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Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 349 sections

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   tweode

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   gifena in ðys ginnan grunde. Heo ðar ða gearwe funde

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   mundbyrd æt ðam mæran þeodne, þa heo ahte mæste þearfe,

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   hyldo þæs hehstan deman, þæt he hie wið þæs hehstan brogan

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   gefriðode, frymða waldend. Hyre ðæs fæder on roderum

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   torhtmod tiðe gefremede, þe heo ahte trumne geleafan

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   a to ðam ælmihtigan. Gefrægen ic ða Holofernus

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   winhatan wyrcean georne ond eallum wundrum þrymlic

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   girwan up swæsendo. To ðam het se gumena baldor

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    ealle ða yldestan ðegnas; hie ðæt ofstum miclum

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    ræfndon, rondwiggende, comon to ðam rican þeodne

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    feran, folces ræswan. þæt wæs þy feorðan dogore

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    þæs ðe Iudith hyne, gleaw on geðonce,

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    ides ælfscinu, ærest gesohte.

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    Hie ða to ðam symle sittan eodon,

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    wlance to wingedrince, ealle his weagesiðas,

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    bealde byrnwiggende. þær wæron bollan steape

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    boren æfter bencum gelome, swylce eac bunan ond orcas

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    fulle fletsittendum; hie þæt fæge þegon,

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    rofe rondwiggende, þeah ðæs se rica ne wende,

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    egesful eorla dryhten. ða wearð Holofernus,

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    goldwine gumena, on gytesalum,

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    hloh ond hlydde, hlynede ond dynede,

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    þæt mihten fira bearn feorran gehyran

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    hu se stiðmoda styrmde ond gylede,

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    modig ond medugal, manode geneahhe

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    bencsittende þæt hi gebærdon wel.

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    Swa se inwidda ofer ealne dæg

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    dryhtguman sine drencte mid wine,

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    swiðmod sinces brytta, oðþæt hie on swiman lagon,

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    oferdrencte his duguðe ealle, swylce hie wæron deaðe geslegene,

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    agotene goda gehwylces. Swa het se gumena aldor

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    fylgan fletsittendum, oðþæt fira bearnum

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    nealæhte niht seo þystre. Het ða niða geblonden

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    þa eadigan mægð ofstum fetigan

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    to his bedreste beagum gehlæste,

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    hringum gehrodene. Hie hraðe fremedon,

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    anbyhtscealcas, swa him heora ealdor bebead,

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    byrnwigena brego, bearhtme stopon

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    to ðam gysterne, þær hie Iudithðe

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    fundon ferhðgleawe, ond ða fromlice

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    lindwiggende lædan ongunnon

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    þa torhtan mægð to træfe þam hean,

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    þær se rica hyne reste on symbel

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    nihtes inne, nergende lað,

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    Holofernus. þær wæs eallgylden

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    fleohnet fæger ymbe þæs folctogan

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    bed ahongen, þæt se bealofulla

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    mihte wlitan þurh, wigena baldor,

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    on æghwylcne þe ðær inne com

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    hæleða bearna, ond on hyne nænig

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    monna cynnes, nymðe se modiga hwæne

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    niðe rofra him þe near hete

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    rinca to rune gegangan. Hie ða on reste gebrohton

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    snude ða snoteran idese; eodon ða stercedferhðe,

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    hæleð heora hearran cyðan þæt wæs seo halige meowle

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    gebroht on his burgetelde. þa wearð se brema on mode

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    bliðe, burga ealdor, þohte ða beorhtan idese

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    mid widle ond mid womme besmitan. Ne wolde þæt wuldres dema

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    geðafian, þrymmes hyrde, ac he him þæs ðinges gestyrde,

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    dryhten, dugeða waldend. Gewat ða se deofulcunda,

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    galferhð gumena ðreate

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    bealofull his beddes neosan, þær he sceolde his blæd forleosan

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    ædre binnan anre nihte; hæfde ða his ende gebidenne

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    on eorðan unswæslicne, swylcne he ær æfter worhte,

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    þearlmod ðeoden gumena, þenden he on ðysse worulde

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    wunode under wolcna hrofe. Gefeol ða wine swa druncen

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    se rica on his reste middan, swa he nyste ræda nanne

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    on gewitlocan. Wiggend stopon

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    ut of ðam inne ofstum miclum,

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    weras winsade, þe ðone wærlogan,

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    laðne leodhatan, læddon to bedde

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    nehstan siðe. þa wæs nergendes

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    þeowen þrymful, þearle gemyndig

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    hu heo þone atolan eaðost mihte

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    ealdre benæman ær se unsyfra,

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    womfull, onwoce. Genam ða wundenlocc

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    scyppendes mægð scearpne mece,

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    scurum heardne, ond of sceaðe abræd

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    swiðran folme; ongan ða swegles weard

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    be naman nemnan, nergend ealra

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    woruldbuendra, ond þæt word acwæð:

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    "Ic ðe, frymða god ond frofre gæst,

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    bearn alwaldan, biddan wylle

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    miltse þinre me þearfendre,

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    ðrynesse ðrym. þearle ys me nu ða

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    heorte onhæted ond hige geomor,

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    swyðe mid sorgum gedrefed. Forgif me, swegles ealdor,

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    sigor ond soðne geleafan, þæt ic mid þys sweorde mote

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    geheawan þysne morðres bryttan; geunne me minra gesynta,

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    þearlmod þeoden gumena. Nahte ic þinre næfre

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    miltse þon maran þearfe. Gewrec nu, mihtig dryhten,

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    torhtmod tires brytta, þæt me ys þus torne on mode,

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    hate on hreðre minum." Hi ða se hehsta dema

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    ædre mid elne onbryrde, swa he deð anra gehwylcne

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    herbuendra þe hyne him to helpe seceð

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    mid ræde ond mid rihte geleafan. þa wearð hyre rume on mode,

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    haligre hyht geniwod; genam ða þone hæðenan mannan

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    fæste be feaxe sinum, teah hyne folmum wið hyre weard

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     bysmerlice, ond þone bealofullan

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