# Genesis

us is riht micel || þæt we rodera weard
wereda wuldorcining || wordum herigen
modum lufien || he is mægna sped
heafod ealra || heahgesceafta
frea ælmihtig || næs him fruma æfre
or geworden || ne nu ende cymþ
ecean drihtnes || ac he biþ a rice
ofer heofenstolas || heagum þrymmum
soþfæst and swiþfeorm || sweglbosmas heold
þa wæron gesette || wide and side
þurh geweald godes || wuldres bearnum
gasta weardum || hæfdon gleam and dream
and heora ordfruman || engla þreatas
beorhte blisse || wæs heora blæd micel
þegnas þrymfæste || þeoden heredon
sægdon lustum lof || heora liffrean
demdon drihtenes || dugeþum wæron
swiþe gesælige || synna ne cuþon
firena fremman || ac hie on friþe lifdon
ece mid heora aldor || elles ne ongunnon
ræran on roderum || nymþe riht and soþ
ærþon engla weard || for oferhygde
dwæl on gedwilde || noldan dreogan leng
heora selfra ræd || ac hie of siblufan
godes ahwurfon || hæfdon gielp micel
þæt hie wiþ drihtne || dælan meahton
wuldorfæstan wic || werodes þrymme
sid and swegltorht || him þær sar gelamp
æfst and oferhygd || and þæs engles mod
þe þone unræd ongan || ærest fremman
wefan and weccean || þa he worde cwæþ
niþes ofþyrsted || þæt he on norþdæle
ham and heahsetl || heofena rices
agan wolde || þa wearþ yrre god
and þam werode wraþ || þe he ær wurþode
wlite and wuldre || sceop þam werlogan
wræclicne ham || weorce to leane
helleheafas || hearde niþas
heht þæt witehus || wræcna bidan
deop dreama leas || drihten ure
gasta weardas || þa he hit geare wiste
synnihte beseald || susle geinnod
geondfolen fyre || and færcyle
rece and reade lege || heht þa geond þæt rædlease hof
weaxan witebrogan || hæfdon hie wrohtgeteme
grimme wiþ god gesomnod || him þæs grim lean becom
cwædon þæt heo rice || reþemode
agan woldan || and swa eaþe meahtan
him seo wen geleah || siþþan waldend his
heofona heahcining || honda arærde
hehste wiþ þam herge || ne mihton hygelease
mæne wiþ metode || mægyn bryttigan
ac him se mæra || mod getwæfde
bælc forbigde || þa he gebolgen wearþ
besloh synsceaþan || sigore and gewealde
dome and dugeþe || and dreame benam
his feond friþo || and gefean ealle
torhte tire || and his torn gewræc
on gesacum swiþe || selfes mihtum
strengum stiepe || hæfde styrne mod
gegremed grymme || grap on wraþe
faum folmum || and him on fæþm gebræc
yrre on mode || æþele bescyrede
his wiþerbrecan || wuldorgestealdum
sceof þa and scyrede || scyppend ure
oferhidig cyn || engla of heofnum
wærleas werod || waldend sende
laþwendne here || on langne siþ
geomre gastas || wæs him gylp forod
beot forborsten || and forbiged þrym
wlite gewemmed || heo on wrace syþþan
seomodon swearte || siþe ne þorfton
hlude hlihhan || ac heo helltregum
werige wunodon || and wean cuþon
sar and sorge || susl þrowedon
þystrum beþeahte || þearl æfterlean
þæs þe heo ongunnon || wiþ gode winnan
þa wæs soþ swa ær || sibb on heofnum
fægre freoþoþeawas || frea eallum leof
þeoden his þegnum || þrymmas weoxon
duguþa mid drihtne || dreamhæbbendra
wæron þa gesome || þa þe swegl buaþ
wuldres eþel || wroht wæs asprungen
oht mid englum || and orlegniþ
siþþan herewosan || heofon ofgæfon
leohte belorene || him on laste setl
wuldorspedum welig || wide stodan
gifum growende || on godes rice
beorht and geblædfæst || buendra leas
siþþan wræcstowe || werige gastas
under hearmlocan || heane geforan
þa þeahtode || þeoden ure
modgeþonce || hu he þa mæran gesceaft
eþelstaþolas || eft gesette
swegltorhtan seld || selran werode
þa hie gielpsceaþan || ofgifen hæfdon
heah on heofenum || forþam halig god
under roderas feng || ricum mihtum
wolde þæt him eorþe || and uproder
and sid wæter || geseted wurde
woruldgesceafte || on wraþra gield
þara þe forhealdene || of hleo sende
ne wæs her þa giet || nymþe heolstersceado
wiht geworden || ac þes wida grund
stod deop and dim || drihtne fremde
idel and unnyt || on þone eagum wlat
stiþfrihþ cining || and þa stowe beheold
dreama lease || geseah deorc gesweorc
semian sinnihte || sweart under roderum
wonn and weste || oþþæt þeos woruldgesceaft
þurh word gewearþ || wuldorcyninges
her ærest gesceop || ece drihten
helm eallwihta || heofon and eorþan
rodor arærde || and þis rume land
gestaþelode || strangum mihtum
frea ælmihtig || folde wæs þa gyta
græs ungrene || garsecg þeahte
sweart synnihte || side and wide
wonne wægas || þa wæs wuldortorht
heofonweardes gast || ofer holm boren
miclum spedum || metod engla heht
lifes brytta || leoht forþ cuman
ofer rumne grund || raþe wæs gefylled
heahcininges hæs || him wæs halig leoht
ofer westenne || swa se wyrhta bebead
þa gesundrode || sigora waldend
ofer laguflode || leoht wiþ þeostrum
sceade wiþ sciman || sceop þa bam naman
lifes brytta || leoht wæs ærest
þurh drihtnes word || dæg genemned
wlitebeorhte gesceaft || wel licode
frean æt frymþe || forþbæro tid
dæg æresta || geseah deorc sceado
sweart swiþrian || geond sidne grund
þa seo tid gewat || ofer timber sceacan
middangeardes || metod æfter sceaf
scirum sciman || scippend ure
æfen ærest || him arn on last
þrang þystre genip || þam þe se þeoden self
sceop nihte naman || nergend ure
hie gesundrode || siþþan æfre
drugon and dydon || drihtnes willan
ece ofer eorþan || þa com oþer dæg
leoht æfter þeostrum || heht þa lifes weard
on mereflode || middum weorþan
hyhtlic heofontimber || holmas dælde
waldend ure || and geworhte þa
roderas fæsten || þæt se rica ahof
up from eorþan || þurh his agen word
frea ælmihtig || flod wæs adæled
under heahrodore || halgum mihtum
wæter of wætrum || þam þe wuniaþ gyt
under fæstenne || folca hrofes
þa com ofer foldan || fus siþian
mære mergen þridda || næron metode þa gyta
widlond ne wegas nytte || ac stod bewrigen fæste
folde mid flode || frea engla heht
þurh his word wesan || wæter gemæne
þa nu under roderum || heora ryne healdaþ
stowe gestefnde || þa stod hraþe
holm under heofonum || swa se halga bebead
sid ætsomne || þa gesundrod wæs
lago wiþ lande || geseah þa lifes weard
drige stowe || dugoþa hyrde
wide æteowde || þa se wuldorcyning
eorþan nemde || gesette yþum heora
onrihtne ryne || rumum flode
and gefetero/ # || 
ne þuhte þa gerysne || rodora wearde
þæt adam leng || ana wære
neorxnawonges || niwre gesceafte
hyrde and healdend || forþon him heahcyning
frea ælmihtig || fultum tiode
wif aweahte || and þa wraþe sealde
lifes leohtfruma || leofum rince
he þæt andweorc || of adames
lice aleoþode || and him listum ateah
rib of sidan || he wæs reste fæst
and softe swæf || sar ne wiste
earfoþa dæl || ne þær ænig com
blod of benne || ac him brego engla
of lice ateah || liodende ban
wer unwundod || of þam worhte god
freolice fæmnan || feorh in gedyde
ece saula || heo wæron englum gelice
þa wæs eue || adames bryd
gaste gegearwod || hie on geogoþe bu
wlitebeorht wæron || on woruld cenned
meotodes mihtum || man ne cuþon
don ne dreogan || ac him drihtnes wæs
bam on breostum || byrnende lufu
þa gebletsode || bliþheort cyning
metod alwihta || monna cynnes
þa forman twa || fæder and moder
wif and wæpned || he þa worde cwæþ
temaþ nu and wexaþ || tudre fyllaþ
eorþan ælgrene || incre cynne
sunum and dohtrum || inc sceal sealt wæter
wunian on gewealde || and eall worulde gesceaft
brucaþ blæddaga || and brimhlæste
and heofonfugla || inc is halig feoh
and wilde deor || on geweald geseald
and lifigende || þa þe land tredaþ
feorheaceno cynn || þa þe flod wecceþ
geond hronrade || inc hyraþ eall
þa sceawode || scyppend ure
his weorca wlite || and his wæstma blæd
niwra gesceafta || neorxnawong stod
god and gastlic || gifena gefylled
fremum forþweardum || fægere leohte
þæt liþe land || lago yrnende
wylleburne || nalles wolcnu þa giet
ofer rumne grund || regnas bæron
wann mid winde || hwæþre wæstmum stod
folde gefrætwod || heoldon forþryne
eastreamas heora || æþele feower
of þam niwan || neorxnawonge
þa wæron adælede || drihtnes mihtum
ealle of anum || þa he þas eorþan gesceop
wætre wlitebeorhtum || and on woruld sende
þæra anne hataþ ylde || eorþbuende
fison folcweras || se foldan dæl
brade bebugeþ || beorhtum streamum
hebeleac utan || on þære eþyltyrf
niþþas findaþ || nean and feorran
gold and gymcynn || gumþeoda bearn
þa selestan || þæs þe us secgaþ bec
þonne seo æftre || ethiopia
land and liodgeard || beligeþ uton
ginne rice || þære is geon noma
þridda is tigris || seo wiþ þeodscipe
ea inflede || assiriæ beliþ
swilce is seo feorþe || þa nu geond folc monig
weras eufraten || wide nemnaþ
ac niotaþ inc þæs oþres ealles || forlætaþ þone ænne beam
wariaþ inc wiþ þone wæstm || ne wyrþ inc wilna gæd
hnigon þa mid heafdum || heofoncyninge
georne togenes || and sædon ealles þanc
lista and þara lara || he let heo þæt land buan
hwærf him þa to heofenum || halig drihten
stiþferhþ cyning || stod his handgeweorc
somod on sande || nyston sorga wiht
to begrornianne || butan heo godes willan
lengest læsten || heo wæron leof gode
þenden heo his halige word || healdan woldon
hæfde se alwalda || engelcynna
þurh handmægen || halig drihten
tene getrimede || þæm he getruwode wel
þæt hie his giongorscipe || fyligan wolden
wyrcean his willan || forþon he him gewit forgeaf
and mid his handum gesceop || halig drihten
gesett hæfde he hie swa gesæliglice || ænne hæfde he swa swiþne geworhtne
swa mihtigne on his modgeþohte || he let hine swa micles wealdan
hehstne to him on heofona rice || hæfde he hine swa hwitne geworhtne
swa wynlic wæs his wæstm on heofonum || þæt him com from weroda drihtne
gelic wæs he þam leohtum steorrum || lof sceolde he drihtnes wyrcean
dyran sceolde he his dreamas on heofonum || and sceolde his drihtne þancian
þæs leanes þe he him on þam leohte gescerede || þonne læte he his hine lange wealdan
ac he awende hit him to wyrsan þinge || ongan him winn up ahebban
wiþ þone hehstan heofnes waldend || þe siteþ on þam halgan stole
deore wæs he drihtne urum || ne mihte him bedyrned weorþan
þæt his engyl ongan || ofermod wesan
ahof hine wiþ his hearran || sohte hetespræce
gylpword ongean || nolde gode þeowian
cwæþ þæt his lic wære || leoht and scene
hwit and hiowbeorht || ne meahte he æt his hige findan
þæt he gode wolde || geongerdome
þeodne þeowian || þuhte him sylfum
þæt he mægyn and cræft || maran hæfde
þonne se halga god || habban mihte
folcgestælna || feala worda gespæc
se engel ofermodes || þohte þurh his anes cræft
hu he him strenglicran || stol geworhte
heahran on heofonum || cwæþ þæt hine his hige speone
þæt he west and norþ || wyrcean ongunne
trymede getimbro || cwæþ him tweo þuhte
þæt he gode wolde || geongra weorþan
hwæt sceal ic winnan cwæþ he || nis me wihtæ þearf
hearran to habbanne || ic mæg mid handum swa fela
wundra gewyrcean || ic hæbbe geweald micel
to gyrwanne || godlecran stol
hearran on heofne || hwy sceal ic æfter his hyldo þeowian
bugan him swilces geongordomes || ic mæg wesan god swa he
bigstandaþ me strange geneatas || þa ne willaþ me æt þam striþe geswican
hæleþas heardmode || hie habbaþ me to hearran gecorene
rofe rincas || mid swilcum mæg man ræd geþencean
fon mid swilcum folcgesteallan || frynd synd hie mine georne
holde on hyra hygesceaftum || ic mæg hyra hearra wesan
rædan on þis rice || swa me þæt riht ne þinceþ
þæt ic oleccan || awiht þurfe
gode æfter gode ænegum || ne wille ic leng his geongra wurþan
þa hit se allwalda || eall gehyrde
þæt his engyl ongan || ofermede micel
ahebban wiþ his hearran || and spræc healic word
dollice wiþ drihten sinne || sceolde he þa dæd ongyldan
worc þæs gewinnes gedælan || and sceolde his wite habban
ealra morþra mæst || swa deþ monna gehwilc
þe wiþ his waldend || winnan ongynneþ
mid mane wiþ þone mæran drihten || þa wearþ se mihtiga gebolgen
hehsta heofones waldend || wearp hine of þan hean stole
hete hæfde he æt his hearran gewunnen || hyldo hæfde his ferlorene
gram wearþ him se goda on his mode || forþon he sceolde grund gesecean
heardes hellewites || þæs þe he wann wiþ heofnes waldend
acwæþ hine þa fram his hyldo || and hine on helle wearp
on þa deopan dala || þær he to deofle wearþ
se feond mid his geferum eallum || feollon þa ufon of heofnum
þurhlonge swa || þreo niht and dagas
þa englas of heofnum on helle || and heo ealle forsceop
drihten to deoflum || forþon heo his dæd and word
noldon weorþian || forþon he heo on wyrse leoht
under eorþan neoþan || ællmihtig god
sette sigelease || on þa sweartan helle
þær hæbbaþ heo on æfyn || ungemet lange
ealra feonda gehwilc || fyr edneowe
þonne cymþ on uhtan || easterne wind
forst fyrnum cald || symble fyr oþþe gar
sum heard geswinc || habban sceoldon
worhte man hit him to wite || hyra woruld wæs gehwyrfed
forman siþe || fylde helle
mid þam andsacum || heoldon englas forþ
heofonrices hehþe || þe ær godes hyldo gelæston
lagon þa oþre fynd on þam fyre || þe ær swa feala hæfdon
gewinnes wiþ heora waldend || wite þoliaþ
hatne heaþowelm || helle tomiddes
brand and brade ligas || swilce eac þa biteran recas
þrosm and þystro || forþon hie þegnscipe
godes forgymdon || hie hyra gal beswac
engles oferhygd || noldon alwaldan
word weorþian || hæfdon wite micel
wæron þa befeallene || fyre to botme
on þa hatan hell || þurh hygeleaste
and þurh ofermetto || sohton oþer land
þæt wæs leohtes leas || and wæs liges full
fyres fær micel || fynd ongeaton
þæt hie hæfdon gewrixled || wita unrim
þurh heora miclan mod || and þurh miht godes
and þurh ofermetto || ealra swiþost
þa spræc se ofermoda cyning || þe ær wæs engla scynost
hwitost on heofne || and his hearran leof
drihtne dyre || oþ hie to dole wurdon
þæt him for galscipe || god sylfa wearþ
mihtig on mode yrre || wearp hine on þæt morþer innan
