Azarias University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.3 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 Azarias
him ða azarias ingeðoncum hleoðrede halig ðurh hatne lig dreag dædum georn dryhten herede wis in weorcum ond ðas word acwæð meotud allwihta ðu eart meahtum swið niðas to nerganne is ðin noma mære wlitig ond wuldorfæst ofer werðeode sindon ðine domas on dæda gehwam soðe geswiðde ond gesigefæste eac ðine willan in woruldspedum ryhte mid ræde rodera waldend geoca us georne gæsta scyppend ond ðurh hyldo help halig dryhten nu we ðec for ðearfum ond for ðreanydum ond fore eaðmedum arena biddað lege bilegde we ðæs lifgende worhton in worulde eac ðon wom dydon yldran usse in oferhygdum ðin bibodu bræcon burgsittende had oferhogedon halgan lifes wurdon we towrecene geond widne grund heapum tohworfne hylda lease wæs ure lif geond londa fela fracuð ond gefræge foldbuendum nu ðu usic bewræce in ðas wyrrestan eorðcyninges æhtgewealda in hæft heorogrimmes sceolon we ðær hæðenra ðreanyd hæfdes to abrahame ond to isace ond iacobe gæsta scyppend ðu him gehete ðurh hleoðorcwidas ðæt ðu hyra fromcynn on fyrndagum ycan wolde ðæt hit æfter him on cyneryce cenned wurde yced on eorðan ðæt swa unrime had to hebban swa heofonsteorran bugað bradne hwearft oð brimflodas swa waroða sond ymb sealt wæter yðe geond eargrund ðæt swa unrime ymb wintra hwearft weorðan sceolde fyl nu-ða frumspræce ðeah ðe user fea lifgen wlitega ðine wordcwidas ond ðin wuldor us gecyð cræft ond meaht nu ðec caldeas ond eac fela folca gefregen habban ðæt ðu ana eart ece dryhten sigerof settend ond soð meotod wuldres waldend ond woruldsceafta swa se halga wer hergende wæs meotudes miltse ond his modsefan rehte ðurh reorde ða of roderum wearð engel ælbeorhta ufon onsended wlitescyne wer in his wuldorhoman cwom him ða to are ond to ealdornere ðurh lufan ond ðurh lisse se ðone lig tosceaf halig ond heofonbeorht hatan fyres ðæt se bittra bryne beorgan sceolde for ðæs engles ege æfæstum ðrim tosweop ond toswengde ðurh swiðes meaht liges leoman swa hyra lice ne scod ac wæs in ðam ofne ða se engel cwom windig ond wynsum wedere onlicust ðonne on sumeres tid sended weorðeð dropena dreorung mid dæges hwile se wæs in ðam fire for frean meahtum halgum to helpe wearð se hata lig todrifen ond todwæsced ðær ða dædhwatan ðry mid geðoncum ðeoden heredon bædon bletsian bearn in worulde ealle gesceafte ecne dryhten ðeoda waldend swa hi ðry cwædon modum horsce ðurh gemæne word bletsige ðec bilwit fæder woruldsceafta wuldor ond weorca gehwylc heofonas ond englas ond hluttor wæter ond eal mægen eorðan gesceafta bletsige ðec soðfæst cyning sunne ond mona leohte leoman lifgende god hædre ond hlutre ond heofondreame wæstem weorðian ful oft ðu wuldorcyning ðurh lyft lætest leodum to freme mildne morgenren monig sceal siððan wyrt onwæcnan eac ðon wudubearwas tanum tydrað trymmað eorðwelan hleoð ond hluttrað næfre hlisan ah meotud ðan maran ðonne he wið monna bearn wyrceð weldædum wis bið se ðe con ongytan ðone geocend ðe us eall good syleð ðe we habbað ðenden we her beoð ond us milde meotod mare gehateð gif we geearniað elne willað ðonne feran sceal ðurh frean hæse sundor anra gehwæs sawl of lice ond ðec god dryhten gæstas hergen