Exodus

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 590 sections

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Hofon herecyste hwite linde,
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segnas on sande. Sæweall astah,
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uplang gestod wið Israhelum
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andægne fyrst. Wæs seo eorla gedriht
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anes modes,
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fæstum fæðmum freoðowære heold.
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Nalles hige gehyrdon haliges lare,
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siððan leofes leoþ læste near
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sweg swiðrode and sances bland.
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þa þæt feorðe cyn fyrmest eode,
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wod on wægstream, wigan on heape,
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ofer grenne grund, Iudisc feða
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on orette on uncuð gelad
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for his mægwinum. Swa him mihtig god
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þæs dægweorces deop lean forgeald,
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siððan him gesælde sigorworca hreð,
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þæt he ealdordom agan sceolde
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ofer cynericu, cneowmaga blæd.
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Hæfdon him to segne, þa hie on sund stigon,
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ofer bordhreoðan beacen aræred
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in þam garheape, gyldenne leon,
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drihtfolca mæst, deora cenost.
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Be þam herewisan hynðo ne woldon
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be him lifigendum lange þolian,
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þonne hie to guðe garwudu rærdon
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ðeoda ænigre. þracu wæs on ore,
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heard handplega, hægsteald modige
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wæpna wælslihtes, wigend unforhte,
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bilswaðu blodige, beadumægnes ræs,
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grimhelma gegrind, þær Iudas for.
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æfter þære fyrde flota modgade,
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Rubenes sunu. Randas bæron
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sæwicingas ofer sealtne mersc,
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manna menio; micel angetrum
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eode unforht. He his ealdordom
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synnum aswefede, þæt he siðor for
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on leofes last. Him on leodsceare
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frumbearnes riht freobroðor oðþah,
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ead and æðelo; he wæs gearu swa þeah.
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þær forð æfter him folca þryðum
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sunu Simeones sweotum comon;
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þridde þeodmægen (þufas wundon
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ofer garfare) guðcyste onþrang
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deawig sceaftum. Dægwoma becwom
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ofer garsecge, godes beacna sum,
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morgen mæretorht; mægen forð gewat.
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þa þær folcmægen for æfter oðrum,
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isernhergum. An wisode
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mægenþrymmum mæst, þy he mære wearð,
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on forðwegas folc æfter wolcnum,
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cynn æfter cynne. Cuðe æghwilc
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mægburga riht, swa him Moises bead,
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eorla æðelo. Him wæs an fæder,
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leof leodfruma, landriht geþah,
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frod on ferhðe, freomagum leof.
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Cende cneowsibbe cenra manna
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heahfædera sum, halige þeode,
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Israela cyn, onriht godes,
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swa þæt orþancum ealde reccað
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þa þe mægburge mæst gefrunon,
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frumcyn feora, fæderæðelo gehwæs.
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Niwe flodas Noe oferlað,
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þrymfæst þeoden, mid his þrim sunum,
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þone deopestan drencefloda
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þara ðe gewurde on woruldrice.
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Hæfde him on hreðre halige treowa;
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forþon he gelædde ofer lagustreamas
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maðmhorda mæst, mine gefræge.
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On feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde
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eallum eorðcynne ece lafe,
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frumcneow gehwæs, fæder and moder
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tuddorteondra, geteled rime
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mismicelra þonne men cunnon,
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snottor sæleoda. Eac þon sæda gehwilc
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on bearm scipes beornas feredon,
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þara þe under heofonum hæleð bryttigað.
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Swa þæt wise men wordum secgað
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þæt from Noe nigoða wære
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fæder Abrahames on folctale.
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þæt is se Abraham se him engla god
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naman niwan asceop; eac þon neah and feor
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halige heapas in gehyld bebead,
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werþeoda geweald; he on wræce lifde.
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Siððan he gelædde leofost feora
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haliges hæsum; heahlond stigon
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sibgemagas, on Seone beorh.
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Wære hie þær fundon, wuldor gesawon,
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halige heahtreowe, swa hæleð gefrunon.
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þær eft se snottra sunu Dauides,
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wuldorfæst cyning, witgan larum
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getimbrede tempel gode,
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alh haligne, eorðcyninga
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se wisesta on woruldrice,
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heahst and haligost, hæleðum gefrægost,
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mæst and mærost, þara þe manna bearn,
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fira æfter foldan, folmum geworhte.
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To þam meðelstede magan gelædde
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Abraham Isaac. Adfyr onbran;
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fyrst ferhðbana no þy fægenra wæs.
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Wolde þone lastweard lige gesyllan,

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