niþer on þæt niobedd || and sceop him naman siþþan
cwæþ se hehsta || hatan sceolde
satan siþþan || het hine þære sweartan helle
grundes gyman || nalles wiþ god winnan
satan maþelode || sorgiende spræc
se þe helle forþ || healdan sceolde
gieman þæs grundes || wæs ær godes engel
hwit on heofne || oþ hine his hyge forspeon
and his ofermetto || ealra swiþost
þæt he ne wolde || wereda drihtnes
word wurþian || weoll him on innan
hyge ymb his heortan || hat wæs him utan
wraþlic wite || he þa worde cwæþ
is þæs ænga styde || ungelic swiþe
þam oþrum ham || þe we ær cuþon
hean on heofonrice || þe me min hearra onlag
þeah we hine for þam alwaldan || agan ne moston
romigan ures rices || næfþ he þeah riht gedon
þæt he us hæfþ befælled || fyre to botme
helle þære hatan || heofonrice benumen
hafaþ hit gemearcod || mid moncynne
to gesettanne || þæt me is sorga mæst
þæt adam sceal || þe wæs of eorþan geworht
minne stronglican || stol behealdan
wesan him on wynne || and we þis wite þolien
hearm on þisse helle || wa la ahte ic minra handa geweald
and moste ane tid || ute weorþan
wesan ane winterstunde || þonne ic mid þys werode
ac licgaþ me ymbe || irenbenda
rideþ racentan sal || ic eom rices leas
habbaþ me swa hearde || helle clommas
fæste befangen || her is fyr micel
ufan and neoþone || ic a ne geseah
laþran landscipe || lig ne aswamaþ
hat ofer helle || me habbaþ hringa gespong
sliþhearda sal || siþes amyrred
afyrred me min feþe || fet synt gebundene
handa gehæfte || synt þissa heldora
wegas forworhte || swa ic mid wihte ne mæg
of þissum lioþobendum || licgaþ me ymbe
heardes irenes || hate geslægene
grindlas greate || mid þy me god hafaþ
gehæfted be þam healse || swa ic wat he minne hige cuþe
and þæt wiste eac || weroda drihten
þæt sceolde unc adame || yfele gewurþan
ymb þæt heofonrice || þær ic ahte minra handa geweald
ac þoliaþ we nu þrea on helle || þæt syndon þystro and hæto
grimme grundlease || hafaþ us god sylfa
forswapen on þas sweartan mistas || swa he us ne mæg ænige synne gestælan
þæt we him on þam lande laþ gefremedon || he hæfþ us þeah þæs leohtes bescyrede
beworpen on ealra wita mæste || ne magon we þæs wrace gefremman
geleanian him mid laþes wihte || þæt he us hafaþ þæs leohtes bescyrede
he hæfþ nu gemearcod anne middangeard || þær he hæfþ mon geworhtne
æfter his onlicnesse || mid þam he wile eft gesettan
heofona rice mid hluttrum saulum || we þæs sculon hycgan georne
þæt we on adame || gif we æfre mægen
and on his eafrum swa some || andan gebetan
onwendan him þær willan sines || gif we hit mægen wihte aþencan
ne gelyfe ic me nu þæs leohtes furþor || þæs þe he him þenceþ lange niotan
þæs eades mid his engla cræfte || ne magon we þæt on aldre gewinnan
þæt we mihtiges godes mod onwæcen || uton oþwendan hit nu monna bearnum
þæt heofonrice nu we hit habban ne moton || gedon þæt hie his hyldo forlæten
þæt hie þæt onwendon þæt he mid his worde bebead || þonne weorþ he him wraþ on mode
ahwet hie from his hyldo || þonne sculon hie þas helle secan
and þas grimman grundas || þonne moton we hie us to giongrum habban
fira bearn on þissum fæstum clomme || onginnaþ nu ymb þa fyrde þencean
gif ic ænegum þægne || þeodenmadmas
geara forgeafe || þenden we on þan godan rice
gesælige sæton || and hæfdon ure setla geweald
þonne he me na on leofran tid || leanum ne meahte
mine gife gyldan || gif his gien wolde
minra þegna hwilc || geþafa wurþan
þæt he up heonon || ute mihte
cuman þurh þas clustro || and hæfde cræft mid him
þæt he mid feþerhoman || fleogan meahte
windan on wolcne || þær geworht stondaþ
adam and eue || on eorþrice
mid welan bewunden || and we synd aworpene hider
on þas deopan dalo || nu hie drihtne synt
wurþran micle || and moton him þone welan agan
þe we on heofonrice || habban sceoldon
rice mid rihte || is se ræd gescyred
monna cynne || þæt me is on minum mode swa sar
on minum hyge hreoweþ || þæt hie heofonrice
agan to aldre || gif hit eower ænig mæge
gewendan mid wihte || þæt hie word godes
lare forlæten || sona hie him þe laþran beoþ
gif hie brecaþ his gebodscipe || þonne he him abolgen wurþeþ
siþþan biþ him se wela onwended || and wyrþ him wite gegarwod
sum heard hearmscearu || hycgaþ his ealle
hu ge hi beswicen || siþþan ic me sefte mæg
restan on þyssum racentum || gif him þæt rice losaþ
se þe þæt gelæsteþ || him biþ lean gearo
æfter to aldre || þæs we her inne magon
on þyssum fyre forþ || fremena gewinnan
sittan læte ic hine wiþ me sylfne || swa hwa swa þæt secgan cymeþ
on þas hatan helle || þæt hie heofoncyninges
unwurþlice || wordum and dædum
lare # || 
angan hine þa gyrwan || godes andsaca
fus on frætwum || hæfde fæcne hyge
hæleþhelm on heafod asette || and þone full hearde geband
spenn mid spangum || wiste him spræca fela
wora worda || wand him up þanon
hwearf him þurh þa helldora || hæfde hyge strangne
leolc on lyfte || laþwendemod
swang þæt fyr on twa || feondes cræfte
wolde dearnunga || drihtnes geongran
mid mandædum || men beswican
forlædan and forlæran || þæt hie wurdon laþ gode
he þa geferde || þurh feondes cræft
oþþæt he adam || on eorþrice
godes handgesceaft || gearone funde
wislice geworht || and his wif somed
freo fægroste || swa hie fela cuþon
godes gegearwigean || þa him to gingran self
metod mancynnes || mearcode selfa
and him bi twegin || beamas stodon
þa wæron utan || ofætes gehlædene
gewered mid wæstme || swa hie waldend god
heah heofoncyning || handum gesette
þæt þær yldo bearn || moste on ceosan
godes and yfeles || gumena æghwilc
welan and wawan || næs se wæstm gelic
oþer wæs swa wynlic || wlitig and scene
liþe and lofsum || þæt wæs lifes beam
moste on ecnisse || æfter lybban
wesan on worulde || se þæs wæstmes onbat
swa him æfter þy || yldo ne derede
ne suht sware || ac moste symle wesan
lungre on lustum || and his lif agan
hyldo heofoncyninges || her on worulde
habban him to wæron || witode geþingþo
on þone hean heofon || þonne he heonon wende
þonne wæs se oþer || eallenga sweart
dim and þystre || þæt wæs deaþes beam
se bær bitres fela || sceolde bu witan
ylda æghwilc || yfles and godes
gewand on þisse worulde || sceolde on wite a
mid swate and mid sorgum || siþþan libban
swa hwa swa gebyrgde || þæs on þam beame geweox
sceolde hine yldo beniman || ellendæda
dreamas and drihtscipes || and him beon deaþ scyred
lytle hwile || sceolde he his lifes niotan
secan þonne landa || sweartost on fyre
sceolde feondum þeowian || þær is ealra frecna mæste
leodum to langre hwile || þæt wiste se laþa georne
dyrne deofles boda || þe wiþ drihten wann
wearp hine þa on wyrmes lic || and wand him þa ymbutan
þone deaþes beam || þurh deofles cræft
genam þær þæs ofætes || and wende hine eft þanon
þær he wiste handgeweorc || heofoncyninges
ongon hine þa frinan || forman worde
se laþa mid ligenum || langaþ þe awuht
adam up to gode || ic eom on his ærende hider
feorran gefered || ne þæt nu fyrn ne wæs
þæt ic wiþ hine sylfne sæt || þa het he me on þysne siþ faran
het þæt þu þisses ofætes æte || cwæþ þæt þin abal and cræft
and þin modsefa || mara wurde
and þin lichoma || leohtra micle
þin gesceapu scenran || cwæþ þæt þe æniges sceattes þearf
ne wurde on worulde || nu þu willan hæfst
hyldo geworhte || heofoncyninges
to þance geþenod || þinum hearran
hæfst þe wiþ drihten dyrne geworhtne || ic gehyrde hine þine dæd and word
lofian on his leohte || and ymb þin lif sprecan
swa þu læstan scealt || þæt on þis land hider
his bodan bringaþ || brade synd on worulde
grene geardas || and god siteþ
on þam hehstan || heofna rice
ufan alwalda || nele þa earfeþu
sylfa habban || þæt he on þysne siþ fare
gumena drihten || ac he his gingran sent
to þinre spræce || nu he þe mid spellum het
listas læran || læste þu georne
his ambyhto || nim þe þis ofæt on hand
bit his and byrige || þe weorþ on þinum breostum rum
wæstm þy wlitegra || þe sende waldend god
þin hearra þas helpe || of heofonrice
adam maþelode || þær he on eorþan stod
selfsceafte guma || þonne ic sigedrihten
mihtigne god || mæþlan gehyrde
strangre stemne || and me her stondan het
his bebodu healdan || and me þas bryd forgeaf
wlitesciene wif || and me warnian het
þæt ic on þone deaþes beam || bedroren ne wurde
beswicen to swiþe || he cwæþ þæt þa sweartan helle
healdan sceolde || se þe bi his heortan wuht
laþes gelæde || nat þeah þu mid ligenum fare
þurh dyrne geþanc || þe þu drihtnes eart
boda of heofnum || hwæt ic þinra bysna ne mæg
worda ne wisna || wuht oncnawan
siþes ne sagona || ic wat hwæt he me self bebead
nergend user || þa ic hine nehst geseah
he het me his word weorþian || and wel healdan
læstan his lare || þu gelic ne bist
ænegum his engla || þe ic ær geseah
ne þu me oþiewdest || ænig tacen
þe he me þurh treowe || to onsende
min hearra þurh hyldo || þy ic þe hyran ne cann
ac þu meaht þe forþ faran || ic hæbbe me fæstne geleafan
up to þam ælmihtegan gode || þe me mid his earmum worhte
her mid handum sinum || he mæg me of his hean rice
geofian mid goda gehwilcum || þeah he his gingran ne sende
wende hine wraþmod || þær he þæt wif geseah
on eorþrice || euan stondan
sceone gesceapene || cwæþ þæt sceaþena mæst
eallum heora eaforum || æfter siþþan
wurde on worulde || ic wat inc waldend god
abolgen wyrþ || swa ic him þisne bodscipe
selfa secge || þonne ic of þys siþe cume
ofer langne weg || þæt git ne læstan wel
hwilc ærende swa || he easten hider
on þysne siþ sendeþ || nu sceal he sylf faran
to incre andsware || ne mæg his ærende
his boda beodan || þy ic wat þæt he inc abolgen wyrþ
mihtig on mode || gif þu þeah minum wilt
wif willende || wordum hyran
þu meaht his þonne rume || ræd geþencan
gehyge on þinum breostum || þæt þu inc bam-twam meaht
wite bewarigan || swa ic þe wisie
æt þisses ofetes || þonne wurþaþ þin eagan swa leoht
þæt þu meaht swa wide || ofer woruld ealle
geseon siþþan || and selfes stol
herran þines || and habban his hyldo forþ
meaht þu adame || eft gestyran
gif þu his willan hæfst || and he þinum wordum getrywþ
gif þu him to soþe sægst || hwylce þu selfa hæfst
bisne on breostum || þæs þu gebod godes
lare læstes || he þone laþan striþ
yfel andwyrde || an forlæteþ
on breostcofan || swa wit him bu-tu
an sped sprecaþ || span þu hine georne
þæt he þine lare læste || þy læs gyt laþ gode
incrum waldende || weorþan þyrfen
gif þu þæt angin fremest || idesa seo betste
forhele ic incrum herran || þæt me hearmes swa fela
adam gespræc || eargra worda
tyhþ me untryowþa || cwyþ þæt ic seo teonum georn
gramum ambyhtsecg || nales godes engel
ac ic cann ealle swa geare || engla gebyrdo
heah heofona gehlidu || wæs seo hwil þæs lang
þæt ic geornlice || gode þegnode
þurh holdne hyge || herran minum
drihtne selfum || ne eom ic deofle gelic
lædde hie swa mid ligenum || and mid listum speon
idese on þæt unriht || oþþæt hire on innan ongan
weallan wyrmes geþeaht || hæfde hire wacran hige
metod gemearcod || þæt heo hire mod ongan
lætan æfter þam larum || forþon heo æt þam laþan onfeng
ofer drihtnes word || deaþes beames
weorcsumne wæstm || ne wearþ wyrse dæd
monnum gemearcod || þæt is micel wundor
þæt hit ece god || æfre wolde
þeoden þolian || þæt wurde þegn swa monig
forlædd be þam lygenum || þe for þam larum com
heo þa þæs ofætes æt || alwaldan bræc
word and willan || þa meahte heo wide geseon
þurh þæs laþan læn || þe hie mid ligenum beswac
dearnenga bedrog || þe hire for his dædum com
þæt hire þuhte hwitre || heofon and eorþe
and eall þeos woruld wlitigre || and geweorc godes
micel and mihtig || þeah heo hit þurh monnes geþeaht
ne sceawode || ac se sceaþa georne
swicode ymb þa sawle || þe hire ær þa siene onlah
þæt heo swa wide || wlitan meahte
ofer heofonrice || þa se forhatena spræc
þurh feondscipe || nalles he hie freme lærde
þu meaht nu þe self geseon || swa ic hit þe secgan ne þearf
eue seo gode || þæt þe is ungelic
wlite and wæstmas || siþþan þu minum wordum getruwodest
læstes mine lare || nu scineþ þe leoht fore
glædlic ongean || þæt ic from gode brohte
hwit of heofonum || nu þu his hrinan meaht
sæge adame || hwilce þu gesihþe hæfst
þurh minne cime cræfta || gif giet þurh cuscne siodo
læst mina lara || þonne gife ic him þæs leohtes genog
þæs ic þe swa godes || gegired hæbbe
ne wite ic him þa womcwidas || þeah he his wyrþe ne sie
to alætanne || þæs fela he me laþes spræc
swa hire eaforan sculon || æfter lybban
þonne hie laþ gedoþ || hie sculon lufe wyrcean
betan heora hearran hearmcwyde || ond habban his hyldo forþ
þa gieng to adame || idesa scenost
wifa wlitegost || þe on woruld come
forþon heo wæs handgeweorc || heofoncyninges
þeah heo þa dearnenga || fordon wurde
forlæd mid ligenum || þæt hie laþ gode
þurh þæs wraþan geþanc || weorþan sceolden
þurh þæs deofles searo || dom forlætan
hierran hyldo || hefonrices þolian
monige hwile || biþ þam men full wa
þe hine ne warnaþ || þonne he his geweald hafaþ
sum heo hire on handum bær || sum hire æt heortan læg
æppel unsælga || þone hire ær forbead
drihtna drihten || deaþbeames ofet
and þæt word acwæþ || wuldres aldor
þæt þæt micle morþ || menn ne þorfton
þegnas þolian || ac he þeoda gehwam
hefonrice forgeaf || halig drihten
widbradne welan || gif hie þone wæstm an
lætan wolden || þe þæt laþe treow
on his bogum bær || bitre gefylled
þæt wæs deaþes beam || þe him drihten forbead
forlec hie þa mid ligenum || se wæs laþ gode
on hete heofoncyninges || and hyge euan
wifes wac geþoht || þæt heo ongan his wordum truwian
læstan his lare || and geleafan nom
þæt he þa bysene from gode || brungen hæfde
þe he hire swa wærlice || wordum sægde
iewde hire tacen || and treowa gehet
