# The Menologium

crist wæs acennyd || cyninga wuldor
on midne winter || mære þeoden
ece ælmihtig || on þy eahteoþan dæg
hælend gehaten || heofonrices weard
swa þa sylfan tiid || side herigeas
folc unmæte || habbaþ foreweard gear
for þy se calend us || cymeþ geþincged
on þam ylcan dæge || us to tune
forma monaþ || hine folc mycel
ianuarius || gerum heton
and þæs embe fif niht || þætte fulwihttiid
eces drihtnes || to us cymeþ
þæne twelfta dæg || tireadige
hæleþ heaþurofe || hataþ on brytene
in foldan her || swylce emb feower wucan
þætte solmonaþ || sigeþ to tune
butan twam nihtum || swa hit getealdon geo
februarius fær || frode gesiþas
ealde ægleawe || and þæs embe ane niht
þæt we marian || mæssan healdaþ
cyninges modor || forþan heo crist on þam dæge
bearn wealdendes || brohte to temple
þænne þæs emb fif niht || þæt afered byþ
winter of wicum || and se wigend þa
æfter seofentynum || swylt þrowade
nihtgerimes || nergendes þegen
mathias mære || mine gefræge
þæs þe lencten on tun || geliden hæfde
werum to wicum || swylce eac is wide cuþ
ymb þreo and twa || þeodum gewelhwær
his cyme calend || ceorlum and eorlum
butan þænne bises || geboden weorþe
feorþan geare || þænne he furþor cymeþ
ufor anre niht || us to tune
hrime gehyrsted || hagolscurum færþ
geond middangeard || martius reþe
hlyda healic || þænne se halga þæs
emb endleofon niht || æþele scynde
gregorius || in godes wære
breme in brytene || swylce benedictus
embe nigon niht þæs || nergend sohte
heard and higestrang || þæne heriaþ wel
in gewritum wise || wealdendes þeow
rincas regolfæste || swylce eac rimcræftige
on þa ylcan tiid || emniht healdaþ
forþan wealdend god || worhte æt frymþe
on þy sylfan dæge || sunnan and monan
hwæt ymb feower niht || fæder onsende
þæs þe emnihte || eorlas healdaþ
heahengel his || se hælo abead
marian mycle || þæt heo meotod sceolde
cennan cyninga betst || swa hit gecyþed wearþ
geond middangeard || wæs þæt mære wyrd
folcum gefræge || swylce emb feower and þreo
nihtgerimes || þætte nergend sent
aprelis monaþ || on þam oftust cymþ
seo mære tiid || mannum to frofre
drihtnes ærist || þænne dream gerist
wel wide gehwær || swa se witega sang
þis is se dæg || þæne drihten us
wisfæst worhte || wera cneorissum
eallum eorþwarum || eadigum to blisse
ne magon we þa tide || be getale healdan
dagena rimes || ne drihtnes stige
on heofenas up || forþan þe hwearfaþ aa
wisra gewyrdum || ac sceal wintrum frod
on circule || cræfte findan
halige dagas || sculan we hwæþere gyt
martira gemynd || ma areccan
wrecan wordum forþ || wisse gesingan
þæt embe nihgontyne || niht and fifum
þæs þe eastermonaþ || to us cymeþ
þæt man reliquias || ræran onginneþ
halige gehyrste || þæt is healic dæg
bentiid bremu || swylce in burh raþe
embe siex niht þæs || smicere on gearwum
wudum and wyrtum || cymeþ wlitig scriþan
þrymilce on tun || þearfe bringeþ
maius micle || geond menigeo gehwær
swa þi ylcan dæge || æþele geferan
philippus and iacob || feorh agefan
modige magoþegnas || for meotudes lufan
and þæs embe twa niht || þætte tæhte god
elenan eadigre || æþelust beama
on þam þrowode || þeoden engla
for manna lufan || meotud on galgan
be fæder leafe || swylce ymb fyrst wucan
butan anre niht || þætte yldum bringþ
sigelbeorhte dagas || sumor to tune
wearme gewyderu || þænne wangas hraþe
blostmum blowaþ || swylce blis astihþ
geond middangeard || manigra hada
cwicera cynna || cyninge lof secgaþ
mænifealdlice || mærne bremaþ
ælmihtigne || þæs emb eahta and nigon
dogera rimes || þætte drihten nam
in oþer leoht || agustinus
bliþne on breostum || þæs þe he on brytene her
eaþmode him || eorlas funde
to godes willan || swa him se gleawa bebead
gregorius || ne hyrde ic guman a fyrn
ænigne ær || æfre bringan
ofer sealtne mere || selran lare
bisceop bremran || nu on brytene rest
on cantwarum || cynestole neah
mynstre mærum || þænne monaþ bringþ
ymb twa and feower || tiida lange
ærra liþa || us to tune
iunius on geard || on þam gim astihþ
on heofenas up || hyhst on geare
tungla torhtust || and of tille agrynt
to sete sigeþ || wyle syþþan leng
grund behealdan || and gangan lator
ofer foldan wang || fægerust leohta
