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1. 1000

   of godes muðe gaste eacen.

2. 1001

   ða worde frægn wuldres aldor

3. 1002

   Cain, hwær Abel eorðan wære.

4. 1003

   Him ða se cystleasa cwealmes wyrhta

5. 1004

   ædre æfter þon andswarode:

6. 1005

   "Ne can ic Abeles or ne fore,

7. 1006

   hleomæges sið, ne ic hyrde wæs

8. 1007

   broðer mines." Him þa brego engla,

9. 1008

   godspedig gast gean þingade:

10. 1009

    "Hwæt, befealdest þu folmum þinum

11. 1010

    wraðum on wælbedd wærfæstne rinc,

12. 1011

    broðor þinne, and his blod to me

13. 1012

    cleopað and cigeð. þu þæs cwealmes scealt

14. 1013

    wite winnan and on wræc hweorfan,

15. 1014

    awyrged to widan aldre. Ne seleð þe wæstmas eorðe

16. 1015

    wlitige to woruldnytte, ac heo wældreore swealh

17. 1016

    halge of handum þinum; forþon heo þe hroðra oftihð,

18. 1017

    glæmes grene folde. þu scealt geomor hweorfan,

19. 1018

    arleas of earde þinum, swa þu Abele wurde

20. 1019

    to feorhbanan; forþon þu flema scealt

21. 1020

    widlast wrecan, winemagum lað."

22. 1021

    Him þa ædre Cain andswarode:

23. 1022

    "Ne þearf ic ænigre are wenan

24. 1023

    on woruldrice, ac ic forworht hæbbe,

25. 1024

    heofona heahcyning, hyldo þine,

26. 1025

    lufan and freode; forþon ic lastas sceal

27. 1026

    wean on wenum wide lecgan,

28. 1027

    hwonne me gemitte manscyldigne,

29. 1028

    se me feor oððe neah fæhðe gemonige,

30. 1029

    broðorcwealmes. Ic his blod ageat,

31. 1030

    dreor on eorðan. þu to dæge þissum

32. 1031

    ademest me fram duguðe and adrifest from

33. 1032

    earde minum. Me to aldorbanan

34. 1033

    weorðeð wraðra sum. Ic awyrged sceal,

35. 1034

    þeoden, of gesyhðe þinre hweorfan."

36. 1035

    Him þa selfa oncwæð sigora drihten:

37. 1036

    "Ne þearft ðu þe ondrædan deaðes brogan,

38. 1037

    feorhcwealm nu giet, þeah þu from scyle

39. 1038

    freomagum feor fah gewitan.

40. 1039

    Gif þe monna hwelc mundum sinum

41. 1040

    aldre beneoteð, hine on cymeð

42. 1041

    æfter þære synne seofonfeald wracu,

43. 1042

    wite æfter weorce." Hine waldend on,

44. 1043

    tirfæst metod, tacen sette,

45. 1044

    freoðobeacen frea, þy læs hine feonda hwilc

46. 1045

    mid guðþræce gretan dorste

47. 1046

    feorran oððe nean. Heht þa from hweorfan

48. 1047

    meder and magum manscyldigne,

49. 1048

    cnosle sinum. Him þa Cain gewat

50. 1049

    gongan geomormod gode of gesyhðe,

51. 1050

    wineleas wrecca, and him þa wic geceas

52. 1051

    eastlandum on, eðelstowe

53. 1052

    fædergeardum feor, þær him freolecu mæg,

54. 1053

    ides æfter æðelum eaforan fedde.

55. 1054

    Se æresta wæs Enos haten,

56. 1055

    frumbearn Caines. Siððan fæsten ongon

57. 1056

    mid þam cneomagum ceastre timbran;

58. 1057

    þæt wæs under wolcnum weallfæstenna

59. 1058

    ærest ealra þara þe æðelingas,

60. 1059

    sweordberende, settan heton.

61. 1060

    þanon his eaforan ærest wocan,

62. 1061

    bearn from bryde, on þam burhstede.

63. 1062

    Se yldesta wæs Iared haten,

64. 1063

    sunu Enoses. Siððan wocan,

65. 1064

    þa þæs cynnes cneowrim icton,

66. 1065

    mægburg Caines. Malalehel wæs

67. 1066

    æfter Iarede yrfes hyrde

68. 1067

    fæder on laste, oðþæt he forð gewat.

69. 1068

    Siððan Mathusal magum dælde,

70. 1069

    bearn æfter bearne broðrum sinum

71. 1070

    æðelinga gestreon, oðþæt aldorgedal

72. 1071

    frod fyrndagum fremman sceolde,

73. 1072

    lif oflætan. Lameh onfeng

74. 1073

    æfter fæder dæge fletgestealdum,

75. 1074

    botlgestreonum. Him bryda twa,

76. 1075

    idesa on eðle eaforan feddon,

77. 1076

    Ada and Sella; þara anum wæs

78. 1077

    Iabal noma, se þurh gleawne geþanc

79. 1078

    herbuendra hearpan ærest

80. 1079

    handum sinum hlyn awehte,

81. 1080

    swinsigende sweg, sunu Lamehes.

82. 1081

    Swylce on ðære mægðe maga wæs haten

83. 1082

    on þa ilcan tid Tubalcain,

84. 1083

    se þurh snytro sped smiðcræftega wæs,

85. 1084

    and þurh modes gemynd monna ærest,

86. 1085

    sunu Lamehes, sulhgeweorces

87. 1086

    fruma wæs ofer foldan, siððan folca bearn

88. 1087

    æres cuðon and isernes,

89. 1088

    burhsittende, brucan wide.

90. 1089

    þa his wifum twæm wordum sægde

91. 1090

    Lameh seolfa, leofum gebeddum,

92. 1091

    Adan and Sellan unarlic spel:

93. 1092

    "Ic on morðor ofsloh minra sumne

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    hyldemaga; honda gewemde

95. 1094

    on Caines cwealme mine,

96. 1095

    fylde mid folmum fæder Enoses,

97. 1096

    ordbanan Abeles, eorðan sealde

98. 1097

    wældreor weres. Wat ic gearwe

99. 1098

    þæt þam lichryre on last cymeð

100. 1099

     soðcyninges seofonfeald wracu,

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