Juliana

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 785 sections

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ond hy gelærde þæt hi lufan dryhtnes,
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ece eadgiefe anforleton,
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beorhtne boldwelan, þæt him bæm gewearð
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yrmþu to ealdre, ond hyra eaferum swa,
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mircast manweorca. Hwæt sceal ic ma riman
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yfel endeleas? Ic eall gebær,
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wraþe wrohtas geond werþeode,
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þa þe gewurdun widan feore
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from fruman worulde fira cynne,
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eorlum on eorþan. Ne wæs ænig þara
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þæt me þus þriste, swa þu nu þa,
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halig mid hondum, hrinan dorste,
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næs ænig þæs modig mon ofer eorþan
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þurh halge meaht, heahfædra nan
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ne witgena. þeah þe him weoruda god
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onwrige, wuldres cyning, wisdomes gæst,
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giefe unmæte, hwæþre ic gong to þam
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agan moste. Næs ænig þara
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þæt mec þus bealdlice bennum bilegde,
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þream forþrycte, ær þu nu þa
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þa miclan meaht mine oferswiðdest,
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fæste forfenge, þe me fæder sealde,
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feond moncynnes, þa he mec feran het,
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þeoden of þystrum, þæt ic þe sceolde
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synne swetan. þær mec sorg bicwom,
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hefig hondgewinn. Ic bihlyhhan ne þearf
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æfter sarwræce siðfæt þisne
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magum in gemonge, þonne ic mine sceal
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agiefan gnorncearig gafulrædenne
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in þam reongan ham." ða se gerefa het,
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gealgmod guma, Iulianan
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of þam engan hofe ut gelædan
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on hyge halge hæþnum to spræce
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to his domsetle. Heo þæt deofol teah,
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breostum inbryrded, bendum fæstne,
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halig hæþenne. Ongan þa hreowcearig
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siðfæt seofian, sar cwanian,
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wyrd wanian, wordum mælde:
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"Ic þec halsige, hlæfdige min,
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Iuliana, fore godes sibbum,
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þæt þu furþur me fraceþu ne wyrce,
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edwit for eorlum, þonne þu ær dydest,
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þa þu oferswiþdest þone snotrestan
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under hlinscuan helwarena cyning
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in feonda byrig; þæt is fæder user,
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morþres manfrea. Hwæt, þu mec þreades
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þurh sarslege! Ic to soþe wat
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þæt ic ær ne sið ænig ne mette
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in woruldrice wif þe gelic,
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þristran geþohtes ne þweorhtimbran
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mægþa cynnes. Is on me sweotul
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þæt þu unscamge æghwæs wurde
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on ferþe frod." ða hine seo fæmne forlet
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æfter þræchwile þystra neosan
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in sweartne grund, sawla gewinnan,
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on wita forwyrd. Wiste he þi gearwor,
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manes melda, magum to secgan,
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susles þegnum, hu him on siðe gelomp.
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"georne ær
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heredon on heahþu ond his halig word,
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sægdon soðlice þæt he sigora gehwæs
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ofer ealle gesceaft ana weolde,
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ecra eadgiefa." ða cwom engel godes
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frætwum blican ond þæt fyr tosceaf,
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gefreode ond gefreoðade facnes clæne,
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leahtra lease, ond þone lig towearp,
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heorogiferne, þær seo halie stod,
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mægþa bealdor, on þam midle gesund.
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þæt þam weligan wæs weorc to þolianne,
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þær he hit for worulde wendan meahte,
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sohte synnum fah, hu he sarlicast
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þurh þa wyrrestan witu meahte
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feorhcwale findan. Næs se feond to læt,
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se hine gelærde þæt he læmen fæt
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biwyrcan het wundorcræfte,
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wiges womum, ond wudubeamum,
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holte bihlænan. ða se hearda bibead
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þæt mon þæt lamfæt leades gefylde,
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ond þa onbærnan het bælfira mæst,
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ad onælan, se wæs æghwonan
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ymbboren mid brondum. Bæð hate weol.
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Het þa ofestlice yrre gebolgen
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leahtra lease in þæs leades wylm
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scufan butan scyldum. þa toscaden wearð
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lig tolysed. Lead wide sprong,
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hat, heorogifre. Hæleð wurdon acle
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arasad for þy ræse. þær on rime forborn
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þurh þæs fires fnæst fif ond hundseofontig
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hæðnes herges. ða gen sio halge stod
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ungewemde wlite. Næs hyre wloh ne hrægl,
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ne feax ne fel fyre gemæled,
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ne lic ne leoþu. Heo in lige stod
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æghwæs onsund, sægde ealles þonc
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dryhtna dryhtne. þa se dema wearð
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hreoh ond hygegrim, ongon his hrægl teran,
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swylce he grennade ond gristbitade,
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wedde on gewitte swa wilde deor,
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grymetade gealgmod ond his godu tælde,
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þæs þe hy ne meahtun mægne wiþstondan
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wifes willan. Wæs seo wuldres mæg

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