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1300 þurh ærgewyrht , arleasra sceolu ,
1301 in gleda gripe . Gode no syððan
1302 of ðam morðorhofe in gemynd cumað ,
1303 wuldorcyninge , ac hie worpene beoð
1304 of ðam heaðuwylme in hellegrund ,
1305 torngeniðlan . Bið þam twam dælum
1306 ungelice . Moton engla frean
1307 geseon , sigora god . Hie asodene beoð ,
1308 asundrod fram synnum , swa smæte gold
1309 þæt in wylme bið womma gehwylces
1310 þurh ofnes fyr eall geclænsod ,
1311 amered ond gemylted . Swa bið þara manna ælc
1312 ascyred ond asceaden scylda gehwylcre ,
1313 deopra firena , þurh þæs domes fyr .
1314 Moton þonne siðþan sybbe brucan ,
1315 eces eadwelan . Him bið engla weard
1316 milde ond bliðe , þæs ðe hie mana gehwylc
1317 forsawon , synna weorc , ond to suna metudes
1318 wordum cleopodon . Forðan hie nu on wlite scinaþ
1319 englum gelice , yrfes brucaþ
1320 wuldorcyninges to widan feore .
1321 The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, transcribed by sacred-texts.com (sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/), via CLTK's old_english_text_sacred_texts mirror; released into the public domain. Licence: Public domain (Unlicense). Source .