his holdne hyge || þa heo to hire hearran spræc
adam frea min || þis ofet is swa swete
bliþe on breostum || and þes boda sciene
godes engel god || ic on his gearwan geseo
þæt he is ærendsecg || uncres hearran
hefoncyninges || his hyldo is unc betere
to gewinnanne || þonne his wiþermedo
gif þu him heodæg wuht || hearmes gespræce
he forgifþ hit þeah || gif wit him geongordom
læstan willaþ || hwæt scal þe swa laþlic striþ
wiþ þines hearran bodan || unc is his hyldo þearf
he mæg unc ærendian || to þam alwaldan
heofoncyninge || ic mæg heonon geseon
hwær he sylf siteþ || þæt is suþ and east
welan bewunden || se þas woruld gesceop
geseo ic him his englas || ymbe hweorfan
mid feþerhaman || ealra folca mæst
wereda wynsumast || hwa meahte me swelc gewit gifan
gif hit gegnunga || god ne onsende
heofones waldend || gehyran mæg ic rume
and swa wide geseon || on woruld ealle
ofer þas sidan gesceaft || ic mæg swegles gamen
gehyran on heofnum || wearþ me on hige leohte
utan and innan || siþþan ic þæs ofætes onbat
nu hæbbe ic his her on handa || herra se goda
gife ic hit þe georne || ic gelyfe þæt hit from gode come
broht from his bysene || þæs me þes boda sægde
wærum wordum || hit nis wuhte gelic
elles on eorþan || buton swa þes ar sægeþ
þæt hit gegnunga || from gode come
hio spræc him þicce to || and speon hine ealne dæg
on þa dimman dæd || þæt hie drihtnes heora
willan bræcon || stod se wraþa boda
legde him lustas on || and mid listum speon
fylgde him frecne || wæs se feond full neah
þe on þa frecnan fyrd || gefaren hæfde
ofer langne weg || leode hogode
on þæt micle morþ || men forweorpan
forlæran and forlædan || þæt hie læn godes
ælmihtiges gife || an forleten
heofenrices geweald || hwæt se hellsceaþa
gearwe wiste || þæt hie godes yrre
habban sceoldon || and hellgeþwing
þone nearwan niþ || niede onfon
siþþan hie gebod godes || forbrocen hæfdon
þa he forlærde || mid ligenwordum
to þam unræde || idese sciene
wifa wlitegost || þæt heo on his willan spræc
wæs him on helpe || handweorc godes
to forlæranne # || 
heo spræc þa to adame || idesa sceonost
ful þiclice || oþ þam þegne ongan
his hige hweorfan || þæt he þam gehate getruwode
þe him þæt wif || wordum sægde
heo dyde hit þeah þurh holdne hyge || nyste þæt þær hearma swa fela
fyrenearfeþa || fylgean sceolde
monna cynne || þæs heo on mod genam
þæt heo þæs laþan bodan || larum hyrde
ac wende þæt heo hyldo || heofoncyninges
worhte mid þam wordum || þe heo þam were swelce
tacen oþiewde || and treowe gehet
oþþæt adame || innan breostum
his hyge hwyrfde || and his heorte ongann
wendan to hire willan || he æt þam wife onfeng
helle and hinnsiþ || þeah hit nære haten swa
ac hit ofetes noman || agan sceolde
hit wæs þeah deaþes swefn || and deofles gespon
hell and hinnsiþ || and hæleþa forlor
menniscra morþ || þæt hie to mete dædon
ofet unfæle || swa hit him on innan com
hran æt heortan || hloh þa and plegode
boda bitre gehugod || sægde begra þanc
hearran sinum || nu hæbbe ic þine hyldo me
witode geworhte || and þinne willan gelæst
to ful monegum dæge || men synt forlædde
adam and eue || him is unhyldo
waldendes witod || nu hie wordcwyde his
lare forleton || forþon hie leng ne magon
healdan heofonrice || ac hie to helle sculon
on þone sweartan siþ || swa þu his sorge ne þearft
beran on þinum breostum || þær þu gebunden ligst
murnan on mode || þæt her men bun
þone hean heofon || þeah wit hearmas nu
þreaweorc þoliaþ || and þystre land
and þurh þin micle mod || monig forleton
on heofonrice || heahgetimbro
godlice geardas || unc wearþ god yrre
forþon wit him noldon || on heofonrice
hnigan mid heafdum || halgum drihtne
þurh geongordom || ac unc gegenge ne wæs
þæt wit him on þegnscipe || þeowian wolden
forþon unc waldend wearþ || wraþ on mode
on hyge hearde || and us on helle bedraf
on þæt fyr fylde || folca mæste
and mid handum his || eft on heofonrice
rihte rodorstolas || and þæt rice forgeaf
monna cynne || mæg þin mod wesan
bliþe on breostum || forþon her synt bu-tu gedon
ge þæt hæleþa bearn || heofonrice sculon
leode forlætan || and on þæt lig to þe
hate hweorfan || eac is hearm gode
modsorg gemacod || swa hwæt swa wit her morþres þoliaþ
hit is nu adame || eall forgolden
mid hearran hete || and mid hæleþa forlore
monnum mid morþes cwealme || forþon is min mod gehæled
hyge ymb heortan gerume || ealle synt uncre hearmas gewrecene
laþes þæt wit lange þoledon || nu wille ic eft þam lige near
satan ic þær secan wille || he is on þære sweartan helle
hæft mid hringa gesponne || hwearf him eft niþer
boda bitresta || sceolde he þa bradan ligas
secan helle gehliþo || þær his hearra læg
simon gesæled || sorgedon ba-twa
adam and eue || and him oft betuh
gnornword gengdon || godes him ondredon
heora herran hete || heofoncyninges niþ
swiþe onsæton || selfe forstodon
his word onwended || þæt wif gnornode
hof hreowigmod || hæfde hyldo godes
lare forlæten || þa heo þæt leoht geseah
ellor scriþan || þæt hire þurh untreowa
tacen iewde || se him þone teonan geræd
þæt hie helle niþ || habban sceoldon
hynþa unrim || forþam him higesorga
burnon on breostum || hwilum to gebede feollon
sinhiwan somed || and sigedrihten
godne gretton || and god nemdon
heofones waldend || and hine bædon
þæt hie his hearmsceare || habban mosten
georne fulgangan || þa hie godes hæfdon
bodscipe abrocen || bare hie gesawon
heora lichaman || næfdon on þam lande þa giet
sælþa gesetena || ne hie sorge wiht
weorces wiston || ac hie wel meahton
libban on þam lande || gif hie wolden lare godes
forweard fremman || þa hie fela spræcon
sorhworda somed || sinhiwan twa
adam gemælde || and to euan spræc
hwæt þu eue hæfst || yfele gemearcod
uncer sylfra siþ || gesyhst þu nu-þa sweartan helle
grædige and gifre || nu þu hie grimman meaht
heonane gehyran || nis heofonrice
gelic þam lige || ac þis is landa betst
þæt wit þurh uncres hearran þanc || habban moston
þær þu þam ne hierde || þe unc þisne hearm geræd
þæt wit waldendes || word forbræcon
heofoncyninges || nu wit hreowige magon
sorgian for þis siþe || forþon he unc self bebead
þæt wit unc wite || warian sceolden
hearma mæstne || nu slit me hunger and þurst
bitre on breostum || þæs wit begra ær
wæron orsorge || on ealle tid
hu sculon wit nu libban || oþþe on þys lande wesan
gif her wind cymþ || westan oþþe eastan
suþan oþþe norþan || gesweorc up færeþ
cymeþ hægles scur || hefone getenge
færeþ forst on gemang || se byþ fyrnum ceald
hwilum of heofnum || hate scineþ
blicþ þeos beorhte sunne || and wit her baru standaþ
unwered wædo || nys unc wuht beforan
to scursceade || ne sceattes wiht
to mete gemearcod || ac unc is mihtig god
waldend wraþmod || to hwon sculon wit weorþan nu
nu me mæg hreowan || þæt ic bæd heofnes god
waldend þone godan || þæt he þe her worhte to me
of liþum minum || nu þu me forlæred hæfst
on mines herran hete || swa me nu hreowan mæg
æfre to aldre || þæt ic þe minum eagum geseah
þa spræc eue eft || idesa scienost
wifa wlitegost || hie wæs geweorc godes
þeah heo þa on deofles cræft || bedroren wurde
þu meaht hit me witan || wine min adam
wordum þinum || hit þe þeah wyrs ne mæg
on þinum hyge hreowan || þonne hit me æt heortan deþ
hire þa adam || andswarode
gif ic waldendes || willan cuþe
hwæt ic his to hearmsceare || habban sceolde
ne gesawe þu no sniomor || þeah me on sæ wadan
hete heofones god || heonone nu-þa
on flod faran || nære he firnum þæs deop
merestream þæs micel || þæt his o min mod getweode
ac ic to þam grunde genge || gif ic godes meahte
willan gewyrcean || nis me on worulde niod
æniges þegnscipes || nu ic mines þeodnes hafa
hyldo forworhte || þæt ic hie habban ne mæg
ac wit þus baru ne magon || bu-tu ætsomne
wesan to wuhte || uton gan on þysne weald innan
on þisses holtes hleo || hwurfon hie ba-twa
togengdon gnorngende || on þone grenan weald
sæton onsundran || bidan selfes gesceapu
heofoncyninges || þa hie þa habban ne moston
þe him ær forgeaf || ælmihtig god
þa hie heora lichoman || leafum beþeahton
weredon mid þy wealde || wæda ne hæfdon
ac hie on gebed feollon || bu-tu ætsomne
morgena gehwilce || bædon mihtigne
þæt hie ne forgeate || god ælmihtig
and him gewisade || waldend se goda
hu hie on þam leohte forþ || libban sceolden
þa com feran || frea ælmihtig
ofer midne dæg || mære þeoden
on neorxnawang || neode sine
wolde neosian || nergend usser
bilwit fæder || hwæt his bearn dyde
wiste forworhte || þam he ær wlite sealde
gewitan him þa gangan || geomermode
under beamsceade || blæde bereafod
hyddon hie on heolstre || þa hie halig word
drihtnes gehyrdon || and ondredon him
þa sona ongann || swegles aldor
weard ahsian || woruldgesceafta
het him recene to || rice þeoden
his sunu gangan || him þa sylfa oncwæþ
hean hleoþrade || hrægles þearfa
ic wreo me her || wæda leasne
liffrea min || leafum þecce
scyldfull mine || sceaþen is me sare
frecne on ferhþe || ne dear nu forþ gan
for þe andweardne || ic eom eall eall nacod
him þa ædre god || andswarede
saga me þæt sunu min || for hwon secest þu
sceade sceomiende || þu sceonde æt me
furþum ne anfenge || ac gefean eallum
for hwon wast þu wean || and wrihst sceome
gesyhst sorge || and þin sylf þecest
lic mid leafum || sagast lifceare
hean hygegeomor || þæt þe sie hrægles þearf
nymþe þu æppel || ænne byrgde
of þam wudubeame || þe ic þe wordum forbead
him þa adam eft || andswarode
me þa blæda on hand || bryd gesealde
freolucu fæmne || freadrihten min
þe ic þe on teonan geþah || nu ic þæs tacen wege
sweotol on me selfum || wat ic sorga þy ma
þa þæs euan frægn || ælmihtig god
hwæt druge þu dohtor || dugeþa genohra
niwra gesceafta || neorxnawanges
growendra gifa || þa þu gitsiende
on beam gripe || blæda name
on treowes telgum || and me on teonan
æte þa unfreme || adame sealdest
wæstme þa inc wæron || wordum minum
fæste forbodene || him þa freolecu mæg
ides æwiscmod || andswarode
me nædre beswac || and me neodlice
to forsceape scyhte || and to scyldfrece
fah wyrm þurh fægir word || oþþæt ic fracoþlice
feondræs gefremede || fæhþe geworhte
and þa reafode || swa hit riht ne wæs
beam on bearwe || and þa blæda æt
þa nædran sceop || nergend usser
frea ælmihtig || fagum wyrme
wide siþas || and þa worde cwæþ
þu scealt wideferhþ || werig þinum
breostum bearm tredan || bradre eorþan
faran feþeleas || þenden þe feorh wunaþ
gast on innan || þu scealt greot etan
þine lifdagas || swa þu laþlice
wrohte onstealdest || þe þæt wif feoþ
hataþ under heofnum || and þin heafod tredeþ
fah mid fotum sinum || þu scealt fiersna sætan
tohtan niwre || tuddor biþ gemæne
incrum orlegniþ || a þenden standeþ
woruld under wolcnum || nu þu wast and canst
laþ leodsceaþa || hu þu lifian scealt
þa to euan god || yrringa spræc
wend þe from wynne || þu scealt wæpnedmen
wesan on gewealde || mid weres egsan
hearde genearwad || hean þrowian
þinra dæda gedwild || deaþes bidan
and þurh wop and heaf || on woruld cennan
þurh sar micel || sunu and dohtor
abead eac adame || ece drihten
lifes leohtfruma || laþ ærende
þu scealt oþerne || eþel secean
wynleasran wic || and on wræc hweorfan
nacod niedwædla || neorxnawanges
dugeþum bedæled || þe is gedal witod
lices and sawle || hwæt þu laþlice
wrohte onstealdest || forþon þu winnan scealt
and on eorþan þe || þine andlifne
selfa geræcan || wegan swatig hleor
þinne hlaf etan || þenden þu her leofast
oþþæt þe to heortan || hearde gripeþ
adl unliþe || þe þu on æple ær
selfa forswulge || forþon þu sweltan scealt
hwæt we nu gehyraþ || hwær us hearmstafas
wraþe onwocan || and woruldyrmþo
hie þa wuldres weard || wædum gyrede
scyppend usser || het heora sceome þeccan
frea frumhrægle || het hie from hweorfan
neorxnawange || on nearore lif
him on laste beleac || liþsa and wynna
hihtfulne ham || halig engel
be frean hæse || fyrene sweorde
ne mæg þær inwitfull || ænig geferan
womscyldig mon || ac se weard hafaþ
miht and strengþo || se þæt mære lif
dugeþum deore || drihtne healdeþ
no hwæþre ælmihtig || ealra wolde
adame and euan || arna ofteon
fæder æt frymþe || þeah þe hie him from swice
ac he him to frofre let || hwæþere forþ wesan
hyrstedne hrof || halgum tunglum
and him grundwelan || ginne sealde
het þam sinhiwum || sæs and eorþan
tuddorteondra || teohha gehwilcre
to woruldnytte || wæstmas fedan
gesæton þa æfter synne || sorgfulre land
eard and eþyl || unspedigran
fremena gehwilcre || þonne se frumstol wæs
þe hie æfter dæde of || adrifen wurdon
ongunnon hie þa || be godes hæse
bearn astrienan || swa him metod bebead
adames and euan || aforan wæron
freolicu twa || frumbearn cenned
cain and abel || us cyþaþ bec
hu þa dædfruman || dugeþa stryndon
welan and wiste || willgebroþor
oþer his to eorþan || elnes tilode
se wæs ærboren || oþer æhte heold
fæder on fultum || oþþæt forþ gewat
dægrimes worn || hie þa drihtne lac
begen brohton || brego engla beseah
on abeles gield || eagum sinum
cyning eallwihta || caines ne wolde
tiber sceawian || þæt wæs torn were
hefig æt heortan || hygewælm asteah
beorne on breostum || blatende niþ
yrre for æfstum || he þa unræden
folmum gefremede || freomæg ofsloh
broþor sinne || and his blod ageat
cain abeles || cwealmdreore swealh
þæs middangeard || monnes swate
æfter wælswenge || wea wæs aræred
tregena tuddor || of þam twige siþþan
ludon laþwende || leng swa swiþor
reþe wæstme || ræhton wide
geond werþeoda || wrohtes telgan
hrinon hearmtanas || hearde and sare
drihta bearnum || doþ gieta swa
of þam brad blado || bealwa gehwilces
sprytan ongunnon || we þæt spell magon
wælgrimme wyrd || wope cwiþan
nales holunge || ac us hearde sceod
