Exodus University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.1.2 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems Exodus
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aldor faraones feond on forþwegas þa wæs ingere ealdum witum deaþe gedrenced drihtfolca mæst hordwearda hryre heaf wæs geniwad swæfon seledreamas since berofene hæfde mansceaþan æt middere niht frecne gefylled frumbearna fela abrocene burhweardas bana wide scraþ laþ leodhata land drysmyde deadra hræwum dugoþ forþ gewat wop wæs wide worulddreama lyt wæron hleahtorsmiþum handa belocene alyfed laþsiþ leode gretan folc ferende feond wæs bereafod hergas on helle heofung þider becom druron deofolgyld dæg wæs mære ofer middangeard þa seo mengeo for swa þæs fæsten dreah fela missera ealdwerige egypta folc þæs þe hie wideferþ wyrnan þohton moyses magum gif hie metod lete on langne lust leofes siþes fyrd wæs gefysed from se þe lædde modig magoræswa mægburh heora oferfor he mid þy folce fæstena worn land and leodweard laþra manna enge anpaþas uncuþ gelad oþþæt hie on guþmyrce gearwe bæron wæron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu morheald moyses ofer þa fela meoringa fyrde gelædde heht þa ymb twa niht tirfæste hæleþ siþþan hie feondum oþfaren hæfdon ymbwicigean werodes bearhtme mid ælfere æthanes byrig mægnes mæste mearclandum on nearwe genyddon on norþwegas wiston him be suþan sigelwara land forbærned burhhleoþu brune leode hatum heofoncolum þær halig god wiþ færbryne folc gescylde bælce oferbrædde byrnendne heofon halgan nette hatwendne lyft hæfde wederwolcen widum fæþmum eorþan and uprodor efne gedæled lædde leodwerod ligfyr adranc hate heofontorht hæleþ wafedon drihta gedrymost dægsceades hleo wand ofer wolcnum hæfde witig god sunnan siþfæt segle ofertolden swa þa mæstrapas men ne cuþon ne þa seglrode geseon meahton eorþbuende ealle cræfte hu afæstnod wæs feldhusa mæst siþþan he mid wuldre geweorþode þeodenholde þa wæs þridda wic folce to frofre fyrd eall geseah hu þær hlifedon halige seglas lyftwundor leoht leode ongeton dugoþ israhela þæt þær drihten cwom weroda drihten wicsteal metan him beforan foran fyr and wolcen in beorhtrodor beamas twegen þara æghwæþer efngedælde heahþegnunga haliges gastes deormodra siþ dagum and nihtum þa ic on morgen gefrægn modes rofan hebban herebyman hludan stefnum wuldres woman werod eall aras modigra mægen swa him moyses bebead mære magoræswa metodes folce fus fyrdgetrum forþ gesawon lifes latþeow lifweg metan swegl siþe weold sæmen æfter foron flodwege folc wæs on salum hlud herges cyrm heofonbeacen astah æfena gehwam oþer wundor syllic æfter sunnan setlrade beheold ofer leodwerum lige scinan byrnende beam blace stodon ofer sceotendum scire leoman scinon scyldhreoþan sceado swiþredon neowle nihtscuwan neah ne mihton heolstor ahydan heofoncandel barn niwe nihtweard nyde sceolde wician ofer weredum þy læs him westengryre har hæþbroga holmegum wederum on ferclamme ferhþ getwæfde hæfde foregenga fyrene loccas blace beamas bellegsan hweop in þam hereþreate hatan lige þæt he on westenne werod forbærnde nymþe hie modhwate moyses hyrde scean scir werod scyldas lixton gesawon randwigan rihte stræte segn ofer sweoton oþþæt sæfæsten landes æt ende leodmægne forstod fus on forþweg fyrdwic aras wyrpton hie werige wiste genægdon modige meteþegnas hyra mægen beton bræddon æfter beorgum siþþan byme sang flotan feldhusum þa wæs feorþe wic randwigena ræst be þan readan sæ þær on fyrd hyra færspell becwom oht inlende egsan stodan wælgryre weroda wræcmon gebad laþne lastweard se þe him lange ær eþelleasum onnied gescraf wean witum fæst wære ne gymdon þeah þe se yldra cyning ær ge/ þa wearþ yrfeweard ingefolca manna æfter maþmum þæt he swa miceles geþah ealles þæs forgeton siþþan grame wurdon egypta cyn ymbe antwig þa heo his mægwinum morþor fremedon wroht