# Guthlac

se bið gefeana fægrast || ðonne hy æt frymðe gemetað
engel ond seo eadge sawl || ofgiefeð hio ðas eorðan wynne
forlæteð ðas lænan dreamas || ond hio wið ðam lice gedæleð
ðonne cwið se engel || hafað yldran had
greteð gæst oðerne || abeodeð him godes ærende
nu ðu most feran || ðider ðu fundadest
longe ond gelome || ic ðec lædan sceal
wegas ðe sindon weðe || ond wuldres leoht
torht ontyned || eart nu tidfara
to ðam halgan ham || ðær næfre hreow cymeð
edergong fore yrmðum || ac ðær bið engla dream
sib ond gesælignes || ond sawla ræst
ond ðær a to feore || gefeon motun
dryman mid dryhten || ða ðe his domas her
æfnað on eorðan || he him ece lean
healdeð on heofonum || ðær se hyhsta
ealra cyninga cyning || ceastrum wealdeð
ðæt sind ða getimbru || ðe no tydriað
ne ðam fore yrmðum || ðe ðær in wuniað
lif aspringeð || ac him bið lenge hu sel
geoguðe brucað || ond godes miltsa
ðider soðfæstra || sawla motun
cuman æfter cwealme || ða ðe her cristes æ
lærað ond læstað || ond his lof rærað
oferwinnað ða awyrgdan gæstas || bigytað him wuldres ræste
hwider sceal ðæs monnes || mod astigan
ær oððe æfter || ðonne he his ænne her
gæst bigonge || ðæt se gode mote
womma clæne || in geweald cuman
monge sindon || geond middangeard
hadas under heofonum || ða ðe in haligra
rim arisað || we ðæs ryht magun
æt æghwylcum || anra gehyran
gif we halig bebodu || healdan willað
mæg nu snottor guma || sæle brucan
godra tida || ond his gæste forð
weges willian || woruld is onhrered
colað cristes lufu || sindan costinga
geond middangeard || monge arisene
swa ðæt geara iu || godes spelbodan
wordum sægdon || ond ðurh witedom
eal anemdon || swa hit nu gongeð
ealdað eorðan blæd || æðela gehwylcre
ond of wlite wendað || wæstma gecyndu
bið seo siðre tid || sæda gehwylces
mætræ in mægne || forðon se mon ne ðearf
to ðisse worulde || wyrpe gehycgan
ðæt he us fægran || gefean bringe
ofer ða niðas || ðe we nu dreogað
ærðon endien || ealle gesceafte
ða he gesette || on siex dagum
ða nu under heofonum || hadas cennað
micle ond mæte || is ðes middangeard
dalum gedæled || dryhten sceawað
hwær ða eardien || ðe his æ healden
gesihð he ða domas || dogra gehwylce
wonian ond wendan || of woruldryhte
ða he gesette || ðurh his sylfes word
he fela findeð || fea beoð gecorene
sume him ðæs hades || hlisan willað
wegan on wordum || ond ða weorc ne doð
bið him eorðwela || ofer ðæt ece lif
hyhta hyhst || se gehwylcum sceal
foldbuendra || fremde geweorðan
forðon hy nu hyrwað || haligra mod
ða ðe him to heofonum || hyge staðeliað
witon ðæt se eðel || ece bideð
ealra ðære mengu || ðe geond middangeard
dryhtne ðeowiað || ond ðæs deoran ham
wilniað bi gewyrhtum || swa ðas woruldgestreon
on ða mæran god || bimutad weorðað
ðonne ðæt gegyrnað || ða ðe him godes egsa
hleonað ofer heafdum || hy ðy hyhstan beoð
ðrymme geðreade || ðisses lifes
ðurh bibodu brucað || ond ðæs betran forð
wyscað ond wenað || wuldres bycgað
sellað ælmessan || earme frefrað
beoð rummode || ryhtra gestreona
lufiað mid lacum || ða ðe læs agun
dæghwam dryhtne ðeowiað || he hyra dæde sceawað
sume ða wuniað || on westennum
secað ond gesittað || sylfra willum
hamas on heolstrum || hy ðæs heofoncundan
boldes bidað || oft him brogan to
laðne gelædeð || se ðe him lifes ofonn
eaweð him egsan || hwilum idel wuldor
brægdwis bona || hafað bega cræft
eahteð anbuendra || fore him englas stondað
gearwe mid gæsta wæpnum || beoð hyra geoca gemyndge
healdað haligra feorh || witon hyra hyht mid dryhten
ðæt synd ða gecostan cempan || ða ðam cyninge ðeowað
se næfre ða lean alegeð || ðam ðe his lufan adreogeð
magun we nu nemnan || ðæt us neah gewearð
ðurh haligne || had gecyðed
hu guðlac his || in godes willan
mod gerehte || man eall forseah
eorðlic æðelu || upp gemunde
ham in heofonum || him wæs hyht to ðam
siððan hine inlyhte || se ðe lifes weg
gæstum gearwað || ond him giefe sealde
engelcunde || ðæt he ana ongan
beorgseðel bugan || ond his blæd gode
ðurh eaðmedu || ealne gesealde
ðone ðe he on geoguðe || bigan sceolde
worulde wynnum || hine weard biheold
halig of heofonum || se ðæt hluttre mod
in ðæs gæstes god || georne trymede
hwæt we hyrdon oft || ðæt se halga wer
in ða ærestan || ældu gelufade
frecnessa fela || fyrst wæs swa ðeana
in godes dome || hwonne guðlace
on his ondgietan || engel sealde
ðæt him sweðraden || synna lustas
tid wæs toweard || hine twegen ymb
weardas wacedon || ða gewin drugon
engel dryhtnes || ond se atela gæst
nalæs hy him gelice || lare bæron
in his modes gemynd || mongum tidum
oðer him ðas eorðan || ealle sægde
læne under lyfte || ond ða longan god
herede on heofonum || ðær haligra
sawla gesittað || in sigorwuldre
dryhtnes dreamas || he him dæda lean
georne gieldeð || ðam ðe his giefe willað
ðicgan to ðonce || ond him ðas woruld
uttor lætan || ðonne ðæt ece lif
oðer hyne scyhte || ðæt he sceaðena gemot
nihtes sohte || ond ðurh neðinge
wunne æfter worulde || swa doð wræcmæcgas
ða ðe ne bimurnað || monnes feore
ðæs ðe him to honda || huðe gelædeð
butan hy ðy reafe || rædan motan
swa hy hine trymedon || on twa healfa
oððæt ðæs gewinnes || weoroda dryhten
on ðæs engles dom || ende gereahte
feond wæs geflymed || sið ðam frofre gæst
in guðlaces || geoce gewunade
lufade hine ond lærde || lenge hu geornor
ðæt him leofedan || londes wynne
bold on beorhge || oft ðær broga cwom
egeslic ond uncuð || ealdfeonda nið
searocræftum swið || hy him sylf hyra
onsyn ywdon || ond ðær ær fela
setla gesæton || ðonan sið tugon
wide waðe || wuldre byscyrede
lyftlacende || wæs seo londes stow
bimiðen fore monnum || oððæt meotud onwrah
beorg on bearwe || ða se bytla cwom
se ðær haligne || ham arærde
nales ðy he giemde || ðurh gitsunga
lænes lifwelan || ac ðæt lond gode
fægre gefreoðode || siððan feond oferwon
cristes cempa || he gecostad wearð
in gemyndigra || monna tidum
ðara ðe nu gena || ðurh gæstlicu
wundor hine weorðiað || ond his wisdomes
hlisan healdað || ðæt se halga ðeow
elne geeode || ða he ana gesæt
dygle stowe || ðær he dryhtnes lof
reahte ond rærde || oft ðurh reorde abead
ðam ðe ðrowera || ðeawas lufedon
godes ærendu || ða him gæst onwrah
lifes snyttru || ðæt he his lichoman
wynna forwyrnde || ond woruldblissa
seftra setla || ond symbeldaga
swylce eac idelra || eagena wynna
gierelan gielplices || him wæs godes egsa
