Juliana

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 785 sections

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wiðsteall geworht. Ic þæs wealles geat
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ontyne þurh teonan; bið se torr þyrel,
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ingong geopenad, þonne ic ærest him
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þurh eargfare in onsende
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in breostsefan bitre geþoncas
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þurh mislice modes willan,
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þæt him sylfum selle þynceð
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leahtras to fremman ofer lof godes,
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lices lustas. Ic beo lareow georn
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þæt he monþeawum minum lifge
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acyrred cuðlice from Cristes æ,
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mod gemyrred me to gewealde
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in synna seað. Ic þære sawle ma
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geornor gyme ymb þæs gæstes forwyrd
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þonne þæs lichoman, se þe on legre sceal
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weorðan in worulde wyrme to hroþor,
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bifolen in foldan." ða gien seo fæmne spræc:
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"Saga, earmsceapen, unclæne gæst,
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hu þu þec geþyde, þystra stihtend,
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on clænra gemong? þu wið Criste geo
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wærleas wunne ond gewin tuge,
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hogdes wiþ halgum. þe wearð helle seað
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niþer gedolfen, þær þu nydbysig
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fore oferhygdum eard gesohtes.
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Wende ic þæt þu þy wærra weorþan sceolde
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wið soðfæstum swylces gemotes
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ond þy unbealdra, þe þe oft wiðstod
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þurh wuldorcyning willan þines."
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Hyre þa se werga wið þingade,
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earm aglæca: "þu me ærest saga,
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hu þu gedyrstig þurh deop gehygd
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wurde þus wigþrist ofer eall wifa cyn,
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þæt þu mec þus fæste fetrum gebunde,
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æghwæs orwigne. þu in ecne god,
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þrymsittendne, þinne getreowdes,
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meotud moncynnes, swa ic in minne fæder,
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hellwarena cyning, hyht staþelie.
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þonne ic beom onsended wið soðfæstum,
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þæt ic in manweorcum mod oncyrre,
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hyge from halor, me hwilum biþ
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forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan mines,
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hyhtes æt halgum, swa me her gelamp
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sorg on siþe. Ic þæt sylf gecneow
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to late micles, sceal nu lange ofer þis,
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scyldwyrcende, scame þrowian.
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Forþon ic þec halsige þurh þæs hyhstan meaht,
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rodorcyninges giefe, se þe on rode treo
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geþrowade, þrymmes ealdor,
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þæt þu miltsige me þearfendum,
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þæt unsælig eall ne forweorþe,
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þeah ic þec gedyrstig ond þus dolwillen
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siþe gesohte, þær ic swiþe me
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þyslicre ær þrage ne wende."
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ða seo wlitescyne wuldres condel
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to þam wærlogan wordum mælde:
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"þu scealt ondettan yfeldæda ma,
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hean helle gæst, ær þu heonan mote,
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hwæt þu to teonan þurhtogen hæbbe
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micelra manweorca manna tudre
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deorcum gedwildum." Hyre þæt deofol oncwæð:
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"Nu ic þæt gehyre þurh þinne hleoþorcwide,
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þæt ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded
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mod meldian, swa þu me beodest,
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þreaned þolian. Is þeos þrag ful strong,
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þreat ormæte. Ic sceal þinga gehwylc
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þolian ond þafian on þinne dom,
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womdæda onwreon, þe ic wideferg
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sweartra gesyrede. Oft ic syne ofteah,
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ablende bealoþoncum beorna unrim
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monna cynnes, misthelme forbrægd
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þurh attres ord eagna leoman
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sweartum scurum, ond ic sumra fet
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forbræc bealosearwum, sume in bryne sende,
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in liges locan, þæt him lasta wearð
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siþast gesyne. Eac ic sume gedyde
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þæt him banlocan blode spiowedan,
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þæt hi færinga feorh aleton
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þurh ædra wylm. Sume on yðfare
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wurdon on wege wætrum bisencte,
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on mereflode, minum cræftum
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under reone stream. Sume ic rode bifealh,
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þæt hi hyra dreorge on hean galgan
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lif aletan. Sume ic larum geteah,
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to geflite fremede, þæt hy færinga
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ealde æfþoncan edniwedan,
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beore druncne. Ic him byrlade
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wroht of wege, þæt hi in winsele
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þurh sweordgripe sawle forletan
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of flæschoman fæge scyndan,
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sarum gesohte. Sume, þa ic funde
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butan godes tacne, gymelease,
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ungebletsade, þa ic bealdlice
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þurh mislic cwealm minum hondum
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searoþoncum slog. Ic asecgan ne mæg,
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þeah ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg,
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eal þa earfeþu þe ic ær ond siþ
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gefremede to facne, siþþan furþum wæs
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rodor aræred ond ryne tungla,
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folde gefæstnad ond þa forman men,
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Adam ond Aeue, þam ic ealdor oðþrong,

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