The Mologium

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 231 sections

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Crist wæs acennyd, cyninga wuldor,
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on midne winter, mære þeoden,
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ece ælmihtig, on þy eahteoðan dæg
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Hælend gehaten, heofonrices weard.
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Swa þa sylfan tiid side herigeas,
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folc unmæte, habbað foreweard gear,
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for þy se kalend us cymeð geþincged
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on þam ylcan dæge us to tune,
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forma monað; hine folc mycel
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Ianuarius gerum heton.
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And þæs embe fif niht þætte fulwihttiid
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eces drihtnes to us cymeð,
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þæne twelfta dæg tireadige,
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hæleð heaðurofe, hatað on Brytene,
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in foldan her. Swylce emb feower wucan
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þætte Solmonað sigeð to tune
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butan twam nihtum, swa hit getealdon geo,
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Februarius fær, frode gesiþas,
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ealde ægleawe. And þæs embe ane niht
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þæt we Marian mæssan healdað,
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cyninges modor, forþan heo Crist on þam dæge,
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bearn wealdendes, brohte to temple.
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ðænne þæs emb fif niht þæt afered byð
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winter of wicum, and se wigend þa
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æfter seofentynum swylt þrowade
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nihtgerimes, nergendes þegen,
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Mathias mære, mine gefræge,
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þæs þe lencten on tun geliden hæfde,
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werum to wicum. Swylce eac is wide cuð
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ymb III and twa þeodum gewelhwær
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his cyme kalend ceorlum and eorlum
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(butan þænne bises geboden weorðe
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feorðan geare; þænne he furðor cymeð
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ufor anre niht us to tune),
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hrime gehyrsted hagolscurum færð
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geond middangeard Martius reðe,
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Hlyda healic. ðænne se halga þæs
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emb XI niht æþele scynde
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Gregorius in godes wære,
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breme in Brytene. Swylce Benedictus
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embe nigon niht þæs nergend sohte,
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heard and higestrang, þæne heriað wel
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in gewritum wise, wealdendes þeow
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rincas regolfæste. Swylce eac rimcræftige
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on þa ylcan tiid emniht healdað,
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forðan wealdend god worhte æt frymðe
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on þy sylfan dæge sunnan and monan.
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Hwæt, ymb feower niht fæder onsende,
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þæs þe emnihte eorlas healdað,
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heahengel his, se hælo abead
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Marian mycle, þæt heo meotod sceolde
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cennan, kyninga betst, swa hit gecyðed wearð
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geond middangeard; wæs þæt mære wyrd,
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folcum gefræge! Swylce emb feower and þreo
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nihtgerimes, þætte nergend sent
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Aprelis monað, on þam oftust cymð
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seo mære tiid mannum to frofre,
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drihtnes ærist; þænne dream gerist
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wel wide gehwær, swa se witega sang:
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"þis is se dæg þæne drihten us
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wisfæst worhte, wera cneorissum,
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eallum eorðwarum eadigum to blisse."
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Ne magon we þa tide be getale healdan
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dagena rimes, ne drihtnes stige
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on heofenas up, forþan þe hwearfað aa
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wisra gewyrdum, ac sceal wintrum frod
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on circule cræfte findan
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halige dagas. Sculan we hwæðere gyt
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martira gemynd ma areccan,
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wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan,
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þæt embe nihgontyne niht and fifum,
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þæs þe Eastermonað to us cymeð,
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þæt man reliquias ræran onginneð,
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halige gehyrste; þæt is healic dæg,
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bentiid bremu. Swylce in burh raþe
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embe siex niht þæs, smicere on gearwum,
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wudum and wyrtum cymeð wlitig scriðan
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þrymilce on tun, þearfe bringeð
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Maius micle geond menigeo gehwær.
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Swa þi ylcan dæge æþele geferan,
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Philippus and Iacob, feorh agefan,
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modige magoþegnas for meotudes lufan.
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And þæs embe twa niht þætte tæhte god
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Elenan eadigre æþelust beama,
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on þam þrowode þeoden engla
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for manna lufan, meotud on galgan
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be fæder leafe. Swylce ymb fyrst wucan
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butan anre niht þætte yldum bringð
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sigelbeorhte dagas sumor to tune,
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wearme gewyderu. þænne wangas hraðe
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blostmum blowað, swylce blis astihð
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geond middangeard manigra hada
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cwicera cynna, cyninge lof secgað
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mænifealdlice, mærne bremað,
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ælmihtigne. þæs emb eahta and nigon
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dogera rimes þætte drihten nam
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in oðer leoht Agustinus,
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bliðne on breostum, þæs þe he on Brytene her
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eaðmode him eorlas funde
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to godes willan, swa him se gleawa bebead

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