# Daniel

gefrægn ic hebreos || eadge lifgean
in hierusalem || goldhord dælan
cyningdom habban || swa him gecynde wæs
siþþan þurh metodes mægen || on moyses hand
wearþ wig gifen || wigena mænieo
and hie of egyptum || ut aforon
mægene micle || þæt wæs modig cyn
þenden hie þy rice || rædan moston
burgum wealdan || wæs him beorht wela
þenden þæt folc mid him || hiera fæder wære
healdan woldon || wæs him hyrde god
heofonrices weard || halig drihten
wuldres waldend || se þam werude geaf
mod and mihte || metod alwihta
þæt hie oft fela folca || feore gesceodon
heriges helmum || þara þe him hold ne wæs
oþþæt hie wlenco anwod || æt winþege
deofoldædum || druncne geþohtas
þa hie æcræftas || ane forleton
metodes mægenscipe || swa no man scyle
his gastes lufan || wiþ gode dælan
þa geseah ic þa gedriht || in gedwolan hweorfan
israhela cyn || unriht don
wommas wyrcean || þæt wæs weorc gode
oft he þam leodum || to lare sende
heofonrices weard || halige gastas
þa þam werude || wisdom budon
hie þære snytro || soþ gelyfdon
lytle hwile || oþþæt hie langung beswac
eorþan dreamas || eces rædes
þæt hie æt siþestan || sylfe forleton
drihtnes domas || curon deofles cræft
þa wearþ reþemod || rices þeoden
unhold þeodum || þam þe æhte geaf
wisde him æt frymþe || þa þe on fruman ær þon
wæron mancynnes || metode dyrust
dugoþa dyrust || drihtne leofost
herepaþ tæhte || to þære hean byrig
eorlum elþeodigum || on eþelland
þær salem stod || searwum afæstnod
weallum geweorþod || to þæs witgan foron
caldea cyn || to ceastre forþ
þær israela || æhta wæron
bewrigene mid weorcum || to þam þæt werod gefor
mægenþreat mære || manbealwes georn
awehte þone wælniþ || wera aldorfrea
babilones brego || on his burhstede
nabochodonossor || þurh niþhete
þæt he secan ongan || sefan gehygdum
hu he israelum || eaþost meahte
þurh gromra gang || guman oþþringan
gesamnode þa || suþan and norþan
wælhreow werod || and west foran
herige hæþencyninga || to þære hean byrig
israela || eþelweardas
hæfdon lufan lifwelan || þenden hie let metod
þa ic eþan gefrægn || ealdfeonda cyn
winburh wera || þa wigan ne gelyfdon
bereafodon þa receda wuldor || readan golde
since and seolfre || salomones templ
gestrudan gestreona || under stanhliþum
swilc eall swa þa eorlas || agan sceoldon
oþþæt hie burga gehwone || abrocen hæfdon
þara þe þam folce || to friþe stodon
gehlodon him to huþe || hordwearda gestreon
feoh and frætwa || swilc þær funden wæs
and þa mid þam æhtum || eft siþedon
and gelæddon eac || on langne siþ
israela cyn || on eastwegas
to babilonia || beorna unrim
under hand hæleþ || hæþenum deman
nabochodonossor || him on nyd dyde
israela bearn || ofer ealle lufen
wæpna lafe || to weorcþeowum
onsende þa || sinra þegna
worn þæs werudes || west toferan
þæt him þara leoda || land geheolde
eþne eþel || æfter ebreum
het þa secan || sine gerefan
geond israela || earme lafe
hwilc þære geogoþe || gleawost wære
boca bebodes || þe þær brungen wæs
wolde þæt þa cnihtas || cræft leornedon
þæt him snytro on sefan || secgan mihte
nales þy þe he þæt moste || oþþe gemunan wolde
þæt he þara gifena || gode þancode
þe him þær to duguþe || drihten scyrede
þa hie þær fundon || þry freagleawe
æþele cnihtas || and æfæste
ginge and gode || in godsæde
an wæs annanias || oþer azarias
þridda misael || metode gecorene
þa þry comon || to þeodne foran
hearde and higeþancle || þær se hæþena sæt
cyning corþres georn || in caldea byrig
þa hie þam wlancan || wisdom sceoldon
weras ebrea || wordum cyþan
higecræft heane || þurh halig mod