byrnende fyr ond beorht sumor wearme wederdagas waldend manna frean on ferðe fremest eorðwelan ðurh monigne had milde dryhten ond ðec dæg ond niht domfæst cyning lofigen ond lufigen [lux et tenebre] ðe ðas werðeoda weardum healdað deop dryhtnes bibod drugon hi ðæt longe ond ðec crist cyning ceolas weorðian fæder forst ond snaw folca waldend winterbitera weder ond wolcna genipu ond ðec liexende ligetta hergen blace breahtumhwate brytenrices weard dyrne dryhten a ðin dom sy god ond genge ðu ðæs geornlice wyrcest wuldorcyning wæstmum herge bletsien bledum ond ðin blæd wese a forð ece ælmihtig god wesað ond weaxað ealle werðeode lifgað bi ðam lissum ðe us se leofa cyning ece dryhten ær gesette sinum bearnum to brice bremen dryhten ond ðec halga god hea duna geond middangeard miltsum hergen fæger folde ond fæder rice forðon waldend scop wudige moras lofe leanige leohtes hyrde bletsige ðec soðfæst cyning sæs ond wætra hea holmas haligne dryhten domlice deop wæter ond dryhtnes bibod geofonfloda gehwylc georne bihealdeð ðonne merestreamas meotudes ræswum wæter onwealcað witon ealdgecynd ðæt ær gescop ece dryhten lagufloda bigong leohtes hyrde on ðam wuniað widferende siðe on sunde seldlicra fela bletsien ðec ða ealle ece dryhten ðurh ðinne willan wuldorfæst cyning ond ðec ealle æsprynge ece dryhten heanne hergen ful oft ðu hluttor lætest wæter wynlico to woruldhyhte of clife clænum ðæt us se cyning gescop monnum to miltse ond to mægeneacan bletsien ðec bilwit fæder fiscas ond fuglas felameahtigne ealle ða ðe onhrerað hreo wægas on ðam bradan brime bremen dryhten hergen haligne ond heofonfuglas ða ðe lacende geond lyft farað bletsien ðec dryhten deor ond nyten meotud monna bearn miltsum hergen ond ecne god israhela cynn bletsien ðe ðine sacerdas soðfæst cyning milde mæsseras mærne dryhten ond ðine ðeowas ðeoda hyrde swylce haligra hluttre saule ond ece god eaðmodheorte nu ðec ananias ond azarias ond misahel meotud miltsum hergað nu we geonge ðry god bletsiað felameahtigne fæder in heofonum ðone soðan sunu ond ðone sigefæstan gæst forðon us onsende sigora waldend engel to are se ðe us bearg fyr ond feondas ond mid fiðrum bewreah wið brynebrogan breahtmum hwurfun ymb ðæt hate hus hæðne leode ða ðæt ongeaton godes ondsacan ðæt hi ne meahtan ne meotod wolde acwellan cnyhta æ ac hy crist scilde hwearf ða to healle swa he hraðost meahte eorl acolmod ðæt he ofer his ealdre gestod abead ða for ðære duguðe deop ærende haligra gehyld hlyst wæs ðær inne gromhydig guma ðæt ic geare wiste ðæt we ðreo hæfdon ðeoda wisa geonge cniehtas for gæstlufan gebunden to bæle in byrnendes fyres leoman nu ic ðær feower men seo to soðe nales me sylfa gerad hweorfað nu æfter heorðe nængum hat sceðeð ofnes æled ac him is engel mid hafað beorhtne blæd ne mæg him bryne sceððan wlitigne wuldorhoman ða ðam wordum swealg brego caldea gewat ða to ðam bryne gongan anhydig eorl ðæt he ofer ðam ade gestod het ða of ðam lige lifgende bearn nabocodonossor near ætgongan ne forhogodon ðæt ða halgan siððan hi hwætmode woruldcyninges weorn gehyrdon ac eodon of ðam fyre feorh unwemme wuldre gewlitegad swa hyra wædum ne scod gifre gleda nið ac hi mid gæstlufan synne geswencton ond gesigefæston modum gleawe in monðeawum ðurh foreðoncas fyr gedygdon