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hwæt we gefrunan on fyrndagum twelfe under tunglum tireadige hæleþ þeodnes þegnas no hira þrym alæg camprædenne þonne cumbol hneotan syþþan hie gedældon swa him dryhten sylf heofona heahcyning hlyt getæhte þæt wæron mære men ofer eorþan frome folctogan ond fyrdhwate rofe rincas þonne rond ond hand on herefelda helm ealgodon on meotudwange wæs hira matheus sum se mid iudeum ongan godspell ærest wordum writan wundorcræfte þam halig god hlyt geteode ut on þæt igland þær ænig þa git ellþeodigra eþles ne mihte blædes brucan oft him bonena hand on herefelda hearde gesceode eal wæs þæt mearcland morþre bewunden feondes facne folcstede gumena hæleþa eþel næs þær hlafes wist werum on þam wonge ne wæteres drync to bruconne ah hie blod ond fel fira flæschoman feorrancumenra þegon geond þa þeode swelc wæs þeaw hira þæt hie æghwylcne ellþeodigra dydan him to mose meteþearfendum þara þe þæt ealand utan sohte swylc wæs þæs folces freoþoleas tacen unlædra eafoþ þæt hie eagena gesihþ hettend heorogrimme heafodgimmas agetton gealgmode gara ordum syþþan him geblendan bitere tosomne dryas þurh dwolcræft drync unheorne se onwende gewit wera ingeþanc heortan on hreþre hyge wæs oncyrred þæt hie ne murndan æfter mandreame hæleþ heorogrædige ac hie hig ond gærs for meteleaste meþe gedrehte þa wæs matheus to þære mæran byrig cumen in þa ceastre þær wæs cirm micel geond mermedonia manfulra hloþ fordenera gedræg syþþan deofles þegnas geascodon æþelinges siþ eodon him þa togenes garum gehyrsted lungre under linde nalas late wæron eorre æscberend to þam orlege hie þam halgan þær handa gebundon ond fæstnodon feondes cræfte hæleþ hellfuse ond his heafdes segl abreoton mid billes ecge hwæþre he in breostum þa git herede in heortan heofonrices weard þeah þe he atres drync atulne onfenge eadig ond onmod he mid elne forþ wyrþode wordum wuldres aldor heofonrices weard halgan stefne of carcerne him wæs cristes lof on fyrhþlocan fæste bewunden he þa wepende weregum tearum his sigedryhten sargan reorde grette gumena brego geomran stefne weoruda wilgeofan ond þus wordum cwæþ hu me elþeodige inwitwrasne searonet seowaþ a ic symles wæs on wega gehwam willan þines georn on mode nu þurh geohþa sceal dæde fremman swa þa dumban neat þu ana canst ealra gehygdo meotud mancynnes mod in hreþre gif þin willa sie wuldres aldor þæt me wærlogan wæpna ecgum sweordum aswebban ic beo sona gearu to adreoganne þæt þu drihten min engla eadgifa eþelleasum dugeþa dædfruma deman wille forgif me to are ælmihtig god leoht on þissum life þy læs ic lungre scyle ablended in burgum æfter billhete þurh hearmcwide heorugrædigra laþra leodsceaþena leng þrowian edwitspræce ic to anum þe middangeardes weard mod staþolige fæste fyrhþlufan ond þe fæder engla beorht blædgifa biddan wille þæt þu me ne gescyrige mid scyldhetum werigum wrohtsmiþum on þone wyrrestan dugoþa demend deaþ ofer eorþan æfter þyssum wordum com wuldres tacen halig of heofenum swylce hadre segl to þam carcerne þær gecyþed wearþ þæt halig god helpe gefremede þa wearþ gehyred heofoncyninges stefn wrætlic under wolcnum wordhleoþres sweg mæres þeodnes he his maguþegne under hearmlocan hælo ond frofre beadurofum abead beorhtan stefne ic þe matheus mine sylle sybbe under swegle ne beo þu on sefan to forht ne on mode ne murn ic þe mid wunige ond þe alyse of þyssum leoþubendum ond ealle þa menigo þe þe mid wuniaþ on nearonedum þe is neorxnawang blæda beorhtost boldwela fægrost hama hyhtlicost halegum mihtum torht ontyned þær þu tyres most to widan feore willan brucan geþola þeoda þrea nis seo þrah micel þæt þe wærlogan witebendum synnige þurh searocræft swencan motan ic þe andreas ædre onsende to hleo ond to hroþre in þas hæþenan burg he þe alyseþ of þyssum leodhete is to þære tide tælmet hwile emne mid soþe seofon ond twentig nihtgerimes þæt þu of nede most sorgum geswenced sigore gewyrþod hweorfan of henþum in gehyld godes gewat him þa se halga helm ælwihta engla scyppend to