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1. 200

   þæt hie þæs wiges wihte ne rohton,

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   ne hie to þam gebede mihte gebædon

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   hæðen heriges wisa, þæt hie þider hweorfan wolden,

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   guman to þam gyldnan gylde, þe he him to gode geteode.

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   þegnas þeodne sægdon þæt hie þære geþeahte wæron,

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   hæftas hearan, in þisse hean byrig,

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   þa þis hegan ne willað, ne þysne wig wurðigean,

8. 207

   þe ðu þe to wuldre wundrum teodest.

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   ða him bolgenmod Babilone weard

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    yrre andswarode, eorlum onmælde

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    grimme þam gingum, and geocre oncwæð,

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    þæt hie gegnunga gyldan sceolde

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    oððe þrowigean þreanied micel,

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    frecne fyres wylm, nymðe hie friðes wolde

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    wilnian to þam wyrrestan, weras Ebrea,

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    guman to þam golde, þe he him to gode teode.

17. 216

    Noldon þeah þa hyssas hyran larum

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    in hige hæðnum. Hogedon georne

19. 218

    þæt æ godes ealle gelæste,

20. 219

    and ne awacodon wereda drihtne,

21. 220

    ne þan mæ gehwurfe in hæðendom,

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    ne hie to facne freoðo wilnedan,

23. 222

    þeah þe him se bitera deað geboden wære.

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    þa wearð yrre anmod cyning, het he ofn onhætan

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    to cwale cnihta feorum forðam þe hie his cræftas onsocon.

26. 225

    þa he wæs gegleded, swa he grimmost mihte,

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    frecne fyres lige, þa he þyder folc samnode,

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    and gebindan het, Babilone weard,

29. 228

    grim and gealhmod, godes spelbodan.

30. 229

    Het þa his scealcas scufan þa hyssas

31. 230

    in bælblyse, beornas geonge.

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    Gearo wæs se him geoce gefremede; þeah þe hie swa grome nydde

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    in fæðm fyres lige, hwæðere heora feorh generede

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    mihtig metodes weard. Swa þæt mænige gefrunon,

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    halige him þær help geteode, sende him of hean rodore

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    god, gumena weard, gast þone halgan.

37. 236

    Engel in þone ofn innan becwom þær hie þæt aglac drugon,

38. 237

    freobearn fæðmum beþeahte under þam fyrenan hrofe.

39. 238

    Ne mihte þeah heora wlite gewemman owiht

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    wylm þæs wæfran liges, þa hie se waldend nerede.

41. 240

    Hreohmod wæs se hæðena þeoden, het hie hraðe bærnan.

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    æled wæs ungescead micel. þa wæs se ofen onhæted,

43. 242

    isen eall ðurhgleded. Hine ðær esnas mænige

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    wurpon wudu on innan, swa him wæs on wordum gedemed;

45. 244

    bæron brandas on bryne blacan fyres,

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    (wolde wulfheort cyning wall onsteallan,

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    iserne ymb æfæste), oðþæt up gewat

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    lig ofer leofum and þurh lust gesloh

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    micle mare þonne gemet wære.

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    ða se lig gewand on laðe men,

51. 250

    hæðne of halgum. Hyssas wæron

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    bliðemode, burnon scealcas

53. 252

    ymb ofn utan, alet gehwearf

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    teonfullum on teso. ðær to geseah

55. 254

    Babilone brego. Bliðe wæron

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    eorlas Ebrea, ofestum heredon

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    drihten on dreame, dydon swa hie cuðon

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    ofne on innan, aldre generede.

59. 258

    Guman glædmode god wurðedon,

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    under þæs fæðme þe geflymed wearð

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    frecne fyres hæto. Freobearn wurdon

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    alæten liges gange, ne hie him þær lað gedydon.

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    Næs him se sweg to sorge ðon ma þe sunnan scima,

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    ne se bryne beot mæcgum þe in þam beote wæron,

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    ac þæt fyr fyr scyde to ðam þe ða scylde worhton,

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    hwearf on þa hæðenan hæftas fram þam halgan cnihton,

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    werigra wlite minsode, þa ðe ðy worce gefægon.

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    Geseah ða swiðmod cyning, ða he his sefan ontreowde,

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    wundor on wite agangen; him þæt wræclic þuhte.

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    Hyssas hale hwurfon in þam hatan ofne,

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    ealle æfæste ðry; him eac þær wæs

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    an on gesyhðe, engel ælmihtiges.

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    Him þær on ofne owiht ne derede,

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    ac wæs þær inne ealles gelicost

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    efne þonne on sumera sunne scineð,

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    and deaw dryge on dæge weorðeð,

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    winde geondsawen. þæt wæs wuldres god

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    þe hie generede wið þam niðhete.

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    ða Azarias ingeþancum

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    hleoðrade halig þurh hatne lig,

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    dreag dæda georn, drihten herede,

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    wer womma leas, and þa word acwæð:

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    "Metod alwihta, hwæt! þu eart mihtum swið

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    niðas to nergenne. Is þin nama mære,

85. 284

    wlitig and wuldorfæst ofer werðeode.

86. 285

    Siendon þine domas in daga gehwam

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    soðe and geswiðde and gesigefæste,

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    swa þu eac sylfa eart.

89. 288

    Syndon þine willan on woruldspedum

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    rihte and gerume, rodora waldend.

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    Geoca user georne nu, gasta scyppend,

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    and þurh hyldo help, halig drihten,

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    nu we þec for þreaum and for ðeonydum

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    and for eaðmedum arna biddað,

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    lige belegde. We ðæs lifgende

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    worhton on worulde, eac ðon wom dyde

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    user yldran; for oferhygdum

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    bræcon bebodo burhsittende,

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    had oferhogedon halgan lifes.

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     Siendon we towrecene geond widne grund,

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