þa se beorn bebead || babilone weard
swiþmod cyning || sinum þegnum
þæt þa frumgaras || be feore dæde
þæt þam gengum þrym || gad ne wære
wiste ne wæde || in woruldlife
þa wæs breme || babilone weard
mære and modig || ofer middangeard
egesful ylda bearnum || no he æ fremede
ac in oferhygde || æghwæs lifde
þa þam folctogan || on frumslæpe
siþþan to reste gehwearf || rice þeoden
com on sefan hwurfan || swefnes woma
hu woruld wære || wundrum geteod
ungelic yldum || oþ edsceafte
wearþ him on slæpe || soþ gecyþed
þætte rices gehwæs || reþe sceolde gelimpan
eorþan dreamas || ende wurþan
þa onwoc wulfheort || se ær wingal swæf
babilone weard || næs him bliþe hige
ac him sorh astah || swefnes woma
no he gemunde || þæt him meted wæs
het þa tosomne || sinra leoda
þa wiccungdom || widost bæron
frægn þa þa mænigeo || hwæt hine gemætte
þenden reordberend || reste wunode
wearþ he on þam egesan || acol worden
þa he ne wisse || word ne angin
swefnes sines || het him secgan þeah
þa him unbliþe || andswaredon
deofolwitgan || næs him dom gearu
to asecganne || swefen cyninge
hu magon we swa dygle || drihten ahicgan
on sefan þinne || hu þe swefnede
oþþe wyrda gesceaft || wisdom bude
gif þu his ærest ne meaht || or areccan
þa him unbliþe || andswarode
wulfheort cyning || witgum sinum
næron ge swa eacne || ofer ealle men
modgeþances || swa ge me sægdon
and þæt gecwædon || þæt ge cuþon
mine aldorlege || swa me æfter wearþ
oþþe ic furþor || findan sceolde
nu ge mætinge || mine ne cunnon
þa þe me for werode || wisdom beraþ
ge sweltaþ deaþe || nymþe ic dom wite
soþan swefnes || þæs min sefa myndgaþ
ne meahte þa seo mænigeo || on þam meþelstede
þurh witigdom || wihte aþencean
ne ahicgan || þa hit forhæfed gewearþ
þætte hie sædon || swefn cyninge
wyrda gerynu || oþþæt witga cwom
daniel to dome || se wæs drihtne gecoren
snotor and soþfæst || in þæt seld gangan
se wæs ordfruma || earmre lafe
þære þe þam hæþenan || hyran sceolde
him god sealde || gife of heofnum
þurh hleoþorcwyde || haliges gastes
þæt him engel godes || eall asægde
swa his mandrihten || gemæted wearþ
þa eode daniel || þa dæg lyhte
swefen reccan || sinum frean
sægde him wislice || wereda gesceafte
þætte sona ongeat || swiþmod cyning
ord and ende || þæs þe him ywed wæs
þa hæfde daniel || dom micelne
blæd in babilonia || mid bocerum
siþþan he gesæde || swefen cyninge
þæt he ær for fyrenum || onfon ne meahte
babilonie weard || in his breostlocan
no hwæþere þæt daniel || gedon mihte
þæt he wolde metodes || mihte gelyfan
ac he wyrcan ongan || weoh on felda
þam þe deormode || diran heton
se wæs on þære þeode || þe swa hatte
bresne babilonige || þære burge weard
anne manlican || ofer metodes est
gyld of golde || gumum arærde
for þam þe gleaw ne wæs || gumrices weard
reþe and rædleas || riht //
þa wearþ hæleþa hlyst || þa hleoþor cwom
byman stefne || ofer burhware
þa hie for þam cumble || on cneowum sæton
onhnigon to þam herige || hæþne þeode
wurþedon wihgyld || ne wiston wræstran ræd
efndon unrihtdom || swa hyra aldor dyde
mane gemenged || mode gefrecnod
fremde folcmægen || swa hyra frea ærest
unræd efnde || him þæs æfter becwom
yfel endelean || unriht dyde
þær þry wæron || on þæs þeodnes byrig
eorlas israela || þæt hie a noldon
hyra þeodnes dom || þafigan onginnan
þæt hie to þam beacne || gebedu rærde
þeah þe þær on herige || byman sungon
þa wæron æþelum god || abrahames bearn
wæron wærfæste || wiston drihten
ecne uppe || ælmihtigne
cnihtas cynegode || cuþ gedydon
þæt hie him þæt gold || to gode noldon