berenedon wære fræton wæron heaþowylmas heortan getenge mihtmod wera manum treowum woldon hie þæt feorhlean facne gyldan þætte hie þæt dægweorc dreore gebohte moyses leode þær him mihtig god on þam spildsiþe spede forgefe þa him eorla mod ortrywe wearþ siþþan hie gesawon of suþwegum fyrd faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eored lixan garas trymedon guþ hwearfode blicon bordhreoþan byman sungon þufas þunian þeod mearc tredan on hwæl # hreopon herefugolas hilde grædige deawigfeþere ofer drihtneum wonn wælceasega wulfas sungon atol æfenleoþ ætes on wenan carleasan deor cwyldrof beodan on laþra last leodmægnes fyl hreopon mearcweardas middum nihtum fleah fæge gast folc wæs gehæged hwilum of þam werode wlance þegnas mæton milpaþas meara bogum him þær segncyning wiþ þone segn foran manna þengel mearcþreate rad guþweard gumena grimhelm gespeon cyning cinberge cumbol lixton wiges on wenum wælhlencan sceoc het his hereciste healdan georne fæst fyrdgetrum freond onsegon laþum eagan landmanna cyme ymb hine wægon wigend unforhte hare heorowulfas hilde gretton þurstige þræcwiges þeodenholde hæfde him alesen leoda dugeþe tireadigra twa þusendo þæt wæron cyningas and cneowmagas on þæt eade riht æþelum deore forþon anra gehwilc ut alædde wæpnedcynnes wigan æghwilcne þara þe he on þam fyrste findan mihte wæron ingemen ealle ætgædere cyningas on corþre cuþ oft gebad horn on heape to hwæs hægstealdmen guþþreat gumena gearwe bæron swa þær eorp werod ecan læddon laþ æfter laþum leodmægnes worn þusendmælum þider wæron fuse hæfdon hie gemynted to þam mægenheapum to þam ærdæge israhela cynn billum abreotan on hyra broþorgyld forþon wæs in wicum wop up ahafen atol æfenleoþ egesan stodon weredon wælnet þa se woma cwom flugon frecne spel feond wæs anmod werud wæs wigblac oþþæt wlance forsceaf mihtig engel se þa menigeo beheold þæt þær gelaþe mid him leng ne mihton geseon tosomne siþ wæs gedæled hæfde nydfara nihtlangne fyrst þeah þe him on healfa gehwam hettend seomedon mægen oþþe merestream nahton maran hwyrft wæron orwenan eþelrihtes sæton æfter beorgum in blacum reafum wean on wenum wæccende bad eall seo sibgedriht somod ætgædere maran mægenes oþ moyses bebead eorlas on uhttid ærnum bemum folc somnigean frecan arisan habban heora hlencan hycgan on ellen beran beorht searo beacnum cigean sweot sande near snelle gemundon weardas wigleoþ werod wæs gefysed brudon ofer burgum byman gehyrdon flotan feldhusum fyrd wæs on ofste siþþan hie getealdon wiþ þam teonhete on þam forþherge feþan twelfe moderofra mægen wæs onhrered wæs on anra gehwam æþelan cynnes alesen under lindum leoda duguþe on folcgetæl fiftig cista hæfde cista gehwilc cuþes werodes garberendra guþfremmendra tien hund geteled tireadigra þæt wæs wiglic werod wace ne gretton in þæt rincgetæl ræswan herges þa þe for geoguþe gyt ne mihton under bordhreoþan breostnet wera wiþ flane feond folmum werigean ne him bealubenne gebiden hæfdon ofer linde lærig licwunde swor gylpplegan gares gamele ne moston hare heaþorincas hilde onþeon gif him modheapum mægen swiþrade ac hie be wæstmum on wig curon hu in leodscipe læstan wolde mod mid aran eac þan mægnes cræft garbeames feng # þa wæs handrofra here ætgædere fus forþwegas fana up gerad beama beorhtost bidon ealle þa gen hwonne siþboda sæstreamum neah leoht ofer lindum lyftedoras bræc ahleop þa for hæleþum hildecalla bald beohata bord up ahof heht þa folctogan fyrde gestillan þenden modiges meþel monige gehyrdon wolde reordigean rices hyrde ofer hereciste halgan stefne werodes wisa wurþmyndum spræc ne beoþ ge þy forhtran þeah þe faraon brohte sweordwigendra side hergas eorla unrim him eallum wile mihtig drihten þurh mine hand to dæge þissum dædlean gyfan þæt hie lifigende leng ne moton ægnian mid yrmþum israhela cyn ne willaþ eow andrædan deade feþan fæge ferhþlocan fyrst is æt ende lænes