freolecu fæmne || þurh forman gylt
þe wiþ metod æfre || men gefremeden
eorþbuende || siþþan adam wearþ
of godes muþe || gaste eacen
þa worde frægn || wuldres aldor
cain hwær abel || eorþan wære
him þa se cystleasa || cwealmes wyrhta
ædre æfter þon || andswarode
ne can ic abeles || or ne fore
hleomæges siþ || ne ic hyrde wæs
broþer mines || him þa brego engla
godspedig gast || gean þingade
hwæt befealdest þu || folmum þinum
wraþum on wælbedd || wærfæstne rinc
broþor þinne || and his blod to me
cleopaþ and cigeþ || þu þæs cwealmes scealt
wite winnan || and on wræc hweorfan
awyrged to widan aldre || ne seleþ þe wæstmas eorþe
wlitige to woruldnytte || ac heo wældreore swealh
halge of handum þinum || forþon heo þe hroþra oftihþ
glæmes grene folde || þu scealt geomor hweorfan
arleas of earde þinum || swa þu abele wurde
to feorhbanan || forþon þu flema scealt
widlast wrecan || winemagum laþ
him þa ædre cain || andswarode
ne þearf ic ænigre || are wenan
on woruldrice || ac ic forworht hæbbe
heofona heahcyning || hyldo þine
lufan and freode || forþon ic lastas sceal
wean on wenum || wide lecgan
hwonne me gemitte || manscyldigne
se me feor oþþe neah || fæhþe gemonige
broþorcwealmes || ic his blod ageat
dreor on eorþan || þu to dæge þissum
ademest me fram duguþe || and adrifest from
earde minum || me to aldorbanan
weorþeþ wraþra sum || ic awyrged sceal
þeoden of gesyhþe || þinre hweorfan
him þa selfa oncwæþ || sigora drihten
ne þearft þu þe ondrædan || deaþes brogan
feorhcwealm nu giet || þeah þu from scyle
freomagum feor || fah gewitan
gif þe monna hwelc || mundum sinum
aldre beneoteþ || hine on cymeþ
æfter þære synne || seofonfeald wracu
wite æfter weorce || hine waldend on
tirfæst metod || tacen sette
freoþobeacen frea || þy læs hine feonda hwilc
mid guþþræce || gretan dorste
feorran oþþe nean || heht þa from hweorfan
meder and magum || manscyldigne
cnosle sinum || him þa cain gewat
gongan geomormod || gode of gesyhþe
wineleas wrecca || and him þa wic geceas
eastlandum on || eþelstowe
fædergeardum feor || þær him freolecu mæg
ides æfter æþelum || eaforan fedde
se æresta wæs || enos haten
frumbearn caines || siþþan fæsten ongon
mid þam cneomagum || ceastre timbran
þæt wæs under wolcnum || weallfæstenna
ærest ealra || þara þe æþelingas
sweordberende || settan heton
þanon his eaforan || ærest wocan
bearn from bryde || on þam burhstede
se yldesta wæs || iared haten
sunu enoses || siþþan wocan
þa þæs cynnes || cneowrim icton
mægburg caines || malalehel wæs
æfter iarede || yrfes hyrde
fæder on laste || oþþæt he forþ gewat
siþþan mathusal || magum dælde
bearn æfter bearne || broþrum sinum
æþelinga gestreon || oþþæt aldorgedal
frod fyrndagum || fremman sceolde
lif oflætan || lameh onfeng
æfter fæder dæge || fletgestealdum
botlgestreonum || him bryda twa
idesa on eþle || eaforan feddon
ada and sella || þara anum wæs
iabal noma || se þurh gleawne geþanc
herbuendra || hearpan ærest
handum sinum || hlyn awehte
swinsigende sweg || sunu lamehes
swylce on þære mægþe || maga wæs haten
on þa ilcan tid || tubalcain
se þurh snytro sped || smiþcræftega wæs
and þurh modes gemynd || monna ærest
sunu lamehes || sulhgeweorces
fruma wæs ofer foldan || siþþan folca bearn
æres cuþon || and isernes
burhsittende || brucan wide
þa his wifum twæm || wordum sægde
lameh seolfa || leofum gebeddum
adan and sellan || unarlic spel
ic on morþor ofsloh || minra sumne
hyldemaga || honda gewemde
on caines || cwealme mine
fylde mid folmum || fæder enoses
ordbanan abeles || eorþan sealde
wældreor weres || wat ic gearwe
þæt þam lichryre || on last cymeþ
soþcyninges || seofonfeald wracu
micel æfter mane || min sceal swiþor
mid grimme gryre || golden wurþan
fyll and feorhcwealm || þonne ic forþ scio
þa wearþ adame || on abeles gyld
eafora on eþle || oþer feded
soþfæst sunu || þam wæs seth noma
se wæs eadig || and his yldrum þah
freolic to frofre || fæder and meder
adames and euan || wæs abeles gield
on woruldrice || þa word acwæþ
ord moncynnes || me ece sunu
sealde selfa || sigora waldend
lifes aldor || on leofes stæl
þæs þe cain ofsloh || and me cearsorge
mid þys magotimbre || of mode asceaf
þeoden usser || him þæs þanc sie
adam hæfde || þa he eft ongan
him to eþelstæfe || oþres strienan
bearnes be bryde || beorn ellenrof
þritig and hund || þisses lifes
wintra on worulde || us gewritu secgaþ
þæt her eahtahund || iecte siþþan
mægþum and mæcgum || mægburg sine
adam on eorþan || ealra hæfde
nigenhund wintra # || 
and þritig eac || þa he þas woruld
þurh gastgedal || ofgyfan sceolde
him on laste seth || leod weardode
eafora æfter yldrum || eþelstol heold
and wif begeat || wintra hæfde
fif and hundteontig || þa he furþum ongan
his mægburge || men geicean
sunum and dohtrum || sethes eafora
se yldesta wæs || enos haten
se nemde god || niþþa bearna
ærest ealra || siþþan adam stop
on grene græs || gaste geweorþad
seth wæs gesælig || siþþan strynde
seofon winter her || suna and dohtra
ond eahtahund || ealra hæfde
twelf and nigonhund || þa seo tid gewearþ
þæt he friþgedal || fremman sceolde
him æfter heold || þa he of worulde gewat
enos yrfe || siþþan eorþe swealh
sædberendes || sethes lice
he wæs leof gode || and lifde her
wintra hundnigontig || ær he be wife her
þurh gebedscipe || bearn astrynde
him þa cenned wearþ || cainan ærest
eafora on eþle || siþþan eahtahund
and fiftyno || on friþo drihtnes
gleawferhþ hæleþ || geogoþe strynde
suna and dohtra || swealt þa he hæfde
frod fyrnwita || fif and nigonhund
þære cneorisse wæs || cainan siþþan
æfter enose || aldordema
weard and wisa || wintra hæfde
efne hundseofontig || ær him sunu woce
þa wearþ on eþle || eafora feded
mago cainanes || malalehel wæs haten
siþþan eahtahund || æþelinga rim
and feowertig eac || feorum geicte
enoses sunu || ealra nigonhund
wintra hæfde || þa he woruld ofgeaf
and tyne eac || þa his tiddæge
under rodera rum || rim wæs gefylled
him on laste heold || land and yrfe
malalehel siþþan || missera worn
se frumgara || fif and sixtig
wintra hæfde || þa he be wife ongann
bearna strynan || him bryd sunu
meowle to monnum brohte || se maga wæs
on his mægþe || mine gefræge
guma on geogoþe || iared haten
lifde siþþan || and lissa breac
malalehel lange || mondreama her
woruldgestreona || wintra hæfde
fif and hundnigontig || þa he forþ gewat
and eahtahund || eaforan læfde
land and leodweard || longe siþþan
geared gumum || gold brittade
se eorl wæs æþele || æfæst hæleþ
and se frumgar his || freomagum leof
fif and hundteontig || on fyore lifde
wintra gebidenra || on woruldrice
and syxtig eac || þa seo sæl gewearþ
þæt his wif sunu || on woruld brohte
se eafora wæs || enoc haten
freolic frumbearn || fæder her þa gyt
his cynnes forþ || cneorim icte
eaforan eahtahund || ealra hæfde
fif and syxtig || þa he forþ gewat
and nigonhund eac || nihtgerimes
wine frod wintres || þa he þas woruld ofgeaf
ond geared þa || gleawum læfde
land and leodweard || leofum rince
enoch siþþan || ealdordom ahof
freoþosped folces wisa || nalles feallan let
dom and drihtscipe # || 
þenden he hyrde wæs || heafodmaga
breac blæddaga || bearna strynde
þreohund wintra || him wæs þeoden hold
rodera waldend || se rinc heonon
on lichoman || lisse sohte
drihtnes duguþe || nales deaþe swealt
middangeardes || swa her men doþ
geonge and ealde || þonne him god heora
æhta and ætwist || eorþan gestreona
on genimeþ || and heora aldor somed
ac he cwic gewat || mid cyning engla
of þyssum lænan || life feran
on þam gearwum || þe his gast onfeng
ær hine to monnum || modor brohte
he þam yldestan || eaforan læfde
folc frumbearne || fif and syxtig
wintra hæfde || þa he woruld ofgeaf
and eac þreo hund || þrage siþþan
mathusal heold || maga yrfe
se on lichoman || lengest þissa
worulddreama breac || worn gestrynde
ær his swyltdæge || suna and dohtra
hæfde frod hæle || þa he from sceolde
niþþum hweorfan || nigonhund wintra
and hundseofontig to || sunu æfter heold
lamech leodgeard || lange siþþan
woruld bryttade || wintra hæfde
twa and hundteontig || þa seo tid gewearþ
þæt se eorl ongan || æþele cennan
sunu and dohtor || siþþan lifde
fif and hundnigontig || frea moniges breac
wintra under wolcnum || werodes aldor
and fif hund eac || heold þæt folc teala
bearna strynde || him byras wocan
eaforan and idesa || he þone yldestan
noæ nemde || se niþþum ær
land bryttade || siþþan lamech gewat
hæfde æþelinga || aldorwisa
fif hund wintra || þa he furþum ongan
bearna strynan || þæs þe bec cweþaþ
sem wæs haten || sunu noes
se yldesta || oþer cham
þridda iafeth || þeoda tymdon
rume under roderum || rim miclade
monna mægþe || geond middangeard
sunum and dohtrum || þa giet wæs sethes cynn
leofes leodfruman || on lufan swiþe
drihtne dyre || and domeadig
oþþæt bearn godes || bryda ongunnon
on caines || cynne secan
wergum folce || and him þær wif curon
ofer metodes est || monna eaforan
scyldfulra mægþ || scyne and fægere
þa reordade || rodora waldend
wraþ moncynne || and þa worde cwæþ
ne syndon me on ferhþe freo || from gewitene
cneorisn caines || ac me þæt cynn hafaþ
sare abolgen || nu me sethes bearn
torn niwiaþ || and him to nimaþ
mægeþ to gemæccum || minra feonda
þær wifa wlite || onwod grome
idesa ansien || and ece feond
folcdriht wera || þa ær on friþe wæron
siþþan hundtwelftig || geteled rime
wintra on worulde || wræce bisgodon
fæge þeoda || hwonne frea wolde
on wærlogan || wite settan
and on deaþ slean || dædum scyldige
gigantmæcgas || gode unleofe
micle mansceaþan || metode laþe
þa geseah selfa || sigoro waldend
hwæt wæs monna || manes on eorþan
and þæt hie wæron || womma þriste
inwitfulle || he þæt unfægere
wera cneorissum || gewrecan þohte
forgripan gumcynne || grimme and sare
heardum mihtum || hreaw hine swiþe
þæt he folcmægþa || fruman aweahte
æþelinga ord || þa he adam sceop
cwæþ þæt he wolde || for wera synnum
eall aæþan || þæt on eorþan wæs
forleosan lica gehwilc || þara þe lifes gast
fæþmum þeahte || eall þæt frea wolde
on þære toweardan || tide acwellan
þe þa nealæhte || niþþa bearnum
noe wæs god || nergende leof
swiþe gesælig || sunu lameches
domfæst and gedefe || drihten wiste
þæt þæs æþelinges || ellen dohte
breostgehygdum || forþon him brego sægde
halig æt hleoþre || helm allwihta
hwæt he fah werum || fremman wolde
geseah unrihte || eorþan fulle
side sælwongas || synnum gehladene
widlum gewemde || þa waldend spræc
nergend usser || and to noe cwæþ
ic wille mid flode || folc acwellan
and cynna gehwilc || cucra wuhta
þara þe lyft and flod || lædaþ and fedaþ
feoh and fuglas || þu scealt friþ habban
mid sunum þinum || þonne sweart wæter
wonne wælstreamas || werodum swelgaþ
sceaþum scyldfullum || ongyn þe scip wyrcan
merehus micel || on þam þu monegum scealt
reste geryman || and rihte setl
ælcum æfter agenum || eorþan tudre
gescype scylfan || on scipes bosme
þu þæt fær gewyrc || fiftiges wid
þrittiges heah || and þreohund lang
elngemeta || and wiþ yþa gewyrc
gefeg fæste || þær sceal fæsl wesan
cwiclifigendra || cynna gehwilces
on þæt wudufæsten || wocor gelæded
eorþan tudres || earc sceal þy mare
noe fremede || swa hine nergend heht
hyrde þam halgan || heofoncyninge
ongan ofostlice || þæt hof wyrcan
micle merecieste || magum sægde
þæt wæs þrealic þing || þeodum toweard
reþe wite || hie ne rohton þæs
geseah þa ymb wintra worn || wærfæst metod
geofonhusa mæst || gearo hlifigean
innan and utan || eorþan lime
gefæstnod wiþ flode || fær noes
þy selestan || þæt is syndrig cynn
symle biþ þy heardra || þe hit hreoh wæter
swearte sæstreamas || swiþor beataþ
þa to noe cwæþ || nergend usser
ic þe þæs mine || monna leofost
wære gesylle || þæt þu weg nimest
and feora fæsl || þe þu ferian scealt
geond deop wæter || dægrimes worn
on lides bosme || læd swa ic þe hate
under earce bord || eaforan þine
frumgaran þry || and eower feower wif
ond þu seofone genim || on þæt sundreced
tudra gehwilces || geteled rimes
þara þe to mete || mannum lifige
and þara oþerra || ælces twa
swilce þu of eallum || eorþan wæstmum
wiste under wægbord || werodum gelæde
þam þe mid sceolon || mereflod nesan
fed freolice || feora wocre
oþ ic þære lafe || lagosiþa eft
reorde under roderum || ryman wille
gewit þu nu mid hiwum || on þæt hof gangan
gasta werode || ic þe godne wat
fæsthydigne || þu eart freoþo wyrþe
ara mid eaforum || ic on andwlitan
nu ofor seofon niht || sigan læte
wællregn ufan || widre eorþan
feowertig daga || fæhþe ic wille
on weras stælan || and mid wægþreate
æhta and agend || eall acwellan
þa beutan beoþ || earce bordum
þonne sweart racu || stigan onginneþ
him þa noe gewat || swa hine nergend het
under earce bord || eaforan lædan
weras on wægþæl || and heora wif somed
and eall þæt to fæsle || frea ælmihtig
habban wolde || under hrof gefor
to heora ætgifan || swa him ælmihtig
weroda drihten || þurh his word abead
him on hoh beleac || heofonrices weard
merehuses muþ || mundum sinum
sigora waldend || and segnade
earce innan || agenum spedum
nergend usser || noe hæfde
sunu lameches || syxhund wintra
þa he mid bearnum || under bord gestah
gleaw mid geogoþe || be godes hæse
dugeþum dyrum || drihten sende
regn from roderum || and eac rume let
willeburnan || on woruld þringan
of ædra gehwære || egorstreamas
swearte swogan || sæs up stigon
ofer stæþweallas || strang wæs and reþe
se þe wætrum weold || wreah and þeahte
manfæhþu bearn || middangeardes
wonnan wæge || wera eþelland
hof hergode || hygeteonan wræc
metod on monnum || mere swiþe grap
on fæge folc || feowertig daga
nihta oþer swilc || niþ wæs reþe
wællgrim werum || wuldorcyninges
yþa wræcon || arleasra feorh