habban ne healdan || ac þone hean cyning
gasta hyrde || þe him gife sealde
oft hie to bote || balde gecwædon
þæt hie þæs wiges || wihte ne rohton
ne hie to þam gebede || mihte gebædon
hæþen heriges wisa || þæt hie þider hweorfan wolden
guman to þam gyldnan gylde || þe he him to gode geteode
þegnas þeodne sægdon || þæt hie þære geþeahte wæron
hæftas hearan || in þisse hean byrig
þa þis hegan ne willaþ || ne þysne wig wurþigean
þe þu þe to wuldre || wundrum teodest
þa him bolgenmod || babilone weard
yrre andswarode || eorlum onmælde
grimme þam gingum || and geocre oncwæþ
þæt hie gegnunga || gyldan sceolde
oþþe þrowigean || þreanied micel
frecne fyres wylm || nymþe hie friþes wolde
wilnian to þam wyrrestan || weras ebrea
guman to þam golde || þe he him to gode teode
noldon þeah þa hyssas || hyran larum
in hige hæþnum || hogedon georne
þæt æ godes || ealle gelæste
and ne awacodon || wereda drihtne
ne þan mæ gehwurfe || in hæþendom
ne hie to facne || freoþo wilnedan
þeah þe him se bitera deaþ || geboden wære
þa wearþ yrre anmod cyning || het he ofn onhætan
to cwale cnihta feorum || forþam þe hie his cræftas onsocon
þa he wæs gegleded || swa he grimmost mihte
frecne fyres lige || þa he þyder folc samnode
and gebindan het || babilone weard
grim and gealhmod || godes spelbodan
het þa his scealcas || scufan þa hyssas
in bælblyse || beornas geonge
gearo wæs se him geoce gefremede || þeah þe hie swa grome nydde
in fæþm fyres lige || hwæþere heora feorh generede
mihtig metodes weard || swa þæt mænige gefrunon
halige him þær help geteode || sende him of hean rodore
god gumena weard || gast þone halgan
engel in þone ofn innan becwom || þær hie þæt aglac drugon
freobearn fæþmum beþeahte || under þam fyrenan hrofe
ne mihte þeah heora wlite || gewemman owiht
wylm þæs wæfran liges || þa hie se waldend nerede
hreohmod wæs se hæþena þeoden || het hie hraþe bærnan
æled wæs ungescead micel || þa wæs se ofen onhæted
isen eall þurhgleded || hine þær esnas mænige
wurpon wudu on innan || swa him wæs on wordum gedemed
bæron brandas on bryne || blacan fyres
wolde wulfheort cyning || wall onsteallan
iserne ymb æfæste || oþþæt up gewat
lig ofer leofum || and þurh lust gesloh
micle mare || þonne gemet wære
þa se lig gewand || on laþe men
hæþne of halgum || hyssas wæron
bliþemode || burnon scealcas
ymb ofn utan || alet gehwearf
teonfullum on teso || þær to geseah
babilone brego || bliþe wæron
eorlas ebrea || ofestum heredon
drihten on dreame || dydon swa hie cuþon
ofne on innan || aldre generede
guman glædmode || god wurþedon
under þæs fæþme || þe geflymed wearþ
frecne fyres hæto || freobearn wurdon
alæten liges gange || ne hie him þær laþ gedydon
næs him se sweg to sorge || þon ma þe sunnan scima
ne se bryne beot mæcgum || þe in þam beote wæron
ac þæt fyr fyr scyde || to þam þe þa scylde worhton
hwearf on þa hæþenan hæftas || fram þam halgan cnihton
werigra wlite minsode || þa þe þy worce gefægon
geseah þa swiþmod cyning || þa he his sefan ontreowde
wundor on wite agangen || him þæt wræclic þuhte
hyssas hale hwurfon || in þam hatan ofne
ealle æfæste þry || him eac þær wæs
an on gesyhþe || engel ælmihtiges
him þær on ofne || owiht ne derede
ac wæs þær inne || ealles gelicost
efne þonne on sumera || sunne scineþ
and deaw dryge || on dæge weorþeþ
winde geondsawen || þæt wæs wuldres god
þe hie generede || wiþ þam niþhete
þa azarias || ingeþancum
hleoþrade halig || þurh hatne lig
dreag dæda georn || drihten herede
wer womma leas || and þa word acwæþ
metod alwihta hwæt || þu eart mihtum swiþ