þam uplican eþelrice he is on riht cyning staþolfæst styrend in stowa gehwam þa wæs matheus miclum onbryrded niwan stefne nihthelm toglad lungre leorde leoht æfter com dægredwoma duguþ samnade hæþne hildfrecan heapum þrungon guþsearo gullon garas hrysedon bolgenmode under bordhreoþan woldon cunnian hwæþer cwice lifdon þa þe on carcerne clommum fæste hleoleasan wic hwile wunedon hwylcne hie to æte ærest mihton æfter fyrstmearce feores berædan hæfdon hie on rune ond on rimcræfte awriten wælgrædige wera endestæf hwænne hie to mose meteþearfendum on þære werþeode weorþan sceoldon cirmdon caldheorte corþor oþrum getang reþe ræsboran rihtes ne gimdon meotudes mildse oft hira mod onwod under dimscuan deofles larum þonne hie unlædra eafeþum gelyfdon hie þa gemetton modes glawne haligne hæle under heolstorlocan bidan beadurofne þæs him beorht cyning engla ordfruma unnan wolde þa wæs first agan frumrædenne þinggemearces butan þrim nihtum swa hit wælwulfas awriten hæfdon þæt hie banhringas abrecan þohton lungre tolysan lic ond sawle ond þonne todælan duguþe ond geogoþe werum to wiste ond to wilþege fæges flæschoman feorh ne bemurndan grædige guþrincas hu þæs gastes siþ æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde swa hie symble ymb þritig þing gehedon nihtgerimes wæs him neod micel þæt hie tobrugdon blodigum ceaflum fira flæschoman him to foddorþege þa wæs gemyndig se þe middangeard gestaþelode strangum mihtum hu he in ellþeodigum yrmþum wunode belocen leoþubendum þe oft his lufan adreg for ebreum ond israhelum swylce he iudea galdorcræftum wiþstod stranglice þa sio stefn gewearþ gehered of heofenum þær se halga wer in achaia andreas wæs leode lærde on lifes weg þa him cirebaldum cininga wuldor meotud mancynnes modhord onleac weoruda drihten ond þus wordum cwæþ þu scealt feran ond friþ lædan siþe gesecan þær sylfætan eard weardigaþ eþel healdaþ morþorcræftum swa is þære menigo þeaw þæt hie uncuþra ængum ne willaþ on þam folcstede feores geunnan syþþan manfulle on mermedonia onfindaþ feasceaftne þær sceall feorhgedal earmlic ylda cwealm æfter wyrþan þær ic seomian wat þinne sigebroþor mid þam burgwarum bendum fæstne nu biþ fore þreo niht þæt he on þære þeode sceal fore hæþenra handgewinne þurh gares gripe gast onsendan ellorfusne butan þu ær cyme ædre him andreas agef andsware hu mæg ic dryhten min ofer deop gelad fore gefremman on feorne weg swa hrædlice heofona scyppend wuldres waldend swa þu worde becwist þæt mæg engel þin eaþ geferan halig of heofenum con him holma begang sealte sæstreamas ond swanrade waroþfaruþa gewinn ond wæterbrogan wegas ofer widland ne synt me winas cuþe eorlas elþeodige ne þær æniges wat hæleþa gehygdo ne me herestræta ofer cald wæter cuþe sindon him þa ondswarude ece dryhten eala andreas þæt þu a woldest þæs siþfætes sæne weorþan nis þæt uneaþe eallwealdan gode to gefremmanne on foldwege þæt sio ceaster hider on þas cneorisse under swegles gang aseted wyrþe breogostol breme mid þam burgwarum gif hit worde becwiþ wuldres agend ne meaht þu þæs siþfætes sæne weorþan ne on gewitte to wac gif þu wel þencest wiþ þinne waldend wære gehealdan treowe tacen beo þu on tid gearu ne mæg þæs ærendes ylding wyrþan þu scealt þa fore geferan ond þin feorh beran in gramra gripe þær þe guþgewinn þurh hæþenra hildewoman beorna beaducræft geboden wyrþeþ scealtu æninga mid ærdæge emne to morgene æt meres ende ceol gestigan ond on cald wæter brecan ofer bæþweg hafa bletsunge ofer middangeard mine þær þu fere gewat him þa se halga healdend ond wealdend upengla fruma eþel secan middangeardes weard þone mæran ham þær soþfæstra sawla moton æfter lices hryre lifes brucan þa wæs ærende æþelum cempan aboden in burgum ne wæs him bleaþ hyge ah he wæs anræd ellenweorces heard ond higerof nalas hildlata gearo guþe fram to godes campe gewat him þa on uhtan mid ærdæge ofer sandhleoþu to sæs faruþe þriste on geþance ond his þegnas mid gangan on greote garsecg hlynede beoton brimstreamas se beorn wæs on hyhte syþþan he on