mara in gemyndum || ðonne he menniscum
ðrymme æfter ðonce || ðegan wolde
god wæs guðlac || he in gæste bær
heofoncundne hyht || hælu geræhte
ecan lifes || him wæs engel neah
fæle freoðuweard || ðam ðe feara sum
mearclond gesæt || ðær he mongum wearð
bysen on brytene || siððan biorg gestah
eadig oretta || ondwiges heard
gyrede hine georne || mid gæstlicum
wæpnum || wong bletsade
him to ætstælle || ærest arærde
cristes rode || ðær se cempa oferwon
frecnessa fela || frome wurdun monge
godes ðrowera || we ðæs guðlaces
deorwyrðne dæl || dryhtne cennað
he him sige sealde || ond snyttrucræft
mundbyrd meahta || ðonne mengu cwom
feonda færscytum || fæhðe ræran
ne meahton hy æfeste || anforlætan
ac to guðlaces || gæste gelæddun
frasunga fela || him wæs fultum neah
engel hine elne trymede || ðonne hy him yrre hweopan
frecne fyres wylme || stodan him on feðehwearfum
cwædon ðæt he on ðam beorge || byrnan sceolde
ond his lichoman || lig forswelgan
ðæt his earfeðu || eal gelumpe
modcearu mægum || gif he monna dream
of ðam orlege || eft ne wolde
sylfa gesecan || ond his sibbe ryht
mid moncynne || maran cræfte
willum bewitigan || lætan wræce stille
swa him yrsade || se for ealle spræc
feonda mengu || no ðy forhtra wæs
guðlaces gæst || ac him god sealde
ellen wið ðam egsan || ðæt ðæs ealdfeondes
scyldigra scolu || scome ðrowedon
wæron teonsmiðas || tornes fulle
cwædon ðæt him guðlac || eac gode sylfum
earfeða mæst || ana gefremede
siððan he for wlence || on westenne
beorgas bræce || ðær hy bidinge
earme ondsacan || æror mostun
æfter tintergum || tidum brucan
ðonne hy of waðum || werge cwoman
restan ryneðragum || rowe gefegon
wæs him seo gelyfed || ðurh lytel fæc
stod seo dygle stow || dryhtne in gemyndum
idel ond æmen || eðelriehte feor
bad bisæce || betran hyrdes
to ðon ealdfeondas || ondan noman
swa hi singales || sorge dreogað
ne motun hi on eorðan || eardes brucan
ne hy lyft swefeð || in leoma ræstum
ac hy hleolease || hama ðoliað
in cearum cwiðað || cwealmes wiscað
willen ðæt him dryhten || ðurh deaðes cwealm
to hyra earfeða || ende geryme
ne mostun hy guðlaces || gæste sceððan
ne ðurh sarslege || sawle gedælan
wið lichoman || ac hy ligesearwum
ahofun hearmstafas || hleahtor alegdon
sorge seofedon || ða hi swiðra oferstag
weard on wonge || sceoldon wræcmæcgas
ofgiefan gnornende || grene beorgas
hwæðre hy ða gena || godes ondsacan
sægdon sarstafum || swiðe geheton
ðæt he deaða gedal || dreogan sceolde
gif he leng bide || laðran gemotes
hwonne hy mid mengu || maran cwome
ða ðe for his life || lyt sorgedon
guðlac him ongean ðingode || cwæð ðæt hy gielpan ne ðorftan
dædum wið dryhtnes meahtum || ðeah ðe ge me deað gehaten
mec wile wið ðam niðum genergan || se ðe eowrum nydum wealdeð
an is ælmihtig god || se mec mæg eaðe gescyldan
he min feorg freoðað || ic eow fela wille
soða gesecgan || mæg ic ðis setl on eow
butan earfeðum || ana geðringan
ne eam ic swa fealog || swa ic eow fore stonde
monna weorudes || ac me mara dæl
in godcundum || gæstgerynum
wunað ond weaxeð || se me wraðe healdeð
ic me anum her || eaðe getimbre
hus ond hleonað || me on heofonum sind
lare gelonge || mec ðæs lyt tweoð
ðæt me engel to || ealle gelædeð
spowende sped || spreca ond dæda
gewitað nu awyrgde || werigmode
from ðissum earde || ðe ge her on stondað
fleoð on feorweg || ic me frið wille
æt gode gegyrnan || ne sceal min gæst mid eow
gedwolan dreogan || ac mec dryhtnes hond
mundað mid mægne || her sceal min wesan
eorðlic eðel || nales eower leng
ða wearð breahtm hæfen || beorg ymbstodan
hwearfum wræcmæcgas || woð up astag
cearfulra cirm || cleopedon monige
feonda foresprecan || firenum gulpon
oft we ofersegon || bi sæm tweonum
ðeoda ðeawas || ðræce modigra
ðara ðe in gelimpe || life weoldon
no we oferhygdu || anes monnes
geond middangeard || maran fundon
ðu ðæt gehatest || ðæt ðu ham on us
gegan wille || ðe eart godes yrming
bi hwon scealt ðu lifgan || ðeah ðu lond age
ne ðec mon hider || mose fedeð
beoð ðe hungor ond ðurst || hearde gewinnan
gif ðu gewitest || swa wilde deor
ana from eðele || nis ðæt onginn wiht
geswic ðisses setles || ne mæg ðec sellan ræd
mon gelæran || ðonne ðeos mengu eall
we ðe beoð holde || gif ðu us hyran wilt
oððe ðec ungearo || eft gesecað
maran mægne || ðæt ðe mon ne ðearf
hondum hrinan || ne ðin hra feallan
wæpna wundum || we ðas wic magun
fotum afyllan || folc in ðriceð
meara ðreatum || ond monfarum
beoð ða gebolgne || ða ðec breodwiað
tredað ðec ond tergað || ond hyra torn wrecað
toberað ðec blodgum lastum || gif ðu ure bidan ðencest
we ðec niða genægað || ongin ðe generes wilnian
far ðær ðu freonda wene || gif ðu ðines feores recce
gearo wæs guðlac || hine god fremede
on ondsware || ond on elne strong
ne wond he for worde || ac his wiðerbreocum
sorge gesægde || cuðe him soð genog
wid is ðes westen || wræcsetla fela
eardas onhæle || earmra gæsta
sindon wærlogan || ðe ða wic bugað
ðeah ge ða ealle || ut abanne
ond eow eac gewyrce || widor sæce
ge her ateoð || in ða tornwræce
sigeleasne sið || no ic eow sweord ongean
mid gebolgne hond || oðberan ðence
worulde wæpen || ne sceal ðes wong gode
ðurh blodgyte || gebuen weorðan
ac ic minum criste || cweman ðence
leofran lace || nu ic ðis lond gestag
fela ge me earda || ðurh idel word
aboden habbað || nis min breostsefa
forht ne fæge || ac me friðe healdeð
ofer monna cyn || se ðe mægna gehwæs
weorcum wealdeð || nis me wiht æt eow
leofes gelong || ne ge me laðes wiht
gedon motun || ic eom dryhtnes ðeow
he mec ðurh engel || oft afrefreð
forðon mec longeðas || lyt gegretað
sorge sealdun || nu mec sawelcund
hyrde bihealdeð || is min hyht mid god
ne ic me eorðwelan || owiht sinne
ne me mid mode || micles gyrne
ac me dogra gehwam || dryhten sendeð
ðurh monnes hond || mine ðearfe
swa modgade || se wið mongum stod
awreðed weorðlice || wuldres cempa
engla mægne || gewat eal ðonan
feonda mengu || ne wæs se fyrst micel
ðe hi guðlace || forgiefan ðohtan
he wæs on elne || ond on eaðmedum
bad on beorge || wæs him botles neod
forlet longeðas || lænra dreama
no he hine wið monna || miltse gedælde
ac gesynta bæd || sawla gehwylcre
ðonne he to eorðan || on ðam anade
hleor onhylde || him of heofonum wearð
onbryrded breostsefa || bliðe gæste
oft eahtade || wæs him engel neah
hu ðisse worulde || wynna ðorfte
mid his lichoman || læsast brucan