niþas to nergenne || is þin nama mære
wlitig and wuldorfæst || ofer werþeode
siendon þine domas || in daga gehwam
soþe and geswiþde || and gesigefæste
swa þu eac sylfa eart # || 
syndon þine willan || on woruldspedum
rihte and gerume || rodora waldend
geoca user georne nu || gasta scyppend
and þurh hyldo help || halig drihten
nu we þec for þreaum || and for þeonydum
and for eaþmedum || arna biddaþ
lige belegde || we þæs lifgende
worhton on worulde || eac þon wom dyde
user yldran || for oferhygdum
bræcon bebodo || burhsittende
had oferhogedon || halgan lifes
siendon we towrecene || geond widne grund
heapum tohworfene || hyldelease
is user lif || geond landa fela
fracoþ and gefræge || folca manegum
þa usic bewræcon || to þæs wyrrestan
eorþcyninga || æhta gewealde
on hæft heorugrimra || and we nu hæþenra
þeowned þoliaþ || þæs þe þanc sie
wereda wuldorcyning || þæt þu us þas wrace teodest
ne forlet þu usic ane || ece drihten
for þam miltsum || þe þec men hligaþ
and for þam treowum || þe þu tirum fæst
niþa nergend || genumen hæfdest
to abrahame || and to isaace
and to iacobe || gasta scyppend
þu him þæt gehete || þurh hleoþorcwyde
þæt þu hyra frumcyn || in fyrndagum
ican wolde || þætte æfter him
on cneorissum || cenned wurde
and seo mænigeo || mære wære
had to hebbanne || swa heofonsteorran
bebugaþ bradne hwyrft || oþþe brimfaroþes
sæfaroþa sand || geond sealtne wæg
in eare gryndeþ || þæt his unrim a
in wintra worn || wurþan sceolde
fyl nu frumspræce || þeah heora fea lifigen
wlitiga þinne wordcwyde || and þin wuldor on us
gecyþ cræft and miht || þæt þa caldeas
and folca fela || gefrigen habbaþ
þa þe under heofenum || hæþene lifigeaþ
and þæt þu ana eart || ece drihten
weroda waldend || woruldgesceafta
sigora settend || soþfæst metod
swa se halga wer || hergende wæs
metodes miltse || and his mihta sped
rehte þurh reorde || þa of roderum wæs
engel ælbeorht || ufan onsended
wlitescyne wer || on his wuldorhaman
se him cwom to frofre || and to feorhnere
mid lufan and mid lisse || se þone lig tosceaf
halig and heofonbeorht || hatan fyres
tosweop hine and toswende || þurh þa swiþan miht
ligges leoman || þæt hyra lice ne wæs
owiht geegled || ac he on andan sloh
fyr on feondas || for fyrendædum
þa wæs on þam ofne || þær se engel becwom
windig and wynsum || wedere gelicost
þonne hit on sumeres tid || sended weorþeþ
dropena drearung || on dæges hwile
wearmlic wolcna scur || swylc biþ wedera cyst
swylc wæs on þam fyre || frean mihtum
halgum to helpe || wearþ se hata lig
todrifen and todwæsced || þær þa dædhwatan
geond þone ofen eodon || and se engel mid
feorh nerigende || se þær feorþa wæs
annanias || and azarias
and misael || þær þa modhwatan
þry on geþancum || þeoden heredon
bædon bletsian || bearn israela
eall landgesceaft || ecne drihten
þeoda waldend || swa hie þry cwædon
modum horsce || þurh gemæne word
þe gebletsige || bylywit fæder
woruldcræfta wlite || and weorca gehwilc
heofonas and englas || and hluttor wæter
þa þe ofer roderum || on rihtne gesceaft
wuniaþ in wuldre || þa þec wurþiaþ
and þec ælmihtig || ealle gesceafte
rodorbeorhtan tunglu || þa þe ryne healdaþ
sunna and mona || sundor anra gehwilc
herige in hade || and heofonsteorran
deaw and deor scur || þa þec domige
and þec mihtig god || gastas lofige
byrnende fyr || and beorht sumor
nergend hergaþ || niht somod and dæg
and þec landa gehwilc || leoht and þeostro
herige on hade || somod hat and ceald
and þec frea mihtig || forstas and snawas
winterbiter weder || and wolcenfaru
