helpe gelefað.
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þonne he us no forlæteð, ah lif syleð
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uppe mid englum, eadigne dream.
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Tæceð us se torhta trumlicne ham,
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beorhte burhweallas. Beorhte scinað
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gesælige sawle, sorgum bedælde,
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þær heo æfre forð wunian moten
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cestre and cynestol. Uton cyþan þæt!
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Deman we on eorðan, ærror lifigend,
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onlucan mid listum locen waldendes,
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ongeotan gastlice! Us ongean cumað
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