Christ and Satan

þæt wearþ underne eorþbuendum þæt meotod hæfde miht and strengþo þa he gefestnade foldan sceatas seolfa he gesette sunnan and monan stanas and eorþan stream ut on sæ wæter and wolcn þurh his wundra miht deopne ymblyt clene ymbhaldeþ meotod on mihtum and alne middangeard he selfa mæg sæ geondwlitan grundas in geofene godes agen bearn and he ariman mæg rægnas scuran dropena gehwelcne daga enderim seolua he gesette þurh his soþan miht swa se wyrhta þurh his wuldres gast serede and sette on six dagum eorþan dæles up on heofonum and heanne holm hwa is þæt þe cunne orþonc clene nymþe ece god dreamas he gedelde duguþe and geþeode adam ærest and þæt æþele cyn engla ordfruman þæt þe eft forwarþ þuhte him on mode þæt hit mihte swa þæt hie weron seolfe swegles brytan wuldres waldend him þær wirse gelamp þa heo in helle ham staþeledon an æfter oþrum in þæt atole scref þær heo brynewelme bidan sceolden saran sorge nales swegles leoht habban in heofnum heahgetimbrad ac gedufan sceolun in þone deopan wælm niþær undær nessas in þone neowlan grund gredige and gifre god ana wat hu he þæt scyldige werud forscrifen hæfde cleopaþ þonne se alda ut of helle wriceþ wordcwedas weregan reorde eisegan stefne hwær com engla þrym þe we on heofnum habban sceoldan þis is þeostræ ham þearle gebunden fæstum fyrclommum flor is on welme attre onæled nis nu ende feor þæt we sceolun ætsomne susel þrowian wean and wergu nalles wuldres blæd habban in heofnum hehselda wyn hwæt we for dryhtene iu dreamas hefdon song on swegle selrum tidum þær nu ymb þone æcan æþele stondaþ heleþ ymb hehseld herigaþ drihten wordum and wercum and ic in wite sceal bidan in bendum and me bættran ham for oferhygdum æfre ne wene þa him andsweradan atole gastas swarte and synfulle susle begnornende þu us gelærdæst þurh lyge þinne þæt we helende heran ne scealdon þuhte þe anum þæt þu ahtest alles gewald heofnes and eorþan wære halig god scypend seolfa nu earttu sceaþana sum in fyrlocan feste gebunden wendes þu þurh wuldor þæt þu woruld ahtest alra onwald and we englas mid þec atol is þin onseon habbaþ we alle swa for þinum leasungum lyþre gefered segdest us to soþe þæt þin sunu wære meotod moncynnes hafustu nu mare susel swa firenfulle facnum wordum heora aldorþægn on reordadon on cearum cwidum crist heo afirde dreamum bedelde hæfdan dryhtnes liht for oferhygdum ufan forleton hæfdon hym to hyhte helle floras beornende bealo blace hworfon scinnan forscepene sceaþan hwearfedon earme æglecan geond þæt atole scref for þam anmedlan þe hie ær drugon eft reordade oþre siþe feonda aldor wæs þa forht agen seoþþan he þes wites worn gefelde he spearcade þonne he spreocan ongan fyre and atre ne biþ swelc fæger dream þonne he in witum wordum indraf ic wæs iu in heofnum halig ængel dryhtene deore hefde me dream mid gode micelne for meotode and þeos menego swa some þa ic in mode minum hogade þæt ic wolde towerpan wuldres leoman bearn helendes agan me burga gewald eall to æhte and þeos earme heap þe ic hebbe to helle ham geledde wene þæt tacen sutol þa ic aseald wes on wærgþu niþer under nessas in þone neowlan grund nu ic eow hebbe to hæftum ham gefærde alle of earde nis her eadiges tir wloncra winsele ne worulde dream ne ængla þreat ne we upheofon agan moten is þes