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Thureth

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 11 sections

1. 0

   Ic eom halgungboc; healde hine dryhten

2. 1

   þe me fægere þus frætewum belegde.

3. 2

   þureð to þance þus het me wyrcean,

4. 3

   to loue and to wurðe, þam þe leoht gesceop.

5. 4

   Gemyndi is he mihta gehwylcre

6. 5

   þæs þe he on foldan gefremian mæg,

7. 6

   and him geþancie þeoda waldend

8. 7

   þæs þe he on gemynde madma manega

9. 8

   wyle gemearcian metode to lace;

10. 9

    and he sceal ece lean ealle findan

11. 10

    þæs þe he on foldan fremaþ to ryhte.

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