Juliana

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þurh deopne gedwolan, sægde hy dryas wæron.
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Neþde ic nearobregdum þær ic Neron bisweac,
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þæt he acwellan het Cristes þegnas,
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Petrus ond Paulus. Pilatus ær
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on rode aheng rodera waldend,
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meotud meahtigne minum larum.
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Swylce ic Egias eac gelærde
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þæt he unsnytrum Andreas het
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ahon haligne on heanne beam,
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þæt he of galgan his gæst onsende
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in wuldres wlite. þus ic wraþra fela
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mid minum broþrum bealwa gefremede,
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sweartra synna, þe ic asecgan ne mæg,
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rume areccan, ne gerim witan,
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heardra heteþonca." Him seo halge oncwæð
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þurh gæstes giefe, Iuliana:
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"þu scealt furþor gen, feond moncynnes,
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siþfæt secgan, hwa þec sende to me."
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Hyre se aglæca ageaf ondsware,
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forhtafongen, friþes orwena:
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"Hwæt, mec min fæder on þas fore to þe,
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hellwarena cyning, hider onsende
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of þam engan ham, se is yfla gehwæs
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in þam grornhofe geornfulra þonne ic.
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þonne he usic sendeð þæt we soðfæstra
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þurh misgedwield mod oncyrren,
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ahwyrfen from halor, we beoð hygegeomre,
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forhte on ferðþe. Ne biþ us frea milde,
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egesful ealdor, gif we yfles noht
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gedon habbaþ; ne durran we siþþan
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for his onsyne ower geferan.
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þonne he onsendeð geond sidne grund
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þegnas of þystrum, hateð þræce ræran,
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gif we gemette sin on moldwege,
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oþþe feor oþþe neah fundne weorþen,
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þæt hi usic binden ond in bælwylme
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suslum swingen. Gif soðfæstra
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þurh myrrelsan mod ne oðcyrreð,
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haligra hyge, we þa heardestan
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ond þa wyrrestan witu geþoliað
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þurh sarslege. Nu þu sylfa meaht
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on sefan þinum soð gecnawan,
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þæt ic þisse noþe wæs nyde gebæded,
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þragmælum geþread, þæt ic þe sohte."
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þa gen seo halge ongon hæleþa gewinnan,
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wrohtes wyrhtan, wordum frignan,
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fyrnsynna fruman: "þu me furþor scealt
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secgan, sawla feond, hu þu soðfæstum
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þurh synna slide swiþast sceþþe,
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facne bifongen." Hyre se feond oncwæð,
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wræcca wærleas, wordum mælde:
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"Ic þe, ead mæg, yfla gehwylces
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or gecyðe oð ende forð
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þara þe ic gefremede, nalæs feam siðum,
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synna wundum, þæt þu þy sweotolicor
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sylf gecnawe þæt þis is soð, nales leas.
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Ic þæt wende ond witod tealde
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þriste geþoncge, þæt ic þe meahte
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butan earfeþum anes cræfte
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ahwyrfan from halor, þæt þu heofoncyninge
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wiðsoce, sigora frean, ond to sæmran gebuge,
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onsægde synna fruman. þus ic soðfæstum
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þurh mislic bleo mod oncyrre.
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þær ic hine finde ferð staþelian
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to godes willan, ic beo gearo sona
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þæt ic him monigfealde modes gælsan
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ongean bere grimra geþonca,
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dyrnra gedwilda, þurh gedwolena rim.
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Ic him geswete synna lustas,
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mæne modlufan, þæt he minum hraþe,
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leahtrum gelenge, larum hyreð.
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Ic hine þæs swiþe synnum onæle
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þæt he byrnende from gebede swiceð,
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stepeð stronglice, staþolfæst ne mæg
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fore leahtra lufan lenge gewunian
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in gebedstowe. Swa ic brogan to
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laðne gelæde þam þe ic lifes ofonn,
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leohtes geleafan, ond he larum wile
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þurh modes myne minum hyran,
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synne fremman, he siþþan sceal
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godra gumcysta geasne hweorfan.
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Gif ic ænigne ellenrofne
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gemete modigne metodes cempan
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wið flanþræce, nele feor þonan
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bugan from beaduwe, ac he bord ongean
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hefeð hygesnottor, haligne scyld,
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gæstlic guðreaf, nele gode swican,
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ac he beald in gebede bidsteal gifeð
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fæste on feðan, ic sceal feor þonan
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heanmod hweorfan, hroþra bidæled,
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in gleda gripe, gehðu mænan,
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þæt ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte
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guðe wiðgongan, ac ic geomor sceal
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secan oþerne ellenleasran,
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under cumbolhagan, cempan sænran,
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þe ic onbryrdan mæge beorman mine,
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agælan æt guþe. þeah he godes hwæt
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onginne gæstlice, ic beo gearo sona,
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þæt ic ingehygd eal geondwlite,
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hu gefæstnad sy ferð innanweard,

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