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The Gloria I

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 59 sections

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   Gloria. Sy þe wuldor and lof wide geopenod

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   geond ealle þeoda, þanc and wylla,

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   mægen and mildse and ealles modes lufu,

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   soðfæstra sib, and ðines sylfes dom

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   worulde gewlitegod, swa ðu wealdan miht

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   eall eorðan mægen and uplyfte,

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   wind and wolcna. Wealdest eall on riht.

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   Patri et filio et spiritui sancto.

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   þu eart frofra fæder and feorhhyrde,

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    lifes latteow, leohtes wealdend,

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    asyndrod fram synnum, swa ðin sunu mære

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    þurh clæne gecynd, cyning ofer ealle,

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    beald gebletsod, boca lareow,

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    heah higefrofer and halig gast.

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    Sicut erat in principio. Swa wæs on fruman frea mancynnes

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    ealre worulde wlite and frofer,

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    clæne and cræftig. þu gecyddest þæt

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    þa ðu, ece god, ana gewrohtest

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    þurh halige miht heofonas and eorðan,

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    eardas and uplyft and ealle þing.

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    þu settest on foldan swyðe feala cynna

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    and tosyndrodost hig syððon on mænego;

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    þu gewrohtest, ece god, ealle gesceafta

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    on syx dagum, and on þone seofoðan þu gerestest.

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    þa wæs geforðad þin fægere weorc,

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    and ðu sunnandæg sylf halgodest

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    and gemærsodest hine manegum to helpe.

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    þone heahan dæg healdað and freoðiaþ

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    ealle þa ðe cunnon cristene þeawas,

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    halige heortlufan and ðæs hehstan gebod;

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    on drihtnes namon se dæg is gewurðod.

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    Et nunc et semper.

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    And nu and symble þine soðan weorc

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    and ðin mycele miht manegum swytelað,

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    swa þine cræftas heo cyðaþ wide

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    ofer ealle woruld; ece standeþ

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    godes handgeweorc, groweð swa ðu hete.

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    Ealle þe heriað halige dreamas

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    clænre stefne and cristene bec,

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    eall middaneard, and we men cweþað

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    on grunde her: "Gode lof and ðanc,

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    ece willa, and ðin agen dom!"

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    Et is secula seculorum. And on worulda woruld wunað and rixað

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    cyning innan wuldre and his þa gecorenan,

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    heahþrymnesse haliges gastes,

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    wlitige englas and wuldorgyfe,

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    soðe sibbe, sawla þancung,

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    modes miltse. þær is seo mæste lufu;

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    haligdomes heofonas syndon

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    þurh þine ecan word æghwær fulle,

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    swa syndon þine mihta ofer middangeard

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    swutele and gesyne, þæt ðu hy sylf worhtest.

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    Amen. We þæt soðlice secgað ealle:

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    þurh clæne gecynd þu eart cyning on riht,

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    clæne and cræftig. þu gecyddest þæt

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    þa ðu, mihtig god, man geworhtest

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    and him on dydest oruð and sawul,

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    sealdest word and gewitt and wæstma gecynd,

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    cyddest þine cræftas. Swylc is Cristes miht!

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