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Christ and Satan

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 730 sections

1. 700

   oððæt þu þone ymbhwyrft alne cunne,

2. 701

   and ærest amet ufan to grunde,

3. 702

   and hu sid seo se swarta eðm.

4. 703

   Wast þu þonne þe geornor þæt þu wið god wunne,

5. 704

   seoððan þu þonne hafast handum ametene

6. 705

   hu heh and deop hell inneweard seo,

7. 706

   grim græfhus. Gong ricene to,

8. 707

   ær twa seondon tida agongene,

9. 708

   þæt ðu merced hus ameten hæbbe."

10. 709

    þa þam werigan wearð wracu getenge.

11. 710

    Satan seolua ran and on susle gefeol,

12. 711

    earm æglece. Hwilum mid folmum mæt

13. 712

    wean and witu. Hwilum se wonna læg

14. 713

    læhte wið þes laþan. Hwilum he licgan geseah

15. 714

    hæftas in hylle. Hwilum hream astag,

16. 715

    ðonne he on þone atolan eagum gesawun.

17. 716

    Hæfdon gewunnon godes andsacan

18. 717

    blac bealowes gast, þæt he on botme stod.

19. 718

    þa him þuhte þæt þanon wære

20. 719

    to helleduru hund þusenda

21. 720

    mila gemearcodes, swa hine se mihtiga het

22. 721

    þæt þurh sinne cræft susle amæte.

23. 722

    ða he gemunde þæt he on grunde stod.

24. 723

    Locade leas wiht geond þæt laðe scræf,

25. 724

    atol mid egum, oððæt egsan gryre

26. 725

    deofla mænego þonne up astag.

27. 726

    Wordum in witum ongunnon þa werigan gastas

28. 727

    reordian and cweðan:

29. 728

    "La, þus beo nu on yfele! Noldæs ær teala!"

30. 729

    Finit Liber II. Amen.

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