atola ham fyre onæled ic eom fah wiþ god æce æt helle duru dracan eardigaþ hate on reþre heo us helpan ne magon is þæs walica ham wites afylled nagan we þæs heolstres þæt we us gehydan mægon in þissum neowlan genipe hær is nedran swæg wyrmas gewunade is þis wites clom feste gebunden feond seondon reþe dimme and deorce ne her dæg lyhteþ for scedes sciman sceppendes leoht iu ahte ic gewald ealles wuldres ær ic moste in þeossum atolan æþele gebidan hwæt me drihten god deman wille fagum on flora nu ic feran com deofla menego to þissum dimman ham ac ic sceal on flyge and on flyhte þragum earda neosan and eower ma þe þes oferhydes ord onstaldon ne þurfon we þes wenan þæt us wuldorcyning æfre wille eard alefan æþel to æhte swa he ær dyde ecne onwald ah him alles gewald wuldres and wita waldendes sunu forþon ic sceal hean and earm hweorfan þy widor wadan wræclastas wuldre benemed duguþum bedeled nænigne dream agan uppe mid ænglum þes þe ic ær gecwæþ þæt ic wære seolfa swægles brytta wihta wealdend ac hit me wyrse gelomp swa se werega gast wordum sæde his earfoþo ealle ætsomne fah in fyrnum fyrleoma stod geond þæt atole scræf attre geblonden ic eom limwæstmum þæt ic gelutian ne mæg on þyssum sidan sele synnum forwundod hwæt her hat and ceald hwilum mencgaþ hwilum ic gehere hellescealcas gnornende cynn grundas mænan niþer under næssum hwilum nacode men winnaþ ymb wyrmas is þes windiga sele eall inneweard atole gefylled ne mot ic hihtlicran hames brucan burga ne bolda ne on þa beorhtan gescæft ne mot ic æfre ma eagum starian is me nu wyrsa þæt ic wuldres leoht uppe mid englum æfre cuþe song on swegle þær sunu meotodes habbaþ eadige bearn ealle ymbfangen seolfa mid sange ne ic þam sawlum ne mot ænigum sceþþan # butan þam anum þe he agan nyle þa ic mot to hæftum ham geferian bringan to bolde in þone biteran grund ealle we syndon ungelice þonne þe we iu in heofonum hæfdon ærror wlite and weorþmynt ful oft wuldres sweg brohton to bearme bearn hælendes þær we ymb hine utan ealle hofan leomu ymb leofne lofsonga word drihtne sædon nu ic eom dædum fah gewundod mid wommum sceal nu þysne wites clom beoran beornende in bæce minum hat on helle hyhtwillan leas þa gyt feola cwiþde firna herde atol æglæca ut of helle witum werig word spearcum fleah attre gelicost þonne he ut þorhdraf eala drihtenes þrym eala duguþa helm eala meotodes miht eala middaneard eala dæg leohta eala dream godes eala engla þreat eala upheofen eala þæt ic eam ealles leas ecan dreames þæt ic mid handum ne mæg heofon geræcan ne mid eagum ne mot up locian ne huru mid earum ne sceal æfre geheran þære byrhtestan beman stefne þæs ic wolde of selde sunu meotodes drihten adrifan and agan me þæs dreames gewald wuldres and wynne me þær wyrse gelamp þonne ic to hihte agan moste nu ic eom asceaden fram þære sciran driht alæded fram leohte in þone laþan ham ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan hu ic in þæm becwom in þis neowle genip niþsynnum fah aworpen of worulde wat ic nu-þa þæt biþ alles leas æcan dreamas se þe heofencyninge heran ne þenceþ meotode cweman ic þæt morþer sceal wean and witu and wrace dreogan goda bedæled iudædum fah þæs þe ic geþohte adrifan drihten of selde weoroda waldend sceal nu wreclastas settan sorhgcearig siþas wide hwearf þa