lofige on lyfte || and þec ligetu
blace berhtmhwate || þa þec bletsige
eall eorþan grund || ece drihten
hyllas and hrusan || and hea beorgas
sealte sæwægas || soþfæst metod
eastream yþa || and upcyme
wætersprync wylla || þa þec wurþiaþ
hwalas þec herigaþ || and hefonfugolas
lyftlacende || þa þe lagostreamas
wæterscipe wecgaþ || and wildu deor
and neata gehwilc || naman bletsie
and manna bearn || modum lufiaþ
and þec israela || æhta scyppend
herigaþ in hade || herran sinne
and þec haligra || heortan cræftas
soþfæstra gehwæs || sawle and gastas
lofiaþ liffrean || lean sellende
eallum eadmodum || ece drihten
annanias þec || and adzarias
and misael || metod domige
breostgeþancum || we þec bletsiaþ
frea folca gehwæs || fæder ælmihtig
soþ sunu metodes || sawla nergend
hæleþa helpend || and þec halig gast
wurþiaþ in wuldre || witig drihten
we þec herigaþ || halig drihten
and gebedum bremaþ || þu gebletsad eart
gewurþad wideferhþ || ofer worulde hrof
heahcyning heofones || halgum mihtum
lifes leohtfruma || ofer landa gehwilc
þa þæt ehtode || ealdor þeode
nabochodonossor || wiþ þam nehstum
folcgesiþum || þæt eower fela geseah
þeode mine || þæt we þry sendon
geboden to bæle || in byrnende
fyres leoman || nu ic þær feower men
geseo to soþe || nales me sefa leogeþ
þa cwæþ se þe wæs || cyninges ræswa
wis and wordgleaw || þæt is wundra sum
þæt we þær eagum || on lociaþ
geþenc þeoden min || þine gerysna
ongyt georne || hwa þa gyfe sealde
gingum gædelingum || hie god herigaþ
anne ecne || and ealles him
be naman gehwam || on neod sprecaþ
þanciaþ þrymmes || þristum wordum
cweþaþ he sie ana || ælmihtig god
witig wuldorcyning || worlde and heofona
aban þu þa beornas || brego caldea
ut of ofne || nis hit owihtes god
þæt hie sien on þam laþe || leng þonne þu þurfe
het þa se cyning to him || cnihtas gangan
hyssas hearde || hyrdon lare
cyrdon cynegode || swa hie gecyþde wæron
hwurfon hæleþ geonge || to þam hæþenan foran
wæron þa bende forburnene || þe him on banum lagon
laþsearo leoda cyninges || and hyra lice geborgen
næs hyra wlite gewemmed || ne nænig wroht on hrægle
ne feax fyre beswæled || ac hie on friþe drihtnes
of þam grimman gryre || glade treddedon
gleawmode guman || on gastes hyld
þa gewat se engel up || secan him ece dreamas
on heanne hrof || heofona rices
heh þegn and hold || halgum metode
hæfde on þam wundre gewurþod || þe þa gewyrhto ahton
hyssas heredon drihten || for þam hæþenan folce
septon hie soþcwidum || and him sædon fela
soþra tacna || oþþæt he sylfa gelyfde
þæt se wære mihta waldend || se þe hie of þam mirce generede
gebead þa se bræsna || babilone weard
swiþmod sinum leodum || þæt se wære his aldre scyldig
se þæs onsoce || þætte soþ wære
mære mihta waldend || se hie of þam morþre alysde
agæf him þa his leoda lafe || þe þær gelædde wæron
on æht ealdfeondum || þæt hie are hæfdon
wæs heora blæd in babilone || siþþan hie þone bryne fandedon
dom wearþ æfter duguþe gecyþed || siþþan hie drihtne gehyrdon
wæron hyra rædas rice || siþþan hie rodera waldend
halig heofonrices weard || wiþ þone hearm gescylde
þa ic secan gefrægn || soþum wordum
siþþan he wundor onget # || 
babilone weard || þurh fyres bryne
hu þa hyssas þry || hatan ofnes
færgryre fyres || oferfaren hæfdon
wylm þurhwodon || swa him wiht ne sceod
grim gleda niþ || godes spelbodan
frecnan fyres || ac him friþ drihtnes
wiþ þæs egesan gryre || aldor gescylde
þa se þeoden ongan || geþinges wyrcan
het þa tosomne || sine leode
and þa on þam meþle || ofer menigo bebead
wyrd gewordene || and wundor godes