of flæschoman || flod ealle wreah
hreoh under heofonum || hea beorgas
geond sidne grund || and on sund ahof
earce from eorþan || and þa æþelo mid
þa segnade || selfa drihten
scyppend usser || þa he þæt scip beleac
siþþan wide rad || wolcnum under
ofer holmes hrincg || hof seleste
for mid fearme || fære ne moston
wægliþendum || wætres brogan
hæste hrinon || ac hie halig god
ferede and nerede || fiftena stod
deop ofer dunum || se drenceflod
monnes elna || þæt is mæro wyrd
þam æt niehstan || wæs nan to gedale
nymþe heof wæs ahafen || on þa hean lyft
þa se egorhere || eorþan tuddor
eall acwealde || buton þæt earce bord
heold heofona frea || þa hine halig god
ece upp forlet || edmodne flod
streamum stigan || stiþferhþ cyning
þa gemunde god || mereliþende
sigora waldend || sunu lameches
and ealle þa wocre || þe he wiþ wætre beleac
lifes leohtfruma || on lides bosme
gelædde þa wigend || weroda drihten
worde ofer widland || willflod ongan
lytligan eft || lago ebbade
sweart under swegle || hæfde soþ metod
eaforum egstream || eft gecyrred
torhtne ryne || regn gestilled
for famig scip || fiftig and hund
nihta under roderum || siþþan nægledbord
fær seleste || flod up ahof
oþþæt rimgetæl || reþre þrage
daga forþ gewat || þa on dunum gesæt
heah mid hlæste || holmærna mæst
earc noes || þe armenia
hatene syndon || þær se halga bad
sunu lameches || soþra gehata
lange þrage || hwonne him lifes weard
frea ælmihtig || frecenra siþa
reste ageafe || þæra he rume dreah
þa hine on sunde || geond sidne grund
wonne yþa || wide bæron
holm wæs heononweard || hæleþ langode
wægliþende || swilce wif heora
hwonne hie of nearwe || ofer nægledbord
ofer streamstaþe || stæppan mosten
and of enge ut || æhta lædan
þa fandode || forþweard scipes
hwæþer sincende || sæflod þa gyt
wære under wolcnum || let þa ymb worn daga
þæs þe heah hlioþo || horde onfengon
and æþelum eac || eorþan tudres
sunu lameches || sweartne fleogan
hrefn ofer heahflod || of huse ut
noe tealde || þæt he on neod hine
gif he on þære lade || land ne funde
ofer sid wæter || secan wolde
on wægþele || eft him seo wen geleah
ac se feonde gespearn || fleotende hreaw
salwigfeþera || secan nolde
he þa ymb seofon niht || sweartum hrefne
of earce forlet || æfter fleogan
ofer heah wæter || haswe culufran
on fandunga || hwæþer famig sæ
deop þa gyta || dæl ænigne
grenre eorþan || ofgifen hæfde
heo wide hire || willan sohte
and rume fleah || nohweþere reste fand
þæt heo for flode || fotum ne meahte
land gespornan || ne on leaf treowes
steppan for streamum || ac wæron steap hleoþo
bewrigen mid wætrum || gewat se wilda fugel
on æfenne || earce secan
ofer wonne wæg || werig sigan
hungri to handa || halgum rince
þa wæs culufre eft || of cofan sended
ymb wucan wilde || seo wide fleah
oþþæt heo rumgal || restestowe
fægere funde || and þa fotum stop
on beam hyre || gefeah bliþemod
þæs þe heo gesittan || swiþe werig
on treowes telgum || torhtum moste
heo feþera onsceoc || gewat fleogan eft
mid lacum hire || liþend brohte
elebeames twig || an to handa
grene blædæ || þa ongeat hraþe
flotmonna frea || þæt wæs frofor cumen
earfoþsiþa bot || þa gyt se eadega wer
ymb wucan þriddan || wilde culufran
ane sende || seo eft ne com
to lide fleogan || ac heo land begeat
grene bearwas || nolde gladu æfre
under salwed bord || syþþan ætywan
on þellfæstenne || þa hire þearf ne wæs
þa to noe spræc || nergend usser
heofonrices weard || halgan reorde
þe is eþelstol || eft gerymed
lisse on lande || lagosiþa rest
fæger on foldan || gewit on freþo gangan
ut of earce || and on eorþan bearm
of þam hean hofe || hiwan læd þu
and ealle þa wocre || þe ic wægþrea on
liþe nerede || þenden lago hæfde
þrymme geþeahtne || þriddan eþyl
he fremede swa || and frean hyrde
stah ofer streamweall || swa him seo stefn bebead
lustum miclum || and alædde þa
of wægþele || wraþra lafe
þa noe ongan || nergende lac
rædfæst reþran || and recene genam
on eallum dæl || æhtum sinum
þam þe him to dugeþum || drihten sealde
gleaw to þam gielde || and þa gode selfum
torhtmod hæle || tiber onsægde
cyninge engla || huru cuþ dyde
nergend usser || þa he noe
gebletsade || and his bearn somed
þæt he þæt gyld on þanc || agifen hæfde
and on geogoþhade || godum dædum
ær geearnod || þæt him ealra wæs
ara este || ælmihtig god
domfæst dugeþa || þa gyt drihten cwæþ
wuldris aldor || word to noe
tymaþ nu and tiedraþ || tires brucaþ
mid gefean fryþo || fyllaþ eorþan
eall geiceaþ || eow is eþelstol
and holmes hlæst || and heofonfuglas
and wildu deor || on geweald geseald
eorþe ælgrene || and eacen feoh
næfre ge mid blode || beodgereordu
unarlice || eowre þicgeaþ
besmiten mid synne || sawldreore
ælc hine selfa || ærest begrindeþ
gastes dugeþum || þæra þe mid gares orde
oþrum aldor oþþringeþ || ne þearf he þy edleane gefeon
modgeþance || ac ic monnes feorh
to slagan sece || swiþor micle
and to broþor banan || þæs þe blodgyte
wællfyll weres || wæpnum gespedeþ
morþ mid mundum || monn wæs to godes
anlicnesse || ærest gesceapen
ælc hafaþ magwlite || metodes and engla
þara þe healdan wile || halige þeawas
weaxaþ and wridaþ || wilna brucaþ
ara on eorþan || æþelum fyllaþ
eowre fromcynne || foldan sceatas
teamum and tudre || ic eow treowa þæs
mine selle || þæt ic on middangeard
næfre egorhere || eft gelæde
wæter ofer widland || ge on wolcnum þæs
oft and gelome || andgiettacen
magon sceawigan || þonne ic scurbogan
minne iewe || þæt ic monnum þas
wære gelæste || þenden woruld standeþ
þa wæs se snotra || sunu lamehes
of fere acumen || flode on laste
mid his eaforum þrim || yrfes hyrde
and heora feower wif # || 
nemde wæron || percoba olla
olliua olliuani # || 
wærfæst metode || wætra lafe
hæleþ hygerofe || hatene wæron
suna noes || sem and cham
iafeþ þridda || from þam gumrincum
folc geludon || and gefylled wearþ
eall þes middangeard || monna bearnum
þa noe ongan || niwan stefne
mid hleomagum || ham staþelian
and to eorþan him || ætes tilian
won and worhte || wingeard sette
seow sæda fela || sohte georne
þa him wlitebeorhte || wæstmas brohte
geartorhte gife || grene folde
þa þæt geeode || þæt se eadega wer
on his wicum wearþ || wine druncen
swæf symbelwerig || and him selfa sceaf
reaf of lice || swa gerysne ne wæs
læg þa limnacod || he lyt ongeat
þæt him on his inne || swa earme gelamp
þa him on hreþre || heafodswima
on þæs halgan hofe || heortan clypte
swiþe on slæpe || sefa nearwode
þæt he ne mihte || on gemynd drepen
hine handum self || mid hrægle wryon
and sceome þeccan || swa gesceapu wæron
werum and wifum || siþþan wuldres þegn
ussum fæder and meder || fyrene sweorde
on laste beleac || lifes eþel
þa com ærest || cam in siþian
eafora noes || þær his aldor læg
ferhþe forstolen || þær he freondlice
on his agenum fæder || are ne wolde
gesceawian || ne þa sceonde huru
hleomagum helan || ac he hlihende
broþrum sægde || hu se beorn hine
reste on recede || hie þa raþe stopon
heora andwlitan || in bewrigenum
under loþum listum || þæt hie leofum men
geoce gefremede || gode wæron begen
sem and iafeþ || þa of slæpe onbrægd
sunu lamehes || and þa sona ongeat
þæt him cynegodum || cham ne wolde
þa him wæs are þearf || ænige cyþan
hyldo and treowa || þæt þam halgan wæs
sar on mode || ongan þa his selfes bearn
wordum wyrgean || cwæþ he wesan sceolde
hean under heofnum || hleomaga þeow
cham on eorþan || him þa cwyde syþþan
and his fromcynne || frecne scodon
þa nyttade || noe siþþan
mid sunum sinum || sidan rices
þreohund wintra || þisses lifes
freomen æfter flode || and fiftig eac þa he forþ gewat
siþþan his eaforan || ead bryttedon
bearna stryndon || him wæs beorht wela
þa wearþ iafeþe || geogoþ afeded
hyhtlic heorþwerod || heafodmaga
sunu and dohtra || he wæs selfa til
heold a rice || eþeldreamas
blæd mid bearnum || oþþæt breosta hord
gast ellorfus || gangan sceolde
to godes dome || geomor siþþan
fæder flettgesteald || freondum dælde
swæsum and gesibbum || sunu iafeþes
þæs teames wæs || tuddor gefylled
unlytel dæl || eorþan gesceafta
swilce chames suno || cende wurdon
eaforan on eþle || þa yldestan
chus and chanan || hatene wæron
ful freolice feorh || frumbearn chames
chus wæs æþelum || heafodwisa
wilna brytta || and worulddugeþa
broþrum sinum || botlgestreona
fæder on laste || siþþan forþ gewat
cham of lice || þa him cwealm gesceod
se magoræswa || mægþe sinre
domas sægde || oþþæt his dogora wæs
rim aurnen || þa se rinc ageaf
eorþcunde ead || sohte oþer lif
fæder nebroþes || frumbearn siþþan
eafora chuses || yrfestole weold
widmære wer || swa us gewritu secgeaþ
þæt he moncynnes || mæste hæfde
on þam mældagum || mægen and strengo
se wæs babylones || bregorices fruma
ærest æþelinga || eþelþrym onhof
rymde and rærde || reord wæs þa gieta
eorþbuendum || an gemæne
swilce of cames || cneorisse woc
wermægþa fela || of þam widfolce
cneorim micel || cenned wæron
þa wearþ seme || suna and dohtra
on woruldrice || worn afeded
freora bearna || ær þon frod cure
wintrum wælreste || werodes aldor
on þære mægþe || wæron men tile
þara an wæs || eber haten
eafora semes || of þam eorle woc
unrim þeoda || þa nu æþelingas
ealle eorþbuend || ebrei hataþ
gewiton him þa eastan || æhta lædan
feoh and feorme || folc wæs anmod
rofe rincas || sohton rumre land
oþþæt hie becomon || corþrum miclum
folc ferende || þær hie fæstlice
æþelinga bearn || eard genamon
gesetton þa sennar || sidne and widne
leoda ræswan || leofum mannum
heora geardagum || grene wongas
fægre foldan || him forþwearde
on þære dægtide || duguþe wæron
wilna gehwilces || weaxende sped
þa þær mon mænig || be his mægwine
æþeling anmod || oþerne bæd
þæs hie him to mærþe || ær seo mengeo eft
geond foldan bearm || tofaran sceolde
leoda mægþe || on landsocne
burh geworhte || and to beacne torr
up arærde || to rodortunglum
þæs þe hie gesohton || sennera feld
swa þa foremeahtige || folces ræswan
þa yldestan || oft and gelome
liþsum gewunedon || larum sohton
weras to weorce || and to wrohtscipe
oþþæt for wlence || and for wonhygdum
cyþdon cræft heora || ceastre worhton
and to heofnum up || hlædræ rærdon
strengum stepton || stænenne weall
ofer monna gemet || mærþa georne
hæleþ mid honda || þa com halig god
wera cneorissa || weorc sceawigan
beorna burhfæsten || and þæt beacen somed
þe to roderum up || ræran ongunnon
adames eaforan || and þæs unrædes
stiþferhþ cyning || steore gefremede
þa he reþemod || reorde gesette
eorþbuendum || ungelice
þæt hie þære spæce || sped ne ahton
þa hie gemitton || mihtum spedge
teoche æt torre || getalum myclum
weorces wisan || ne þær wermægþa
ænig wiste || hwæt oþer cwæþ
ne meahte hie gewurþan || weall stænenne
up forþ timbran || ac hie earmlice
heapum tohlocon || hleoþrum gedælde
wæs oþerre || æghwilc worden
mægburh fremde || siþþan metod tobræd
þurh his mihta sped || monna spræce
toforan þa || on feower wegas
æþelinga bearn || ungeþeode
on landsocne || him on laste bu
stiþlic stantorr || and seo steape burh
samod samworht || on sennar stod
weox þa under wolcnum || and wriþade
mægburh semes || oþþæt mon awoc
on þære cneorisse || cynebearna rim
þancolmod wer || þeawum hydig
wurdon þam æþelinge || eaforan acende
in babilone || bearn afeded
freolicu tu || and þa frumgaran
hæleþ higerofe || hatene wæron
abraham and aaron || þam eorlum wæs
frea engla bam || freond and aldor
þa wearþ aarone || eafora feded
leoflic on life || þam wæs loth noma
þa magorincas || metode geþungon
abraham and loth || unforcuþlice
swa him from yldrum || æþelu wæron
on woruldrice || forþon hie wide nu
dugeþum demaþ || drihtfolca bearn
þa þæs mæles wæs || mearc agongen
þæt him abraham || idese brohte
wif to hame || þær he wic ahte
fæger and freolic || seo fæmne wæs
sarra haten || þæs þe us secgeaþ bec
hie þa wintra fela || woruld bryttedon
sinc ætsomne || sibbe heoldon
geara mengeo || nohwæþre gifeþe wearþ
abrahame þa gyt || þæt him yrfeweard
wlitebeorht ides || on woruld brohte
sarra abrahame || suna and dohtra
gewat him þa mid cnosle || ofer caldea folc
feran mid feorme || fæder abrahames
snotor mid gesibbum || secean wolde
cananea land || hine cneowmægas
metode gecorene || mid siþedon
of þære eþeltyrf || abraham and loth
him þa cynegode || on carran
æþelinga bearn || eard genamon
weras mid wifum || on þam wicum his
fæder abrahames || feorh gesealde
wærfæst hæle || wintra hæfde
twa hundteontig || geteled rime
and fife eac || þa he forþ gewat
misserum frod || metodsceaft seon
þa se halga spræc || heofonrices weard
to abrahame || ece drihten
gewit þu nu feran || and þine fare lædan
ceapas to cnosle || carran ofgif
fæder eþelstol || far swa ic þe hate
monna leofost || and þu minum wel
larum hyre || and þæt land gesec
þe ic þe ælgrene || ywan wille
brade foldan || þu gebletsad scealt
on mundbyrde || minre lifigan
gif þe ænig || eorþbuendra
mid wean greteþ || ic hine wergþo on
mine sette || and modhete
longsumne niþ || lisse selle
wilna wæstme || þam þe wurþiaþ
þurh þe eorþbuende || ealle onfoþ
folcbearn freoþo || and freondscipe
blisse minre || and bletsunge
on woruldrice || wriþende sceal
mægþe þinre || monrim wesan
swiþe under swegle || sunum and dohtrum
oþþæt fromcyme || folde weorþeþ
þeodlond monig || þine gefylled
him þa abraham gewat || æhte lædan
of egipta || eþelmearce
gumcystum god || golde and seolfre
swiþfeorm and gesælig || swa him sigora weard
waldend usser || þurh his word abead
ceapas from carran || sohton cananea
lond and leodgeard || þa com leof gode
on þa eþelturf || idesa lædan
swæse gebeddan || and his suhtrian
wif on willan || wintra hæfde
fif and hundseofontig || þa he faran sceolde