to helle þa he gehened wæs godes andsaca dydon his gingran swa gifre and grædige þa hig god bedraf in þæt hate hof þam is hel nama forþan sceal gehycgan hæleþa æghwylc þæt he ne abælige bearn waldendes læte him to bysne hu þa blacan feond for oferhygdum ealle forwurdon neoman us to wynne weoroda drihten uppe ecne gefean engla waldend he þæt gecydde þæt he mægencræft hæfde mihta miccle þa he þa mænego adraf hæftas of þæm hean selde gemunan we þone halgan drihten ecne in wuldre mid alra gescefta ealdre ceosan us eard in wuldre mid ealra cyninga cyninge se is crist genemned # beoran on breostum bliþe geþohtas sibbe and snytero gemunan soþ and riht þonne we to hehselde hnigan þencaþ and þone anwaldan ara biddan þonne behofaþ se þe her wunaþ weorulde wynnum þæt him wlite scine þonne he oþer lif eft geseceþ fægere land þonne þeos folde seo is þær wlitig and wynsum wæstmas scinaþ beorhte ofer burgum þær is brade lond hyhtlicra ham in heofonrice criste gecwemra uta cerran þider þær he sylfa sit sigora waldend drihten hælend in þæm deoran ham and ymb þæt hehsetl hwite standaþ engla feþan and eadigra halige heofenþreatas herigaþ drihten wordum and weorcum heora wlite scineþ geond ealra worulda woruld mid wuldorcyninge þa get ic furþor gefregen feond ondetan wæs him eall ful strang wom and witu hæfdon wuldorcyning for oferhigdum anforlæten cwædon eft hraþe oþre worde nu is gesene þæt we syngodon uppe on earde sceolon nu æfre þæs dreogan domlease gewinn drihtnes mihtum hwæt we in wuldres wlite wunian moston þær we halgan gode heran woldon and him sang ymb seld secgan sceoldon þusendmælum þa we þær wæron wunodon on wynnum geherdon wuldres sweg beman stefne byrhtword aras engla ordfruma and to þæm æþelan hnigan him sanctas sigetorht aras ece drihten ofer us gestod and gebletsode bilewitne heap dogra gehwilcne and his se deora sunu gasta scyppend god seolfa wæs eallum andfeng þe þær up becom and hine on eorþan ær gelefde þa þæs ofþuhte þæt se þeoden wæs strang and stiþmod ongan ic þa steppan forþ ana wiþ englum and to him eallum spræc ic can eow læran langsumne ræd gif ge willaþ minre mihte gelefan uta oferhycgan helm þone micclan weroda waldend agan us þis wuldres leoht eall to æhte þis is idel gylp þæt we ær drugon ealle hwile þa gewearþ usic þæt we woldon swa drihten adrifan of þam deoran ham cyning of cestre cuþ is wide þæt wreclastas wunian moton grimme grundas god seolfa him rice haldeþ he is ana cyning þe us eorre gewearþ ece drihten meotod mihtum swiþ sceal nu þeos menego her licgan on leahtrum sume on lyft scacan fleogan ofer foldan fyr biþ ymbutan on æghwylcum þæh he uppe seo ne mot he þam sawlum þe þær secaþ up eadige of eorþan æfre gehrinan ah ic be hondum mot hæþenre sceale gripan to grunde godes andsacan sume sceolon hweorfan geond hæleþa land and unsibbe oft onstyrian monna mægþum geond middaneard ic her geþolian sceal þinga æghwylces bitres niþæs beala gnornian sic and sorhful þæs ic seolfa weold þonne ic on heofonum ham staþelode hwæþer us se eca æfre wille on heofona rice ham alefan eþel to æhte swa he ær dyde swa gnornedon godes andsacan hate on helle him wæs hælend god wraþ geworden for womcwidum forþon mæg gehycgan se þe his heorte deah þæt he him afirre frecne geþohtas laþe leahtras lifigendra gehwylc