þætte on þam cnihtum || gecyþed wæs
onhicgaþ nu || halige mihte
wise wundor godes || we gesawon
þæt he wiþ cwealme gebearh || cnihtum on ofne
lacende lig || þam þe his lof bæron
forþam he is ana || ece drihten
dema ælmihtig || se þe him dom forgeaf
spowende sped || þam þe his spel beraþ
forþon witigaþ || þurh wundor monig
halgum gastum || þe his hyld curon
cuþ is þæt me daniel || dyglan swefnes
soþ gesæde || þæt ær swiþe oþstod
manegum on mode || minra leoda
forþam ælmihtig || eacenne gast
in sefan sende || snyttro cræftas
swa wordum spræc || werodes ræswa
babilone weard || siþþan he beacen onget
swutol tacen godes || no þy sel dyde
ac þam æþelinge || oferhygd gesceod
wearþ him hyrra hyge || and on heortan geþanc
mara on modsefan || þonne gemet wære
oþþæt hine mid nyde || nyþor asette
metod ælmihtig || swa he manegum deþ
þara þe þurh oferhyd || up astigeþ
þa him wearþ on slæpe || swefen ætywed
nabochodonossor || him þæt neh gewearþ
þuhte him þæt on foldan || fægre stode
wudubeam wlitig || se wæs wyrtum fæst
beorht on blædum || næs he bearwe gelic
ac he hlifode || to heofontunglum
swilce he oferfæþmde || foldan sceatas
ealne middangeard || oþ merestreamas
twigum and telgum || þær he to geseah
þuhte him þæt se wudubeam || wilddeor scylde
ane æte || eallum heolde
swylce fuglas eac || heora feorhnere
on þæs beames || bledum name
þuhte him þæt engel || ufan of roderum
stigan cwome || and stefne abead
torhtan reorde || het þæt treow ceorfan
and þa wildan deor || on weg fleon
swylce eac þa fugolas || þonne his fyll come
het þonne besnædan || seolfes blædum
twigum and telgum || and þeh tacen wesan
wunian wyrtruman || þæs wudubeames
eorþan fæstne || oþþæt eft cyme
grene bleda || þonne god sylle
het eac gebindan || beam þone miclan
ærenum clammum || and isernum
and gesæledne || in susl don
þæt his mod wite || þæt migtigra
wite wealdeþ || þonne he him wiþ mæge
þa of slæpe onwoc || swefn wæs æt ende
eorþlic æþeling || him þæs egesa stod
gryre fram þam gaste || þe þyder god sende
het þa tosomne || sine leode
folctogan feran || frægn ofer ealle
swiþmod cyning || hwæt þæt swefen bude
nalles þy he wende || þæt hie hit wiston
ac he cunnode || hu hie cweþan woldon
þa wæs to þam dome || daniel haten
godes spelboda || him wæs gæst geseald
halig of heofonum || se his hyge trymede
on þam drihtenweard || deopne wisse
sefan sidne geþanc || and snytro cræft
wisne wordcwide || oft he wundor manig
metodes mihta || for men ætbær
þa he secgan ongan || swefnes woman
heahheort and hæþen || heriges wisa
ealne þone egesan || þe him eowed wæs
bæd hine areccan || hwæt seo run bude
hofe haligu word || and in hige funde
to gesecganne || soþum wordum
hwæt se beam bude || þe he blican geseah
and him witgode || wyrda geþingu
he þa swigode || hwæþere soþ ongeat
daniel æt þam dome || þæt his drihten wæs
gumena aldor || wiþ god scyldig
wandode se wisa || hwæþre he worde cwæþ
æcræftig ar || to þam æþelinge
þæt is weredes weard || wundor unlytel
þæt þu gesawe || þurh swefen cuman
heofonheane beam || and þa halgan word
yrre and egeslicu || þa se engel cwæþ
þæt þæt treow sceolde || telgum besnæded
foran afeallan || þæt ær fæste stod
and þonne mid deorum || dreamleas beon
westen wunian || and his wyrtruman
foldan befolen || fyrstmearc wesan
stille on staþole || swa seo stefn gecwæþ
ymb seofon tida || sæde eft onfon
swa þin blæd liþ || swa se beam geweox
heah to heofonum || swa þu hæleþum eart
ana eallum || eorþbuendum
weard and wisa || nis þe wiþerbreca
man on moldan || nymþe metod ana
