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aus dem Codex Cottonianaem, 9. Jahrhundert |
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- byþ frofur
fira gehwylcum.
Sceal ðeah manna gehwylc
miclun hyt dælan gif he wile for drihtne
domes hleotan. byþ anmod and
oferhyrned,
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- felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum,
mære
morstapa; þæt is modig wuht. byþ ðearle scearp;
ðegna gehwylcum anfeng ys yfyl,
ungemetun reþe manna gehwylcun ðe him mid
resteð.
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- byþ ordfruma
ælcre spræce,
wisdomes wraþu and
witena frofur, and eorla gehwam eadnys and
tohiht. byþ on recyde
rinca gehwylcum sefte, and swiþhwæt
ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan
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- meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.
byþ cwicera gehwam
cuþ on fyre, blac and beorhtlic,
byrneþ oftust ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.
gumena byþ
gleng and herenys,
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- wraþu and wyrþscype, and wræcna gehwam
ar
and ætwist ðe byþ oþra leas. ne bruceþ ðe
can weana lyt, sares and sorge, and him
sylfa hæfþ blæd and blysse and eac byrga
geniht.
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- byþ hwitust corna;
hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit
windes scuras, weorþeþ hit to wætere
syððan. byþ nearu on
breostan, weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum to
helpe and to hæle gehwæþre, gif hi his hlystaþ
æror. byþ oferceald,
ungemetum slidor,
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- glisnaþ glæshluttur, gimmum gelicust,
flor
forste geworuht, fæger ansyne. byþ gumena hiht,
ðon god læteþ, halig heofones cyning,
hrusan syllan beorhte bleda beornum and
ðearfum.
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- byþ utan
unsmeþe treow,
heard, hrusan fæst,
hyrde fyres, wyrtrumun underwreþyd,
wyn on eþle.
byþ symble plega and hlehter wlancum
ðar wigan sittaþ
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- on beorsele bliþe ætsomne.
secg eard hæfþ
oftust on fenne, wexeð on wature,
wundaþ grimme, blode breneð
beorna gehwylcne ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeð.
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- semannum
symble biþ on hihte,
ðonn hi hine feriaþ
ofer fisces beþ, oþ hi brimhengest
bringeþ to lande. biþ tacna sum,
healdeð trywa wel wiþ æþelingas, a biþ
on færylde,
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- ofer nihta genipu næfre swiceþ.
byþ bleda leas,
bereþ efne swa ðeah tanas butan tudder,
biþ on telgum wlitig, heah on helme
hrysted fægere, geloden leafum, lyfte
getenge.
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- byþ for eorlum
æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc,
ðær him hæleþ ymbe, welege on wicgum,
wrixlaþ spræce, and biþ unstyllum
æfre frofur. byþ
on myrgþe his magan leof;
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- sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican,
for ðam dryhten wyle dome sine þæt earme
flæsc eorþan betæcan. byþ leodum
langsum geþuht, gif hi sculun neþan on
nacan tealtum,
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- and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ,
and se
brimhengest bridles ne gymeð. wæs ærest
mid Eastdenum gesewen secgun, oþ he
siððan eft ofer wæg gewat, wæn æfter
ran;
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- ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdun.
byþ oferleof
æghwylcum men, gif he mot ðær rihtes
and gerysena on brucan on bolde
bleadum oftast.
byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum,
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- mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum, eallum brice. byþ on eorþan
elda bearnum flæsces fodor, fereþ
gelome ofer ganotes bæþ; garsecg fandaþ
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- hwæþer ac hæbbe æþele treowe.
biþ oferheah,
eldum dyre, stiþ on staþule, stede
rihte hylt, ðeah him feohtan on firas monige.
byþ æþelinga
and eorla gehwæs
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- wyn and wyrþmynd, byþ on wicge fæger,
fæstlic on færelde, fyrdgeatewa sum.
byþ eafix,
and ðeah a bruceþ fodres on foldan,
hafaþ fægerne eard, wætre beworpen,
ðær he wynnum leofaþ.
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- byþ egle
eorla gehwylcun,
ðonn fæstlice
flæsc onginneþ, hraw colian, hrusan ceosan
blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ, wynna
gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ.
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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