Daniel
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heapum tohworfene, hyldelease;
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is user lif geond landa fela
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fracoð and gefræge folca manegum,
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þa usic bewræcon to þæs wyrrestan
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eorðcyninga æhta gewealde,
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on hæft heorugrimra, and we nu hæðenra
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þeowned þoliað. þæs þe þanc sie,
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wereda wuldorcyning, þæt þu us þas wrace teodest.
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Ne forlet þu usic ane, ece drihten,
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for ðam miltsum ðe ðec men hligað,
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and for ðam treowum þe þu, tirum fæst,
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niða nergend, genumen hæfdest
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to Abrahame and to Isaace
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and to Iacobe, gasta scyppend.
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þu him þæt gehete þurh hleoðorcwyde,
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þæt þu hyra frumcyn in fyrndagum
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ican wolde, þætte æfter him
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on cneorissum cenned wurde,
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and seo mænigeo mære wære,
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had to hebbanne swa heofonsteorran
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bebugað bradne hwyrft, oððe brimfaroþes,
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sæfaroða sand, geond sealtne wæg
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in eare gryndeð, þæt his unrim a
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in wintra worn wurðan sceolde.
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Fyl nu frumspræce, ðeah heora fea lifigen!
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Wlitiga þinne wordcwyde and þin wuldor on us!
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Gecyð cræft and miht þæt þa Caldeas
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and folca fela gefrigen habbað,
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ða þe under heofenum hæðene lifigeað,
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and þæt þu ana eart ece drihten,
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weroda waldend, woruldgesceafta,
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sigora settend, soðfæst metod!"
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Swa se halga wer hergende wæs
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metodes miltse and his mihta sped
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rehte þurh reorde. ða of roderum wæs
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engel ælbeorht ufan onsended,
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wlitescyne wer on his wuldorhaman,
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se him cwom to frofre and to feorhnere
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mid lufan and mid lisse. Se ðone lig tosceaf,
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halig and heofonbeorht, hatan fyres,
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tosweop hine and toswende þurh þa swiðan miht,
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ligges leoman, þæt hyra lice ne wæs
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owiht geegled, ac he on andan sloh
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fyr on feondas for fyrendædum.
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þa wæs on þam ofne, þær se engel becwom,
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windig and wynsum, wedere gelicost
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þonne hit on sumeres tid sended weorðeð
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dropena drearung on dæges hwile,
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wearmlic wolcna scur. Swylc bið wedera cyst,
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swylc wæs on þam fyre frean mihtum
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halgum to helpe. Wearð se hata lig
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todrifen and todwæsced þær þa dædhwatan
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geond þone ofen eodon, and se engel mid,
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feorh nerigende, se ðær feorða wæs,
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Annanias and Azarias
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and Misael. þær þa modhwatan
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þry on geðancum ðeoden heredon,
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bædon bletsian bearn Israela
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eall landgesceaft ecne drihten,
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ðeoda waldend. Swa hie þry cwædon,
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modum horsce, þurh gemæne word:
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"ðe gebletsige, bylywit fæder,
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woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc!
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Heofonas and englas, and hluttor wæter,
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þa ðe ofer roderum on rihtne gesceaft
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wuniað in wuldre, ða þec wurðiað!
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And þec, ælmihtig, ealle gesceafte,
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rodorbeorhtan tunglu, þa þe ryne healdað,
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sunna and mona, sundor anra gehwilc
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herige in hade! And heofonsteorran,
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deaw and deor scur, ða ðec domige!
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And þec, mihtig god, gastas lofige!
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Byrnende fyr and beorht sumor
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nergend hergað! Niht somod and dæg,
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and þec landa gehwilc, leoht and þeostro,
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herige on hade, somod hat and ceald!
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And þec, frea mihtig, forstas and snawas,
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winterbiter weder and wolcenfaru,
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lofige on lyfte! And þec ligetu,
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blace, berhtmhwate, þa þec bletsige!
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Eall eorðan grund, ece drihten,
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hyllas and hrusan and hea beorgas,
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sealte sæwægas, soðfæst metod,
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eastream yða and upcyme,
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wætersprync wylla, ða ðec wurðiað!
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Hwalas ðec herigað, and hefonfugolas,
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lyftlacende, þa ðe lagostreamas,
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wæterscipe wecgað! And wildu deor
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and neata gehwilc naman bletsie!
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And manna bearn modum lufiað,
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and þec Israela, æhta scyppend,
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herigað in hade, herran sinne!
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And þec haligra heortan cræftas,
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soðfæstra gehwæs sawle and gastas,
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lofiað liffrean, lean sellende
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eallum eadmodum, ece drihten!
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Annanias ðec and Adzarias
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and Misael metod domige
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breostgeðancum! We þec bletsiað,
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frea folca gehwæs, fæder ælmihtig,
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