no him fore egsan || earmra gæsta
treow getweode || ne he tid forsæt
ðæs ðe he for his dryhtne || dreogan sceolde
ðæt hine æreste || elne binoman
slæpa sluman || oððe sæne mod
swa sceal oretta || a in his mode
gode compian || ond his gæst beran
oft on ondan || ðam ðe eahtan wile
sawla gehwylcre || ðær he gesælan mæg
symle hy guðlac || in godes willan
fromne fundon || ðonne flygereowe
ðurh nihta genipu || neosan cwoman
ða ðe onhæle || eardas weredon
hwæðre him ðæs wonges || wyn sweðrade
woldun ðæt him to mode || fore monlufan
sorg gesohte || ðæt he sið tuge
eft to eðle || ne wæs ðæt ongin swylc
ðonne hine engel || on ðam anade
geornast grette || ond him giefe sealde
ðæt hine ne meahte || meotudes willan
longað gelettan || ac he on ðæs lareowes
wære gewunade || oft worde bicwæð
huru ðæs bihofað || se ðe him halig gæst
wisað on willan || ond his weorc trymað
laðað hine liðum wordum || gehateð him lifes ræste
ðæt he ðæs latteowes || larum hyre
ne lete him ealdfeond || eft oncyrran
mod from his meotude || hu sceal min cuman
gæst to geoce || nemne ic gode sylle
hyrsumne hige || ðæt him heortan geðonc
// ær oððe sið || ende geweorðe
ðæt ge mec to wundre || wægan motun
ne mæg min lichoma || wið ðas lænan gesceaft
deað gedælan || ac he gedreosan sceal
swa ðeos eorðe eall || ðe ic her on stonde
ðeah ge minne flæschoman || fyres wylme
forgripen gromhydge || gifran lege
næfre ge mec of ðissum wordum onwendað || ðendan mec min gewit gelæsteð
ðeah ðe ge hine sarum forsæcen || ne motan ge mine sawle gretan
ac ge on betran gebringað || forðan ic gebidan wille
ðæs ðe me min dryhten demeð || nis me ðæs deaðes sorg
ðeah min ban ond blod || bu-tu geweorðen
eorðan to eacan || min se eca dæl
in gefean fareð || ðær he fægran
botles bruceð || nis ðisses beorges setl
meodumre ne mara || ðonne hit men duge
se ðe in ðrowingum || ðeodnes willan
dæghwam dreogeð || ne sceal se dryhtnes ðeow
in his modsefan || mare gelufian
eorðan æhtwelan || ðonne his anes gemet
ðæt he his lichoman || lade hæbbe
ða wæs eft swa ær || ealdfeonda nið
wroht onwylled || woð oðer
ne lythwon leoðode || ðonne in lyft astag
ceargesta cirm || symle cristes lof
in guðlaces || godum mode
weox ond wunade || ond hine weoruda god
freoðade on foldan || swa he feora gehwylc
healdeð in hælo || ðær se hyra gæst
ðihð in ðeawum || he wæs ðeara sum
ne won he æfter worulde || ac he in wuldre ahof
modes wynne || hwylc wæs mara ðonne se
an oretta || ussum tidum
cempa gecyðeð || ðæt him crist fore
woruldlicra ma || wundra gecyðde
he hine scilde || wið sceððendra
eglum onfengum || earmra gæsta
wæron hy reowe || to ræsanne
gifrum grapum || no god wolde
ðæt seo sawl ðæs || sar ðrowade
in lichoman || lyfde seðeana
ðæt hy him mid hondum || hrinan mosten
ond ðæt frið wið hy || gefreoðad wære
hy hine ða hofun || on ða hean lyft
sealdon him meahte || ofer monna cynn
ðæt he fore eagum || eall sceawode
under haligra || hyrda gewealdum
in mynsterum || monna gebæru
ðara ðe hyra lifes || ðurh lust brucan
idlum æhtum || ond oferwlencum
gierelum gielplicum || swa bið geoguðe ðeaw
ðær ðæs ealdres || egsa ne styreð
no ðær ða feondas || gefeon ðorfton
ac ðæs blædes hraðe || gebrocen hæfdon
ðe him alyfed wæs || lytle hwile
ðæt hy his lichoman || leng ne mostan
witum wælan || ne him wiht gescod
ðæs ðe hy him to teonan || ðurhtogen hæfdon
læddun hine ða of lyfte || to ðam leofestan
earde on eorðan || ðæt he eft gestag
beorg on bearwe || bonan gnornedon
mændon murnende || ðæt hy monnes bearn
ðream oferðunge || ond swa ðearfendlic
him to earfeðum || ana cwome
gif hy him ne meahte || maran sarum
gyldan gyrnwræce || guðlac sette
hyht in heofonas || hælu getreowde
hæfde feonda feng || feore gedyged
wæs seo æreste || earmra gæsta
costung ofercumen || cempa wunade
bliðe on beorge || wæs his blæd mid god
ðuhte him on mode || ðæt se moncynnes
eadig wære || se ðe his anum her
feore gefreoðade || ðæt him feondes hond
æt ðam ytmestan || ende ne scode
ðonne him se dryhtnes || dom wisade
to ðam nyhstan || nydgedale
hwæðre him ða gena || gyrna gemyndge
edwitsprecan || ermðu geheton
tornum teoncwidum || treow wæs gecyðed
ðætte guðlace || god leanode
ellen mid arum || ðæt he ana gewon
him se werga gæst || wordum sægde
no we ðe ðus swiðe || swencan ðorftan
ðær ðu fromlice || freonda larum
hyran wolde || ða ðu hean ond earm
on ðis orlege || ærest cwome
ða ðu gehete || ðæt ðec halig gæst
wið earfeðum || eaðe gescilde
for ðam myrcelse || ðe ðec monnes hond
from ðinre onsyne || æðelum ahwyrfde
in ðam mægwlite || monge lifgað
gyltum forgiefene || nales gode ðigað
ac hy lichoman || fore lufan cwemað
wista wynnum || swa ge weorðmyndu
in dolum dreame || dryhtne gieldað
fela ge fore monnum miðað || ðæs ðe ge in mode gehycgað
ne beoð eowre dæda dyrne || ðeah ðe ge hy in dygle gefremme
we ðec in lyft gelæddun || oftugon ðe londes wynna
woldun ðu ðe sylfa gesawe || ðæt we ðec soð onstældun
ealles ðu ðæs wite awunne || forðon ðu hit onwendan ne meahtes
ða wæs agongen || ðæt him god wolde
æfter ðrowinga || ðonc gegyldan
ðæt he martyrhad || mode gelufade
sealde him snyttru || on sefan gehygdum
mægenfæste gemynd || he wið mongum stod
ealdfeonda || elne gebylded
sægde him to sorge || ðæt hy sigelease
ðone grenan wong || ofgiefan sceoldan
ge sind forscadene || on eow scyld siteð
ne cunnon ge dryhten || duguðe biddan
ne mid eaðmedum || are secan
ðeah ðe eow alyfde || lytle hwile
ðæt ge min onwald || agan mosten
ne ge ðæt geðyldum || ðicgan woldan
ac mec yrringa || up gelæddon
ðæt ic of lyfte || londa getimbru
geseon meahte || wæs me swegles leoht
torht ontyned || ðeah ic torn druge
setton me in edwit || ðæt ic eaðe forbær
rume regulas || ond reðe mod
geongra monna || in godes templum
woldan ðy gehyrwan || haligra lof
sohtun ða sæmran || ond ða sellan no
demdan æfter dædum || ne beoð ða dyrne swa ðeah
ic eow soð siððon || secgan wille
god scop geoguðe || ond gumena dream
ne magun ða æfteryld || in ðam ærestan
blæde geberan || ac hy blissiað
worulde wynnum || oððæt wintra rim
gegæð in ða geoguðe || ðæt se gæst lufað
onsyn ond ætwist || yldran hades
ðe gemete monige || geond middangeard
ðeowiað in ðeawum || ðeodum ywað
wisdom weras || wlencu forleosað
siððan geoguðe geað || gæst aflihð
ðæt ge ne scirað || ac ge scyldigra
synne secgað || soðfæstra no
