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Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 349 sections

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   secgas ond gesiðas, bæron sigeþufas,

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   foron to gefeohte forð on gerihte,

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   hæleð under helmum, of ðære haligan byrig

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   on ðæt dægred sylf. Dynedan scildas,

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   hlude hlummon. þæs se hlanca gefeah

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   wulf in walde, ond se wanna hrefn,

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   wælgifre fugel. Wistan begen

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   þæt him ða þeodguman þohton tilian

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   fylle on fægum; ac him fleah on last

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    earn ætes georn, urigfeðera,

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    salowigpada sang hildeleoð,

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    hyrnednebba. Stopon heaðorincas,

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    beornas to beadowe, bordum beðeahte,

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    hwealfum lindum, þa ðe hwile ær

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    elðeodigra edwit þoledon,

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    hæðenra hosp. Him þæt hearde wearð

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    æt ðam æscplegan eallum forgolden,

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    Assyrium, syððan Ebreas

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    under guðfanum gegan hæfdon

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    to ðam fyrdwicum. Hie ða fromlice

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    leton forð fleogan flana scuras,

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    hildenædran, of hornbogan,

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    strælas stedehearde; styrmdon hlude

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    grame guðfrecan, garas sendon

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    in heardra gemang. Hæleð wæron yrre,

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    landbuende, laðum cynne,

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    stopon styrnmode, stercedferhðe,

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    wrehton unsofte ealdgeniðlan

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    medowerige; mundum brugdon

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    scealcas of sceaðum scirmæled swyrd,

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    ecgum gecoste, slogon eornoste

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    Assiria oretmæcgas,

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    niðhycgende, nanne ne sparedon

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    þæs herefolces, heanne ne ricne,

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    cwicera manna þe hie ofercuman mihton.

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    Swa ða magoþegnas on ða morgentid

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    ehton elðeoda ealle þrage,

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    oðþæt ongeaton ða ðe grame wæron,

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    ðæs herefolces heafodweardas,

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    þæt him swyrdgeswing swiðlic eowdon

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    weras Ebrisce. Hie wordum þæt

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    þam yldestan ealdorþegnum

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    cyðan eodon, wrehton cumbolwigan

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    ond him forhtlice færspel bodedon,

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    medowerigum morgencollan,

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    atolne ecgplegan. þa ic ædre gefrægn

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    slegefæge hæleð slæpe tobredon

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    ond wið þæs bealofullan burgeteldes

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    werigferhðe hwearfum þringan,

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    Holofernus. Hogedon aninga

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    hyra hlaforde hilde bodian,

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    ærðon ðe him se egesa on ufan sæte,

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    mægen Ebrea. Mynton ealle

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    þæt se beorna brego ond seo beorhte mægð

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    in ðam wlitegan træfe wæron ætsomne,

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    Iudith seo æðele ond se galmoda,

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    egesfull ond afor. Næs ðeah eorla nan

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    þe ðone wiggend aweccan dorste

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    oððe gecunnian hu ðone cumbolwigan

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    wið ða halgan mægð hæfde geworden,

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    metodes meowlan. Mægen nealæhte,

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    folc Ebrea, fuhton þearle

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    heardum heoruwæpnum, hæfte guldon

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    hyra fyrngeflitu, fagum swyrdum,

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    ealde æfðoncan; Assyria wearð

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    on ðam dægeweorce dom geswiðrod,

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    bælc forbiged. Beornas stodon

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    ymbe hyra þeodnes træf þearle gebylde,

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    sweorcendferhðe. Hi ða somod ealle

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    ongunnon cohhetan, cirman hlude

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    ond gristbitian, gode orfeorme,

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    mid toðon torn þoligende. þa wæs hyra tires æt ende,

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    eades ond ellendæda. Hogedon þa eorlas aweccan

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    hyra winedryhten; him wiht ne speow.

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    þa wearð sið ond late sum to ðam arod

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    þara beadorinca, þæt he in þæt burgeteld

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    niðheard neðde, swa hyne nyd fordraf.

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    Funde ða on bedde blacne licgan

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    his goldgifan gæstes gesne,

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    lifes belidenne. He þa lungre gefeoll

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    freorig to foldan, ongan his feax teran,

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    hreoh on mode, ond his hrægl somod,

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    ond þæt word acwæð to ðam wiggendum

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    þe ðær unrote ute wæron:

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    "Her ys geswutelod ure sylfra forwyrd,

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    toweard getacnod þæt þære tide ys

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    mid niðum neah geðrungen, þe we sculon nyde losian,

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    somod æt sæcce forweorðan. Her lið sweorde geheawen,

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    beheafdod healdend ure." Hi ða hreowigmode

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    wurpon hyra wæpen of dune, gewitan him werigferhðe

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    on fleam sceacan. Him mon feaht on last,

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    mægeneacen folc, oð se mæsta dæl

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    þæs heriges læg hilde gesæged

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    on ðam sigewonge, sweordum geheawen,

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    wulfum to willan ond eac wælgifrum

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    fuglum to frofre. Flugon ða ðe lyfdon,

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    laðra lindwerod. Him on laste for

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    sweot Ebrea sigore geweorðod,

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    dome gedyrsod; him feng dryhten god

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     fægre on fultum, frea ælmihtig.

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