se þec aceorfeþ || of cyningdome
and þec wineleasne || on wræc sendeþ
and þonne onhweorfeþ || heortan þine
þæt þu ne gemyndgast || æfter mandreame
ne gewittes wast || butan wildeora þeaw
ac þu lifgende || lange þrage
heorta hlypum || geond holt wunast
ne biþ þec mælmete || nymþe mores græs
ne rest witod || ac þec regna scur
weceþ and wreceþ || swa wildu deor
oþþæt þu ymb seofon winter || soþ gelyfest
þæt sie an metod || eallum mannum
reccend and rice || se on roderum is
is me swa þeah willa || þæt se wyrtruma
stille wæs on staþole || swa seo stefn gecwæþ
and ymbe seofan tide || sæde onfenge
swa þin rice || restende biþ
anwalh for eorlum || oþþæt þu eft cymst
gehyge þu frea min || fæstlicne ræd
syle ælmyssan || wes earmra hleo
þinga for þeodne || ær þam seo þrah cyme
þæt he þec aworpe || of woruldrice
oft metod alæt || monige þeode
wyrcan bote || þonne hie woldon sylfe
fyrene fæstan || ær him fær godes
þurh egesan gryre || aldre gesceode
no þæs fela daniel || to his drihtne gespræc
soþra worda || þurh snytro cræft
þæt þæs a se rica || reccan wolde
middangeardes weard || ac his mod astah
heah fram heortan || he þæs hearde ongeald
ongan þa gyddigan || þurh gylp micel
caldea cyning || þa he ceastergeweorc
babilone burh || on his blæde geseah
sennera feld || sidne bewindan
heah hlifigan || þæt se heretyma
werede geworhte || þurh wundor micel
wearþ þa anhydig || ofer ealle men
swiþmod in sefan || for þære sundorgife
þe him god sealde || gumena rice
world to gewealde || in wera life
þu eart seo micle || and min seo mære burh
þe ic geworhte || to wurþmyndum
rume rice || ic reste on þe
eard and eþel || agan wille
þa for þam gylpe || gumena drihten
forfangen wearþ || and on fleam gewat
ana on oferhyd || ofer ealle men
swa wod wera || on gewindagum
geocrostne siþ || in godes wite
þara þe eft lifigende || leode begete
nabochodonossor || siþþan him niþ godes
hreþ of heofonum || hete gesceode
seofon winter samod || susl þrowode
wildeora westen || winburge cyning
þa se earfoþmæcg || up locode
wilddeora gewita || þurh wolcna gang
gemunde þa on mode || þæt metod wære
heofona heahcyning || hæleþa bearnum
ana ece gast || þa he eft onhwearf
wodan gewittes || þær þe he ær wide bær
herewosan hige || heortan getenge
þa his gast ahwearf || in godes gemynd
mod to mannum || siþþan he metod onget
gewat þa earmsceapen || eft siþian
nacod nydgenga || niþ geþafian
wundorlic wræcca || and wæda leas
mætra on modgeþanc || to mancynne
þonne gumena weard || in gylpe wæs
stod middangeard || æfter mandrihtne
eard and eþel || æfter þam æþelinge
seofon winter samod || swa no swiþrode
rice under roderum || oþþæt se ræswa com
þa wæs eft geseted || in aldordom
babilone weard || hæfde beteran þeaw
leohtran geleafan || in liffruman
þætte god sealde || gumena gehwilcum
welan swa wite || swa he wolde sylf
ne lengde þa || leoda aldor
witegena wordcwyde || ac he wide bead
metodes mihte || þær he meld ahte
siþfæt sægde || sinum leodum
wide waþe || þe he mid wilddeorum ateah
oþþæt him frean godes || in gast becwom
rædfæst sefa || þa he to roderum beseah
wyrd wæs geworden || wundor gecyþed
swefn geseþed || susl awunnen
dom gedemed || swa ær daniel cwæþ
þæt se folctoga || findan sceolde
earfoþsiþas || for his ofermedlan
swa he ofstlice || godspellode
metodes mihtum || for mancynne
siþþan in babilone || burhsittendum
lange hwile || lare sægde
daniel domas || siþþan deora gesiþ
wildra wærgenga || of waþe cwom
nabochodonossor || of niþwracum
siþþan weardode || wide rice