mod ond monðeaw || mæran willað
gefeoð in firenum || frofre ne wenað
ðæt ge wræcsiða || wyrpe gebiden
oft ge in gestalum stondað || ðæs cymeð steor of heofonum
me ðonne sige sendeð || se usic semon mæg
se ðe lifa gehwæs || lengu wealdeð
swa hleoðrade || halig cempa
wæs se martyre || from moncynnes
synnum asundrad || sceolde he sares ða gen
dæl adreogan || ðeah ðe dryhten his
witum weolde || hwæt ðæt wundra sum
monnum ðuhte || ðæt he ma wolde
afrum onfengum || earme gæstas
hrinan leton || ond ðæt hwæðre gelomp
wæs ðæt gen mara || ðæt he middangeard
sylfa gesohte || ond his swat ageat
on bonena hond || ahte bega geweald
lifes ond deaðes || ða he lustum dreag
eaðmod on eorðan || ehtendra nið
forðon is nu arlic || ðæt we æfæstra
dæde demen || secgen dryhtne lof
ealra ðara bisena || ðe us bec fore
ðurh his wundra geweorc || wisdom cyðað
geofu wæs mid guðlac || in godcundum
mægne gemeted || micel is to secgan
eall æfter orde || ðæt he on elne adreag
ðone foregengan || fæder ælmihtig
wið onhælum || ealdorgewinnum
sylfa gesette || ðær his sawl wearð
clæne ond gecostad || cuð is wide
geond middangeard || ðæt his mod geðah
in godes willan || is ðæs gen fela
to secgenne || ðæs ðe he sylfa adreag
under nyðgista || nearwum clommum
he ða sar forseah || a ðære sawle wel
ðæs mundboran || ðe ðæt mod geheold
ðæt him ne getweode || treow in breostum
ne him gnornunga || gæste scodun
ac se hearda hyge || halig wunade
oððæt he ða bysgu || oferbiden hæfde
ðrea wæron ðearle || ðegnas grimme
ealle hy ðam feore || fyl gehehton
no hy hine to deaðe || deman moston
synna hyrdas || ac seo sawul bad
in lichoman || leofran tide
georne hy ongeaton || ðæt hyne god wolde
nergan wið niðum || ond hyra nydwræce
deope deman || swa dryhten mæg
ana ælmihtig || eadigra gehwone
wið earfeðum || eaðe gescildan
hwæðre hine gebrohton || bolgenmode
wraðe wræcmæcgas || wuldres cempan
halig husulbearn || æt heldore
ðær firenfulra || fæge gæstas
æfter swyltcwale || secan onginnað
ingong ærest || in ðæt atule hus
niðer under næssas || neole grundas
hy hine bregdon || budon orlege
egsan ond ondan || arleaslice
frecne fore || swa bið feonda ðeaw
ðonne hy soðfæstra || sawle willað
synnum beswican || ond searocræftum
ongunnon gromheorte || godes orettan
in sefan swencan || swiðe geheton
ðæt he in ðone grimman gryre || gongan sceolde
hweorfan gehyned || to helwarum
ond ðær in bendum || bryne ðrowian
woldun hy geteon || mid torncwidum
earme aglæcan || in orwennysse
meotudes cempan || hit ne meahte swa
cwædon cearfulle || criste laðe
to guðlace || mid grimnysse
ne eart ðu gedefe || ne dryhtnes ðeow
clæne gecostad || ne cempa god
wordum ond weorcum || wel gecyðed
halig in heortan || nu ðu in helle scealt
deope gedufan || nales dryhtnes leoht
habban in heofonum || heahgetimbru
seld on swegle || forðon ðu synna to fela
facna gefremedes || in flæschoman
we ðe nu willað || womma gehwylces
lean forgieldan || ðær ðe laðast bið
in ðam grimmestan || gæstgewinne
him se eadga wer || ondswarode
guðlac in gæste || mid godes mægne
doð efne swa || gif eow dryhten crist
lifes leohtfruma || lyfan wylle
weoruda waldend || ðæt ge his wergengan
in ðone laðan leg || lædan motan
ðæt is in gewealdum || wuldorcyninges
se eow gehynde || ond in hæft bidraf
under nearone clom || nergende crist
eom ic eaðmod his || ombiehthera
ðeow geðyldig || ic geðafian sceal
æghwær ealles || his anne dom
ond him geornlice || gæstgemyndum
wille wideferh || wesan underðyded
hyran holdlice || minum hælende
ðeawum ond geðyncðum || ond him ðoncian
ealra ðara giefena || ðe god gescop
englum ærest || ond eorðwarum
ond ic bletsige || bliðe mode
lifes leohtfruman || ond him lof singe
ðurh gedefne dom || dæges ond nihtes
herge in heortan || heofonrices weard
ðæt eow æfre ne bið || ufan alyfed
leohtes lissum || ðæt ge lof moten
dryhtne secgan || ac ge deaðe sceolon
weallendne wean || wope besingan
heaf in helle || nales herenisse
halge habban || heofoncyninges
ic ðone deman || in dagum minum
wille weorðian || wordum ond dædum
lufian in life || swa is lar ond ar
to spowendre || spræce gelæded
ðam ðe in his weorcum || willan ræfnað
sindon ge wærlogan || swa ge in wræcsiðe
longe lifdon || lege bisencte
swearte beswicene || swegle benumene
dreame bidrorene || deaðe bifolene
firenum bifongne || feores orwenan
ðæt ge blindnesse || bote fundon
ge ða fægran gesceaft || in fyrndagum
gæstlicne goddream || gearo forsegon
ða ge wiðhogdun || halgum dryhtne
ne mostun ge a wunian || in wyndagum
ac mid scome scyldum || scofene wurdon
fore oferhygdum || in ece fyr
ðær ge sceolon dreogan || deað ond ðystro
wop to widan ealdre || næfre ge ðæs wyrpe gebidað
ond ic ðæt gelyfe || in liffruman
ecne onwealdan || ealra gesceafta
ðæt he mec for miltsum || ond mægenspedum
niðða nergend || næfre wille
ðurh ellenweorc || anforlætan
ðam ic longe || in lichoman
ond in minum gæste || gode campode
ðurh monigfealdra || mægna gerynu
forðon ic getrywe || in ðone torhtestan
ðrynesse ðrym || se geðeahtingum
hafað in hondum || heofon ond eorðan
ðæt ge mec mid niðum || næfre motan
tornmode teon || in tintergu
mine myrðran || ond mansceaðan
swearte sigelease || eom ic soðlice
leohte geleafan || ond mid lufan dryhtnes
fægre gefylled || in minum feorhlocan
breostum inbryrded || to ðam betran ham
leomum inlyhted || to ðam leofestan
ecan earde || ðær is eðellond
fæger ond gefealic || in fæder wuldre
ðær eow næfre || fore nergende
leohtes leoma || ne lifes hyht
in godes rice || agiefen weorðeð
for ðam oferhygdum || ðe eow in mod astag
ðurh idel gylp || ealles to swiðe
wendun ge ond woldun || wiðerhycgende
ðæt ge scyppende || sceoldan gelice
wesan in wuldre || eow ðær wyrs gelomp
ða eow se waldend || wraðe bisencte
in ðæt swearte susl || ðær eow siððan wæs
ad inæled || attre geblonden
ðurh deopne dom || dream afyrred
engla gemana || swa nu awa sceal
wesan wideferh || ðæt ge wærnysse
brynewylm hæbben || nales bletsunga
ne ðurfun ge wenan || wuldre biscyrede
ðæt ge mec synfulle || mid searocræftum
under scæd sconde || scufan motan
ne in bælblæsan || bregdon on hinder
in helle hus || ðær eow is ham sceapen
sweart sinnehte || sacu butan ende
grim gæstcwalu || ðær ge gnornende
deað sceolon dreogan || ond ic dreama wyn
agan mid englum || in ðam uplican
rodera rice || ðær is ryht cyning
help ond hælu || hæleða cynne