gemunan symle on mode meotodes strengþo gearwian us togenes grene stræte up to englum þær is se ælmihtiga god and us befæþman wile freobearn godes gif we þæt on eorþan ær geþencaþ and us to þam halgan helpe gelefaþ þonne he us no forlæteþ ah lif syleþ uppe mid englum eadigne dream tæceþ us se torhta trumlicne ham beorhte burhweallas beorhte scinaþ gesælige sawle sorgum bedælde þær heo æfre forþ wunian moten cestre and cynestol uton cyþan þæt deman we on eorþan ærror lifigend onlucan mid listum locen waldendes ongeotan gastlice us ongean cumaþ þusend engla gif þider moton and þæt on eorþan ær gewyrcaþ forþon se biþ eadig se þe æfre wile man oferhycgen meotode cweman synne adwæscan swa he sylfa cwæþ soþfæste men sunnan gelice fægre gefrætewod in heora fæder rice scinaþ in sceldbyrig þær heo sceppend seolf friþe befæþmeþ fæder mancynnes ahefeþ holdlice in heofones leoht þær heo mid wuldorcyninge wunian moton awa to aldre # agan dreama dream mid drihtne gode a to worulde a buton ende eala hwæt se awyrgda wraþe geþohte þæt he heofencyninge heran ne wolde fæder frefergendum flor attre weol hat under hæftum hreopan deofla wide geond windsele wean cwanedon man and morþur wæs seo menego þær swylce onæled wæs þæt eall full strong þonne wæs heora aldor þe þær ærest com forþ on feþan fæste gebunden fyre and lige þæt wæs fæstlic þreat ec sceoldon his þegnas þær gewunian atolan eþles nalles up þanon geheran in heofonum haligne dream þær heo oft fægerne folgaþ hæfdon uppe mid englum wæron þa alles þæs goda lease ah nymþe gryndes ad wunian ne moten and þone werigan sele þær is wom and wop wide gehered and gristbitungc and gnornungc mecga nabbaþ he to hyhte nymþe cyle and fyr wean and witu and wyrma þreat dracan and næddran and þone dimman ham forþon mihte geheran se þe æt hylle wæs twelf milum neh þæt þær wæs toþa geheaw hlude and geomre godes andsacan hweorfan geond helle hate onæled ufan and utan him wæs æghwær wa witum werige wuldres bescyrede dreamum bedælde heofon deop gehygd þa heo on heofonum ham staþelodon þæt hie woldon benæman nergendne crist rodera rices ah he on riht geheold hired heofona and þæt halige seld nis nænig swa snotor ne swa cræftig ne þæs swa gleaw nymþe god seolfa þæt asecgan mæge swegles leoman hu scima þær scineþ ymbutan meotodes mihte geond þæt mære cynn þær habbaþ englas eadigne dream sanctas singaþ þæt is se seolfa for god þonne beoþ þa eadigan þe of eorþan cumaþ bringaþ to bearme blostman stences wyrte wynsume þæt synd word godes þonne hie befæþmeþ fæder mancynnes and hie gesegnaþ mid his swiþran hond lædeþ to lihte þær hi lif agon a to aldre uplicne ham byrhtne burhstyde blæd biþ æghwæm þæm þe hælende heran þenceþ and wel is þam þe þæt wyrcan mot wæs þæt encgelcyn ær genemned lucifer haten leohtberende on geardagum in godes rice þa he in wuldre wrohte onstalde þæt he oferhyda agan wolde þa satanus swearte geþohte þæt he wolde on heofonum hehseld wyrcan uppe mid þam ecan þæt wæs ealdor heora yfeles ordfruma him þæt eft gehreaw þa he to helle hnigan sceolde and his hired mid hine in hynþo geglidan nergendes niþ and no seoþþan þæt hi mosten in þone ecan andwlitan seon buton ende þa him egsa becom dyne for deman þa he duru in helle bræc and begde blis wearþ monnum þa hi hælendes heafod gesawon