waruþe widfæþme scip modig gemette þa com morgentorht beacna beorhtost ofer breomo sneowan halig of heolstre heofoncandel blac ofer lagoflodas he þær lidweardas þrymlice þry þegnas gemette modiglice menn on merebate sittan siþfrome swylce hie ofer sæ comon þæt wæs drihten sylf dugeþa wealdend ece ælmihtig mid his englum twam wæron hie on gescirplan scipferendum eorlas onlice ealiþendum þonne hie on flodes fæþm ofer feorne weg on cald wæter ceolum lacaþ hie þa gegrette se þe on greote stod fus on faroþe fægn reordade hwanon comon ge ceolum liþan macræftige menn on mereþissan ane ægflotan hwanon eagorstream ofer yþa gewealc eowic brohte him þa ondswarode ælmihti god swa þæt ne wiste se þe þæs wordes bad hwæt se manna wæs meþelhegendra þe he þær on waroþe wiþþingode we of marmedonia mægþe syndon feorran geferede us mid flode bær on hranrade heahstefn naca snellic sæmearh snude bewunden oþþæt we þissa leoda land gesohton wære bewrecene swa us wind fordraf him þa andreas eaþmod oncwæþ wolde ic þe biddan þeh ic þe beaga lyt sincweorþunga syllan meahte þæt þu us gebrohte brante ceole hea hornscipe ofer hwæles eþel on þære mægþe biþ þe meorþ wiþ god þæt þu us on lade liþe weorþe eft him ondswarode æþelinga helm of yþlide engla scippend ne magon þær gewunian widferende ne þær elþeodige eardes brucaþ ah in þære ceastre cwealm þrowiaþ þa þe feorran þyder feorh gelædaþ ond þu wilnast nu ofer widne mere þæt þu on þa fægþe þine feore spilde him þa andreas agef ondsware usic lust hweteþ on þa leodmearce mycel modes hiht to þære mæran byrig þeoden leofesta gif þu us þine wilt on merefaroþe miltse gecyþan him ondswarode engla þeoden neregend fira of nacan stefne we þe estlice mid us willaþ ferigan freolice ofer fisces bæþ efne to þam lande þær þe lust myneþ to gesecanne syþþan ge eowre gafulrædenne agifen habbaþ sceattas gescrifene swa eow scipweardas aras ofer yþbord unnan willaþ him þa ofstlice andreas wiþ wineþearfende wordum mælde næbbe ic fæted gold ne feohgestreon welan ne wiste ne wira gespann landes ne locenra beaga þæt ic þe mæge lust ahwettan willan in worulde swa þu worde becwist him þa beorna breogo þær he on bolcan sæt ofer waroþa geweorp wiþþingode hu gewearþ þe þæs wine leofesta þæt þu sæbeorgas secan woldes merestreama gemet maþmum bedæled ofer cald cleofu ceoles neosan nafast þe to frofre on faroþstræte hlafes wiste ne hlutterne drync to dugoþe is se drohtaþ strang þam þe lagolade lange cunnaþ þa him andreas þurh ondsware wis on gewitte wordhord onleac ne gedafenaþ þe nu þe dryhten geaf welan ond wiste ond woruldspede þæt þu ondsware mid oferhygdum sece sarcwide selre biþ æghwam þæt he eaþmedum ellorfusne oncnawe cuþlice swa þæt crist bebead þeoden þrymfæst we his þegnas synd gecoren to cempum he is cyning on riht wealdend ond wyrhta wuldorþrymmes an ece god eallra gesceafta swa he ealle befehþ anes cræfte hefon ond eorþan halgum mihtum sigora selost he þæt sylfa cwæþ fæder folca gehwæs ond us feran het geond ginne grund gasta streonan faraþ nu geond ealle eorþan sceatas emne swa wide swa wæter bebugeþ oþþe stedewangas stræte gelicgaþ bodiaþ æfter burgum beorhtne geleafan ofer foldan fæþm ic eow freoþo healde ne þurfan ge on þa fore frætwe lædan gold ne seolfor ic eow goda gehwæs on eowerne agenne dom est ahwette nu þu seolfa miht siþ userne gehyran hygeþancol ic sceal hraþe cunnan hwæt þu us to duguþum gedon wille him þa ondswarode ece dryhten gif ge syndon þegnas þæs þe þrym ahof ofer middangeard swa ge me secgaþ ond ge geheoldon þæt eow se halga bead þonne ic eow mid gefean ferian wille ofer brimstreamas swa ge benan sint þa in ceol stigon collenfyrhþe ellenrofe æghwylcum wearþ on merefaroþe mod geblissod þa ofer yþa geswing andreas ongann mereliþendum miltsa biddan wuldres aldor ond þus wordum cwæþ forgife þe dryhten domweorþunga willan in worulde ond in wuldre blæd meotud manncynnes swa þu me hafast on þyssum siþfæte sybbe gecyþed gesæt him þa se halga helmwearde neah æþele be æþelum æfre ic ne hyrde þon cymlicor