duguð ond drohtað || ða cwom dryhtnes ar
halig of heofonum || se ðurh hleoðor abead
ufancundne ege || earmum gæstum
het eft hraðe || unscyldigne
of ðam wræcsiðe || wuldres cempan
lædan limhalne || ðæt se leofesta
gæst gegearwad || in godes wære
on gefean ferde || ða wearð feonda ðreat
acol for ðam egsan || ofermæcga spræc
dyre dryhtnes ðegn || dæghluttre scan
hæfde guðlaces || gæst in gewealdum
modig mundbora || meahtum spedig
ðeostra ðegnas || ðreaniedlum bond
nyd onsette || ond geneahhe bibead
ne sy him banes bryce || ne blodig wund
lices læla || ne laðes wiht
ðæs ðe ge him to dare || gedon motan
ac ge hine gesundne asettað || ðær ge hine sylfne genoman
he sceal ðy wonge wealdan || ne magon ge him ða wic forstondan
ic eom se dema || se mec dryhten heht
snude gesecgan || ðæt ge him sara gehwylc
hondum gehælde || ond him hearsume
on his sylfes dom || siððan wæron
ne sceal ic mine onsyn || fore eowere
mengu miðan || ic eom meotudes ðegn
eom ic ðara twelfa sum || ðe he getreoweste
under monnes hiw || mode gelufade
he mec of heofonum || hider onsende
geseah ðæt ge on eorðan || fore æfstum
on his wergengan || wite legdon
is ðæt min broðor || mec his bysgu gehreaw
ic ðæt gefremme || ðær se freond wunað
on ðære socne || ðe ic ða sibbe wið hine
healdan wille || nu ic his helpan mot
ðæt ge min onsynn || oft sceawiað
nu ic his geneahhe || neosan wille
sceal ic his word ond his weorc || in gewitnesse
dryhtne lædon || he his dæde conn
ða wæs guðlaces || gæst geblissad
siððan bartholomeus || aboden hæfde
godes ærendu || gearwe stodun
hæftas hearsume || ða ðæs halgan word
lyt oferleordun || ongon ða leofne sið
dragan domeadig || dryhtnes cempa
to ðam onwillan || eorðan dæle
hy hine bæron || ond him bryce heoldon
hofon hine hondum || ond him hryre burgun
wæron hyra gongas || under godes egsan
smeðe ond gesefte || sigehreðig cwom
bytla to ðam beorge || hine bletsadon
monge mægwlitas || meaglum reordum
treofugla tuddor || tacnum cyðdon
eadges eftcyme || oft he him æte heold
ðonne hy him hungrige || ymb hond flugon
grædum gifre || geoce gefegon
swa ðæt milde mod || wið moncynnes
dreamum gedælde || dryhtne ðeowde
genom him to wildeorum wynne || siððan he ðas woruld forhogde
smolt wæs se sigewong || ond sele niwe
fæger fugla reord || folde geblowen
geacas gear budon || guðlac moste
eadig ond onmod || eardes brucan
stod se grena wong || in godes wære
hæfde se heorde || se ðe of heofonum cwom
feondas afyrde || hwylc wæs fægerra
willa geworden || in wera life
ðara ðe yldran || usse gemunde
oððe we selfe || siððan cuðen
hwæt we ðissa wundra || gewitan sindon
eall ðas geeodon || in ussera
tida timan || forðon ðæs tweogan ne ðearf
ænig ofer eorðan || ælda cynnes
ac swilc god wyrceð || gæsta lifes
to trumnaðe || ðy læs ða tydran mod
ða gewitnesse || wendan ðurfe
ðonne hy in gesihðe || soðes brucað
swa se ælmihtiga || ealle gesceafte
lufað under lyfte || in lichoman
monna mægðe || geond middangeard
wile se waldend || ðæt we wisdom a
snyttrum swelgen || ðæt his soð fore us
on his giefena gyld || genge weorðe
ða he us to are || ond to ondgiete
syleð ond sendeð || sawlum rymeð
liðe lifwegas || leohte geræhte
nis ðæt huru læsast || ðæt seo lufu cyðeð
ðonne heo in monnes || mode getimbreð
gæstcunde gife || swa he guðlaces
dagas ond dæde || ðurh his dom ahof
wæs se fruma fæstlic || feondum on ondan
geseted wið synnum || ðær he siððan lyt
wære gewonade || oft his word gode
ðurh eaðmedu || up onsende
let his ben cuman || in ða beorhtan gesceaft
ðoncade ðeodne || ðæs ðe he in ðrowingum
bidan moste || hwonne him betre lif
ðurh godes willan || agyfen wurde
swa wæs guðlaces || gæst gelæded
engla fæðmum || in uprodor
fore onsyne || eces deman
læddon leoflice || him wæs lean geseald
setl on swegle || ðær he symle mot
awo to ealdre || eardfæst wesan
bliðe bidan || is him bearn godes
milde mundbora || meahtig dryhten
halig hyrde || heofonrices weard
swa soðfæstra || sawla motun
in ecne geard || up gestigan
rodera rice || ða ðe ræfnað her
wordum ond weorcum || wuldorcyninges
lare longsume || on hyra lifes tid
earniað on eorðan || ecan lifes
hames in heahðu || ðæt beoð husulweras
cempan gecorene || criste leofe
berað in breostum || beorhtne geleafan
haligne hyht || heortan clæne
weorðiað waldend || habbað wisne geðoht
fusne on forðweg || to fæder eðle
gearwað gæstes hus || ond mid gleawnesse
feond oferfeohtað || ond firenlustas
forberað in breostum || broðorsibbe
georne bigongað || in godes willan
swencað hi sylfe || sawle frætwað
halgum gehygdum || heofoncyninges bibod
fremmað on foldan || fæsten lufiað
beorgað him bealonið || ond gebedu secað
swincað wið synnum || healdað soð ond ryht
him ðæt ne hreoweð || æfter hingonge
ðonne hy hweorfað || in ða halgan burg
gongað gegnunga || to hierusalem
ðær hi to worulde || wynnum motun
godes onsyne || georne bihealdan
sibbe ond gesihðe || ðær heo soð wunað
wlitig wuldorfæst || ealne widan ferh
on lifgendra || londes wynne
ðæt is wide cuð || wera cneorissum
folcum gefræge || ðætte frymða god
ðone ærestan || ælda cynnes
of ðære clænestan || cyning ælmihtig
foldan geworhte || ða wæs fruma niwe
ælda tudres || onstæl wynlic
fæger ond gefealic || fæder wæs acenned
adam ærest || ðurh est godes
on neorxnawong || ðær him nænges wæs
willan onsyn || ne welan brosnung
ne lifes lyre || ne lices hryre
ne dreames dryre || ne deaðes cyme
ac he on ðam lande || lifgan moste
ealra leahtra leas || longe neotan
niwra gefeana || ðær he no ðorfte
lifes ne lissa || in ðam leohtan ham
ðurh ælda tid || ende gebidan
ac æfter fyrste || to ðam færestan
heofonrices gefean || hweorfan mostan
leomu lic somud || ond lifes gæst
ond ðær siððan a || in sindreamum
to widan feore || wunian mostun
dryhtne on gesihðe || butan deaðe forð
gif hy halges word || healdan woldun
beorht in breostum || ond his bebodu læstan
æfnan on eðle || hy to ær aðreat
ðæt hy waldendes || willan læsten
ac his wif genom || wyrmes larum
blede forbodene || ond of beame ahneop
wæstm biweredne || ofer word godes
wuldorcyninges || ond hyre were sealde
ðurh deofles searo || deaðberende gyfl
ðæt ða sinhiwan || to swylte geteah
siððan se eðel || uðgenge wearð
adame ond euan || eardwica cyst
beorht oðbroden || ond hyra bearnum swa
eaferum æfter || ða hy on uncyððu
scomum scudende || scofene wurdon
