Daniel

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Gefrægn ic Hebreos eadge lifgean
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in Hierusalem, goldhord dælan,
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cyningdom habban, swa him gecynde wæs,
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siððan þurh metodes mægen on Moyses hand
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wearð wig gifen, wigena mænieo,
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and hie of Egyptum ut aforon,
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mægene micle. þæt wæs modig cyn!
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þenden hie þy rice rædan moston,
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burgum wealdan, wæs him beorht wela.
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þenden þæt folc mid him hiera fæder wære
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healdan woldon, wæs him hyrde god,
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heofonrices weard, halig drihten,
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wuldres waldend. Se ðam werude geaf
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mod and mihte, metod alwihta,
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þæt hie oft fela folca feore gesceodon,
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heriges helmum, þara þe him hold ne wæs,
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oðþæt hie wlenco anwod æt winþege
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deofoldædum, druncne geðohtas.
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þa hie æcræftas ane forleton,
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metodes mægenscipe, swa no man scyle
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his gastes lufan wið gode dælan.
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þa geseah ic þa gedriht in gedwolan hweorfan,
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Israhela cyn unriht don,
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wommas wyrcean. þæt wæs weorc gode!
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Oft he þam leodum to lare sende,
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heofonrices weard, halige gastas,
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þa þam werude wisdom budon.
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Hie þære snytro soð gelyfdon
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lytle hwile, oðþæt hie langung beswac
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eorðan dreamas eces rædes,
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þæt hie æt siðestan sylfe forleton
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drihtnes domas, curon deofles cræft.
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þa wearð reðemod rices ðeoden,
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unhold þeodum þam þe æhte geaf.
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Wisde him æt frymðe, ða ðe on fruman ær ðon
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wæron mancynnes metode dyrust,
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dugoða dyrust, drihtne leofost;
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herepað tæhte to þære hean byrig,
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eorlum elðeodigum, on eðelland
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þær Salem stod searwum afæstnod,
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weallum geweorðod. To þæs witgan foron,
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Caldea cyn, to ceastre forð,
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þær Israela æhta wæron,
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bewrigene mid weorcum; to þam þæt werod gefor,
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mægenþreat mære, manbealwes georn.
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Awehte þone wælnið wera aldorfrea,
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Babilones brego, on his burhstede,
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Nabochodonossor, þurh niðhete,
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þæt he secan ongan sefan gehygdum
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hu he Israelum eaðost meahte
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þurh gromra gang guman oðþringan.
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Gesamnode þa suðan and norðan
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wælhreow werod, and west foran
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herige hæðencyninga to þære hean byrig.
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Israela eðelweardas
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hæfdon lufan, lifwelan, þenden hie let metod.
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þa ic eðan gefrægn ealdfeonda cyn
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winburh wera. þa wigan ne gelyfdon,
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bereafodon þa receda wuldor readan golde,
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since and seolfre, Salomones templ.
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Gestrudan gestreona under stanhliðum,
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swilc eall swa þa eorlas agan sceoldon,
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oðþæt hie burga gehwone abrocen hæfdon,
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þara þe þam folce to friðe stodon.
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Gehlodon him to huðe hordwearda gestreon,
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feoh and frætwa, swilc þær funden wæs,
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and þa mid þam æhtum eft siðedon,
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and gelæddon eac on langne sið
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Israela cyn, on eastwegas
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to Babilonia, beorna unrim,
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under hand hæleð hæðenum deman.
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Nabochodonossor him on nyd dyde
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Israela bearn ofer ealle lufen,
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wæpna lafe to weorcþeowum.
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Onsende þa sinra þegna
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worn þæs werudes west toferan,
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þæt him þara leoda land geheolde,
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eðne eðel, æfter Ebreum.
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Het þa secan sine gerefan
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geond Israela earme lafe,
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hwilc þære geogoðe gleawost wære
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boca bebodes, þe þær brungen wæs.
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Wolde þæt þa cnihtas cræft leornedon,
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þæt him snytro on sefan secgan mihte,
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nales ðy þe he þæt moste oððe gemunan wolde
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þæt he þara gifena gode þancode
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þe him þær to duguðe drihten scyrede.
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þa hie þær fundon þry freagleawe
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æðele cnihtas and æfæste,
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ginge and gode in godsæde;
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an wæs Annanias, oðer Azarias,
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þridda Misael, metode gecorene.
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þa þry comon to þeodne foran,
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hearde and higeþancle, þær se hæðena sæt,
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cyning corðres georn, in Caldea byrig.
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þa hie þam wlancan wisdom sceoldon,
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weras Ebrea, wordum cyðan,
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higecræft heane, þurh halig mod,
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þa se beorn bebead, Babilone weard,
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swiðmod cyning, sinum þegnum,

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