lifes eow is lar godes abroden of breostum ic on beteran ræd þæt ge gewurþien wuldres aldor and eow liffrean lissa bidde sigora gesynto þær ge siþien þis is se ecea abrahames god frumsceafta frea se þas fyrd wereþ modig and mægenrof mid þære miclan hand hof þa for hergum hlude stefne lifigendra leod þa he to leodum spræc hwæt ge nu eagum to on lociaþ folca leofost færwundra sum hu ic sylfa sloh and þeos swiþre hand grene tacne garsecges deop yþ up færeþ ofstum wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten wegas syndon dryge haswe herestræta holm gerymed ealde staþolas þa ic ær ne gefrægn ofer middangeard men geferan fage feldas þa forþ heonon in ece tid yþe þeahton sælde sægrundas suþwind fornam bæþweges blæst brim is areafod sand sæcir spaw ic wat soþ gere þæt eow mihtig god miltse gecyþde eorlas ærglade ofest is selost þæt ge of feonda fæþme weorþen nu se agend up arærde reade streamas in randgebeorh syndon þa foreweallas fægre gestepte wrætlicu wægfaru oþ wolcna hrof æfter þam wordum werod eall aras modigra mægen mere stille bad hofon herecyste hwite linde segnas on sande sæweall astah uplang gestod wiþ israhelum andægne fyrst wæs seo eorla gedriht anes modes # fæstum fæþmum freoþowære heold nalles hige gehyrdon haliges lare siþþan leofes leoþ læste near sweg swiþrode and sances bland þa þæt feorþe cyn fyrmest eode wod on wægstream wigan on heape ofer grenne grund iudisc feþa on orette on uncuþ gelad for his mægwinum swa him mihtig god þæs dægweorces deop lean forgeald siþþan him gesælde sigorworca hreþ þæt he ealdordom agan sceolde ofer cynericu cneowmaga blæd hæfdon him to segne þa hie on sund stigon ofer bordhreoþan beacen aræred in þam garheape gyldenne leon drihtfolca mæst deora cenost be þam herewisan hynþo ne woldon be him lifigendum lange þolian þonne hie to guþe garwudu rærdon þeoda ænigre þracu wæs on ore heard handplega hægsteald modige wæpna wælslihtes wigend unforhte bilswaþu blodige beadumægnes ræs grimhelma gegrind þær iudas for æfter þære fyrde flota modgade rubenes sunu randas bæron sæwicingas ofer sealtne mersc manna menio micel angetrum eode unforht he his ealdordom synnum aswefede þæt he siþor for on leofes last him on leodsceare frumbearnes riht freobroþor oþþah ead and æþelo he wæs gearu swa þeah þær forþ æfter him folca þryþum sunu simeones sweotum comon þridde þeodmægen þufas wundon ofer garfare guþcyste onþrang deawig sceaftum dægwoma becwom ofer garsecge godes beacna sum morgen mæretorht mægen forþ gewat þa þær folcmægen for æfter oþrum isernhergum an wisode mægenþrymmum mæst þy he mære wearþ on forþwegas folc æfter wolcnum cynn æfter cynne cuþe æghwilc mægburga riht swa him moises bead eorla æþelo him wæs an fæder leof leodfruma landriht geþah frod on ferhþe freomagum leof cende cneowsibbe cenra manna heahfædera sum halige þeode israela cyn onriht godes swa þæt orþancum ealde reccaþ þa þe mægburge mæst gefrunon frumcyn feora fæderæþelo gehwæs niwe flodas noe oferlaþ þrymfæst þeoden mid his þrim sunum þone deopestan drencefloda þara þe gewurde on woruldrice hæfde him on hreþre halige treowa forþon he gelædde ofer lagustreamas maþmhorda mæst mine gefræge on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorþcynne ece lafe frumcneow gehwæs fæder and moder tuddorteondra geteled rime mismicelra þonne men cunnon snottor sæleoda eac þon sæda gehwilc on bearm scipes beornas feredon þara þe under heofonum hæleþ bryttigaþ swa þæt wise men wordum secgaþ þæt from noe nigoþa wære fæder abrahames on folctale þæt is se abraham se him engla god naman niwan asceop eac þon neah and feor halige heapas in gehyld bebead werþeoda geweald he on wræce lifde siþþan he gelædde leofost feora haliges hæsum heahlond stigon sibgemagas on seone beorh wære hie þær fundon wuldor gesawon halige heahtreowe swa hæleþ gefrunon þær eft se snottra sunu dauides wuldorfæst