þonne wæs þam atolan þe we ær nemdon þa wæron mid egsan ealle afyrhte wide geond windsele wordum mændon þis is stronglic nu þes storm becom þegen mid þreate þeoden engla him beforan fereþ fægere leoht þonne we æfre ær eagum gesawon buton þa we mid englum uppe wæron wile nu ure witu þurh his wuldres cræft eall toweorpan nu þes egsa com dyne for drihtne sceal þes dreorga heap ungeara nu atol þrowian hit is se seolfa sunu waldendes engla drihten wile uppe heonan sawla lædan and we seoþþan a þæs yrreweorces henþo geþoliaþ hwearf þa to helle hæleþa bearnum meotod þurh mihte wolde manna rim fela þusenda forþ gelædan up to eþle þa com engla sweg dyne on dægred hæfde drihten seolf feond oferfohten wæs seo fæhþe þa gyt open on uhtan þa se egsa becom let þa up faran eadige sawle adames cyn ac ne moste efe þa gyt wlitan in wuldre ær heo wordum cwæþ ic þe æne abealh ece drihten þa wit adam twa eaples þigdon þurh næddran niþ swa wit na ne sceoldon gelærde unc se atola se þe æfre nu beorneþ on bendum þæt wit blæd ahton haligne ham heofon to gewalde þa wit þæs awærgdan wordum gelyfdon namon mid handum on þam halgan treo beorhte blæda unc þæs bitere forgeald þa wit in þis hate scræf hweorfan sceoldon and wintra rim wunian seoþþan þusenda feolo þearle onæled nu ic þe halsige heofenrices weard for þan hirede þe þu hider læddest engla þreatas þæt ic up heonon mæge and mote mid minre mægþe and ymb þreo niht com þegen hælendes ham to helle is nu hæftum strong witum werig swylce him wuldorcyning for onmædlan eorre geworden segdest us to soþe þætte seolfa god wolde helwarum ham gelihtan aras þa anra gehwylc and wiþ earm gesæt hleonade wiþ handa þeah hylle gryre egeslic þuhte wæron ealle þæs fægen in firnum þæt freodrihten wolde him to helpe helle gesecan ræhte þa mid handum to heofencyninge bæd meotod miltse þurh marian had hwæt þu fram minre dohtor drihten onwoce in middangeard mannum to helpe nu is gesene þæt þu eart sylfa god and ece ordfruma ealra gesceafta let þa up faran ece drihten wuldre hæfde wites clomma feondum oþfæsted and heo furþor sceaf in þæt neowle genip nearwe gebeged þær nu satanus swearte þingaþ earm aglæca and þa atolan mid him witum werige nalles wuldres leoht habban moton ah in helle grund ne hi edcerres æfre moton wenan seoþþan him wæs drihten god wraþ geworden sealde him wites clom atole to æhte and egsan gryre dimne and deorcne deaþes scuwan hatne helle grund hinsiþgryre þæt la wæs fæger þæt se feþa com up to earde and se eca mid him meotod mancynnes in þa mæran burh hofon hine mid him handum halige witigan up to eþle abrahames cynn hæfde þa drihten seolf deaþ oferwunnen feond geflemed þæt in fyrndagum witegan sædon þæt he swa wolde þis wæs on uhtan eall geworden ær dægrede þæt se dyne becom hlud of heofonum þa he helle duru forbræc and forbegde ban weornodon þa hie swa leohtne leoman gesawon gesæt þa mid þære fyrde frumbearn godes sæde soþcwidum snotre gastas ic eow þurh mine mihte geworhte adam ærest and þæt æþele wif þa hie begeton on godes willan feowertig bearna þæt forþ þonon on middangeard menio onwocon and wintra feola wunian moston eorlas on eþle oþþæt eft gelamp þæt hie afyrde eft feond in firenum fah is æghwær # ic on neorxnawonge niwe asette treow mid telgum þæt þa tanas up æpla bæron and