Genesis A, B

wonne wælstreamas werodum swelgað,

sceaðum scyldfullum. Ongyn þe scip wyrcan,

merehus micel. On þam þu monegum scealt

reste geryman, and rihte setl

ælcum æfter agenum eorðan tudre.

Gescype scylfan on scipes bosme.

þu þæt fær gewyrc fiftiges wid,

ðrittiges heah and þreohund lang

elngemeta, and wið yða gewyrc

gefeg fæste. þær sceal fæsl wesan

cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces

on þæt wudufæsten wocor gelæded

eorðan tudres; earc sceal þy mare."

Noe fremede swa hine nergend heht,

hyrde þam halgan heofoncyninge,

ongan ofostlice þæt hof wyrcan,

micle merecieste. Magum sægde

þæt wæs þrealic þing þeodum toweard,

reðe wite. Hie ne rohton þæs!

Geseah þa ymb wintra worn wærfæst metod

geofonhusa mæst gearo hlifigean,

innan and utan eorðan lime

gefæstnod wið flode, fær Noes,

þy selestan. þæt is syndrig cynn;

symle bið þy heardra þe hit hreoh wæter,

swearte sæstreamas swiðor beatað.

ða to Noe cwæð nergend usser:

"Ic þe þæs mine, monna leofost,

wære gesylle, þæt þu weg nimest

and feora fæsl þe þu ferian scealt

geond deop wæter dægrimes worn

on lides bosme. Læd, swa ic þe hate,

under earce bord eaforan þine,

frumgaran þry, and eower feower wif.

Ond þu seofone genim on þæt sundreced

tudra gehwilces geteled rimes,

þara þe to mete mannum lifige,

and þara oðerra ælces twa.

Swilce þu of eallum eorðan wæstmum

wiste under wægbord werodum gelæde,

þam þe mid sceolon mereflod nesan.

Fed freolice feora wocre

oð ic þære lafe lagosiða eft

reorde under roderum ryman wille.

Gewit þu nu mid hiwum on þæt hof gangan,

gasta werode. Ic þe godne wat,

fæsthydigne; þu eart freoðo wyrðe,

ara mid eaforum. Ic on andwlitan

nu ofor seofon niht sigan læte

wællregn ufan widre eorðan.

Feowertig daga fæhðe ic wille

on weras stælan and mid wægþreate

æhta and agend eall acwellan

þa beutan beoð earce bordum

þonne sweart racu stigan onginneð."

Him þa Noe gewat, swa hine nergend het,

under earce bord eaforan lædan,

weras on wægþæl and heora wif somed;

and eall þæt to fæsle frea ælmihtig

habban wolde under hrof gefor

to heora ætgifan, swa him ælmihtig

weroda drihten þurh his word abead.

Him on hoh beleac heofonrices weard

merehuses muð mundum sinum,

sigora waldend, and segnade

earce innan agenum spedum

nergend usser. Noe hæfde,

sunu Lameches, syxhund wintra

þa he mid bearnum under bord gestah,

gleaw mid geogoðe, be godes hæse,

dugeðum dyrum. Drihten sende

regn from roderum and eac rume let

willeburnan on woruld þringan

of ædra gehwære, egorstreamas

swearte swogan. Sæs up stigon

ofer stæðweallas. Strang wæs and reðe

se ðe wætrum weold; wreah and þeahte

manfæhðu bearn middangeardes

wonnan wæge, wera eðelland;

hof hergode, hygeteonan wræc

metod on monnum. Mere swiðe grap

on fæge folc feowertig daga,

nihta oðer swilc. Nið wæs reðe,

wællgrim werum; wuldorcyninges

yða wræcon arleasra feorh

of flæschoman. Flod ealle wreah,

hreoh under heofonum hea beorgas

geond sidne grund and on sund ahof

earce from eorðan and þa æðelo mid,

þa segnade selfa drihten,

scyppend usser, þa he þæt scip beleac.

Siððan wide rad wolcnum under

ofer holmes hrincg hof seleste,

for mid fearme. Fære ne moston

wægliðendum wætres brogan

hæste hrinon, ac hie halig god

ferede and nerede. Fiftena stod

deop ofer dunum se drenceflod

monnes elna; þæt is mæro wyrd!

þam æt niehstan wæs nan to gedale,