cyning witgan larum getimbrede tempel gode alh haligne eorþcyninga se wisesta on woruldrice heahst and haligost hæleþum gefrægost mæst and mærost þara þe manna bearn fira æfter foldan folmum geworhte to þam meþelstede magan gelædde abraham isaac adfyr onbran fyrst ferhþbana no þy fægenra wæs wolde þone lastweard lige gesyllan in bælblyse beorna selost his swæsne sunu to sigetibre angan ofer eorþan yrfelafe feores frofre þa he swa forþ gebad leodum to lafe langsumne hiht he þæt gecyþde þa he þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum folccuþ geteag ealde lafe ecg grymetode þæt he him lifdagas leofran ne wisse þonne he hyrde heofoncyninge up aræmde abraham þa se eorl wolde slean eaferan sinne unweaxenne ecgum reodan magan mid mece gif hine metod lete ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætniman halig tiber ac mid handa befeng þa him styran cwom stefn of heofonum wuldres hleoþor word æfter spræc ne sleh þu abraham þin agen bearn sunu mid sweorde soþ is gecyþed nu þin cunnode cyning alwihta þæt þu wiþ waldend wære heolde fæste treowe seo þe freoþo sceal in lifdagum lengest weorþan awa to aldre unswiciendo hu þearf mannes sunu maran treowe ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorþe his wuldres word widdra and siddra þonne befæþman mæge foldan sceattas eorþan ymbhwyrft and uprodor garsecges gin and þeos geomre lyft he aþ swereþ engla þeoden wyrda waldend and wereda god soþfæst sigora þurh his sylfes lif þæt þines cynnes and cneowmaga randwiggendra rim ne cunnon yldo ofer eorþan ealle cræfte to gesecgenne soþum wordum nymþe hwylc þæs snottor in sefan weorþe þæt he ana mæge ealle geriman stanas on eorþan steorran on heofonum sæbeorga sand sealte yþa ac hie gesittaþ be sæm tweonum oþ egipte incaþeode land cananea leode þine freobearn fæder folca selost folc wæs afæred flodegsa becwom gastas geomre geofon deaþe hweop wæron beorhhliþu blode bestemed holm heolfre spaw hream wæs on yþum wæter wæpna ful wælmist astah wæron egypte eft oncyrde flugon forhtigende fær ongeton woldon herebleaþe hamas findan gylp wearþ gnornra him ongen genap atol yþa gewealc ne þær ænig becwom herges to hame ac behindan beleac wyrd mid wæge þær ær wegas lagon mere modgode mægen wæs adrenced streamas stodon storm up gewat heah to heofonum herewopa mæst laþe cyrmdon lyft up geswearc fægum stæfnum flod blod gewod randbyrig wæron rofene rodor swipode meredeaþa mæst modige swulton cyningas on corþre cyre swiþrode sæs æt ende wigbord scinon heah ofer hæleþum holmweall astah merestream modig mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod forþganges weg searwum æsæled sand basnodon witodre fyrde hwonne waþema stream sincalda sæ sealtum yþum æflastum gewuna ece staþulas nacud nydboda neosan come fah feþegast se þe feondum geneop wæs seo hæwene lyft heolfre geblanden brim berstende blodegesan hweop sæmanna siþ oþþæt soþ metod þurh moyses hand modge rymde wide wæþde wælfæþmum sweop flod famgode fæge crungon lagu land gefeol lyft wæs onhrered wicon weallfæsten wægas burston multon meretorras þa se mihtiga sloh mid halige hand heofonrices weard on werbeamas wlance þeode ne mihton forhabban helpendra paþ merestreames mod ac he manegum gesceod gyllende gryre garsecg wedde up ateah on sleap egesan stodon weollon wælbenna witrod gefeol heah of heofonum handweorc godes famigbosma flodwearde sloh unhleowan wæg alde mece þæt þy deaþdrepe drihte swæfon synfullra sweot sawlum lunnon fæste befarene flodblac here siþþan hie on bugon brun yppinge modewæga mæst mægen eall gedreas þa gedrencte wæron dugoþ egypta faraon mid his folcum he onfond hraþe siþþan grund gestah godes andsaca þæt wæs mihtigra mereflodes weard wolde heorufæþmum hilde gesceadan yrre and egesfull egyptum wearþ þæs dægweorces deop lean gesceod forþam þæs 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