woruldgesceafta || þænne wuldres þegn
ymb þreotyne || þeodnes dyrling
iohannes in geardagan || wearþ acenned
tyn nihtum eac || we þa tiid healdaþ
on midne sumor || mycles on æþelum
wide is geweorþod || swa þæt wel gerist
haligra tid || geond hæleþa bearn
petrus and paulus || hwæt þa apostolas
þeodenholde || þrowedon on rome
ofer midne sumor || miccle gewisse
furþor fif nihtum || folcbealo þrealic
mærne martyrdom || hæfdon mænige ær
wundra geworhte || geond wærþeoda
swylce hi æfter þam || unrim fremedon
swutelra and gesynra || þurh sunu meotudes
ealdorþegnas || þænne ædre cymþ
emb twa niht þæs || tidlice us
iulius monaþ || on þam iacobus
ymb feower niht || feorh gesealde
ond twentigum || trum in breostum
frod and fæstræd || folca lareow
zebedes afera || and þæs symle scriþ
ymb seofon niht þæs || sumere gebrihted
weodmonaþ on tun || welhwær bringeþ
agustus || yrmenþeodum
hlafmæssan dæg || swa þæs hærfest cymþ
ymbe oþer swylc || butan anre wanan
wlitig wæstmum hladen || wela byþ geywed
fægere on foldan || þænne forþ gewat
ymb þreo niht þæs || þeodne getrywe
þurh martyrdom || mære diacon
laurentius || hæfþ nu lif wiþþan
mid wuldorfæder || weorca to leane
swylce þæs ymb fif niht || fægerust mægþa
wifa wuldor || sohte weroda god
for suna sibbe || sigefæstne ham
on neorxnawange || hæfde nergend þa
fægere fostorlean || fæmnan forgolden
ece to ealdre || þænne ealling byþ
ymb tyn niht þæs || tiid geweorþad
bartholomeus || in brytene her
wyrd welþungen || swylce eac wide byþ
eorlum geypped || æþelinges deaþ
ymb feower niht || se þe fægere iu
mid wætere oferwearp || wuldres cynebearn
wiga weorþlice || be him wealdend cwæþ
þæt nan mærra man || geond middangeard
betux wife and were || wurde acenned
ond þæs ymbe þreo niht || geond þeoda feala
þætte haligmonþ || heleþum geþinged
fereþ to folce || swa hit foregleawe
ealde uþwitan || æror fundan
septembres fær || and þy seofoþan dæg
þæt acenned wearþ || cwena selost
drihtnes modor || þænne dagena worn
ymbe þreotyne || þegn unforcuþ
godspelles gleaw || gast onsende
matheus his || to metodsceafte
in ecne gefean || þænne ealling cymþ
ymb þreo niht þæs || þeodum wide
emnihtes dæg || ylda bearnum
hwæt we weorþiaþ || wide geond eorþan
heahengles tiid || on hærfeste
michaheles || swa þæt menigo wat
fif nihtum ufor || þæs þe folcum byþ
eorlum geywed || emnihtes dæg
and þæs embe twa niht || þæt se teoþa monþ
on folc fereþ || frode geþeahte
october on tun || us to genihte
winterfylleþ || swa hine wide cigaþ
igbuende || engle and seaxe
weras mid wifum || swylce wigena tiid
ymb twentig þæs || twegra healdaþ
and seofon nihtum || samod ætgædere
on anne dæg || we þa æþelingas
fyrn gefrunan || þæt hy foremære
simon and iudas || symble wæron
drihtne dyre || forþon hi dom hlutan
eadigne upweg || and þæs ofstum bringþ
embe feower niht || folce genihtsum
blotmonaþ on tun || beornum to wiste
nouembris || niþa bearnum
eadignesse || swa nan oþer na deþ
monaþ maran || miltse drihtnes
and þy ylcan dæge || ealra we healdaþ
sancta symbel || þara þe siþ oþþe ær
worhtan in worulde || willan drihtnes
syþþan wintres dæg || wide gangeþ
on syx nihtum || sigelbeortne genimþ
hærfest mid herige || hrimes and snawes
forste gefeterad || be frean hæse
þæt us wunian ne moton || wangas grene
foldan frætuwe || þæs ymb feower niht
þætte martinus || mære geleorde
wer womma leas || wealdend sohte
upengla weard || þænne embe eahta niht
and feowerum || þætte fan gode
besenctun on sægrund || sigefæstne wer
on brime haran || þe iu beorna fela
clementes oft || clypiaþ to þearfe
and þæs embe seofon niht || sigedrihtne leof
æþele andreas || up on roderum
his gast ageaf || on godes wære
fus on forþweg || þænne folcum bringþ
morgen to mannum || monaþ to tune
decembris || drihta bearnum
ærra iula || swylce emb eahta and twelf
nihtgerimes || þætte nergend sylf
þristhydigum || thomase forgeaf
wiþ earfeþum || ece rice
bealdum beornwigan || bletsunga his
þænne emb feower niht || þætte fæder engla
his sunu sende || on þas sidan gesceaft
folcum to frofre || nu ge findan magon
haligra tiida || þe man healdan sceal
swa bebugeþ gebod || geond brytenricu
sexna cyninges || on þas sylfan tiid