ceol gehladenne heahgestreonum hæleþ in sæton þeodnas þrymfulle þegnas wlitige þa reordode rice þeoden ece ælmihtig heht his engel gan mærne maguþegn ond mete syllan frefran feasceafte ofer flodes wylm þæt hie þe eaþ mihton ofer yþa geþring drohtaþ adreogan þa gedrefed wearþ onhrered hwælmere hornfisc plegode glad geond garsecg ond se græga mæw wælgifre wand wedercandel swearc windas weoxon wægas grundon streamas styredon strengas gurron wædo gewætte wæteregsa stod þreata þryþum þegnas wurdon acolmode ænig ne wende þæt he lifgende land begete þara þe mid andreas on eagorstream ceol gesohte næs him cuþ þa gyt hwa þam sæflotan sund wisode him þa se halga on holmwege ofer argeblond andreas þa git þegn þeodenhold þanc gesægde ricum ræsboran þa he gereordod wæs þe þissa swæsenda soþfæst meotud lifes leohtfruma lean forgilde weoruda waldend ond þe wist gife heofonlicne hlaf swa þu hyldo wiþ me ofer firigendstream freode gecyþdest nu synt geþreade þegnas mine geonge guþrincas garsecg hlymmeþ geofon geotende grund is onhrered deope gedrefed duguþ is geswenced modigra mægen myclum gebysgod him of helman oncwæþ hæleþa scyppend læt nu geferian flotan userne lid to lande ofer lagufæsten ond þonne gebidan beornas þine aras on earde hwænne þu eft cyme edre him þa eorlas agefan ondsware þegnas þrohthearde þafigan ne woldon þæt hie forleton æt lides stefnan leofne lareow ond him land curon hwider hweorfaþ we hlafordlease geomormode gode orfeorme synnum wunde gif we swicaþ þe we bioþ laþe on landa gehwam folcum fracoþe þonne fira bearn ellenrofe æht besittaþ hwylc hira selost symle gelæste hlaforde æt hilde þonne hand ond rond on beaduwange billum forgrunden æt niþplegan nearu þrowedon þa reordade rice þeoden wærfæst cining word stunde ahof gif þu þegn sie þrymsittendes wuldorcyninges swa þu worde becwist rece þa gerynu hu he reordberend lærde under lyfte lang is þes siþfæt ofer fealuwne flod frefra þine mæcgas on mode mycel is nu gena lad ofer lagustream land swiþe feorr to gesecanne sund is geblonden grund wiþ greote god eaþe mæg heaþoliþendum helpe gefremman ongan þa gleawlice gingran sine wuldorspedige weras wordum trymman ge þæt gehogodon þa ge on holm stigon þæt ge on fara folc feorh gelæddon ond for dryhtnes lufan deaþ þrowodon on ælmyrcna eþelrice sawle gesealdon ic þæt sylfa wat þæt us gescyldeþ scyppend engla weoruda dryhten wæteregesa sceal geþyd ond geþreatod þurh þryþcining lagu lacende liþra wyrþan swa gesælde iu þæt we on sæbate ofer waruþgewinn wæda cunnedan faroþridende frecne þuhton egle ealada eagorstreamas beoton bordstæþu brim oft oncwæþ yþ oþerre hwilum upp astod of brimes bosme on bates fæþm egesa ofer yþlid ælmihtig þær meotud mancynnes on mereþyssan beorht basnode beornas wurdon forhte on mode friþes wilnedon miltsa to mærum þa seo menigo ongan clypian on ceole cyning sona aras engla eadgifa yþum stilde wæteres wælmum windas þreade sæ sessade smylte wurdon merestreama gemeotu þa ure mod ahloh syþþan we gesegon under swegles gang windas ond wægas ond wæterbrogan forhte gewordne for frean egesan forþan ic eow to soþe secgan wille þæt næfre forlæteþ lifgende god eorl on eorþan gif his ellen deah swa hleoþrode halig cempa þeawum geþancul þegnas lærde eadig oreta eorlas trymede oþþæt hie semninga slæp ofereode meþe be mæste mere sweoþerade yþa ongin eft oncyrde hreoh holmþracu þa þam halgan wearþ æfter gryrehwile gast geblissod ongan þa reordigan rædum snottor wis on gewitte wordlocan onspeonn næfre ic sælidan selran mette macræftigran þæs þe me þynceþ rowend rofran rædsnotterran wordes wisran ic wille þe eorl unforcuþ anre nu gena bene biddan þeah ic þe beaga lyt sincweorþunga syllan mihte fætedsinces wolde ic freondscipe þeoden þrymfæst þinne gif ic mehte begitan godne þæs þu gife hleotest haligne hyht on heofonþrymme gif þu lidwerigum larna þinra este wyrþest wolde ic anes to þe cynerof hæleþ cræftes neosan þæt þu me getæhte nu þe tir cyning ond miht forgef manna scyppend hu þu wægflotan wære bestemdon