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