on gewinworuld || weorces onguldon
deopra firena || ðurh deaðes cwealm
ðe hy unsnyttrum || ær gefremedon
ðære synwræce || siððan sceoldon
mægð ond mæcgas || morðres ongyldon
godscyldge gyrn || ðurh gæstgedal
deopra firena || deað in geðrong
fira cynne || feond rixade
geond middangeard || nænig monna wæs
of ðam sigetudre || siððan æfre
godes willan ðæs georn || ne gynnwised
ðæt he bibugan mæge || ðone bitran drync
ðone eue fyrn || adame geaf
byrelade bryd geong || ðæt him bam gescod
in ðam deoran ham || deað ricsade
ofer foldbuend || ðeah ðe fela wære
gæsthaligra || ðær hi godes willan
on mislicum || monna gebihðum
æfter stedewonga || stowum fremedon
sume ær sume sið || sume in urra
æfter tælmearce || tida gemyndum
sigorlean sohtun || us secgað bec
hu guðlac wearð || ðurh godes willan
eadig on engle || he him ece geceas
meaht ond mundbyrd || mære wurdon
his wundra geweorc || wide ond side
breme æfter burgum || geond bryten innan
hu he monge oft || ðurh meaht godes
gehælde hygegeomre || hefigra wita
ðe hine unsofte || adle gebundne
sarge gesohtun || of siðwegum
freorigmode || symle frofre ðær
æt ðam godes cempan || gearwe fundon
helpe ond hælo || nænig hæleða is
ðe areccan mæge || oððe rim wite
ealra ðara wundra || ðe he in worulde her
ðurh dryhtnes giefe || dugeðum gefremede
oft to ðam wicum || weorude cwomun
deofla deaðmægen || duguða byscyrede
hloðum ðringan || ðær se halga ðeow
elnes anhydig || eard weardade
ðær hy mislice || mongum reordum
on ðam westenne || woðe hofun
hludne herecirm || hiwes binotene
dreamum bidrorene || dryhtnes cempa
from folctoga || feonda ðreatum
wiðstod stronglice || næs seo stund latu
earmra gæsta || ne ðæt onbid long
ðæt ða wrohtsmiðas || wop ahofun
hreopun hreðlease || hleoðrum brugdon
hwilum wedende || swa wilde deor
cirmdon on corðre || hwilum cyrdon eft
minne mansceaðan || on mennisc hiw
breahtma mæste || hwilum brugdon eft
awyrgde wærlogan || on wyrmes bleo
earme adloman || attre spiowdon
symle hy guðlac || gearene fundon
ðonces gleawne || he geðyldum bad
ðeah him feonda hloð || feorhcwealm bude
hwilum him to honda || hungre geðreatad
fleag fugla cyn || ðær hy feorhnere
witude fundon || ond hine weorðedon
meaglum stefnum || hwilum mennisce
aras eaðmedum || eft neosedon
ond ðær siðfrome || on ðam sigewonge
æt ðam halgan ðeowan || helpe gemetton
ferððes frofre || nænig forðum wæs
ðæt he æwiscmod || eft siðade
hean hyhta leas || ac se halga wer
ælda gehwylces || ðurh ða æðelan meaht
ðe hine seoslige || sohtun on ðearfe
hæleð hygegeomre || hælde bu-tu
lic ond sawle || ðenden lifes weard
ece ælmihtig || unnan wolde
ðæt he blædes her || brucan moste
worulde lifes || wæs gewinnes ða
yrmða for eorðan || endedogor
ðurh nydgedal || neah geðrungen
siððan he on westenne || wiceard geceas
fiftynu gear || ða wæs frofre gæst
eadgum æbodan || ufan onsended
halig of heahðu || hreðer innan born
afysed on forðsið || him færinga
adl in gewod || he on elne swa ðeah
ungeblyged bad || beorhtra gehata
bliðe in burgum || wæs ðam bancofan
æfter nihtglome || neah geðrungen
breosthord onboren || wæs se bliða gæst
fus on forðweg || nolde fæder engla
in ðisse wonsælgan || worulde life
leahtra leasne || longfyrst ofer ðæt
wunian leton || ðe him on weorcum her
on his dagena tid || dædum gecwemde
elne unslawe || ða se ælmihtiga
let his hond cuman || ðær se halga ðeow
deormod on degle || domeadig bad
heard ond hygerof || hyht wæs geniwad
blis in breostum || wæs se bancofa
adle onæled || inbendum fæst
lichord onlocen || leomu hefegedon
sarum gesohte || he ðæt soð gecneow
ðæt hine ælmihtig || ufan neosade
meotud fore miltsum || he his modsefan
wið ðam færhagan || fæste trymede
feonda gewinna || næs he forht seðeah
ne seo adlðracu || egle on mode
ne deaðgedal || ac him dryhtnes lof
born in breostum || brondhat lufu
sigorfæst in sefan || seo him sara gehwylc
symle forswiðde || næs him sorgcearu
on ðas lænan tid || ðeah his lic ond gæst
hyra somwiste || sinhiwan tu
deore gedælden || dagas forð scridun
nihthelma genipu || wæs neah seo tid
ðæt he fyrngewyrht || fyllan sceolde
ðurh deaðes cyme || domes hleotan
efne ðæs ilcan || ðe usse yldran fyrn
frecne onfengon || swa him biforan worhton
ða ærestan || ælda cynnes
ða wæs guðlace || on ða geocran tid
mægen gemeðgad || mod swiðe heard
elnes anhydig || wæs seo adl ðearl
hat ond heorogrim || hreðer innan weol
born banloca || bryðen wæs ongunnen
ðætte adame || eue gebyrmde
æt fruman worulde || feond byrlade
ærest ðære idese || ond heo adame
hyre swæsum were || siððan scencte
bittor bædeweg || ðæs ða byre siððan
grimme onguldon || gafulrædenne
ðurh ærgewyrht || ðætte ænig ne wæs
fyra cynnes || from fruman siððan
mon on moldan || ðætte meahte him
gebeorgan ond bibugan || ðone bleatan drync
deopan deaðweges || ac him duru sylfa
on ða sliðnan tid || sona ontyneð
ingong geopenað || ne mæg ænig ðam
flæsce bifongen || feore wiðstondan
ricra ne heanra || ac hine ræseð on
gifrum grapum || swa wæs guðlace
enge anhoga || ætryhte ða
æfter nihtscuan || neah geðyded
wiga wælgifre || hine wunade mid
an ombehtðegn || se hine æghwylce
daga neosade || ongan ða deophydig
gleawmod gongan || to godes temple
ðær he eðelbodan || inne wiste
ðone leofestan || lareow gecorenne
ond ða in eode || eadgum to spræce
wolde hyrcnigan || halges lara
mildes meðelcwida || fonde ða his mondryhten
adlwerigne || him ðæt in gefeol
hefig æt heortan || hygesorge wæg
micle modceare || ongan ða his magu frignan
hu gewearð ðe ðus || winedryhten min
fæder freonda hleo || ferð gebysgad
nearwe genæged || ic næfre ðe
ðeoden leofesta || ðyslicne ær
gemette ðus meðne || meaht ðu meðelcwidum
worda gewealdan || is me on wene geðuht
ðæt ðe untrymnes || adle gongum
on ðisse nyhstan || niht bysgade
sarbennum gesoht || ðæt me sorgna is
hatost on hreðre || ær ðu hyge minne
ferð afrefre || wast ðu freodryhten
hu ðeos adle scyle || ende gesettan
him ða sið oncwæð || sona ne meahte
oroð up geteon || wæs him in bogen
bittor bancoða || beald reordade
eadig on elne || ondcwis ageaf
ic wille secgan || ðæt me sar gehran
wærc in gewod || in ðisse wonnan niht
lichord onleac || leomu hefegiað
sarum gesohte || sceal ðis sawelhus
fæge flæschoma || foldærne biðeaht
leomu lames geðacan || legerbedde fæst
wunian wælræste || wiga nealæceð
unlæt laces || ne bið ðæs lengra swice
