Juliana

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æþelra for eorþan, æhtspedigra
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feohgestreona. He is to freonde god.
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Forþon is þæs wyrþe, þæt þu þæs weres frige,
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ece eadlufan, an ne forlæte."
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Him þa seo eadge ageaf ondsware,
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Iuliana (hio to gode hæfde
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freondrædenne fæste gestaþelad):
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"Næfre ic þæs þeodnes þafian wille
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mægrædenne, nemne he mægna god
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geornor bigonge þonne he gen dyde,
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lufige mid lacum þone þe leoht gescop,
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heofon ond eorðan ond holma bigong,
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eodera ymbhwyrft. Ne mæg he elles mec
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bringan to bolde. He þa brydlufan
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sceal to oþerre æhtgestealdum
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idese secan; nafað he ænige her."
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Hyre þa þurh yrre ageaf ondsware
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fæder feondlice, nales frætwe onheht:
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"Ic þæt gefremme, gif min feorh leofað
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gif þu unrædes ær ne geswicest,
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ond þu fremdu godu forð bigongest
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ond þa forlætest þe us leofran sind,
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þe þissum folce to freme stondað,
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þæt þu ungeara ealdre scyldig
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þurh deora gripe deaþe sweltest,
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gif þu geþafian nelt þingrædenne,
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modges gemanan. Micel is þæt ongin
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ond þreaniedlic þinre gelican,
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þæt þu forhycge hlaford urne."
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Him þa seo eadge ageaf ondsware,
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gleaw ond gode leof, Iuliana:
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"Ic þe to soðe secgan wille,
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bi me lifgendre nelle ic lyge fremman.
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Næfre ic me ondræde domas þine,
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ne me weorce sind witebrogan,
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hildewoman, þe þu hæstlice
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manfremmende to me beotast,
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ne þu næfre gedest þurh gedwolan þinne
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þæt þu mec acyrre from Cristes lofe."
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ða wæs ellenwod, yrre ond reþe,
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frecne ond ferðgrim, fæder wið dehter.
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Het hi þa swingan, susle þreagan,
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witum wægan, ond þæt word acwæð:
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"Onwend þec in gewitte, ond þa word oncyr
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þe þu unsnyttrum ær gespræce,
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þa þu goda ussa gield forhogdest."
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Him seo unforhte ageaf ondsware
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þurh gæstgehygd, Iuliana:
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"Næfre þu gelærest þæt ic leasingum,
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dumbum ond deafum deofolgieldum,
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gæsta geniðlum gaful onhate,
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þam wyrrestum wites þegnum,
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ac ic weorðige wuldres ealdor
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middangeardes ond mægenþrymmes,
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ond him anum to eal biþence,
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þæt he mundbora min geweorþe,
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helpend ond hælend wið hellsceaþum."
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Hy þa þurh yrre Affricanus,
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fæder fæmnan ageaf on feonda geweald
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Heliseo. He in æringe
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gelædan het æfter leohtes cyme
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to his domsetle. Duguð wafade
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on þære fæmnan wlite, folc eal geador.
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Hy þa se æðeling ærest grette,
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hire brydguma, bliþum wordum:
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"Min se swetesta sunnan scima,
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Iuliana! Hwæt, þu glæm hafast,
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ginfæste giefe, geoguðhades blæd!
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Gif þu godum ussum gen gecwemest,
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ond þe to swa mildum mundbyrd secest,
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hyldo to halgum, beoð þe ahylded fram
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wraþe geworhtra wita unrim,
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grimra gyrna, þe þe gegearwad sind,
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gif þu onsecgan nelt soþum gieldum."
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Him seo æþele mæg ageaf ondsware:
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"Næfre þu geþreatast þinum beotum,
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ne wita þæs fela wraðra gegearwast,
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þæt ic þeodscype þinne lufie,
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buton þu forlæte þa leasinga,
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weohweorðinga, ond wuldres god
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ongyte gleawlice, gæsta scyppend,
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meotud moncynnes, in þæs meahtum sind
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a butan ende ealle gesceafta."
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ða for þam folce frecne mode
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beotwordum spræc, bealg hine swiþe
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folcagende, ond þa fæmnan het
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þurh niðwræce nacode þennan,
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ond mid sweopum swingan synna lease.
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Ahlog þa se hererinc, hospwordum spræc:
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"þis is ealdordom uncres gewynnes
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on fruman gefongen! Gen ic feores þe
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unnan wille, þeah þu ær fela
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unwærlicra worda gespræce,
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onsoce to swiðe þæt þu soð godu
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lufian wolde. þe þa lean sceolan
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wiþerhycgendre, witebrogan,
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æfter weorþan, butan þu ær wiþ hi
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geþingige, ond him þoncwyrþe
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æfter leahtorcwidum lac onsecge,
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sibbe gesette. Læt þa sace restan,

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