sæhengeste sund wisige ic wæs on gifeþe iu ond nu-þa syxtyne siþum on sæbate mere hrerendum mundum freorig eagorstreamas is þys ane ma swa ic æfre ne geseah ænigne mann þryþbearn hæleþa þe gelicne steoran ofer stæfnan streamwelm hwileþ beateþ brimstæþo is þes bat ful scrid færeþ famigheals fugole gelicost glideþ on geofone ic georne wat þæt ic æfre ne geseah ofer yþlade on sæleodan syllicran cræft is þon geliccost swa he on landsceare stille stande þær hine storm ne mæg wind awecgan ne wæterflodas brecan brondstæfne hwæþere on brim snoweþ snel under segle þu eart seolfa geong wigendra hleo nalas wintrum frod hafast þe on fyrhþe faroþlacende eorles ondsware æghwylces canst worda for worulde wislic andgit him ondswarode ece dryhten oft þæt gesæleþ þæt we on sælade scipum under scealcum þonne sceor cymeþ brecaþ ofer bæþweg brimhengestum hwilum us on yþum earfoþlice gesæleþ on sæwe þeh we siþ nesan frecne geferan flodwylm ne mæg manna ænigne ofer meotudes est lungre gelettan ah him lifes geweald se þe brimu bindeþ brune yþa þyþ ond þreataþ he þeodum sceal racian mid rihte se þe rodor ahof ond gefæstnode folmum sinum worhte ond wreþede wuldras fylde beorhtne boldwelan swa gebledsod wearþ engla eþel þurh his anes miht forþan is gesyne soþ orgete cuþ oncnawen þæt þu cyninges eart þegen geþungen þrymsittendes forþan þe sona sæholm oncneow garsecges begang þæt þu gife hæfdes haliges gastes hærn eft onwand aryþa geblond egesa gestilde widfæþme wæg wædu swæþorodon seoþþan hie ongeton þæt þe god hæfde wære bewunden se þe wuldres blæd gestaþolade strangum mihtum þa hleoþrade halgan stefne cempa collenferhþ cyning wyrþude wuldres waldend ond þus wordum cwæþ wes þu gebledsod brego mancynnes dryhten hælend a þin dom lyfaþ ge neh ge feor is þin nama halig wuldre gewlitegad ofer werþeoda miltsum gemærsod nænig manna is under heofonhwealfe hæleþa cynnes þætte areccan mæg oþþe rim wite hu þrymlice þeoda baldor gasta geocend þine gife dælest huru is gesyne sawla nergend þæt þu þissum hysse hold gewurde ond hine geongne geofum wyrþodest wis on gewitte ond wordcwidum ic æt efenealdum 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worde awehte swylce he eac wundra feala cynerof cyþde þurh his cræftes miht he gehalgode for heremægene win of wætere ond wendan het beornum to blisse on þa beteran gecynd swylce he afedde of fixum twam ond of fif hlafum fira cynnes fif þusendo feþan sæton reonigmode reste gefegon werige æfter waþe wiste þegon menn on moldan swa him gemedost wæs nu þu miht gehyran hyse leofesta hu us wuldres weard wordum ond dædum lufode in life ond þurh lare speon to þam fægeran gefean þær freo moton eadige mid englum eard weardigan þa þe æfter deaþe dryhten secaþ þa gen weges weard wordhord onleac beorn ofer bolcan beald reordade miht þu me gesecgan þæt ic soþ wite hwæþer wealdend þin wundor on eorþan þa he gefremede nalas feam siþum folcum to frofre beforan cyþde þær bisceopas ond boceras ond ealdormenn æht besæton mæþelhægende me þæt þinceþ þæt hie for æfstum inwit syredon þurh deopne gedwolan deofles larum hæleþ hynfuse hyrdon to georne wraþum wærlogan hie seo wyrd beswac forleolc ond forlærde nu 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soþ oncnawe wisdomes gewit wundorcræfte sigesped geseald snyttrum bloweþ beorhtre blisse breost innanweard nu ic þe sylfum secgan wille oor ond ende swa ic þæs æþelinges word ond wisdom on wera gemote þurh his sylfes muþ symle gehyrde oft gesamnodon side herigeas folc unmæte to frean dome þær hie hyrcnodon haliges lare þonne eft gewat æþelinga helm beorht blædgifa in bold oþer þær him togenes god herigende to þam meþelstede manige comon snottre selerædend symble gefegon beornas bliþheorte burhweardes cyme swa gesælde iu þæt se sigedema ferde frea mihtig næs þær folces ma on siþfate sinra leoda nemne ellefne orettmæcgas geteled tireadige he wæs twelfta sylf þa we becomon to þam cynestole þær getimbred wæs tempel dryhtnes heah ond horngeap hæleþum gefrege wuldre gewlitegod huscworde