sawelgedales || ðonne seofon niht
fyrstgemearces || ðæt min feorh heonan
on ðisse eahteðan || ende geseceð
dæg scriðende || ðonne dogor beoð
on moldwege || min forð scriðen
sorg gesweðrad || ond ic siððan mot
fore meotudes cneowum || meorda hleotan
gingra geafena || ond godes lomber
in sindreamum || siððan awo
forð folgian || is nu fus ðider
gæst siðes georn || nu ðu gearwe const
leoma lifgedal || long is ðis onbid
worulde lifes || ða wæs wop ond heaf
geongum geocor sefa || geomrende hyge
siððan he gehyrde || ðæt se halga wæs
forðsiðes fus || he ðæs færspelles
fore his mondryhtne || modsorge wæg
hefige æt heortan || hreðer innan swearc
hyge hreowcearig || ðæs ðe his hlaford geseah
ellorfusne || he ðæs onbæru
habban ne meahte || ac he hate let
torn ðoliende || tearas geotan
weallan wægdropan || wyrd ne meahte
in fægum leng || feorg gehealdan
deore frætwe || ðonne him gedemed wæs
ongeat gæsta halig || geomormodes
drusendne hyge || ongan ða duguða hleo
glædmod gode leof || geongran retan
wine leofestan || wordum negan
ne beo ðu unrot || ðeah ðeos adl me
innan æle || nis me earfeðe
to geðolianne || ðeodnes willan
dryhtnes mines || ne ic ðæs deaðes hafu
on ðas seocnan tid || sorge on mode
ne ic me herehloðe || helle ðegna
swiðe onsitte || ne mæg synne on me
facnes frumbearn || fyrene gestælan
lices leahtor || ac in lige sceolon
sorgwylmum soden || sar wanian
wræcsið wepan || wilna biscirede
in ðam deaðsele || duguða gehwylcre
lufena ond lissa || min ðæt leofe bearn
ne beo ðu on sefan to seoc || ic eom siðes fus
upeard niman || edleana georn
in ðam ecan gefean || ærgewyrhtum
geseon sigora frean || min ðæt swæse bearn
nis me wracu ne gewin || ðæt ic wuldres god
sece swegelcyning || ðær is sib ond blis
domfæstra dream || dryhten ondweard
ðam ic georne || gæstgerynum
in ðas dreorgan tid || dædum cwemde
mode ond mægne || ic ða meorde wat
leahtorlease || lean unhwilen
halig on heahðu || ðær min hyht myneð
to gesecenne || sawul fundað
of licfate || to ðam longan gefean
in eadwelan || nis ðes eðel me
ne sar ne sorg || ic me sylfum wat
æfter lices hryre || lean unhwilen
ða se wuldormaga || worda gestilde
rof runwita || wæs him ræste neod
reonigmodum || rodor swamode
ofer niðða bearn || nihtrim scridon
deorc ofer dugeðum || ða se dæg bicwom
on ðam se lifgenda || in lichoman
ece ælmihtig || ærist gefremede
dryhten mid dreame || ða he of deaðe aras
onwald of eorðan || in ða eastortid
ealra ðrymma ðrym || ðreata mæstne
to heofonum ahof || ða he from helle astag
swa se eadga wer || in ða æðelan tid
on ðone beorhtan dæg || blissum hremig
milde ond gemetfæst || mægen unsofte
elne geæfnde || aras ða eorla wynn
heard hygesnottor || swa he hraðost meahte
meðe for ðam miclan bysgum || ongon ða his mod staðelian
leohte geleafan || lac onsægde
deophycgende || dryhtne to willan
gæstgerynum || in godes temple
ond his ðegne ongon || swa ðam ðeodne geras
ðurh gæstes giefe || godspel bodian
secgan sigortacnum || ond his sefan trymman
wundrum to wuldre || in ða wlitigan gesceaft
to eadwelan || swa he ær ne sið
æfre to ealdre || oðre swylce
on ðas lænan tid || lare gehyrde
ne swa deoplice || dryhtnes geryne
ðurh menniscne || muð areccan
on sidum sefan || him wæs soðra geðuht
ðæt hit ufancundes || engles wære
of swegldreamum || swiðor micle
mægenðegnes word || ðonne æniges monnes lar
wera ofer eorðan || him ðæt wundra mæst
gesewen ðuhte || ðæt swylc snyttrucræft
ænges hæleða her || hreðer weardade
dryhta bearna || wæs ðæs deoplic eall
word ond wisdom || ond ðæs weres stihtung
mod ond mægencræft || ðe him meotud engla
gæsta geocend || forgiefen hæfde
wæron feowere ða || forð gewitene
dagas on rime || ðæs se dryhtnes ðegn
on elne bad || adle gebysgad
sarum geswenced || ne he sorge wæg
geocorne sefan || gæstgedales
dreorigne hyge || deað nealæcte
stop stalgongum || strong ond hreðe
sohte sawelhus || com se seofeða dæg
ældum ondweard || ðæs ðe him in gesonc
hat heortan neah || hildescurum
flacor flanðracu || feorhhord onleac
searocægum gesoht || ongon ða snottor hæle
ar onbehtðegn || æðeles neosan
to ðam halgan hofe || fond ða hlingendne
fusne on forðsið || frean unwenne
gæsthaligne || in godes temple
soden sarwylmum || wæs ða sihste tid
on midne dæg || wæs his mondryhtne
endedogor || ætryhte ða
nearwum genæged || nydcostingum
awrecen wælpilum || wlo ne meahte
oroð up geteon || ellenspræce
hleoðor ahebban || ongon ða hygegeomor
freorig ond ferðwerig || fusne gretan
meðne modglædne || bæd hine ðurh mihta scyppend
gif he his wordcwida || wealdan meahte
spræce ahebban || ðæt him on spellum gecyðde
onwrige worda gongum || hu he his wisna truwade
drohtes on ðære dimman adle || ærðon hine deað onsægde
him se eadga wer || ageaf ondsware
leof mon leofum || ðeah he late meahte
eorl ellenheard || oreðe gebredan
min ðæt swæse bearn || nis nu swiðe feor
ðam ytemestan || endedogor
nydgedales || ðæt ðu ða nyhstan scealt
in woruldlife || worda minra
næfre leana biloren || lare gehyran
noht longe ofer ðis || læst ealle well
wære ond winescype || word ða wit spræcon
leofast manna || næfre ic lufan sibbe
ðeoden æt ðearfe || ðine forlæte
asanian || beo ðu on sið gearu
siððan lic ond leomu || ond ðes lifes gæst
asundrien || somwist hyra
ðurh feorggedal || fys æfter ðon
ðæt ðu gesecge || sweostor minre
ðære leofestan || on longne weg
to ðam fægran gefean || forðsið minne
on ecne eard || ond hyre eac gecyð
wordum minum || ðæt ic me warnade
hyre onsyne || ealle ðrage
in woruldlife || for ðy ic wilnode
ðæt wit unc eft || in ðam ecan gefean
on sweglwuldre || geseon mostun
fore onsyne || eces deman
leahtra lease || ðær sceal lufu uncer
wærfæst wunian || ðær wit wilna a
in ðære beorhtan byrig || brucan motun
eades mid englum || ðu hyre eac saga
ðæt heo ðis banfæt || beorge bifæste
lame biluce || lic orsawle
in ðeostorcofan || ðær hit ðrage sceal
in sondhofe || siððan wunian
ða wearð modgeðanc || miclum gebisgad
ðream forðrycced || ðurh ðæs ðeodnes word
ombehtðegne || ða he ædre oncneow
frean feorhgedal || ðæt hit feor ne wæs
endedogor || ongon ða ofostlice
to his winedryhtne || wordum mæðlan
ic ðec halsige || hæleða leofost
gumena cynnes || ðurh gæsta weard
ðæt ðu hygesorge || heortan minre
geeðe eorla wyn || nis ðe ende feor
ðæs ðe ic on galdrum || ongieten hæbbe
oft mec geomor sefa || gehða gemanode