heold hæleþa gestreon || and þa hean burh
frod foremihtig || folca ræswa
caldea cyning || oþþæt him cwelm gesceod
swa him ofer eorþan || andsaca ne wæs
gumena ænig || oþþæt him god wolde
þurh hryre hreddan || hea rice
siþþan þær his aferan || ead bryttedon
welan wunden gold || in þære widan byrig
ealhstede eorla || unwaclice
heah hordmægen || þa hyra hlaford læg
þa in þære þeode awoc || his þæt þridde cneow
wæs baldazar || burga aldor
weold wera rices || oþþæt him wlenco gesceod
oferhyd egle || þa wæs endedæg
þæs þe caldeas || cyningdom ahton
þa metod onlah || medum and persum
aldordomes || ymb lytel fæc
let babilone || blæd swiþrian
þone þa hæleþ || healdan sceoldon
wiste he ealdormen || in unrihtum
þa þe þy rice || rædan sceoldon
þa þæt gehogode || hamsittende
meda aldor || þæt ær man ne ongan
þæt he babilone || abrecan wolde
alhstede eorla || þær æþelingas
under wealla hleo || welan brytnedon
þæt wæs þara fæstna || folcum cuþost
mæst and mærost || þara þe men bun
babilon burga || oþþæt baldazar
þurh gylp grome || godes frasade
sæton him æt wine || wealle belocene
ne onegdon na || orlegra niþ
þeah þe feonda folc || feran cwome
herega gerædum || to þære heahbyrig
þæt hie babilone || abrecan mihton
gesæt þa to symble || siþestan dæge
caldea cyning || mid cneomagum
þær medugal wearþ || mægenes wisa
het þam æþelum beran || israela gestreon
huslfatu halegu || on hand werum
þa ær caldeas || mid cyneþrymme
cempan in ceastre || clæne genamon
gold in gerusalem || þa hie iudea
blæd forbræcon || billa ecgum
and þurh hleoþorcyme || herige genamon
beorhte frætwe || þa hie tempel strudon
salomanes seld || swiþe gulpon
þa wearþ bliþemod || burga aldor
gealp gramlice || gode on andan
cwæþ þæt his hergas || hyrran wæron
and mihtigran || mannum to friþe
þonne israela || ece drihten
him þæt tacen wearþ || þær he to starude
egeslic for eorlum || innan healle
þæt he for leodum || ligeword gecwæþ
þa þær in egesan || engel drihtnes
let his hand cuman || in þæt hea seld
wrat þa in wage || worda gerynu
baswe bocstafas || burhsittendum
þa wearþ folctoga || forht on mode
acul for þam egesan || geseah he engles hand
in sele writan || sennera wite
þæt gyddedon || gumena mænigeo
hæleþ in healle || hwæt seo hand write
to þam beacne || burhsittendum
werede comon || on þæt wundor seon
sohton þa swiþe || in sefan gehydum
hwæt seo hand write || haliges gastes
ne mihton arædan || runcræftige men
engles ærendbec || æþelinga cyn
oþþæt daniel com || drihtne gecoren
snotor and soþfæst || in þæt seld gangan
þam wæs on gaste || godes cræft micel
to þam ic georne gefrægn || gyfum ceapian
burhge weardas || þæt he him bocstafas
arædde and arehte || hwæt seo run bude
him æcræftig || andswarode
godes spelboda || gleaw geþances
no ic wiþ feohsceattum || ofer folc bere
drihtnes domas || ne þe dugeþe can
ac þe unceapunga || orlæg secge
worda gerynu || þa þu wendan ne miht
þu for anmedlan || in æht bere
huslfatu halegu || on hand werum
on þam ge deoflu || drincan ongunnon
þa ær israela || in æ hæfdon
æt godes earce || oþþæt hie gylp beswac
windruncen gewit || swa þe wurþan sceal
no þæt þin aldor || æfre wolde
godes goldfatu || in gylp beran
ne þy hraþor hremde || þeah þe here brohte
israela gestreon || in his æhte geweald
ac þæt oftor gecwæþ || aldor þeoda
soþum wordum || ofer sin mægen
siþþan him wuldres weard || wundor gecyþde
þæt he wære ana || ealra gesceafta
drihten and waldend || se him dom forgeaf
unscyndne blæd || eorþan rices
and þu lignest nu || þæt sie lifgende
se ofer deoflum || dugeþum wealdeþ