Dream of the Rood
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Deað he þær byrigde, hwæðere eft dryhten aras
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mid his miclan mihte mannum to helpe.
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He ða on heofenas astag. Hider eft fundaþ
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on þysne middangeard mancynn secan
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on domdæge dryhten sylfa,
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ælmihtig god, ond his englas mid,
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þæt he þonne wile deman, se ah domes geweald,
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anra gehwylcum swa he him ærur her
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on þyssum lænum life geearnaþ.
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Ne mæg þær ænig unforht wesan
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for þam worde þe se wealdend cwyð.
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Frineð he for þære mænige hwær se man sie,
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se ðe for dryhtnes naman deaðes wolde
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biteres onbyrigan, swa he ær on ðam beame dyde.
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Ac hie þonne forhtiað, ond fea þencaþ
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hwæt hie to Criste cweðan onginnen.
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Ne þearf ðær þonne ænig anforht wesan
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þe him ær in breostum bereð beacna selest,
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ac ðurh ða rode sceal rice gesecan
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of eorðwege æghwylc sawl,
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seo þe mid wealdende wunian þenceð."
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Gebæd ic me þa to þan beame bliðe mode,
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elne mycle, þær ic ana wæs
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mæte werede. Wæs modsefa
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afysed on forðwege, feala ealra gebad
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langunghwila. Is me nu lifes hyht
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þæt ic þone sigebeam secan mote
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ana oftor þonne ealle men,
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well weorþian. Me is willa to ðam
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mycel on mode, ond min mundbyrd is
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geriht to þære rode. Nah ic ricra feala
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freonda on foldan, ac hie forð heonon
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gewiton of worulde dreamum, sohton him wuldres cyning,
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lifiaþ nu on heofenum mid heahfædere,
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wuniaþ on wuldre, ond ic wene me
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daga gehwylce hwænne me dryhtnes rod,
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þe ic her on eorðan ær sceawode,
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on þysson lænan life gefetige
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ond me þonne gebringe þær is blis mycel,
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dream on heofonum, þær is dryhtnes folc
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geseted to symle, þær is singal blis,
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ond me þonne asette þær ic syþþan mot
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wunian on wuldre, well mid þam halgum
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dreames brucan. Si me dryhten freond,
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se ðe her on eorþan ær þrowode
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on þam gealgtreowe for guman synnum.
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He us onlysde ond us lif forgeaf,
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heofonlicne ham. Hiht wæs geniwad
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mid bledum ond mid blisse þam þe þær bryne þolodan.
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Se sunu wæs sigorfæst on þam siðfate,
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mihtig ond spedig, þa he mid manigeo com,
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gasta weorode, on godes rice,
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anwealda ælmihtig, englum to blisse
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ond eallum ðam halgum þam þe on heofonum ær
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wunedon on wuldre, þa heora wealdend cwom,
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ælmihtig god, þær his eðel wæs.
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