Alms-Giving University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.27 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems Alms-Giving
wel bið ðam eorle ðe him on innan hafað reðehygdig wer rume heortan ðæt him bið for worulde weorðmynda mæst ond for ussum dryhtne doma selast efne swa he mid wætre ðone weallendan leg adwæsce ðæt he leng ne mæg blac byrnende burgum sceððan swa he mid ælmessan ealle toscufeð synna wunde sawla lacnað