ongan þurh inwitþanc ealdorsacerd herme hyspan hordlocan onspeon wroht webbade he on gewitte oncneow þæt we soþfæstes swaþe folgodon læston larcwide he lungre ahof woþe wiþerhydig wean onblonden hwæt ge 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getrume mycle þæt he in temple gestod wuldres aldor wordhleoþor astag geond heahræced haliges lare synnige ne swulgon þeah he soþra swa feala tacna gecyþde þær hie to segon swylce he wrætlice wundor agræfene anlicnesse engla sinra geseh sigora frea on seles wage on twa healfe torhte gefrætwed wlitige geworhte he worde cwæþ þis is anlicnes engelcynna þæs bremestan þe mid þam burgwarum in þære ceastre is [Cheruphim et Seraphim] þa on swegeldreamum syndon nemned fore onsyne ecan dryhtnes standaþ stiþferþe stefnum herigaþ halgum hleoþrum heofoncyninges þrym meotudes mundbyrd her amearcod is haligra hiw þurh handmægen awriten on wealle wuldres þegnas þa gen worde cwæþ weoruda dryhten heofonhalig gast fore þam heremægene nu ic bebeode beacen ætywan wundor geweorþan on wera gemange þæt þeos onlicnes eorþan sece wlitig of wage ond word sprece secge soþcwidum þy sceolon gelyfan eorlas on cyþþe hwæt min æþelo sien ne dorste þa forhylman hælendes bebod wundor fore weorodum ac of wealle ahleop 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gewitte weorm blædum fag attor ælfæle þær orcnawe wearþ þurh teoncwide tweogende mod mæcga misgehygd morþre bewunden þa se þeoden bebead þryþweorc faran stan on stræte of stedewange ond forþ gan foldweg tredan grene grundas godes ærendu larum lædan on þa leodmearce to channaneum cyninges worde beodan habrahame mid his eaforum twæm of eorþscræfe ærest fremman lætan landreste leoþo gadrigean gaste onfon ond geogoþhade edniwinga andweard cuman frode fyrnweotan folce gecyþan hwylcne hie god mihtum ongiten hæfdon gewat he þa feran swa him frea mihtig scyppend wera gescrifen hæfde ofer mearcpaþu þæt he on mambre becom beorhte blican swa him bebead meotud þær þa lichoman lange þrage heahfædera hra beheled wæron het þa ofstlice up astandan habraham ond isaac æþeling þriddan iacob of greote to godes geþinge sneome of slæpe þæm fæstan het hie to þam siþe gyrwan faran to frean dome sceoldon hie þam folce gecyþan hwa æt frumsceafte furþum teode eorþan eallgrene ond upheofon hwær se wealdend wære þe þæt weorc staþolade ne dorston þa gelettan leng owihte wuldorcyninges word geweotan þa þa witigan þry modige mearcland tredan forlætan moldern wunigean open eorþscræfu woldon hie ædre gecyþan frumweorca fæder þa þæt folc gewearþ egesan geaclod þær þa æþelingas wordum weorþodon wuldres aldor hie þa ricene het rices hyrde to eadwelan oþre siþe secan mid sybbe swegles dreamas ond þæs to widan feore willum neotan nu þu miht gehyran hyse leofesta hu he wundra worn wordum cyþde swa þeah ne gelyfdon larum sinum modblinde menn ic wat manig nu gyt mycel mære spell þe se maga fremede rodera rædend þa þu aræfnan ne miht hreþre behabban hygeþances gleaw þus andreas ondlangne dæg herede hleoþorcwidum haliges lare oþþæt hine semninga slæp ofereode on hronrade heofoncyninge neh þa gelædan het lifes brytta ofer yþa geþræc englas sine fæþmum ferigean on fæder wære leofne mid lissum ofer lagufæsten oþþæt sæwerige slæp ofereode þurh lyftgelac on land becwom to þære ceastre þe him cining engla # þa þa 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þonne heonon gangaþ þa wæs modsefa myclum geblissod haliges on hreþre syþþan hleoþorcwide gingran gehyrdon þæt hie god wolde onmunan swa mycles ofer menn ealle ond þæt word gecwæþ wigendra hleo nu ic god dryhten ongiten hæbbe þæt þu on faroþstræte feor ne wære cyninga wuldur þa ic on ceol gestah þeh ic on yþfare engla þeoden gasta geocend ongitan ne cuþe weorþ me nu milde meotud ælmihtig bliþe beorht cyning ic on brimstreame spræc worda worn wat æfter nu hwa me wyrþmyndum on wudubate ferede ofer flodas þæt is frofre gast hæleþa cynne þær is help gearu milts æt mærum manna gehwylcum sigorsped geseald þam þe seceþ to him