carran ofgifan || and cneowmagas
him þa feran gewat || fæder ælmihtiges
lare gemyndig || land sceawian
geond þa folcsceare || be frean hæse
abraham wide || oþþæt ellenrof
to sicem com || siþe spedig
cynne cananeis || þa hine cyning engla
abrahame || iewde selfa
domfæst wereda || and drihten cwæþ
þis is seo eorþe || þe ic ælgrene
tudre þinum || torhte wille
wæstmum gewlo || on geweald don
rume rice || þa se rinc gode
wibed worhte || and þa waldende
lifes leohtfruman || lac onsægde
gasta helme || him þa gyt gewat
abraham eastan || eagum wlitan
on landa cyst || lisse gemunde
heofonweardes gehat || þa him þurh halig word
sigora selfcyning || soþ gecyþde
oþþæt drihtweras || duguþum geforan
þær is botlwela || bethlem haten
beorn bliþemod || and his broþor sunu
forþ oferforan || folcmæro land
eastan mid æhtum || æfæste men
weallsteapan hleoþu || and him þa wic curon
þær him wlitebeorhte || wongas geþuhton
abraham þa || oþere siþe
wibed worhte || he þær wordum god
torhtum cigde || tiber onsægde
his liffrean || him þæs lean ageaf
nalles hneawlice || þurh his hand metend
on þam gledstyde || gumcystum til
þær ræsbora || þrage siþþan
wicum wunode || and wilna breac
beorn mid bryde || oþþæt brohþrea
cananea wearþ || cynne getenge
hunger se hearda || hamsittendum
wælgrim werum || him þa wishydig
abraham gewat || on egypte
drihtne gecoren || drohtaþ secan
fleah wærfæst wean || wæs þæt wite to strang
abraham maþelode || geseah egypta
hornsele hwite || and hea byrig
beorhte blican || ongan þa his bryd frea
wishydig wer || wordum læran
siþþan egypte || eagum moton
on þinne wlite wlitan || wlance monige
þonne æþelinga || eorlas wenaþ
mæg ælfscieno || þæt þu min sie
beorht gebedda || þe wile beorna sum
him geagnian || ic me onegan mæg
þæt me wraþra sum || wæpnes ecge
for freondmynde || feore beneote
saga þu sarra || þæt þu sie sweostor min
lices mæge || þonne þe leodweras
fremde fricgen || hwæt sie freondlufu
ellþeodigra || uncer twega
feorren cumenra || þu him fæste hel
soþan spræce || swa þu minum scealt
feore gebeorgan || gif me freoþo drihten
on woruldrice || waldend usser
an ælmihtig || swa he ær dyde
lengran lifes || se us þas lade sceop
þæt we on egiptum || are sceolde
fremena friclan || and us fremu secan
þa com ellenrof || eorl siþian
abraham mid æhtum || on egypte
þær him folcweras || fremde wæron
wine uncuþe || wordum spræcon
ymb þæs wifes wlite || wlonce monige
dugeþum dealle || him drihtlicu mæg
on wlite modgum || mænegum þuhte
cyninges þegnum || hie þæt cuþ dydon
heora folcfrean || þæt fægerro lyt
for æþelinge || idesa sunnon
ac hie sarran || swiþor micle
wynsumne wlite || wordum heredon
oþþæt he lædan heht || leoflic wif to
his selfes sele || sinces brytta
æþelinga helm || heht abrahame
duguþum stepan || hwæþere drihten wearþ
frea faraone || fah and yrre
for wifmyne || þæs wraþe ongeald
hearde mid hiwum || hægstealdra wyn
ongæt hwæþere || gumena aldor
hwæt him waldend wræc || witeswingum
heht him abraham || to egesum geþreadne
brego egipto || and his bryd ageaf
wif to gewealde || heht him wine ceosan
ellor æþelingas || oþre dugeþe
abead þa þeodcyning || þegnum sinum
ombihtscealcum || þæt hie hine arlice
ealles onsundne || eft gebrohten
of þære folcsceare || þæt he on friþe wære
þa abraham || æhte lædde
of egypta || eþelmearce
hie ellenrofe || idese feredon
bryd and begas || þæt hie to bethlem
on cuþe wic || ceapas læddon
eadge eorþwelan || oþre siþe
wif on willan || and heora woruldgestreon
ongunnon him þa bytlian || and heora burh ræran
and sele settan || salo niwian
weras on wonge || wibed setton
neah þam þe abraham || æror rærde
his waldende || þa westan com
þær se eadga eft || ecan drihtnes
niwan stefne || noman weorþade
tilmodig eorl || tiber onsægde
þeodne engla || þancode swiþe
lifes leohtfruman || lisse and ara
wunedon on þam wicum || hæfdon wilna geniht
abraham and loth || ead bryttedon
oþþæt hie on þam lande || ne meahton leng somed
blædes brucan || and heora begra þær
æhte habban || ac sceoldon arfæste
þa rincas þy || rumor secan
ellor eþelseld || oft wæron teonan
wærfæstra wera || weredum gemæne
heardum hearmplega || þa se halga ongan
ara gemyndig || abraham sprecan
fægre to lothe || ic eom fædera þin
sibgebyrdum || þu min suhterga
ne sceolon unc betweonan || teonan weaxan
wroht wriþian || ne þæt wille god
ac wit synt gemagas || unc gemæne ne sceal
elles awiht || nymþe eall tela
lufu langsumu || nu þu loth geþenc
þæt unc modige || ymb mearce sittaþ
þeoda þrymfæste || þegnum and gesiþþum
folc cananea || and feretia
rofum rincum || ne willaþ rumor unc
landriht heora || forþon wit lædan sculon
teon of þisse stowe || and unc staþolwangas
rumor secan || ic ræd sprece
bearn arones || begra uncer
soþne secge || ic þe selfes dom
life leofa || leorna þe seolfa
and geþancmeta || þine mode
on hwilce healfe || þu wille hwyrft don
cyrran mid ceape || nu ic þe cyst abead
him þa loth gewat || land sceawigan
be iordane || grene eorþan
seo wæs wætrum weaht || and wæstmum þeaht
lagostreamum leoht || and gelic godes
neorxnawange || oþþæt nergend god
for wera synnum || wylme gesealde
sodoman and gomorran || sweartan lige
him þa eard geceas || and eþelsetl
sunu arones || on sodoma byrig
æhte sine || ealle lædde
beagas from bethlem || and botlgestreon
welan wunden gold || wunode siþþan
be iordane || geara mænego
þær folcstede || fægre wæron
men arlease || metode laþe
wæron sodomisc cynn || synnum þriste
dædum gedwolene || drugon heora selfra
ecne unræd || æfre ne wolde
þam leodþeawum || loth onfon
ac he þære mægþe || monwisan fleah
þeah þe he on þam lande || lifian sceolde
facen and fyrene || and hine fægre heold
þeawfæst and geþyldig || on þam þeodscipe
emne þon gelicost || lara gemyndig
þe he ne cuþe || hwæt þa cynn dydon
abraham wunode || eþeleardum
cananea forþ || hine cyning engla
metod moncynnes || mundbyrde heold
wilna wæstmum || and worulddugeþum
lufum and lissum || forþon his lof secgaþ
wide under wolcnum || wera cneorisse
foldwonga bearn || he frean hyrde
estum on eþle || þenden he eardes breac
halig and higefrod || næfre hleowlora
æt edwihtan || æfre weorþeþ
feorhberendra || forht and acol
mon for metode || þe him æfter a
þurh gemynda sped || mode and dædum
worde and gewitte || wise þance
oþ his ealdorgedal || oleccan wile
þa ic aldor gefrægn || elamitarna
fromne folctogan || fyrd gebeodan
orlahomar || him ambrafel
of sennar || side worulde
for on fultum || gewiton hie feower þa
þeodcyningas || þrymme micle
secan suþ þanon || sodoman and gomorran
þa wæs guþhergum || be iordane
wera eþelland || wide geondsended
folde feondum || sceolde forht monig
blachleor ides || bifiende gan
on fremdes fæþm || feollon wergend
bryda and beaga || bennum seoce
him þa togeanes || mid guþþræce
fife foran || folccyningas
sweotum suþon || woldon sodome burh
wraþum werian || þa wintra twelf
norþmonnum ær || niede sceoldon
gombon gieldan || and gafol sellan
oþþæt þa leode || leng ne woldon
elamitarna || aldor swiþan
folcgestreonum || ac him from swicon
foron þa tosomne || francan wæron hlude
wraþe wælherigas || sang se wanna fugel
under deoreþsceaftum || deawigfeþera
hræs on wenan || hæleþ onetton
on mægencorþrum || modum þryþge
oþþæt folcgetrume || gefaren hæfdon
sid tosomne || suþan and norþan
helmum þeahte || þær wæs heard plega
wælgara wrixl || wigcyrm micel
hlud hildesweg || handum brugdon
hæleþ of scæþum || hringmæled sweord
ecgum dihtig || þær wæs eaþfynde
eorle orlegceap || se þe ær ne wæs
niþes genihtsum || norþmen wæron
suþfolcum swice || wurdon sodomware
and gomorre || goldes bryttan
æt þæm lindcrodan || leofum bedrorene
fyrdgesteallum || gewiton feorh heora
fram þam folcstyde || fleame nergan
secgum ofslegene || him on swaþe feollon
æþelinga bearn || ecgum ofþegde
willgesiþþas || hæfde wigsigor
elamitarna || ordes wisa
weold wælstowe || gewat seo wæpna laf
fæsten secan || fynd gold strudon
ahyþdan þa mid herge || hordburh wera
sodoman and gomorran || þa sæl ageald
mære ceastra || mægþ siþedon
fæmnan and wuduwan || freondum beslægene
from hleowstole || hettend læddon
ut mid æhtum || abrahames mæg
of sodoma byrig || we þæt soþ magon
secgan furþur || hwelc siþþan wearþ
æfter þæm gehnæste || herewulfa siþ
þara þe læddon loth || and leoda god
suþmonna sinc || sigore gulpon
him þa secg hraþe || gewat siþian
an gara laf || se þa guþe genæs
abraham secan || se þæt orlegweorc
þam ebriscan || eorle gecyþde
forslegen swiþe || sodoma folc
leoda duguþe || and lothes siþ
þa þæt inwitspell || abraham sægde
freondum sinum || bæd him fultumes
wærfæst hæleþ || willgeþoftan
aner and manre || escol þriddan
cwæþ þæt him wære || weorce on mode
sorga sarost || þæt his suhtriga
þeownyd þolode || bæd him þræcrofe
þa rincas þæs || ræd ahicgan
þæt his hyldemæg || ahreded wurde
beorn mid bryde || him þa broþor þry
æt spræce þære || spedum miclum
hældon hygesorge || heardum wordum
ellenrofe || and abrahame
treowa sealdon || þæt hie his torn mid him
gewræcon on wraþum || oþþe on wæl feollan
þa se halga heht || his heorþwerod
wæpna onfon || he þær wigena fand
æscberendra || eahtatiene
and þreo hund eac || þeodenholdra
þara þe he wiste || þæt meahte wel æghwylc
on fyrd wegan || fealwe linde
him þa abraham gewat || and þa eorlas þry
þe him ær treowe sealdon || mid heora folcgetrume
wolde his mæg huru # || 
loth alynnan || of laþscipe
rincas wæron rofe || randas wægon
forþ fromlice || on foldwege
hildewulfas || herewicum neh
gefaren hæfdon || þa he his frumgaran
wishydig wer || wordum sægde
þares afera || him wæs þearf micel
þæt hie on twa healfe # || 
grimme guþgemot || gystum eowdon
heardne handplegan || cwæþ þæt him se halga
ece drihten || eaþe mihte
æt þam spereniþe || spede lænan
þa ic neþan gefrægn || under nihtscuwan
hæleþ to hilde || hlyn wearþ on wicum
scylda and sceafta || sceotendra fyll
guþflana gegrind || gripon unfægre
under sceat werum || scearpe garas
and feonda feorh || feollon þicce
þær hlihende || huþe feredon
secgas and gesiþþas || sigor eft ahwearf
of norþmonna || niþgeteone
æsctir wera || abraham sealde
wig to wedde || nalles wunden gold
for his suhtrigan || sloh and fylde
feond on fitte || him on fultum grap
heofonrices weard || hergas wurdon
feower on fleame || folccyningas
leode ræswan || him on laste stod
hihtlic heorþwerod || and hæleþ lagon
on swaþe sæton || þa þe sodoma
and gomorra || golde berofan
bestrudon stigwitum || him þæt stiþe geald
fædera lothes || fleonde wæron
elamitarna || aldorduguþe
dome bedrorene || oþþæt hie domasco
unfeor wæron || gewat him abraham þa
on þa wigrode || wiþertrod seon
laþra monna || loth wæs ahreded
eorl mid æhtum || idesa hwurfon
wif on willan || wide gesawon
freora feorhbanan || fuglas slitan
on ecgwale || abraham ferede
suþmonna eft || sinc and bryda
æþelinga bearn || oþle nior
mægeþ heora magum || næfre mon ealra
lifigendra her || lytle werede
þon wurþlicor || wigsiþ ateah
þara þe wiþ swa miclum || mægne geræsde
þa wæs suþ þanon || sodoma folce
guþspell wegen || hwelc gromra wearþ
feonda fromlad || gewat him frea leoda
eorlum bedroren || abraham secan
freonda feasceaft || him ferede mid
solomia || sinces hyrde
þæt wæs se mæra || melchisedec
leoda bisceop || se mid lacum com
fyrdrinca fruman || fægre gretan
abraham arlice || and him on sette
godes bletsunge || and swa gyddode
wæs þu gewurþod || on wera rime
for þæs eagum || þe þe æsca tir
æt guþe forgeaf || þæt is god selfa
se þe hettendra || herga þrymmas
on geweald gebræc || and þe wæpnum læt
rancstræte forþ || rume wyrcan
huþe ahreddan || and hæleþ fyllan
on swaþe sæton || ne meahton siþwerod
guþe spowan || ac hie god flymde
se þe æt feohtan || mid frumgarum
wiþ ofermægnes || egsan sceolde
handum sinum || and halegu treow
seo þu wiþ rodora weard || rihte healdest
him þa se beorn || bletsunga lean
þurh hand ageaf || and þæs hereteames
ealles teoþan sceat || abraham sealde
godes bisceope || þa spræc guþcyning
sodoma aldor || secgum befylled
to abrahame || him wæs ara þearf
forgif me mennen || minra leoda
þe þu ahreddest || herges cræftum
wera wælclommum || hafa þe wunden gold
þæt ær agen wæs || ussum folce
feoh and frætwa || læt me freo lædan
eft on eþel || æþelinga bearn
on weste wic || wif and cnihtas
earme wydewan || eaforan syndon deade
folcgesiþas || nymþe fea ane
þe me mid sceoldon || mearce healdan
him þa abraham || andswarode
ædre for eorlum || elne gewurþod
dome and sigore || drihtlice spræc
ic þe gehate || hæleþa waldend
for þam halgan || þe heofona is
and þisse eorþan || agendfrea
wordum minum || nis woruldfeoh
þe ic me agan wille # || 
sceat ne scilling || þæs ic on sceotendum
þeoden mæra || þines ahredde
æþelinga helm || þy læs þu eft cweþe
þæt ic wurde || willgesteallum
eadig on eorþan || ærgestreonum
sodoma rices || ac þu selfa most heonon
huþe lædan || þe ic þe æt hilde gesloh
ealle buton dæle || þissa drihtwera
aneres and mamres || and escoles
nelle ic þa rincas || rihte benæman
ac hie me fulleodon || æt æscþræce
fuhton þe æfter frofre || gewit þu ferian nu
ham hyrsted gold || and healsmægeþ
leoda idesa || þu þe laþra ne þearft
hæleþa hildþræce || hwile onsittan
norþmanna wig || ac nefuglas
under beorhhleoþum || blodige sittaþ
þeodherga wæle || þicce gefylled
gewat him þa se healdend || ham siþian
mid þy hereteame || þe him se halga forgeaf
ebrea leod || arna gemyndig
þa gen abrahame || eowde selfa
heofona heahcyning || halige spræce
trymede tilmodigne || and him to reordode
meda syndon micla þina || ne læt þu þe þin mod asealcan
wærfæst willan mines || ne þearft þu þe wiht ondrædan
