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