hat æt heortan || hyge gnornende
nihtes nearwe || ond ic næfre ðe
fæder frofor min || frignan dorste
symle ic gehyrde || ðonne heofones gim
wyncondel wera || west onhylde
sweglbeorht sunne || setlgonges fus
on æfentid || oðerne mid ðec
ðegn æt geðeahte || ic ðæs ðeodnes word
ares uncuðes || oft neosendes
dægwoman bitweon || ond ðære deorcan niht
meðelcwide mæcges || ond on morgne swa
ongeat geomormod || gæstes spræce
gleawes in geardum || huru ic giet ne wat
ær ðu me frea min || furðor cyðe
ðurh cwide ðinne || hwonan his cyme sindon
ða se eadga wer || ageaf ondsware
leofum æfter longre hwile || swa he late meahte
elnes oncyðig || oreðe gewealdan
hwæt ðu me wine min || wordum nægest
fusne frignest || ðæs ðe ic furðum ær
æfre on ealdre || ængum ne wolde
monna ofer moldan || melda weorðan
ðegne on ðeode || butan ðe nu-ða
ðy læs ðæt wundredan || weras ond idesa
ond on geað gutan || gieddum mænden
bi me lifgendum || huru ic nolde sylf
ðurh gielpcwide || gæstes mines
frofre gelettan || ne fæder mines
æfre geæfnan || æbylg godes
symle me onsende || sigedryhten min
folca feorhgiefa || siððan ic furðum ongon
on ðone æfteran || anseld bugan
geargemearces || gæst haligne
engel ufancundne || se mec efna gehwam
meahtig meotudes ðegn || ond on morgne eft
sigorfæst gesohte || ond me sara gehwylc
gehælde hygesorge || ond me in hreðre bileac
wuldres wilboda || wisdomes giefe
micle monigfealdran || ðonne ænig mon wite
in life her || ðe me alyfed nis
to gecyðenne || cwicra ængum
on foldwege || fira cynnes
ðæt me ne meahte || monna ænig
bideaglian || hwæt he dearninga
on hyge hogde || heortan geðoncum
siððan he me fore eagum || onsyne wearð
a ic on mode mað || monna gehwylcne
ðeodnes ðrymcyme || oð ðisne dæg
leofast monna || nu ic for lufan ðinre
ond geferscype || ðæt wit fyrn mid unc
longe læstan || nelle ic lætan ðe
æfre unrotne || æfter ealdorlege
meðne modseocne || minre geweorðan
soden sorgwælmum || a ic sibbe wið ðe
healdan wille || nu of hreðerlocan
to ðam soðan gefean || sawel fundað
nis seo tid latu || tydrað ðis banfæt
greothord gnornað || gæst hine fyseð
on ecne geard || utsiðes georn
on sellan gesetu || nu ic swiðe eom
weorce gewergad || ða to ðam wage gesag
heafelan onhylde || hyrde ða gena
ellen on innan || oroð stundum teah
mægne modig || him of muðe cwom
swecca swetast || swylce on sumeres tid
stincað on stowum || staðelum fæste
wynnum æfter wongum || wyrta geblowene
hunigflowende || swa ðæs halgan wæs
ondlongne dæg || oð æfen forð
oroð up hlæden || ða se æðela glæm
setlgong sohte || swearc norðrodor
won under wolcnum || woruld miste oferteah
ðystrum biðeahte || ðrong niht ofer tiht
londes frætwa || ða cwom leohta mæst
halig of heofonum || hædre scinan
beorhte ofer burgsalu || bad se ðe sceolde
eadig on elne || endedogor
awrecen wælstrælum || wuldres scima
æðele ymb æðelne || ondlonge niht
scan scirwered || scadu sweðredon
tolysed under lyfte || wæs se leohta glæm
ymb ðæt halge hus || heofonlic condel
from æfenglome || oððæt eastan cwom
ofer deop gelad || dægredwoma
wedertacen wearm || aras se wuldormago
eadig elnes gemyndig || spræc to his onbehtðegne
torht to his treowum gesiðe || tid is ðæt ðu fere
ond ða ærendu || eal biðence
ofestum læde || swa ic ðe ær bibead
lac to leofre || nu of lice is
goddreama georn || gæst swiðe fus
ahof ða his honda || husle gereorded
eaðmod ðy æðelan gyfle || swylce he his eagan ontynde
halge heafdes gimmas || biseah ða to heofona rice
glædmod to geofona leanum || ond ða his gæst onsende
weorcum wlitigne || in wuldres dream
ða wæs guðlaces || gæst gelæded
eadig on upweg || englas feredun
to ðam longan gefean || lic colode
belifd under lyfte || ða ðær leoht ascan
beama beorhtast || eal ðæt beacen wæs
ymb ðæt halge hus || heofonlic leoma
from foldan up || swylce fyren tor
ryht aræred || oð rodera hrof
gesewen under swegle || sunnan beorhtra
æðeltungla wlite || engla ðreatas
sigeleoð sungon || sweg wæs on lyfte
gehyred under heofonum || haligra dream
swa se burgstede wæs || blissum gefylled
swetum stencum || ond sweglwundrum
eadges yrfestol || engla hleoðres
eal innanweard || ðær wæs ænlicra
ond wynsumra || ðonne hit in worulde mæge
stefn areccan || hu se stenc ond se sweg
heofonlic hleoðor || ond se halga song
gehyred wæs || heahðrym godes
breahtem æfter breahtme || beofode ðæt ealond
foldwong onðrong || ða afyrhted wearð
ar elnes biloren || gewat ða ofestlice
beorn unhyðig || ðæt he bat gestag
wæghengest wræc || wæterðisa for
snel under sorgum || swegl hate scan
blac ofer burgsalo || brimwudu scynde
leoht lade fus || lagumearg snyrede
gehlæsted to hyðe || ðæt se hærnflota
æfter sundplegan || sondlond gespearn
grond wið greote || gnornsorge wæg
hate æt heortan || hyge geomurne
meðne modsefan || se ðe his mondryhten
life bilidenne || last weardian
wiste wine leofne || him ðæs wopes hring
torne gemonade || teagor yðum weol
hate hleordropan || ond on hreðre wæg
micle modceare || he ðære mægeð sceolde
lace gelædan || laðspel to soð
cwom ða freorigferð || ðær seo fæmne wæs
wuldres wynmæg || he ða wyrd ne mað
fæges forðsið || fusleoð agol
wineðearfende || ond ðæt word acwæð
ellen bið selast || ðam ðe oftost sceal
dreogan dryhtenbealu || deope behycgan
ðroht ðeodengedal || ðonne seo ðrag cymeð
wefen wyrdstafum || ðæt wat se ðe sceal
aswæman sarigferð || wat his sincgiefan
holdne biheledne || he sceal hean ðonan
geomor hweorfan || ðam bið gomenes wana
ðe ða earfeða || oftost dreogeð
on sargum sefan || huru ic swiðe ne ðearf
hinsið behlehhan || is hlaford min
beorna bealdor || ond broðor ðin
se selesta || bi sæm tweonum
ðara ðe we on engle || æfre gefrunen
acennedne || ðurh cildes had
gumena cynnes || to godes dome
werigra wraðu || worulddreamum of
winemæga wyn || in wuldres ðrym
gewiten winiga hleo || wica neosan
eardes on upweg || nu se eorðan dæl
banhus abrocen || burgum in innan
wunað wælræste || ond se wuldres dæl
of licfæte || in leoht godes
sigorlean sohte || ond ðe secgan het
ðæt git a mosten || in ðam ecan gefean
mid ða sibgedryht || somudeard niman
weorca wuldorlean || willum neotan
blædes ond blissa || eac ðe abeodan het
sigedryhten min || ða he wæs siðes fus
ðæt ðu his lichoman || leofast mægða
eorðan biðeahte || nu ðu ædre const
siðfæt minne || ic sceal sarigferð
heanmod hweorfan || hyge drusendne