þa him fore eagum onsyne wearþ æþeling oþywed in þa ilcan tid cining cwicera gehwæs þurh cnihtes had þa he worde cwæþ wuldres aldor wes þu andreas hal mid þas willgedryht ferþgefeonde ic þe friþe healde þæt þe ne moton mangeniþlan grame grynsmiþas gaste gesceþþan feoll þa to foldan frioþo wilnode wordum wis hæleþ winedryhten frægn hu geworhte ic þæt waldend fira synnig wiþ seolfne sawla nergend þæt ic þe swa godne ongitan ne meahte on wægfære þær ic worda gespræc minra for meotude ma þonne ic sceolde him andswarode ealwalda god no þu swa swiþe synne gefremedest swa þu in achaia ondsæc dydest þæt þu on feorwegas feran ne cuþe ne in þa ceastre becuman mehte þing gehegan þreora nihta fyrstgemearces swa ic þe feran het ofer wega gewinn wast nu þe gearwor þæt ic eaþe mæg anra gehwylcne fremman ond fyrþran freonda minra on landa gehwylc þær me leofost biþ aris nu hrædlice ræd ædre ongit beorn gebledsod swa þe beorht fæder geweorþaþ wuldorgifum to widan aldre cræfte ond mihte þu in þa ceastre gong under burglocan þær þin broþor is wat ic matheus þurh mænra hand hrinen heorudolgum heafodmagan searonettum beseted þu hine secan scealt leofne alysan of laþra hete ond eal þæt mancynn þe him mid wunige elþeodigra inwitwrasnum bealuwe gebundene him sceal bot hraþe weorþan in worulde ond in wuldre lean swa ic him sylfum ær secgende wæs nu þu andreas scealt edre 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henþum a leng searohæbbendra sar þrowian aras þa mægene rof sægde meotude þanc hal of hæfte heardra wita næs him gewemmed wlite ne wloh of hrægle lungre alysed ne loc of heafde ne ban gebrocen ne blodig wund lice gelenge ne laþes dæl þurh dolgslege dreore bestemed ac wæs eft swa ær þurh þa æþelan miht lof lædende ond on his lice trum hwæt ic hwile nu haliges lare leoþgiddinga lof þæs þe worhte wordum wemde wyrd undyrne ofer min gemet mycel is to secganne langsum leornung þæt he in life adreag eall æfter orde þæt scell æglæwra mann on moldan þonne ic me tælige findan on ferþe þæt fram fruman cunne eall þa earfeþo þe he mid elne adreah grimra guþa hwæþre git sceolon lytlum sticcum leoþworda dæl furþur reccan þæt is fyrnsægen hu he weorna feala wita geþolode heardra hilda in þære hæþenan byrig he be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sælwage sweras unlytle stapulas standan storme bedrifene eald enta geweorc he wiþ anne þæra mihtig ond modrof mæþel gehede wis wundrum gleaw word stunde ahof geher þu marmanstan meotudes rædum fore þæs onsyne ealle gesceafte forhte geweorþaþ þonne hie fæder geseoþ heofonas ond eorþan herigea mæste on middangeard mancynn secan læt nu of þinum staþole streamas weallan ea inflede nu þe ælmihtig hateþ heofona cyning þæt þu hrædlice on þis fræte folc forþ onsende wæter widrynig to wera cwealme geofon geotende hwæt þu golde eart sincgife sylla on þe sylf cyning wrat wuldres god wordum cyþde recene geryno ond ryhte æ getacnode on tyn wordum meotud mihtum swiþ moyse sealde swa hit soþfæste syþþan heoldon modige magoþegnas magas sine godfyrhte guman iosua ond tobias nu þu miht gecnawan þæt þe cyning engla gefrætwode furþur mycle giofum geardagum þonne eall gimma cynn þurh his halige hæs þu scealt hræþe cyþan gif þu his ondgitan ænige hæbbe næs þa wordlatu wihte þon mare þæt se stan togan stream ut aweoll fleow ofer foldan famige walcan mid ærdæge eorþan þehton myclade mereflod meoduscerwen wearþ æfter symbeldæge slæpe tobrugdon searuhæbbende sund grunde onfeng deope gedrefed duguþ wearþ afyrhted þurh þæs flodes fær fæge swulton geonge on geofene guþræs fornam þurh sealtne weg þæt wæs sorgbyrþen biter beorþegu byrlas ne gældon ombehtþegnas þær wæs ælcum genog fram dæges orde drync sona gearu weox wæteres þrym weras cwanedon ealde æscberend wæs him ut myne fleon fealone stream woldon feore beorgan to dunscræfum drohtaþ secan eorþan ondwist him þæt engel forstod se þa burh oferbrægd blacan lige hatan heaþowælme hreoh wæs þær inne beatende brim ne mihte beorna hloþ of þam fæstenne fleame spowan