þenden þu mine lare læstest || ac ic þe lifigende her
wiþ weana gehwam || wreo and scylde
folmum minum || ne þearft þu forht wesan
abraham þa || andswarode
dædrof drihtne sinum || frægn hine dægrime frod
hwæt gifest þu me || gasta waldend
freomanna to frofre || nu ic þus feasceaft eom
ne þearf ic yrfestol || eaforan bytlian
ænegum minra || ac me æfter sculon
mine woruldmagas || welan bryttian
ne sealdest þu me sunu || forþon mec sorg dreceþ
on sefan swiþe || ic sylf ne mæg
ræd ahycgan || gæþ gerefa min
fægen freobearnum || fæste mynteþ
ingeþancum || þæt me æfter sie
eaforan sine || yrfeweardas
geseoþ þæt me of bryde || bearn ne wocon
him þa ædre god || andswarode
næfre gerefan || rædaþ þine
eafora yrfe || ac þin agen bearn
frætwa healdeþ || þonne þin flæsc ligeþ
sceawa heofon || and hyrste gerim
rodores tungel || þa nu rume heora
wuldorfæstne wlite || wide dælaþ
ofer brad brymu || beorhte scinan
swilc biþ mægburge || menigo þinre
folcbearnum frome || ne læt þu þin ferhþ wesan
sorgum asæled || gien þe sunu weorþeþ
bearn of bryde || þurh gebyrd cumen
se þe æfter biþ || yrfes hyrde
gode mære || ne geomra þu
ic eom se waldend || se þe for wintra fela
of caldea || ceastre alædde
feowera sumne || gehet þe folcstede
wide to gewealde || ic þe wære nu
mago ebrea || mine selle
þæt sceal fromcynne || folde þine
sidland manig || geseted wurþan
eorþan sceatas || oþ eufraten
and from egypta || eþelmearce
swa mid niþas || swa nilus sceadeþ
and eft wendelsæ || wide rice
eall þæt sculon agan || eaforan þine
þeodlanda gehwilc || swa þa þreo wæter
steape stanbyrig || streamum bewindaþ
famige flodas || folcmægþa byht
þa wæs sarran || sar on mode
þæt him abrahame || ænig ne wearþ
þurh gebedscipe || bearn gemæne
freolic to frofre || ongann þa ferhþcearig
to were sinum || wordum mæþlan
me þæs forwyrnde || waldend heofona
þæt ic mægburge || moste þinre
rim miclian || roderum under
eaforum þinum || nu ic eom orwena
þæt unc se eþylstæf || æfre weorþe
gifeþe ætgædere || ic eom geomorfrod
drihten min || do swa ic þe bidde
her is fæmne || freolecu mæg
ides egyptisc || an on gewealde
hat þe þa recene || reste gestigan
and afanda hwæþer || frea wille
ænigne þe || yrfewearda
on woruld lætan || þurh þæt wif cuman
þa se eadega wer || idese larum
geþafode || heht him þeowmennen
on bedd gan || bryde larum
hire mod astah || þa heo wæs magotimbre
be abrahame || eacen worden
ongan æfþancum || agendfrean
halsfæst herian || higeþryþe wæg
wæs laþwendo || lustum ne wolde
þeowdom þolian || ac heo þriste ongan
wiþ sarran || swiþe winnan
þa ic þæt wif gefrægn || wordum cyþan
hire mandrihtne || modes sorge
sarferhþ sægde || and swiþe cwæþ
ne fremest þu gerysnu || and riht wiþ me
þafodest þu gena || þæt me þeowmennen
siþþan agar þe || idese laste
beddreste gestah || swa ic bena wæs
drehte dogora gehwam || dædum and wordum
unarlice || þæt agar sceal ongieldan
gif ic mot for þe || mine wealdan
abraham leofa || þæs sie ælmihtig
drihtna drihten || dema mid unc twih
hire þa ædre || andswarode
wishidig wer || wordum sinum
ne forlæte ic þe || þenden wit lifiaþ bu
arna lease || ac þu þin agen most
mennen ateon || swa þin mod freoþ
þa wearþ unbliþe || abrahames cwen
hire worcþeowe || wraþ on mode
heard and hreþe || higeteonan spræc
fræcne on fæmnan || heo þa fleon gewat
þrea and þeowdom || þolian ne wolde
yfel and ondlean || þæs þe ær dyde
to sarran || ac heo on siþ gewat
westen secan || þær hie wuldres þegn
engel drihtnes || an gemitte
geomormode || se hie georne frægn
hwider fundast þu || feasceaft ides
siþas dreogan || þec sarre ah
heo him ædre || andswarode
ic fleah wean wana || wilna gehwilces
hlæfdigan hete || hean of wicum
tregan and teonan || nu sceal tearighleor
on westenne || witodes bidan
hwonne of heortan || hunger oþþe wulf
sawle and sorge || somed abregde
hire þa se engel || andswarode
ne ceara þu feor heonon || fleame dælan
somwist incre || ac þu sece eft
earna þe ara || eaþmod ongin
dreogan æfter dugeþum || wes drihtenhold
þu scealt agar || abrahame sunu
on woruld bringan || ic þe wordum nu
minum secge || þæt se magorinc sceal
mid yldum wesan || ismahel haten
se biþ unhyre || orlæggifre
and wiþerbreca || wera cneorissum
magum sinum || hine monige on
wraþe winnaþ || mid wæpenþræce
of þam frumgaran || folc awæcniaþ
þeod unmæte || gewit þu þinne eft
waldend secan || wuna þæm þe agon
heo þa ædre gewat || engles larum
hire hlafordum || swa se halga bebead
godes ærendgast || gleawan spræce
þa wearþ abrahame || ismael geboren
efne þa he on worulde || wintra hæfde
siex and eahtatig || sunu weox and þah
swa se engel ær || þurh his agen word
fæle freoþoscealc || fæmnan sægde
þa se þeoden || ymb þreotiene gear
ece drihten || wiþ abrahame spræc
leofa swa ic þe lære || læst uncre wel
treowrædenne || ic þe on tida gehwone
duguþum stepe || wes þu dædum from
willan mines || ic þa wære forþ
soþe gelæste || þe ic þe sealde geo
frofre to wedde || þæs þin ferhþ bemearn
þu scealt halgian || hired þinne
sete sigores tacn || soþ on gehwilcne
wæpnedcynnes || gif þu wille on me
hlaford habban || oþþe holdne freond
þinum fromcynne || ic þæs folces beo
hyrde and healdend || gif ge hyraþ me
breostgehygdum || and bebodu willaþ
min fullian || sceal monna gehwilc
þære cneorisse || cildisc wesan
wæpnedcynnes || þæs þe on woruld cymþ
ymb seofon niht || sigores tacne
geagnod me || oþþe of eorþan
þurh feondscipe || feor adæled
adrifen from duguþum || doþ swa ic hate
ic eow treowige || gif ge þæt tacen gegaþ
soþgeleafan || þu scealt sunu agan
bearn be bryde þinre || þone sculon burhsittende
ealle isaac hatan || ne þearf þe þæs eaforan sceomigan
ac ic þam magorince || mine sylle
godcunde gife || gastes mihtum
freondsped fremum || he onfon sceal
blisse minre || and bletsunge
lufan and lisse || of þam leodfruman
brad folc cumaþ || bregowearda fela
rofe arisaþ || rices hyrdas
woruldcyningas || wide mære
abraham þa || ofestum legde
hleor on eorþan || and mid hucse bewand
þa hleoþorcwydas || on hige sinum
modgeþance || he þæs mældæges
self ne wende || þæt him sarra
bryd blondenfeax || bringan meahte
on woruld sunu || wiste gearwe
þæt þæt wif huru || wintra hæfde
efne hund || geteled rimes
he þa metode oncwæþ || missarum frod
lifge ismael || larum swilce
þeoden þinum || and þe þanc wege
heardrædne hyge || heortan strange
to dreoganne || dæges and nihtes
wordum and dædum || willan þinne
him þa fægere || frea ælmihtig
ece drihten || andswarode
þe sceal wintrum frod || on woruld bringan
sarra sunu || soþ forþ gan
wyrd æfter þissum || wordgemearcum
ic ismael || estum wille
bletsian nu || swa þu bena eart
þinum frumbearne || þæt feorhdaga
on woruldrice || worn gebide
tanum tudre || þu þæs tiþa beo
hwæþre ic isace || eaforan þinum
geongum bearne || þam þe gen nis
on woruld cumen || willa spedum
dugeþa gehwilcre || on dagum wille
swiþor stepan || and him soþe to
modes wære || mine gelæstan
halige higetreowa || and him hold wesan
abraham fremede || swa him se eca bebead
sette friþotacen || be frean hæse
on his selfes sunu || heht þæt segn wegan
heah gehwilcne || þe his hina wæs
wæpnedcynnes || wære gemyndig
gleaw on mode || þa him god sealde
soþe treowa || and þa seolf onfeng
torhtum tacne || a his tir metod
domfæst cyning || dugeþum iecte
on woruldrice || he him þæs worhte to
siþþan he on fære || furþum meahte
his waldendes || willan fremman
þa þæt wif ahloh || wereda drihtnes
nalles glædlice || ac heo gearum frod
þone hleoþorcwyde || husce belegde
on sefan swiþe || soþ ne gelyfde
þæt þære spræce || sped folgode
þa þæt gehyrde || heofona waldend
þæt on bure ahof || bryd abrahames
hihtleasne hleahtor || þa cwæþ halig god
ne wile sarran || soþ gelyfan
wordum minum || sceal seo wyrd swa þeah
forþ steallian || swa ic þe æt frymþe gehet
soþ ic þe secge || on þas sylfan tid
of idese biþ || eafora wæcned
þonne ic þas ilcan || oþre siþe
wic gesece || þe beoþ wordgehat
min gelæsted || þu on magan wlitest
þin agen bearn || abraham leofa
gewiton him þa ædre || ellorfuse
æfter þære spræce || spedum feran
of þam hleoþorstede || halige gastas
lastas legdon || him wæs lothes mæg
sylfa on gesiþþe || oþþæt hie on sodoman
weallsteape burg || wlitan meahton
gesawon ofer since || salo hlifian
reced ofer readum golde || ongan þa rodera waldend
arfæst wiþ abraham sprecan || sægde him unlytel spell
ic on þisse byrig || bearhtm gehyre
synnigra cyrm || swiþe hludne
ealogalra gylp || yfele spræce
werod under weallum habban || forþon wærlogona sint
folces firena hefige || ic wille fandigan nu
mago ebrea || hwæt þa men don
gif hie swa swiþe || synna fremmaþ
þeawum and geþancum || swa hie on þweorh sprecaþ
facen and inwit || þæt sceal fyr wrecan
swefyl and sweart lig || sare and grimme
hat and hæste || hæþnum folce
weras basnedon || witelaces
wean under weallum || and heora wif somed
duguþum wlance || drihtne guldon
god mid gnyrne || oþþæt gasta helm
lifes leohtfruma || leng ne wolde
torn þrowigean || ac him to sende
stiþmod cyning || strange twegen
aras sine || þa on æfentid
siþe gesohton || sodoma ceastre
hie þa æt burhgeate || beorn gemitton
sylfne sittan || sunu arones
þæt þam gleawan were || geonge þuhton
men for his eagum || aras þa metodes þeow
gastum togeanes || gretan eode
cuman cuþlice || cynna gemunde
riht and gerisno || and þam rincum bead
nihtfeormunge || him þa nergendes
æþele ærendracan || andswarodon
hafa arna þanc || þara þe þu unc bude
wit be þisse stræte || stille þencaþ
sæles bidan || siþþan sunnan eft
forþ to morgen || metod up forlæt
þa to fotum loth # || 
þam giestum hnah || and him georne bead
reste and gereorda || and his recedes hleow
and þegnunge || hie on þanc curon
æþelinges est || eodon sona
swa him se ebrisca || eorl wisade
in undor edoras || þær him se æþela geaf
gleawferhþ hæle || giestliþnysse
fægre on flette || oþþæt forþ gewat
æfenscima || þa com æfter niht
on last dæge || lagustreamas wreah
þrym mid þystro || þisses lifes
sæs and sidland || comon sodomware
geonge and ealde || gode unleofe
corþrum miclum || cuman acsian
þæt hie behæfdon || herges mægne
loth mid giestum || heton lædan ut
of þam hean hofe || halige aras
weras to gewealde || wordum cwædon
þæt mid þam hæleþum || hæman wolden
unscomlice || arna ne gymden
þa aras hraþe || se þe oft ræd ongeat
loth on recede || eode lungre ut
spræc þa ofer ealle || æþelinga gedriht
sunu arones || snytra gemyndig
her syndon inne || unwemme twa
dohtor mine || doþ swa ic eow bidde
ne can þara idesa || owþer gieta
þurh gebedscipe || beorna neawest
and geswicaþ þære synne || ic eow sylle þa
ær ge sceonde || wiþ gesceapu fremmen
ungifre yfel || ylda bearnum
onfoþ þæm fæmnum || lætaþ friþ agon
gistas mine || þa ic for gode wille
gemundbyrdan || gif ic mot for eow
him þa seo mænigeo || þurh gemæne word
arlease cyn || andswarode
þis þinceþ gerisne || and riht micel
þæt þu þe aferige || of þisse folcsceare
þu þas werþeode || wræccan laste
freonda feasceaft || feorran gesohtest
wineþearfende || wilt þu gif þu most
wesan usser her || aldordema
leodum lareow || þa ic on lothe gefrægn
hæþne heremæcgas || handum gripan
faum folmum || him fylston wel
gystas sine || and hine of gromra þa
cuman arfæste || clommum abrugdon
in under edoras || and þa ofstlice
anra gehwilcum || ymbstandendra
folces sodoma || fæste forsæton
heafodsiena || wearþ eal here sona
burhwarena blind || abrecan ne meahton
reþemode || reced æfter gistum
swa hie fundedon || ac þær frome wæron
godes spellbodan || hæfde gistmægen
stiþe strengeo || styrnde swiþe
werode mid wite || spræcon wordum þa
fæle freoþoscealcas || fægre to lothe
gif þu sunu age || oþþe swæsne mæg
oþþe on þissum folcum || freond ænigne
eac þissum idesum || þe we her on wlitaþ
alæde of þysse leodbyrig || þa þe leofe sien
ofestum miclum || and þin ealdor nere
þy læs þu forweorþe || mid þyssum wærlogan
unc hit waldend heht || for wera synnum
sodoma and gomorra || sweartan lige
fyre gesyllan || and þas folc slean
cynn on ceastrum || mid cwealmþrea
and his torn wrecan || þære tide is
neah geþrungen || gewit þu nergean þin
feorh foldwege || þe is frea milde
him þa ædre loth || andswarode
ne mæg ic mid idesum || aldornere mine
swa feor heonon || feþegange
siþe gesecan || git me sibblufan
and freondscipe || fægre cyþaþ
treowe and hyldo || tiþiaþ me
ic wat hea burh || her ane neah
lytle ceastre || lyfaþ me þær
are and reste || þæt we aldornere
on sigor up || secan moten
gif git þæt fæsten || fyre willaþ
steape forstandan || on þære stowe we
gesunde magon || sæles bidan
feorh generigan || him þa freondlice
englas arfæste || andswaredon
þu scealt þære bene || nu þu ymb þa burh sprycest
tiþa weorþan || teng recene to
þam fæstenne || wit þe friþe healdaþ
and mundbyrde || ne moton wyt
on wærlogum || wrecan torn godes
swebban synnig cynn || ær þon þu on sægor þin
bearn gelæde || and bryd somed
þa onette || abrahames mæg
to þam fæstenne || feþe ne sparode
eorl mid idesum || ac he ofstum forþ
lastas legde || oþþæt he gelædde
bryd mid bearnum || under burhlocan
in sægor his || þa sunne up
folca friþcandel || furþum eode
þa ic sendan gefrægn || swegles aldor
swefl of heofnum || and sweartne lig
werum to wite || weallende fyr
þæs hie on ærdagum || drihten tyndon
lange þrage || him þæs lean forgeald
gasta waldend || grap heahþrea
on hæþencynn || hlynn wearþ on ceastrum
cirm arleasra || cwealmes on ore
laþan cynnes || lig eall fornam
þæt he grenes fond || goldburgum in
swylce þær ymbutan || unlytel dæl
sidre foldan || geondsended wæs
bryne and brogan || bearwas wurdon
