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The Gifts of Men

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 113 sections

1. 100

   oþþe fore þære mærþe mod astige,

2. 101

   gif he hafaþ ana ofer ealle men

3. 102

   wlite ond wisdom ond weorca blæd;

4. 103

   ac he missenlice monna cynne

5. 104

   gielpes styreð ond his giefe bryttað,

6. 105

   sumum on cystum, sumum on cræftum,

7. 106

   sumum on wlite, sumum on wige,

8. 107

   sumum he syleð monna milde heortan,

9. 108

   þeawfæstne geþoht, sum biþ þeodne hold.

10. 109

    Swa weorðlice wide tosaweð

11. 110

    dryhten his duguþe. A þes dom age,

12. 111

    leohtbære lof, se us þis lif giefeð

13. 112

    ond his milde mod monnum cyþeð.

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