git æton þa beorhtan blæda swa inc se balewa het handþegen helle hæfdon forþon hatne grund þæs git ofergymdon hælendes word æten þa egsan wæs se atola beforan se inc bam forgeaf balewe geþohtas þa me gereaw þæt min handgeweorc þæs carcernes clom þrowade næs þa monna gemet ne mægen engla ne witegena weorc ne wera snytero þæt eow mihte helpan nimþe hælend god se þæt wite ær to wrece gesette ferde to foldan þurh fæmnan had ufan from eþle and on eorþan gebad tintregan fela and teonan micelne me seredon ymb secgas monige dæges and nihtes hu heo me deaþes cwealm rices rædboran hrefnan mihten þa wæs þæs mæles mearc agangen þæt on worulde wæs wintra gerimes þreo and þritig geara ær ic þrowode gemunde ic þæs mænego on þam minnan ham lange þæs þe ic of hæftum ham gelædde up to earde þæt heo agan sceolon drihtnes domas and duguþe þrym wuniaþ in wynnum habbaþ wuldres blæd þusendmælum ic eow þingade þa me on beame beornas sticedon garum on galgum heow se giunga þær and ic eft up becom ece dreamas to haligum drihtne # swa wuldres weard wordum sæde meotod moncynnes ær on morgen þæs þe drihten god of deaþe aras næs nan þæs stronglic stan gefæstnod þeah he wære mid irne eall ymbfangen þæt mihte þam miclan mægne wiþhabban ah he ut eode engla drihten on þæm fæstenne and gefatian het englas eallbeorhte andleofan gingran and huru secgan het simon petre þæt he moste in galileam god sceawian ecne and trumne swa he ær dyde þa ic gongan gefregn gingran ætsomne ealle to galileam hæfdon gastes bled ongeton haligne godes sunu swa heo gesegon hwær sunu meotodes þa on upp gestod ece drihten god in galileam to þæs gingran þider ealle urnon þær se eca wæs feollon on foldan and to fotum hnigon þanceden þeodne þæt hit þus gelomp þæt hi sceawodon scyppend engla þa sona spræc simon petrus eart þu þis drihten dome gewurþad we þe gesawon æt sumum cyrre þec gelegdon on laþne bend hæþene mid hondum him þæt gehreowan mæg þonne heo endestæf eft gesceawiaþ sume hie ne mihton mode oncnawan þæt wæs se deora didimus wæs haten ær he mid hondum hælend genom sylfne be sidan þær he his swat forlet feollon to foldan fulwihtes bæþe fæger wæs þæt ongin þæt freodrihten geþrowode þeoden ure he on beame astah and his blod ageat god on galgan þurh his gastes mægen forþon men sceolon mæla gehwylce secgan drihtne þanc dædum and weorcum þæs þe he us of hæftum ham gelædde up to eþle þær we agan sceolon drihtnes domas # and we in wynnum wunian moton us is wuldres leoht # torht ontyned þam þe teala þenceþ þa wæs on eorþan ece drihten feowertig daga folgad folcum gecyþed mancynne ær he in þa mæran gesceaft burhleoda fruma bringan wolde haligne gast to heofonrice astah up on heofonum engla scyppend weoroda waldend þa com wolcna sweg halig of heofonum mid wæs hond godes onfeng freodrihten and hine forþ lædde to þam halgan ham heofna ealdor him ymbflugon engla þreatas þusendmælum þa hit þus gelomp þa gyt nergende crist gecwæþ þæt he þæs ymb tene niht twelf apostolas mid his gastes gife gingran geswiþde hæfde þa gesette sawla unrim god lifigende þa wæs iudas of se þe ær on tifre torhtne gesalde drihten hælend him seo dæd ne geþeah þæs he bebohte bearn wealdendes on seolfres sinc him þæt swearte forgeald earm æglæca innon helle siteþ nu on þa swiþran hond sunu his fæderes