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1. 700

   heanne fram hungres geniðlan. Ic þæt halige treo

2. 701

   lustum cyðe, nu ic hit leng ne mæg

3. 702

   helan for hungre. Is þes hæft to ðan strang,

4. 703

   þreanyd þæs þearl ond þes þroht to ðæs heard

5. 704

   dogorrimum. Ic adreogan ne mæg,

6. 705

   ne leng helan be ðam lifes treo,

7. 706

   þeah ic ær mid dysige þurhdrifen wære

8. 707

   ond ðæt soð to late seolf gecneowe."

9. 708

   þa ðæt gehyrde sio þær hæleðum scead,

10. 709

    beornes gebæro, hio bebead hraðe

11. 710

    þæt hine man of nearwe ond of nydcleofan,

12. 711

    fram þam engan hofe, up forlete.

13. 712

    Hie ðæt ofstlice efnedon sona,

14. 713

    ond hine mid arum up gelæddon

15. 714

    of carcerne, swa him seo cwen bebead.

16. 715

    Stopon þa to þære stowe stiðhycgende

17. 716

    on þa dune up ðe dryhten ær

18. 717

    ahangen wæs, heofonrices weard,

19. 718

    godbearn on galgan, ond hwæðre geare nyste,

20. 719

    hungre gehyned, hwær sio halige rod,

21. 720

    þurh feondes searu foldan getyned,

22. 721

    lange legere fæst leodum dyrne

23. 722

    wunode wælreste. Word stunde ahof

24. 723

    elnes oncyðig, ond on Ebrisc spræc:

25. 724

    "Dryhten hælend, þu ðe ahst doma geweald,

26. 725

    ond þu geworhtest þurh þines wuldres miht

27. 726

    heofon ond eorðan ond holmþræce,

28. 727

    sæs sidne fæðm, samod ealle gesceaft,

29. 728

    ond þu amæte mundum þinum

30. 729

    ealne ymbhwyrft ond uprador,

31. 730

    ond þu sylf sitest, sigora waldend,

32. 731

    ofer þam æðelestan engelcynne,

33. 732

    þe geond lyft farað leohte bewundene,

34. 733

    mycle mægenþrymme. Ne mæg þær manna gecynd

35. 734

    of eorðwegum up geferan

36. 735

    in lichoman mid þa leohtan gedryht,

37. 736

    wuldres aras. þu geworhtest þa

38. 737

    ond to þegnunge þinre gesettest,

39. 738

    halig ond heofonlic. þara on hade sint

40. 739

    in sindreame syx genemned,

41. 740

    þa ymbsealde synt mid syxum eac

42. 741

    fiðrum gefrætwad, fægere scinaþ.

43. 742

    þara sint IIII þe on flihte a

44. 743

    þa þegnunge þrymme beweotigaþ

45. 744

    fore onsyne eces deman,

46. 745

    singallice singaþ in wuldre

47. 746

    hædrum stefnum heofoncininges lof,

48. 747

    woða wlitegaste, ond þas word cweðaþ

49. 748

    clænum stefnum, (þam is ceruphin nama):

50. 749

    'Halig is se halga heahengla god,

51. 750

    weoroda wealdend! Is ðæs wuldres ful

52. 751

    heofun ond eorðe ond eall heahmægen,

53. 752

    tire getacnod.' Syndon tu on þam,

54. 753

    sigorcynn on swegle, þe man seraphin

55. 754

    be naman hateð. He sceal neorxnawang

56. 755

    ond lifes treo legene sweorde

57. 756

    halig healdan. Heardecg cwacaþ,

58. 757

    beofaþ brogdenmæl, ond bleom wrixleð

59. 758

    grapum gryrefæst. þæs ðu, god dryhten,

60. 759

    wealdest widan fyrhð, ond þu womfulle

61. 760

    scyldwyrcende sceaðan of radorum

62. 761

    awurpe wonhydige. þa sio werge sceolu

63. 762

    under heolstorhofu hreosan sceolde

64. 763

    in wita forwyrd, þær hie in wylme nu

65. 764

    dreogaþ deaðcwale in dracan fæðme,

66. 765

    þeostrum forþylmed. He þinum wiðsoc

67. 766

    aldordome. þæs he in ermðum sceal,

68. 767

    ealra fula ful, fah þrowian,

69. 768

    þeowned þolian. þær he þin ne mæg

70. 769

    word aweorpan, is in witum fæst,

71. 770

    ealre synne fruma, susle gebunden.

72. 771

    Gif þin willa sie, wealdend engla,

73. 772

    þæt ricsie se ðe on rode wæs,

74. 773

    ond þurh Marian in middangeard

75. 774

    acenned wearð in cildes had,

76. 775

    þeoden engla, (gif he þin nære

77. 776

    sunu synna leas, næfre he soðra swa feala

78. 777

    in woruldrice wundra gefremede

79. 778

    dogorgerimum; no ðu of deaðe hine

80. 779

    swa þrymlice, þeoda wealdend,

81. 780

    aweahte for weorodum, gif he in wuldre þin

82. 781

    þurh ða beorhtan bearn ne wære),

83. 782

    gedo nu, fæder engla, forð beacen þin.

84. 783

    Swa ðu gehyrdest þone halgan wer

85. 784

    Moyses on meðle, þa ðu, mihta god,

86. 785

    geywdest þam eorle on þa æðelan tid

87. 786

    under beorhhliðe ban Iosephes,

88. 787

    swa ic þe, weroda wyn, gif hit sie willa þin,

89. 788

    þurg þæt beorhte gesceap biddan wille

90. 789

    þæt me þæt goldhord, gasta scyppend,

91. 790

    geopenie, þæt yldum wæs

92. 791

    lange behyded. Forlæt nu, lifes fruma,

93. 792

    of ðam wangstede wynsumne up

94. 793

    under radores ryne rec astigan

95. 794

    lyftlacende. Ic gelyfe þe sel

96. 795

    ond þy fæstlicor ferhð staðelige,

97. 796

    hyht untweondne, on þone ahangnan Crist,

98. 797

    þæt he sie soðlice sawla nergend,

99. 798

    ece ælmihtig, Israhela cining,

100. 799

     walde widan ferhð wuldres on heofenum,

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