wægas weoxon wadu hlynsodon flugon fyrgnastas flod yþum weoll þær wæs yþfynde innan burgum geomorgidd wrecen gehþo mændan forhtferþ manig fusleoþ golon egeslic æled eagsyne wearþ heardlic hereteam hleoþor gryrelic þurh lyftgelac leges blæstas weallas ymbwurpon wæter mycladon þær wæs wop wera wide gehyred earmlic ylda gedræg þa þær an ongann feasceaft hæleþ folc gadorigean hean hygegeomor heofende spræc nu ge magon sylfe soþ gecnawan þæt we mid unrihte ellþeodigne on carcerne clommum belegdon witebendum us seo wyrd scyþeþ heard ond hetegrim þæt is her swa cuþ is hit mycle selre þæs þe ic soþ talige þæt we hine alysan of leoþobendum ealle anmode ofost is selost ond us þone halgan helpe biddan geoce ond frofre us biþ gearu sona sybb æfter sorge gif we secaþ to him þa þær andrea orgete wearþ on fyrhþlocan folces gebæro þær wæs modigra mægen forbeged wigendra þrym wæter fæþmedon fleow firgendstream flod wæs on luste oþþæt breost oferstag brim weallende eorlum oþ exle þa se æþeling het streamfare stillan stormas restan ymbe stanhleoþu stop ut hræþe cene collenferþ carcern ageaf gleawmod gode leof him wæs gearu sona þurh streamræce stræt gerymed smeolt wæs se sigewang symble wæs dryge folde fram flode swa his fot gestop wurdon burgware bliþe on mode ferhþgefeonde þa wæs forþ cumen geoc æfter gyrne geofon swaþrode þurh haliges hæs hlyst yst forgeaf brimrad gebad þa se beorg tohlad eorþscræf egeslic ond þær in forlet flod fæþmian fealewe wægas geotende gegrind grund eall forswealg nalas he þær yþe ane bisencte ach þæs weorodes eac þa wyrrestan faa folcsceaþan feowertyne gewiton mid þy wæge in forwyrd sceacan under eorþan grund þa wearþ acolmod forhtferþ manig folces on laste wendan hie wifa ond wera cwealmes þearlra geþinga þrage hnagran syþþan mane faa morþorscyldige guþgelacan under grund hruron hie þa anmode ealle cwædon nu is gesyne þæt þe soþ meotud cyning eallwihta cræftum wealdeþ se þisne ar hider onsende þeodum to helpe is nu þearf mycel þæt we gumcystum georne hyran þa se halga ongann hæleþ blissigean wigendra þreat wordum retan ne beoþ ge to forhte þeh þe fell curen synnigra cynn swylt þrowode witu be gewyrhtum eow is wuldres leoht torht ontyned gif ge teala hycgaþ sende þa his bene fore bearn godes bæd haligne helpe gefremman gumena geogoþe þe on geofene ær þurh flodes fæþm feorh gesealdon þæt þa gastas gode orfeorme in wita forwyrd wuldre bescyrede in feonda geweald gefered ne wurdan þa þæt ærende ealwealdan gode æfter hleoþorcwidum haliges gastes wæs on þanc sprecen þeoda ræswan het þa onsunde ealle arisan geonge of greote þa ær geofon cwealde þa þær ofostlice upp astodon manige on meþle mine gefrege eaforan unweaxne þa wæs eall eador leoþolic ond gastlic þeah hie lungre ær þurh flodes fær feorh aleton onfengon fulwihte ond freoþuwære wuldres wedde witum aspedde mundbyrd meotudes þa se modiga het cyninges cræftiga ciricean getimbran gerwan godes tempel þær sio geogoþ aras þurh fæder fulwiht ond se flod onsprang þa gesamnodon secga þreate weras geond þa winburg wide ond side eorlas anmode ond hira idesa mid cwædon holdlice hyran woldon onfon fromlice fullwihtes bæþ dryhtne to willan ond diofolgild ealde eolhstedas anforlætan þa wæs mid þy folce fulwiht hæfen æþele mid eorlum ond æ godes riht aræred ræd on lande mid þam ceasterwarum cirice gehalgod þær se ar godes anne gesette wisfæstne wer wordes gleawne in þære beorhtan byrig bisceop þam leodum ond gehalgode fore þam heremægene þurh apostolhad platan nemned þeodum on þearfe ond þriste bebead þæt hie his lare læston georne feorhræd fremedon sægde his fusne hige þæt he þa goldburg ofgifan wolde secga seledream ond sincgestreon beorht beagselu ond him brimþisan æt sæs faroþe secan wolde þæt wæs þam weorode weorc to geþoligenne þæt hie se leodfruma leng ne wolde wihte gewunian þa him wuldres god on þam siþfæte sylfum ætywde ond þæt word gecwæþ weoruda dryhten folc of firenum is him fus hyge gaþ geomriende geohþo mænaþ weras wif samod hira wop becom murnende mod #