dæleþ dogra gehwæm drihten weoroda help and hælo hæleþa bearnum geond middangeard þæt is monegum cuþ þæt he ana is ealra gescefta wyrhta and waldend þurh his wuldres cræft siteþ him on heofnum halig encgel waldend mid witegum hafaþ wuldres bearn his seolfes seld swegl betolden leaþaþ us þider to leohte þurh his læcedom þær we moton seolfe sittan mid drihtne uppe mid englum habban þæt ilce leoht þær his hired nu halig eardaþ wunaþ in wynnum þær is wuldres bled torht ontyned uton teala hycgan þæt we hælende heran georne criste cweman þær is cuþre lif þonne we on eorþan mægen æfre gestreonan hafaþ nu geþingod to us þeoden mæra ælmihtig god # on domdæge drihten seolfa hateþ hehenglas hluddre stefne beman blawan ofer burga geseotu geond foldan sceatas # þonne of þisse moldan men onwecnaþ deade of duste arisaþ þurh drihtnes miht þæt biþ daga lengust and dinna mæst hlud gehered þonne hælend cymeþ waldend mid wolcnum in þas woruld færeþ wile þonne gesceadan wlitige and unclæne on twa healfe tile and yfle him þa soþfæstan on þa swiþran hond mid rodera weard reste gestigaþ þonne beoþ bliþe þa in burh moton gongan in godes rice # and heo gesenaþ mid his swiþran hond cynincg alwihta cleopaþ ofer ealle ge sind wilcuman gaþ in wuldres leoht to heofona rice þær ge habbaþ a to aldre ece reste þonne stondaþ þa forworhtan þa þe firnedon beoþ beofigende hwonne him bearn godes deman wille þurh his dæda sped wenaþ þæt heo moten to þære mæran byrig up to englum swa oþre dydon ac him biþ reordende # ece drihten ofer ealle gecwæþ astigaþ nu awyrgde in þæt witehus ofostum miclum nu ic eow ne con sona æfter þæm wordum werige gastas helle hæftas hwyrftum scriþaþ þusendmælum and þider leaþaþ in þæt sceaþena scræf scufaþ to grunde in þæt nearwe niþ and no seoþþan þæt hie up þonan æfre moton ah þær geþolian sceolon earmlic wite clom and carcern and þone caldan grund deopne adreogan and deofles spellunge hu hie him on edwit oft asettaþ swarte suslbonan stæleþ feondas fæhþe and firne þær þe hie freodrihten ecne anwaldan oft forgeaton þone þe hie him to hihte habban sceoldon uton la geþencan geond þas worulde þæt we hælende heran onginnen georne þurh godes gife gemunan gastes bled hu eadige þær uppe sittaþ selfe mid swegle sunu hælendes þær is geat gylden gimmum gefrætewod wynnum bewunden þæm þe in wuldres leoht gongan moten to godes rice and ymb þa weallas wlitige scinaþ engla gastas and eadige sawla þa þe heonon feraþ # þær martiras meotode cwemaþ and herigaþ hehfæder halgum stefnum cyning in cestre cweþaþ ealle þus þu eart hæleþa helm and heofendema engla ordfruma and eorþan tudor up gelæddest to þissum eadigan ham swa wuldres weard wordum herigaþ þegnas ymb þeoden þær is þrym micel sang æt selde is sylf cyning ealra aldor in þære ecan gesceft þæt is se drihten seþe deaþ for us geþrowode þeoden engla swylce he fæste feowertig daga metod mancynnes þurh his mildsa sped þa gewearþ þone weregan þe ær aworpen wæs of heofonum þæt he in helle gedeaf þa costode cyning alwihta brohte him to bearme brade stanas bæd him for hungre hlafas wyrcan gif þu swa micle mihte hæbbe þa him andswarode ece drihten wendest þu awyrgda þæt awriten nære nymþe me ænne # ac geseted hafast sigores agend lifigendum liht lean butan ende on heofenrice halige dreamas