to axan and to yslan || eorþan wæstma
efne swa wide || swa þa witelac
reþe geræhton || rum land wera
strudende fyr || steapes and geapes
swogende leg || forswealh eall geador
þæt on sodoma byrig || secgas ahton
and on gomorra || eall þæt god spilde
frea mid þy folce || þa þæt fyrgebræc
leoda lifgedal || lothes gehyrde
bryd on burgum || under bæc beseah
wiþ þæs wælfylles || us gewritu secgaþ
þæt heo on sealtstanes || sona wurde
anlicnesse || æfre siþþan
se monlica || þæt is mære spell
stille wunode || þær hie strang begeat
wite þæs heo wordum || wuldres þegna
hyran ne wolde || nu sceal heard and steap
on þam wicum || wyrde bidan
drihtnes domes || hwonne dogora rim
woruld gewite || þæt is wundra sum
þara þe geworhte || wuldres aldor
him þa abraham gewat || ana gangan
mid ærdæge || þæt he eft gestod
þær wordum ær || wiþ his waldend spræc
frod frumgara || he geseah from foldan up
wide fleogan || wælgrimne rec
hie þæs wlenco onwod || and wingedrync
þæt hie firendæda || to frece wurdon
synna þriste || soþ ofergeaton
drihtnes domas || and hwa him dugeþa forgeaf
blæd on burgum || forþon him brego engla
wylmhatne lig || to wræce sende
waldend usser || gemunde wærfæst þa
abraham arlice || swa he oft dyde
leofne mannan || loth generede
mæg þæs oþres || þa seo mænegeo forwearþ
ne dorste þa || dædrof hæle
for frean egesan || on þam fæstenne
leng eardigean || ac him loth gewat
of byrig gangan || and his bearn somed
wælstowe fyrr || wic sceawian
oþþæt hie be hliþe || heare dune
eorþscræf fundon || þær se eadega loth
wærfæst wunode || waldende leof
dægrimes worn || and his dohtor twa
hie dydon swa || druncnum eode
seo yldre to || ær on reste
heora bega fæder || ne wiste blondenfeax
hwonne him fæmnan to bryde || him bu wæron
on ferhþcofan || fæste genearwod
mode and gemynde || þæt he mægþa siþ
wine druncen || gewitan ne meahte
idesa wurdon eacne || eaforan brohtan
willgesweostor || on woruld sunu
heora ealdan fæder || þara æþelinga
modor oþerne || moab nemde
lothes dohter || seo on life wæs
wintrum yldre || us gewritu secgeaþ
godcunde bec || þæt seo gingre
hire agen bearn || ammon hete
of þam frumgarum || folces unrim
þrymfæste twa || þeoda awocon
oþre þara mægþa || moabitare
eorþbuende || ealle hataþ
widmære cynn || oþre weras nemnaþ
æþelinga bearn || ammonitare
gewat him þa mid bryde || broþor arones
under abimelech || æhte lædan
mid his hiwum || hæleþum sægde
þæt sarra his || sweostor wære
abraham wordum || bearh his aldre
þy he wiste gearwe || þæt he winemaga
on folce lyt || freonda hæfde
þa se þeoden his || þegnas sende
heht hie bringan || to him selfum
þa wæs ellþeodig || oþre siþe
wif abrahames || from were læded
on fremdes fæþm || him þær fylste þa
ece drihten || swa he oft dyde
nergend usser || com nihtes self
þær se waldend læg || wine druncen
ongan þa soþcyning || þurh swefn sprecan
to þam æþelinge || and him yrre hweop
þu abrahames || idese gename
bryde æt beorne || þe abregdan sceal
for þære dæde || deaþ of breostum
sawle þine || him symbelwerig
sinces brytta || þurh slæp oncwæþ
hwæt þu æfre || engla þeoden
þurh þin yrre wilt || aldre lætan
heah beheowan || þæne þe her leofaþ
rihtum þeawum || biþ on ræde fæst
modgeþance || and him miltse
to þe seceþ || me sægde ær
þæt wif hire || wordum selfa
unfricgendum || þæt heo abrahames
sweostor wære || næbbe ic synne wiþ hie
facna ænig || gefremed gena
him þa ædre eft || ece drihten
soþfæst metod || þurh þæt swefn oncwæþ
agif abrahame || idese sine
wif to gewealde || gif þu on worulde leng
æþelinga helm || aldres recce
he is god and gleaw || mæg self wiþ god sprecan
geseon sweglcyning || þu sweltan scealt
mid feo and mid feorme || gif þu þam frumgaran
bryde wyrnest || he abiddan mæg
gif he ofstum me || ærendu wile
þeawfæst and geþyldig || þin abeodan
þæt ic þe lissa || lifigendum giet
on dagum læte || duguþa brucan
sinces gesundne || þa slæpe tobrægd
forht folces weard || heht him fetigean to
gesprecan sine || spedum sægde
eorlum abimeleh || egesan geþread
waldendes word || weras him ondredon
for þære dæde || drihtnes handa
sweng æfter swefne || heht sylf cyning
him þa abraham to || ofstum miclum
þa reordode || rice þeoden
mago ebrea || þæs þu me wylle
wordum secgean || hu geworhte ic þæt
siþþan þu usic under || abraham þine
on þas eþelturf || æhta læddest
þæt þu me þus swiþe || searo renodest
þu ellþeodig || usic woldest
on þisse folcsceare || facne besyrwan
synnum besmitan || sægdest wordum
þæt sarra þin || sweostor wære
lices mæge || woldest laþlice
þurh þæt wif on me || wrohte alecgean
ormæte yfel || we þe arlice
gefeormedon || and þe freondlice
on þisse werþeode || wic getæhton
land to lissum || þu us leanast nu
unfreondlice || fremena þancast
abraham þa || andswarode
ne dyde ic for facne || ne for feondscipe
ne for wihte þæs || ic þe wean uþe
ac ic me gumena baldor || guþbordes sweng
leodmagum feor || lare gebearh
siþþan me se halga || of hyrde frean
mines fæder || fyrn alædde
ic fela siþþan || folca gesohte
wina uncuþra || and þis wif mid me
freonda feasceaft || ic þæs færes a
on wenum sæt || hwonne me wraþra sum
ellþeodigne || aldre beheowe
se þe him þas idese eft || agan wolde
forþon ic wigsmiþum || wordum sægde
þæt sarra min || sweostor wære
æghwær eorþan || þær wit earda leas
mid wealandum || winnan sceoldon
ic þæt ilce dreah || on þisse eþyltyrf
siþþan ic þina || þeoden mæra
mundbyrde geceas || ne wæs me on mode cuþ
hwæþer on þyssum folce || frean ælmihtiges
egesa wære || þa ic her ærest com
forþon ic þegnum || þinum dyrnde
and sylfum þe || swiþost micle
soþan spræce || þæt me sarra
bryde laste || beddreste gestah
þa ongan abimæleh || abraham swiþan
woruldgestreonum || and him his wif ageaf
sealde him to bote || þæs þe he his bryd genam
gangende feoh || and glæd seolfor
and weorcþeos || spræc þa wordum eac
to abrahame || æþelinga helm
wuna mid usic || and þe wic geceos
on þissum lande || þær þe leofost sie
eþelstowe || þe ic agan sceal
wes us fæle freond || we þe feoh syllaþ
cwæþ þa eft raþe || oþre worde
to sarran || sinces brytta
ne þearf þe on edwit || abraham settan
þin freadrihten || þæt þu flettpaþas
mæg ælfscieno || mine træde
ac him hygeteonan || hwitan seolfre
deope bete || ne ceara incit duguþa
of þisse eþyltyrf || ellor secan
winas uncuþe || ac wuniaþ her
abraham fremede || swa hine his aldor heht
onfeng freondscipe || be frean hæse
lufum and lissum || he wæs leof gode
forþon he sibbe || gesælig dreah
and his scippende || under sceade gefor
hleowfeþrum þeaht || her þenden lifde
þa gien wæs yrre || god abimelehe
for þære synne || þe he wiþ sarrai
and wiþ abrahame || ær gefremede
þa he gedælde || him deore twa
wif and wæpned || he þæs weorc gehleat
frecne wite || ne meahton freo ne þeowe
heora bregoweardas || bearnum ecan
monrim mægeþ || ac him þæt metod forstod
oþþæt se halga || his hlaforde
abraham ongan || arna biddan
ecne drihten || him engla helm
getigþode || tuddorsped onleac
folccyninge || freora and þeowra
wera and wifa || let weaxan eft
heora rimgetel || rodora waldend
ead and æhta || ælmihtig wearþ
milde on mode || moncynnes weard
abimeleche || swa hine abraham bæd
þa com feran || frea ælmihtig
to sarrai || swa he self gecwæþ
waldend usser || hæfde wordbeot
leofum gelæsted || lifes aldor
eaforan and idese || abrahame woc
bearn of bryde || þone brego engla
ær þy magotudre || modor wære
eacen be eorle || isaac nemde
hine abraham on || mid his agene hand
beacen sette || swa him bebead metod
wuldortorht ymb wucan || þæs þe hine on woruld
to moncynne || modor brohte
cniht weox and þag || swa him cynde wæron
æþele from yldrum || abraham hæfde
wintra hundteontig || þa him wif sunu
on þanc gebær || he þæs þrage bad
siþþan him ærest || þurh his agen word
þone dægwillan || drihten bodode
þa seo wyrd gewearþ || þæt þæt wif geseah
for abrahame || ismael plegan
þær hie æt swæsendum || sæton bu-tu
halig on hige || and heora hiwan eall
druncon and drymdon || þa cwæþ drihtlecu mæg
bryd to beorne || forgif me beaga weard
min swæs frea || hat siþian
agar ellor || and ismael
lædan mid hie || ne beoþ we leng somed
willum minum || gif ic wealdan mot
næfre ismael || wiþ isace
wiþ min agen bearn || yrfe dæleþ
on laste þe || þonne þu of lice
aldor asendest || þa wæs abrahame
weorce on mode || þæt he on wræc drife
his selfes sunu || þa com soþ metod
freom on fultum || wiste ferhþ guman
cearum on clommum || cyning engla spræc
to abrahame || ece drihten
læt þe aslupan || sorge of breostum
modgewinnan || and mægeþ hire
bryde þinre || hat bu-tu aweg
agar feran || and ismael
cniht of cyþþe || ic his cynn gedo
brad and bresne || bearna tudre
wæstmum spedig || swa ic þe wordum gehet
þa se wer hyrde || his waldende
draf of wicum || dreorigmod tu
idese of earde || and his agen bearn
sweotol is and gesene || þæt þe soþ metod
on gesiþþe is || swegles aldor
se þe sigor seleþ || snytru mihtum
and þin mod trymeþ # || 
godcundum gifum || forþon þe giena speow
þæs þu wiþ freond oþþe feond || fremman ongunne
wordum oþþe dædum || waldend scufeþ
frea on forþwegas || folmum sinum
willan þinne || þæt is wide cuþ
burhsittendum || ic þe bidde nu
wine ebrea || wordum minum
þæt þu tilmodig || treowa selle
wæra þina || þæt þu wille me
wesan fæle freond || fremena to leane
þara þe ic to duguþum þe || gedon hæbbe
siþþan þu feasceaft || feorran come
on þas werþeode || wræccan laste
gyld me mid hyldo || þæt ic þe hneaw ne wæs
landes and lissa || wes þissum leodum nu
and mægburge || minre arfæst
gif þe alwalda || ure drihten
scirian wille || se þe gesceapu healdeþ
þæt þu randwigum || rumor mote
on þisse folcsceare || frætwa dælan
modigra gestreon || mearce settan
þa abraham || abimelehe
wære sealde || þæt he wolde swa
siþþan wæs se eadega || eafora þares
in filistea || folce eardfæst
leod ebrea || lange þrage
feasceaft mid fremdum || him frea engla
wic getæhte || þæt weras hataþ
burhsittende || bersabea lond
þær se halga || heahsteap reced
burh timbrede || and bearo sette
weobedd worhte || and his waldende
on þam glædstede || gild onsægde
lac geneahe || þam þe lif forgeaf
gesæliglic || swegle under
þa þæs rinces || se rica ongan
cyning costigan || cunnode georne
hwilc þæs æþelinges || ellen wære
stiþum wordum || spræc him stefne to
gewit þu ofestlice || abraham feran
lastas lecgan || and þe læde mid
þin agen bearn || þu scealt isaac me
onsecgan sunu þinne || sylf to tibre
siþþan þu gestigest || steape dune
hrincg þæs hean landes || þe ic þe heonon getæce
up þinum agnum fotum || þær þu scealt ad gegærwan
bælfyr bearne þinum || and blotan sylf
sunu mid sweordes ecge || and þonne sweartan lige
leofes lic forbærnan || and me lac bebeodan
ne forsæt he þy siþe || ac sona ongann
fysan to fore || him wæs frean engla
word ondrysne || and his waldend leof
þa se eadga || abraham sine
nihtreste ofgeaf || nalles nergendes
hæse wiþhogode || ac hine se halga wer
gyrde grægan sweorde || cyþde þæt him gasta weardes
egesa on breostum wunode || ongan þa his esolas bætan
gamolferhþ goldes brytta || heht hine geonge twegen
men mid siþian || mæg wæs his agen þridda
and he feorþa sylf || þa he fus gewat
from his agenum hofe || isaac lædan
bearn unweaxen || swa him bebead metod
efste þa swiþe || and onette
forþ foldwege || swa him frea tæhte
wegas ofer westen || oþþæt wuldortorht
dæges þriddan up || ofer deop wæter
ord aræmde || þa se eadega wer
geseah hlifigan || hea dune
swa him sægde ær || swegles aldor
þa abraham spræc || to his ombihtum
rincas mine || restaþ incit
her on þissum wicum || wit eft cumaþ
siþþan wit ærende || uncer twega
gastcyninge || agifen habbaþ
gewat him þa se æþeling || and his agen sunu
to þæs gemearces || þe him metod tæhte
wadan ofer wealdas || wudu bær sunu
fæder fyr and sweord || þa þæs fricgean ongann
wer wintrum geong || wordum abraham
wit her fyr and sweord || frea min habbaþ
hwær is þæt tiber || þæt þu torht gode
to þam brynegielde || bringan þencest
abraham maþelode || hæfde on an gehogod
þæt he gedæde || swa hine drihten het
him þæt soþcyning || sylfa findeþ
moncynnes weard || swa him gemet þinceþ
gestah þa stiþhydig || steape dune
up mid his eaforan || swa him se eca bebead
þæt he on hrofe gestod || hean landes
on þære stowe || þe him se stranga to
wærfæst metod || wordum tæhte
ongan þa ad hladan || æled weccan
and gefeterode || fet and honda
bearne sinum || and þa on bæl ahof
isaac geongne || and þa ædre gegrap
sweord be gehiltum || wolde his sunu cwellan
folmum sinum || fyre scencan
mæges dreore || þa metodes þegn
ufan engla sum || abraham hlude
stefne cygde || he stille gebad
ares spræce || and þam engle oncwæþ
him þa ofstum to || ufan of roderum
wuldorgast godes || wordum mælde
abraham leofa || ne sleah þin agen bearn
ac þu cwicne abregd || cniht of ade
eaforan þinne || him an wuldres god
mago ebrea || þu medum scealt
þurh þæs halgan hand || heofoncyninges
soþum sigorleanum || selfa onfon
ginfæstum gifum || þe wile gasta weard
lissum gyldan || þæt þe wæs leofre his
sibb and hyldo || þonne þin sylfes bearn
ad stod onæled || hæfde abrahame
metod moncynnes || mæge lothes
breost geblissad || þa he him his bearn forgeaf
isaac cwicne || þa se eadega bewlat
rinc ofer exle || and him þær rom geseah
unfeor þanon || ænne standan
broþor arones || brembrum fæstne
þone abraham genam || and hine on ad ahof
ofestum miclum || for his agen bearn
abrægd þa mid þy bille || brynegield onhread
reccendne weg || rommes blode
onbleot þæt lac gode || sægde leana þanc
and ealra þara sælþa || þe he him siþ and ær
gifena drihten || forgifen hæfde