The Mologium
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worhtan in worulde willan drihtnes.
- 201
Syþþan wintres dæg wide gangeð
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on syx nihtum, sigelbeortne genimð
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hærfest mid herige hrimes and snawes,
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forste gefeterad, be frean hæse,
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þæt us wunian ne moton wangas grene,
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foldan frætuwe. þæs ymb feower niht
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þætte Martinus mære geleorde,
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wer womma leas wealdend sohte,
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upengla weard. þænne embe eahta niht
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and feowerum þætte fan gode
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besenctun on sægrund sigefæstne wer,
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on brime haran, þe iu beorna fela
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Clementes oft clypiað to þearfe.
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And þæs embe seofon niht, sigedrihtne leof,
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æþele Andreas up on roderum
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his gast ageaf on godes wære,
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fus on forðweg. þænne folcum bringð
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morgen to mannum monað to tune,
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Decembris drihta bearnum,
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ærra Iula. Swylce emb eahta and twelf
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nihtgerimes þætte nergend sylf
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þristhydigum Thomase forgeaf
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wið earfeðum ece rice,
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bealdum beornwigan bletsunga his.
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þænne emb feower niht þætte fæder engla
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his sunu sende on þas sidan gesceaft
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folcum to frofre. Nu ge findan magon
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haligra tiida þe man healdan sceal,
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swa bebugeð gebod geond Brytenricu
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Sexna kyninges on þas sylfan tiid.
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