Juliana

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anræd ond unforht, eafoða gemyndig,
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dryhtnes willan. þa se dema het
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aswebban sorgcearig þurh sweordbite
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on hyge halge, heafde bineotan
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Criste gecorene. Hine se cwealm ne þeah,
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siþþan he þone fintan furþor cuþe.
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ða wearð þære halgan hyht geniwad
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ond þæs mægdnes mod miclum geblissad,
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siþþan heo gehyrde hæleð eahtian
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inwitrune, þæt hyre endestæf
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of gewindagum weorþan sceolde,
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lif alysed. Het þa leahtra ful
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clæne ond gecorene to cwale lædan,
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synna lease. ða cwom semninga
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hean helle gæst, hearmleoð agol,
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earm ond unlæd, þone heo ær gebond
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awyrgedne ond mid witum swong,
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cleopade þa for corþre, ceargealdra full:
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"Gyldað nu mid gyrne, þæt heo goda ussa
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meaht forhogde, ond mec swiþast
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geminsade, þæt ic to meldan wearð.
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Lætað hy laþra leana hleotan
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þurh wæpnes spor, wrecað ealdne nið,
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synne gesohte. Ic þa sorge gemon,
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hu ic bendum fæst bisga unrim
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on anre niht earfeða dreag,
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yfel ormætu." þa seo eadge biseah
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ongean gramum, Iuliana,
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gehyrde heo hearm galan helle deofol.
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Feond moncynnes ongon þa on fleam sceacan,
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wita neosan, ond þæt word acwæð:
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"Wa me forworhtum! Nu is wen micel
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þæt heo mec eft wille earmne gehynan
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yflum yrmþum, swa heo mec ær dyde."
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ða wæs gelæded londmearce neah
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ond to þære stowe þær hi stearcferþe
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þurh cumbolhete cwellan þohtun.
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Ongon heo þa læran ond to lofe trymman
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folc of firenum ond him frofre gehet,
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weg to wuldre, ond þæt word acwæð:
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"Gemunað wigena wyn ond wuldres þrym,
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haligra hyht, heofonengla god.
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He is þæs wyrðe, þæt hine werþeode
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ond eal engla cynn up on roderum
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hergen, heahmægen, þær is help gelong
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ece to ealdre, þam þe agan sceal.
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Forþon ic, leof weorud, læran wille,
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æfremmende, þæt ge eower hus
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gefæstnige, þy læs hit ferblædum
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windas toweorpan. Weal sceal þy trumra
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strong wiþstondan storma scurum,
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leahtra gehygdum. Ge mid lufan sibbe,
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leohte geleafan, to þam lifgendan
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stane stiðhydge staþol fæstniað,
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soðe treowe ond sibbe mid eow
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healdað æt heortan, halge rune
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þurh modes myne. þonne eow miltse giefeð
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fæder ælmihtig, þær ge frofre agun
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æt mægna gode, mæste þearfe
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æfter sorgstafum. Forþon ge sylfe neton
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utgong heonan, ende lifes.
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Wærlic me þinceð þæt ge wæccende
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wið hettendra hildewoman
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wearde healden, þy læs eow wiþerfeohtend
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weges forwyrnen to wuldres byrig.
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Biddað bearn godes þæt me brego engla,
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meotud moncynnes, milde geweorþe,
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sigora sellend. Sibb sy mid eowic,
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symle soþ lufu." ða hyre sawl wearð
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alæded of lice to þam langan gefean
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þurh sweordslege. þa se synscaþa
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to scipe sceohmod sceaþena þreate
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Heliseus ehstream sohte,
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leolc ofer laguflod longe hwile
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on swonrade. Swylt ealle fornom
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secga hloþe ond hine sylfne mid,
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ærþon hy to lande geliden hæfdon,
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þurh þearlic þrea. þær XXX wæs
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ond feowere eac feores onsohte
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þurh wæges wylm wigena cynnes,
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heane mid hlaford, hroþra bidæled,
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hyhta lease helle sohton.
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Ne þorftan þa þegnas in þam þystran ham,
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seo geneatscolu in þam neolan scræfe,
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to þam frumgare feohgestealda
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witedra wenan, þæt hy in winsele
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ofer beorsetle beagas þegon,
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æpplede gold. Ungelice wæs
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læded lofsongum lic haligre
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micle mægne to moldgræfe,
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þæt hy hit gebrohton burgum in innan,
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sidfolc micel. þær siððan wæs
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geara gongum godes lof hafen
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þrymme micle oþ þisne dæg
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mid þeodscipe. Is me þearf micel
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þæt seo halge me helpe gefremme,
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þonne me gedælað deorast ealra,
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sibbe toslitað sinhiwan tu,
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micle modlufan. Min sceal of lice
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sawul on siðfæt, nat ic sylfa hwider,

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